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<v Speaker 1>My grandfather was born in nineteen hundred. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>sad day in nineteen seventy five when the underlying issues

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<v Speaker 1>that had plagued him his entire life finally caught up

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<v Speaker 1>with him and he passed away. He was truly a

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<v Speaker 1>good man before he died. He told me a story

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<v Speaker 1>about when he and a friend of his were nine

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<v Speaker 1>years old, as little boys were inclined to do back then,

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<v Speaker 1>they had taken up a game of cowboys and Indians

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<v Speaker 1>out behind a field, armed with homemade sling shots that

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<v Speaker 1>were taking pot shots at just about anything that could

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<v Speaker 1>draw a bead on. There was a daisy. Pop, Now

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<v Speaker 1>it was a dead daisy. Oh look at that milkweed.

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<v Speaker 1>Bang splattered milk everywhere. They carried on in this fashion,

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<v Speaker 1>shooting and conquering everything in sight. They even took aim

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<v Speaker 1>at a rock and it just ricocheted, But they congratulated

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<v Speaker 1>of themselves on the fine effort. And then my grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>saw the bushy tail of a squirrel sticking out from

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<v Speaker 1>behind a tree, with eyes filled with the glint of

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<v Speaker 1>mischief only a nine year old can muster. He loaded

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<v Speaker 1>his trusty slingshot and pow, he nailed that pesky squirrel

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<v Speaker 1>right in the backside. But it wasn't a squirrel, roar

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<v Speaker 1>cried the squirrel with a deafening thunder as it stood

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<v Speaker 1>up to over eight feet tall and stepped from behind

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<v Speaker 1>the tree. What was worse is right next to the

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<v Speaker 1>giant two legged squirrel was an identical giant two legged

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<v Speaker 1>squirrel who looked just as angry. It's not a squirrel,

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a squirrel, stammered my grandfather's friend, as the

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<v Speaker 1>boy slowly began to back away, Run, screamed my grandfather,

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<v Speaker 1>and they both turned, grabbed hold of the wind and scattered.

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<v Speaker 1>My grandfather chose a route that took him straight to

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<v Speaker 1>an old rickety two seater outhouse that he knew was

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<v Speaker 1>on the property. He got inside and did his best

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<v Speaker 1>to both the door before the creatures caught up with

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<v Speaker 1>him and began to shake and rock the little building

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<v Speaker 1>with all their might. Inside, my grandfather held on to

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<v Speaker 1>the two holes as dirt and debris of the ages

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<v Speaker 1>rained down on his head. He could smell the pit

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<v Speaker 1>directly below him, but his fear of the two beings

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<v Speaker 1>trying to tear down his only shelter outweighed his disgust

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<v Speaker 1>He rattled and bounced around, losing and then regaining his grasp,

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<v Speaker 1>feeling like every joint in his body was being jarred loose,

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<v Speaker 1>until with an awful, moaning crack, the little house began

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<v Speaker 1>to split apart. The plank of wood with the two

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<v Speaker 1>holes gave way, first cracking and splitting before falling into

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<v Speaker 1>the pit below, taking my grandfather right with it to

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<v Speaker 1>eight feet into that hole, landing with a great kerkplop

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<v Speaker 1>into the muck below. Darkness surrounded him as he sat

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<v Speaker 1>quietly listening to the two bigfoot above. Suddenly he heard

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<v Speaker 1>a muffled call from somewhere in the woods, and then

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<v Speaker 1>there was silence. It felt like an eternity before he

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<v Speaker 1>began his long climb back to the world. He grabbed

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<v Speaker 1>at the roots and kicked his feet into the cold

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<v Speaker 1>earth to make footholes, until he was finally standing back

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<v Speaker 1>on the surface, surrounded by the splintered pile that was

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<v Speaker 1>once an old outhouse, and to his great relief, the

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<v Speaker 1>epe boys were gone. That was the day that my grandfather,

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<v Speaker 1>God rest his soul, learned a big lesson on respect

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<v Speaker 1>for others in the woods. I still have his smell.

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<v Speaker 1>He slink shi.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh.

