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<v Speaker 1>This encounter happened just a short time ago. I was

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<v Speaker 1>out in the National Forest. I was searching for a

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<v Speaker 1>good hunting spot for the upcoming deer season, and I

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<v Speaker 1>parked my truck in a small stone lot and proceeded

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<v Speaker 1>into the woods. I'm kind of a knucklehead because when

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hunting, I don't follow man made trails. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>let me tell you this takes place in Alaska. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>cut through the bush until I find a game trail,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I'll try to follow it further away from civilization. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>this day was no different. I walked through the woods

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<v Speaker 1>and hit a promising looking trail, and I took off.

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<v Speaker 1>After two hours, I stopped for a break. My back

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<v Speaker 1>was starting to hurt because I spent most of that

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<v Speaker 1>time been overlooking for tracks. I picked a small boulder

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<v Speaker 1>to sit against. It was warm, and I was tired,

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<v Speaker 1>and I naturally fell asleep. I have no idea how

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<v Speaker 1>long I was out, but a loud thrashing in the

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<v Speaker 1>woods behind the boulder startled me awake. I've been in combat,

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<v Speaker 1>I've learned to wake up instantly and quietly. Whatever was

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<v Speaker 1>thrashing around behind me had to be big, and I

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<v Speaker 1>slowly started to peep over the rock, hoping to see

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<v Speaker 1>a huge buck tearing the crap out of a tree.

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<v Speaker 1>But just before my head cleared the boulder, everything stopped.

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<v Speaker 1>I froze, and everything got quiet, the kind of quiet

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<v Speaker 1>just before the chainsaw starts in a horror movie. Two

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<v Speaker 1>things happened. I heard a sneeze and instinctively said God,

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<v Speaker 1>bless you. As soon as the words left my mouth,

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<v Speaker 1>I regretted it, but there was an instantaneous rushing of

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<v Speaker 1>something large through the woods. I stood up quickly and

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<v Speaker 1>looked for the deer, and I'm sure I had spooked it.

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<v Speaker 1>I was surprised not to see one, but two hairy

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<v Speaker 1>creatures running away from me at a rapid clip. They

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<v Speaker 1>weren't at all muscular, but they were both six or

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<v Speaker 1>seven feet tall. They have the same hair color as

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<v Speaker 1>the male my daughter had seen earlier. They didn't stop,

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<v Speaker 1>and I soon lost sight of them. Going around the boulder,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the ground torn up in an area twelve

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<v Speaker 1>feet across, and there were footprints that measured fifteen inches.

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<v Speaker 1>My guess is that after I fell asleep, two juveniles

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<v Speaker 1>had wandered into the area had decided to have themselves

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<v Speaker 1>a wrestling match. I regret that I did not take

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<v Speaker 1>my phone into the woods that day because pictures of

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<v Speaker 1>the prints in the area they tore up would at

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<v Speaker 1>least somewhat corroborate my story. I have contemplated writing you

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<v Speaker 1>for quite a while, but the more of your videos

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<v Speaker 1>I've listened to, the more I know. I didn't imagine

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<v Speaker 1>or dream the events that have happened to me over

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<v Speaker 1>the past fifty seven years, so I decided to go

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<v Speaker 1>and send them. It is difficult to understand why why me.

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<v Speaker 1>Northeastern Oklahoma is what the locals call green Country. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a rural and woodsy place that rolls into the Ozarks

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<v Speaker 1>of northwest Arkansas. It was here, when I was seven

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<v Speaker 1>that it all began. I was a bed wetter. Fear

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<v Speaker 1>of punishment for this made me somewhat restless at night.

