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Speaker 1: Welcome to the darkened depths of Backwoods Bigfoot Stories. Here

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within the shadows of the backwoods, we dare to venture

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where most fear to tread, into the unexplored realms of

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the unknown. Join us as we share thrilling tales of

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encounters with Bigfoot, dog Man, and other mysterious cryptids that

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lurk within the dense foliage of the backwoods. These are

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first hand accounts of the strange and terrifying things that

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happen to those bold enough to explore the untamed wilderness,

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from hair raising sightings of hairy bipads to unexplainable encounters

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with unidentified flying objects and other elusive phenomena. Our channel

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is dedicated to unveiling the secrets hidden within the dark forests. Embrace,

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prepare for spine chilling storytelling that will leave you questioning

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the very fabric of reality. Subscribe and follow now, and

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let's start our journey into the heart of the unknown,

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where the woods hold secrets that are waiting to be revealed.

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But be warned, the things that lurk in the backwoods

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may forever change the way you view the natural world,

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and you may even find yourself sleeping with the light on.

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Speaker 2: In July of nineteen seventy five, a man hit a

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seven foot tall reddish brown creature with his car, but

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the beast got up and chased him. I have never

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told anyone about this because I didn't want to hear

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the jokes. But it was mid July of nineteen seventy five.

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I was heading toward the beach in my sports car,

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top down with the music blasting. It was around eight

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forty five PM, so it was still light out, but

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heading towards dusk. I had my head lights on and

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I was cruising at about sixty miles an hour when

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I rounded a corner and there in the roads stood

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this large, hairy thing. I slammed on my brakes and

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swerved around it, but I must have glanced it because

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it bounced over the passenger side of my car. I

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slid the car around and stopped where my headlights were

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about halfway on this thing. It got up and came

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at me. I was about twenty five feet away from

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the thing, and I could smell it. It smelled horrible.

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The smell hung in the air like a wet blanket.

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This thing was about seven to seven and a half

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feet tall, had reddish brown, matted looking hair. Its face

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was hairless, and this thing looked pissed. So I put

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the car in reverse, backed up, and threw the car

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and drive and took off. As I was spinning around,

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I looked in the rear view mirror and it was

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right on my car's rear end. I heard a loud bang,

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and about that time my car caught traction and I

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took off. I left the creature running down the road

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after me. I have never been so scared in all

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my life. After I got to my destination, I checked

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my car. The passenger side of rear court panel was

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dented in and it had hair on it. My rear

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spoiler was shattered where he had hit the rear of

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my car. I told my friend's family and police and

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the insurance that I'd hit a stray cow. But it

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took weeks to get that smell off the outside of

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my car, and the inside still had the smell. It

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was awful. It was like sewage mixed with something else.

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I was twenty seven, then I'm thirty eight. Now I've

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not been down that road since, and I'll drive forty

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five to fifty miles out of my way to avoid

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going that route. The hairy creature eating my corn. In

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the summer of two thousand and nine, a deer hunter

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had a sighting of a large creature while checking his

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corn pile in Rose Hill, North Carolina. The hunter writes,

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while checking my deer bait pile behind my home in

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the woods, I walked up on a seven to eight

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foot tall, stinky, hairy creature eating my corn. It was

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sitting down when I first saw it, with its back

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to me. It heard me, and it stood up and

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faced me about twenty five yards away. I froze as

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we stood there, staring at each other for a few minutes.

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I was terrified, but I acted like I wasn't. It

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seemed to decide that I was no threat, and it

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walked away deeper into the woods. I had a pistol

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with me, but I didn't feel threatened enough to kill it.

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I don't believe the thirty eight that I had would

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have stopped it anyway. I have a feeling if I'd

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have shot it, it would have ripped me from lend

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lamb Bigfoot scene near Fort Knox, a firefighter writes, I

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wanted to share my experience that I had about fifteen

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years ago and lived in a rural area southwest of Louisville, Kentucky.

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I was a firefighter for a small volunteer department. We

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got a call from the fire department at Fort Knox

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Base and they told us they were fighting a fire

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and it was heading our way. I was in a

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four wheel drive field unit going on a dirt road

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on the inside of the border. When we came around

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the bend, it was smoky, but you could easily see

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something standing in the middle of the road looking towards us.

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feet away when it let out a deep, and I

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mean deep, bellowy grunt. Then I saw a medium sized

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creature step out of the tree line with two smaller ones.

