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Welcome to the Bigfoot project. 
Find a comfortable spot, put on 

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your headphones, and get ready 
for another night of terrifying 

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Bigfoot encounters. 
On January 7th, 2007, I was 

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hunting in the Tide Swamp Big 
Bend unit when I was bluff 

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charged harder than anything 
I've ever faced. 

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Whatever this thing was, it came
at me with real force. 

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It only stopped when it saw my 
rifle aim straight at it. 

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For a moment we locked eyes and 
the standoff felt like it 

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stretched on forever. 
The light was fading fast, and 

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the darker it got the more the 
woods felt wrong. 

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I slowly began backing out, 
trying not to show panic when I 

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heard it circling to my side. 
That was when I knew it wasn't 

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just trying to scare me, it was 
trying to outsmart me. 

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I turned and ran for the lime 
rock where I had a clear shot if

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I needed it. 
My bolt action 30 Aught 6 was my

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only real advantage. 
It never stepped out where I had

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expected. 
It was smart enough to stay just

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out of sight, just where the 
brush could hide something its 

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size. 
It was furious. 

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But underneath that anger, I 
could feel something else coming

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from it, an intensity that felt 
wrong, almost like the air had 

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turned colder around me. 
Everything in the woods reacted 

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to it too. 
Animals exploded out of the 

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brush in all directions, trying 
to escape. 

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Deer, small game, even birds 
taking off in a panic. 

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The entire swamp emptied itself 
in seconds. 

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I could hear its footsteps 
pounding the soft ground like 

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someone dropping heavy sandbags.
The impacts came through my 

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boots, through the earth, and 
into my legs. 

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It was knocking over small trees
as it pushed toward me, snapping

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wood like it was nothing. 
It was angry and coming with 

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purpose. 
After studying these things, I'm

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convinced they'd do their 
hunting right at sundown. 

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And As for shooting one, people 
don't understand how dangerous 

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that choice really is. 
They're rarely alone, you only 

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shoot if it's close enough to be
a threat. 

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You had better hit it clean the 
first time. 

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They know what firearms are, 
they know exactly what you're 

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holding. 
Most of the time they just want 

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you out of their area and 
leaving the way you came is 

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usually the safest call. 
During my encounter my mind was 

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scrambling trying to figure out 
what could make that kind of 

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noise and move like that. 
Then it hit me. 

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A skunk ape. 
Nothing else fit what I was 

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facing. 
Before that day, I had barely 

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given the subject a thought. 
I always assumed it was just 

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campfire talk or old stories 
people like to repeat. 

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I've haunted since I was six 
years old and never experienced 

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anything close to what happened 
in Tide Swamp. 

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I haven't been out hunting 
since, but I will again. 

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One thing's certain though, I'll
be carrying a 12 gauge and a 

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sidearm and I will never be 
caught out there after dark 

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again. 
In the early morning hours of 

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September 8th, 2023, I was 
driving to work with the AC 

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running. 
As I came over, a rise in the 

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highway and overpowering stench 
suddenly filled the car. 

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It hit so fast that it felt like
it rushed straight through the 

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vents. 
The smell was like a drenched 

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animal mixed with strong body 
odor, mud and something sharp 

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and musky, almost like skunk 
spray blended with the scent of 

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deer urine. 
About two seconds after the 

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smell hit, I caught a brief 
glimpse of something moving off 

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the road to my right. 
It looked as if it had crossed 

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from left to right as I was 
heading north. 

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All I saw was the shape 
disappearing into the tree line.

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My first thought was a black 
bear, but the way it moved 

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didn't match that. 
It was hunched and it looked 

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like it was on 2 feet in my 
headlights. 

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I caught sight of a large, 
thick, hairy leg on the 

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passenger side as it stepped 
into the woods. 

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I couldn't make sense of it. 
I've lived in this area for 10 

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years, hiked the local trails, 
and never encountered anything 

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that smelled like that or looked
like that shape. 

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The smell alone was unlike 
anything I've come across. 

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I felt the chill run through me 
afterward, but I had to keep 

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going because I needed to get to
work before 6. 

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I didn't have time to stop and 
process what I might have seen. 

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I was driving around 9:00 at 
night of November 2nd, 2016 when

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I saw something cross the road 
that I still cannot explain. 

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A storm was moving in fast and 
the wind was blowing hard from 

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left to right, pushing leaves 
and debris across the pavement. 

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I just started around a long 
curve when the creature stepped 

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into my headlights. 
It came from the left shoulder 

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and moved toward the right, 
crossing from South to north. 

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The moment it entered the beam 
of my headlights, I got a 

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clearview of it from the knees 
up. 

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The hair covering its body was 
dark brown with a reddish tint, 

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and the headlights made the 
colour stand out even more as it

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moved. 
The hair looked thick and 

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uniform along its upper body, 
especially across the shoulders.

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The way it moved was the first 
thing that struck me as unusual.

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It stayed fully upright the 
entire time, no hunching, no 

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shifting its weight the way a 
person does in strong wind. 

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Its arms hung straight down with
almost no movement. 

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Because the arms barely moved. 
Its steps looked unnaturally 

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smooth even in the blustering 
storm conditions. 

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The creature crossed the road 
with steady, controlled 

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movement. 
Its build stood out next. 

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Even though I couldn't see below
the knees, it was clearly tall 

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and broad. 
The shoulders were wide and the 

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head seemed to sit low between 
them with very little neck. 

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The proportions didn't match a 
person and they didn't match any

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known wildlife in the area. 
A bear didn't fit either. 

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Bears don't walk upright that 
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especially the legs and 
shoulders, don't look anything 

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like what I saw. 
Another detail that stood out 

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was how it reacted or didn't 
react to the storm. 

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The wind was strong enough to 
push against my vehicle, yet the

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creature crossed as if the gusts
weren't hitting it at all. 

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Its hair barely moved in the 
wind. 

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Everything around it was moving 
with the coming storm, but it 

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moved straight across without 
any sign of struggle. 

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The entire crossing took only a 
few seconds. 

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As soon as it reached the tree 
line on the right side, it 

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disappeared into the brush. 
I brought my car to a stop and 

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looked toward the spot where it 
had gone in. 

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I couldn't see anything else in 
the woods, but I heard two loud 

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crunches, heavy steps on 
branches, or thick undergrowth 

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moving away from the road. 
After those two sounds, there 

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was nothing. 
There was no smell and no sign 

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of anyone else anywhere near 
that stretch of Rd. 

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The view in my headlights was 
clear enough that I know what I 

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saw wasn't a person or any 
animal familiar to the area. 

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The sighting lasted only 
moments, but the image of that 

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tall reddish brown figure 
crossing in front of me is 

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something I will never forget. 
I had my sighting early in the 

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morning on February 5th, 2020 at
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I just left my driveway and 
turned onto a side Rd. 

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I use every day to get to work. 
That stretch is a clearing where

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a deer often graze before 
sunrise, and I always slow down 

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there to check the field. 
A single streetlight sits at the

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edge of the clearing and it 
usually lights up the deer well 

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enough to see their shapes as I 
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As I approached the clearing 
that morning, I saw something 

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standing under the streetlight. 
At first I thought it was a 

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black bear because we do have 
them in the area, but this thing

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immediately looked wrong for a 
bear. 

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It was standing fully upright on
2 legs, and instead of the 

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glossy black coat I normally see
on local bears, the hair on this

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creature was long, stringy, and 
brown with darker patches mixed 

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in. 
The figure was tall, I would 

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estimate somewhere between 6:00 
and 8:00 feet based on how close

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it stood to a mailbox beside the
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The shoulders were noticeably 
wide and looked too broad to 

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belong to any kind of normal 
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The upper body was thick, and 
the hair around the head and 

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shoulders was so heavy and 
matted that I couldn't make out 

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a clear shape of the head. 
It looked like mud was packed 

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into the hair, weighing it down 
in clumps. 

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Another odd detail was the 
movement of its shoulders. 

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They were rising and falling as 
the creature was breathing hard,

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the same way someone does after 
running. 

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It made me think that whatever 
it was had just chased something

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across the clearing just before 
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There were also clouds of small 
insects, maybe gnats, swarming 

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around its upper body, circling 
the shoulders and head like the 

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bugs were attracted to heat or 
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As my headlights reached it, the
creature turned and looked 

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directly at me. 
When it faced the light, I saw 

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three reflections instead of 2. 
Two were where the eyes should 

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be, glowing with a bright orange
shine, similar to the way a dogs

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light up in the headlights. 
The third reflection came from 

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the middle of its face, where 
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I had never seen an animal whose
nose reflected light that 

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strongly. 
The reflections were sharp 

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enough that I knew it was 
looking directly toward my 

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vehicle. 
We stared at each other for 

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about 10 seconds. 
During that time it stayed 

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completely still except for the 
heavy rise and fall of his chest

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and shoulders. 
I tried to make sense of the 

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shape, but the thickness of the 
hair made it hard to pick out 

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any facial features. 
All I could see clearly were the

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glowing orange reflections and 
the outline of a tall, bulky 

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figure covered in long, filthy 
hair. 

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Then the creature shifted 
slightly, bent its legs and 

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moved back into the forest in 
one clean leap. 

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It didn't run the way a person 
or bare wood, it pushed off the 

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ground and disappeared into the 
tree line with surprising speed,

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and once it was in the woods I 
couldn't hear anything else from

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it. 
I never saw it again after that 

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morning. 
I live in a heavily forested 

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area near a Navy base surrounded
by deer year round and 

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freshwater creeks and ponds. 
I've seen plenty of wildlife 

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here over the years, but nothing
even close to what I saw under 

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that street light. 
On the night of May 15th, 2025, 

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at around 11:28 PM, we found 
several large footprints on the 

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back porch. 
There were droplets or drippings

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around the prints, and the 
tracks themselves looked coated 

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in a thin, oily Sheen that made 
the surface beat up around them.

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Based on how fresh they looked 
and the direction they were 

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facing, it seemed like something
had been standing there watching

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us through the window. 
On another night, my mum was 

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lying in the truck bed watching 
Shooting Stars when she heard a 

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slow, heavy breathing close by. 
She said it sounded like someone

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standing just outside the truck.
Right after that she heard 

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repeated impacts like something 
hitting a tree hard with a heavy

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bat. 
Over the following nights, we 

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noticed strong odors around the 
property and heard extremely 

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loud screams coming from the 
Creek bottom. 

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The screams came in a series 
about 10 in a row, spaced 

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roughly 15 seconds apart. 
Whatever was making the sound 

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was moving fast up the Creek, 
and you could tell by how 

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quickly the direction of the 
screams changed. 

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The dogs reacted immediately, 
running inside and refusing to 

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come back out. 
Each scream had enough force 

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that you could feel it through 
your body, like the sound 

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carried through the air and into
the ground. 

