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downtown chicago flying humanoid

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sighting confirmed

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i was out with my daughter and mother

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celebrating my daughter's recent

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graduation

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and after dinner and some live shopping

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we decided to go out and check out the

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newly opened chicago

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riverwalk that had just opened after

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construction we accessed the river walk

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via the entrance on michigan avenue

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and walk east toward the lake looking at

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the sights and enjoying the beautiful

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view

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as we passed under the columbus drive

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bridge we heard this train sound that my

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daughter said look at that as we looked

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up we saw a large winged person flying

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just above the water

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and then pulling up and going over the

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bridge it looked like a huge owl

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or even a bat but completely black with

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the exception of the two large eyes that

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appeared red

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i'm not sure if it was the actual color

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of its eyes or just the light reflecting

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off of them

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either way it looked very spooky we

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watched it go over the bridge

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and then continue flying right above the

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water and out of sight

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it didn't seem to care if anyone else

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saw it it just left lying above the

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water until it was out of sight

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my daughter and me tried to get pictures

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of it but by the time we took pictures

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all we got were blurry images of mostly

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black we have never seen anything like

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this before

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it never flapped its wings while we were

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inside at first glance

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it looked like a person in a wingsuit

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but i don't think anyone would be

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suicidal enough

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to go for a stunt like that along the

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waterfront i have gone skydiving before

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and have seen demonstrations of

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wingsuits in the past

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this lead me to rule that this would be

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a person in one of those suits

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or anything similar as it would be a

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surefire recipe for disaster

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this thing also had wings that did bits

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seem like the wings on a bat as they

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seemed to form one big wing from the

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back to the bottom of the legs

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and seemed more of a membrane than

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feathered wings like canal

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there was no sound at all just inaudible

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whoosh as it flew over

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it was up and over the bridge in a

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matter of seconds and then it was gone

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we were a bit shaken up after this thing

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flew away she didn't know what it was

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second airline pilot reports and

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describes o'hare mothman encounter

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my name is bruce and i am a pilot for

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redacted

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before that served for six years in the

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united states air force

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i have over 9 000 hours of flight time

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and have flown a variety of aircraft in

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my career in virtually all types of

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weather

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the incident i am about to tell you

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happened on thursday august 8

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2019 at o'hare international airport at

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approximately 1800

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i had flown into o'hare the previous day

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and had stayed at a hotel for the night

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i was due to fly out at 200 to the uk

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i was taking the airport shuttle toward

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the terminal as i looked out the window

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i saw a large human with enormous wings

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and glowing red eyes perched upon a rail

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and looking straight at me

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the being appeared to be squatting down

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on the rail but had its wings completely

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opened and moved them slowly as he

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stared at the shuttle bus as we drove by

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i knew it was watching me as its head

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swiveled and followed the shuttle as we

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its eyes locked on me the entire time i

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was startled and i'll admit it very

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frightened

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not only by this encounter but the

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absolute boldness of this thing is it

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did not move or attempt to hide itself

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as we approached

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knowing that it could be clearly seen we

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passed it on the outside lane and were

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at our closest approximately 15 feet

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away from where it was perched

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it never once flinched or attempted to

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hide itself it just stayed put and

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watched as we passed

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when we passed i attempted to look back

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and see if it was still perched there

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i saw nothing and can only assume that

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it must have flown off when we passed

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i have heard the stories of the o'hare

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mothman or as some have called it batman

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but i simply dismissed them as nothing

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more than fantasy

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an urban legend that was associated with

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an already spooky airport

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i mean who hasn't heard of the weird ufo

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sightings over o'hare

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and stories of ghosts and wagnet what

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happened to me that evening changed my

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entire view of those stories

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so when i saw the post asking for pilots

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to step up forward and share their

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stories

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i took advantage of the opportunity to

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mothman

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big wing being observed on chicago's

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silver pass roof

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my name is os and i believe i have seen

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the mothman

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my encounter took place back in march it

