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<v Speaker 1>I write to you today after giving a great deal

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<v Speaker 1>of thought about a very intense encounter that happened in

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<v Speaker 1>the winter of nineteen ninety one. My older brother by

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<v Speaker 1>two years and I attended college together at the same

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<v Speaker 1>time and in the same class, since we served two

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<v Speaker 1>years active duty in the US Army before we both

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<v Speaker 1>enrolled as freshmen in nineteen eighty nine. We lived in

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<v Speaker 1>Daytona Beach, Florida at the time, and we were both

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<v Speaker 1>attending college in Ohio from nineteen eighty nine to nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety three. I was a pre med business student and

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<v Speaker 1>a collegiate athlete. My brother is a US Army reservist

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<v Speaker 1>and a musician. We weren't partiers or troublemakers. We were

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<v Speaker 1>your normal, average college students. We were returning from our

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas break in Florida, making the fourteen hour drive back

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<v Speaker 1>to Ohio in time to have a Sunday off to

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<v Speaker 1>unwind and prep for classes at eight the next Monday morning.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually don't even know if I truly believed in

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<v Speaker 1>Bigfoot then, but I certainly do now. I had never

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<v Speaker 1>heard of dog Man until just very recently, as a

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<v Speaker 1>result of your channel. My brother told me about your

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube channel. About eight weeks ago, he and I were

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<v Speaker 1>discussing an episode of your show, and the memory came

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<v Speaker 1>to both of us as if it happened a few

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<v Speaker 1>hours ago. It was very vivid and so real. What

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about to share with you happened to him as

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<v Speaker 1>the driver of the car and us because I was

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<v Speaker 1>in the passenger seat. Recounting the story to you over

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<v Speaker 1>the keyboard brings me goosebumps as I type. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a cold night. There was snow on the sides of

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<v Speaker 1>the road, some ice patches from time to time, but

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<v Speaker 1>for the most part the roads were clear. My brother

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<v Speaker 1>was moving along at about seventy miles an hour. The

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<v Speaker 1>window cracked open just a bit to balance out the

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<v Speaker 1>heat from the defrost and the heater. We had not

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<v Speaker 1>seen a car for some time going in either direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Both he and I were drawn to look over to

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<v Speaker 1>the left lanes because a very large wolf like animal

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<v Speaker 1>bounded once from the median towards our lane. This was

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<v Speaker 1>a four lane highway, and the animal needed just one

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<v Speaker 1>jump to cover the twenty plus feet to enter our

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<v Speaker 1>side of the highway. Its jaws were wide open as

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<v Speaker 1>it leapt towards our car. Now keep in mind this

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<v Speaker 1>is happening in the time it takes for us to

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<v Speaker 1>close the distance of five hundred or so yards at

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<v Speaker 1>seventy miles per hour, even with him slowing down out

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<v Speaker 1>of sheer shock at the size of this creature. Just

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<v Speaker 1>a few seconds was all it took, and then creature

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<v Speaker 1>stopped and stood on the medium. It crouched a bit

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<v Speaker 1>and jumped over the two lanes on each side of

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<v Speaker 1>the highway, literally right into the oncoming lane that we

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<v Speaker 1>were on. It was within a foot or two of

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<v Speaker 1>hitting us. Eyes as wide as silver dollars, we looked

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<v Speaker 1>at each other and said, if we were in one voice,

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<v Speaker 1>did you see that our adrenaline was kicked in the

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<v Speaker 1>hair on our arms, standing straight up, and our senses

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<v Speaker 1>were on alert as we realized what had just happened.

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<v Speaker 1>I turned around to look out the back window, and

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<v Speaker 1>in the red glow of the break lights, I saw

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<v Speaker 1>the creature. It was easily four feet tall at its

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<v Speaker 1>back and eight to ten feet in length from nose

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<v Speaker 1>to tail. Its head was massive, and it stood another

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<v Speaker 1>two plus feet above the backbone. It was three quarter broadside,

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<v Speaker 1>so I was able to see just how massive this

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<v Speaker 1>thing was. We immediately thought of coyote, only because that

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<v Speaker 1>is the only animal that we could think it resembled.

