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Hello and welcome to the 
program. 

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You'll have a warning in this 
episode we're talking about 

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Bigfoot in Idaho. 
That's correct, Bigfoot in 

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Idaho. 
Now this first sighting actually

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involves 2 separate sightings, 
one in 2023 and one in 2025. 

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The first one we're looking at 
says the date on this is May 

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4th, 2025, Ada County, Idaho. 
They've got a lot of good 

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pictures here of the area where 
it's taken at. 

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Really neat. 
It says these campsite 

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coordinates are accurate. 
However I want to clarify that 

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the other coordinates mentioned 
for the sound locations, see a 

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map and coordinates below are 
approximate guesses as to where 

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the sounds originated based on 
my experience as a hunter and 

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listing for game. 
Nearest town Boise, nearest Rd. 

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Bogus Basin Rd. 
Observe. 

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I have two stories to share, 1 
from 2023 and the other from 

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2025. 
I understand this report is 

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supposed to be concise and 
factual, but I'm combining both 

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stories here for context now. 
May 2023, night time 4 friends 

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and I hiked the number 78 Dry 
Creek Trail approximately 10 

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miles north of Boise, ID. 
The trail followed Dry Creek 

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heading north. 
Well hiked about 6 miles and 

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found a campsite one of our 
group had used before. 

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It was just off the trail and 
secluded. 

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We stayed one night that year. 
I went to bed with inadequate 

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bedding and couldn't sleep all 
night, but that allowed me to 

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hear 3 distinct howls in the 
valley. 

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I can't say how much time passed
between the house, but each one 

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sounded exactly like the well 
known Ohio howl recorded by Matt

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Moneymaker, only longer. 
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lasted about 10 seconds, roughly
5 seconds longer than the money 

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maker recording. 
The howls came from different 

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positions in the valley we had 
passed through earlier. 

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My head was facing southwest and
two howls came from that general

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direction. 
The third came from the South or

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SE closer to the South, the 
angle about 30° eastward. 

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Estimating distances would be 
inaccurate, but I'll give my 

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best guess based on my position.
The first how roughly 4 to 500 

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yards southwest on top of the 
valley West of our trail. 

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The second how about 500 yards 
on the opposite side, east of 

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our trail, also on top of the 
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The third howl quieter and 
further away, SE echoing as 

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though bouncing off the 
mountains. 

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The first two howls had 
different sound qualities due to

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their positions, but were 
similar in volume. 

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After the 3rd howl, there were 
no more. 

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That night none of my friends 
heard them, only me. 

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Now on to the second sighting. 
May 4th, 2025. 

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Night time the same group of 
friends and I returned to the 

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same trail and campsite. 
I slept in a different spot with

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my head pointing northwest. 
This time I didn't sleep much 

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better, but I had warmer gear. 
I sometimes experience what I 

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call blink sleeping where you 
blink in a couple of hours seem 

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to pass instantly from the same 
general area as the third. 

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How? 
In 2023 SE I heard tree knocks. 

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I don't recall the exact number,
but I believe it was 9 distinct,

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evenly spaced knocks. 
Steady like a metronome, loud 

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but distant. 
The knocks echoed through the 

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valley. 
That was the only time I heard 

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knocks on this trip. 
I've been hunting since I was 16

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and 100 and I've heard elk from 
100 to 1500 yards away. 

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This experience helped me 
approximate where the sounds 

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came from. 
Some might wonder why a Bigfoot 

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would be so far down in the 
Canyon below heavy forest cover.

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The campsite sits where north 
facing slopes were densely 

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forested while South facing 
slopes are grassy. 

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At this time of year, the Canyon
floor is probably warmer than 

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the upper basin where snow may 
still linger. 

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It makes sense that they would 
move upslope later in the summer

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when valley temperatures rise. 
And then it says other witnesses

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four others were with were with 
me, but I was the only one awake

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and light sleeping enough to 
hear the sounds of the stories. 

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None time and conditions. 
Nighttime, no ambient light. 

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Cold environment. 
Pine forest with a nearby Creek.

