WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:17.120 This is a story from Maria. This is really good. She writes. 2 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:21.559 In February of two thousand and twelve, I travel from my home in Texas 3 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:25.920 to visit my sister who lived with my nephew at the time in Seattle, 4 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:31.280 Washington. After they took me around Seattle to the fine dining establishments and for 5 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:35.159 a boat ride at Puget Sound, I told my nephew I wanted to buy 6 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:41.679 some Bigfoot stuff Bigfoot, why, he asked, because Washington State is the 7 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:45.960 Bigfoot capital of the world with the most sightings. I told him. I 8 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.960 explained that I had been interested in Bigfoot for years and that I watched countless 9 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:55.799 YouTube videos and TV documentaries on the topic. I jokingly said that I'd like 10 00:00:55.880 --> 00:01:00.479 to go bigfoot honey. Well, he was not amused. Seeing his reaction, 11 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.319 I asked him if he believed in Bigfoot. Well, I don't know, 12 00:01:03.599 --> 00:01:07.799 he said, And then, after thinking for a minute, he told 13 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:11.799 me what happened to him and his wife when they first got married. In 14 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.319 two thousand and one. My nephew's wedding was held at the Navajo Nation Reservation 15 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:21.439 in New Mexico. His wife, a Navajo, grew up near the Nut 16 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:29.159 naho oh I kind of hate to pronounce this word. Nachitti, Nachitti mountains 17 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:37.040 nasci t ti the not shitty mountains. How about that Our entire family from 18 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.280 Texas, so we all around thirty of us, drove up the day before 19 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:46.079 the wedding to the reservation where the wedding ceremony and festivities were to be held. 20 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.959 It was a large open field of one hundred square yards surrounded by trees. 21 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:55.760 His wife's Navajo grandmother lived in a log cabin in the same area, 22 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:00.640 just outside the trees. There were no hotels in that area, so we 23 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.280 took tents in camping gear, and the following evening, when the wedding festivities 24 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.840 had ended, we sat around the campfire and enjoyed the stars. Afterward, 25 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:14.319 we all turned in. The Next morning, our family drove back home to 26 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.159 Texas, and my nephew and his wife planned to camp out one more night 27 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:21.639 so they could spend a little more time with their family before leaving on their 28 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:25.840 honeymoon. That evening, my nephew and his wife were sitting around the campfire 29 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:30.800 when far away they heard some strange, loud, deep growls. They said 30 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:36.560 nothing to each other, and they continued talking. They heard the growls two 31 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:42.159 more times, each time a little closer and louder than before. It grew 32 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:46.080 quiet for a while, and they got easier, and they finally decided to 33 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:47.800 turn in for the night, and my nephew got up to put away some 34 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:52.719 of their gear. As he was putting out the fire, they heard another 35 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:57.919 growl. This time it was close and it was really loud. He asked 36 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:01.639 his wife what animal was growling, and she said she didn't know, she'd 37 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:06.520 never heard anything like it before. Well. They both looked around to see 38 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:10.199 what it was, but it was pitch dark beyond a few yards. They 39 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:15.479 continued to put things away. As they were doing so, the growling came 40 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:21.120 closer still and even louder. Now my nephew, who was normally a calm 41 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.120 and level headed person, was beginning to panic. Let's get the heck out 42 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:29.439 of here, he said to his wife. They began throwing things into the 43 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:31.960 bed of his truck with no regard for damaging any of it, and the 44 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:38.360 growling was now within thirty yards and beginning to sound angrier. When it got 45 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.360 to within a few feet of them, he yelled at his wife get in 46 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:45.360 the truck. They jumped in and sped out of the mountains as fast as 47 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:49.400 they could. They drove over an hour away to Gallop, New Mexico, 48 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:53.120 where they got a hotel for the night. The next morning, they drove 49 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:58.000 back to their campsite to get their tent and whatever gear they'd left behind. 