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Taken together, the footprints, 
the oily residue, the breathing,

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the tree impacts, the smell, and
the traveling screams, it all 

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pointed to something large 
moving around the property at 

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night. 
On November 10th, 2025 at about 

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two O 6:00 PM, my friend and I 
were exploring a set of trails 

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when we reached a three-way 
intersection. 

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The ground in the center of the 
intersection was mostly sand. 

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At first I noticed a set of 
impressions in the sand, but 

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didn't pay much attention until 
I realized the shape looked 

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human, but far too large to be 
from any normal person. 

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We took a closer look and we 
could see that they were 

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extremely deep prints. 
The size and the depth made us 

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think they might belong to 
something very heavy, possibly 

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between 400 and £700. 
Based on the length of the 

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tracks, we estimated the height 
of whatever made them to be 

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somewhere between 8 1/2 and 13 
feet tall. 

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Our best guess put it around 10 
feet 9 inches. 

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As we were studying the prints, 
we heard a single loud impact, 

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something hitting a tree hard, 
coming from roughly 100 feet 

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away. 
It was a clear, heavy bang, the 

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type of sound you might hear 
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strikes another. 
Only a few seconds after that 

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sound, we heard a tree fall 
somewhere off the trail. 

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It was close, maybe 60 to 100 
feet away, and sounded large 

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enough that it made the ground 
carry the noise. 

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The crash was heavy, as if 
something substantial had pushed

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it or knocked it over. 
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the weight estimate, and the 
sudden tree impact was enough to

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make us leave immediately. 
We got on our bikes and headed 

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back down the trail without 
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Because of how fast we left, we 
didn't get any photos of the 

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tracks, but we plan to return to
the intersection to see if 

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anything is still visible and to
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On June 14th, 2025, around 4:30 
PM, my family and I were walking

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the nature trails near our home 
which connect to part of the 

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Florida Trail. 
We were just out enjoying the 

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afternoon. 
On the way back, I started 

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hearing footsteps behind us. 
At first, I assumed it was 

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another hiker on the trail and 
didn't pay much attention. 

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There are six of us, and I was 
walking last to keep an eye on 

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everyone. 
I kept glancing over my shoulder

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to see who was catching up, but 
there was never anyone there. 

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After a minute or two, I 
realized the footsteps stopped 

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whenever I stopped. 
That's when it struck me as 

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strange. 
I didn't say anything because I 

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didn't want to worry anyone, 
especially my wife, who gets 

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uneasy easily. 
This pattern of walking and 

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stopping, matched perfectly by 
whatever was behind us continued

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for about 10 minutes before my 
wife came back to me with a 

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worried expression and asked if 
I had heard the footsteps, too. 

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I told her I did, but brushed it
off as someone walking on 

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another trail we couldn't see. 
I knew there wasn't another 

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trail near by, but she accepted 
the explanation and we kept 

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heading toward the trailhead. 
With my law enforcement 

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background, I could tell 
something was off, but I had no 

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idea what we were dealing with. 
I've heard plenty of people 

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walking on these trails, and 
this didn't sound like a person.

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Whatever it was kept pace with 
us until we got within a couple 

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100 yards of the trailhead. 
Then the sound stopped. 

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We never saw anything, never 
smelled anything, and never 

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heard anything else. 
I kept looking around as much as

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I could without alarming my 
wife. 

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She kept checking my face and I 
didn't want to make her feel 

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more anxious. 
The footsteps were heavy, 

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heavier than anything I've heard
from wildlife out here. 

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I'm very familiar with the sound
of black bears and it didn't 

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match that at all. 
We had a resident bear when we 

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lived in Orlando that came to 
our yard regularly to eat 

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acorns, so I know their 
movements and how they sound at 

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night. 
I didn't think much about the 

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strange experience until 
recently when I came across a 

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Bigfoot channel and heard other 
stories that were nearly 

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identical to what happened to 
us. 

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This encounter happened on the 
afternoon of December 14th, 2014

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at about 2:20 in the afternoon. 
I was hunting over at my food 

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plot on a cool day with 
temperatures sitting in the mid 

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40s. 
I was in my tree stand, roughly 

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15 feet off the ground, watching
the field the same way I always 

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do. 
It was one of those quiet 

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afternoons when the woods seemed
empty. 

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I hadn't seen or heard a single 
animal for the entire sit. 

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No squirrels, no birds, no deer.
Everything felt still. 

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After a long stretch of silence,
I suddenly began hearing loud 

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whistling. 
It cut through the woods, 

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clearly sharp enough that it 
didn't blend in with anything 

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natural around me. 
The whistle repeated about every

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30 seconds, always the same 
pitch and tone. 

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At first I assumed it was 
another hunter trying to get 

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someone's attention, but the 
pattern didn't sound like any 

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call I recognized, and the 
timing was too regular. 

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It was moving toward my 
position, closing the distance a

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little bit each time. 
As the whistling got closer, it 

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started to seem like whoever or 
whatever was making the sound 

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was searching for something. 
When it reached what sounded 

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like 50 yards from where I was 
sitting, still hidden inside the

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wood line, I decided to stand up
in my tree stand to get a better

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view. 
I scanned the area carefully, 

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expecting to see a person or 
maybe even some kind of animal 

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that could mimic a whistle. 
Before I could spot anything, 

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three loud grunts rang out from 
the same area. 

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These grunts were like nothing 
I'd ever heard in the woods 

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before. 
They were deep, powerful, and 

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carried enough force that I 
could feel them in my chest. 

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They cut straight through me and
didn't sound like any deer, hog,

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or bear. 
The noise carried a sense of 

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sighs, like it came from 
something with a large chest and

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a lot of air behind it. 
Immediately after the grunts, 

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whatever had made them, took off
toward the Creek bottom. 

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I could hear its footsteps 
clearly, and they were heavy. 

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Not the kind of quick, uneven 
steps you hear from a deer 

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bounding away, but long, 
powerful strides with real 

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weight behind them. 
As it moved downhill toward the 

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Creek, I also heard branches 
snapping loudly. 

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The breaking limbs sounded 
thick, not like twigs or brush. 

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Whatever it was pushed through 
the bottom with enough force 

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that I could track its direction
just by listening. 

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I never saw the creature, not 
even a shape, shadow, or 

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movement through the trees. 
The entire encounter was sound 

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alone, but the sounds were so 
distinct and so unnatural that I

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knew I wasn't dealing with any 
normal wildlife. 

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I don't know how to track 
something without a blood trail 

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the way you would with a wounded
deer, so I had no way of 

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following it without wandering 
blindly through the Creek 

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bottom. 
I stayed in my tree stand for 

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about 10 more minutes, trying to
calm myself and make sense of 

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what just happened. 
Eventually I climbed down and 

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left the area. 
I haven't told many people about

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the encounter because I don't 
want to be laughed at or 

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ridiculed, but the sounds I 
heard that day were unlike 

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anything I've ever known in the 
woods. 

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On March 18th, 2020, I was 
staying at a hotel in Pensacola.

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For some reason, I woke up 
around 4:00 in the morning and 

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decided not to go back to sleep.
Instead, I figured I would just 

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get up and start the drive home 
early. 

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The fog that morning was thick, 
especially as I got closer to 

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Marianna, FL. 
The visibility was low enough 

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that everything looked washed 
out and muted. 

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At one point, I decided to snap 
a few pictures of the fog from 

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inside the car. 
I leaned forward toward the 

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dashboard, checking the screen 
to see how the pictures came 

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out. 
As I leaned back, something 

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caught my eye. 
On the passenger side, I saw 

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movement inside the fence line 
just beyond the shoulder of the 

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road. 
There, in a semi clearing 

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between the fog and the tree 
line, something tall and dark 

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was walking parallel to my 
vehicle. 

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The figure was massive, around 8
feet tall with dark brown or 

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black hair covering its entire 
body. 

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It was moving on 2 legs with a 
steady stride. 

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There was no visible neck and 
the shape of its head sat low 

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against the shoulders. 
I watched it through the 

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passenger window, then the rear 
passenger window, and finally 

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through the back window. 
As I passed it, I was so locked 

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in on what I was seeing that I 
nearly drifted off the road. 

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The fog was too dense for me to 
pull over safely, so I had to 

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keep driving even though part of
me wanted to stop right there 

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and then. 
My eyes were watering and my 

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hands were shaking. 
All I could think was that I 

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actually had seen something I 
had always believed existed but 

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never expected to witness first 
hand. 

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The shock of it stayed with me 
the whole drive home. 

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Later, once I made it back, I 
looked online to see if there 

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had been any sightings in that 
region. 

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I found a heat signature video 
reported outside of Tallahassee.

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When I checked the distance 
between Tallahassee and Mariana,

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it was around 66 miles. 
That pushed me to give my own 

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sighting. 
At that point, there were over 

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300 reported encounters in 
Florida. 

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The whole experience left a deep
impression on me. 

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It felt like something 
meaningful, something I'd always

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hoped I might witness one day. 
The energy of the moment stayed 

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with me long after the sighting,
and the memory of that tall, 

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dark creature walking through 
the fog still feels vivid now. 

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And when I first saw it, I did 
ask myself if it could be a 

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person in a raincoat. 
But the size, the shape, the 

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movement, and the complete lack 
of a neck made that impossible. 

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What I saw was not a human 
being. 

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On June 29th, 1988, around 10 in
the morning, my family was 

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staying at Camp Landing for the 
week. 

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My brother and I decided to 
drive around the base looking 

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for deer even though it was the 
middle of the afternoon. 

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As we were going down Dade Rd. 
we noticed something in the 

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Swale beside the forest line. 
About 20 to 25 feet away. 

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A small figure was squatting 
down in the ditch. 

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It had reddish orange fur, a 
flat face, and dark rings around

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its eyes. 
The fur covered its whole body 

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and the nose was flat and wide. 
It didn't move at all, just 

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stared at us the entire time. 
We had a clearview of it for at 

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least 45 seconds, maybe a full 
minute. 

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We had no idea what we were 
looking at. 

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Our first thought was that it 
was some kind of animal that 

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escaped from the fenced in area 
we had passed earlier, but 

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nothing about it matched 
anything we knew. 

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It wasn't shaped like a raccoon,
monkey, dog or anything native 

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to Florida. 
Then a noise came from the woods

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directly behind it, branches and
brush moving. 

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The little creature immediately 
stood upright, turned and leapt 

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straight into the bushes. 
It was about 3 1/2 to 4 feet 

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tall when fully standing. 
The moment it disappeared into 

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the thick underbrush, we heard a
deep growl come from farther 

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into the woods. 
That sound made it clear 

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something larger was close by 
and we left the area fast. 

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Later on I wondered if what we 
saw could have been a young 

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skunk ape, but at the time and 
even now, I have never seen any 

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animal in Florida that looked 
like that. 