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Few wildlife sounds, mostly 
small birds and occasional 

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squirrels. 
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Then we have the follow up 
investigation by BFO 

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investigator Matthew Moneymaker.
I spoke with the witness JVOA 27

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year old Idaho resident who grew
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considerable time outdoors. 
He currently works for a large 

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lawn care company in Boise. 
He is credible and precise about

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what he heard and where it 
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The likelihood of these sounds 
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greatly because they occurred on
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both Howls and Knox. 
The sounds came from the area 

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where Dry Creek crosses the 
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and Boise County. 
Although Bogus Basin Rd. appears

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close on a map, it might as well
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At its nearest, it's still half 
a mile up a steep Canyon slope. 

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There is no access to Dry Creek 
from that road by foot or 

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vehicle. 
Even if it were a major highway,

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it still would be functionally 
remote from this campsite. 

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The only connection is a faint, 
rough mountain bike path nearly 

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3 miles down Dry Creek Trail. 
As of this report, it is likely 

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that Bigfoot still frequents 
this area. 

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They may even be heard in the in
the early morning hours from 

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Bogus Basin Rd. if wind 
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Wind is common on mountain 
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early in the morning. 
Wow, isn't that wild. 

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Yeah, very cool Siding or 
herring, I guess we should say. 

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This next sighting is dated fall
1983. 

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It says submitted by witness on 
Sunday, March 28th, 1999. 

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Elk Hunter observes an apparent 
family group. 

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This was around Bear Lake 
County. 

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Location details Elk Valley and 
Bear Lake County east of 

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Montpelier, ID near Wyoming, 
specifically at some Beaver 

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ponds called the Bloody Bucket. 
Nearest town Montpelier observed

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this occurred in either late 
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1982 or 83 during the opening of
archery season. 

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Several friends and I were 
camping near Elk Valley with our

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dads at our annual Beau Camp. 
One morning we started our hunt 

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at the top of a thick timber 
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I had never been in this area 
before, but my instructions were

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to make my way through the 
forest and walk straight 

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downhill. 
After a while I was told I would

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come out into a clearing where 
there would be a saddle with a 

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few rocky knolls draining into 
some into some ponds at the 

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bottom. 
The entire area was known as the

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Bloody Bucket. 
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I don't know and I didn't ask. 
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me to slowly walk through this 
area, hoping to scurry out a 

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mule deer or bull elk so that 
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with another hunter in our 
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We were spread out so far apart 
that we couldn't see or hear 

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each other. 
As I came into the opening, 

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everything was exactly as 
described. 

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I can see where I needed to end 
up, though it was some distance 

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away. 
I came out in the middle of the 

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opening, walked to a rocky area,
stopped to catch my breath, and 

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looked around. 
Suddenly, about 100 yards down 

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to my left, I saw what appeared 
to be 3 upright dark brown 

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figures walking quickly down a 
trail near the trees. 

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They were in order of height 
with the tallest leading 

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followed by a slightly smaller 
one than the smallest which 

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seemed to be struggling to keep 
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As I stood there trying to 
process what I was seeing, the 

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lead figure turned around and 
waved his arm as if urging the 

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small one to hurry. 
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pace into the timber and 
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I was shocked, nervous and 
somewhat frightened. 

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My heart was pounding. 
I just sat there in amazement 

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for about 15 minutes. 
I didn't go down to look for 

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tracks or the science. 
Instead, I went on to the bottom

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as instructed and said nothing 
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At the time, I didn't think 
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Anyway, a few years later I ran 
into one of the friends who had 

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been hunting with me that day. 
I was relieved when he said, do 

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you remember that year when we 
haunted the Bloody Bucket in Elk

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Valley? 
Well, I've got something to tell

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you. 
He then described exactly what I

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had seen. 
It turns out he had been 

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slightly ahead of me and to my 
right in the trees about 75 

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yards away. 
Neither of us had realized we 

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were so close to each other or 
that we had witnessed the same 

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thing. 
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had someone to back me up at the
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Since then, I've told a few 
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I also heard that the same 
summer there was a sighting near

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Montpelier Reservoir a few miles
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It's ironic that the only time I
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something like this, I didn't 
have a camera or camcorder and I

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was too stunned to investigate 
further or tell anyone right 

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away. 
No sounds were heard, no 

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physical evidence was collected.
Just my word. 