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<v Speaker 1>On this particular night, I was dreaming that I was

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<v Speaker 1>on the toilet. Quickly and unconsciously, I told myself to

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<v Speaker 1>wake up. The thought of a fresh green sapling switch

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<v Speaker 1>on my rear end and legs jolted me into an

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<v Speaker 1>upright position. As soon as I sat up, I had

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<v Speaker 1>an odd feeling like I was being watched. The bed

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<v Speaker 1>that I shared with my little sister Nita sat against

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<v Speaker 1>the wall perpendicular to a large double window that looked

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<v Speaker 1>out onto a long cement porch that ran the entire

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<v Speaker 1>length of the front of our house. The moonlight coming

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<v Speaker 1>through the window lit up the room well enough that

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<v Speaker 1>I could see that Nita had rolled off the bed

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<v Speaker 1>and was pressed up against it in a deep sleep

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor. I looked down and slowly placed my

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<v Speaker 1>foot over her to get out of bed, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>when I heard a tapping sound at the window, which

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<v Speaker 1>was now behind me. I glanced back over my shoulder,

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<v Speaker 1>and I got the shock of my life. He was

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<v Speaker 1>looking right at me. The moon was shining behind him,

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<v Speaker 1>and it gave an almost halo effect to the head

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<v Speaker 1>and shoulders of this man. His dark eyes seemed to

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<v Speaker 1>sparkle as he smiled at me. It was more like

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<v Speaker 1>a grimace. He had a wide mouth with not much limp,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was enough to show his teeth. They were

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<v Speaker 1>like mine, but they were only larger. His hair was

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<v Speaker 1>long and silvery, mixed with some black and brown. Except

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<v Speaker 1>for the roots, they were almost white. His beard and

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<v Speaker 1>the hair on his shoulders shone silvery in the dim light.

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<v Speaker 1>I was confused. I had never seen such a hairy

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<v Speaker 1>man before. As far as I could tell, he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>wearing a shirt. His nose was flat, and his head

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<v Speaker 1>was a little pointy. I thought that was weird, and

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<v Speaker 1>I rubbed my eyes, thinking I was still sleeping and

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<v Speaker 1>this was a dream. And then I felt Nita move

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<v Speaker 1>at my feet, and I looked down and I realized

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<v Speaker 1>this was no dream. I heard it grunt then, and

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<v Speaker 1>it sounded like the hogs my uncle kept down by

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<v Speaker 1>the barn. I looked back at the hairy man in

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<v Speaker 1>the window, and I thought how short he was. Until

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<v Speaker 1>he stood up, all I could see were legs. I

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<v Speaker 1>never moved so fast in my life. I left over

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<v Speaker 1>Nita and I hit the floor, crawling as fast as

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<v Speaker 1>I could to reach the doorway to the hall. We

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have an actual door yet, the house was still

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<v Speaker 1>on under construction, but I knew once I reached the

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<v Speaker 1>hallway the hairyman couldn't see me anymore. My heart was

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<v Speaker 1>beating in my ears, and I asked myself, was this

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<v Speaker 1>really happening. I sat there with my back pressed against

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<v Speaker 1>the wall and gathering my courage to peep back around

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<v Speaker 1>into the bedroom. The window was empty. He was gone.

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<v Speaker 1>I was on the fence about whether or not to

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<v Speaker 1>tell my aunt and uncle who I lived with, about

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<v Speaker 1>what I had seen. Having been somewhat of a victim

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<v Speaker 1>of child abuse, I decided not to wake them for

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<v Speaker 1>fear that I would receive a beating of my life. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>I had that kind of childhood. The next morning, I

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<v Speaker 1>went out to the porch to see where the hairy

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<v Speaker 1>man had first kneeled and then stood on the brick

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<v Speaker 1>ledge of the window sill. There were three rocks. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought nothing of it at the time, but now I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if there were some kind of gift. I think

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<v Speaker 1>of this series of events in my life as the following,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's what I call it. It seems like that's

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. Whatever it is, it seems to have followed

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<v Speaker 1>me throughout my life. The encounter that was shared with

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<v Speaker 1>me is one that sticks with me, not only because

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<v Speaker 1>of the experience, but because of who told it to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I've not told this story very many times, but after

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<v Speaker 1>listening to several of your videos, I decided to try

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<v Speaker 1>and share it as best that I can remember it.

