1 00:00:04,599 --> 00:00:08,199 Speaker 1: Sometime between nineteen ninety nine. In two thousand and one, 2 00:00:08,439 --> 00:00:12,919 I was hunting on a wildlife management area in central Florida. 3 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:16,359 It was archery and muzzloder hunting for deer only in 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,559 wild hog I was hunting alone, but I've never minded that. 5 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,760 I was a shift worker at the time and enjoyed 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,640 the solitude, and until that trip in September, I had 7 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:31,600 never had a bad experience in the woods. I had 8 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,759 built and placed a twelve foot conduit tree stand in 9 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,280 a new area on the south side of the lake 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,399 days prior to hunting the new location. I was using 11 00:00:41,439 --> 00:00:44,159 a compound bow and I could shoot roughly sixty to 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,799 seventy yards. I had a sweet spot attached to a 13 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,960 pine tree on the edge of a pine platte bordering 14 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:54,399 a small oak hammock and myrtle trees that acted as 15 00:00:54,399 --> 00:00:59,240 a natural hedge of camouflage. Around two PM, I parked 16 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,000 my truck a mile from the stand and walked in 17 00:01:02,079 --> 00:01:06,920 for an evening hunt. Soon after settling in, I heard 18 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,480 some concerning sounds, and coming from my left near the 19 00:01:10,519 --> 00:01:14,000 myrtle trees about ten to fifteen feet high, I could 20 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,280 hear growling in a very deep breathing. I had first 21 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,879 thought it was an alligator because the paper map I 22 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,040 was using indicated that it was near a lake, even 23 00:01:24,079 --> 00:01:27,319 though I couldn't see the lake. At that point, the 24 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,439 sounds were loud enough that I figured my hunt was over, 25 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,879 so I decided to mimic the sounds. I was answered 26 00:01:34,879 --> 00:01:38,680 by deep, raspy growling that I could feel as much 27 00:01:38,719 --> 00:01:42,519 as I could hear. Surprisingly, it got quiet for the 28 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,480 next several minutes. I was sure they were coming from 29 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:48,920 the woods, so I started looking intently in that direction, 30 00:01:49,079 --> 00:01:53,319 trying to find and identify the source. I was getting 31 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:56,879 pretty concerned about the growls when too deer meandered through 32 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,640 some brush about one hundred yards off to my left. 33 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,719 They didn't seem alarmed or panicked in any way, as 34 00:02:03,719 --> 00:02:07,040 if they hadn't heard the sounds just a few minutes ago. 35 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,520 As they calmly moved toward the myrtle trees to my 36 00:02:10,719 --> 00:02:14,120 left and coming within range of a clean shot, I 37 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,960 slowly began to knock an arrow on the bow and 38 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,080 positioned myself to take the shot. I mean, I was 39 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:26,560 there to hunt, not identify strange sounds. The first deer 40 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,039 had just come into full view and one of the 41 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,240 two foot pile metow bushes and tall grass. When all 42 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,439 hell broke loose. There was an enormous loud crack like 43 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:40,639 a wooden branch hitting another object, and then wrestling ensued 44 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,000 in the brush just beyond my line of sight. The 45 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,360 second deer turned and ran in the direction it had come, 46 00:02:47,599 --> 00:02:50,960 blowing and jumping over brush as it high tailed it 47 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,240 out of there. I watched it for a minute before 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,280 turning my focus back to the location of the attack. 49 00:02:58,479 --> 00:03:03,520 Something sounded like breaking, followed by dragging, and then everything 50 00:03:03,599 --> 00:03:08,800 got quiet. My heart was pounding hard as the realization 51 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,840 of what had just happened dawned on me. A predator 52 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,680 had taken down a deer. But what kind of predator 53 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,960 was it. It occurred to me that whatever it was, 54 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:22,680 it was preoccupied, and I needed to take advantage of that. 55 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,680 I loaded up my backpack and bow, and I climbed 56 00:03:26,719 --> 00:03:29,840 down as quietly as I could, without taking my eyes 57 00:03:29,879 --> 00:03:32,719 off the spot where it all had happened. Now, I 58 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,199 hit the ground as gently as I could and haul 59 00:03:35,319 --> 00:03:37,960 my butt back to my truck at a dead sprint. 60 00:03:39,439 --> 00:03:41,719 I never got a look at the predator, but I 61 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,960 know it took down the deer. It did so all 62 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:49,199 while going undetected by both the deer and me. I 63 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:52,159 didn't have a cell phone back then or a GPS. 64 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,360 I hadn't even bothered to tell anyone my plans for 65 00:03:55,439 --> 00:03:58,960 the day or where I would be hunting. No one 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,199 would have known where to look if it had chosen 67 00:04:01,319 --> 00:04:05,400 me instead of that deer. What happened that day scared 68 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,680 the hell out of me, and it left me wondering 69 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,280 for years. Today, I don't go hunting alone. I have 70 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,319 my phone with GPS activated, and I always carry at 71 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:19,240 least a side arm every time I enter the woods. 