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<v Speaker 1>I thought I would tell you about my bigfoot encounter

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<v Speaker 1>that happened in the winter of nineteen seventy six when

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<v Speaker 1>I was seventeen years old. The thing that is so

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<v Speaker 1>unusual is where it happened. I grew up in a

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<v Speaker 1>small farming community in southwest Kansas. The land in this

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<v Speaker 1>area is flat and almost has no trees. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a place that you can see for miles in every direction.

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<v Speaker 1>The only landscape that was different in the area was

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<v Speaker 1>near the Cimarron River. Down by the river, there were

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of cottonwood trees and a lot of shrubs

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<v Speaker 1>and thick undergrowth. One day, I decided to call my

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<v Speaker 1>cousin and see if he wanted to go out hunting

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<v Speaker 1>or shoot some targets for fun. It was on a

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday afternoon that we went out. We didn't have much

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<v Speaker 1>luck hunting rabbits, so we decided to go tar get

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<v Speaker 1>shooting instead. At the time, we were close to the river,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remembered seeing an old abandoned junkyard on the

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<v Speaker 1>banks of the river, close to the bridge that went

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<v Speaker 1>over the river. I couldn't park very close to the

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<v Speaker 1>junkyard because I was so close to the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the bridge, and it wasn't safe to park there, so

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<v Speaker 1>we decided to park on the other side of the

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<v Speaker 1>river and walk across to the junkyard. Now I have

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<v Speaker 1>to explain that the river most of the time was dry.

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<v Speaker 1>The only time it would run is if there was

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<v Speaker 1>a big flood further upstream from us. Once we got

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<v Speaker 1>to the other side, I parked my dad's pickup truck

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<v Speaker 1>and we got ready to go shoot some bottles and cans.

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<v Speaker 1>And there was an old washing machine that had to

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<v Speaker 1>have been thrown away and we wanted to shoot it

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<v Speaker 1>it too. I got out of the pickup truck and

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<v Speaker 1>started to load my twenty two pump rifle. All of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden I heard something I had never heard before.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard something walking on two feet like a man,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was a lot bigger and heavier. The thing

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<v Speaker 1>that amazed me about this sound it was coming from

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<v Speaker 1>downstream from us and on the other side of the river.

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<v Speaker 1>It must have been close to a half mile away,

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<v Speaker 1>but I could hear it walking from that far. Every

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<v Speaker 1>time it took a step, it sounded like it was

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<v Speaker 1>crushing things under its weight. Whatever it was, it was

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<v Speaker 1>really big and powerful, and when I heard it. I

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<v Speaker 1>looked over to the other side of the pickup and

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<v Speaker 1>I asked my cousin, did you hear that. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>he heard something, but it was probably somebody's bull that

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<v Speaker 1>got loose, and it was looking for some cows in

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<v Speaker 1>the woods. Well, I thought to myself, well, maybe he's right.

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<v Speaker 1>So I shrugged it off and I kept loading my rifle.

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<v Speaker 1>By the time I got finished loading, the walking sound

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<v Speaker 1>had stopped. I didn't hear any more sound, so my

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<v Speaker 1>cousin and I started walking across the dry river bed.

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<v Speaker 1>When we got about halfway across the river, my cousin

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<v Speaker 1>saw a few beer cans someone had thrown out of

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<v Speaker 1>their car, and at this time we were almost directly

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<v Speaker 1>under the bridge. My cousin said, Hey, there's some cans

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<v Speaker 1>over there. Let's stop and shoot them for a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we did. Then my cousin was shooting at

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<v Speaker 1>the cans, and all of a sudden he stopped and

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<v Speaker 1>looked at the other side of the river. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>was watching the cans as he shot, so I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>see what he saw. I asked him what he saw,

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<v Speaker 1>and he told me that he saw something really big

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<v Speaker 1>and dark colored looking at us from behind. Some tall bushes. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>this kind of scared me, and I said maybe we

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<v Speaker 1>should go back to the pickup truck and go home.

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<v Speaker 1>But my cousin was determined to get to that junkyard

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<v Speaker 1>so that we could start to walk toward the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of the river. The brush on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of the river was very thick and tall, and you

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't see more than twenty feet ahead of you. We

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<v Speaker 1>were getting close to the river bank when all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, a giant branch out of a tree came

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<v Speaker 1>crashing down. Well, this scared my cousin and I half

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<v Speaker 1>to death. The branch was so big the only thing

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<v Speaker 1>that could have torn it down was a piece of

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<v Speaker 1>heavy equipment like a tractor with a big chain. It

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<v Speaker 1>was really unbelievable. My cousin and I slowly backed away.