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The family group of bigfoot quickly rushed north and over

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the fence and out of sight. The first one was

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about seven to eight feet tall with matted brown or

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black hair. I couldn't tell how much it weighed. The

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medium sized one was definitely a female because of the

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way it acted towards the little ones. It was easily

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six and a half feet tall with a slender build.

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The small ones were about five to six feet tall

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and skinny bigfoot drags a deer into a cave in

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West Texas. I was in West Texas and I was

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deer Honey. The closest city to me was Comstock. I

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was sitting at a bronco and joined the view, but

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across the canyon I saw this blackish brown creature dragging

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a deer carcass into a cave. I grabbed a pair

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of binoculars and zoomed in on the creature. I could

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see that it was very dark skin and had a

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flat nose, and its eyes were a bright amber color.

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It had very thick hair around the torso and legs,

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but lightened up around the face, and it had large

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ape like lips. The terrain in that area was rocky,

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so it had to be very good at climbing and maneuvering.

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I would say I observed this thing for about five minutes.

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It was about two hundred yards away, but I did

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see the creature going to the cave. The cave was

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up on at least a five foot high ledge, and

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it just stepped up there like it was climbing stairs. Now,

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the deer was about the size of a smaller elk.

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This was the biggest buck I'd ever seen. It was

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at least five feet in length, and it was pretty wide.

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I would say this creature had to be at least

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seven feet tall. The shoulder length would have been about

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four to five feet, very very wide shoulders. The creature's

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face was very ape like and did not resemble a

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human at all. The face had lots of scars, and

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it looked very similar to a gorilla in the eyes,

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but the jaws did not extend like the face of

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a gorilla or a chimp. It looked similar to a

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human in the jaw area. The teeth were that of

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an eph though, and the skin was very very dark brown.

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Bigfoot scene in Hardman, Oregon. The sighting occurred in the

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West Reserve in the Blue Mountain Range, just south of

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Highway two o seven. My background as a retired police officer,

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so you must understand at the time I did not

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want to be called a nut if you get my drift.

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This is why I told no one about this until now.

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It was about eleven thirty PM in late October or

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early November of nineteen eighty, the same year that Mount

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Saint Helens had erupted in the Great State of Washington.

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I can still remember everything about this incident like it

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was yesterday. My truck was pulling up the hill best

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it could, at top speed of about twenty five to

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thirty miles an hour. The bigfoot I saw was medium

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brown in color. I could see all of him as

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he was very close. His eyes were more of a

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glowing red color, and he had shaggy long hair. He

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was standing on the right side of my truck, just

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off the road where you might see a warning sign

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like a curve or heel up ahead. I really didn't

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pay much attention until I was about fifty feet away

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from him, and then he stepped up near the yellow

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fog line, still on my right side. I have no

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idea what he was planning to do. I couldn't tell

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if he was standing there waiting to cross the road

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or what. Then I finally got close enough to see

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what he was, and it was too late. I tried

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as best as I could, but I couldn't get the

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truck to go any faster. I was petrified when I

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passed the creature. I remember looking at his head movement

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and thinking it was just like mine. He was looking

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at me just as much as I was looking at him.

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We were just looking at each other. His eyes seemed

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to be a reddish color. I don't know if the

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red color was from the eyes or what. This thing

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was about eight feet tall, maybe more, maybe less. At

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that point, honestly, I didn't care. He had long but

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shaggy hair, and it hung down about three to four

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inches in various places all over his body. I'm not

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sure if it was a male or a female. Didn't

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see any boobs, but at the time I didn't see

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a penis either. But for some reason, I've always called

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it a hem. I still get goosebumps thinking about it.

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This is the first time I've ever told my story

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to anyone except to my wife. A hunter is stalked

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by a bigfoot in North Dakota nineteen sixty two. Well,

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coming back from a hunting trip outside of Minno, North

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Dakota in April of nineteen sixty two, a friend and

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I were followed when we were returning back to the

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trailer park where we lived. After walking quite a distance

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out of the prairie, I had the distinct feeling that

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something or someone was following us. Eventually I became so

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uncomfortable that I looked over my shoulder, and at a

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distance of about fifty yards away, I saw what I

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thought was a great ape. Our eyes met, and this

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thing stood up on its hind legs when it saw

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that I saw it. All I had on me was

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a single shot twenty two rifles, so shooting it was

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out of the question. I was able to get a

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pretty good look at this thing. It had long, black shape,

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oily looking hair, and I could see that it had

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hair all over its body as it stood up off

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of all fours onto its hind legs. There was no

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hair on its face, above its nose or the palms

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of its hands, and this thing had huge, long arms.