72 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,319 I'm fifty years old now, a lot wiser and more 73 00:04:23,519 --> 00:04:27,720 educated now. I know there are apex predators in the woods, 74 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,839 and it's best to be prepared. Dean, I agree with you, 75 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,240 it's best to be prepared if you're hunting down in 76 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,519 Florida and there's alligators and possibly other predators in the woods. 77 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,319 I think you got pigs down there, all kinds of stuff. 78 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,000 But that was such an interesting story. I mean, I 79 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,879 don't think I've gotten one like this where someone actually 80 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:49,519 you didn't actually witness it, but you knew it was 81 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,920 going on, that this thing grabbed a deer and killed 82 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,959 it and then walked off with it. You never saw 83 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,680 a thing, you just heard it all go down. It 84 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,519 was kind of confirmed by the you were hearing before 85 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,639 the deer came in. I think that's cool. You know, 86 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,240 Carrie Arnold and his bunch have been down in Florida 87 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,319 and they've got all kind of footage of different things 88 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:16,480 in Florida. Those swamps down there apparently are enough habitat 89 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,399 to hold a lot of these things. And the whole 90 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,519 subject of the Skunk Ape Skunk Ape is fascinating to 91 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,560 me and I enjoy reading up on it, and I 92 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,519 can't wait for Carrie's documentary to come out. It's going 93 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,759 to be really good. So anyway, I'm just rambling, dude. 94 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:36,879 I appreciate you sending it, Dean. You're a good writer, 95 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:39,120 and it was a great story and we all enjoyed it. 96 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,399 Thank you. Man. All Right, This man didn't say whether 97 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,639 I could use this name or not, so I kind 98 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:48,759 of prefer not to. I'll give you his first name. 99 00:05:48,759 --> 00:05:52,240 It's Greg, he writes, I grew up in the Bronx. 100 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,639 To me, Bigfoot was just a legend, a myth, a 101 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,360 fun thing to think about. Despite growing up in the 102 00:05:59,399 --> 00:06:02,120 Bronx all he's felt like a country boy at heart. 103 00:06:02,759 --> 00:06:05,160 So when I got older and married, I bought a 104 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,879 two acre lot, about a third of which is wooded, 105 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:12,120 and it backs up to the Appalachian Trail. A year 106 00:06:12,199 --> 00:06:15,240 after we moved in, I hired an excavator to clear 107 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,040 out a little bit in the back so we could 108 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,079 put in a pool. While he was there, I also 109 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,040 had him carve a little dirt track through the piles 110 00:06:23,079 --> 00:06:26,680 of dead and down trees to make a motorcycle track 111 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,600 for my son. A few days after the guy finished work, 112 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:33,720 I decided to walk back there and survey the new trail. 113 00:06:34,399 --> 00:06:38,000 To my surprise, I found several structures built out of 114 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:42,600 cedar trees, some of which went over the trails forming tunnels. 115 00:06:44,079 --> 00:06:47,480 There were also platforms built twenty feet up in the trees. 116 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,160 And these things were built much better than I could 117 00:06:50,199 --> 00:06:53,240 have ever done. That's assuming I could have budged one 118 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,199 of those big logs. They were all the way too 119 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,759 heavy for any human to move or set in position. 120 00:06:59,759 --> 00:07:01,800 Now on Then I walked back there, and I see 121 00:07:01,879 --> 00:07:06,000 that changes have been made. Sometimes at night i'd hear 122 00:07:06,079 --> 00:07:10,600 strange noises and screams and shrieks. I couldn't identify them. 123 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:14,240 They didn't sound like coyotes, and they didn't sound like foxes, 124 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,959 but they did sound eerie. I didn't immediately think bigfoot 125 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,920 when I heard them. I just knew there were noises 126 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:26,360 I didn't have an explanation for. However, looking back between 127 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:30,079 the strange structures and eyed sounds, my thoughts may have 128 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:34,639 been leaning toward believing At that point there was a 129 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,040 giant oak back there that was probably four feet in diameter. 130 00:07:38,639 --> 00:07:40,920 The base of this tree sloped out in a way 131 00:07:40,959 --> 00:07:44,839 that formed a perfect backrest. I've spent years under that 132 00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:48,680 tree hunting turkey and deer. Several years ago, I was 133 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,360 sitting there in my favorite spot with my turkey call 134 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,120 mimicking a hen when I suddenly heard leaves crunching behind me. 135 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,279 Something was approaching, and it sounded huge. It was way 136 00:07:59,319 --> 00:08:02,639 too big to be a big old tom I was 137 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,079 trying to identify when it stopped walking and I froze 138 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,319 to my spot When I realized it had come to 139 00:08:08,399 --> 00:08:12,240 a stop right behind me. It felt like I sat 140 00:08:12,279 --> 00:08:15,519 there for an eternity, waiting for whatever it was to 141 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,439 pass behind me. After a minute or two, I was 142 00:08:19,519 --> 00:08:23,000 hit by a futrid smell that immediately sent me back 143 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,319 