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<v Speaker 1>I lived in rural Oklahoma now for about thirteen years,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've loved every minute of it. It's beautiful country.

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<v Speaker 1>From twenty twelve to twenty fifteen, I lived in an

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<v Speaker 1>area with long creeks and high cliffs where I assume

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<v Speaker 1>there must have been a lot of caves. The first

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<v Speaker 1>day that my father and I moved into our house,

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<v Speaker 1>we were greeted by Ferdinand. He was a gorgeous big

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<v Speaker 1>black hound dog who had been living there by himself

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<v Speaker 1>for a year. Since he seemed so healthy and well fed,

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<v Speaker 1>we asked the neighbors if they'd been feeding him and

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<v Speaker 1>taking care of him, but they said they hadn't, so

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<v Speaker 1>we figured Ferdinand must be a good hunter and was

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<v Speaker 1>staying fit on a diet of rabbits and other small game.

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<v Speaker 1>We went about doing our renovating, and we eventually moved

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<v Speaker 1>into the house, and Ferdinand hung out and kept watch

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<v Speaker 1>over our activities. Two days after we finally got moved in,

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<v Speaker 1>my son got up to go to work and discovered

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<v Speaker 1>the front half of a baby deer that looked to

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<v Speaker 1>be no more than two weeks old, lying in the driveway.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're country people, and we understand the animals in

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<v Speaker 1>the area and how the different predators act. So we

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<v Speaker 1>went through the various scenarios trying to figure out what

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<v Speaker 1>predator would have done this to this fawn. It couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have been a big cat because they usually eat part

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<v Speaker 1>of their prey and take it somewhere offen up a tree.

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<v Speaker 1>They go for the back of the neck and they

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<v Speaker 1>leave claw marks. Plus there would have been a gut trail,

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<v Speaker 1>but there were no claw marks, no gut trail. There

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<v Speaker 1>were no bike marks, no paw prints, and no drag marks.

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<v Speaker 1>This deer looked like it had been ripped in half, disemboweled,

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<v Speaker 1>and thrown into our yard forty or fifty feet from

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<v Speaker 1>the road. It was five am when my son discovered

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<v Speaker 1>the phone, and he came straight back inside and told

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<v Speaker 1>me about it, and we went out to inspect it.

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<v Speaker 1>My dogs came with me, but they wanted nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>do with the carcass. They wouldn't touch it or even

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<v Speaker 1>go near it, and it was creepy the way they

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<v Speaker 1>were acting. What was even more disconcerting was how Ferdinand

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<v Speaker 1>walked right over to it and dragged it up under

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<v Speaker 1>a tree and he started eating it. Later I found

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<v Speaker 1>other bones buried in the pine needles under the tree,

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<v Speaker 1>and apparently something had been feeding Ferdinand all along. Two

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<v Speaker 1>weeks after we found the phone, my neighbor and dear

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<v Speaker 1>friend who lived up the road from us, found another

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<v Speaker 1>half of the baby deer in a ditch about a

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<v Speaker 1>mile and a half from our house. I guess it

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<v Speaker 1>was just a coincidence. Within a couple of weeks of

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<v Speaker 1>us living there, my dogs began to acclimate Ferdinand's lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 1>Each morning, I'd let them out when Ferdinand started whining

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<v Speaker 1>for them. When they'd go outside, their hair would stand

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<v Speaker 1>up on their backs, and they would start barking and

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<v Speaker 1>acting nervous. After a few minutes, they changed their demeanor completely.

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<v Speaker 1>They'd wag their tails and they'd take off under run.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't see them again until three or four in

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<v Speaker 1>the afternoon. They always came home smelling like they'd been

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<v Speaker 1>in a lion's den, but with an underlying metallic odor.