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<v Speaker 1>He wanted to shoot in there blindly, but I stopped him,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said that our twenty two rifle would just

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<v Speaker 1>make it mad if we shot at it, and it

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<v Speaker 1>might come out and kill us. So we backed off

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<v Speaker 1>as quickly as we could, and when we had backed

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<v Speaker 1>up about fifty yards, the bigfoot or whatever it was,

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<v Speaker 1>started running away from us through the thick trees and

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<v Speaker 1>a heavy brush. Well, I was happy it ran away

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<v Speaker 1>from us, but I was amazed by the speed and power,

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<v Speaker 1>because it sounded like a bulldozer going through the brush.

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<v Speaker 1>It was knocking branches out of the trees and crushing

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<v Speaker 1>anything in its way. Not only was it powerful, but

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<v Speaker 1>it was unbelievably fast. It was running through the brush

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<v Speaker 1>as fast as a race horse. And when my cousin

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<v Speaker 1>and I heard that, we turned and ran back across

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<v Speaker 1>the river, got in my dad's pickup, and we tore

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<v Speaker 1>out of there. Cam This scared me so bad that

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<v Speaker 1>I stayed away from that river for twenty years, and

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<v Speaker 1>to this day, I will only drive by it, but

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<v Speaker 1>I never get out. Thank you for letting me write

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<v Speaker 1>my encounter. I'm sorry I'm not a better writer. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you can make sense out of what I wrote.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for being a good Christian and a fellow

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<v Speaker 1>brother in Christ. You can use my name. It's Nolan.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he got thank you, Nolan. And then he

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<v Speaker 1>followed up with another email and he wrote this, I

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<v Speaker 1>wrote a little bit earlier, and if I got to

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<v Speaker 1>mention a few things about my encounter. Number one, I

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<v Speaker 1>did not smell anything that smelled bad. Maybe the wind

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<v Speaker 1>was in the wrong direction to catch the scent. I

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<v Speaker 1>think catching the scent would have let us know that

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<v Speaker 1>something was wrong. Number two, I don't remember hearing anything

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<v Speaker 1>before the branch was wrapped out of the tree. I

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<v Speaker 1>think when Bigfoot wants to, he can be very quiet

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<v Speaker 1>when he's sneaking up on someone or on a deer

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<v Speaker 1>or rabbits or whatever. That's what makes him real scary

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<v Speaker 1>to me, also a great hunter. Well that's about all

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<v Speaker 1>I had to add to my story. Thanks Nolan, Well, Nolan,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for the story. This was back in let's see,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy six. That's a long time ago. That's when

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<v Speaker 1>kids would really ride around in trucks. They'd be thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>or fourteen years old, ride around in trucks and shooting

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<v Speaker 1>cans and snakes and turtles with twenty twos. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't recommend shooting wildlife with twenty twos, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>what kids did. They just rode around and shot rifles

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<v Speaker 1>off of bridges and stuff. Heck, I like doing that

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<v Speaker 1>as an adult. So the story was a little nostalgic

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<v Speaker 1>to me, but it's a great encounter story. Olan. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for sending it. I know we all enjoyed it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it happened in southwest Kansas, of all places. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you believe that? Thank you, Nolan. Here's a pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>story from South Mississippi. I think you guys will appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>this one. My story begins when I was eight years old.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm forty now, and I grew up in deep southern Mississippi.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's all I'm really willing to say about the location.

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<v Speaker 1>My mom, dad, and two sisters and I lived on

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<v Speaker 1>my grandparents' property where my grandfather had cattle. We lived

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<v Speaker 1>towards the front of the property, and my grandparents lived

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<v Speaker 1>a way in the back. The road dead ended at

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<v Speaker 1>their brick house, where my grandmother had at least one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred azalea bushes out front. I don't recall the exact year,

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<v Speaker 1>but I do recall it with spring because the azaleas

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<v Speaker 1>were in full bloom. It was a beautiful sight to

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<v Speaker 1>come around the bend in the road to see my

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<v Speaker 1>grandmother's azaleas and all their My grandparents had several businesses,

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<v Speaker 1>so they were always gone. Living in the country and

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<v Speaker 1>thirty miles from the nearest store, my mother would often