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was in tinley park at the corner of

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174th place

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in 66th avenue i was walking my dog

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at around midnight and he suddenly

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stopped at the corner

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as i looked down at him i saw him

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staring off as i looked up i saw and

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heard something swash overhead

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i didn't know what it was i have heard

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of big birds coming down and taking

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small dogs we have a pomeranian

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so naturally i looked around more for

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what it may have been

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and began walking toward a tree in front

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of a house

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as i got to the tree i noticed my dog

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looking across the street

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so i tried to see where he was looking

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and my ice went up to the rooftop across

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the street and there is when i noticed

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something big on the top of the roofline

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it was as if it was crouching i didn't

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know what the heck it was

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so i slowly moved toward it while

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fumbling to get my phone

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as i turned the lead light on on my

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phone and aimed it at the roof

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not a very bright light i kept walking

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towards it

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as i got about halfway in the street

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with my dog behind me it seemed to have

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shot up

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and then it took a short downward turn

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down behind that house

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it was something big as i have told

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people as that thing was crouched on the

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rooftop it was almost next to the

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chimney

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not sure if you'll believe me or not

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but i'd like only my initials used if

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you plan on using this story

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my wife is the one who told me about

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these encounters

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her and my mother-in-law were the first

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ones i told as soon as i returned from

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walking our dog

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thanks again os

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large wing being perched on michigan

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roof i've been scanning the internet

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trying to find anything that resembles

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what i saw about one week ago today here

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in lansing

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michigan your articles on the chicago

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bat creature almond mothman seemed to be

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the closest i could find

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especially the article titled big wing

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being observed on chicago suburb home

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roof

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it was about 5 45 a.m and i was

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preparing to leave for work

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as usual i glanced out of my small

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bathroom window to see

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if it was raining it was very calm and

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dry that morning

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but then i noticed an unusual shape on

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my neighbor's rooftop

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obviously the sun was not up yet but it

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was just bright enough

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that i could see the outline i do own a

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cell phone

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but it's one of those cheap consumer

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cellular ones and those are worthless in

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low light

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i stared at the figure for about 30

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seconds and it never moved

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there was tree foliage behind the

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creature i'm thinking it may have been

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sitting or perched just on the other

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side of the roof

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as i never saw a header glowing eyes

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it's hard to guess on the size of the

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being as i only saw the wings

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i was about 20 feet away from it i

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wished i had stared at it longer

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or even shined a flashlight on it but i

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didn't want to be late for work

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bad wing humanoid encountered in

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chippewa falls wisconsin

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i recently listened to a podcast on the

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higher side chats

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and got this website from that i have

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never known where to report this

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incident

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so i have just kept it to myself however

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i would like to add my encounter

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experience to the inventory of this

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mystery

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everything that has been described in

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chicago account of a bat like creature

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is pretty identical to what i saw with a

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few exceptions

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my sighting took place in chippewa falls

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wisconsin

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in january twenty eleven it was between

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nine pm and eleven pm when i saw it

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i was outside smoking a cigarette and i

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saw human sized being with bat like

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wings fly overhead

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it flew or glided a little higher than

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the street lights

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the wings were somewhat transparent

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exactly how a bat looks

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except that it did not flap its wings it

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glided past

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my reaction was not negative nor

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positive

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just speculative i was in a moment of

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what was that

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i would also like to note that i did not

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see any red eyes

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i would also like to add another

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sighting not mine however

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this is a sighting for my boyfriend's

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friend it was in fort atkins in

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wisconsin area

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around january 2014 3 a.m

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he said it was big and it was standing

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by the river rock river

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he refused to look at it because it

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freaked him out so bad

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in conclusion i think there is some

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connection with water

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chippewa falls is known for its water

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source and rock river is a major river

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and now lake michigan please feel free

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to contact me if you have any further

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questions regarding the sighting

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this is lon strickler if you like this

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get notification when we upload new

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first person encounters

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we have many more to come very soon and

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