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welcome to the best of first person

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minnesota dogman witness comes forward i

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was steered to you by a man i know up

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north from here

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he said that you are interested in these

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things so i figured i'd send an email

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i live in taylor's folds minnesota and i

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was driving north on wild mountain road

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around 7 am on january 2nd

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i was heading for the ski area when i

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saw some kind of animal running in the

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field towards the river

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i pulled off the road and grabbed my

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binoculars it looked like a large wolf

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but it was different

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by that time some guy in a truck pulled

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up and was wondering what i was looking

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at

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wolf in the field

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he got out of the truck and asked to use

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the binoculars

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he said he didn't think it was a wolf

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and that it looked like it was chasing

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something

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we stood for a few minutes watching it

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would run into the woods then pop back

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into the field for a bit

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the light was getting better so i

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grabbed my parka and started to walk

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closer to get a better look

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the other guy said he had to leave but

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did say again that he didn't think it

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was a wolf

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i was about a half mile from the ski

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area near one of the trail roads

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i started to walk towards the river i

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was about 100 feet from where i saw the

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animal from the road when i heard an owl

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screech coming from the woods to my

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right

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on the edge of the woods this huge dog

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came running out of the trees

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the best way to describe it was that it

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looked like a big hyena but it ran on

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two back legs and bent over it had

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woolly black hair all over its body and

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a long thick tail

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it must have weighed 200 pounds or more

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i've been in the woods all my life and

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have never seen anything like this

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it looked over at me but continued to

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run from right to left in front of me

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it also made a steady loud panting sound

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as a tran

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i turned on a pivot and ran out of there

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hoping this animal wasn't going to chase

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me

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when i got to the car an old man had

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pulled off and standing there watching

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he wondered what i was doing i yelled at

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him to get the hell out of there and

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said that a monster dog was out there

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i think he believed me because the look

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on his face showed fear like he knew

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something was really out there

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i didn't go to the ski area instead i

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went back home all shook up and asking

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myself what i saw

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i read the stories about the michigan

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dogman and something you had about one

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being seen in wisconsin

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what do you think this was it was no

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wolf or any other animal native to the

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area

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please don't use my name if you pass

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this along this is my work email

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i can send you another later the guy who

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sent me your email address told me that

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there was a sighting last year just west

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of duluth

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he said it was a hunter that came across

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it while tracking a deer he had shot

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i don't know the details but if it

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looked like the animal i saw i'm sure he

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got the hell out of there

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thanks jay

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the augmented encounter in braga county

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upper peninsula michigan

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last fall my son and i were driving on

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us-41 michigan 28 towards three lakes in

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michigan's upper peninsula where i live

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the bees ran across the highway near

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tioga creek i had not heard of this

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before reading phantoms and monsters

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but this is exactly what we saw we are

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familiar with all animals living here

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moves regularly cross in front of

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drivers so we watched the sides of the

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roads carefully

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we were very puzzled and thought it

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might be some mutant wolf and could not

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figure out what we witnessed

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it ran fairly fast about 50 feet in

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front of our truck

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it was so strange because the front of

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it was much higher up than the back

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larger than a wolf very strange to see

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it on your website

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it did not look exactly like the video

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or drawings i saw but very close

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the side view shape of the animal was

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almost like an ape shape

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with the front legs longer than the back

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legs which made it run funny

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it ran like a bear runs with the

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exception of the back legs being

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shorter if you can picture that the

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front from the angle i saw

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looked like it must have had a wide

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chest the head appeared wolf-like but it

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definitely was not a wolf

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the color was brown and black mixed the

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hair seemed mad long

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like a wolf and i remember thinking it

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might have had mange must have had

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patches of hair missing

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i was telling my son who was 13 about

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what i had found on your site and asked

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him what he remembered

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he gave the same description how very

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strange and out of place it was

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he said that this spring he saw the same

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type of thing on a logging road near our

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house

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i do remember him telling me that at