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<v Speaker 1>This was no wolf for coyote. Though it was massive.

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<v Speaker 1>My brother and I went back and forth for the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the trip trying to identify it. It looked

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<v Speaker 1>much more like a werewolf that you would read about

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<v Speaker 1>in the comic books or see in a movie. After

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<v Speaker 1>listening to the dog Man's stories on your channel, I

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<v Speaker 1>could not help but think that this massive beast we

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<v Speaker 1>saw that cold December night was a dog man. We

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<v Speaker 1>now discussed Bigfoot regularly, and we both believe that these

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<v Speaker 1>creatures exist. I'm going to give credit to you and

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<v Speaker 1>your subscribers for sharing their encounters. It is not always easy.

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<v Speaker 1>My brother and I never told anyone in our family

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<v Speaker 1>about that creature because nobody would believe us. Even now,

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<v Speaker 1>when we're together and the topic of Bigfoot comes up,

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<v Speaker 1>our family members are split evenly between the believers and

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<v Speaker 1>the doubters. We have an older brother who is one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent convinced that Bigfoot is indeed very real. He

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<v Speaker 1>moved to the mountains in Utah about six years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and he says the reality is palpable. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>story from Maria. This is really good. She writes. In

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<v Speaker 1>February of twenty twelve, I travel from my home in

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<v Speaker 1>Texas to visit my sister who lived with my nephew

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<v Speaker 1>at the time in Seattle, Washington. After they took me

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<v Speaker 1>around Seattle to the fine dining establishments and for a

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<v Speaker 1>boat ride at Puget Sound, I told my nephew I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to buy some bigfoot stuff. Bigfoot, why, he asked,

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<v Speaker 1>because Washington State is the Bigfoot capital of the world

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<v Speaker 1>with the most sightings. I told him. I explained that

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<v Speaker 1>I had been interested in bigfoot for years and that

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<v Speaker 1>I watched countless YouTube videos and TV documentaries on the topic. I,

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<v Speaker 1>joking Lisa, said that I'd like to go bigfoot hunting. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he was not amused. Seeing his reaction, I asked him

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<v Speaker 1>if he believed in Bigfoot. Well, I don't know, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>And then, after thinking for a minute, he told me

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<v Speaker 1>what happened to him and his wife when they first

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<v Speaker 1>got married. In two thousand and one. My nephew's wedding

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<v Speaker 1>was held at the Navajo Nation Reservation in New Mexico.

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<v Speaker 1>His wife, a Navajo, grew up near the Nahoa Ugh

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of hate to pronounce this word. Natchitty now

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<v Speaker 1>chitty mountains, nasc hi t ti the not shitty mountains.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that? Our entire family from Texas, so we

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<v Speaker 1>all around thirty of us, drove up the day before

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<v Speaker 1>the wedding to the reservation where the wedding ceremony and

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<v Speaker 1>festivities were to be held. It was a large open

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<v Speaker 1>field of one hundred square yards surrounded by trees. His

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<v Speaker 1>wife's Navajo grandmother lived in a log cabin the same area,

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<v Speaker 1>just outside the trees. There were no hotels in that area,

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<v Speaker 1>so we took tents and camping gear. The following evening,

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<v Speaker 1>when the wedding festivities had ended, we sat around the

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<v Speaker 1>campfire and enjoyed the stars. Afterward we all turned in.

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<v Speaker 1>The Next morning, our family drove back home to Texas,

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<v Speaker 1>and my nephew and his wife planned to camp out

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<v Speaker 1>one more night so they could spend a little more

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<v Speaker 1>time with their family before leaving on their honeymoon. That evening,

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<v Speaker 1>my nephew and his wife were sitting around the campfire

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<v Speaker 1>when far away they heard the strange, loud, deep growls.