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I can't overemphasize enough the malevolent look this thing had

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on its face and seemed to be trying to convey

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to me. As soon as this thing started moving in

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our direction, we both ran as fast as we could

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and never looked back. When visualizing some far flung regions

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of the world that could harbor a hereto unknown species

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of terrifying monkey monster, Danville, New Hampshire is not the

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first place that springs to mind yet for two weeks.

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In September two thousand and one, this small New England

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hamlet was the scene of several scary encounters with a

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giant baboon like beast that has since become known as

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the devil Monkey of Danville. Tales of this terrifying primeate

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have been around since the nineteen thirties, and sporadic reports

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seemed to pepper diverse locations along with both East and

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West coasts of the United States and Canada. But what

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is the zoological significance of such sightings and do their

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gelata like proportions indicate a baboon like escapee or perhaps

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even that a small feral population of these aggressive primates

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has become established in parts of the United States and Canada.

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What's in a name? Coined by Mark A. Hall also

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known as giant monkey and nalusaphala monstrous measurements bipedal and quadrupedal,

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resembling a large baboon or dog three to eight feet tall,

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covered in light brown to black hair, sometimes has a

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patch of white fur extending from its neck to its belly.

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Twenty ears, baboon like or dog like muzzle, large canines

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and strong chest, short fore legs with claws, muscular, almost

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kangaroo like hind legs, large feet, has a long bushy

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tail that sometimes hairless. Terrifying tracks three toad tracks toes

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appear to be rounded twelve to fifteen inches in length.

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Beastly behaviors, very aggressive to humans and dogs. Walks bipedally

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and quadrupedally can leap up to twenty feet in a

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single bound. Very vocal, possibly territorial, emitting a range of barks, cries,

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and screams often heard echoing through the Appalachian Mountain regions

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and that bear a resemblance to territorial calls of other

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known primate species. Strong jaws, long canines, and razor sharp claws,

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which it uses to bring down its prey, often attacking

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its torso, face and other vulnerable areas. Deadly diet said

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to kill livestock, pets, and small game. Hairy habitat British

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Columbia Appalachian Mountain region of the United States. Devil monkey

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sidings are also reported in Kentucky, New Mexico, Utah, and

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Colorado Scary sightings nineteen thirties. Kentucky is reputed to have

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experienced a rash of devil monkey sidings as far back

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as the nineteen thirties. Nineteen thirty four, several eye witnesses

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describe seeing a mysterious beast that could leap across fields

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with lightning speed. In South Petersburg, Tennessee, nineteen fifty nine,

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the Boyd family were driving through the mountains near their

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home in Saltville, Virginia, when their vehicle was attacked by

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a monkey like creature that rushed at the car, grabbing

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at it with its front paws. The Boyd's daughter, Pauline,

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described the terrifying attacker, which left three clawlike scratches on

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their car, saying it had light taffy colored hair with

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a white blaze down its neck and underbelly. It stood

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on two large, well muscled back legs and had shorter

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front legs and arms. She went on to tell another

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similar story that occurred shortly after in the same region,

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saying several days after this incident, two nurses from the

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Saltville area were driving home from work one morning when

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they were attacked by an unknown creature who ripped the

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convertible top from their car. Nineteen seventy three, a devil

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monkey was thought to be responsible for the slaughter of

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several cattle in Aubany, Kentucky. Nineteen seventy nine, several devil

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monkey encounters occurred in rural Georgia, with one female eyewitness

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describing it as quote the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

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It had a tail like a beaver's, but it's bushy

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and a face like a dog end a quote, nineteen

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ninety seven. On June twenty sixth, nineteen ninety seven, Debbie

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Cross saw a three to four foot hairy animal with

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long arms and a short tail outside her rural home

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near Duncansville, Ohio. It walked on its knuckles as it

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moved away from her. Two thousand and one, nine locals

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reported seeing a strange primate, while others reported hearing its

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eerie cries. Near Danville, New Hampshire. A local fire chief

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who spotted the ape like animal in the pre dawn

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hours one night and said Timbers, said, quote, it jumped

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out of the trees as soon as it hit the ground.