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But I remember it like it was 
yesterday. 

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That's amazing, isn't it? 
Also heard it says of sightings 

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in Montpelier. 
Other witnesses, one other 

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stories, reports near Montpelier
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Time and conditions, morning 
environment, Aspen Pines, 

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clearings, ponds are 
approximately 7000 foot 

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elevation Elk Valley near 
Montpelier at Idaho. 

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Well you know seeing one of 
these things would be amazing, 

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but seeing a whole family of 
them, that just takes it to a 

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whole new level doesn't it? 
Now this sighting was submitted 

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February 21st 2001 but it goes 
back out of ways. 

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Summer of 1967 July 29th it says
Bonner County, Idaho. 

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Submitted by a witness on 
Wednesday February 21st, 2001. 

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close daylight sighting of 
Animal Crossing Rd. near Spirit 

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Lake. 
Location details. 

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Use this information as you 
wish, but now but not head 

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defamatory away please. 
I believe the big I believe the 

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big cross the road in the 
westerly direction based on my 

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geographical memory, though it 
felt like a northerly direction 

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as well. 
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slightly to our left as we 
traveled along the road nearest 

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town, Bonners Ferry, the road to
Monastery from Spirit Lake near 

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Shroad, Observed I. 
Stephen Reeves of Paradise, CA 

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was spending the summer of 1967 
in Spirit Lake with Steve Shaw 

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at his father in stepmother's 
home. 

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Mr. and Missus Ruth Shaw, Steve 
Dale Skellinger and I were 

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bucking hay at the Harold Glab 
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We were returning to Spirit Lake
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Red 1956 Ford pickup truck along
a narrow, dusty Rd. 

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The road had thick strands of 
lodge bull pine on both sides. 

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As we drove, the hair in the 
back of my neck suddenly stood 

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up, prompting me, seated in the 
middle to turn around and look 

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behind. 
What I saw was a tall, quiet, 

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long haired bipedal mammal 
covered in hair from head to 

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toe. 
It crossed the road in just four

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steps. 
As soon as we passed the spot, 

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the creature stepped onto the 
road and made it across before 

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the distance and dust obscured 
it from view. 

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It never looked at us or reacted
to our passing. 

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Complete disregard. 
I kept this to myself for years,

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wanting to protect the creature 
from harm, which was common back

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then. 
I never mentioned it to Steve 

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Wardell, so I don't know if they
saw it in their mirrors. 

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A few days later I was separated
from them when I was put on a 

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bus with some of my California 
friends. 

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Steve's brother Bruce had taken 
up a collection for gas money to

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make the trip from San Francisco
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the letter Steve's mom had 
mailed asking Mr. Shaw to keep 

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Steve in Idaho. 
I have not seen Steve since. 

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That's hilarious. 
In 1993, my wife and I made a 

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trip to Spirit Lake to find 
Steve. 

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We managed to locate Dolly to 
try to get a message to him. 

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We met the town historian and 
when I explained who I was, she 

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immediately remembered the 
events of that summer. 

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She was middle-aged at the time 
and delivered newspapers. 

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A very nice person. 
It was Boots and his black model

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A Ford. 
He even drove it backwards to 

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show us where Dolly lived. 
All this information will check 

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out. 
I would even submit to voice 

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testing if you wish. 
PSI wish no harm ever comes to 

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these things. 
Wow Time and conditions says 

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late afternoon around 4:00 PM. 
Clear weather with a light 

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breeze of three to four mile per
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It was hot in the fields, but 
the stream running through the 

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farm kept our beers cold and the
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About BFR Investigator Nancy L 
Jones Nancy L Jones is an NBA 

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currently doing occasional 
special projects for her 

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husband's business while being a
full time mom. 

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She formerly worked as an IT 
project manager for Hewlett 

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Packard and attended the 2007 
Central Oregon Expedition. 