to the time my mom took me to the Bronx 144 00:08:25,439 --> 00:08:28,639 Zoo when I was a kid. I had gone inside 145 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,120 the ape house and the smell there was so bad 146 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:34,759 I felt like I was going to pass out. Until 147 00:08:34,759 --> 00:08:37,200 that moment, it was the worst smell I had ever 148 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:41,399 experienced in my life. What I was smelling now, five 149 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,639 decades later was every bit as bad. Until the moment 150 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,000 I smelled that stenched and instantly related it to the 151 00:08:49,039 --> 00:08:52,600 smell of the zoo. I had never consciously considered that 152 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,759 it might be bigfoot. Now I was terrified, knowing it 153 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,879 might be a bigfoot standing behind me, it would be 154 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,519 nothing for him to reach around the tree and grab me. 155 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,200 After a few more minutes, the wet dog covered in 156 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:14,559 gorilla poop sky Oh, here we go with the smell description. 157 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:19,000 After a few more minutes, the wet dog covered in 158 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:23,919 gorilla poop and dipped in skunk spray smell began to dissipate. 159 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,679 I began to relax a little and slowly stood up 160 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,559 with my twelve gage Remington eleven hundred at the ready. 161 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:35,320 I leaned out to see what was standing there. It 162 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,840 was nothing. Whatever had been standing behind me had disappeared 163 00:09:40,039 --> 00:09:44,600 along with its smell. No leaves crunching, no shuffling, nothing. 164 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:47,120 I never got a look at it, but the way 165 00:09:47,159 --> 00:09:51,000 the leaves were disturbed, I'm pretty sure it was huge. 166 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,200 This all took place about fifteen years ago in New York, 167 00:09:55,519 --> 00:09:59,039 an hour and a half north of Manhattan. I never 168 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,120 gave it much thought after it happened. I never told 169 00:10:02,159 --> 00:10:05,200 anyone the story because I could never bring myself to 170 00:10:05,279 --> 00:10:09,559 believe in Bigfoot. I used to joke with my friends 171 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,639 that Bigfoot was lurking in my backyard, but that was 172 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,600 as far as it would go. And then this past summer, 173 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,120 I was riding my bike through the magnificent Northern Casco 174 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,120 Mountains of New York, about two hours north of my house. 175 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,879 It was a beautiful, windless day with spectacular views that 176 00:10:28,039 --> 00:10:31,799 stretched for miles. I have no idea where I was, 177 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,399 because I prefer to go where the back roads take me. 178 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,600 I came out over the crest of a mountain to 179 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,000 the site of a long, straight, narrow road stretching out 180 00:10:41,039 --> 00:10:44,399 in front of me. I could see a house sitting 181 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,759 by itself, with a big tree in the front yard 182 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,480 that sat about seventy five feet off the road. It 183 00:10:50,519 --> 00:10:53,919 looked like the tree was shaking frantically, and when I 184 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,080 got closer, I saw it what appear to be an enormous, 185 00:10:57,519 --> 00:11:02,519 pregnant orangutang sitting under it, stuffing her face with apples. 186 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,159 There was some kind of doodle dog with her, and 187 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,840 it ran over to me and then back to the orangutang. 188 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,559 Apparently they were friends. I had stopped my bike and 189 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,200 was watching this creature, who was periodically glancing back at me, 190 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,039 but she didn't seem threatening at all. I kept my 191 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,919 hand on the throttle just in case. The dog was 192 00:11:25,039 --> 00:11:28,000 running back and forth between us and Miss Bigfoot crawled 193 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,559 around and gathered up more apples. She must have decided 194 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,360 that she needed more of a selection, because she stood 195 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,879 up and grabbed a branch that must have been ten 196 00:11:36,919 --> 00:11:40,440 feet off the ground, and she shook it. I noticed 197 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:44,039 her posture was much more upright than that of an orangutang, 198 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:48,279 more like a bigfoot. She had big, powerful legs and 199 00:11:48,399 --> 00:11:52,200 was covered in orange red hair, except for her face, 200 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,679 which was a lot less hairy. I tried to communicate 201 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,960 with her by saying things like hey, mama, hi mama, 202 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,320 but all she did was give me an inquisitive look 203 00:12:03,519 --> 00:12:06,879 and then glanced away. It was like she was used 204 00:12:06,919 --> 00:12:10,240 to seeing people and having people see her. And then 205 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,519 she bent down and picked up a few apples and 206 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,480 started rolling them toward me. When she stood up again, 207 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:19,799 I noticed her head was about two feet below that 208 00:12:19,919 --> 00:12:24,759 ten foot branch. She took a few steps toward me, 209 00:12:25,039 --> 00:12:28,679 and that was my cue to leave. I politely said goodbye, 210 00:12:28,919 --> 00:12:32,720 and I waved and quickly left. A few miles down 211 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,399 the road, I had to pull over and calm myself down. 212 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,080 My phone was in my bike bag and I could 213 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,600 have taken some pretty spectacular photos, but I was too 214 00:12:42,639 --> 00:12:46,279 scared to get off the bike and do that. After 215 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,960 another five miles down the road, I pulled in to 216 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,399 a little gas station. The person behind the counter said, 217 00:12:52,879 --> 00:12:56,360 you look like you just saw a ghost. Well, actually, 218 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,720 you wouldn't believe what I just saw. I answered, So 219 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,000 you saw Daryl, said the woman with a knowing grin. 220 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,799 Who is Daryl? I asked, Well, that's our local bigfoot. 