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<v Speaker 1>Back in the late eighties and early nineties, I became

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<v Speaker 1>very good friends with a Southern Baptist preacher. He led

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<v Speaker 1>me to the Lord during this time and we became

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<v Speaker 1>great friends. We're the same age, and we both shared

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<v Speaker 1>a love of outdoors. We cone hunted and we trapped,

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<v Speaker 1>and we fished together, as well as doing outreach for

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<v Speaker 1>the church where he was a pastor that I attended.

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<v Speaker 1>October evening, he called me after I got home from

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<v Speaker 1>work and asked me if I would drive him so

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<v Speaker 1>that he could finish preaching the last night of a

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<v Speaker 1>revival at a church about an hour and a half

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<v Speaker 1>to the west of the community where we lived. He'd

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<v Speaker 1>been fighting a fierce cold all week and had taken

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<v Speaker 1>some pretty strong medication. He didn't want to be a

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<v Speaker 1>hazard to himself or anyone else by trying to drive.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course I agreed to take him. We only lived

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<v Speaker 1>a few miles apart on some back roads, and he

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<v Speaker 1>felt he'd be okay to travel the short distance to

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<v Speaker 1>my house and we would leave from there. We traveled

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<v Speaker 1>to the church where he was preaching that night. I

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<v Speaker 1>think between getting a little something to eat on the

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<v Speaker 1>way over, the medicine he took and God giving him

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<v Speaker 1>the strength. He went on to preach one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best messages I'd ever heard him preach. After the service

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<v Speaker 1>had ended and we set our goodbyes, we proceeded to

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<v Speaker 1>travel back home. While traveling back home in my truck,

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about a little of everything, starting out, especially

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<v Speaker 1>about our excitement for the upcoming hunting and trapping season.

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<v Speaker 1>I've always had an interest in Bigfoot encryptid type story

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<v Speaker 1>since I was a kid, and to this day, I

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<v Speaker 1>love to hear accounts of local legends and happenings that

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<v Speaker 1>most every small community seemed to have. After a pause

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<v Speaker 1>in our conversation, I had a random thought about a

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<v Speaker 1>story that I heard as a kid. It's a well

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<v Speaker 1>known and documented story about the Infield horror. The story

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<v Speaker 1>made local and national news at the time it was

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<v Speaker 1>happening in the early seventies. I won't go into detail

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<v Speaker 1>about it here. There are plenty of stories online about this.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to ask my pastor friend about it because

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<v Speaker 1>he grew up not far from where all this occurred.

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<v Speaker 1>I brought it up in a half joking manner. He

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<v Speaker 1>laughed and said that it was a crazy time with

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<v Speaker 1>the stories of sightings of the monster. He also commented

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<v Speaker 1>that it was a dangerous time as well because of

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<v Speaker 1>the truckloads of monster hunters riding around with firearms. Still

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<v Speaker 1>half joking, I asked him if he believed that there

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<v Speaker 1>was anything to it, or was it on the overdone side.

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<v Speaker 1>My friend got real quiet and reflective for a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, I don't know about all the sightings that

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<v Speaker 1>were going on in the early seventies, but I had

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<v Speaker 1>something happen to me one night while I was coon

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<v Speaker 1>hunting that still gives me the chills when I think

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<v Speaker 1>about it. I could tell by the look on his

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<v Speaker 1>being dead serious. I knew this was coming from a

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<v Speaker 1>good man of God who'd always been leveled straight and

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<v Speaker 1>never lied to me. So this is the story that

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<v Speaker 1>he told me one night when he was a senior

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<v Speaker 1>in high school. He got home from a date about

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<v Speaker 1>eleven pm or so on a Friday night in mid November.

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<v Speaker 1>He said it was coon season, so he thought they

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<v Speaker 1>changed clothes and load the dogs up and go see

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<v Speaker 1>if he could tree a coon. Yet, that night, the

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<v Speaker 1>area that he was gonna hunt was on the backside

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<v Speaker 1>of a state park. Where his family had ground that

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<v Speaker 1>they farmed. Most parks and recreation areas have fire roads

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<v Speaker 1>through them. These roads allow access for emergency vehicles in

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<v Speaker 1>case of fires, and they are also used by farmers

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<v Speaker 1>for access to their fields for spring planting and fall harvesting.