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Very cool sighting. 
Happened a long time ago but 

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this person still remembers it 
seems like just like it was 

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yesterday. 
The sightings dated November 4th

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at 2006 Bonneville County. 
Location details just above kept

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crossing on Willow Creek nearest
town Idaho Falls nearest Rd. 

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Boone Rd. 
Observed On November 4th, 2006, 

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my family and I were driving 
through the foothills above 

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Idaho Falls near Willow Creek 
when my sister, fiance, daughter

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and nephew said they saw 
something off to the side of the

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road. 
I stopped and turned it around 

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so I could shine the Broncos 
headlights on whatever it was. 

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When we got turned around, the 
lights couldn't reach it so I 

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decided to step out with the 
flashlight. 

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When I shined the light on it, 
the creature stood up on its 

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hind legs about 30 feet away. 
It was standing in a barrel pit,

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and it was at least a foot 
taller than me. 

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I'm 6 feet tall. 
When I first saw it, I started 

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yelling at it. 
Every time I made noise. 

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It ducked down, and when I 
stopped, it began to rise his 

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head again. 
Then when I backed up and got 

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into the Bronco, it suddenly 
jumped up and ran off after us, 

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chasing us for quite a distance.
We all saw it, but none of us 

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can make out any facial 
features. 

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I've heard stories from friends 
and family about sightings in 

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this same area over the years, 
but I've never paid much 

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attention. 
I'm an avid hunter, fisherman 

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and have spent my whole life in 
the outdoors. 

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I've haunted and fished this 
area for years and have seen 

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elk, deer, antelope, Badgers and
bear. 

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But just about every just about 
everything that walks, crawls or

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swims. 
I have never seen anything like 

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what we saw that night. 
It was bigger than any bear I've

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ever encountered. 
I've haunted the sell way where 

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there's a large bear population 
and this was definitely not a 

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bear man. 
So imagine that thing. 

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Just kind of almost like I spent
a little bit of hide and seek 

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with it. 
Also, I noticed several times 

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before we had seen figures 
standing on hillsides but 

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couldn't tell what they wore. 
After we saw the creature and 

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drove some distance down the 
road, we stopped and rolled down

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the windows. 
We heard a scream or howling 

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noise unlike anything I've ever 
heard before. 

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Another time we heard what 
sounded like a baby whimpering 

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down by the bridge. 
We tried to find the source but 

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couldn't. 
We reported the incident to the 

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Sheriff's Department, but 
nothing was found under other 

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witnesses. 
There were five of us all 

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together. 
We were just out for a drive 

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heading home when we saw it. 
Other stories too numerous to 

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count. 
Many reports from different 

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people. 
Time and conditions. 

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It was around 8:00 PM night 
time, but fairly light because 

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of a full moon environment. 
Thick willows along the Creek, 

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lots of sagebrush and cedar in 
the higher areas where we 

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spotted it. 
And it's this follow up 

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investigation by BFO 
investigator Nancy L Jones. 

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I spoke with two adult witnesses
by phone for about 30 minutes. 

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They recalled additional details
about the encounter. 

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The adult male witness said the 
animal was very dark brown or 

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black huge, with extremely wide 
shoulders, over half as wide as 

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Bronco itself. 
He estimated the animal was 

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about 9 feet tall, considering 
it was standing 1 foot taller 

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than his 6 foot height while in 
a 2 foot deep Burrow pit. 

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He said the animal chased their 
Bronco, which was moving up to 

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30 miles an hour. 
It ran alongside the vehicle in 

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the Burrow pit and crossed the 
road behind it at several 

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points. 
OK, they're saying Burrow pit. 

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I'm assuming this, that maybe 
this is the ditch along the 

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road. 
I don't know. 

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The road was gravel and winding,
making even 30 miles an hour 

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difficult to drive safely. 
You can imagine from the first 

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moment he saw the creature, he 
heard it making a strange 

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growling, whiny noise. 
Kept this up as it ran. 

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One of the adult female 
witnesses, the driver's fiance, 

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confirmed these details. 
She had a better view once they 

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began driving away and added 
more physical description. 

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Its arms were very long, over 
half its total body length. 

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The hair was thick, longer than 
a bear's. 