50 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.840 Then they said goodbye to her family and they left. When he finished his 51 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:08.599 story, I asked his wife what she thought it was, and reluctantly she 52 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:13.159 said she didn't know. But months later I had the opportunity to speak with 53 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.199 my nephew about it again. I asked him if he thought what they heard 54 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:20.279 was a bigfoot. He said he didn't know, but he never wanted to 55 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:27.079 hear that sound again. Whoo. Could it have been a skinwalker? It's 56 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:31.160 a Navajo reservation. I think the skinwalkers or Navajo. I don't really know 57 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:35.360 much about that. I just know the skinwalker is an interesting, creepy kind 58 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:41.759 of creature that is from Indian folklore. Could be real. I don't know. 59 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.439 I don't know anything about it. But Nioma, who edited this, 60 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:47.879 said she's wondering if it was either a dog man or a skin walker, 61 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:51.759 but it could have been a bigfoot. Either way, it was a really 62 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:59.360 good story and I really appreciate Maria sending it. Thank you mail. Hey, 63 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:01.439 y'all, welcome the podcast. I hope you enjoyed that first story. 64 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:08.279 I've got one more viewer encounter and then we have two Steve Lily encounters. 65 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:13.040 People have sent me stories where they've actually run into Steve Lily. Now, 66 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:15.759 if you're new to the channel, you don't know who Steve Lily and his 67 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.920 crew is. There are a group of bigfoot hunters that I know. I 68 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:25.639 write about them. Steve Lily actually has his own channel. And on the 69 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:29.759 in screen if you like these last two stories, if you think they're interesting, 70 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.040 click on the in screen video. It'll be episode number one of the 71 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:40.319 Steve Lily Journals. And if you click on it, subscribe. There's fifteen 72 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:44.680 episodes. There's probably eight to ten hours of Steve Lily stories up on that 73 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.839 channel. They're a lot of fun and they're good and I love writing them 74 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:53.519 and I hope you enjoy this. So we got two stories, one more 75 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:58.519 after this and to Steve Lily Encounters, hope you enjoy it. Thanks for 76 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:08.759 joining me. All right, here we go. This is a story from 77 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:13.800 JB. He claims this is true, and here's what he writes. Before 78 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:15.720 I tell you my story, I need to fill you in on my background. 79 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.199 I grew up in a six thousand acre farm in North Georgia. I'm 80 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:26.040 a descendant of First Nation grandparents. I was taught to hunting fish at a 81 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:30.040 young age, and my brothers and I were making fish and turtle baskets before 82 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.160 the age of three. At the time, there were not any deer in 83 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:40.160 North Georgia. In nineteen sixty five, the Department of Natural Resources started stocking 84 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:45.360 them by the truckload from Texas. We also had large cats that we call 85 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:49.040 black panthers roaming the wilderness, and when they would scream, it sounded like 86 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:55.000 a woman being murdered. I had never heard of a bigfoot until sometime in 87 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.560 the late nineteen eighties, and I always thought it was an animal that lived 88 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:03.560 in the northwestern United States. My story begins in the fall of two thousand 89 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:10.000 nineteen, when I started hearing rocks hitting my house. There were allowed noises 90 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:13.519 outside my window in the middle of the night. Now, I was not 91 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.399 a bigfoot expert by any means, but something told me this was classic bigfoot 92 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:24.959 behavior, and I decided to educate myself. I scrolled through the various crypted 93 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:30.040 websites and I did my due diligence as if studying for an exam. And 94 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:34.639 what I learned is that you don't find bigfoot, Bigfoot finds you. One 95 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:40.839 of the crypted research sites recommended keeping a journal of events, and this is 96 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:46.439 what I have recorded. January seven, three fifteen am. Something hit the 97 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:53.639 side of the house. February first, three fifty eight am. Noises like 98 00:07:53.680 --> 00:08:01.079 a Louisville slugger smacking a baseball February nineteen, three twenty eight. Vocal whooping 99 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:09.720 sounds outside. February twenty one, three thirty am. Rapid tapping on the 100 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:15.040 wall, like the drumming of hands. After I recorded the last entry in 101 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.959 my journal, I went to bed. At sunrise, I decided to take 102 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.120 a look around the outside of my house. It had rained that night, 103 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.759 and above the window, about eight feet up the wall, I spotted muddy 104 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:31.879 handprints. There was a thirteen inch footprint on the ground directly below that. 105 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:37.159 It was quiet for the next two weeks. I would notice a bad odor 106 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.360 every day, like rotting garbage, and my dogs would growl, but they 107 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:46.120 never tried to leave the yard. This is unusual because they're half lab and 108 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:50.200 half pit bull. They kill everything that sneaks into our place, and they're 109 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.120 very good with the chickens, and they protect my flock of yardbirds like sheep 110 00:08:54.159 --> 00:09:00.120 dogs. I picked up my journal at the next sign of bickfoot activity d 111 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:07.440 March seventeen, three thirty am. More sounds like wood striking wood. March 112 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:15.120 eighteen four am, same as the night before. March twenty six, nine 113 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:20.279 o six pm. Sitting at my computer and hearing a loud long screen. 