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On April 28th, 2023 at about 
8:00 in the morning, I was 

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driving toward Rodman near 
Penner Rd. when I saw something 

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cross the road ahead of me. 
It was about 100 yards in front 

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of my vehicle, moving diagonally
across the pavement. 

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The creature stood around 6 1/2 
feet tall, maybe closer to 7, 

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completely black from head to 
toe. 

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It was extremely thin, had no 
visible neck, and the shape of 

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its body made it look almost 
like a dark, upright silhouette.

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I see bears in this area almost 
every day, and this was nothing 

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like a bear. 
Its posture was completely 

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upright and the way it moved 
didn't match any animal I'm 

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familiar with. 
It crossed the road and 

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disappeared into the thick scrub
near the OHV trail on the north 

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side of the road. 
The weather was clear and sunny 

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and visibility was perfect. 
There was no mistake in what I 

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saw. 
My husband saw something similar

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in 2020. 
All so thin. 

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Also Black crossing Forest Rd. 
74 about 3 miles South of where 

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I had my sighting. 
He estimated the one he saw at 

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around 5 to 6 feet tall and was 
swinging its arms wildly like it

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was trying to brush something 
off or push through insects. 

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On August 19th, 2009 at about 
8:30 I had my encounter after 

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crossing the Long Bridge at 
Flagler Beach. 

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The one that stretches over the 
intercoastal waterway to the 

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right side is the National Park 
area. 

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That's where I first noticed a 
large ball of light. 

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A group of bigfoots came out of 
that direction and saw me 

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standing on the bridge. 
As soon as they noticed me, they

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started moving toward my 
position. 

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The biggest one separated from 
the group and came up the 

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staircase after me. 
I left the bridge and began 

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walking home, and this large one
followed me for nearly a mile. 

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At one point it crossed the 
distance and grabbed my arm. 

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I reacted instinctively and 
struck it, and it backed off for

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a moment. 
I had a lighter in my hand, and 

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when it came in close again, the
flame startled it. 

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It turned and ran into the 
woods. 

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From inside the tree line. 
It grabbed a large piece of 

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wood, slammed it against another
tree, and threw parts of it in 

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my direction. 
It let out several loud 

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vocalizations and charged a few 
times, but each time I stood my 

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ground the best I could. 
I'm a former Airborne Ranger 

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00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,600
combat medic, but at the time I 
had multiple leg injuries and 

456
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fractures that made running 
impossible. 

457
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,480
Because of that, I had no choice
but to keep walking and stay 

458
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,720
calm while trying to hold my 
position. 

459
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,240
The entire encounter was real. 
It wasn't something I imagined 

460
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:26,440
and I'll stand by it. 
I'll take any test, drug test, 

461
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,320
psychological evaluation, 
anything, because I know what I 

462
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,520
saw and I know what happened 
that night. 

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00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,880
On November 16th, 2010, around 7
in the evening, I was living on 

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Mount Dora. 
I'd moved there from Boulder 

465
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,440
back in 2004. 
Behind the house was a Raptor 

466
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,600
preserve connected to a lake and
several waterways. 

467
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,600
At that time, I didn't have 
Sasquatch in my vocabulary and 

468
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,920
didn't even consider that 
possibility until years later. 

469
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,960
That night, my brother suddenly 
yelled What the hell? 

470
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,880
And at the same moment, I felt 
the ground vibrate through the 

471
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,080
house, almost like a car was 
pulling into the driveway. 

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00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,840
When I looked out, a large 
figure came running up the long 

473
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,600
driveway. 
It was hunched forward with long

474
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,280
arms angling down and forward 
and a huge mane of hair running 

475
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,960
from the head down the back. 
It moved so fast that we both 

476
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,360
knew it wasn't human. 
The shape reminded us of the Old

477
00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:29,520
Street Fighter character with 
the wild hair. 

478
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,560
Not the colours, just the 
outline in posture. 

479
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,640
Its speed was unreal. 
It crossed the entire driveway 

480
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,680
and disappeared straight into 
the woods, and the ground shook 

481
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,840
as it ran. 
It was easily moving about 35 

482
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,800
miles an hour at the time. 
I didn't connect it to anything 

483
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,160
Bigfoot related but the sighting
was real. 

484
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,080
I have lived in the mountains at
over 9000 feet with no neighbors

485
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,720
and plenty of wildlife. 
Bears, lions, moose, wolves. 

486
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,560
So I know what natural animals 
look and move like. 

487
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,720
Florida has its prehistoric 
looking wildlife too but this 

488
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,520
was different. 
This was a human shaped creature

489
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,360
with massive hair from its head 
all the way down its back and 

490
00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:13,240
arms that were the size and 
shape you'd expect from an ape. 

491
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:19,120
Long, thick and covered in hair,
it looked skinny in silhouette 

492
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,840
but also muscular underneath. 
Even though it was dark, the 

493
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,640
patio lights and the neighbour's
light gave it just enough 

494
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,800
illumination to see the outline 
clearly. 

495
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,240
It wasn't a shadow or trick of 
the eye, it was a solid built 

496
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,840
figure and it moved with purpose
and speed. 

497
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,160
I don't follow Bigfoot stuff and
I gain nothing from making any 

498
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,960
of this up. 
It was simply a real encounter. 

499
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,080
No nonsense, no exaggeration, 
just a true sighting on 

500
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:50,320
Lakeshore Drive in Mount Dora. 
A strange but very memorable 

501
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,120
moment, and one I still look 
back on as something genuinely 

502
00:28:54,120 --> 00:29:00,800
cool. 
On the evening of October 15th, 

503
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,760
2022, a few weeks after 
Hurricane Ian had flooded much 

504
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,560
of the region, I went out to try
my luck fishing. 

505
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,840
People had mentioned catching 
Snook farther up the Peace 

506
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,320
River, so I headed to the Bloody
Bucket Bridge boat launch. 

507
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,000
That whole stretch has taken a 
heavy hit from the storm, with 

508
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,160
debris, downed trees, and washed
out ground everywhere. 

509
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,000
I fished around the launch with 
no success, then crossed over 

510
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,120
the old bridge to the north side
to see if things looked better 

511
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,880
there. 
Not long after reaching the 

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00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,920
other side, the woods around me 
went completely silent. 

513
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,160
The quiet hit all at once, and 
with it came a strong, uneasy 

514
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,200
feeling. 
I kept casting, and after only a

515
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,240
few minutes something huge came 
crashing through the trees from 

516
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,160
the western bank. 
Whatever. 

517
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,880
It was likely a rock based on 
the impact, and the splash hit 

518
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,880
the middle of the river hard 
enough to send a column of water

519
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,960
shooting several feet into the 
air. 

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00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,600
Nothing surfaced afterward, and 
there was no one on the bridge 

521
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,600
or anywhere near the tree line. 
That entire side was still thick

522
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,160
with storm debris and impossible
for any person to reach on foot.

523
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,720
I pass through this area often, 
and I've gone back multiple 

524
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,040
times to try to make sense of 
what I saw giving the flood 

525
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,560
damage at the time. 
A person couldn't have accessed 

526
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,760
that spot where the object was 
thrown, and no human could have 

527
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,880
hurled something that large that
far. 

528
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,680
Most of the local residents had 
evacuated, and much of the 

529
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,800
wildlife had been pushed out as 
well, leaving that stretch of 

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00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,440
river unusually empty. 
Whatever launched that object 

531
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:39,800
wasn't anything I could explain.
Even though decades have passed,

532
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,880
she still remembers it as the 
day her view of the world 

533
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,600
shifted. 
Back in 1963, that part of 

534
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,640
Gainesville was far more rural 
than anything there today. 

535
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,800
Homes in the subdivision sat on 
large plots of land, usually 

536
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,920
several acres each, and it often
took 5 to 10 minutes to walk 

537
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,560
from one house to the next. 
Thick forest still borders many 

538
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,000
of the properties, stretching 
right up to the edges of the 

539
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,560
yards. 
One warm evening in late summer,

540
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,200
she was 12 years old, she headed
out to visit a neighbor friend. 

541
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,160
It was around dusk, close to 
7:00 PM, and she moved into a 

542
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,680
light jog along the dirt Rd. she
used daily. 

543
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,280
She remembered the silence 
clearly, nothing but the sound 

544
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,480
of her shoes striking gravel and
dust. 

545
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,520
As she approached a section 
where the trees pressed close to

546
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,320
both sides of the road, 
something caught her attention. 

547
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:34,600
Off to her right, about 30 feet 
away, a large figure stepped 

548
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,400
straight out of the woods and 
froze when it noticed her. 

549
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,360
She stopped too, both of them 
locked in a moment of surprise, 

550
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,480
each apparently startled by the 
other. 

551
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,120
The distance was close enough 
that she could see it clearly. 

552
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,960
She said she was frightened at 
first, simply because of how big

553
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,320
it was and how it suddenly 
appeared, but she didn't sense 

554
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,920
that it intended to harm her. 
They stared at one another for a

555
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,000
few seconds that felt much 
longer. 

556
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,640
Then the creature tilted its 
head slightly as it looked at 

557
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,800
her, and that small movement was
enough to make her take off 

558
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,320
running toward her friend's 
house. 

559
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,240
She described the creature as 
something between a man and an 

560
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,800
ape, more human shaped than 
animal, but definitely not 

561
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,640
human. 
She estimated its height at well

562
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,080
over 7 feet, with a broad chest 
and heavy shoulders. 

563
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,360
Brown hair covered its body 
except for its face. 

564
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,160
She recalled A sloping forehead,
dark, deep set eyes and arms 

565
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:34,240
that hung longer than a man's. 
Built with obvious strength, it 

566
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,760
stood with a faint forward lean.
The following night, her mother 

567
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,600
woke in the middle of the night,
insisting that someone had been 

568
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,080
looking through the bedroom 
window. 

569
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,680
The witness said her stepfather 
checked outside the next morning

570
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,120
and although he stood 6 foot 
four, he couldn't even reach the

571
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,720
bottom of the window. 
Whoever or whatever had peered 

572
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:57,200
in had to be at least 7 feet 
tall just to look inside. 

573
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,000
Her mother never described the 
face she saw. 

574
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:05,160
A few days later, the family 
discovered 4 dead rabbits placed

575
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:12,640
inside their mailbox. 
Around 9:30 PM on August 8th, 

576
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,480
2004. 
I heard my miniature horses 

577
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,160
making a lot of noise out in the
yard earlier that day. 

578
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,000
I had closed the front gate so 
they could graze closer to the 

579
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,280
house. 
It was raining hard that night 

580
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,200
and the floodlight by my shed 
and barn wasn't working. 

581
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,240
The only light I had was the 300
Watt floodlight on my back 

582
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,320
porch. 
I looked through the small 

583
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,960
window in the door as I switched
the porch light on. 