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<v Speaker 1>I did pretty good. I got through that without but

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<v Speaker 1>it was coming up. I could feel it coming up,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just kept reading. I kept reading, and that

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<v Speaker 1>was such a good story, and I actually believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why. There's just something about this story

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<v Speaker 1>that makes me believe it. Seventy five year old man

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<v Speaker 1>was telling his granddaughter of this story way before Bigfoot

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<v Speaker 1>was a big thing, and I think that's probably the

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<v Speaker 1>thing that makes me believe this story. But wasn't that great?

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<v Speaker 1>Could y'all love that story?

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<v Speaker 2>Man?

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<v Speaker 1>I did too, And thank you so much for sending this.

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<v Speaker 2>I am forty two now I'm a disabled VET. The

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<v Speaker 2>area that I grew up in was a small town

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<v Speaker 2>called cap Housen in Washington State, just outside of Eatonville.

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<v Speaker 2>This area is heavily wooded and most of the industry

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<v Speaker 2>is logging. There's a lake that I live close to

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<v Speaker 2>called cap Housen Lake along an old railroad track them

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<v Speaker 2>we would go about a mile down the tracks and

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<v Speaker 2>the lake was on the left and there was a

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<v Speaker 2>mud flat on the right where nothing grew. My best

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<v Speaker 2>friend and myself decided we would go camping to go

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<v Speaker 2>fishing early in the morning and the mud flat is

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<v Speaker 2>where we set up our camp. I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>understand that I knew these woods and the wildlife as

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<v Speaker 2>I hunted and fished this area with my dad and

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<v Speaker 2>my uncles since I was about six. I also hunted

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<v Speaker 2>herbs and fruit with my mother when I was even younger.

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<v Speaker 2>We were not rich people, so this was used to

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<v Speaker 2>keep food on the table, so even at twelve, I

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<v Speaker 2>was a fair to great woodsman, as most kids were

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<v Speaker 2>that grew up in this town. Me and a friend

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<v Speaker 2>set up our tent and built a rock circle for

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<v Speaker 2>a fire and hung our cooler up in a tree.

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<v Speaker 2>We went fishing until it got dark and came back

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<v Speaker 2>to camp. We started a fire and cooked a few

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<v Speaker 2>of the fish we had caught. As it was early

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<v Speaker 2>spring mid April, just after my twelfth birthday, it got chilly,

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<v Speaker 2>so we went to bed shortly after dark. Some time later,

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<v Speaker 2>I woke up and had to get up and go pee.

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<v Speaker 2>I got out of the tent and went over to

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<v Speaker 2>a tree about twenty five feet from camp. As I

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<v Speaker 2>was finishing up, I noticed someone looking at me across

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<v Speaker 2>the mud flat about thirty feet away. It was light

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<v Speaker 2>enough for me to see fairly well as the moon

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<v Speaker 2>was up and the sky was clear, a rare thing

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<v Speaker 2>in that area. And what was watching me was a

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<v Speaker 2>female bigfoot. I know she saw me as she watched

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<v Speaker 2>me move and followed me with her head. She had

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<v Speaker 2>to be at least seven and a half foot tall.

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<v Speaker 2>I could tell she was not looking to cause problems.

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<v Speaker 2>She seemed to be interested in what I was or

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<v Speaker 2>who I was. I was scared out of my skin,

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<v Speaker 2>but my best friend was in the tent sound asleep,

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<v Speaker 2>and the tent was only about ten feet from her.

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<v Speaker 2>So I slowly went back to the tent and went

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<v Speaker 2>in to wake up my friend as quietly as I could.

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<v Speaker 2>I told him that bigfoot was outside, and he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>believe me until he stuck his head out and was

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<v Speaker 2>looking at her, and he froze. We put on our

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<v Speaker 2>clothes as fast as we could and ran down to

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<v Speaker 2>the tracks as fast as we could, leaving everything behind.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to my house around three am. It takes

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<v Speaker 2>about forty five minutes to walk there, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>a lot less than that to get home, and ended

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<v Speaker 2>up with my mom and dad away because we were

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<v Speaker 2>both in a panic and made a lot of noise

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<v Speaker 2>getting into the house. My Dad didn't believe me, but

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<v Speaker 2>my mom said that many of my uncles said there

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<v Speaker 2>were bigfoot out there, and she seemed to believe us.