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<v Speaker 1>This went on for the duration of the two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half years we lived there. When my father and

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<v Speaker 1>I moved into that house in June of twenty twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>it had been sitting empty for a year. Immediately after

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<v Speaker 1>we moved in, we began to notice little things. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>things would be moved in the yard. They were random things,

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<v Speaker 1>but they were large. There were some old farming implements

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<v Speaker 1>that had been sitting out there that we'd been cleaning around,

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<v Speaker 1>and I came around one morning and found them stacked oddly,

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<v Speaker 1>just stack. We had glass lighting doors in one bedroom

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<v Speaker 1>off the living room. The doors were visible from the

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<v Speaker 1>living room, and we often saw very large, very tall

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<v Speaker 1>silhouettes cross those doors at night. My dog's hackles would

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<v Speaker 1>always go up, and they'd growl a little before quickly

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<v Speaker 1>settling down and going back to acting normal. I really

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<v Speaker 1>do think my dogs were friends with these beings. One night,

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<v Speaker 1>I was on my back porch with my father. The

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<v Speaker 1>dryer wasn't working, so I was hanging out laundry on

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<v Speaker 1>a temporary line stretched across a semi wraparound porch. We'd

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<v Speaker 1>been out there for about an hour, just talking and

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<v Speaker 1>visiting in our normal voices, when my dad excused himself

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<v Speaker 1>to go inside. Only seconds after he left, something knocked

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<v Speaker 1>with a huge object against one of the dead trees

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<v Speaker 1>in our backyard. It was an old dead elm tree

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<v Speaker 1>that stood thirty feet from the house and was probably

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<v Speaker 1>sick txty feet tall, sounded like it was being hit

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<v Speaker 1>by another large log. There were three knocks, followed by

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<v Speaker 1>a call that sounded like something between a man, a bear,

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<v Speaker 1>and a wolf. I can't explain it. That was immediately

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<v Speaker 1>answered by three more knocks from the other side of

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<v Speaker 1>the yard and another call that sounded like a female

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe a younger version of the first call. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a huge raspberry patch that stretches along the outside of

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<v Speaker 1>my yard's fence. The patch is several feet wide and

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<v Speaker 1>at least ninety feet long. These trees were right up

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of this patch. The hair was standing

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<v Speaker 1>up on the back of my neck like never before.

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<v Speaker 1>It wouldn't be the last time. About a month after

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<v Speaker 1>that incident, a friend and I were out rabbit hunting

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<v Speaker 1>on some land we'd been given access to a quarter

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<v Speaker 1>mile north of my house. We were also scouting the

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<v Speaker 1>area for signs of deer for later that year. He

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<v Speaker 1>was on a four wheeler and I was on foot.

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<v Speaker 1>We were communicating via walkie talkie through my binoculars. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched as he made his way across the field in

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<v Speaker 1>front of us. He crossed the creek and headed up

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<v Speaker 1>onto the ridge. Just before six that evening, as the

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<v Speaker 1>sun was beginning to touch the horizon, we heard knocking.

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<v Speaker 1>It started behind him on the left side of the hill.

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<v Speaker 1>It was answered by a second knock from the right side,

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<v Speaker 1>a little further down and a little closer to him.

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<v Speaker 1>He kicked the four wheeler into gear and started down

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<v Speaker 1>the hillside, still scouring the ground for deer tracks, and

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<v Speaker 1>then a second wave of knocking came. He abandoned his

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<v Speaker 1>search for deer tracks and concentrated on moving down off

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<v Speaker 1>that ridge. It continued for fifteen minutes as he worked

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<v Speaker 1>his way down the hillside and across the creek and

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<v Speaker 1>back through the field toward me. Every time he stopped,

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<v Speaker 1>the knocking would resume on both sides of him. It

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<v Speaker 1>kept up until we reached the gate that opened onto

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<v Speaker 1>the road. We didn't stick around. We were obviously in

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<v Speaker 1>their territory and they didn't want us there. My friend

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<v Speaker 1>eventually went back there to hunt with his dad a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times, but they didn't have any luck. There

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<v Speaker 1>was no gain in the area. I've shared this with

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<v Speaker 1>friends and authorities in my area, and I was met

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<v Speaker 1>with laughter or sarcasm. So I'm sharing with you to

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<v Speaker 1>see if anyone has experienced something similar. I will start

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<v Speaker 1>off by saying I live in the UK. Watching your videos,

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<v Speaker 1>it is apparent that there are not a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>bigfoot encounters from the UK. I'm from the West Midlands

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<v Speaker 1>area and I have rarely heard of similar sightings. I

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<v Speaker 1>work as a family social worker and I specialize in

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<v Speaker 1>families who were homeless and have difficulties with mental health.