221 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:09,879 She said, like it was a normal sight in these parts. 222 00:13:10,279 --> 00:13:13,399 But keep it under your hat. She added, well, that 223 00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:16,360 won't be a problem, I assured her. As I thought 224 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,960 to myself. Evidently they don't know Daryl is a girl. 225 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,840 The following accounts come from the husband of someone who 226 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,919 I work with. She knows about people sharing their stories 227 00:13:30,919 --> 00:13:33,399 with me, so she asked if I'd like to meet 228 00:13:33,399 --> 00:13:37,799 her husband. What follows is an example of his strange 229 00:13:37,919 --> 00:13:44,080 and unexpected encounters while hunting. During the second week of October, 230 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,320 my brother in law arrived at our hunting location just 231 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,080 after five am. It was still dark out and I 232 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,600 like to get out and just settle in to allow 233 00:13:53,639 --> 00:13:56,759 my eyes to adjust to the darkness before I head out. 234 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,320 As I slowly made my way past empty homestead horse corrals, 235 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,960 I was looking for an opening or clearing to just stop, 236 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,879 look and listen. That's when I first smelled it. The 237 00:14:10,919 --> 00:14:14,320 odor reaped so bad. It was worse than any bare 238 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,759 or mountain lion that I've ever smelled, and that's when 239 00:14:17,759 --> 00:14:21,360 I felt like I was being watched. I slowly turned 240 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,120 around and suddenly all the hair on my body stood up. 241 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:29,080 That caused me to chamber around in my rifle, and 242 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,159 I also unsnapped my holster so I could pull out 243 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,000 my pistol in case I needed it. Ten to fifteen 244 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,080 yards ahead of me I heard a tremendous roar that 245 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,480 was so loud it shook my entire body. The timber 246 00:14:43,639 --> 00:14:46,200 was dark and it was still dark out, so all 247 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,320 I saw appear to be a large, dark shadow. I 248 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,399 could see it standing upright and moving just near the 249 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,519 tree line. As I turned to look at it, it 250 00:14:56,559 --> 00:14:59,840 was looking at me. By this point, it was less 251 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,120 twenty five feet away. As I knelt down to take 252 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,759 aim at it, I couldn't find it in the scope 253 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,120 it was too dark. While on my knees, I popped 254 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:12,879 one of my three hundred wind mag rounds out of 255 00:15:12,919 --> 00:15:16,000 the magazine and onto the ground so I could retrace 256 00:15:16,279 --> 00:15:19,480 my tracks when it was light out. That's when the 257 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:23,120 creature started moving down through the bush and trees towards 258 00:15:23,159 --> 00:15:26,360 the creek. When it took the first step, it was 259 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,080 long and a deliberate step in a direction away from me. 260 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:34,000 I could feel the ground shake when it took that step. 261 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,480 I quickly retreated the three to four hundred yards back 262 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:39,879 to my truck, where I found my brother in law 263 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,919 still inside. He was holding his pistol up and close 264 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,919 to his chest. I tried to open the door, but 265 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,159 it was locked. Opened the door, I told him, but 266 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,000 he shook his head and he said no way. He 267 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,720 heard it too and grabbed his gun. He said it 268 00:15:55,759 --> 00:15:58,159 made the hair on his body stand straight up, just 269 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,600 like me. We remained in the truck talking until the 270 00:16:01,679 --> 00:16:04,399 sun started to come up and we could see Butter. 271 00:16:05,039 --> 00:16:07,840 It took some doing, but I convinced him to come 272 00:16:07,919 --> 00:16:11,159 with me to where I saw this creature. After we 273 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,720 reached the spot, I located that three hundred wind mag 274 00:16:14,879 --> 00:16:18,159 round and showed it to him. This is where it happened, 275 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,279 and I pointed to a tree where it was. Now 276 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,919 that it is light out, I could also gauge how 277 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,720 tall it was standing beside the tree. I'm thinking it 278 00:16:27,759 --> 00:16:31,279 was nine feet tall. I told my trembling brother in law. 279 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,559 We could also see and follow its tracks in the grass, 280 00:16:35,799 --> 00:16:38,360 as it was so heavy, it packed the grass down 281 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,720 pretty good. So we followed the tracks along the road 282 00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:45,000 for a ways before I noticed that it curiously never 283 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:49,600 stepped onto the road. It always walked alongside in the 284 00:16:49,679 --> 00:16:52,039 grass all the way down to the creek, where the 285 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,919 ground turned to a really hard clay like black dirt. 286 00:16:56,879 --> 00:16:59,519 You could tell it was really heavy when we could 287 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:04,240 see then in that hard soil that was an awful feeling. 