584
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:40,240
When the yard lit up, I saw what
people in Florida usually call a

585
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,880
skunk ape. 
It was standing straight across 

586
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,720
from the porch, about 40 to 50 
feet away, in a small cluster of

587
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:49,920
pine trees. 
The figure looked to be about 7 

588
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,880
to 8 feet tall. 
The moment the light came on, it

589
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,040
turned its head and looked 
directly at me. 

590
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,480
Then it turned to its right and 
walked back into the darkness 

591
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,000
behind one of the outbuildings, 
which blocked the light. 

592
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,600
The whole thing lasted maybe two
or three seconds, but it was 

593
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,840
clear enough to see and to know 
what it was. 

594
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,400
The rain made the hair on its 
arms shine for a moment, and the

595
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,760
arm seemed to hang down close to
its knees. 

596
00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:15,960
Even as it walked. 
It kept glancing back toward me 

597
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,840
before disappearing completely, 
and from time to time I heard 

598
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,199
loud strange screams in the 
area. 

599
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,719
Not long after my sighting, I 
found out that some farms north 

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00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,920
of here, closer to Mobile Swamp,
had goats killed. 

601
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,360
The only part missing was the 
head, and witnesses said the 

602
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,480
heads looked like they had been 
twisted off. 

603
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,080
Both incidents happened in the 
rain. 

604
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,560
A hog had also been killed and 
torn apart. 

605
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,239
A neighbor living at the swamp's
edge said that he had heard 

606
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:47,639
scream like yells coming from 
the swamp and sometimes smelled 

607
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:51,320
A foul odour around his house. 
He said the smell doesn't last 

608
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,280
long, nothing like a dead 
animal. 

609
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,679
The Sheriff's Department was 
called about those animal 

610
00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:00,120
killings and although they came 
out and investigated, they said 

611
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,840
they couldn't talk about it. 
I also once found a footprint in

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00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,320
the sand at the edge of the 
swamp behind a friend's 

613
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,320
property. 
The print was about 4 to 4 1/2 

614
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,800
inches longer than my size 9 
boot and about two inches wider.

615
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,600
My friend said no one he knew 
had been barefoot in that area, 

616
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,680
and no one walks around barefoot
near the swamp anyway. 

617
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,680
Unfortunately, the print was 
already a few days old and my 

618
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,160
nephew messed it up before we 
could cast it. 

619
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,160
We have also heard branches 
breaking and the sound of 

620
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,360
something large walking through 
water in that same swamp. 

621
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,800
Me and my friend were out 
exploring the Apalachicola 

622
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,080
National Forest 1 winter 
afternoon. 

623
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,560
We were hiking without any 
specific plan, just following 

624
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:50,600
whatever caught our curiosity. 
After walking several miles 

625
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,720
northwest from wherever we had 
parked, we heard the sound of 

626
00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:55,880
running water and decided to 
check it out. 

627
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,080
The Creek we found was small and
shallow, with its bed covered in

628
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,440
smooth rocks that weighed maybe 
5 to 10 lbs each. 

629
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000
We stopped there to cool off and
wash up. 

630
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,360
When we finished and started 
walking away, the Creek was out 

631
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,120
of sight, but we could still 
hear it. 

632
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:13,960
And that's when we heard the 
sound of rocks moving. 

633
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,480
Heavy rocks knocking into each 
other like something was moving 

634
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,360
them or tossing them around. 
At first we thought it might be 

635
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,840
a wild animal, maybe a hog or 
something. 

636
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,520
Rooting around. 
We were cautious as we 

637
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,800
approached, but just before we 
reached the Creek again, we 

638
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,360
heard something take off 
running. 

639
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,280
It sounded like a hog crashing 
away through the brush, but when

640
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,920
we got close enough to see it 
wasn't a hog, we caught a brief 

641
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,880
but clear glimpse of an ape like
creature, tall, upright and 

642
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,120
powerful, charging through the 
brush and away from the brook. 

643
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,280
It moved so fast that we only 
saw it for a few seconds before 

644
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,160
it disappeared into thicker 
cover. 

645
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:58,280
Even in that short moment, its 
size and shape were obvious. 

646
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,200
Once we got down to the Creek 
bed, we noticed the rocks on the

647
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,440
bank and in the water were 
disturbed in a very noticeable 

648
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,160
way, like something large had 
moved them around. 

649
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,320
Because of all the leaves on the
ground, there were no clear 

650
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:15,080
tracks except for one partial 
print, the upper left side of a 

651
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,920
foot pressed into the mud right 
at the edge of the water. 

652
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,880
We didn't have a camera with us 
so we couldn't document it. 

653
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,960
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In March of 2017, a ranching 
family living in the wooded 

659
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,840
outskirts of eastern Texas 
witnessed an event that left no 

660
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,960
doubt in their minds that 
something extraordinary was 

661
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,280
roaming their property. 
The family's chicken coop was 

662
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,320
torn apart during the night, and
when they went to investigate at

663
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:03,240
dawn they saw a massive hair 
covered creature walking away 

664
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:06,680
toward the tree line holding 2 
live chickens under one arm. 

665
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,160
The ranch sat at the edge of a 
small Creek system that cut 

666
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,760
through pine and oak forest. 
The family raised goats, a few 

667
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,720
cattle and chickens, keeping the
birds in a reinforced wire coop 

668
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,240
behind the barn. 
The area was remote, surrounded 

669
00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:26,400
by timber and swampy low ground.
The family had occasionally 

670
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,520
heard strange cries or knocks 
from the woods at night, but it 

671
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,040
always assumed they were coyotes
or owls. 

672
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,960
On the evening of March 12th, 
the family went to bed after 

673
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,880
checking the livestock. 
As usual, the chickens were 

674
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,800
secured, the dogs near the 
porch. 

675
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:45,040
The property lights left on low.
Around 2:00 AM, the dogs began 

676
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,880
barking wildly. 
The father got up, shined a 

677
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,080
flashlight toward the barn, and 
thought he saw a brief movement 

678
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,600
near the chicken yard, something
large and dark moving quickly 

679
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,400
past the coop. 
By morning, the dogs were quiet 

680
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,520
again, but when the father 
stepped outside, he immediately 

681
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,800
noticed something wrong. 
The wire door to the coop was 

682
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:08,080
twisted and hanging open, 
several boards were splintered 

683
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,360
and feathers were scattered 
across the ground. 

684
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,480
At first he thought a coyote had
broken, but as he got closer he 

685
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,760
realized the damage was too 
extensive. 

686
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,520
The heavy gate latch had been 
bent upward and a portion of the

687
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,920
wire fence had been peeled back 
by hand, not clawed or chewed. 

688
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,040
He called his wife and teenage 
son to come out together. 

689
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:32,880
They counted 5 missing chickens 
and several others dead inside 

690
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,960
their coop, their necks broken 
but uneaten. 

691
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,560
As they examined the damage, 
they found something that made 

692
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,520
them stop talking instantly. 
Large footprints pressed into 

693
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,680
the damp dirt near the coop's 
entrance. 

694
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:49,440
Each was roughly 16 inches long 
and wide at the ball of the 

695
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,240
foot. 
With clear toe impressions, the 

696
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,520
Prince ran in line away from the
coop toward the pasture and 

697
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,520
creak beyond. 
The father followed them for 

698
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,440
several yards before stopping at
the sound of movement. 

699
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,280
From behind the barn, about 60 
yards away, something tall and 

700
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,720
dark stepped into view. 
At first he thought it was a man

701
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:11,840
in a heavy coat, but then he 
realized the proportions were 

702
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,880
wrong. 
The creature was enormous, well 

703
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,360
over 8 feet tall, huge across 
the shoulders, and entirely 

704
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:22,080
covered in brown hair. 
Its arms hung low to the knees, 

705
00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:26,240
and in one arm he carried 2 live
chickens, their wings flapping 

706
00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:30,440
weakly against its side. 
The creature walked upright, not

707
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,080
hunched, and its stride was long
and even. 

708
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,320
It turned slightly as it moved, 
glancing back in their 

709
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,880
direction. 
The face was visible for a 

710
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,240
moment, broad, with a flat nose,
deep brow Ridge and small eyes 

711
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,320
that caught the morning light. 
The skin of the face looked 

712
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,880
greyish brown, the mouth thin 
and straight. 

713
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,520
Its chest and stomach were 
covered in thick hair, clumped 

714
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,720
and matted with dirt and bits of
straw. 

715
00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:58,680
The father shouted 
instinctively, and the creature 

716
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,880
stopped. 
It stood still for a few 

717
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,400
seconds, watching them from the 
pasture's edge. 

718
00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:06,920
Then, without any rush, he 
turned toward the woods and 

719
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,680
began walking again. 
Each step carried it easily over

720
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,200
the uneven ground. 
The son ran toward the barn to 

721
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,560
get a better look, but the 
mother yelled for him to stay 

722
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:19,000
back. 
From the distance, they watched 

723
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,840
the creature reach the tree line
in just a few strides. 

724
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,280
When it stepped into the 
shadows, the size of it became 

725
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,600
even more apparent, its head 
nearly level with the lowest 

726
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,680
limbs of the trees. 
It paused once at the edge, 

727
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,320
looked back one final time, then
disappeared into the woods. 

728
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,560
The family stood silent. 
The only sound left was the 

729
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:43,120
faint bawling of the goats. 
The father later said that what 

730
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,640
struck him most was how calm the
creature appeared. 

731
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,480
It didn't run or act startled, 
only moved with quiet strength, 

732
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,800
as if it knew it couldn't be 
stopped. 

733
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,840
After it vanished, they walked 
the direction it had gone. 

734
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,040
The tracks were clear in the 
damp soil leading across the 

735
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:02,480
pasture toward the Creek. 
The impressions were deep, with 

736
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,360
a long stride about four feet 
between steps. 

737
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,880
The hill marks were pronounced, 
showing the way it had carried. 

738
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,320
One track near the fence line 
had a faint smear of blood where

739
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,320
a chicken feather was pressed 
into the mud. 

740
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,880
At the Creek they found two more
prints on the bank and a wide 

741
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,960
area of flattened reeds where 
the creature had stepped into 

742
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,640
the water. 
The Creek itself was about knee 

743
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,400
deep and the opposite bank 
showed a set of muddy hands 

744
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,040
where the creature had climbed 
out. 

745
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,800
The father noted that each print
looked like a huge human hand, 5

746
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,640
fingers, broad palms and no 
claws. 

747
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,640
They followed for a short 
distance but soon lost the trail

748
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:44,000
where the ground became rocky. 
When they returned to the house,

749
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,640
they called a relative who 
worked for the County Sheriff's 

750
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,200
Department. 
He arrived later that morning, 

751
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,680
inspected the coop and admitted 
he had never seen anything like 

752
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,280
it. 
He photographed the tracks but 

753
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,760
made no official report 
suggesting it was likely a prank

754
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,600
or a bear. 
The family knew better. 