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<v Speaker 1>While studying. Near the end of my university degree, I

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<v Speaker 1>asked to have an assignment where I would live a

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<v Speaker 1>period of eighteen months in homelessness in order to further

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<v Speaker 1>my career and knowledge. It was during this year that

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<v Speaker 1>I had my encounter. It started off with leaving technology

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<v Speaker 1>and luxuries behind me and had a meeting with family

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<v Speaker 1>and professionals. Before leaving. I went to the large forest

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<v Speaker 1>area and was not so local to my area as

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<v Speaker 1>it was further away from society. I would venture most

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<v Speaker 1>days into a nearby village and look for odds and

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<v Speaker 1>ends chores that I could do for people to earn

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of scrap or charge of food. I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to do the best that I could for what little

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<v Speaker 1>I had. I had heard of some weird sightings of

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<v Speaker 1>what was a bear which are not wilder native than

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<v Speaker 1>the United Cass Kingdom or a community of homeless people

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<v Speaker 1>around the forest, but nothing solid, and I had not

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<v Speaker 1>experienced anything myself. I managed to get some stuff together

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<v Speaker 1>from the money that I had been given for mowing

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<v Speaker 1>a lawn. I bought a large piece of tarp in

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<v Speaker 1>some bits of what I assumed was a ripped gazebo

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<v Speaker 1>and had fashioned this into a makeshift tent. I made

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<v Speaker 1>a shower out of a bucket with holes that I

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<v Speaker 1>poked in the bottom. It had been a few months

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<v Speaker 1>of living in the forest and I was going through

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<v Speaker 1>a normal day to day routine of fetching water from

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<v Speaker 1>a nearby brook and hanging it in a tree to shower,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I noticed a dead badger. The body was

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<v Speaker 1>fresh and clean and it had no wounds, so I

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<v Speaker 1>took the opportunity to take it back to my tent

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<v Speaker 1>and prepare it for a meal. Badgers have been known

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<v Speaker 1>to be vicious and aggressive, but this is the first

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<v Speaker 1>of any badgers that I had ever seen. After a

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<v Speaker 1>few days, I noticed something else weird. While I was

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<v Speaker 1>walking to the brook. There was a rabbit carcass in

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<v Speaker 1>some apples from what looked like to be from an

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<v Speaker 1>apple tree not far from my tent. They weren't very

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<v Speaker 1>nice though. The weird thing was this happened for a

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<v Speaker 1>few weeks, and the food or the animals were always

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<v Speaker 1>in the same spot, around twenty feet from my camp.

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<v Speaker 1>A few weeks passed and I began to feel that

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<v Speaker 1>this was rather odd, and I was unsure if I

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<v Speaker 1>was being watched. I made my way to the brook

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<v Speaker 1>to collect some water and get ready to make my

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<v Speaker 1>way to the village. I walked out past the spot

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<v Speaker 1>where I had usually found these items, and there was

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<v Speaker 1>nothing there, so I moved on and thought nothing of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I could hear the wildlife around me, and nothing seemed

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<v Speaker 1>out of the ordinary. I hoisted the bucket of water

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<v Speaker 1>onto my shoulder and I walked back to the tent.

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<v Speaker 1>I was approaching the small clearing where my camp was

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<v Speaker 1>when I noticed it. There was a large figure crouched

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<v Speaker 1>near a small tree a little ways past my destination.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm six foot tall and I weighed sixteen stone, and

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<v Speaker 1>I could see this thing was just going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a towering mass over me. I tried not to acknowledge

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<v Speaker 1>it and ignore it as I carried on doing my business.

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<v Speaker 1>I left the bucket of water by the fire to

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<v Speaker 1>warm up while I prepared some food. It wasn't much,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was what I had left over from some

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<v Speaker 1>fish and bread, and I had a few carrots. I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed the beings standing up straight and slowly take a

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<v Speaker 1>few steps toward me. As big as this thing was,

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<v Speaker 1>I did not feel a threat at all. It looked

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<v Speaker 1>like a bigfoot, but not one that I had heard

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<v Speaker 1>described before. It had hair covering most of its body,

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<v Speaker 1>but was rather thin around its arms. Its chest was bare,

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<v Speaker 1>and its face was clear. It had dark brown hair,

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<v Speaker 1>small gray patches scattered all over its body. It was

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<v Speaker 1>holding what looked like a bunch of blackberries and some

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<v Speaker 1>wild garlic. Not a normal lunch that I would have,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not going to argue with a big foot.

