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<v Speaker 1>I never thought I would write about Bigfoot or anything

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<v Speaker 1>out of this world because until recently I didn't believe

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<v Speaker 1>in those things. What happened this year has changed my opinion.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just released from jail here in Ohio after

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<v Speaker 1>sitting in a cell for twelve days. I was not

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<v Speaker 1>charged with anything, but I was held with some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of federal mumbo jumbo so they could do an investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>In January, we had record snowfall. It's about eleven inches,

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<v Speaker 1>and to me, it was a perfect time to take

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<v Speaker 1>off and work and go deer hunting. I love hunting

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<v Speaker 1>in the snow. Now. I have a couple of felonies

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<v Speaker 1>in my past. I spent five years in prison for

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<v Speaker 1>beating the shit out of a politician's son who took

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<v Speaker 1>advantage of my little sister. And I'm not allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>hunt with firearms, let alone own one, so I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>hunt the last day of Muzzloder season. That said, I

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<v Speaker 1>do have an awesome Matthew's compound boat, and there was

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<v Speaker 1>an explosion of monster bucks in Ohio. To hunt one

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<v Speaker 1>snowy Tuesday morning, I layered up and headed for private

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<v Speaker 1>property nearer Tar Hollow that I have permission to hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>I had been in my stand for over eight hours.

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<v Speaker 1>It was about four forty five PM, just before it

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<v Speaker 1>started to get dark, when I busted a beautiful fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>point monster. I was already looking forward to getting my

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<v Speaker 1>picture with this trophy. I let him have a half

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<v Speaker 1>hour head start before I started tracking his blood trail

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<v Speaker 1>and his tracks, But there was another snowstorm coming in

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<v Speaker 1>and the light was fading fast, so I had to

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<v Speaker 1>back out. I knew he would be there in the morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if the he's got to him, I would still

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<v Speaker 1>have the mount. The next morning, I drove over to

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<v Speaker 1>my brother in law's house and I had him bring

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<v Speaker 1>his bloodhound out to follow the blood trail. His dog's

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<v Speaker 1>name is love Bug. He was an exceptional scent tracker

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<v Speaker 1>for finding and recovering crippled deer well. We got to

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<v Speaker 1>my stand around nine thirty that morning, and the dog

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<v Speaker 1>instantly took to the deer's trail. We had been following

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<v Speaker 1>him for a quarter of a mile past where I

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<v Speaker 1>tracked the buck the night before. When love Bug suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>refused to go forward, I continued to follow the clues

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<v Speaker 1>left on the trail for another half hour. When I

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<v Speaker 1>finally found where the buck fell and bled out. But

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<v Speaker 1>the buck wasn't there. There were giant tracks in the

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<v Speaker 1>snow where some big boy came in and picked the

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<v Speaker 1>deer up and walked off with it. Now, this dude

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<v Speaker 1>must have been superhuman to be able to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>that buck, since even I had to bring a roll

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<v Speaker 1>up sled to drag him out. Now this guy must

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<v Speaker 1>have simply thrown it over his shoulder and walked away

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<v Speaker 1>with it. Well, I was pissed, and I wanted my

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<v Speaker 1>deer back, so I started following his tracks. For the

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<v Speaker 1>next two hours, I followed those giant barefoot tracks until

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<v Speaker 1>they led to a steep hillside and went straight up.

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<v Speaker 1>I tried to follow their path, but I couldn't keep

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<v Speaker 1>my balance, let alone scaled the slope without falling and

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<v Speaker 1>sliding down. I angled to a part of the ridge

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<v Speaker 1>that was not very steep and finally got to the

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<v Speaker 1>top and back on the trail. And an hour later,

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<v Speaker 1>the prince pushed into the massive thicket and there in

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<v Speaker 1>the center was my buck, or at least what was

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<v Speaker 1>left of him. All I could see was its head

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<v Speaker 1>and rib cage. That was the moment that I realized

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<v Speaker 1>that I was in a big foot bedroom. All around