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It ran while looking into the 
vehicle at the passengers no 

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more than 20 feet away. 
She said the animal was very 

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large and fast and had no 
trouble keeping up with the 

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vehicle in the darkness. 
No facial details weren't 

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visible. 
She added that everyone in the 

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vehicle was screaming and crying
in fear. 

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She also mentioned another 
incident in July 2006, possibly 

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related while driving in Clark 
County with her fiance and his 

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daughter. 
The daughter said there's a 

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naked black man running through 
the hills. 

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At the time, the adults ignored 
it, assuming it was a child's 

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imagination. 
Looking back, they wonder if it 

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was the same or a similar 
creature. 

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The two locations are about 60 
miles apart. 

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Wow, that's really something. 
Wow, scary stuff. 

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OK, we'll do three more here and
wrap this up. 

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We're told the sighting is 
submitted by witness Stephen D 

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Barber on Friday, October 24th, 
1970. 

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Nineteen 97 in the Sawtooth 
National Forest 3 forestry 

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workers spot an 8 to 9 foot tall
figure walking on 2 legs across 

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a clearing about 150 yards up 
slope. 

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It's interesting now the actual 
sighting. 1977, October Late in 

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the month Thomas County, Idaho 
location details Sawtooth 

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National Forest, Kamas County, 
Idaho, about 30 miles north of 

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the town of Fairfield on a 
temporary logging Rd. about 3 to

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4 miles northeast of Smokey Dome
Rd. 

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Observed in late October 1977, I
witnessed something unusual. 

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I apologize that this report is 
so old, but the two women who 

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were with me, one was my 
supervisor and the driver became

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very frightened and immediately 
began dismissing what we had all

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seen because that I figured 
there was no point in reporting 

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a story that they were going to 
deny. 

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Perhaps this will help someone's
research now. 

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I saw a figure walking on 2 legs
across a clearing located about 

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150 yards up slope from the road
we were on. 

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I was with two young female Co 
workers, US Forest Service. 

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They insisted it was nothing but
a man in dark clothing but I 

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disagreed. 
I'd walked across the same 

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clearing while hunting and knew 
there were scattered saplings in

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the area. 
Judging the relative size of the

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trees, the comparative height of
the figure and the speed at 

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which it crossed the clearing, I
calculated the figure could not 

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have been less than 8 to 9 feet 
tall. 

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It covered at least 150 yards 
and no more than 20 seconds at 

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what appeared to be a leisurely 
pace. 

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I later went up to check for 
tracks, but unfortunately the 

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ground was too grassy. 
I tried to cover the same 

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distance myself. 
Even at a full run, it still 

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took me nearly a minute to cross
the same ground the figure had 

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covered in only 20 seconds. 
I don't know what I saw that 

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day, but it was no human being. 
Wow. 

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It's amazing how these things 
are reportedly moved so fast. 

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And man, you know, it kind of 
makes me think of a lot of these

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missing person cases that David 
Pilates does such a good job on 

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it. 
And you find sometimes victims 

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or you find the remains of 
victims miles and miles away 

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from where they disappeared at 
and, and you're just left 

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perplexed. 
How can they cover that much 

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space, Man, It makes you wonder.
There's not some kind of a 

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connection there. 
Other witnesses, 2 female Co 

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workers. 
We were driving back from a 

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single installation project 
environment. 

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High Alpine area at over 10,000 
feet in elevation, approximately

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60% forested with high altitude 
spruce and large very steep 

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terrain. 
Loggers had to use the highline 

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method because it was too steep 
for skidders. 

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Man boy, they're really up there
aren't they? 

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What a cool place though. 
This sighting actually happened 

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on August 9th, 2007, it says 
Cassia County, Idaho. 

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Location details South of Hanson
Rock Creek Rd. almost to the ski

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lodge nearest town. 
About 22 miles from town in the 

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Sawtooth Forest. 
Nearest Rd. about two miles from

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the highway on a dirt Rd. 
observed. 

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I live in Kimberly, ID While my 
grandson was visiting we drove 

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to the South Hills in the 
Sawtooth Forest. 