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<v Speaker 2>The next morning, Mom went with us boys, and we

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<v Speaker 2>demanded that she bring a rifle just in case. We

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<v Speaker 2>went back to the campsite and got our gearing was around,

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<v Speaker 2>so we packed up fast, and then I brought Mom

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<v Speaker 2>over to where the female bigfoot was and we found

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<v Speaker 2>very clear tracks. I even tracked her a few feet

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<v Speaker 2>into the woods. She had taken our fish on a

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<v Speaker 2>liveline kept at the lake, and there were tracks there too.

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<v Speaker 2>This spooked my mom too, so we got out of there.

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<v Speaker 2>The rest of that year, I did not go into

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<v Speaker 2>that area on the lake to go fishing, and did

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<v Speaker 2>not go there actually for the next two years. This

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<v Speaker 2>got me to looking this stuff up, and I learned

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<v Speaker 2>how to make track casts, and I learned that the

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<v Speaker 2>area was well known for this happening often, and even

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<v Speaker 2>the natives talked about the big man that lived in

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<v Speaker 2>the forest. If you fast forward a couple of years

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<v Speaker 2>and going back to the lake, me and one of

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<v Speaker 2>my cousins decided to spend the weekend on the island

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<v Speaker 2>using a small canoe with fishing gear and a deer rifle.

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<v Speaker 2>So we made camp and we were catching fish like

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<v Speaker 2>crazy and made a fire and made up a few

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<v Speaker 2>of the fish and some beans. Before we went to bed.

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<v Speaker 2>We put our cooler in the canoe and tied it

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<v Speaker 2>off and pushed it out into the water to keep

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<v Speaker 2>the critters out of our food. We went to bed

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<v Speaker 2>and in the middle of the night we heard a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of noise just outside of the tent and smelled

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<v Speaker 2>this horrid smell, and we stuck our heads out with

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<v Speaker 2>a thirty six leading the way. We didn't see anything,

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<v Speaker 2>but something had moved our canoe. We pushed it back

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<v Speaker 2>out into the water and went back to sleep. The

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<v Speaker 2>next morning, we went looking for tracks and didn't find much,

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<v Speaker 2>as it had rained hard just before daylight and the

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<v Speaker 2>underbrush was very thick. We decided to look further out

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<v Speaker 2>as there were better ground forty feet or so away

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<v Speaker 2>from the camp, and that's when we saw him. He

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<v Speaker 2>just stepped into the woods out of that clearing, so

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<v Speaker 2>we tracked him, Having both a high powered rifle and

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<v Speaker 2>my compound bow with us, we follow him to the

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<v Speaker 2>log bridge, just an old growth tree that fell over,

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<v Speaker 2>making a bridge to the mainland from the island, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's when we got the best view. He was on

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<v Speaker 2>a log just over midway past the middle heading to

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<v Speaker 2>the land. He jumped off and ran through the clear

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<v Speaker 2>cut area into the woods. My cousin just couldn't believe it,

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<v Speaker 2>and we watched him leave in a fast manner. We

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<v Speaker 2>had about fifty foot of clear area and we could

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<v Speaker 2>see him very well. My cousin demanded that we leave.

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<v Speaker 2>We were to spend the whole weekend there, and this

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<v Speaker 2>was Saturday morning, but we went ahead and left early.

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<v Speaker 2>We got home and told our parents. Mom knew I

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't make this stuff up, so she called my uncle.

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<v Speaker 2>He was about as close to a mountain man as

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<v Speaker 2>you could get in modern times, and I got him

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<v Speaker 2>to help track this bigfoot. We were both on armed

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<v Speaker 2>and we tracked it from our camp across the island

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<v Speaker 2>to the clearcut and into the woods for about three miles.