755
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,800
There were no bears in that area
of Texas, and no person could 

756
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,920
have left Prince that size or 
strength. 

757
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,480
That night, the family noticed 
something else. 

758
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,720
Around 10:00 PM, the dogs began 
barking again, facing the same 

759
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:18,000
direction toward the woods. 
The father stepped onto the 

760
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,320
porch with a flashlight, but saw
nothing. 

761
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:25,400
The barking stopped suddenly, 
replaced by a deep echoing sound

762
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:29,600
by the tree line, a short chest 
rattling grunt followed by two 

763
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,120
loud knocks like wood striking 
wood. 

764
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,840
The family listened in silence 
until it faded into the 

765
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,400
distance. 
The next morning, they found a 

766
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,680
single chicken feather stuck to 
the porch rail and several muddy

767
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,920
smears on the ground near the 
outer fence. 

768
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:49,800
Nothing else was taken over. 
The following week, they 

769
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:53,560
continued to find signs near the
coop, faint footprints, moved 

770
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,520
objects, and on one occasion, a 
fresh indentation on the barn 

771
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,800
door about 8 feet high. 
The family began locking the 

772
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,080
chickens in a steel enclosure at
night and the disturbances 

773
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,920
stopped. 
The father later described the 

774
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,760
creature's appearance in detail.
He said it was built like two 

775
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,960
men put together, with shoulders
wider than a door frame. 

776
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,960
The arms were extremely long, 
the muscles visible even through

777
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:21,360
the thick hair. 
The body was proportionate, no 

778
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,680
potbelly or hunched posture, but
solid and heavy. 

779
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,920
The hair was dark brown with 
hints of grey, tangled and dirty

780
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,760
from the Creek. 
The head had a slight cone shape

781
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,760
and the neck was short, almost 
blending into the shoulders. 

782
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:40,080
He said the eyes were the most 
unsettling part, small, deep set

783
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,480
and dark, showing No Fear when 
it looked at them. 

784
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,000
The expression was calm and 
intelligent. 

785
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:50,120
The mouth stayed closed and its 
movements were silent except for

786
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,160
the faint squawk of the chickens
it carried. 

787
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:56,360
He noticed its bare feet when it
crossed the pasture, wide, flat 

788
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,680
and dark in colour, matching the
size of the Prince they found. 

789
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:04,120
The mother described the smell 
that lingered after it passed, a

790
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:08,200
strong, musky odor like wet 
animal fur and stagnant water. 

791
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:10,640
It hung in the air for several 
minutes. 

792
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:13,920
She said it reminded her of 
something between livestock 

793
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:17,480
bedding and swamp mud, 
overpowering and unnatural for a

794
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,920
dry morning. 
The son, who saw it only 

795
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:24,000
briefly, said the creature's 
size was what frightened him the

796
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,520
most. 
From his view near the barn, it 

797
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:28,960
looked taller than any person he
had ever seen. 

798
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,600
Later that week, the father 
compared the photos of the 

799
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:37,080
Prince to standard measurements.
Each foot measured 16 1/2 inches

800
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,640
long and seven inches wide, with
five distinct toes. 

801
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,960
The stride length averaged over 
48 inches. 

802
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,280
Based on soil depth and 
deformation, he estimated the 

803
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,400
creature's weight at well over 
£600. 

804
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,480
The family shared the story 
privately with a few neighbors, 

805
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,880
one of whom admitted to hearing 
strange howls from the same 

806
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,840
woods a few nights earlier. 
Another rancher 2 miles away 

807
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,560
reported finding a goat pen 
damage and animals missing. 

808
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,520
That same weekend. 
The details were similar. 

809
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:12,520
Wire fencing pulled apart by 
hand, not cut or clawed. 

810
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:17,560
By mid-april, the family noticed
no further activity, though the 

811
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:20,760
father occasionally found odd 
tracks near the Creek after rain

812
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,480
storms. 
He began carrying a camera on 

813
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,240
morning chores, but never saw 
the creature again. 

814
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,560
Months later, he returned to the
area where it had entered the 

815
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,920
woods. 
The trees there grew thick with 

816
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:34,840
heavy underbrush and fallen 
logs. 

817
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:39,520
In the mud, near a low crossing,
he found one more print, old but

818
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,360
unmistakable. 
It matched the same pattern as 

819
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:46,280
before, deep and human shaped, 
with the same broad toes and 

820
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,800
wide heel. 
He believed it had come for 

821
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:52,040
food. 
The bait smell of chickens and 

822
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:56,040
grain likely drew it to the barn
when it realised it could reach 

823
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:57,920
them. 
It simply took what it wanted 

824
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,200
and left calmly, confident, 
without fear. 

825
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,320
The family has since reinforced 
all their livestock pens and 

826
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,280
installed new lights. 
But the father says he still 

827
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,560
feels uneasy walking near the 
woods at night. 

828
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:14,480
The memory of that towering 
creature remains fixed in his 

829
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,800
mind. 
The quiet strength of it, the 

830
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:20,400
calm way it moved and the eerie 
realisation that it had been 

831
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:24,840
that close to his family. 
The father keeps the photos in a

832
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,520
small file, along with 
measurements and written notes 

833
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:29,920
from that morning. 
He said he doesn't care if 

834
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,880
anyone believes him. 
I know what I saw, he said. 

835
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,320
It walked to the woods carrying 
my chickens. 

836
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,880
It wasn't a man and it wasn't a 
bear. 

837
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,240
It was something else 
completely, a Bigfoot. 

838
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,720
In November of 2019, a Deer 
Hunter in central Utah 

839
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:56,840
experienced an encounter that 
left him shaken and unable to 

840
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:58,880
return to his usual hunting 
area. 

841
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,920
The event took place early one 
morning in the foothills of the 

842
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:07,160
Manti LaSalle National Forest, a
rugged region of steep ridges, 

843
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:11,280
sage flats and pine draws. 
The witness of 41 year old 

844
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:14,640
lifelong hunter was alone and 
glassing A ridgeline for mule 

845
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:18,480
deer when he observed a massive 
dark figure crawling on all 

846
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:22,760
fours over the Crest of a hill 
and then, to his disbelief, 

847
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,000
rising to its full height and 
walking upright. 

848
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,040
The morning was cold and still, 
with light frost on the grass 

849
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,520
and the first sunlight spreading
through the canyons. 

850
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,040
The hunter had reached his 
vantage point before dawn. 

851
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:41,200
Carrying his rifle and spotting 
scope, he set up about 200 yards

852
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,640
from a low saddle between two 
ridges, an area where he had 

853
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,960
seen deer crossing many times 
before. 

854
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:50,400
The ground was dry and the 
forest around him was quiet 

855
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:55,920
except for distant crows. 
Around 7:15 AM, as he scanned 

856
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,960
the slope across from him, 
movement caught his eye near the

857
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:02,040
ridgeline. 
He adjusted the scope and saw 

858
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,800
what he assumed was a black bear
coming over the top. 

859
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:09,200
The creature was on all fours, 
moving in a low crawl, its back 

860
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:13,360
rounded and its limbs thick. 
The size was impressive even at 

861
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,880
that distance, larger than any 
bear he had ever seen in Utah. 

862
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:20,760
It crested the Ridge slowly, 
using its hands and feet in a 

863
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,360
crawling motion, almost like a 
person. 

864
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:27,320
He watched for several seconds, 
expecting to see the head of a 

865
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:31,240
bear, or perhaps a dark clothed 
hiker, but the proportions were 

866
00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:33,600
wrong. 
The forearms were long and 

867
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,280
heavily muscled, the elbows high
and the shoulders massive. 

868
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:42,000
It paused briefly near the top, 
keeping low, its body angled 

869
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,880
toward him. 
Through the scope, he could see 

870
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:48,000
the way the morning light hid 
its hair, dark brown with 

871
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:49,920
lighter streaks where the sun 
caught it. 

872
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,560
The texture looked coarse and 
matted, not the sleek fur of an 

873
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,320
animal. 
Then it did something that made 

874
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,240
his stomach tighten. 
The creature stopped crawling, 

875
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,960
shifted its weight, and slowly 
rose up onto 2 legs. 

876
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:06,840
It stood completely upright, 
stretching to a height far 

877
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:10,120
beyond any human. 
The posture was straight, the 

878
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:13,160
arms hanging low, and for 
several seconds it stood 

879
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,400
silhouetted against the pale 
sky, perfectly still. 

880
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,720
The Hunter's breath caught as he
realized he was looking at a 

881
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:25,080
figure nearly 9 feet tall, with 
a body built like nothing he had

882
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:28,120
ever seen. 
Broad chested, thick through the

883
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:30,640
torso, the legs powerful and 
long. 

884
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:34,160
The creature turned its head 
slowly from side to side, 

885
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:37,760
scanning the terrain below. 
The face was shadowed under the 

886
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:41,120
brow, but the outline showed a 
sloped forehead and a wide, 

887
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:44,320
square jaw. 
The hunter felt the sudden urge 

888
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:46,960
to duck behind the brush, afraid
it might see him. 

889
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:50,640
He lowered himself slowly until 
he was below the Crest of the 

890
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:52,880
hill, then peeked again through 
the brush. 

891
00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:56,840
The figure was still standing 
now, looking downhill as if 

892
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,880
watching something. 
Then it began moving forward, 

893
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:03,440
not walking fast, but with long,
heavy strides that covered 

894
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:04,320
ground. 
Quickly. 

895
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,400
Its arm swung naturally, its 
back straight. 

896
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,160
The hunter watched it descend 
about 30 yards down the opposite

897
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:15,040
slope before it stopped again. 
Then, to its shock, it dropped 

898
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:17,440
back to all fours and continued 
crawling. 

899
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:21,680
The transition from upright to 4
legged was fluid and natural. 

900
00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:25,880
The creature's hands pressed 
flat against the ground, fingers

901
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:29,560
spread wide, its knees bent and 
an angle that seemed impossible 

902
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:32,720
for a human. 
Its body stayed low, its head 

903
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:36,400
slightly lifted as it moved. 
It covered ground quickly and 

904
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,080
quietly, pausing occasionally to
look up. 

905
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,880
At one point, the hunter caught 
a glimpse of its face in full 

906
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:45,760
daylight. 
It had dark, leathery skin under

907
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:49,160
the hair, a wide, flat nose and 
deep, set eyes. 

908
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,880
The brow was thick, the mouth 
wide but expressionless. 

909
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,320
The hair around the face was 
shorter than on the body, giving

910
00:51:56,320 --> 00:52:00,360
it a distinct outline. 
The creature crawled another 20 

911
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:03,640
yards, then stood up again. 
It scanned the valley briefly 

912
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:06,520
before turning and walking along
the slope away from him. 