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<v Speaker 1>They said nothing to each other and they continued talking.

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<v Speaker 1>They heard the growls two more times, each time a

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<v Speaker 1>little closer and louder than before. It grew quiet for

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<v Speaker 1>a while, and they got easier, and they finally decided

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<v Speaker 1>to turn in for the night, and my nephew got

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<v Speaker 1>up to put away some of their gear. As he

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<v Speaker 1>was putting out the fire, they heard another growl. This

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<v Speaker 1>time it was and it was really loud. He asked

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<v Speaker 1>his wife what animal was growling, and she said she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know, she'd never heard anything like it before. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they both looked around to see what it was, but

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<v Speaker 1>it was pitch dark beyond a few yards. They continued

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<v Speaker 1>to put things away. As they were doing so, the

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<v Speaker 1>growling came closer still and even louder. Now my nephew,

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<v Speaker 1>who was normally a calm and level headed person, was

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<v Speaker 1>beginning to panic. Let's get the heck out of here,

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<v Speaker 1>he said to his wife. They began throwing things into

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<v Speaker 1>the bed of his truck with no regard for damaging

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<v Speaker 1>any of it, and the growling was now within thirty

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<v Speaker 1>yards and beginning to sound angrier. When it got to

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<v Speaker 1>within a few feet of them, he yelled at his

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<v Speaker 1>wife get in the truck. They jumped in and sped

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<v Speaker 1>out of the mountains as fast as they could. They

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<v Speaker 1>drove over an hour away to Gallop, New Mexico, where

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<v Speaker 1>they got a hotel for the night. The next morning,

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<v Speaker 1>they drove back to their camp to get their tent

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<v Speaker 1>and whatever gear they'd left behind. Then they said goodbye

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<v Speaker 1>to her family and they left. When he finished his story,

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<v Speaker 1>I asked his wife what she thought it was, and

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<v Speaker 1>reluctantly she said she didn't know. But months later I

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<v Speaker 1>had the opportunity to speak with my nephew about it again.

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<v Speaker 1>I asked him if he thought what they heard was

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<v Speaker 1>a bigfoot. He said he didn't know, but he never

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to hear that sound again. Okay, here's a short

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<v Speaker 1>little story that anyway, you guys make your judgment on it, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a good one. Several weeks ago, I found myself hiking

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<v Speaker 1>in the rocky mountains of Utah with my girlfriend. We

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<v Speaker 1>were on a rocky slope with lots of fallen timber

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<v Speaker 1>and snow making the track difficult. Suddenly, rocks were being

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<v Speaker 1>thrown into us, and I turned to see down below

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<v Speaker 1>a small hairy person or creature throwing rocks. I called

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<v Speaker 1>out for it to stop, but one of the rocks

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<v Speaker 1>struck me on the hip and I went down. I

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<v Speaker 1>grabbed my girlfriend's hand and we limped up to what

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<v Speaker 1>looked like an opening to a cave, hoping to find protection,

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<v Speaker 1>and once inside, I realized that I could not walk

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<v Speaker 1>any further. It was at this time that I felt

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<v Speaker 1>that we were not alone, and in the darkness of

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<v Speaker 1>this cave, I could see the large shadow of a

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<v Speaker 1>figure with glowing eyes approaching us. I tried to call out,

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<v Speaker 1>but for some reason it was almost impossible to speak,

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<v Speaker 1>and with all my strength, I struggled to say, don't

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<v Speaker 1>hurt us, Please just help us. I'm hurt, I can't walk,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was holding my girlfriend's hand during all this,

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to protect her. The last thing I recall was

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<v Speaker 1>a huge hairy hand grabbing her away from me while

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<v Speaker 1>I forced out the words please don't hurt us. And

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<v Speaker 1>it was at this time I woke up. Yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>was only dreaming and had actually been calling out in

