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<v Speaker 1>When I was nine, our family lived in Plumber, Idaho,

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<v Speaker 1>a small logging town in the Panhandle. We actually lived

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<v Speaker 1>on ten acres of land in the hills several miles

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<v Speaker 1>outside of town. My two older brothers were avid hunters

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<v Speaker 1>who would go on extended hunting trips, and they'd leave

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<v Speaker 1>from our house and head out to the middle of nowhere,

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<v Speaker 1>pick a spot where they wanted to hunt, and then

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<v Speaker 1>build a shelter out of fallen timber where they'd stay

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<v Speaker 1>for the duration of their hunt. One year, they asked

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<v Speaker 1>me if I wanted to go, I would get to

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<v Speaker 1>stay in one of their timber shelters. They would cook

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<v Speaker 1>for me over the campfire, and they'd even let me

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<v Speaker 1>shoot one of their rifles. They promised it would be

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of fun, and I asked my dad if

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<v Speaker 1>it'd be okay, and after they assured him that they

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<v Speaker 1>would take good care of me, he agreed to let

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<v Speaker 1>me go. We headed out on a Friday evening, and

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<v Speaker 1>I remember the day because it meant I would be

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<v Speaker 1>missing Saturday morning cartoons the next morning. Oh man, that, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>anything that interrupted Saturday morning cartoons was horrible for me

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<v Speaker 1>to brother. I agree with that, but I digress. For

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<v Speaker 1>a kid, that was a big deal, but this sounded

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<v Speaker 1>like more fun. Besides, I really wanted to fire my

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<v Speaker 1>brother's thirty thirty rifle, even if it would probably knock

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<v Speaker 1>me on my butt. We crammed into the front seat

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<v Speaker 1>of my brother's regular cab pickup and headed further into

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<v Speaker 1>the mountains. It seemed like it took forever, so I

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<v Speaker 1>think we must have been up there quite away. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>I was still a kid, and so the distance may

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<v Speaker 1>have been exaggerated in my mind, but it seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>it took a really long time. We finally parked in

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<v Speaker 1>a clearing outside of the main tree line, and we

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<v Speaker 1>hiked the rest of the way in. We went far

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<v Speaker 1>enough in that one of my brothers had to carry

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<v Speaker 1>me on his back for the last half of the

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<v Speaker 1>walk to the campsite, and by the time we got

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<v Speaker 1>there it was getting late, at least it was for me.

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<v Speaker 1>So I sat on a log and watched as my

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<v Speaker 1>brother set up the camp and started a fire. Then

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<v Speaker 1>we went into the shelter, crawled into our sleeping bags,

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<v Speaker 1>and we fell asleep. The next morning, we got up

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<v Speaker 1>at the start of the day, but our food supply

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<v Speaker 1>was gone. My brothers had hung it in a large

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<v Speaker 1>pine tree the night before. I remember it looking impossibly

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<v Speaker 1>high to my juvenile mind. There were broken branches all

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<v Speaker 1>over the ground around that tree. These were big branches,

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<v Speaker 1>not just little branches, and they were broken off way

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<v Speaker 1>up the trunk. My older brother, who was six foot

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<v Speaker 1>five inches tall, remarked that he would have had to

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<v Speaker 1>use a ten foot ladder to get up there. My

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<v Speaker 1>oldest brother was sure it wasn't a bear because he

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<v Speaker 1>chosen a branch that stuck out from the tree, and

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<v Speaker 1>black bears would be too small to reach it. He

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<v Speaker 1>figured even a grizzly wouldn't have been able to get

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<v Speaker 1>up to that bag. They both looked pretty confused and angry.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we would have to leave the next day, which

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<v Speaker 1>meant that they would only have one day to hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just sad, really, and I was looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to having bacon and eggs cooked on the campfire. They

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<v Speaker 1>brought just enough jerky and snacks to get us through

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<v Speaker 1>the next morning. So my oldest brother went hunting, while

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<v Speaker 1>my other brother decided to stay in camp and teach

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<v Speaker 1>me how to fire the rifle. He really only stayed

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<v Speaker 1>because my legs were so sore from the long hike in,

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<v Speaker 1>even though he'd carried me halfway. That evening, my oldest

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<v Speaker 1>brother returned to camp empty handed. He told us that

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<v Speaker 1>it had been a very strange day while he was

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<v Speaker 1>out there. He didn't see any signs of anything. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't see any of the usual small forest animals. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't even see any birds. He couldn't find any deer

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<v Speaker 1>tracks when they were usually tons of them. Plus there

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<v Speaker 1>was a strange, horrible smell. My older brother mentioned that

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<v Speaker 1>he'd smell something weird the night before too well. Disappointed

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<v Speaker 1>that the trip had been a bus we crawled into

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<v Speaker 1>our sleeping bags that night with plans to pack up

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<v Speaker 1>and leave the next morning. But it wasn't long before

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<v Speaker 1>we heard branches breaking and knocking sounds just outside camp.