288 00:17:05,519 --> 00:17:08,799 The creature's tracks continued across the creek and up into 289 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:11,279 the dark timber on the other side of the meadow, 290 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,599 and that's as far as we dared go. As strange 291 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,599 as it sounds, we continued hunting the rest of the day, 292 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:22,279 but didn't get anything. The next day, however, I had 293 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:25,519 to remind my brother that we loved hunting for bull elk, 294 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,599 and we could even see the elk about four hundred 295 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,799 yards to the east. He agreed with me, so we 296 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:36,279 spent the day tracking elk, only to see cows no bulls. 297 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,720 While we were stalking the herd of elk. I told 298 00:17:39,799 --> 00:17:42,000 my brother that on the way back we could keep 299 00:17:42,039 --> 00:17:45,160 looking for sign from that creature, but he really didn't 300 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,279 want to. He was still scared from that roar. The 301 00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:53,559 man continued the story that the following weekend, another hunter 302 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,839 he knows well went hunting in the same area. In fact, 303 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,480 the man's father in law owns the ranch we've all 304 00:18:00,519 --> 00:18:04,119 been hunting on where these stories took place. I didn't 305 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,200 tell him anything about what happened the week before. This 306 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:10,319 guy came back after the first day, all scared, saying 307 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,839 something was out there roaring and yelling at him. It 308 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,640 evidently scared him so bad he said he's never going 309 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,200 to hunt again. At this point I interjected with the 310 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,440 story of the team of the men who were cutting 311 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,240 fuel wood and left everything up the mountain as they 312 00:18:25,279 --> 00:18:27,880 fled back down the mountain that would have been in 313 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,400 your marathon number ninety six. He said that location where 314 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,079 it happened and where he's been hunting were only three 315 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,119 miles apart. As the crow flies. He proceeded to tell 316 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,039 me about another incident where he was scouting in an 317 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:45,200 area not far from where the sasquat scared him and 318 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,519 his brother in law. And here's what he said. While 319 00:18:48,559 --> 00:18:51,359 hiking in an area where these are remnants of old 320 00:18:51,519 --> 00:18:55,079 gold mines from the lake to mid eighteen hundreds, I 321 00:18:55,279 --> 00:18:58,799 noticed a deer stuck up in a tree. Its head 322 00:18:59,039 --> 00:19:01,720 was stuck in a way edge, and its hindquarters were 323 00:19:01,759 --> 00:19:05,680 shredded apart. I look for any sign of a mountain lion, 324 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:08,640 but I couldn't see any tracks, drag marks, or even 325 00:19:08,759 --> 00:19:11,440 claw marks. The cat would leave struggling to get the 326 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,279 deer up the tree. Nothing, So how did the deer 327 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,240 get up the nearly fifteen foot into the tree. And 328 00:19:18,319 --> 00:19:21,640 what animals shredded it up. It was not picked at, 329 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:25,440 it was shredded. On another trip, a friend in I 330 00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:29,799 stumbled upon a large teepee structure made out of large trees. 331 00:19:30,519 --> 00:19:33,200 The two of us tried moving the smallest of the trees, 332 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,279 but we couldn't budget. Then, in a more heavily wooded area, 333 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,000 we found one twice at size. It would take a 334 00:19:41,079 --> 00:19:44,839 helicopter or heavy equipment to build such a thing, the 335 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,960 trees were that big. He added that he has several 336 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,960 friends who are veterinarians and taxidermists and they want to 337 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,160 go out with him to see what they can find, 338 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,960 as he finds some really strange stuff. He went on 339 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,440 to say, for example, during one trip, one of my 340 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,319 friends discovered some strange hair. We had it tested, but 341 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:09,839 the results came back unknown. I told him about Josiah's 342 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,359 hike where he had the stones thrown at him while 343 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:16,039 he sat inside the teepee. He knew that area well 344 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,839 and continued with a couple of more experiences from the 345 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,640 same area that Josiah hiked. He went on to say, 346 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,920 while turkey hunting with my cousin, I told him that 347 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,839 something big below us was making a lot of noise, 348 00:20:29,079 --> 00:20:32,839 but I couldn't see what it was. Together, we decided 349 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,039 to pack it up and venture down the mountain to 350 00:20:35,079 --> 00:20:38,319 where the loud, thudding and grunting noises were coming from. 351 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,240 After adjusting in his chair, he continued near the creek 352 00:20:43,279 --> 00:20:45,880 where the water had previously been high enough for the 353 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,519 spring to run off, to flood out a bit, and 354 00:20:48,559 --> 00:20:52,359 then recede. I found a large log that had recently 355 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,640 been stepped on. When I saw it, I knew one 356 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,960 of the noises I heard