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<v Speaker 2>My uncle figured that it was long gone and we

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<v Speaker 2>went home. After these sightings, I did not tell many people,

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<v Speaker 2>as my dad thought I was full of it and

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<v Speaker 2>I did not want to be ridiculed. My closest friends

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<v Speaker 2>have been told this story and of course my family.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a very good writer and English is not

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<v Speaker 2>my first language, but I hope you can fully understand

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<v Speaker 2>my email, and he signs off. A disabled US Army

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<v Speaker 2>ranger and Jungle Warfare specialist RLC two, I'm fifty eight

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<v Speaker 2>years old. I'm an Eagle Scout, a six year Army veteran,

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<v Speaker 2>and former park ranger of thirteen years. I've had what

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<v Speaker 2>I believe were several encounters with bigfoot. Some happened while

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<v Speaker 2>I was camping with the Boys Scouts. One of those

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<v Speaker 2>incidents I did not recognize as a sisquatch until last

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<v Speaker 2>week when I heard about a bigfoot making a tree

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<v Speaker 2>knock so loud it sounded like a shotgun. It brought

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<v Speaker 2>back along forgotten memory. The times I spent with my

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<v Speaker 2>former Boy Scout troop in central Florida are among the

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<v Speaker 2>fondest memories of my youth. Most everyone in the troop

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<v Speaker 2>had a nickname given by our peers. It was usually

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<v Speaker 2>the result of some humorous or embarrassing incident. When I

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<v Speaker 2>was fifteen, my nickname was sisquatch. I had gotten it

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<v Speaker 1>moment and then reappearing elsewhere the next. They were getting

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<v Speaker 1>only fleeting views of me as I moved quickly and

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<v Speaker 1>quietly around them. After that, they called me Sisquatch. I

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<v Speaker 1>and when I joined the Army, the wargames during training

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<v Speaker 1>were the same. Thirty years ago, my Scout troop went

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<v Speaker 1>I came along as an adult leader. I'd gotten out

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<v Speaker 1>in great shape. There are a lot of Si Squat

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<v Speaker 1>to research sightings back then. Although this Scout camp was

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<v Speaker 1>thick patches of bushes and rhododendrons that blocked the scenery.

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<v Speaker 1>I caught a flu bug on the way up to camp.

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<v Speaker 1>Although I thought I'd be okay on the trail, after

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<v Speaker 1>We were two miles up a rocky road, so after

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<v Speaker 1>working out our plans with the troop, I went back

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<v Speaker 1>down alone with my backpack. They must have had great

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<v Speaker 1>faith in my ability to make make it back. Once there,

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<v Speaker 1>I spent the day resting in a typical big eight

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<v Speaker 1>One boy, who was too young to handle the heavy backpacking,

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<v Speaker 1>had stayed behind to do other activities. His name was Bob.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so sick that I didn't see much of Bob,

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<v Speaker 1>even though he was only two tenths away from me.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the last tint on the road, tucked into

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<v Speaker 1>the corner by the edge of the woods. The bushes

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<v Speaker 1>started at his back door. That evening, after resting, I

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<v Speaker 1>was eating my freeze dried supper at a picnic table

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<v Speaker 1>outside my tent. My fever felt like it had broken,

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<v Speaker 1>and I felt nearly recovered. There was no moon that night.

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<v Speaker 1>It was pitch blackout. A nearby deer gave a loud,

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<v Speaker 1>huffing snort, and I jumped at the sound, but recognized

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<v Speaker 1>it immediately, I just laughed at myself and I went

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<v Speaker 1>back to eating. I was unaware of anything else that

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<v Speaker 1>had happened that night until many years later, when I

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<v Speaker 1>reconnected with Bob on Facebook. By now he was a

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<v Speaker 1>He told me that night, while he was in his tent,

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<v Speaker 1>someone had been walking around outside in the nearby bushes.

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<v Speaker 1>He'd always thought it was me because of my reputation

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<v Speaker 1>for sneaking up on people to scare them, but I

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<v Speaker 1>assured him that I had been in my tent that night,

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<v Speaker 1>sound asleep. Bob eventually concluded that it was a bigfoot

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<v Speaker 1>he'd heard that night. The following night, I would have

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<v Speaker 1>my own encounter, but it has taken me nearly thirty

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<v Speaker 1>years to figure out what it was. The next morning,

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<v Speaker 1>I was feeling well enough to rejoin the troop on

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<v Speaker 1>the trail in the mountains. That night, the troop was

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<v Speaker 1>camping on a hilltop with an obstructed view of the ridgeline.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an open area by a power line easement,