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<v Speaker 1>Then something started grunting, and we all sat up to listen.

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<v Speaker 1>At first, my brothers thought it was other hunters, but

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<v Speaker 1>the grunting got louder and it was accompanied by something

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<v Speaker 1>really big stomping around. My oldest brother grabbed his rifle

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<v Speaker 1>and stuck his head out to look around. He popped

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<v Speaker 1>right back in and yelled, grab the guns, we're leaving now.

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<v Speaker 1>My other brother started to pack, but my oldest brother

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<v Speaker 1>told him to leave everything else and to carry me

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<v Speaker 1>on his back the whole way. This point, I was

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<v Speaker 1>really scared and I had started crying. The last thing

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<v Speaker 1>I remember was a strange howling sound. It wasn't like

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<v Speaker 1>a dog or a coyote or a wolf. This was

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<v Speaker 1>deeper and louder. The height back to the truck took

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<v Speaker 1>what felt like hours. When we got there, my brother

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<v Speaker 1>threw me into the cab and we were gone. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what it was out there that night. I

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<v Speaker 1>never saw it, but neither of my brothers ever hunted

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<v Speaker 1>that area again, and over the years I've tried to

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<v Speaker 1>get my oldest brother to tell me what he saw,

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<v Speaker 1>and after all this time, he still won't talk about it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the story of how my fascination with sisquatch began,

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<v Speaker 1>and it comes right out of my book titled Revelations

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<v Speaker 1>the Humid Hominid Connection. I've always loved the great Northwest

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<v Speaker 1>Washington State is certainly one of the most beautiful. While

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<v Speaker 1>up in the Wanache National Forest in nineteen eighty four,

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<v Speaker 1>participating in an Army rotc field training exercise, I had

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<v Speaker 1>an extraordinary experience, one that changed my perspective on life forever.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a story of my first encounter, and it

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<v Speaker 1>set me on a path to be an independent researcher.

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<v Speaker 1>While the other cadets were sound asleep in their mummy

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<v Speaker 1>bags under the pine trees, I was pulling duty as

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<v Speaker 1>a sentry in fireguard, guarding the fire and keeping it going.

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<v Speaker 1>With standard operating procedure, if you wanted to keep all

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<v Speaker 1>the critters away and have something to start the coffee

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning, we also had to tend to the

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<v Speaker 1>fire to practice good fire safety. While in the forest.

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<v Speaker 1>We would all take turns and relieve each other every

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<v Speaker 1>hour on the hour throughout the night. My shift started

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<v Speaker 1>at two hundred and was almost over. After kicking my

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<v Speaker 1>replacement twice and trying to wake him up, I realized

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<v Speaker 1>that he was not up to the task, and since

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<v Speaker 1>it was already about three thirty now, I decided to

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<v Speaker 1>stay by the fire and keep it going until dawn.

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<v Speaker 1>I recalled with a chuckle a story by a few

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<v Speaker 1>ftx's before that, a herd of elk passed through the

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<v Speaker 1>camp and one stopped to lick the salt off the

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<v Speaker 1>face of one of the cadets. Up until then, who

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<v Speaker 1>would have guessed that a person could jump up and

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<v Speaker 1>run off, screaming into the night while still zipped up

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<v Speaker 1>in a sleeping bag, but somehow he did it. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess all you have to do is get one foot

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<v Speaker 1>out through the zipper and then you can run forever.

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<v Speaker 1>So there I was all along, keeping an eye on

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<v Speaker 1>the low burning campfire. I was sitting face to face

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<v Speaker 1>to the south with the fire in front of me

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<v Speaker 1>because the cool n eye air was drifting through the

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<v Speaker 1>pines from north to south and I wanted to keep

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<v Speaker 1>the smoke out of my eyes. Suddenly I heard something

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<v Speaker 1>coming through the woods. The sound was over my right

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<v Speaker 1>shoulder at about my five o'clock position. Whatever it was,

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<v Speaker 1>it had to be big and heavy, because limbs and

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<v Speaker 1>twigs were snapping and popping, and it was coming up

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<v Speaker 1>the hill right for our camp site. I was frozen

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<v Speaker 1>with excitement and anticipation, waiting to see another herd of