from up the hill was 357 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,880 from something very large and he stepping on it. I 358 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,880 heard it snap, not crack like a smaller branch would make, 359 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,720 but a loud, dull, popping or crushing sound. I could 360 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,440 tell it came from a thick log that was snapped, 361 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,880 and here it was. Part of it was stuck really 362 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,240 deep into the ground. Something very heavy must have stepped 363 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,000 on it, and it had to be heavier than a bear. 364 00:21:23,279 --> 00:21:27,000 And that's all I can say about it. Again, I interjected, 365 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,680 Going back to the man, who, after being yelled at 366 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,200 by one of these creatures, said he was going to 367 00:21:32,279 --> 00:21:35,400 quit hunting. I asked how many people he knows who 368 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,799 have gone hunting in that area and had something frightening 369 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,319 happen to them. He answered, I know five to six 370 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,559 men who were scared so bad they've quit Darren Elk 371 00:21:45,599 --> 00:21:49,160 hunting altogether. At this point, I'd like to remind you 372 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,359 in your audience that this ranch is easily within two 373 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,400 to three miles from the location where the man cutting 374 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,799 firewood had a rock land between him and his team. 375 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,119 It's also within two to three miles from where Dan 376 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,920 and Josiah saw the sasquatch running along the ridge line 377 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,279 after them, as well as where Little Yeti's family cabin is. 378 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,680 In fact, all of the stories I've shared with you 379 00:22:14,759 --> 00:22:17,400 thus far have been within a ten mile radius of 380 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,799 each other. The little Yetti story is coming up next, 381 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,920 so you don't know what that is, but you're about to. 382 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,960 Also remember in your marathon ninety six Billy, the boy 383 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,160 who had sticks thrown at him before hearing kids giggling, 384 00:22:33,599 --> 00:22:36,759 then his dad put a can of doctor pepper outside, 385 00:22:36,799 --> 00:22:40,920 only to have it disappear. Well, that family had several 386 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:46,200 more encounters, including his wife Tammy, having multiple close encounters 387 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:52,119 with a large, silver haired male sasquatch, and even Ufo sidings. 388 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:58,559 I'll be sending more of those soon. So I'm sharing 389 00:22:58,599 --> 00:23:01,519 this with you because I recently came across your channel 390 00:23:01,599 --> 00:23:05,279 on YouTube. I've noticed several similarities to what you read 391 00:23:05,319 --> 00:23:09,039 about and what happened to me eight years ago. I 392 00:23:09,079 --> 00:23:11,519 want to start off by saying I don't know what 393 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,480 I saw. I can't say it was or was not 394 00:23:14,759 --> 00:23:17,799 a bigfoot, nor will I say I don't believe anymore. 395 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,440 I grew up in Swiss, Missouri. At the beginning of 396 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,000 the email, he gives me a little bit of a 397 00:23:25,039 --> 00:23:27,799 description of Swiss, Missouri, and it sounds like a really 398 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:32,200 great place in the Ozarks. In Missouri. It's really nice 399 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:37,240 wine country. I think sounds very appealing to me, he writes. 400 00:23:37,319 --> 00:23:40,240 While growing up a hundred and fished all over the area, 401 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:45,079 even swam in most of the creeks. My family roots 402 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,359 date back to the turn of the century here in Swiss. 403 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,559 My great great grandfather's farm was a wapping five miles 404 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,240 east of where I lived today. Through the years growing 405 00:23:56,319 --> 00:23:59,480 up there, nothing ever happened that I would consider odd 406 00:23:59,559 --> 00:24:03,599 or out of place. As the years passed, I had 407 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,279 adulthood and moved away, thinking there was something better out there. 408 00:24:07,839 --> 00:24:10,920 Then in twenty eleven, I moved back, knowing where I 409 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,799 wanted to plant my roots. I ended up buying acreage 410 00:24:14,839 --> 00:24:17,680 connecting to our family farm, and I built a home 411 00:24:17,839 --> 00:24:21,400 and a barn. I had approximately twenty chickens and five 412 00:24:21,519 --> 00:24:25,839 guineas at this time. Unfortunately, ticks are rough out this way, 413 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,400 and both chickens and guineas enjoy eating them, so I 414 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,480 felt this was a decent investment. Plus the eggs were good. 415 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,000 It was in the early spring, April fifth to be exact, 416 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:42,559 a cool evening, windows open, and my fiance and I 417 00:24:42,599 --> 00:24:45,200 were sitting on the couch watching a show on TV 418 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,519 when I heard a fuss outside. My dog started barking 419 00:24:49,559 --> 00:24:52,319 and raising cane, so I muted the TV and got 420 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,680 off the couch. Walking into the dining room, I heard 421 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,799 what I believed were codies trying to get at my chickens. 