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We turned off on dirt Rd. called
Wolstrom Hollow. 

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I have been there many times to 
look at the Beaver dams. 

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We drove as far as we could, 
then parked my pickup and walked

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about 1/4 mile further through 
the trees. 

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I saw a silver object and 
thought I heard people talking 

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near the Beaver Dam. 
I stopped and noticed a lot of 

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elk and deer droppings and a 
very strong smell. 

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I asked Brandon if he smelled 
it, but he said no. 

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He said he kept hearing loud 
sticks banging together or 

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against rocks. 
I couldn't hear that, but I kept

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smelling the strong odor. 
Then Brandon said he saw 

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something scary. 
At the same time my dog, who was

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on a leash, barked loudly with 
her hackles up. 

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I said let's get out of here. 
On the way back to the pickup, 

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Brandon said he thought it was 
falling us and my dog kept 

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looking back. 
I told him to keep walking 

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because I didn't want to look 
like prey. 

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At the time, I didn't know 
exactly what he had seen. 

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We got into the pickup and drove
out. 

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Brandon then told me he saw a 
large hairy creature hunched 

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over, very tall, bigger than a 
bear, with piercing yellow eyes.

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He said looked him right in the 
eyes and scared him so badly he 

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couldn't move or talk. 
Please let me hear from you. 

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I had to tell someone. 
Later I talked to a friend who 

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hunts, rides horses in the 
mountains and has cattle in that

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area. 
He said that someone reported a 

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Bigfoot sighting there about 3 
years ago and had seen tracks. 

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I'm too afraid to go back there 
alone. 

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I think we stumbled upon it 
while it was eating an elk or 

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deer. 
Carol Sherman That's some scary 

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stuff, man. 
Also noticed, I remember the 

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smell clearly. 
I have been in what that area 

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before and I had not seen any 
elk or deer droppings. 

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This time there was a 
concentrated amount of elk 

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tracks and droppings as well as 
deer. 

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And then just other witnesses. 
Myself, my grandson and Brandon 

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is 17 years old. 
Other Stories A friend, Bertie 

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Brown, who was 83 years old, 
told me about a report from 

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three years ago. 
People from town saw Bigfoot 

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tracks and thought they saw the 
creature itself, but my grandson

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said it looked him right in the 
eyes. 

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It was very scary for him and 
for me. 

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Time Conditions Approximately 
5:30 PM. 

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Weather was warm with no winds 
and no clouds. 

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Environment Pine forest with 
lots of quaking Aspen. 

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Dirt roads No bridges. 
Wolfstrom Hollow turns off from 

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Rock Creek Rd. 
Turning drive on the dirt Rd. 

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for approximately 2 miles. 
Veer left at the fork and go 

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about a half a mile. 
Yeah that is really cool and 

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they did do a follow up 
investigation on it. 

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Lots of neat stuff. 
We'll do one last one here and 

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wrap this up. 
This last sighting happened on 

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October 20th, 2015. 
Clark County, Idaho Location 

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details Camp locations 16 1/2 
miles North by Northwest of 

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Dubois, ID as a crow flies 
nearest town. 

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Spencer, Idaho. 
Nearest Rd. 

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Interstate Hwy. 25 observed 
October 20th, 6:15 PMI observed 

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2 Bigfoot walking up the trail 
while I was hunting. 

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My father, brother and I were 
camped at the head of Swampy 

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Draw on Pleasant Valley Creek 
during the cow elk muzzleloader 

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season. 
Our camp was located at 16 1/2 

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miles North by Northwest of Duo,
Idaho as a crow flies at an 

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elevation of 7054 feet. 
The general topography consists 

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of pine covered mountainsides 
with grassy and mix Alder 

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sagebrush valley floors. 
We had been hunting elk and deer

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for five days and saw many deer 
on the hillside above camp about

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250 yards away. 
Range Finder, reading and a few 

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elk. 
After exploring the area for 

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days, we decided to hunt the 
deer close to camp. 

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My father's 83 and walks with a 
cane, so he stayed close to camp

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for the evening hunt. 
We walked about 100 yards up the

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hill behind camp. 
My brother positioned himself a 

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few 100 yards along the base of 
the hillside. 