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<v Speaker 1>elks stroll through. And then everything went quiet, like I

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<v Speaker 1>had just fallen into a dead zone. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>strange and unusual silence, the kind where time even stands

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<v Speaker 1>still just before something bad happens. I couldn't see or

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<v Speaker 1>hear a thing only that within the glow of the

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<v Speaker 1>campfire and the rhythmic snoring of a few cadets. I

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<v Speaker 1>quickly started adding more sticks to the fire to increase

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<v Speaker 1>in signature in the range of its light. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>when I realized that I was not the only thing

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<v Speaker 1>awake in the forest. I sensed a presence of something

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<v Speaker 1>there standing next to a big pine tree at my

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<v Speaker 1>two o'clock, just on the edge of the firelight, about

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<v Speaker 1>thirty feet away. I could see it best only in

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<v Speaker 1>my peripheral view. At night, our vision relies on two

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<v Speaker 1>primary mechanisms receptors rods and cones in your eye, which

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<v Speaker 1>collect in sin light impulses to the brain. At night,

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<v Speaker 1>a blind spot is evident when looking straight ahead, so

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<v Speaker 1>your visual acuity is better at night when using your

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<v Speaker 1>peripheral view. This enabled me to definitely see the silhouette

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<v Speaker 1>of something dark and huge standing upright. Yes, it was vertical,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was no elk and it certainly was not

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<v Speaker 1>a bear standing on its hind legs. It took me

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<v Speaker 1>a few seconds to process what I was seeing, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was something that was not supposed to exist. It

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<v Speaker 1>was at that point when my blood ran cold and

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<v Speaker 1>the hair on the back of my neck stood up.

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<v Speaker 1>I still get chills now as I recount this part

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<v Speaker 1>of the story. I remember saying under my breath, Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>they really do exist. This creature was standing quietly and

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<v Speaker 1>very still, and it was checking us out. There was

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt about it. It was a side squatch and

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<v Speaker 1>it was a big one picture, a slimmer green hulk

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<v Speaker 1>type character with black skin covered in black hair. It

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<v Speaker 1>was standing there like a statue, all majestic, looking down

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<v Speaker 1>on me. Up until this experience, I was only aware

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<v Speaker 1>of the Patterson Gimlins story in the famous video from California,

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<v Speaker 1>and I also had seen the Boggy Creek Monster movie

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<v Speaker 1>with some friends around nineteen seventy three. I never gave

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<v Speaker 1>it much thought after that. I was neither a believer

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<v Speaker 1>nor a skeptic. But there it was. It strolled right

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<v Speaker 1>off the pages of myth, legend and folkal or straight

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<v Speaker 1>into our camp, confirming the stories to be true. It

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<v Speaker 1>was standing next to a pine tree, looking at us,

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<v Speaker 1>or at me. Since I was the only one awaken alert,

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<v Speaker 1>I could actually see the amber glint of the fire

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<v Speaker 1>reflecting in its big black eyes, and it was counting us,

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<v Speaker 1>sizing us up and taking in every detail. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was going somewhere in a hurry, and we just

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<v Speaker 1>happened to be in its way. The fear that was

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<v Speaker 1>running through me was unlike anything that can be adequately described.

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<v Speaker 1>It was downright paralyzing. It was like being at a

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<v Speaker 1>zoo looking at a ten foot eight hundred pound muscle

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<v Speaker 1>bound man beast that you didn't know existed, like a

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<v Speaker 1>new species on display, and you were seeing it for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time. The sheer size and manlike shape of

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<v Speaker 1>it filled you with fear, and it made a monstrous

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<v Speaker 1>thing to behold. It was dangerous too, because without a

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<v Speaker 1>retaining wall, fence or moat there to protect you, it

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<v Speaker 1>could easily take two steps and grab you by the

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<v Speaker 1>neck with one hand and pinch your head off. We

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<v Speaker 1>were in the wild and only thirty feet apart, and

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<v Speaker 1>the feeling of being completely exposed and vulnerable to this

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<v Speaker 1>forest giant was overwhelming. The revelation that this huge, wild

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<v Speaker 1>manlike creature is wandering around freely and thriving on the

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<v Speaker 1>fringe of human civilization since the dawn of time shocked

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<v Speaker 1>me to my core. As quick as the fear rushed

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<v Speaker 1>over me, it started to leave. My fear transformed into

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<v Speaker 1>the feeling of accepting my fate as I recognized the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that we just happened to occupy the same space

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<v Speaker 1>it was no big deal. I'm calling it a he