114 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:26.480 The codies are now howling. Get get sorry, y'all. Chicken walked in 115 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:33.799 my office? Where was the codies are now howling? April six, six, 116 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:39.639 twenty eight am. A tree branch snapping, this time within two hundred 117 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:46.480 feet of my house. April seven, four thirty am something by petal kicking 118 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.559 the ground outside my window. With all of this going on, I wasn't 119 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.480 sleeping like I should, and one night my lack of rest caught up with 120 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.639 me and I passed out in my chair. I had the most vivid dream 121 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:05.360 where I I was visited by being named Kia k Ei k kai kai. 122 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.960 Maybe that's what that maybe that's how you say that name. It was like 123 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:13.840 being approached by stray dog, but instead of it attacking out of fear, 124 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:18.600 it offered submission. Kai assured me that it meant no harm and could read 125 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:22.759 not only my mind but my heart. It was the most pleasant dream I'd 126 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:28.840 had in years, and I woke up from it smiling. I'm sure it 127 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.480 was a message, though I've yet to come face to face with a big 128 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.960 Foot. A few rockstone at the house and a muddy handprint isn't really grounds 129 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.759 to go to war against a creature that I think only wants to communicate on 130 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:46.320 some basic level. I believe they're everywhere and not just in the wilderness, 131 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:50.759 and that's the end of it, and that you know her keeping a journal 132 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.320 that's a good idea. People are having some kind of activity around their house 133 00:10:56.360 --> 00:11:01.120 that's kind of interesting. You can keep a record of it because there may 134 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:05.519 be a long period between activity and you won't remember what you heard, So 135 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.679 journaling this stuff is good. I don't know where Bigfoot lives. I would 136 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:13.639 say mainly in the woods, but they could leave in they could they could 137 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:20.320 live in some urban areas. Speaking of dogs keeping chickens away, and you 138 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:28.000 know about as of last weekend, we had about twenty eight almost thirty chickens. 139 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:33.200 We think this past Tuesday, and you guys liked the videos of my 140 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:39.559 chickens. Last Tuesday, I was out on a job site. My wife 141 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:45.519 had gone to another town and was having lunch with some friends, and we 142 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:48.200 came back and about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and she came 143 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:52.759 back about four. Anyway, long story short, I want to lock the 144 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.200 chickens up, and there weren't. It's like only half of them were here. 145 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.039 And we got to searching around. We found one dead chicken way back 146 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:05.200 in some fields behind us. I just got into a TV and rowed around. 147 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.360 I found it, and then we started counting chickens and we were about 148 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:15.279 we had lost twelve chickens. So we're down twelve chickens and we can't find 149 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:18.240 them anywhere. We think something came through and killed them. And the only 150 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:24.960 conclusion I can make is that it was maybe one dog, probably a pack 151 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.440 of dogs. We have wild dogs running around here. Our dogs were in 152 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:33.159 the house or they would have run them off. So it's kind of been 153 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.399 kind of a sad week for us. And they were our youngest birds. 154 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.360 We lost five or six young less than a year old Orpington's and they're the 155 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:46.720 biggest, prettiest, fluffiest waterly chickens you've ever seen. They're really sweet. 156 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:52.559 We lost all of those except one hen and one rooster, and then we 157 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:58.320 had six Jersey giants. Those are these were big black, big black, 158 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:03.360 beautiful hens, just yet black, and they were so pretty and healthy looking. 