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I decided to take my ATV up a 
swampy draw and sit at its head 

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for evening. 
This way we covered a larger 

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area. 
Swampy Draw has an old logging 

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Rd. running through it, but 
access from Pleasant Valley is 

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difficult. 
I managed to ride my ATV up the 

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road, leaving camp at 2:30 PM 
because I wanted to be in 

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position early and let the area 
settle before prime hunting 

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hours. 
Before the evening hunt, I 

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explored A skid Rd. that climbed
the east side of the draw and 

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looped back toward camp. 
After disturbing the area, I 

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returned to the main logging Rd.
turned toward the head of Swampy

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Draw and got into position for 
the evening hunt at 6:15 PMI saw

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two figures coming up the trail 
toward me at about 200 yards. 

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I first thought they were 
hunters ruining my evening hunt,

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but as they came into full view 
I saw they were black in color. 

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Most hunters wear some blaze 
orange or camouflage, but these 

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figures were not dressed at all.
They walked side by side and I 

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suspect there were a male and a 
female pair, although the 

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distance was too great to 
confirm. 

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One was about 8 feet tall, the 
other about 7 1/2. 

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I couldn't make out facial 
features, but they appeared 

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incredibly tall and rather 
slender. 

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When they saw me, they turned to
my left and disappeared into the

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tempered hillside. 
As they turned I saw very long 

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arms almost reaching their 
knees, swinging in long arcs 

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like a human power Walker. 
It was then I realized I had 

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left my 454 Castle pistol at 
camp and only had my single shot

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54 caliber muzzle loader, a 
mistake I won't repeat. 

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The sighting lasted about 20 
seconds. 

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Since the creatures were between
me and camp and there was only 

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one way out, I waited 10 minutes
before heading back. 

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I kept my rifle across my lap as
I rode. 

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The camp was just over a half a 
mile away. 

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Halfway back, I encountered a 
new roadblock in a small Creek 

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that hadn't been there earlier. 
The creatures had placed a large

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log across the trail. 
As darkness fell, I pushed my 

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ATV over the smaller end of the 
log with some difficulty. 

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The next day I returned and 
found the barricade reinforced 

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with additional logs and stumps 
too heavy for three men to lift.

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There were no signs of dragging.
They had been carried at 

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enormous feat. 
To make things stranger, my 

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father kept mentioning a stick 
Fort about 200 yards from camp 

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at the base of the hill. 
My brother thought Boy Scouts 

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had built it, but nobody uses 
this area. 

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I checked it out. 
A large tree was bent in an arc 

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and masses of sticks were woven 
into the frame, forming a hollow

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area about 6 foot by 12 feet. 
No three men could have bent 

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that main tree. 
My father said it looked 

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recently used. 
I believe the sequence was this.

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I distributed the creatures when
I explored the spur Rd. above 

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the structure. 
They built the barricade, then 

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they came up the road and 
revealed themselves as if to say

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hey, we're here and you 
shouldn't be. 

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I never went past that barricade
again. 

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I looked for footprints but 
found none in the hard gravelly 

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ground. 
On the evening of the sighting, 

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my father and brother counted 
over 30 deer near the structure.

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After the sighting we saw no 
more deer for the remaining four

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days of our hunt. 
One night I heard my horse 

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traders tack door open and shut.
I had stored food inside but 

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nothing was missing. 
The latch requires fingers to 

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open and I know I had secured it
tightly. 

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Wow this is about me. 
I'm 62 years old and have spent 

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a lifetime hunting and fishing 
in Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, 

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Idaho, Oregon, Alaska and other 
and northern Minnesota. 

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I have had other close 
encounters but this was the only

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time I clearly saw the 
creatures. 

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Seeing as believing the debate 
is over for me I guess. 

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So that kind of sums it up. 
You know the debate is over once

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you see when it's things. 
Myself, I've never seen one, but

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there's just so many eyewitness 
accounts. 

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I have to think that there's 
something out there, out there 

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in the wilderness. 
Until next time, this is UFO 

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warning over and out.