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<v Speaker 1>with the electrical lines buzzing all night. I've since been

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<v Speaker 1>told that sisquatch is known to travel along power line easements,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was unaware of that. At the time. I

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<v Speaker 1>was pretty sure we were at the edge of the

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<v Speaker 1>Scout reservation property because I had seen a house earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>I set up my tent at the edge of the

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<v Speaker 1>power line field bordering the woods and settled in for

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<v Speaker 1>the night. Well around midnight, I woke to the sounds

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<v Speaker 1>of someone sneaking up to our campsite in the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>Years of scouting in my military experience had taught me

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<v Speaker 1>to tell the difference between four legged and two legged animals,

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<v Speaker 1>and this was definitely on two legs. It sounded and

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<v Speaker 1>behaved just like I would when I was sneaking up

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<v Speaker 1>on someone. I remembered the house I had seen earlier

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<v Speaker 1>and decided it must be a hillbilly wandering over to

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<v Speaker 1>check us out. I really wasn't concerned. He may have

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<v Speaker 1>been out night hunting and stumbled on our camp by mistake.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he was trying to bag a raccoon. Regardless, I

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<v Speaker 1>was impressed since he didn't seem to have a flashlight

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<v Speaker 1>and I had to answer nature's call, so I figured

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<v Speaker 1>i'd get out of the tent and I shined my

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<v Speaker 1>flashlight around. And then he'd realized his mistake and he'd

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<v Speaker 1>go away. It never occurred to me that it might

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<v Speaker 1>not be a man. I was watering a nearby tree

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<v Speaker 1>a few feet from my tent door when I heard

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<v Speaker 1>a loud crack and the guy began running away a

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<v Speaker 1>lot faster than I think I could have. The crack

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<v Speaker 1>was so loud that it sounded just like a shotgun.

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<v Speaker 1>It got my heart pounding, but the guy ran away

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<v Speaker 1>and it was over as soon as it started. Mainly,

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<v Speaker 1>I was impressed that the guy moved so quickly on

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<v Speaker 1>a moonless night without running into a tree. He must

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<v Speaker 1>have been familiar with the area, I thought, because I

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<v Speaker 1>knew if I'd tried that, I'd have knocked myself out

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<v Speaker 1>cold on the first tree that got in my way.

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<v Speaker 1>The next morning, I asked the others if they'd heard

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<v Speaker 1>the noises, but nobody had. It seemed odd, since I

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<v Speaker 1>was sure it was a shotgun that should have woken

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<v Speaker 1>up the whole camp. At that point, I still believed

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<v Speaker 1>it was a hillbilly, but still no one else heard

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<v Speaker 1>it nor seemed to believe me, and I dropped the

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<v Speaker 1>subject and I forgot about it. Nearly thirty years passed

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<v Speaker 1>before I heard the story from the guy who said

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<v Speaker 1>the Sasquatch made a tree knock that sounded like a

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<v Speaker 1>shotgun blast, and the memory came flooding back. Looking back,

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<v Speaker 1>I find it pretty amazing that my troop had two

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<v Speaker 1>bigfoot encounters in one trip and didn't recognize either one.

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<v Speaker 1>I know of no other bigfoot encounters at this scout camp,

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<v Speaker 1>and there have never been any reports of missing people

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<v Speaker 1>there that I know of. My guess is the local

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<v Speaker 1>Sasquatch are just curious about the scouts passing through the area,

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<v Speaker 1>playing their games and chasing each other around and doing

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<v Speaker 1>their usual goofy things. Probably makes for hours of entertainment

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<v Speaker 1>for the Sosquatch. Back when I was fourteen or fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>years old in the early seventies, we lived on State

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<v Speaker 1>Route fifty two in what is called the Gap of

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<v Speaker 1>the Ridge area in Macon County, Tennessee. Back then, I

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<v Speaker 1>spent every free moment I could in the woods, especially

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<v Speaker 1>in the summer when there was no school. It was

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<v Speaker 1>on one of those summer days that I had been

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<v Speaker 1>out hunting groundhogs and enjoying being in the woods more

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<v Speaker 1>than I was joining the actual hunting. It was getting dark,

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<v Speaker 1>so I decided to head for home. I walked to