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<v Speaker 1>It took around forty minutes of me dosing around the

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<v Speaker 1>yards of me. It placed the food on the ground

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<v Speaker 1>and it stepped back. I had no idea what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I sat down on the camp chair and I began

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<v Speaker 1>to eat. I picked up the berries in the garlic

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<v Speaker 1>and I put them in my lap. I ripped the

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<v Speaker 1>garlic leaves into shreds and put them in my fish sandwich.

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<v Speaker 1>It was then I decided to gesture to the creature

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<v Speaker 1>some food. It came over to me and it slowly

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<v Speaker 1>sharp but powerful grunt, and then it quickly walked away.

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<v Speaker 1>After about ten feet, it stopped and it sat down

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to be honest. When it came over to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I have never been more terrified in my life. But

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<v Speaker 1>it remained calm and gentle the whole time. During this

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<v Speaker 1>closer look at it. Its hair or its fur, was brown,

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<v Speaker 1>with a large black patch covering its back and gray

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<v Speaker 1>speckle patches all over. It was muscular and had an

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<v Speaker 1>odd but not two potents smell. Its face was almost

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<v Speaker 1>Neanderthal looking, but with some ape like features. It had

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<v Speaker 1>a protruding bottom lip, and as it opened its mouth

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<v Speaker 1>to take a bite, I could see very pronounced canine teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>Its ears were large but almost flushed to its head,

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<v Speaker 1>and this animal must have been eight foot tall and

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<v Speaker 1>weighed almost double what I weighed. It was incredible. I

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<v Speaker 1>now assumed that it was a male after watching your videos,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've heard people describe what we're breast on female bigfoots,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought to myself, I can't believe that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>seeing I think this is a bigfoot man. I did

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<v Speaker 1>not know what to do. Its arms and hands were

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<v Speaker 1>covered in small scars and scratches which looked like cat

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<v Speaker 1>or dog marks, but I wasn't sure. After it finished

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<v Speaker 1>the food, it stared at me for a while, and

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<v Speaker 1>then it stood up. I carried on what I was doing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hung the bucket of warm water in the tree,

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<v Speaker 1>and I got ready to shower. As I looked around

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<v Speaker 1>over my shoulder, the creature had gone. This was the

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<v Speaker 1>last time that I saw it. I carried on living

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<v Speaker 1>homeless for the remainder of that eighteen months and didn't

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<v Speaker 1>come across the creature again. I didn't feel scared or

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<v Speaker 1>of safety. It left me food every so often in

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<v Speaker 1>the spot and I in return left a sandwich sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>made with some of the things that left me, just

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<v Speaker 1>to show my appreciation. A few months had passed and

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<v Speaker 1>I still hadn't seen the animal again in the flesh,

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<v Speaker 1>but it felt it around me. I had at this

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<v Speaker 1>point planted some potatoes in a patch nearby, and today

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<v Speaker 1>was a day that I would harvest them. I was

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<v Speaker 1>heard a grunt. I looked up and I saw a bore.

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<v Speaker 1>Boar are known in the local area and wildernesses, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're not friendly. This thing grunted and scraped its hoof

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<v Speaker 1>against the ground very aggressively. I grabbed the trowel next

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<v Speaker 1>to me, even though this boar wouldn't even feel it

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<v Speaker 1>if I poked it, and it charged me. And then

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<v Speaker 1>the worst happened. It lowered its head and it charged.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart stopped and I lost my breath as a loud, deep,

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<v Speaker 1>howling roar echoed from a distance. It was so deep

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<v Speaker 1>the echo reverberated off the trees. The boar suddenly skidded

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<v Speaker 1>along the ground, almost falling, before squealing and then running off.

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<v Speaker 1>My body just emptied of sweat, thankfully, this is the

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<v Speaker 1>most dangerous thing that I felt like I encountered, and

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<v Speaker 1>thank god the big guy was nearby. I've spoken to

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<v Speaker 1>people about this and almost no one takes me seriously. However,

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<v Speaker 1>I know what I saw. I always use this experience

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<v Speaker 1>in my professional life by quoting there are always forces

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<v Speaker 1>in the universe that will help you if you need

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<v Speaker 1>it or even don't expect it. Just be kind to

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<v Speaker 1>give back when you can. I haven't heard anything described

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<v Speaker 1>quite like this and was wondering if there are variations

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<v Speaker 1>of what we know is Bigfoot that are different in

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<v Speaker 1>different regions.