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<v Speaker 1>because it is an alpha male thing. I just knew

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<v Speaker 1>controlling the moment. He wasn't hunched over either. He was

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<v Speaker 1>the fingers ending just above the left knee. The size

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<v Speaker 1>you could find, and it had fingernails, not claws. His

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't offensive, just a wild, wet animal scent hanging

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<v Speaker 1>on the night air. And when he was behind me

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<v Speaker 1>about at my six o'clock position, I remember turning my

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<v Speaker 1>even though I was still somewhat petrified. I was bluffing

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<v Speaker 1>it with a cool, calm courage the best I could do.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to, as I couldn't even feel my legs,

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<v Speaker 1>so standing up and running away was completely out of

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<v Speaker 1>the question. And I sense that he respected the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that I recognized too or what he was, and accepted

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<v Speaker 1>his presence without freaking out and waking up the others.

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<v Speaker 1>We all carried a rubberized M sixteen for training purposes,

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<v Speaker 1>and I realized that mine was laying on the ground

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<v Speaker 1>next to me. I made sure not to reach for

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<v Speaker 1>it or even make a move in that general direction.

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<v Speaker 1>The last thing I wanted to do was appear threatening

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<v Speaker 1>in any way or to get this thing excited. So

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<v Speaker 1>I just sat there quietly while throwing more sticks on

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<v Speaker 1>at this man beast. My initial fear factor was now

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<v Speaker 1>fading into pure curiosity with a strange sense of calm

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<v Speaker 1>due to receiving a feeling or a message that he

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<v Speaker 1>had no intention of harming us. I can't explain this,

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<v Speaker 1>but this is when I first realized that I may

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<v Speaker 1>to some kind of mind speak telepathy ability. It was

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<v Speaker 1>like I could feel what it was feeling, and I

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<v Speaker 1>could hear what it was thinking. My research shows that

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<v Speaker 1>we are all born with this stability, but it takes

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<v Speaker 1>an active one to unlock a passive one. Without any doubt,

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<v Speaker 1>I was clearly being told that we just happened to

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<v Speaker 1>be in its way, and we're not in any real danger.

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<v Speaker 1>He also relayed to me a message that he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>going to make any noise if I didn't. He even

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<v Speaker 1>demonstrated this by not making a sound. No howls, no growls, grunts,

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<v Speaker 1>or footfalls. He wanted to keep this encounter just between us.

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<v Speaker 1>Because of this connection, there was an unnatural sense of

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<v Speaker 1>admiration and respect that existed between us, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>totally enabled by him. After a few moments, I noticed

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<v Speaker 1>that he had moved again, back to my two o'clock

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<v Speaker 1>position next to the tree where I first noticed him.

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<v Speaker 1>Now with the fire burning a little brighter, I noticed

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<v Speaker 1>a knob where a limb had broken off on that tree,

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<v Speaker 1>just above his head. I registered that so I could

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<v Speaker 1>determine his height later. And then he moved again and

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<v Speaker 1>then again, always using the trees to mask his profile.

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<v Speaker 1>He would move only when I would break eye contact

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<v Speaker 1>and reach down to throw more sticks on the fire.

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<v Speaker 1>He was in stealth mode for sure. While he stood there,

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<v Speaker 1>I was able to detect a slight shimmer of firelight

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<v Speaker 1>off his hair, which was about four inches long and

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<v Speaker 1>longer around the head and the chin area. I could

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<v Speaker 1>also see a glint of fire light off the oily

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<v Speaker 1>dark skin of his cheekbone and bridge of his nose

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<v Speaker 1>and nostrils. I couldn't see any necker ears due to

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<v Speaker 1>the long black hair. The one thing that was so

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<v Speaker 1>impressive was how something that huge and heavy, could move

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<v Speaker 1>so fluid without making a sound. If I hadn't kept

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<v Speaker 1>an eye on him, I wouldn't have detected any movement

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Just as I was getting used to his presence,

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<v Speaker 1>I sensed that he was in a hurry and had

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<v Speaker 1>to be somewhere else before sunrise. It was like he

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<v Speaker 1>said goodbye shortly thereafter, the tension of the moment had

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<v Speaker 1>left and he was gone. All sensory input that I

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<v Speaker 1>was receiving had just dissipated, and the silence lifted. He

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<v Speaker 1>had departed on the same heading, arriving at my five

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock and leaving on my eleven o'clock, heading south southeast

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<v Speaker 1>to wherever he was going. Originally, later, after looking at

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<v Speaker 1>the map, that heading would have placed him down in

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<v Speaker 1>the valley just below before dawn, where all of the

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<v Speaker 1>forms and ranches were. The early morning light came as

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<v Speaker 1>I expected, and I started the coffee. I was still

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<v Speaker 1>in total awe of what had happened, and I felt

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<v Speaker 1>physically drained and emotionally numb, with a healthy dose of

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<v Speaker 1>euphoria mixed in for good measure. The others started to stir,

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<v Speaker 1>and while we had breakfast, someone asked how my night was.

