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unknown beast in the belize jungle my

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wife and i have just returned from a

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trip to belize

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kind of like a second honeymoon so we

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spend most of our time on the coast and

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in belize city

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it was very enjoyable and i recommend

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belize as a vacation spot

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we use one of our days to visit

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shenandoah the ancient maine ruins west

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of belize city

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i am into the paranormal and like to

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visit historical sites known for strange

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activity shenanigans may infer stone

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in the past there have been sightings of

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a woman dressed in white

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ascending the stairs of the el castillo

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temple pyramid

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she is said to have red eyes and

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disappears within the stone walls of the

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structure

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we had hired a private guide who told us

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that some people believed that the stone

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woman had been sacrificed

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and that she appears when the energy is

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high at the temple he told us that in

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his 15 years as a guide that he had

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briefly seen her once while with the

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tour group after someone pointed her out

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to him he said the woman was dressed in

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a long white traditional tunic

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and that she had black hair he later

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took us to the spot where he had seen

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her

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as we stood on a grassy ledge on the

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temple there was a loud crushing sound

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coming from the jungle below us

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we could see small trees being pushed

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about as this thing moved through the

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thick vegetation

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i looked at the guide and he had a

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confused and fearful look on his face

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he said that we need move in the

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opposite direction we descended the

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steps and walked quickly towards the

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plaza area where the tour jeep was

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parked

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when we reached the vehicle he made a

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call to someone on his radio

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i don't speak spanish but my wife said

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that it sounded like the guide said

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cow well there is no way all that noise

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was caused by a cow or even several cows

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we got into the vehicle and waited for

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the driver after a few minutes

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he arrived and we headed back to belize

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city i asked the driver about what we

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had experienced and if he had any idea

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what it could have been

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he said he wasn't familiar with any

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animal that big in the jungle

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to me it seemed he wasn't being

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completely honest but i dropped the

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subject

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the next day i got online to see if

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anything that big was known to inhabit

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the belize jungles

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i found a brief mention of a cave cow a

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type of legendary large ground sloth

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that was said to live there

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that's all i found since my wife thought

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the guide said cow when he was on the

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radio

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that may be what he was referring to

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neither of us saw what this creature

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looked like

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only that it had to have been very large

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and powerful if i find anything further

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i promise to contact you maybe a reader

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can submit an explanation

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strange and unknown creature encounter

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this happened to me on saturday july 5th

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2008 at around 4 40 a.m

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i witnessed a strange creature as i

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drove south on north holly road towards

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holly michigan

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this event lasted about 10 seconds and

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occurred when i was about a mile away

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from grange hall road

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i was coming back from dropping off a

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volunteer that i work with at an art

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center in davidson

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i didn't drink anything and wasn't on

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any medication or illegal trucks

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i was drinking soda and i didn't feel

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that tired even though it was late

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my speed was slower than the posted

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limit about 45 miles per hour and my

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brights on

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i do this so i can be prepared in case a

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deer decides to cross my path

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no other vehicles were present as i was

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driving i slowed down because there

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appeared to be a very large creature

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digging in someone's trash next to the

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right side of the road

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it was located 20 to 25 feet away from

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my car

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i began to slow down to get a better

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look this thing was really tall and too

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huge to be any average animal that i

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normally see in roadside trash bins at

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night

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my first thought that came to mind was

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what is it i remember calling out words

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of animals in my head to determine what

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this thing could be

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i thought rat no debate kangaroo it's

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red eyes rabbit no not a cat

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it jumps and leads kind of like a rabbit

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i don't know what i'm looking at

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can be a chupacabra could it in michigan

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this creature was holding a piece of

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trash and didn't appear to have paws

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more slender hand-wise it had huge

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frowned and red glowing eyes

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it reacted and looked kind of surprised

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to see me as if it thought no one will

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ever find out that it existed

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that was my impression this eyes just

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stared at my vehicle while holding on to

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a piece of trash for nearly four seconds

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its triangular like grey face reminded

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me of a dog but it was more pointed and

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triangular towards the end of the nose

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and mouth

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his presence didn't seem ordinary and

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those gigantic glowing red eyes made me

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feel something was out of place here

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his ears were large and rounded sort of

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like a mouse

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its arms were bendable and closer to his

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body than its lung flexible legs

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the body was heavier in the bottom and

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kind of reminded me of a kangaroo body

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but he was completely gray

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maybe grace sure cared for her i'm not

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sure but the body was definitely green

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color

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it had a skinny tail that was similar in

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appearance to rat's tail

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but it was much longer and slightly

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wider i barely noticed the creature's

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tail until it maneuvered out of the way

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from the garbage can

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in summary this is the way the creature

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reacted when i came upon it

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i noticed the creature digging in the

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garbage and it was holding a piece of

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trash

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it stared at me for three to four

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seconds then dropped the trash

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forcefully like a human would with both

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hands

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it was standing upright and appear to be

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over three feet tall in height

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the creature bend down to the ground and

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then got up a bit and turned to the left

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hand for the woods

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it reached for the ground again with its

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front arms and jumped forward with its

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back leg swinging in front of it like a

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rabbit

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the creature didn't make any sounds that

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i could hear even with my windows open

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and it didn't try to attack me or hissed

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me when the event was over i wanted to

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turn around

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and find out what that thing was i knew

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that would not be a good idea

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my good tells me that this thing had to

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be a chupacabra

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i look up at chupacabra on the internet

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the next day discovered a photo that was

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taken by rancher in 2004 that shot and

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killed one

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the creature in that photo looked very

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similar to the one i witnessed

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except the dead animal had less flesh on

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his bones and i couldn't see slender

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hands

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but it was hard to tell from the photo i