422 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,440 I walked back into the living room and into my 423 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,279 bedroom to grab my gun. As I walked back into 424 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:08,480 the dining room, I heard my dog really let loose 425 00:25:08,599 --> 00:25:13,279 because he was extremely protective of his chickens. I flipped 426 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:16,000 on the back porch lights. I walked out onto the deck, 427 00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:19,799 which sits approximately six to seven feet off the ground, 428 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,799 and I could see something in the shadows, and my 429 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,359 old dog had his hair standing straight up and barking 430 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:31,359 and growling like he'd gone mad. I fired several rounds 431 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,000 into the woods that backed into the Natural Spring Creek. 432 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,440 I heard what sounded like a freight train crashing through 433 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,720 the woods. After a few minutes, I called my dog 434 00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:44,519 back up to the house and we went in. I 435 00:25:44,559 --> 00:25:47,319 told my fiance that what had happened, and she said 436 00:25:47,319 --> 00:25:50,440 maybe a cow had gotten out or something. I thought 437 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,559 for a minute and I said, yeah, I guess that's 438 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,920 what it could have been. Three days later, on Friday evening, 439 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,480 my fiance and I went into Herman for dinner and 440 00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:04,079 to visit some friends. We got home late, sometime just 441 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,480 before midnight. We were pretty wore out, but I always 442 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:10,079 checked the barn in the chickens when I got home. 443 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,039 As I walked to the chicken coop, I noticed a 444 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:15,559 feeder laying on the ground. I picked it up and, 445 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,119 thinking my dog had somehow got a hold of it 446 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,279 and drug it out in the yard. As I approached 447 00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:23,880 the chicken coop, I noticed a hole in the chicken 448 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,279 wire approximately six feet up and the hole was about 449 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,119 eighteen to twenty inches around. I opened the coop and 450 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,119 I noticed blood and feathers were everywhere, but only a 451 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,960 couple of chickens were gone. I figured somehow a coyote 452 00:26:39,079 --> 00:26:41,480 or a fox had to get into the coop, but 453 00:26:41,519 --> 00:26:44,319 I couldn't comprehend why or who had made this hole 454 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,799 that size and that high up off the ground. However, 455 00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:50,680 this is the price to raising any small animals out 456 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,559 in the sticks. The chicken wire portion of my coop 457 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,640 is only four feet wide and six feet long. I 458 00:26:57,759 --> 00:27:00,440 normally let the chickens out and run freely to eat 459 00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:02,880 ticks and peck the ground, so I didn't feel I 460 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,359 needed a large run area in the coop. However, that 461 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,240 night I rounded them up and fed them and kept 462 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:11,440 them locked in the coop due to the coadies and 463 00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:15,319 foxes in the area. This is my attempt at making 464 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,920 it as hard as possible for them to be dinner 465 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,720 and the predators will move on down the road. Later 466 00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:24,720 that same night, after patching the hole with some scrap 467 00:27:24,799 --> 00:27:28,039 chicken wire, I showered and got into bed, wore out 468 00:27:28,039 --> 00:27:31,400 and ready to sleep. I had just hit that spot 469 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,599 where you're asleep but still somewhat alert and extremely comfortable 470 00:27:36,319 --> 00:27:39,480 when my old dog started as crazy barking, and then 471 00:27:39,519 --> 00:27:43,240 I heard this how scream, growling noise I have never 472 00:27:43,279 --> 00:27:47,200 heard in my life, coming from the backyard. I grew 473 00:27:47,279 --> 00:27:51,119 up almost eighteen years in this area and just moved 474 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,759 back after being gone for only five years. I hunt 475 00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:57,920 and I trap everything you can think of. I've heard 476 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,440 a fox scream, I've heard a bobcat scream. I've heard 477 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,519 mountain lions in black bear. I've heard deer grunts and 478 00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:08,559 turkey's gobble, but I have never, ever, ever heard this 479 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:13,400 noise before. Now. Due to our closest neighbor being approximately 480 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,720 a quarter mile away and that was family, I knew 481 00:28:17,039 --> 00:28:20,440 no one would be on my property this late. So 482 00:28:20,559 --> 00:28:23,039 as I sat up trying to comprehend the noise and 483 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,799 understand what I had heard, I grabbed for my three 484 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:31,200 hundred wind mag fearing that this isn't an average everyday animal, 485 00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:35,039 and then I heard what I thought to be fencing 486 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,000 being torn. My dog was already at the back door 487 00:28:39,079 --> 00:28:42,279 begging to be let out. He knew something wasn't right. 488 00:28:43,079 --> 00:28:46,000 I opened the door, stepping onto the deck after turning 489 00:28:46,079 --> 00:28:48,319 on the porch lights, and all I could see was 490 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:51,680 something near the coop. My old dog took off full 491 00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:56,240 sprint towards it. Now, he's fought off countless codies and foxes, 492 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,000 but tonight he wasn't ready for this thing. He got 493 00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:03,920 close and I heard the screaming growl that I can't explain, 494 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,240 and before I knew it, my dog flew into the 495 00:29:06,279 --> 00:29:09,359 side of my deck. This was a good twenty feet 496 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:13,640 away from where this thing was. Well. Now, I was furious, 497 00:29:13,759 --> 00:29:16,400 thinking that it had killed my dog, and I leveled 498 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,680 my rifle and I shot everything I had in it, 499 00:29:19,759 --> 00:29:23,960 five rounds total, and again I heard crashing like a 500 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,119 freight train going down into the woods near the creek. 