913
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:10,240
The morning sun lit the side of 
its body, revealing its sheer 

914
00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:14,600
size, thick upper arms, a 
massive chest, and long legs 

915
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:18,080
covered in dark brown hair. 
Its head was conical from the 

916
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,080
side, blending smoothly into its
neck and shoulders. 

917
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:24,520
The arms hung low, and the hands
looked large enough to wrap 

918
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:28,720
around a man's torso. 
The hunter realized that what he

919
00:52:28,720 --> 00:52:33,280
was watching was not a bear, not
a person, but a Bigfoot. 

920
00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:37,280
He felt both awe and fear. 
Every instinct told him to 

921
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:39,320
leave, yet he couldn't look 
away. 

922
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,680
He kept the scope steady, 
following it as it continued 

923
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:45,520
along the Ridge until it 
disappeared behind a cluster of 

924
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,960
Pines. 
He waited for nearly 15 minutes,

925
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:52,040
expecting it to reappear, but 
the forest went silent. 

926
00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:56,320
Even the birds stopped calling. 
Then a low, deep sound rolled 

927
00:52:56,320 --> 00:53:00,080
across the Canyon, a single 
powerful grunt that echoed off 

928
00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:03,040
the ridges. 
It was a short burst of bass 

929
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:05,480
filled resonance that he felt in
his chest. 

930
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:09,520
He rose, heart racing. 
The sound came from the same 

931
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:13,400
direction the creature had gone.
After several seconds of 

932
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:16,680
silence, he gathered his gear 
and began backing down the hill,

933
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,360
keeping his rifle ready but 
never pointing it. 

934
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:22,360
The forest around him felt heavy
and still. 

935
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:26,000
When he reached the lower flat, 
he realised he could still hear 

936
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,880
faint movement above the sound 
of something large. 

937
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,400
Stepping through brush, he 
didn't stop to look again. 

938
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:35,520
He made his way to his truck and
drove out of the area without 

939
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:41,000
looking back. 
Later that day, curiosity pulled

940
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,720
him to return, but this time he 
brought a friend. 

941
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:46,360
Together they climbed back to 
the same Ridge. 

942
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,320
At the spot where the creature 
had crossed, they found 

943
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:52,800
impressions in the loose soil. 
Large human shaped prints 

944
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:56,040
measuring about 15 inches long 
and 6 inches wide. 

945
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:00,080
The depth was several inches far
deeper than their own boot 

946
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,280
prints. 
The stride between each was 

947
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:05,680
nearly 4 feet. 
They also found places where the

948
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,200
dirt had been disturbed in a 
pattern consistent with 

949
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,800
crawling. 
The marks looked like flattened 

950
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:13,480
handprints beside deeper 
impressions where knees had 

951
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:16,200
pressed into the ground. 
In one of the hand shaped 

952
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:20,160
prints, the hunter could clearly
see five finger marks, each over

953
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:22,760
an inch wide. 
The direction of the prints 

954
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,440
matched exactly where he had 
seen the creature move. 

955
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:29,120
The smell of the area was faint 
but noticeable. 

956
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:32,520
A musky, earthy odor mixed with 
something sour. 

957
00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:36,440
Hunter said it wasn't the smell 
of decay or rot, but something 

958
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:39,840
strong and organic. 
They followed the trail for 

959
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:42,880
about 50 yards before it entered
a patch of dense timber and 

960
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,320
vanished. 
The trees were spaced tightly, 

961
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,840
and several young trees were 
bent over as if brushed aside. 

962
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:53,160
The friend, skeptical at first, 
admitted that the size and 

963
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:55,240
stride of the Prince could not 
be human. 

964
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:58,880
They collected photographs and 
measurements but decided not to 

965
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:02,400
contact authorities, knowing it 
would likely lead nowhere. 

966
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,640
The hunter instead recorded his 
own report privately, noting the

967
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:10,760
date, location and conditions. 
He described the creature's 

968
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:13,160
behaviour as calculated and 
purposeful. 

969
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:16,440
It seemed to alternate between 
crawling and walking based on 

970
00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:19,680
the terrain, crawling on the 
Ridge top where it could be 

971
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,800
silhouetted, and walking when 
moving along the slope or 

972
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,760
descending. 
That suggested awareness of 

973
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:29,120
visibility, something he found 
deeply unsettling. 

974
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,120
He estimated the height at 
between 8:00 and 9:00 feet when 

975
00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:36,200
standing, and the weight well 
over £700. 

976
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,720
The hair length varied, shorter 
around the head and chest, 

977
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:44,080
longer around the arms and legs.
The coloration was mostly dark 

978
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:46,120
brown, with the reddish tint and
sunlight. 

979
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:50,120
The head was slightly cone shape
and the neck thick and muscular.

980
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:54,240
The face was deeply set and 
serious, giving an impression of

981
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:57,640
intelligence. 
The hunter said that what 

982
00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:00,760
affected him most was not the 
sighting itself, but the 

983
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:03,840
realization that the creature 
had been moving with clear 

984
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:06,400
purpose. 
He felt as though he had 

985
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,840
witnessed a glimpse of a 
creature that was used to 

986
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:12,400
avoiding human detection, 
capable of switching between 

987
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:17,520
postures to stay concealed. 
Afterward, he avoided that area 

988
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,200
for several months. 
When he finally returned the 

989
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:23,840
next spring, he found the Ridge 
grown over with new grass, no 

990
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:27,320
remaining sign of tracks. 
Still, he said he could never 

991
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:30,040
again sit alone in the field 
without feeling watched. 

992
00:56:38,700 --> 00:56:43,620
In July 2019, a mountain climber
camping along a remote Ridge in 

993
00:56:43,620 --> 00:56:46,660
British Columbia spotted what 
appeared to be a massive, 

994
00:56:46,900 --> 00:56:50,540
upright hair covered creature 
standing on a Cliff directly 

995
00:56:50,540 --> 00:56:53,180
above his camp. 
The event occurred during the 

996
00:56:53,180 --> 00:56:56,140
early evening in clear weather, 
with enough daylight for the 

997
00:56:56,140 --> 00:56:59,540
witness to make out distinct 
details of the creature's shape,

998
00:56:59,540 --> 00:57:03,240
size and movements. 
The encounter lasted several 

999
00:57:03,240 --> 00:57:06,200
minutes and left the climber 
scared and convinced that what 

1000
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,920
he saw was not a human or any 
known animal. 

1001
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,040
The climber had been solo on a 
three day ascent through a 

1002
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:16,560
sparsely travelled section of 
the Coast Mountains, an area 

1003
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:19,920
known for steep cliffs, thick 
forests and unpredictable 

1004
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,480
weather. 
He had set up camp on a flat 

1005
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:25,960
shelf below a rocky escarpment 
near a glacial stream. 

1006
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:29,320
The elevation was high enough 
that snow remained in patches 

1007
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:31,960
across the upper slopes even in 
Midsummer. 

1008
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:37,200
By the second night, the sky had
cleared completely, the light 

1009
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,720
lingered late, and visibility 
was excellent. 

1010
00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:43,240
The climber spent the evening 
making notes in his logbook and 

1011
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,240
preparing for the final section 
of his climb. 

1012
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:48,440
The next morning. 
The air was still and no wind 

1013
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,720
moved through the trees. 
The silence was deep, broken 

1014
00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:55,080
only by distant water runoff 
from melting ice higher up in 

1015
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:58,560
the mountain. 
As the sun dropped lower, long 

1016
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:00,360
shadows formed across the rock 
face. 

1017
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:04,080
Above his camp, the slope rose 
sharply to a vertical Cliff 

1018
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:08,080
about 200 feet high, covered in 
scattered spruce and patches of 

1019
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:10,440
Moss. 
It was against this Cliff that 

1020
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:15,000
he saw movement. 
He first noticed it around 845 

1021
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:19,240
PMA, dark, solid figure standing
still on the Cliff ledge above 

1022
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:21,480
him. 
At first he assumed it was 

1023
00:58:21,480 --> 00:58:24,600
another climber, but the 
location didn't make sense. 

1024
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:28,120
The ledge was narrow and no 
trail access from either side. 

1025
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:31,560
It was a place that would be 
difficult, even dangerous, for a

1026
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:33,360
person to reach without 
equipment. 

1027
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:37,560
The figure was motionless, 
facing directly toward his camp.

1028
00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:41,440
The sunlight caught the edges of
it, revealing texture rather 

1029
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:44,440
than clothing. 
Dark, uneven hair that covered 

1030
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:47,880
the entire body. 
The proportions were striking 

1031
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:51,640
tall, wide through the shoulders
and standing in an upright 

1032
00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:55,120
stance. 
He estimated the height at 8 to 

1033
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:58,560
9 feet based on the rockledge 
and the nearby spruce trees. 

1034
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:02,800
For scale, the chest was deep, 
the arms long, and the head sat 

1035
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:05,520
low between the shoulders. 
Without a visible neck. 

1036
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:08,960
The figure remained completely 
still for nearly a minute, 

1037
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,400
watching. 
Then, without turning, it 

1038
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:16,280
shifted its weight from one leg 
to another, a slow, heavy motion

1039
00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:19,080
that sent a few small stones 
tumbling down the Cliff. 

1040
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:23,200
The climber's stomach dropped as
he realized how enormous and 

1041
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:27,840
solid the figure truly was. 
Through binoculars, the details 

1042
00:59:27,840 --> 00:59:30,960
became clear. 
The creature's body was massive 

1043
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:34,240
and heavily built. 
The arms hung low, reaching to 

1044
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:36,560
its knees. 
The torso was thick, the 

1045
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:40,360
shoulders extremely broad. 
The hair covering it was long 

1046
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:42,840
and dark brown. 
It looked coarse and matted in 

1047
00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:46,000
places, particularly around the 
back and upper legs. 

1048
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:50,000
The head was conical, sloping 
back from a heavy brow Ridge. 

1049
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:54,200
The face was partially visible, 
flat, wide, and shadowed by the 

1050
00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:57,560
overhanging rock. 
The brow projected forward and 

1051
00:59:57,560 --> 01:00:00,840
its eyes appeared dark, almost 
reflective in the fading light. 

1052
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:04,520
The nose was broad and flat and 
the jawline heavy. 

1053
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:07,960
The mouth was closed, the lips 
thin and straight. 

1054
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:11,360
The creature's breathing was 
visible even at a distance. 

1055
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:14,040
Its chest expanded and fell 
rhythmically. 

1056
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:19,240
It appeared completely at ease 
on the Cliff, balanced and sure 

1057
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:21,680
footed. 
Every part of its body looked 

1058
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:23,640
built for strength and 
endurance. 

1059
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:28,920
For several minutes the creature
stood facing the camp, unmoving.

1060
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:32,480
The climber, frozen in place, 
watched through binoculars from 

1061
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:35,040
his tent opening. 
He described feeling an 

1062
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:37,720
immediate sense of being 
observed, that the creature was 

1063
01:00:37,720 --> 01:00:40,160
fully aware of him, but showed 
No Fear. 