159 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:07.399 And one of those wandered back up the next day. I don't know, 160 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.080 it's the weirdest thing in the world. We've lost one or two at 161 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:16.360 a time to a fox or a raccoon. A matter of fact, I 162 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.480 saw a fox come in and grab a couple of our chickens about four winners 163 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.399 ago. Anyway, we're down a half our chickens, but we do have 164 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:30.559 twelve more that we're raising, and so were replaced those. But no, 165 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.559 I don't think it was big foot that took our chickens in the middle of 166 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.879 the day, but it's anyway, I just thought i'd let y'all know that 167 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:41.080 we're down. Something took almost half of all our chickens. It's a sad, 168 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:45.120 sad week for us, and we're just we love these birds. We 169 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.360 don't like have a huge affection for them, but we love them being around 170 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:54.080 and being free and free ranging around our place. And that's kind of the 171 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.519 price you pay for letting your chickens run around and you know, unguarded the 172 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:01.720 dogs in the house. There's nothing the dogs can do to help him. 173 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.159 So all that to say is kind of sad. I don't mean to bum 174 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:09.320 you out. How about we moved to a couple of Steve Lily encounters. 175 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:16.600 I think you guys are going to like these. Okay, we have a 176 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.320 Steve Lily sighting. Actually I've got two Steve Lily sightings in this podcast. 177 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:26.320 Here's the first one. It was the last season of the Alabama Dare season 178 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:30.919 when I had the craziest experience of my life. I had already had a 179 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:33.559 good season, taking down a fat seven point that I had been wanting to 180 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.919 call for two seasons, and another which was one of the best bucks I 181 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:43.320 had ever harvested. He was a good nine point with a twenty one inch 182 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.720 spread. I already had him at the taxidermist with the perfect spot for him 183 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:52.440 picked out in my den. However, this big boy had set me back 184 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.919 seven hundred and fifty bucks. Between the processor and the taxidermist, I still 185 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.240 had one buck left on my life since before I was tagged out, but 186 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:05.279 I was scared to death that I would actually see another big one. My 187 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:11.480 wallet was feeling mighty thin about this time. The call of the hunt was 188 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:15.360 too strong to resist, though, and I decided to pick up my bow 189 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.639 and if another wallhanger came in range, then it was just meant to be. 190 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:24.279 I traveled to a new area on a piece of property that I had 191 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:28.679 leased for the first time this season. According to the woman who owned the 192 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:33.159 land, no one had hunted it in years. She needed the extra money, 193 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:37.519 and she liked having me around to keep an eye on things. I 194 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:43.320 had only hunted a small portion of the least This was the perfect opportunity to 195 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.720 learn more about the place, and still scratched the urge to be in the 196 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.720 stand deering bow season. I had hunted the area enough to pattern the deer. 197 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.360 I had passed on several bucks without a shooter ever coming into range, 198 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:58.879 and I figured out that there was a funnel point where the deer were coming 199 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:03.679 out of the thick stand of timber. There was a creek that wandered around 200 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.320 the base of the ridge and that was the only easy place to cross, 201 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:12.000 and the area was covered in deer tracks. I decided to save the area 202 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:17.600 in case my season didn't go well. But now I had one last chance, 203 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:22.159 and that's where I headed. I was in my stand before daylight. 204 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:26.720 I figured i'd catch them transitioning to the bedding area, or maybe see a 205 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.120 buck chasing a dough. It was a still cool morning with a good deal 206 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:34.600 of frost on the ground. I heard something moving quickly through the woods on 207 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:40.320 the ridge above me. It sounded large, but I couldn't see anything through 208 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:44.480 the thick timber above me, And soon I heard more of the same, 209 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.720 like there were more than one. Well, I thought the cows had got 210 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.000 loose and were wandering the woods near my stand. It wouldn't be my first 211 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:57.279 time encountering that. But twenty minutes passed and the visibility was good now, 212 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:02.679 and I started using my binocks and I was looking for signs of the cows 213 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:07.640 on the ridge above me, A roar broke loose through the timber. It 214 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:11.599 sounded like a cross between a lion and a diesel engine. Well, I 215 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.119 jumped in my seat and I was shocked, and I'm not ashamed to say 216 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:19.799 that it scared me. And then gunfire broke out a hundred yards above me. 217 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.200 Sounded like a war zone up there. Now. I know what a 218 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:26.519 naar sounds like, and I have one of my own, but the M 219 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.960 two forty nine saws shocked me. I hadn't heard one of those since my 220 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.599 time in the military. I didn't know what was going on up there, 221 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:40.119 but I didn't want any part of it. I thought about climbing down and 222 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:44.680 clearing the area, and then I thought better of that. My stand was 223 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:48.359 so well hidden that my best chance had not been a part of that firestone, 224 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.839 was to stay concealed. And then I heard an awful roar again, 225 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:56.799 and something came running down the hill straight to me, breaking through the timber 226 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:02.119 like a bulldozer. It broke into the open four yards away and stumbled to 227 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:07.079 its knees. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was a huge 228 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:11.079 gorilla looking creature, but it wasn't a gorilla. This thing had big, 229 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:15.880 yellow canine teeth that I could see easily at that distance. It was covered 230 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:22.480 in hair and built like an elite bodybuilder, except way bigger. This thing 231 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.160 was almost as tall as me on its knees, and it had to weigh 232 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:30.279 five hundred pounds, and I've never been more thankful to be up in a 233 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.240 tree in all my life. And I noticed then that it was wheezing as 234 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:40.799 blood poured out numerous bullet holes in its chest. The beast jumped up and 235 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:44.559 started to run when the guy came running down the hill after this thing, 236 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:49.160 yelling where are you going, big boy? The beast took two long strides 237 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.640 before a blast from the man's are punched through the back of its head, 238 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:57.960 and the creature's massive body went limp, slumping forward before collapsing in a pile 239 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:03.319 twenty yards my tree. More gunfire erupted from atop the hill, and I 240 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:08.680 heard some one call coming at you, Steve. The man turned, firing 241 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:12.720 at and even bigger one of those things. It ran straight down the ridge 242 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:18.440 at him, taking three shots to the chest before the man's gun went empty, 243 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:22.319 and I watched helplessly as he attempted to reload. But the beast got 244 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:29.039 to him first. It struck him with great force, sending him sailing through 245 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:33.480 the air. He landed next to the first creature on his back with a 246 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:37.799 thud, and I heard him gasp when he hit the ground. It was 247 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:41.480 the sound of man makes when the wind's been knocked out of him. Before 248 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:45.480 the man could recover, the beast was standing over him. The man was 249 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:48.200 helpless and he knew it, and the beast yanked him up, screaming with 250 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.160 rage in his face, and it looked like he was about to bite the 251 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.880 man's head off. I don't remember thinking it through. My body was in 252 00:19:57.000 --> 00:20:02.279 motion before my mind could comprehend and what I was doing. And the next 253 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:06.920 thing I knew, I was in full draw releasing an arrow. My muzzy 254 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:11.559 trollcar broadhead went straight into that thing's left ear with a whack. It must 255 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:15.960 have hit the other side of the skull and stopped because it didn't go through. 256 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:21.880 Only half the arrow was visible when the thing dropped the man before taking 257 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:26.480 two backwards, staggering steps, and then it collapsed. Another roar got my 258 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:30.759 attention as a smaller one of those things came running straight from my tree, 259 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:34.559 and even though it wasn't near the size of the first two, it was 260 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:40.200 tall and it was built just like the others. It must have seen me 261 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:42.519 shoot the big one, and it was coming for blood, and it was 262 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:47.400 so fast and all I could do was react. Now I dropped my bow 263 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:52.319 as I drew my nine millimeter sig from my belt, and it was halfway 264 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:56.359 up the tree when I leaned over, emptying my mag into it. I 265 00:20:56.480 --> 00:21:00.200 know I heard it, but a nine millimeter didn't do enough damage, and 266 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.079 I struggled to reload my backup mag. Just as the thing reached the bottom 267 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:07.599 of my platform, it was reaching up for me when the aar barked again. 268 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:11.440 The line of fire ripped through the things side, causing it to lose 269 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:15.759 its grip on the tree and falling to the ground. And a crazy man 270 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:21.680 walked up and put three more in the creature's head to finish it. This 271 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:25.480 goofy son of a bitch looked up at me and just grinned, and he 272 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:27.920 turned and yelled up the hill, Lewis, Is that all of them? 273 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:33.759 Just then one of the biggest man I'd ever seen in my life came walking 274 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:37.519 down to us, and I knew immediately where the sound of the M two 275 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:41.119 forty nine saw was coming from. Yeah, I saw all of them, 276 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.880 the big man answered, hook is taking heads on the top of the hill. 277 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.000 Good deal. The man answered back, before looking up at me, 278 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.720 you can come down now. We got em all. I climbed down as 279 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:56.759 quickly as I could, with my legs still shaking. And when I got 280 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:00.680 down on the ground, the man handed me my bow. You drop this 281 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:04.440 when you pulled your pistol, he said. It looks okay to me, 282 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.680 but you might want to check your sights. I share. I'm glad you 283 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:12.400 were on with this thing. I have two questions, I said, taking 284 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:17.400 my bow. Who are you and what in the world are these things? 