501 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,960 I rushed down and grabbed my dog, scared to death 502 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,880 that it was too late. He was about seventy pounds 503 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:38,559 of pure muscle. I picked him up and got him inside. 504 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,799 I put him on the table and I turned on 505 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,640 the dining room light, and I was horrified that he 506 00:29:43,799 --> 00:29:46,720 was gashed down his side like a razor. Blood had 507 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:51,039 cut him. He was winding in in tremendous pain. He 508 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,759 was having trouble breathing, and he had lost a ton 509 00:29:53,799 --> 00:29:57,240 of blood. I know growing up on the farm that 510 00:29:57,279 --> 00:30:00,200 it's not right to allow an animal to suffer not 511 00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:02,599 fair to the animal, in my opinion, to let it 512 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:06,119 lay there and die. I knew what I needed to do, 513 00:30:06,359 --> 00:30:09,119 even though it would kill me to do it. I 514 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,759 took him back outside in the front yard and I 515 00:30:11,799 --> 00:30:13,799 told him that he was a good boy, how much 516 00:30:13,839 --> 00:30:16,079 I loved him, and that it was time for me 517 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,920 to put him out of his misery. I lost my 518 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,319 best friend that night. I spent the next hour digging 519 00:30:22,319 --> 00:30:25,759 a hole with my fiance holding a flashlight and a gun, 520 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,359 just to make sure that that thing didn't come back. 521 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,599 As I buried my dog, I felt anger at this 522 00:30:31,759 --> 00:30:35,240 animal for killing my dog. I felt fear because I 523 00:30:35,319 --> 00:30:38,119 wasn't sure what it was, and then I felt empty 524 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,079 because there was nothing I could do. The next morning, 525 00:30:42,119 --> 00:30:45,119 I went out to see the damage. This thing completely 526 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,119 destroyed the chicken wire, and the only thing that saved 527 00:30:48,119 --> 00:30:51,279 the remaining eleven chickens and all the guineas was the 528 00:30:51,319 --> 00:30:55,319 actual wood coop. However, it had damaged the roof on 529 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,799 the coop too. I believe what angered this thing when 530 00:30:58,799 --> 00:31:01,119 it let out that god off sound was the fact 531 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,279 that it was unable to get in the coop and 532 00:31:03,319 --> 00:31:07,440 grab more chickens. I spent the next two days rebuilding 533 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,960 the coop and following the trail this thing had made 534 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,960 into the woods. I never saw any footprints or tracks, 535 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:17,079 nor did I find blood or hair. But I will 536 00:31:17,119 --> 00:31:21,279 tell you that it's now twenty nineteen, almost exactly eight 537 00:31:21,359 --> 00:31:25,839 years later, and other than that curious fox or annoying coyote, 538 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,960 I have had no issues. I have never heard that 539 00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:31,880 noise again, and I still live in that same home, 540 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,640 now married to that same woman, and we have a 541 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,200 new dog who will be eight in July. I will 542 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,039 never forget that day, and I'll never forget that sound 543 00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:43,559 that that thing made, and I'll never forget the fear 544 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,839 that that thing brought. I'm not going to say for 545 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,480 sure that this was a big foot, nor will I 546 00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:52,240 say that it wasn't. I can tell you that I've 547 00:31:52,279 --> 00:31:55,680 been to several states hunting bear, boar, elk, and deer. 548 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,839 I've spent more hours in the woods than your average 549 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,599 joke and felt that fear. I've never seen or heard 550 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,839 anything that can compare to that thing. And that's the 551 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,960 end of the story. He goes on to invite me 552 00:32:09,079 --> 00:32:12,119 to Swiss, Missouri, and then he's got a bottle of 553 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,880 Herman's world famous Stonehill wine waiting for me if I 554 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,400 ever get up there, and some good old elk jerky 555 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,839 from the Swiss meat market. Well, thank you very much, Jake. 556 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,200 That's a great story. I don't know what in the 557 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,920 world could have cut your dog like that. When I 558 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,039 read this, the first thing I thought was maybe it 559 00:32:32,079 --> 00:32:34,960 was a pig. You know, these wild pigs get out 560 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,519 and they just have razor sharp teeth, and that's kind 561 00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:40,200 of how they wound animals with their tusts, and they 562 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,000 just slice you with them. I don't know, man, what 563 00:32:43,079 --> 00:32:45,799 a scary story. I got this back in twenty nineteen. 564 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:48,079 I'm just now getting to it. I've got a few 565 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:52,079 left from twenty nineteen, but I just finally found this one. 566 00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:54,359 I thought, man, this is a great story to share. 567 00:32:54,599 --> 00:32:57,319 I hope you guys enjoyed it. I know I did. 568 00:32:57,559 --> 00:33:00,200 I really appreciate the writer for sending it ho where 569 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,440 everything's going good up in Swiss Missouri. Body appreciate the story.