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<v Speaker 1>It was here on this fire road my friend and

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<v Speaker 1>his two eager hounds began their late night coon hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>After parking the truck and turning the dogs loose, my

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<v Speaker 1>friend said that he walked about one hundred to one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty five yards down the fire road with

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<v Speaker 1>woods of the state park on his left and a

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<v Speaker 1>for his dogs, so he turned off his night light

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<v Speaker 1>and stood in the quiet, waiting for his hounds to

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<v Speaker 1>strike a trail. He had been waiting for about ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes when he heard something running in the woods on

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<v Speaker 1>eyes of his dogs reflecting back at him as they

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<v Speaker 1>came running out of the woods and back on to

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<v Speaker 1>seeking reassurance from him. After about fifteen seconds or so

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<v Speaker 1>after his dog's returned, he smelled the most putrid smell

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<v Speaker 1>he thought he'd ever smelled in his life. He described

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<v Speaker 1>it as rotting eggs with a stagnant, strong, musty, damp odor.

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<v Speaker 1>It made his gut wrench, he said. While trying to

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<v Speaker 1>calm his dogs down, he heard heavy footfall coming from

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<v Speaker 1>the broken fence row side of the fire road. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I'm an outdoorsman too, and I can relate to what

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<v Speaker 1>he said. Next, he said, those footsteps I heard were

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<v Speaker 1>not a deer or somebody's cow that was loose. They

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever was making that noise was big, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>on two legs of that, I have no doubt. He

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<v Speaker 1>He called out a couple of times for whoever this was,

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<v Speaker 1>give him much confidence because he was only carrying a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two rifle. There was no response, just to continued

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<v Speaker 1>heavy footfalls, which had closed to within about thirty yards

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<v Speaker 1>of his position, he said. He turned his headlamp onto

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<v Speaker 1>full bam and shine the fence row side of the road,

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<v Speaker 1>He said he saw nothing, but he noticed the footsteps

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<v Speaker 1>get back to his truck and be away from whatever

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<v Speaker 1>was happening as fast as he could. By now he

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<v Speaker 1>was shaking with as much fear as the dogs were,

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<v Speaker 1>and from the looks they gave him as he was

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<v Speaker 1>snapping the leashes on their collars, it was like we're

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<v Speaker 1>ready to ski daddle too. He retreated towards the direction

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<v Speaker 1>of his truck at a fast walk, knowing they had

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<v Speaker 1>some one hundred and twenty five yards or so to cover.

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<v Speaker 1>He stopped dead still, and he listened to hear those

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<v Speaker 1>fence row side. On his trip back to the truck,

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<v Speaker 1>the futured smell increased and decreased, but was always present

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<v Speaker 1>on his retreat. Finally, when he and the dogs were

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<v Speaker 1>within about thirty yards of his truck, they broke into

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<v Speaker 1>a full run to cover the last distance. The dogs

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<v Speaker 1>were still trembling so bad he had to lift each

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<v Speaker 1>one of them to the tailgate so they could get

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<v Speaker 1>he dropped his keys once while trying to unlock the

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<v Speaker 1>truck door, but once he did, everything went flying to

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<v Speaker 1>the far side of the truck cab. In a rush

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<v Speaker 1>to go, he slung grass and dirt with the tires

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<v Speaker 1>until he hit the gravel road to head home. Pausing

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<v Speaker 1>for a minute after he finished his story, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>now take your fingers and touch my forearm. I gave

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<v Speaker 1>him a strange look. I didn't know what he was

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<v Speaker 1>talking about. Just do it, he said, I ran my

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<v Speaker 1>hand across his forearm, and I realized then why he

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<v Speaker 1>wanted me to do that. Goosebumps covered him from shoulder

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<v Speaker 1>to fingertip. That happens to me every time I tell

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<v Speaker 1>that story with this much detail. He said, my friend

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<v Speaker 1>did not actually see anything. He only heard and smelled it.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't know for sure what it was, but something

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<v Speaker 1>that was very scary happened to him on that coonut