285 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.119 Well, my name's Steve Lily, he said, offering us hand. Now 286 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.559 this is Lewis, and the guy on the hill over there, that's my 287 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:29.119 buddy Hut. He'll be here in a minute. Well that's good to know. 288 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:33.240 My name's Jeremy Biggs. But everyone around here calls me Bull. Well, 289 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:37.359 I appreciate you backing us up on that one. Bull. I thought 290 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:40.519 it was the end for me. I'm glad you were here, said Steve. 291 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:45.000 Well, I really didn't think about it, I said, I couldn't 292 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:49.000 let that thing kill you and do nothing. What are these things? Well, 293 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:53.680 I think you know what they are, Lewis said, bigfoot size squatch 294 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:59.920 buggers. Take your pick. Did you really Robin Hood this bastard? That's 295 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.240 right, said Steve. He's a goner. But old bulls saved my ass. 296 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:07.279 If you hadn't killed the one trying to pull me out of my stand, 297 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.319 I would have been a goner. So what do I do now? 298 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:15.960 I asked, I was still confused by the whole event. Well, you 299 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.720 don't have to do nothing, Steve said, with a shrug. Just go 300 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.839 on like you always have. Now, I might suggest you carry something bigger 301 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.799 than you nine millimeter and you can tell this story if you won't. But 302 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:32.480 everybody call you crazy, but that's up to you. Are there any more 303 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:37.440 of those things around here? I asked, dreading the answer. We don't 304 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:41.839 think so, a voice from behind me said. I turned around to see 305 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:47.559 another large man appear. His arms were covered in tattoos and a long ponytail 306 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:51.359 hung out the back of his ball cat. He was heavily armed, like 307 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:56.240 the other two men. I assumed he was the one called hook. Looks 308 00:23:56.279 --> 00:24:00.839 like we got them all, but you should always be aware. There were 309 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:03.920 nine in total, Steve explained, of these three of the last ones, 310 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:08.079 and we needed to do some butchering. Butchering, I asked, I was 311 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:14.279 confused. Before anyone could answer, Lewis cut the head off the first one 312 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:17.559 and dropped it in a sack. We have to collect the heads or we 313 00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:22.319 don't get paid, Steve explained, So you guys get paid to hunt these 314 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:26.400 things. I said, well, sortah. I can't tell you much about 315 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:30.319 it. Hey, is there a good place to eat around here? How 316 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:34.079 about we balue breakfast. I don't think I could handle anything now. I 317 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:38.279 feel a little sick to my stomach now that I've calmed down, But there 318 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:42.079 is a waffle house in town. And Steve turned to the other guys and 319 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:48.400 wiggled his eyebrows. I get it, said Steve. Well, we appreciate 320 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:52.200 your help. It was the right thing to do, and that's enough for 321 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:56.400 me. I said, I'm just glad you're ok. Lewis grabbed my arrow 322 00:24:56.440 --> 00:25:00.440 and tried to pull it out of the bigfoot's head, and it wouldn't come 323 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:06.119 out. The broadhead was embedded deep in the bone. He began rotating the 324 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:10.839 shaft and after a moment it came unthreaded from the broadhead and he pulled it 325 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:14.920 free. Here you go, Robin hood, Lewis said, handing me my 326 00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:18.319 arrow with a big smile. You sure you don't want to eat with us? 327 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:22.640 I'd love to hear the story about how you saved Steve's ass. Steve 328 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:26.039 can tell you everything you need to know. I said, I think I'm 329 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:30.960 gonna get out of these woods, and I gathered up my gear and I 330 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:36.319 started off. Everyone laughed and wished me well as I walked out of the 331 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:40.079 area. I went home and stood in the shower for an hour in a 332 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:42.880 near state of shock, and once I was clean, I passed out on 333 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:47.960 my bed for several hours. I didn't realize it at the time, but 334 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:52.640 it was an adrenaline crash. I hadn't been that apped up in a long 335 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:57.160 time. It was a week later and I was checking my mailbox and I 336 00:25:57.240 --> 00:26:03.279 noticed a Manila envelope that had no postage on it. It was obvious that 337 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:07.519 someone other than the mailman had stuffed it in my box. My jaw nearly 338 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:11.480 hit the floor when I saw the cash inside. There was a letter from 339 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:17.160 Steve inside as well. Dear bull, I hope you're doing all right. 