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<v Speaker 1>my sleep, at least trying to, and I believe that's

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<v Speaker 1>what finally woke me up. This really happened. What a

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<v Speaker 1>crazy nightmare. I can only say that I must be

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<v Speaker 1>listening to too many cryptied stories. Cam you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to read this to your faithful followers, but I did

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<v Speaker 1>want to share it with you because it was so

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<v Speaker 1>dang odd And by the way, I sure hope there's

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<v Speaker 1>not a sequel to this one. And he signs off anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>that was worth reading. I just pull that up. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know how that was going to end, and it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of surprised me at the end. So I just

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<v Speaker 1>he had written it so well I didn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>do anything to it, so I just started reading it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a cool email. And it kind of relates to bigfoot,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, and listening to too many cryptied stories because

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<v Speaker 1>it'll get to you if you go too deep with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to a couple of them, Listen to a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of podcasts, watch some you know, the real bigfoot of

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<v Speaker 1>people on YouTube, and then give it a break. Go

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<v Speaker 1>out and like god, do and go out, get outside

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<v Speaker 1>and do something. Man, this bigfoot stuff it actually it

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<v Speaker 1>is so pervasive in the bigfoot culture that some people

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<v Speaker 1>really obsess on it. I'm not saying this guy does,

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<v Speaker 1>but he did have a bad dream about it. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing of that appreciate the story. It was really good

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<v Speaker 1>right in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest in

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<v Speaker 1>Illinois is an old churchyard complete with a cemetery containing

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<v Speaker 1>grave markers of people who were killed by Indians. They

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<v Speaker 1>used to put that information right on the headstones back then,

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<v Speaker 1>nearly sixteen years ago, when we first started deer hunting

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<v Speaker 1>that area, I'd bring our camper there in camp next

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<v Speaker 1>to the dead. You'd think that would mean a peaceful night.

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard a lot of people who lived next to

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<v Speaker 1>to live in. Well, that wasn't the case for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time we camped there, we'd all hear things running

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<v Speaker 1>around in the middle of the night. Well it must

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<v Speaker 1>be ghosts from the cemetery, we always joke. And then

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<v Speaker 1>one night, while we were all sitting around a campfire,

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<v Speaker 1>we started hearing those noises a little earlier than normal.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounded like they were coming from over by a

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<v Speaker 1>pond that was close by. All conversation around the fire

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<v Speaker 1>stopped as we all listened and tried to understand what

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<v Speaker 1>we were hearing. When the sounds started getting closer, one

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<v Speaker 1>of my buddies leaned over to me and he said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it sounds like a bunch of kids are laughing over there.

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<v Speaker 1>It was late enough in the evening that we considered

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<v Speaker 1>in the dark. And then as the sounds changed a little,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, now I think maybe that's adults yelping and

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<v Speaker 1>whooping and messing around. Well, it must be someone from

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<v Speaker 1>the other deer camps, I said, after all, we weren't

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<v Speaker 1>much after that. We were too interested in trying to

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<v Speaker 1>identify the sounds, And when they got closer still, someone

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<v Speaker 1>pointed out that it didn't sound quite human when we

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<v Speaker 1>heard the whistles. We all acknowledged that they sounded strange anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Around ten PM, with an early morning ahead of us,

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<v Speaker 1>And after that things got quiet for a while, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we heard a loud whack that we were all

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<v Speaker 1>startled out of our sleep from. No three men ever

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<v Speaker 1>jumped out of their beds so quickly. What is that,

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<v Speaker 1>one of my buddies hist There was nothing now, no

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<v Speaker 1>more big bangs, no laughing children, no strange whistles, just

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<v Speaker 1>a earie silence that left us all with an uneasy

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<v Speaker 1>feeling in our guts. Finally, I said, ah, it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>on us. Let's go back to sleep. I can't say

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<v Speaker 1>that I believed my own words, but it was enough