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He took a giant leap and went back where it

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came from. The first thought I had was, that's nothing

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that's native to hear. End quote. He described the creature

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as being like a primate with a reddish brown coat,

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razor sharp claws, and a dog like muzzle. Over the

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following two weeks, parents kept their children at home after sunset.

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After several search parties failed to find the animal, the

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sighting stopped and the creature was not seen again. It

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was generally assumed that this was an escaped animal that

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had likely been recovered by its owner. Two thousand and six,

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an anonymous witness claimed that he returned to his Chicago

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home with his family one evening to find a devil

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like creature violently attacking his six year old labrador dog,

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and stated that the animal was an unusual combination of

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a monkey, wolf, and devil, with long fangs and a

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monkey like tail and extremely bright glowing eyes. The man

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who snapped a photo of the beast, which apparently was

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fright by the flash bulb of the camera, sprang to

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its hind legs and ran escaping through the open door

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behind them. He also claimed that numerous pets had gone

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missing from the neighborhood leading up to the siding that

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another individual had seen an identical beast hanging from a

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local tree by its tail. Beastly evidence Derrider roadkill in

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nineteen ninety six, Barbara Mullins was driving down a hot

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and dusty asphalt Louisiana highway called Highway twelve when she

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noticed a strange creature dead on the side of the road.

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Pulling over to get a closer look at the animal,

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she was astonished to see a recently deceased animal about

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the size of an adult Saint Bernard and covered in

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thick brown hair. Curiously, she noticed that what she had

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first taken to be a dog possessed ape like feet

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that extended from its bulky body. It had small, pointed

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ears and a very Semian like appearance. Luckily, she was

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equipped with a camera and she took a picture of

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the bizarre beast. On September fifth, the de Quincy News

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published a story about barbars strek range find, speculating that

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it could be a chupocabra or even a devil monkey.

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries later examined the photos,

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stating that they believed that it was a deceased small

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breed of domestic dog called a Pomeranian. Many were quick

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to point out the size differentiation between this breed and

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a Saint Bernard. Although the photo is seemingly lacking anything

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apart from the patche clumps of grass surrounding the animal,

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which could provide a reliable object for scale, which sadly

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does nothing to aid us in ascertaining the size of

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this alleged cryptid carcass beastly theories. The term napes, an

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abbreviation of North American apes, was first coined by the

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cryptozoologist Lorne Coleman in nineteen sixty two, inspired by a

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curious track he discovered and cast in a dry creek

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bed of Stephens Creek near Decatur, Illinois. This assumed American

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ape is tail us and thought to belong to a

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yet unclassified genus that may include cryptids like the Florida

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skunk ape and the yetti. However, the descriptions of the

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devil monkey, with its baboon like muzzle and tail, do

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not match the ape like physiology of the nape or

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any known ape species, and it's far too large to

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be any known species of monkey. Therapithecus oswalde. Could an

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extant species related to Therapithecus oswalde be roaming the Appalachian Mountains,

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it seems unlikely, besides the ancient date of their demise,

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likely brought about by human conflict and predation. This fossil gulated.

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Despite its widespread distribution in Southern East and North Africa, Spain, Italy,

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and India, is not known to have existed in the

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New World feral monkey colonies. Many people believe that the

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Danville devil monkey in particular, was an escape primate, most

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likely a baboon. Certainly, the numerous public encounters with this

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beast followed by its sudden disappearance, seem indicative of an

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escaped pet running a mug for a few weeks before

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being quietly recovered by its owner. Several eye witnesses remain

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unwavering in their convictions that the animal that they encounter

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does not correspond with any known primate species. There have

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been examples of escape monkeys forming feral colonies in parts

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of the US. Indeed, Florida, the unofficial invasive species capital

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of the world, provides more extreme examples of this phenomenon,

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with its established colonies of squirrel monkeys, reeseius monkeys, and

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even troops of Capucha monkeys, which have become endemic in

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the state within the last few decades. Who's to say

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whether small groups or other species like baboons or even

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the odd mandrel might have escaped and are perhaps a

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living undetected in other parts of the United States. Killer kangaroos.

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It has been suggested that escaped kangaroos could be responsible

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for the devil monkey encounters, and that there may be

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feral populations living in several US states. Kangaroos are great

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escape artists, their powerful hind legs and feet giving them

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the ability to jump high or to cover twenty five

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feet in a single leap. Phantom kangaroo who have been

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reported quite regularly in the United States since the nineteen thirties,

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and the steady stream of escapees could certainly explain several

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purported devil monkey encounters and