340 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:19.680 I wanted to thank you again for the help in the woods the other day. 341 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.759 Now, I talked it over with the guys and we all agreed you 342 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:27.519 deserve this. It's the bounty on your kill. We think this is fair. 343 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:33.440 Signed Steve Lily. I counted the cash, and I was surprised, 344 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:37.279 to say the least. I want to disclose the amount, but let's just 345 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:41.599 say I'm not worried about my dear amount anymore. I don't know if I'll 346 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:45.240 ever take Steve up on his offer, but I did take his advice. 347 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:51.799 I now have the firepower I need to handle another creature, and if I 348 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:56.240 ever have another run in with Bigfoot, I'll be ready. Oh man, 349 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.640 Steve Lily popping up everywhere. He's in Alabama, him and the crew, 350 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:04.279 him, Lewis and Hooker in Alabama, and he almost lost it on this 351 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:10.400 hunt. According to Bull Bull, thanks for the email and thanks for letting 352 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:17.839 us know you ran into Steve. I appreciate it. Here is another Steve 353 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:22.039 Lily encounter. It's pretty good, the man writes. I wanted to write 354 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:26.519 you about something that happened to me not long ago. In the Mississippi Delta. 355 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:29.720 A friend of mine and I were on a hog hunt there and on 356 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:33.680 the third day we were already cleaning four big swamp boards. We had great 357 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:37.960 success right away, but it wasn't because we were great hunters. There were 358 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:42.599 just so many pigs in there that it made it easy. We were butchering 359 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:47.799 the last pig for the day and we heard something close and we heard it 360 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:52.279 breathing. Now, I know that sounds strange, but that's exactly what it 361 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:56.359 sounded like. Both of us knew there was supposed to be nothing in these 362 00:27:56.400 --> 00:28:00.279 woods that sounded like that or sounded that big. So my friend and I 363 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:06.400 both we reached for our rifles. It crossed my mind that whatever this thing 364 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:10.319 was, a rifle might not be enough because it sounded huge. But I 365 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:12.640 was hoping it was a bear, but I was doubtful since we don't have 366 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:18.559 many bears here. I said, how about we leave this meat here and 367 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:22.079 you start moving toward the gaiter. My friend's eyes were big as golf balls, 368 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:26.799 and he did exactly what I told him to do. The heavy breathing 369 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:32.400 creature emerged from the trees and we could see it as clear as day. 370 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:37.240 Now this thing looked hideous. It was huge, eight or ten feet talls, 371 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:41.880 all muscled up and covered a nasty, matted hair, and it had 372 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:45.559 big old fangs hanging out of its mouth. It moved toward me a few 373 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:48.960 steps, and then it broke into a flat out run. But there was 374 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:52.400 no way I was going to outrun this thing. I was about to become 375 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:57.799 its next meal. Suddenly I was young again, back in the jungles of 376 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:03.279 Nicaragua when I was in the military. After yelling to my buddy to keep 377 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:07.400 running, I lifted my rifle and I squared up on this monster and I 378 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.720 started to squeeze the trigger. It seemed hopeless to me, but I wasn't 379 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:18.000 going down without a fight. Three booming reports came from behind me. Just 380 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:22.880 as my rifle exploded into my shoulder. It stopped the creature's advance and actually 381 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:29.799 flipped it on its back, deader and a doornail. Never taking my rifle 382 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.079 off this thing, I yelled back to my friend, damn, that was 383 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:37.160 a good shot, but he never answered. The creature had not moved a 384 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:41.079 muscle for a few seconds. I didn't seem coming back to life, so 385 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:45.759 I turned my head to see where my friend was. Instead, three men 386 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:51.200 walked from the trees into the clearing, two white guys and a black guy. 387 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:55.119 The shortest of the three walked over to me. You all right, 388 00:29:55.519 --> 00:30:00.960 he asked, yeah, I said, who are you? He walked closer 389 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.880 and he shook my hand. Steve Lily Oh, we didn't scare. You 390 00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:07.680 looked like you had this under control. But with these things, well, 391 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:11.519 we didn't want to take a chance, so we went ahead and took the 392 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:15.519 shot. We've been tracking this thing all morning. Well I was grateful and 393 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:21.359 quite confused. Thank you, It's all I could think to say. I 394 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.799 think the adrenaline was catching up to me and I began to start shaking. 