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<v Speaker 1>to get us all back into our beds that night,

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<v Speaker 1>though it wasn't enough to give any of us a

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<v Speaker 1>headed out to our own stands. Mine was twenty feet

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<v Speaker 1>up an old oak tree by a pond, and as usual,

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<v Speaker 1>I was in it way too early, so I took

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<v Speaker 1>in the tree not ten feet from me. I found

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<v Speaker 1>that out when something woke them up and flushed them

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<v Speaker 1>out of the tree, and it startled me so bad

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<v Speaker 1>that I nearly fell out of my stand. I was

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<v Speaker 1>still trying to reposition myself and regain my balance when

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<v Speaker 1>I began to smell something putrid. It was like a

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<v Speaker 1>dead dog soaked in a septic tank. Ugh seconds later,

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<v Speaker 1>the smell hit me and I heard the same strange

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<v Speaker 1>whooping sound from the night before this time, it sounded

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<v Speaker 1>like it was calling people in to eat, and it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't that far away. Well. I sat frozen in place,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to pinpoint the exact location, when footsteps rustled through

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<v Speaker 1>the leaf matter behind me. The steps were definitely by pedal,

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<v Speaker 1>so it couldn't be a wool for a coyote, and

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, the smell and the weird whooping

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<v Speaker 1>sound told me it wasn't a human either. I broke

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<v Speaker 1>into a cold sweat when it walked right up behind

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<v Speaker 1>my tree and it stopped. I wanted to turn around

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<v Speaker 1>to see what was there, but I was afraid. I

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<v Speaker 1>needed to know what I was up against. But panic

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<v Speaker 1>shook my hands and rattled my brain. I couldn't make

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<v Speaker 1>up my mind what I should do, what I had

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<v Speaker 1>to do, and what I would do if I was attacked.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I could make a decision, it stepped right out

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<v Speaker 1>in front of me. Now this thing was every bit

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<v Speaker 1>of nine feet tall, and it was covered in black hair.

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<v Speaker 1>I sat there, staring down at it as it stared

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<v Speaker 1>down at the ground, apparently looking for a place to

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<v Speaker 1>sit while fight or flight or battling out In my chest,

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<v Speaker 1>that ungodly thing planted itself under a tree directly in

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<v Speaker 1>front of me, and then, with a dull thud, my

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<v Speaker 1>cigarette lighter slipped out of my pocket and fell to

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of my dear stand well. The monster jumped

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<v Speaker 1>straight up and began looking up into the trees around

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<v Speaker 1>it in search of the source of the sound. It

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<v Speaker 1>turned around and looked straight up into the tree that

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<v Speaker 1>it had been sitting under, which put its back to me. Please,

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<v Speaker 1>I whispered, don't turn around and look at me. I

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<v Speaker 1>knew what I was looking at. I'd heard about these

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<v Speaker 1>things and how they could tear a man to pieces

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<v Speaker 1>if they wanted to, and I knew if it saw me,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have no escape. As these thoughts raced through

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<v Speaker 1>my mind and pushed my blood pressure to stroke levels,

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<v Speaker 1>the sasquatch slowly and deliberately turned and looked directly at me,

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<v Speaker 1>and just for a second, I think I may have died.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart quit beating and I quit breathing, and all

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<v Speaker 1>fault left my mind except for one. Don't look at

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<v Speaker 1>square in the eye. Every possible scenario ran through my mind,

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<v Speaker 1>all of them ending in my agonizing death. But do

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<v Speaker 1>you know what this thing did? It smiled at me

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<v Speaker 1>at least that's how I interpreted it. Then it let

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<v Speaker 1>out a howl that sounded different from the earlier whoops.

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<v Speaker 1>I got the idea that it was telling the others

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<v Speaker 1>that it had found someone here and to not come by.

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<v Speaker 1>And with a little growl and what looked ridiculously like

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<v Speaker 1>a wave of its hand, it walked away.