1064
01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:44,320
After a long pause, the figure 
began to move slowly along the 

1065
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:46,840
ledge. 
Its gait was smooth and fluid. 

1066
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:50,760
It took long, steady strides, 
each step silent despite the 

1067
01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:54,040
gravelly surface. 
The arm swung slightly with each

1068
01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:56,440
movement, long and heavy and 
controlled. 

1069
01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,640
At one point it stopped again 
and crouched, lowering its upper

1070
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:02,560
body. 
The motion was slow. 

1071
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:06,240
Then it reached out, one arm 
steading itself on the Rockwall 

1072
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:08,960
as it leaned over the edge 
toward the camp below. 

1073
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:12,560
The climber could see the width 
of its back and the definition 

1074
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:14,440
of muscles shifting under the 
hair. 

1075
01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:18,400
The creature remained like that,
crouched and watching for nearly

1076
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:20,880
half a minute before standing 
upright again. 

1077
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:25,160
At that moment, the climber 
realized how exposed he was. 

1078
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:28,400
His camp sat directly below the 
Cliff with no cover. 

1079
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:32,160
The vertical rise above him 
meant he was in full view, and 

1080
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:35,600
he had nowhere to retreat but 
down slope, which was steep and 

1081
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:38,560
rocky. 
He slowly backed away from the 

1082
01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:42,200
tent, put out his camp stove and
knelt beside a rock outcrop. 

1083
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:45,600
His hands were shaking. 
Through the binoculars, the 

1084
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:48,360
creature remained visible, still
standing at the edge of the 

1085
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:52,160
Cliff. 
It tilted its head once, a small

1086
01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:55,480
smooth motion that gave the 
impression of curiosity or 

1087
01:01:55,480 --> 01:01:58,800
assessment. 
The action was distinctly human 

1088
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:02,080
like, but performed by something
that was clearly not human. 

1089
01:02:02,720 --> 01:02:05,200
The creature then stepped back 
slightly from the ledge, 

1090
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,840
blending partially with the 
darker rock behind it. 

1091
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:11,800
The climber lost sight of it for
a moment as the light dimmed 

1092
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,560
further. 
Then a faint scraping sound came

1093
01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:18,120
from higher up the slope, stones
dislodging and falling. 

1094
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:22,280
The sound was slow and rhythmic,
like footsteps on loose terrain.

1095
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:25,680
The climber turned on his 
headlamp and stayed still, 

1096
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:28,560
listening. 
The noise continued moving 

1097
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:32,120
laterally along the Ridge above 
his position, the crunch of 

1098
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:34,800
shifting rock echoed faintly, 
then stopped. 

1099
01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:39,520
A few seconds later he heard 
another sound, a low, drawn out 

1100
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:42,040
exhale. 
It came from the same direction,

1101
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:45,280
far above, yet strong enough to 
carry down the slope. 

1102
01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:48,960
The air was cold and still, 
making the sound distinct. 

1103
01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:53,080
The tone was deep and powerful, 
like air forced through an 

1104
01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:56,600
enormous chest. 
He scanned the Ridge again. 

1105
01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:59,840
The faint shape of the creature 
reappeared, standing against the

1106
01:02:59,840 --> 01:03:03,600
lighter backdrop of sky. 
It was facing West now, the 

1107
01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:05,840
profile visible against the 
horizon. 

1108
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:10,080
The sloping head, the massive 
shoulders, the long arms hanging

1109
01:03:10,080 --> 01:03:13,360
at its sides. 
The climber watched it for 

1110
01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:16,840
several more seconds before it 
moved again, stepping slowly 

1111
01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:18,600
toward a line of trees farther 
up. 

1112
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:22,920
Its stride was smooth and even, 
covering ground quickly despite 

1113
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,760
the incline. 
The upper body swayed slightly 

1114
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:29,840
with each step, a motion that 
looked natural for its size, and

1115
01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:32,920
within a minute it reached the 
trees and disappeared from sight

1116
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:36,840
completely. 
The climber remained awake for 

1117
01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:39,520
hours, unable to shake the image
from his mind. 

1118
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:42,000
The area above his camp stayed 
silent. 

1119
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:44,520
No rocks fell, no sounds 
returned. 

1120
01:03:45,120 --> 01:03:47,920
Every so often he thought he saw
a faint movement along the 

1121
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:50,840
Ridge, but the moonlight and 
shadows made it impossible to 

1122
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:53,600
tell. 
The forest below was quiet, the 

1123
01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:56,240
kind of silence that feels heavy
and unnatural. 

1124
01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:00,840
Sometime after midnight, he 
heard a faint cracking sound in 

1125
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:04,640
the distance, the snapping of 
wood followed by a low, short 

1126
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:07,320
exhale. 
It came from higher up than 

1127
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:10,720
faded entirely. 
He stayed awake until dawn, 

1128
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:14,040
gripping his ice axe, listening 
for any further movement. 

1129
01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:19,040
At first light, the climber 
packed his gear and moved toward

1130
01:04:19,040 --> 01:04:22,000
the base of the Cliff. 
The slope was steep, littered 

1131
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:25,520
with loose stone and brush. 
The air was crisp and cold, the 

1132
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:28,800
rising sun cutting sharp lines 
of shadow across the Ridge. 

1133
01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:31,640
When he reached the spot 
directly below where the 

1134
01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:34,320
creature had stood, he found 
clear disturbances in the 

1135
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:36,840
ground. 
Several stones were freshly 

1136
01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:38,800
dislodged and scattered down 
slope. 

1137
01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:42,480
Higher up, near the base of the 
Cliff, a large impression marked

1138
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:46,160
where something heavy had stood,
the gravel surface compacted 

1139
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:49,720
into a shallow Oval shape nearly
2 feet across. 

1140
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:53,480
He could not see clear 
footprints on the rocks itself, 

1141
01:04:53,680 --> 01:04:56,840
but faint drag Marks and 
disturbed Moss suggested 

1142
01:04:56,840 --> 01:05:00,440
movement along the ledge. 
He climbed halfway up the lower 

1143
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:03,600
slope, using the binoculars to 
scan the top of the Cliff where 

1144
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:06,560
the creature had disappeared. 
There were no signs of human 

1145
01:05:06,560 --> 01:05:10,440
activity, no ropes, no 
footprints, no paths of ascent 

1146
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:13,960
or descent. 
What stood out most was the 

1147
01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:17,240
remoteness of that ledge. 
Reaching it would have required 

1148
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:20,280
scaling vertical rock or 
approaching from a distant Ridge

1149
01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:24,040
that took hours to access. 
No hiker or climber would have 

1150
01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:26,720
been up there casually, 
especially not at dusk. 

1151
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:31,240
The climbers description of the 
creature remained consistent and

1152
01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:34,280
detailed. 
It's estimated height of 8 to 9 

1153
01:05:34,280 --> 01:05:37,240
feet came from visible 
comparison to the Rockwall, 

1154
01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:39,880
which he later measured using 
rope markings. 

1155
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:43,960
The body width was proportional,
massive but balanced. 

1156
01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:47,480
The shoulder spanned nearly 4 
feet across and the head was 

1157
01:05:47,480 --> 01:05:52,040
conical rather than rounded. 
The hair length varied shorter 

1158
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:55,200
across the torso, longer on the 
arms and upper back. 

1159
01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:59,120
In several spots he noticed the 
hair move slightly with the wind

1160
01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:01,240
revealing thick muscle 
underneath. 

1161
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:04,440
The hands were not clearly 
visible, but the length of the 

1162
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:08,400
arms and their hang suggested 
proportionally large hands. 

1163
01:06:09,280 --> 01:06:12,480
The way it stood upright, 
relaxed and sure footed 

1164
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:15,960
convinced him it was not an 
animal walking on hind legs. 

1165
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:20,160
The control in its movement, the
stillness of its stance, and the

1166
01:06:20,160 --> 01:06:23,760
intelligence behind its 
observations were unmistakable. 

1167
01:06:25,720 --> 01:06:28,480
The encounter left a strong 
impression of deliberate 

1168
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:30,960
observation. 
The creature had approached the 

1169
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:35,000
Cliff quietly, taken a position 
of advantage directly above the 

1170
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:38,000
camp, and remained there long 
enough to study the climbers 

1171
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:40,600
actions. 
It didn't appear curious in a 

1172
01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:43,600
random sense, it seemed to be 
watching intentionally. 

1173
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:48,360
Its lack of vocalizations or 
obvious aggression added to the 

1174
01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:50,440
unease. 
The slow breathing and 

1175
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:53,400
occasional low exhale were the 
only sounds it made. 

1176
01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:57,400
The silence, combined with its 
confidence in staying visible, 

1177
01:06:57,440 --> 01:07:00,160
suggested complete control of 
the situation. 

1178
01:07:01,360 --> 01:07:04,680
The climber described its 
demeanour as calm but dominant, 

1179
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:07,480
as though it knew it was being 
watched but didn't care. 

1180
01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:09,960
It had no reason to retreat 
quickly. 

1181
01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:13,720
It simply stood, observed and 
left when it chose to. 

1182
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:18,560
The climber decided to end his 
expedition early. 

1183
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:22,000
He descended the slope carefully
checking for tracks or further 

1184
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:23,760
sign. 
None appeared. 

1185
01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:27,360
The only evidence remained the 
disturbed gravel and the faint 

1186
01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:31,560
impressions where it had stood. 
By late morning he reached lower

1187
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:34,400
elevation where other hikers 
occasionally passed through. 

1188
01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:37,640
He spoke to no one about the 
event at the time, fearing 

1189
01:07:37,640 --> 01:07:41,400
disbelief, but his account was 
written in his logbook that same

1190
01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:44,200
day. 
Exact time, distance and 

1191
01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:55,400
description recorded. 
In mid-december 2011, a 16 year 

1192
01:07:55,400 --> 01:07:59,240
old girl from northern Florida 
had an encounter on a dark rural

1193
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:01,920
Rd. that she still struggles to 
explain. 

1194
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:05,640
The event took place on A2 lane 
stretch of county highway 

1195
01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:09,360
bordered by thick pine woods and
open pasture several miles 

1196
01:08:09,360 --> 01:08:13,040
outside of Live Oak. 
The road was quiet, unlit, and 

1197
01:08:13,040 --> 01:08:15,920
lined by ditches. 
It was a mild winter evening 

1198
01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:18,680
with patchy fog and no other 
traffic for miles. 

1199
01:08:19,720 --> 01:08:22,439
The girl was returning home with
her mother after visiting 

1200
01:08:22,439 --> 01:08:25,080
relatives. 
Her mother drove, and she sat in

1201
01:08:25,080 --> 01:08:28,279
the front passenger seat, half 
asleep, watching the headlights 

1202
01:08:28,279 --> 01:08:31,399
cut through the fog. 
They were less than 10 minutes 

1203
01:08:31,399 --> 01:08:34,520
from home when the first 
movement caught her eye, a 

1204
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:37,200
sudden flash of motion in the 
woods beside the road. 