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<v Speaker 1>find it easier to send me down to their house

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<v Speaker 1>to raid the cupboards for a missing items she might

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<v Speaker 1>need than to drive into town. It was a walk

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<v Speaker 1>I made a thousand times, and one I loved, especially

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<v Speaker 1>in the spring. Sadly, that day my opinion would change forever.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember the item my mother had sent me

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<v Speaker 1>to retrieve, but I was eager to get out of

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<v Speaker 1>the house. I couldn't wait to see all those azalea bushes,

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<v Speaker 1>so I took off down the road, completely unaware of

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<v Speaker 1>what was in store. When I got to the first straightaway,

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<v Speaker 1>I caught movement to my right, just inside the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>I was no stranger to those woods. I knew them

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<v Speaker 1>like the back of my hand. I got to know

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<v Speaker 1>the woods through one hundred imaginary deer hunts and squirrel

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<v Speaker 1>hunts with my Daisy pellet rifle. So even though the

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<v Speaker 1>movement stopped me dead in my tracks, I wasn't afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was one of my grandfather's cows that

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<v Speaker 1>had gone out of its pasture. It had its back

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<v Speaker 1>to me, so all I really saw was something big

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<v Speaker 1>and red, reddish brown in color. Just as I began

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<v Speaker 1>to resign myself to the thought of having to wrangle

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<v Speaker 1>the wayward cow. It stood up on two legs. It

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<v Speaker 1>stepped over a five strand barbed wire fence like it

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<v Speaker 1>was nothing. My mind was screaming that it was a bear.

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<v Speaker 1>Even the thought of being a bear was enough to

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<v Speaker 1>scare me to death. And I just stood there in

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<v Speaker 1>shock or amazement or fear. I can't say now. I

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<v Speaker 1>just know I stood there for what felt like minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm certain was only seconds. At some point I

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<v Speaker 1>snapped out of it and turned to run as fast

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<v Speaker 1>as I could back to my house. There was no

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<v Speaker 1>way I was coming back through these woods with that

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<v Speaker 1>big thing out there. Even as I turned to run,

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<v Speaker 1>my curiosity got the best of me, and I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>resist looking back. The monstrous thing was staring at me,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was huge. It was a huge figure with

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<v Speaker 1>its hands resting on the top strand of the barbed wire.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to see its face, so I made

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<v Speaker 1>tracks for home. I got back to the house, where

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure Mom was expecting me to have whatever items

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<v Speaker 1>she needed from Grandma's kitchen. I didn't give her time

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<v Speaker 1>to ask. Out of breath and hands on my knees

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<v Speaker 1>and gasping for air, all I could say was, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a bear down there. Mom. Mom said that I must

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<v Speaker 1>have been imagining things. She insisted that I get back

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<v Speaker 1>down there and get what she needed. We do not

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<v Speaker 1>have bears in these woods, she said. I couldn't bring

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<v Speaker 1>myself to tell her or anyone else that what I

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<v Speaker 1>saw really wasn't a bear, and I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be laughed at. Now I was pretty darn sure my

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<v Speaker 1>mom was right. There weren't any bears in those woods.

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<v Speaker 1>I refused to walk back to Grandma's house, so Mom

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<v Speaker 1>finally agreed to drive me. I showed her where I

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<v Speaker 1>saw it, but of course it was gone. I never

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<v Speaker 1>told anyone except my mom because I was certain i'd

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<v Speaker 1>be laughed at. As time went on, though, I think

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<v Speaker 1>Mom began to believe that I saw something that day.

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<v Speaker 1>Before that day, I was never one to stay inside.

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<v Speaker 1>Suddenly I was perfectly fine with being indoors, and she

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<v Speaker 1>would ask me to describe it to her. So I did.

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<v Speaker 1>And back then I didn't know anything about bigfoot. The

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<v Speaker 1>old timers would talk about buggers, but I never really

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<v Speaker 1>put all that together until recently. Years passed and I

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<v Speaker 1>got into my thirties, and by then I had decided

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<v Speaker 1>that one incident wasn't going to keep me out of

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<v Speaker 1>track of woods that were perfect for getting a good buck.

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<v Speaker 1>I took my younger brother and stepbrother along with me,

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<v Speaker 1>they could hunt together while I took off with my

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<v Speaker 1>climber for the deep woods. There was a spot where

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<v Speaker 1>I knew the big ones would be. I was walking

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<v Speaker 1>to this perfect spot and the deeper end of the woods,

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<v Speaker 1>I got the more of a creepy feeling I got

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<v Speaker 1>about the place. It was like I was being watched.