395 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.359 The dark skinned man walked to me and placed his hand on top of my 396 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:33.640 rifle to push it down. I still had it trained on that dead animal. 397 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:38.160 It's dead, he said. It's kind of unusual, maybe a little 398 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:42.680 stupid, that you stood your ground and we're taking that squatch on by yourself. 399 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:47.880 We don't see that much. Well, I had to give my buddy 400 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:52.200 a head start. I said, Well you did good, the man said, 401 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:55.799 with his enormous hand on my shoulder, rocking me back and forth. 402 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:59.119 If you were to run, it would have caught you. You did what 403 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:04.279 you needed to do. The man named Steve walked back over after inspecting the 404 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:08.799 monster. You look like you could use a drink. He pulled a flask 405 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.640 from a cargo pocket and he handed it to me. I must have drank 406 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:17.960 half of it. Before handing it back to it. Steve and I talked 407 00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:21.480 for a while. The other two packed all my meat that we had butchered 408 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:25.880 from those hogs and cloth sacks, and when they finished, they carried the 409 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:29.480 meat over to me. Where's the man that was with you? A man 410 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:33.839 with a ponytail said, well, he's down this trail with our vehicle. 411 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:37.480 We'll come on. We'll haul this meat over there for you. You don't 412 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:41.599 need to hang around. We'll take care of this. I stood there, 413 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:45.680 still in some level of shock, but I had enough wits about me to 414 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.440 turn my head for the gator. When we got there, my buddy sat 415 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:55.039 in the front seat. That boy was white as a ghost. I thought 416 00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:57.839 you were dead for sure. What the hell was that thing? He said? 417 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:02.920 And who are you guys? All of us lifted the cargo into the 418 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:07.839 bed of the UTV. I'll explain it when we get in the truck, 419 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:13.519 I said. He couldn't stop asking questions. Is that thing dead? He 420 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:16.000 was worried about running into it again on the weight of the truck. I 421 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:22.079 knew why he asked. It's dead, said Steve. Your buddy here made 422 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.720 to kill shy. You got a good friend right here. You boys, 423 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:29.480 head on out. We'll clean up this mess. Are there more of those 424 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:34.279 things out there? Said my friend. There could be, was all Steve 425 00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:38.599 said. The three men walked back up the trail towards the beast. My 426 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:44.240 buddy kept asking questions. Instead of heading for the truck, I drove on 427 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:46.240 up the trail so we could get a good look at this dead creature. 428 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:51.759 Now about the time it came into view, one of those guys was raising 429 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:55.200 a machete and he was hacking this thing's head off. He held it up 430 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:59.400 to the others, and then he dropped it in one of those cloth sacks 431 00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:02.480 they carry than their packs. I was going to ask him what the hell 432 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:07.039 they were doing, but I had had enough of this monster ship for a 433 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:12.799 day. After making a sweeping loop around the clearing, we headed away and 434 00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:16.799 toward my truck and normalcy. We need to spend more time in church, 435 00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:21.880 my friends said. As we drove through the bottoms. His head was on 436 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:24.720 a swivel, looking for more of those things. I was a little worried 437 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:30.160 about it too. We both still had a few days off, and even 438 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:32.960 though that day scared us pretty bad, we didn't go home just yet. 439 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:37.519 But we gave up on pig hunting and we went croppie fishing for the next 440 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:43.480 few days. I'm done with pig hunting, and to this day, I 441 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:46.200 don't know who those men were who appeared at the right time to get us 442 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:51.720 out of that jam, but I sure I'm glad they did. Ah Steve 443 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:54.920 Lily, Steve letting and them showing up everywhere, showing up everywhere and helping 444 00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:58.920 people out, and they always seemed to show up in the nick of time. 445 00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:01.880 Very good, worry sir, I'm glad you reported this, Steve Lily 446 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:07.279 siding. Thank you, appreciate you listen to this video. 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