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<v Speaker 1>an old logging road that wound around and up the

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<v Speaker 1>hill to the highway, and as I turned to start

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<v Speaker 1>up the hill, I heard something running from behind me

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<v Speaker 1>and to my left. I spun around to see what

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<v Speaker 1>was coming. It was dark, solid color, human like thing

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<v Speaker 1>ran from behind a wild rose bush and crossed an

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<v Speaker 1>open area in a stooped or crouched position. The creature,

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<v Speaker 1>I call it a creature because at the time I

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<v Speaker 1>had not heard of bigfoot, ran all the way across

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<v Speaker 1>the clearing, into the woods on the opposite side, and

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<v Speaker 1>down into a draw where I lost sight of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I could still hear it though, as it crashed through

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<v Speaker 1>the wood, snapping branches and breaking saplings. As it ran,

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<v Speaker 1>the hair stood up all over my body. As I

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<v Speaker 1>watched and listened to the destructive power of that thing,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasted no time getting up on the logging road

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<v Speaker 1>to the top of the hill. There, I turned back

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<v Speaker 1>one more time, fired my twenty two rifle into the

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<v Speaker 1>air before yelling and running for home. Two hundred yards away.

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<v Speaker 1>The next day, I went back to where I had

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<v Speaker 1>seen the creature. The wild rose bush where it had

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<v Speaker 1>emerged was six feet tall, stooped over like it was.

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<v Speaker 1>The creature was the same height, so I estimated it

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<v Speaker 1>to be seven and a half to eight feet all

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<v Speaker 1>standing up. That was the only time I've ever seen it,

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<v Speaker 1>but I've heard sounds at night that I am sure

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<v Speaker 1>came from that creature. A few years after my sighting,

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<v Speaker 1>I was walking in the same woods one night. All

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<v Speaker 1>around me were the normal sounds of crickets, chirping, frogs, croaking,

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<v Speaker 1>an occasional night bird, and suddenly I realized everything had

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<v Speaker 1>gone quiet. I stopped in my tracks and I listened

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<v Speaker 1>for a moment. I began to hear the crunching of

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<v Speaker 1>dried leaves. As it got louder and closer, I recognized

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<v Speaker 1>the distinct pattern of a bipedal footstep coming from the

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<v Speaker 1>hill above me. It kept walking, and I kept listening

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<v Speaker 1>until the sound got fainter and I eventually couldn't hear

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<v Speaker 1>it at all. Immediately the night woods returned, and I

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<v Speaker 1>decided it was time for me to go home. Years later,

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineteen nineties, I was visiting my mom and

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<v Speaker 1>dad one evening with my wife and kids. I smoked

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, so I stepped out on the back

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<v Speaker 1>porch to have a cigarette. As I stood there, I

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<v Speaker 1>heard a sound from across the haller that was like

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of language. It was almost like a samurai

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<v Speaker 1>warrior talking, with the grunts and growls thrown in to

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<v Speaker 1>break up the sentences. At the time, I had no

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<v Speaker 1>idea what I was hearing. Then one night a few

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<v Speaker 1>months later, I was listening to Art Bell's show on

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<v Speaker 1>the radio. He had a guest on who was talking

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<v Speaker 1>about recording bigfoot languages. When he played the recording, it

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<v Speaker 1>was the same thing I heard that night in my

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<v Speaker 1>mom and dad's backyard. Most recently, though I didn't see

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<v Speaker 1>or hear anything, I found evidence of them being in

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<v Speaker 1>the area I currently live, about twelve miles from where

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<v Speaker 1>I had my other experiences. I was walking on an

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<v Speaker 1>old logging road that serves as a driveway to my

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<v Speaker 1>neighbor's summerhouse when they're up from Florida, and while walking,

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<v Speaker 1>I observed a fifteen foot tall seedar tree that had

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<v Speaker 1>been twisted until it broke halfway up the trunk, with

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<v Speaker 1>the twisted part hanging down. I assume a bigfoot did

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<v Speaker 1>this to market its territory and to send a message

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<v Speaker 1>to me or another Bigfoot to tread lightly. I got

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<v Speaker 1>the message loud and clear. Well, those are my experiences.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel free to use my name and thank you