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<v Speaker 1>I started hearing noises in the bush when I walked,

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<v Speaker 1>but it stopped when I stopped. Now, I told myself

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<v Speaker 1>it was just me being rattled by being so deep

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<v Speaker 1>in the woods, until I started climbing up the perfect

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<v Speaker 1>pine tree and my old man climber and started getting

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<v Speaker 1>rocks thrown at me. I yelled out that whoever was

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<v Speaker 1>throwing the rocks was on private property, but dead silence

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<v Speaker 1>was my only answer at first, and then the god

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<v Speaker 1>awfless scream I've ever heard in my life came belting

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<v Speaker 1>out of the woods. It felt like it vibrated the

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<v Speaker 1>true and it shook me to my core. I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna lie about it. I climbed down out of

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<v Speaker 1>that tree and got back to my truck as fast

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<v Speaker 1>as I could, leaving my old man climber right where

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure it still hangs today. I threw open the

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<v Speaker 1>truck door, jumped inside, and cranked her up, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was about to tear out of there when I remembered

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<v Speaker 1>my brother and step brother. Oh well, I thought it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be dark soon enough and they'll come out. And it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't long before I heard footsteps coming up to the

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<v Speaker 1>side of the truck. I was looking at my phone

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<v Speaker 1>and I assumed it was my two brothers, and I

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<v Speaker 1>never bothered looking up. One of them jumped into the

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<v Speaker 1>back of the truck, and I thought, yep, that's got

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<v Speaker 1>to be my step brother. He's six foot four tall

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<v Speaker 1>and easily weighs three hundred pounds. I couldn't imagine anything

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<v Speaker 1>else that could rock the truck like that. After a bit,

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<v Speaker 1>when there was no noise, no truck shaking, and only

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<v Speaker 1>pure silence, I opened the door to see what was

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<v Speaker 1>going on, and that's when I salt their flashlight coming

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<v Speaker 1>up the road. What did you guys forget? I called, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they looked at me with a puzzled expression and said, huh.

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<v Speaker 1>I told them that they'd come to the truck and

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<v Speaker 1>put something in the back, and now they were walking

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<v Speaker 1>up the road, so I figured they must have forgotten

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<v Speaker 1>something and gone back to get it. They said no,

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<v Speaker 1>that they were just now coming out of the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>For the first time, I could tell that they were

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<v Speaker 1>telling the truth, and I kept hoping they'd burst out

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<v Speaker 1>laughing at any moment, but they never did. They got

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<v Speaker 1>in the truck and we left. I have not been

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<v Speaker 1>back to those woods, and I've spent a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>time mulling over these events. What did I see in

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<v Speaker 1>the woods that day on my way to my grandmother's

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<v Speaker 1>And what in this world could have screened at me

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<v Speaker 1>in the woods or made my truck rock like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm content to believe that whatever it was did not

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<v Speaker 1>want me there for whatever reason, and I'm happy to oblige.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh dude, that's a good story. South missus Sippy gets

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of these stories. Really, the whole state does,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't Mississippi Alabama. Here's the point. These things

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<v Speaker 1>apparently are everywhere. There's some form of these creatures all

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<v Speaker 1>over the United States. The only place I haven't heard

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<v Speaker 1>of encounters like this, and I'm just thinking off the

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<v Speaker 1>top of my head is the Great Plains States, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the United States where the Great Grass

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<v Speaker 1>Plains are, think a little big horn that type of area,

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<v Speaker 1>because there's no cover, there's no place for them to go,

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<v Speaker 1>and those you know, those are just just grasslands, is

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<v Speaker 1>what they are. So I don't recall having a story

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<v Speaker 1>from there, but in any place that's wooded, especially in

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<v Speaker 1>the southeast or the East, or the Pacific Northwest, not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily the desert, although Arizona has a few with the

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<v Speaker 1>mogion thing. Anyway, I'm just I'm just talking out loud.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what I'm talking about, but all these

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts come to my head and just I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>they've just come out of my mouth. But I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about when was the last time that I got

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<v Speaker 1>a story from those Great Plains or like the deserts

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<v Speaker 1>of southern California, for example. But anyway, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>great story, and I really appreciate the man riding in.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had it for a long time and i've been

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<v Speaker 1>anxious to get it out, so there you go.