1205
01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:39,359
She sat up and looked out the 
window. 

1206
01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:42,319
Something large was moving 
parallel to the car. 

1207
01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:45,640
At first she thought it was a 
deer, but the shape was all 

1208
01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:48,080
wrong. 
The figure was tall, massive 

1209
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:49,800
through their shoulders and 
upright. 

1210
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:54,000
Its long arm swung as it ran, 
keeping pace with the car even 

1211
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,720
though they were going nearly 45
miles an hour. 

1212
01:08:57,200 --> 01:09:00,359
The headlights caught a glimpse 
of it between the trees, a dark,

1213
01:09:00,359 --> 01:09:03,200
heavy built form covered in what
looked like hair. 

1214
01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:06,560
She shouted for her mother to 
look, but by the time her mother

1215
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:09,359
turned, the creature had fallen 
back into the darkness. 

1216
01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:12,760
The girl kept staring out the 
side window, trying to see where

1217
01:09:12,760 --> 01:09:15,760
it went. 
Then, only seconds later, it 

1218
01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:19,279
reappeared, this time closer, 
bursting from the edge of the 

1219
01:09:19,279 --> 01:09:21,960
trees into the ditch that ran 
beside the road. 

1220
01:09:22,359 --> 01:09:26,040
Its stride was long and fast, 
knees lifting high, arms 

1221
01:09:26,040 --> 01:09:30,439
swinging powerfully. 
The girl's mother pressed the 

1222
01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:34,040
accelerator, the car picking up 
speed, but the thing kept up 

1223
01:09:34,040 --> 01:09:37,560
easily, running on 2 legs just 
beyond the passenger side 

1224
01:09:37,560 --> 01:09:39,960
window. 
In the glow of the headlights, 

1225
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:43,840
the girl could see its detail 
more clearly now Tall, at least 

1226
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:47,359
8 feet thick from shoulder to 
hip and covered in dark brown 

1227
01:09:47,359 --> 01:09:50,520
hair, the face was shadowed, but
not animal like. 

1228
01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:53,399
She could see the forehead 
sloping back from heavy brow 

1229
01:09:53,399 --> 01:09:57,640
ridges, the nose broad and flat,
the jaw line strong and square. 

1230
01:09:58,440 --> 01:10:01,200
The creature's movements were 
astonishingly smooth. 

1231
01:10:01,880 --> 01:10:05,120
Its long arm swung with each 
step, and its head stayed level 

1232
01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:08,280
even at high speed. 
Its eyes reflected orange, 

1233
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:11,520
glancing once toward the car 
before locking back on the road 

1234
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:14,400
ahead. 
The car now approached a bend 

1235
01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:15,960
where the trees opened to a 
field. 

1236
01:10:16,240 --> 01:10:19,240
The creature veered closer, 
leaving the ditch and stepping 

1237
01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:21,120
directly onto the shoulder of 
the road. 

1238
01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:25,440
For several seconds it ran only 
a few feet from the car, its 

1239
01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:28,000
upper body clearly visible from 
the side window. 

1240
01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:31,480
The girl could see the steam of 
its breath in the cold air and 

1241
01:10:31,480 --> 01:10:33,720
the movement of thick muscles 
under the hair. 

1242
01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:38,400
The mother screamed and tried to
accelerate, but the small sedan 

1243
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:40,120
struggled on the uneven 
pavement. 

1244
01:10:40,640 --> 01:10:44,360
The creature surged ahead 
slightly, then swung 1 long arm 

1245
01:10:44,360 --> 01:10:47,840
across its body and struck the 
rear of the car, a heavy, 

1246
01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:51,600
resounding impact that shook the
vehicle and sent its wing. 

1247
01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:55,360
The noise was like a deep 
metallic thud, followed by the 

1248
01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:58,240
scrape of a hand or arm across 
the trunk lid. 

1249
01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:01,840
The girl turned in her seat just
in time to see the creature 

1250
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:05,400
slowing down, still on 2 legs. 
As it dropped back toward the 

1251
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:08,680
roadside, its handprint was 
faintly visible in the 

1252
01:11:08,680 --> 01:11:13,120
condensation on the rear window.
5 wide fingers and a massive 

1253
01:11:13,120 --> 01:11:15,800
palm. 
The creature kept running for 

1254
01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:19,160
several more strides, then 
turned sharply and vanished into

1255
01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:23,200
the darkness of the Pines. 
The entire chase lasted less 

1256
01:11:23,200 --> 01:11:25,680
than a minute. 
When it ended, the girl and her 

1257
01:11:25,680 --> 01:11:29,280
mother were both terrified. 
The mother kept driving, afraid 

1258
01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:31,400
to stop. 
They didn't speak until they 

1259
01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:34,080
reached their driveway, where 
the mother immediately got out 

1260
01:11:34,080 --> 01:11:37,880
to inspect the car. 
On the trunk was a deep round 

1261
01:11:37,880 --> 01:11:41,480
dent about 6 inches wide with 
scratches running diagonally 

1262
01:11:41,480 --> 01:11:44,160
away from it. 
The paint was scuffed and there 

1263
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:47,320
were smears of dark residue 
mixed with moisture and dust. 

1264
01:11:48,440 --> 01:11:50,120
They took photos that same 
night. 

1265
01:11:50,320 --> 01:11:52,920
In the flash, the dent looked 
clean and fresh. 

1266
01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:56,240
The scratches were deep enough 
to expose bare metal beneath the

1267
01:11:56,240 --> 01:11:58,760
paint. 
The girl told her exactly what 

1268
01:11:58,760 --> 01:12:02,840
she saw, a massive hair covered 
creature that ran beside the car

1269
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:06,600
and hid it deliberately. 
Later that week, the family 

1270
01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:10,040
reported the incident privately 
to a local wildlife officer. 

1271
01:12:10,520 --> 01:12:13,760
He examined the car but offered 
no clear explanation. 

1272
01:12:14,320 --> 01:12:17,720
The officer's report was never 
made public and no follow up 

1273
01:12:17,720 --> 01:12:23,480
investigation was recorded. 
The witnesses, however, remained

1274
01:12:23,480 --> 01:12:26,360
consistent in their statements. 
The girl described the 

1275
01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:29,160
creature's size, gait and 
appearance and detail. 

1276
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:32,920
She said the hair looked thick 
and slightly glossy in the light

1277
01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:35,840
and dark brown. 
The skin visible on its face 

1278
01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:39,240
appeared leathery and greyish. 
The arms were long and heavily 

1279
01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:42,600
built, the shoulders broad, and 
the torso tapered slightly 

1280
01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:46,000
toward the waist. 
The creatures run was the most 

1281
01:12:46,040 --> 01:12:49,960
unnatural thing about it, 
impossibly smooth for its size. 

1282
01:12:50,280 --> 01:12:53,600
There was no up and down bounce,
only forward motion. 

1283
01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:57,120
She said it looked like watching
something glide, even though its

1284
01:12:57,120 --> 01:13:01,560
legs were clearly moving. 
For weeks afterward, the girl 

1285
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:04,360
experienced nightmares about the
moment the creature turned its 

1286
01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:07,080
head toward her. 
She recalled its eyes glowing 

1287
01:13:07,080 --> 01:13:10,600
faintly from the headlights, not
a strong shine, but a dull 

1288
01:13:10,600 --> 01:13:13,040
orange red glint deep within the
sockets. 

1289
01:13:13,480 --> 01:13:16,680
Its face had a serious, almost 
intent expression. 

1290
01:13:16,920 --> 01:13:21,400
The look stayed with her. 
Over time, the event gained 

1291
01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:23,600
quiet attention among local 
residents. 

1292
01:13:24,280 --> 01:13:27,680
Several neighbors reported 
hearing deep, echoing howls that

1293
01:13:27,680 --> 01:13:30,600
same winter from the pine forest
behind their properties. 

1294
01:13:31,240 --> 01:13:34,480
Others mentioned seeing large, 
shadowy shapes crossing roads 

1295
01:13:34,480 --> 01:13:37,240
late at night. 
None matched the clarity of what

1296
01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:40,480
the girl saw, but the region had
a long history of strange 

1297
01:13:40,480 --> 01:13:44,280
reports, from heavy footfalls 
near homes to mutilated 

1298
01:13:44,280 --> 01:13:46,640
livestock and tree knocks heard 
at night. 

1299
01:13:47,880 --> 01:13:51,080
The area itself was ideal 
habitat for something large to 

1300
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:53,880
remain hidden. 
The road ran between old pine 

1301
01:13:53,880 --> 01:13:57,440
tracks and swamp corridors that 
connected to the Sewanee River 

1302
01:13:57,440 --> 01:14:00,880
basin. 
Thick vegetation, dense Palmetto

1303
01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:04,640
and a network of old logging 
trails made it easy for wildlife

1304
01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:08,800
to move on seen. 
The Girl later revisited the 

1305
01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:11,720
location during the day to see 
if the distance had been 

1306
01:14:11,720 --> 01:14:14,440
misleading. 
Standing on the shoulder, she 

1307
01:14:14,440 --> 01:14:17,320
realized that the creature's 
upper body, to be visible above 

1308
01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:20,520
the car roof, would have to 
stand well over 8 feet tall. 

1309
01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:24,200
She measured the approximate 
area where she saw it strike the

1310
01:14:24,200 --> 01:14:27,400
trunk and noted that even with 
its arm lowered, the reach 

1311
01:14:27,400 --> 01:14:31,440
required was enormous. 
Neither of them ever saw the 

1312
01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:34,520
creature again, but the memory 
of that night stayed vivid. 

1313
01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:37,840
They agreed that the behaviour 
seemed almost territorial. 

1314
01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:41,520
The way it paced the car, struck
it once and then retreated, 

1315
01:14:41,680 --> 01:14:45,000
suggested it wanted to 
intimidate rather than harm. 

1316
01:14:45,560 --> 01:14:48,840
The calculated nature of the 
action, running alongside, 

1317
01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:52,480
staying even with the vehicle, 
then delivering a single precise

1318
01:14:52,480 --> 01:14:55,520
blow, implied intelligence and 
control. 

1319
01:14:57,800 --> 01:15:00,680
When she looks back on that 
December night, the girl says 

1320
01:15:00,680 --> 01:15:03,640
the most haunting part wasn't 
the impact or the damage to the 

1321
01:15:03,640 --> 01:15:07,400
car, it was the realization that
something that large and 

1322
01:15:07,400 --> 01:15:11,440
powerful could move that fast 
and vanish into the dark like it

1323
01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:15,000
was never there. 
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1324
01:15:15,400 --> 01:15:18,640
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1325
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1326
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