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was planning on getting some land so i

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could let my pet cat out at night but

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now there is a change of plans

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i later reported my encounter to the

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local police who really didn't seem

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interested

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terrifying geometric shaped humanoid in

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northern california

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a few years back i had a weird encounter

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behind my house

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there's a bunch of trees in manzanita

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bushes behind my house

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typical northern california flora my

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black lab was outside around 11 30 pm

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when she let out the most scared

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sounding bark i've ever heard

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i went out to see what she was barking

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at and started shining my flashlight

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i didn't initially see anything the dog

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barked again

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and i caught sight of the humanoid

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creature as it shifted positions

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it was maybe 15 feet away from me the

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encounter lasted probably two minutes

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the creature was very geometric and

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generally thin

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its body was rectangular maybe two feet

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long and vertically oriented no tapering

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it was partially rounded on the edges

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but i would hesitate to

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describe it as being cylindrical its arm

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seemed longer than its legs

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though i admit it could have been

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crouching depending on whether it was

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crouching or not

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i would say it was most likely between

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five and seven feet tall

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at the end of each thin arm was a hand

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with six fingers long

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almost bony three of the fingers were

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really thick while the other three were

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much thinner

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it had a thin neck thinner than its arms

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its head is the part that really freaked

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it was as wide as its body and totally

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no face no ears nothing indicating the

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presence of eyes or a mouth

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the head was wider at the top than the

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bottom still possessing that rectangular

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cylindrical appearance as the body

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its overall appearance was unnaturally

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smooth its lines were too straight

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and the exterior was an incredible shiny

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black color

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i shined my light on the creature more

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directly and in spite of not appearing

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to have any eyes

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it seemed to hone in on the flashlight

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beam sort of tilting its head and

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partially pulling itself from behind the

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tall grass and fallen limited been near

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it made no sound when it moved even

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though i could see the grass moving

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and see a rather large branch snap as it

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shifted its weight

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i couldn't tell if it thought i was

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predator prey or if it even thought

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about me at all

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at this point i decided i didn't want to

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stick around to find out what it was

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doing or why

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i am very scientifically minded i seek

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to find the rational explanation for

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things before entertaining the notion

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that it could be a supernatural

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phenomenon

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i probably would have discounted the

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whole thing as my eyes playing tricks on

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me in the dark

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had my dog not been so visibly perturbed

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by the encounter

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i've never seen her shake like that

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there are deer

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mountain lions coyotes all kinds of

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animals around my house

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she doesn't care about any of them

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whatever this was left her scared to go

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outside for several days afterward

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i wouldn't describe the encounter as

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negative terrifying

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yes but the unknown often is i haven't

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seen the creature again

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i still get goosebumps every time i

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think about it

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has anyone ever seen anything like this

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creature i've described

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i'd love to get some opinions on the

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encounter i saw the branch snap

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the creature had a hand on it and when

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it shifted its position

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the branch snapped away from the limit

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was attached to

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it made no sound when it snapped i could

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hear my breathing

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the sounds of insects behind me back up

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toward the house

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and the sound of passing cars on my

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street the dog was barking

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and i could hear her movements but the

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creature itself

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as well as anything near it or behind

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where it stood made no

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creature in the tree when i was a little

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boy i lived in a tiny two-bedroom house

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with my parents and four siblings

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one night my brother and i were standing

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at the front window staring outside as

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it trained

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this was a strangely quiet moment for

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the two of us

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despite the lightning and thunder we

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just stood there

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mesmerized by the patter of the

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raindrops against a cold glass

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drawn to the troubled sky the greatest

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part of our attention

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however was focused on the tree there

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was only one tree in our front yard

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a cruel looking rotted thing that never

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had any leaves

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this particular night the wind had

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whipped it into a horrible frenzy

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its spinely black branches raging

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against a storm

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as though it resented every stinging

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drop of rain

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wordlessly we stood just far enough away

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from the glass to keep from fogging it

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all at once a terrific streak of

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lightning lit up the sky

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and in the branches staring down at me

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at us was a deformed creature the likes

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of which i'd never seen

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now all of these realizations came at

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the same time

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one it was solid two it stood on two

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feet

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on one particular branch at one

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particular part of the tree

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three it knew we were there four my

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brother saw it too

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five i was simultaneously seeing it

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through my own eyes and my brother's

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eyes

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and it was not the same to me the thing

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appeared to be a grotesque caricature of

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a farmer a flattened down deformed

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cartoon farmer wearing a flannel shirt

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overalls and a head splitting grin

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holding a metal pitchfork at his right

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side

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at the same time i was aware that what

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my brother saw in the very same space at

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the very same time

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was a similarly deformed caricature of a

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skeleton

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with thick bones and empty eye sockets

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the lightning flickered and blinked out

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and in the fraction of a second it took

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to get used to the dim blow of the

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far-off clouds that back lit the tree

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it became clear there was no longer

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anything there

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when one receives a shock that is so

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tremendous that it surpasses tears

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like a spectacular blow to the head or

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the unexpected snapping of a bone

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there is only the weight the wait until

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the violence washes over you

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will you feel pain will you lose

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consciousness

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there is only the weight my head filled

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with heavy rushing blood that battered

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the insides of my eardrums

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in an excruciatingly slow movement i

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turned to my brother at my side

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my eyes leaving the tree and traveling

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in an ark that cut across the fence

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the porch posts the window frame the

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wall

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and finally his face and his eyes was

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reflected all the fullness of my

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experience

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we didn't say a thing to each other

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there was no need

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i was only six or seven in the years

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that followed i have seen nothing

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remotely like the thing in the tree

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my father eventually cut the tree down

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why

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