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<v Speaker 1>After hearing that no one had relieved me from fireguard,

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<v Speaker 1>I simply said, without thinking, well, we had a visitor,

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<v Speaker 1>a big, two legged, hairy visitor. Yep, it was a sisquatch.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when the smirks and ridicule began and the cynics

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<v Speaker 1>started weighing in. In fact, following that event, one of

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<v Speaker 1>my fellow cadets pulled me aside to offer some advice.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, if you want to kill your military career

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<v Speaker 1>before it even gets started, then keep talking about what

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<v Speaker 1>you saw. Well. I got the message allowed and clear,

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<v Speaker 1>and I vowed never to share that story with anyone again,

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<v Speaker 1>at least until the time was right. As the sun

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<v Speaker 1>crested on the eastern horizon, I walked over to the

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<v Speaker 1>tree and tried to estimate the height from the ground

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<v Speaker 1>to the tree knob. I did this by tying a

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<v Speaker 1>stick to one end of a string of five point

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<v Speaker 1>fifty pair of cord, and then tossed it up over

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<v Speaker 1>the tree knob, pulling the stick tight into the notch.

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<v Speaker 1>When I tied the knot in the cord at the

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<v Speaker 1>bottom where it touched the ground, it would be tape

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<v Speaker 1>measured later. It measured out to be nine point four feet,

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<v Speaker 1>so he was a big one for sure. I also

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<v Speaker 1>noticed a trail of impressions in the soft pine duff.

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<v Speaker 1>They were big impressions, two inches deep, and they went

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<v Speaker 1>all around the camp perimeter. The prince measured out to

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<v Speaker 1>be almost twenty inches from heel to toe, with the

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<v Speaker 1>width being eight inches wide. It was difficult to get

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<v Speaker 1>an actual measurement due to the soft soul under the

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<v Speaker 1>pine duff, making none of it cast worthy, but you

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<v Speaker 1>could easily tell that something big and heavy had moved

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<v Speaker 1>through the area. The stride was impressive, as it measured

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<v Speaker 1>to be about six feet between impressions. I couldn't believe

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<v Speaker 1>my eyes when I realized that the tracks at my

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<v Speaker 1>backside my six o'clock position, had closed in and were

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<v Speaker 1>only fifteen feet away from me where I was sitting.

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<v Speaker 1>He actually took advantage of my blindside and moved in

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<v Speaker 1>for a closer look. I'm sure that is when I

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<v Speaker 1>could smell him, as it put him directly up when

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<v Speaker 1>from me. I consider myself fortunate to have been there

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<v Speaker 1>and awake that night. Maybe things would have ended differently

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<v Speaker 1>if someone else had been up watching the fire, experiencing

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<v Speaker 1>a myth, a legend, and an entity of folklore is

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<v Speaker 1>not something that someone asked for, as it can be

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<v Speaker 1>a frightening experience if you are receptive to new possibilities

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<v Speaker 1>and find yourself in the presence of one, remain calm

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<v Speaker 1>and respectful. In this case, seeing something that we are

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<v Speaker 1>told does not exist becomes a life changing, significant emotional event.

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<v Speaker 1>From that day forward, I began to question a lot

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<v Speaker 1>because I knew that most people didn't, and knowing the

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<v Speaker 1>truth is an amazing feeling. If you don't actively pursue

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<v Speaker 1>the truth in life, then you are destined to live

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<v Speaker 1>a lie. So if you want to see one, put

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<v Speaker 1>yourself out there in the wild and embrace your animal spirit,

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy nature and the great outdoors, and let them find you.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the end of its email. Man, that's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe I just read a section from his book.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure. I'm going to have to read the

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<v Speaker 1>book to find out. But again, this is written by TJ. Neely.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the author of Revelations the Human Hominism Connection. Again.

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<v Speaker 1>It was published about a year ago. I'm sure he'd

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<v Speaker 1>love it if you check his book out. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know the man I have never talked to him. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just this is all coming through an email that I

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<v Speaker 1>got sometime back. So this is a really good story though,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know everyone enjoyed it. So I want to

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<v Speaker 1>thank mister Neely for sending this. I really do appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, sir,