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<v Speaker 1>the clearing were tracks of all sizes and flatten places

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<v Speaker 1>in the snow where they had been sleeping. All I

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<v Speaker 1>had with me was my bow, so I turned to

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<v Speaker 1>get the hell out of there, but I stepped on

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<v Speaker 1>something that rolled under my foot and I fell face

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<v Speaker 1>first into the snow. I looked to see what I

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<v Speaker 1>had fallen on, and I realized that it was a

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<v Speaker 1>human skull. I pulled my phone out, I took a

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<v Speaker 1>picture of it, and then opened to find my car

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<v Speaker 1>app on my phone and pegged the location. I sprinted

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<v Speaker 1>back into the clearing and grabbed my buck's head and

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<v Speaker 1>ran as fast as I could through the deep snow.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was almost back to my truck, I heard

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of roar in the direction of the thicket,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I picked up my pace. As soon as

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<v Speaker 1>I was in my truck and back on the road,

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<v Speaker 1>I called a game warden in the state patrol to

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<v Speaker 1>report what I had stumbled on, and then I met

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<v Speaker 1>up with them at a local gas station. When all

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<v Speaker 1>the authorities were present, I led them to the thicket

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<v Speaker 1>and stood by as they started searching and collecting evidence.

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<v Speaker 1>They even had a cadaver dog that located additional human

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<v Speaker 1>remains under the snow. All I could do was stand

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<v Speaker 1>there and be cold, And when I mentioned that my

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<v Speaker 1>part was done and I was headed home, they insisted

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<v Speaker 1>I remain where I was. It was well into the

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<v Speaker 1>night when the group of other individuals arrived and asked

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<v Speaker 1>me what I had seen and what I thought had

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<v Speaker 1>happened there. Well. When I finished talking, I asked if

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<v Speaker 1>I could go home, and they refused, and I decided

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<v Speaker 1>I was going home anyway. That might have been my mistake.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the newcomers, who was a head taller than me,

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<v Speaker 1>looked like a lumberjack. He grabbed me by the arm

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<v Speaker 1>and swung me into a tree and handcuffed me. Before

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't so much as grunt. They instructed one of

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<v Speaker 1>the local cops to take me to lock up, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's how I ended up in jail. Each day I

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<v Speaker 1>was visited by two gentlemen from the federal government who

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<v Speaker 1>asked me the same questions. Did I see the bear

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<v Speaker 1>that took my deer? Did I know where the bear's

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<v Speaker 1>den was? When I reminded them that the bears were

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<v Speaker 1>in hibernation and it wasn't a bear that took my deer.

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<v Speaker 1>They told me wrong answer and they would leave. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I might be a little slow, but it took me

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<v Speaker 1>eleven days to figure out the answer they were looking

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<v Speaker 1>for was Yes, I saw the bear. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>large black bear, but I did not find it's den.

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<v Speaker 1>I must have scared it off. The next morning, I

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<v Speaker 1>was informed that I was not being charged for the

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<v Speaker 1>criminal trespassing. Apparently I had crossed the park's property lines

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<v Speaker 1>and crossed over several private properties too. The kick in

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<v Speaker 1>the ass was that they kept my buck's head. I

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<v Speaker 1>had moved it without calling it in and logging the kill,

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<v Speaker 1>and I had not filled out my tag. I had

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<v Speaker 1>just lost my job, spent over for a week and

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<v Speaker 1>a half in jail, and didn't get to keep my trophy.

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<v Speaker 1>So screw the government. I'm telling what I found and saw.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though I never saw a large hairy man, I

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<v Speaker 1>did see tracks, and I can imagine the size and

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<v Speaker 1>strength that it would take to lift a two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>pound buck. I saw the strides of these creatures, and

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<v Speaker 1>I heard their roar, and I saw the killing field

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<v Speaker 1>and all the bones that law enforcement discovered up there.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart goes out to the families of those they discovered,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing they probably will not even be told. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Lilly were real and available. We could use him

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<v Speaker 1>in Ohio, Signed Bobby