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<v Speaker 2>In this episode of Bigfoot Classified Submitted Sightings, we're presenting

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<v Speaker 2>a listener submitted account produced directly from the email they

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<v Speaker 2>sent in. You'll hear their words exactly as they shared them,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing their experience to life as you listen. Remember, your

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<v Speaker 2>or email us at info at mediasquatch dot com. Your

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<v Speaker 2>story could be the next one we feature. And now

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<v Speaker 2>this listener submitted encounter.

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<v Speaker 3>Back in October nineteen eighty three, when I was eleven

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<v Speaker 3>years old, I had my first of several encounters. I

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<v Speaker 3>can't remember the exact date, but I know it was

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<v Speaker 3>a Saturday and we were deer hunting. It was my

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<v Speaker 3>second year doing so. This happened in the Sumpter National

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<v Speaker 3>Forest and in Ora, East South Carolina. I can't recall

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<v Speaker 3>the exact county. It was either Laurens or Union County.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't been back since the mid eighties, and my

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<v Speaker 3>dad and uncles who knew the exact spot are all

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<v Speaker 3>gone now except for two uncles. Here's what happened. My

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<v Speaker 3>dad and I went to one of his favorite areas

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<v Speaker 3>in the Sumter National Forest, a place we called the

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<v Speaker 3>Horse Trail for obvious reasons. It was named that they

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<v Speaker 3>had done some logging there, and there was a logging

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<v Speaker 3>road where my dad had me sit for the morning hunt.

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<v Speaker 3>It was cold and I was bundled up in a

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<v Speaker 3>heavy coat carrying an H and R single shot twenty

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<v Speaker 3>gage with slugs. It was about an hour before daylight,

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<v Speaker 3>and it was so dark that I couldn't see my

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<v Speaker 3>hand in front of my face. I was facing toward

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<v Speaker 3>Highway seven two. I think that's the highway, basically in

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<v Speaker 3>the direction where we had parked About twenty minutes after

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<v Speaker 3>my dad left me. I could hear him assembling his

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<v Speaker 3>old climbing stand and starting to climb. Once he settled in,

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<v Speaker 3>I noticed how all the birds and crickets suddenly went quiet.

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<v Speaker 3>I know a lot of birds are active at that time.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd say it was around five thirty am when my

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<v Speaker 3>eyes finally acclimated to the dark and I could start

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<v Speaker 3>to make out shapes. I happened to look to my

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<v Speaker 3>right across the logging road, just behind some small pines,

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<v Speaker 3>and I saw a weird looking figure about eight feet tall,

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<v Speaker 3>standing just over thirty feet away. I turned my head

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<v Speaker 3>to the left, thinking my eyes might be playing tricks

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<v Speaker 3>on me, then slowly turned back around and it was

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<v Speaker 3>still there. Yes, there was a slight stench in the air.

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<v Speaker 3>I had a flashlight in my hand, but I was

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<v Speaker 3>too scared to lift it and shine it over there,

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<v Speaker 3>afraid of what I might see. It never moved, it

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<v Speaker 3>just stood there watching me. It felt like a lifetime

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<v Speaker 3>passed before it finally started getting light. I heard a

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<v Speaker 3>noise to my left and turned to look, hoping it

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't another one or a deer, But when I turned

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<v Speaker 3>back around, it was gone. I didn't hear it leave,

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<v Speaker 3>but as the morning went on, I kept my eyes

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<v Speaker 3>wide open, listening, hoping it wouldn't come back. I never

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<v Speaker 3>told my dad because he would have laughed at me.

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<v Speaker 3>He was a non believer. I did tell my brother, though,

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<v Speaker 3>as he had a couple of encounters himself when he

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<v Speaker 3>was younger. My brother is eleven years older than me.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, we hunted that area several more times

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<v Speaker 3>before we left it for private land in another air,

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<v Speaker 3>but I never saw it again. I grew up reading

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<v Speaker 3>multiple books on Bigfoot and watched shows like In Search

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<v Speaker 3>of and The Legend of Boggy Creek, but I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>let my mind play tricks on me that morning. The

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<v Speaker 3>figure was around eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and

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<v Speaker 3>a massive head. Yes, I could hear it breathing, it

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<v Speaker 3>was that close. I did have another small encounter in

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<v Speaker 3>an area several miles from there, a place where my

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<v Speaker 3>brother had a strange encounter. I heard a tree being

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<v Speaker 3>pushed over. It wasn't windy that evening, and it happened

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<v Speaker 3>right at dark. Knowing about my brother's encounter, I got

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<v Speaker 3>out of the tree as it got dark and quickly

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<v Speaker 3>made my way to the trail to wait for my

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<v Speaker 3>dad to pick me up. That was another thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 3>or so before I saw his flashlight. I never went

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<v Speaker 3>back to that spot again.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for listening to another episode of Bigfoot Classified.

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