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that time and it was the same thing

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he was riding his dirt bike we live in

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an extremely remote area

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and it ran across the trail i know where

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he is talking about

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because i pick berries there and do get

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a weird feeling like something is

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watching me

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a neighbor told me that area is bigfoot

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central which i did not know or believe

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but after doing further research today

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there are a lot of reports of strange

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creatures in this area

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that go back many many years who knows

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what it is but as long as it's not

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hurting anything

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i hope it is left alone i am very

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familiar with the wildlife

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i do hunt and know my tracks i have not

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seen any strange tracks

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but now will really keep my eyes open

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please keep me informed if you get any

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other reports from my area

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sheboygan michigan dogmen encounters

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this is through what i am about to

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describe

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on november 24th 2010 me and two of my

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friends went out at night around 12 am

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we were not hunting but had weapons we

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were looking for a spot to set up our

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blinds for the muzzleloading season

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when we cross from a field with tons of

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deer beddings

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we came into another field with none

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whatsoever we continued through this

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field and came across some kind of king

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we decided to venture down this trail

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into the woods

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we got maybe 300 yards back in it and

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started hearing heavy breathing and

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snapping sounds in the thick brush to

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the right

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we thought maybe coyotes but we got to

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corner and were stopped in our trap

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in front of us maybe 60 yards away with

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something blacker than the woods

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standing on two feet

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and stood between six foot eight and

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seven foot four we slowly turned away

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and backtracked

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before we got to the field the same

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thing was in front of us again

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we turned around for a second and then

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turned back and it was gone

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when we got into the field we noticed

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there were four or more of these

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creatures

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one on each corner of the field just

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standing there we saw one move halfway

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behind a tree

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at this point we were freaking out we

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made our way through the field and got

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to the edge and there was one standing

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directly in the middle of the trail

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entering the woods

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we all bought back home and the whole

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way we felt like we were being watched

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and stopped

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we have been out every night since then

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we have learned to not use

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lights because it comes closer than 60

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yards the closest it has been to me was

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maybe 25 yards and was moving closer

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at that point i shot at it there were

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five total that we saw the fist night

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and after i shot at one

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we went out last night and there were

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only four and they seemed more

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aggressive

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in the field it seems they tried hurting

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you can believe this or not but i am in

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the michigan national guard and i put

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values

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tracking a wisconsin dogman my

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girlfriend and i went out to feed deer

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for the hunting opener on november 22nd

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we were in the chiquamigan national

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forest in northern wisconsin

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it was november 21 2008 and the time was

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10 a.m it was totally dark out and light

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snow was falling with an accumulation of

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about one inch covering the roads

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the temperature was 11 degrees

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fahrenheit and the wind was blowing from

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with a wind chill of zero degrees we

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made a u-turn to the left onto an

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unfinished atv

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trail in one of our four by four pickups

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heading towards last year's feed pile

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i got to the bottom of the hill and

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backed in and parked

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i got out my pistol and loaded it i then

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put it in my holster

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i grabbed my headlight with three liter

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and secured it on my head i handed her a

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shaker lead flashlight

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and proceeded to the back of my truck

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where i had a five-gallon bucket with

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just under two gallons of corn

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and three apples in it strapped down

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with two of my atv straps

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i put the tailgate down unstrapped the

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bucket and put the tailgate up

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i walked around my side and then in

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front of the truck to her passenger side

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as she was putting mittens on

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we both started to walk together her

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just behind and to my right side

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when we both noticed a fresh set of

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tracks in the snow

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heading downwind of us in the same

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direction we were walking

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at first it was not the size that caught

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it was what in god's creation made these

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tracks immediately

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my skin crawled as i looked around with

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my head to see if what we just had come

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up on was in sight

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i glanced back down in disbelief at the

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i was in a slight stage of shock as i

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looked at her she looked at me

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and we both looked down at four

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well-formed footprints of some kind of

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scary

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tracks that either of us had ever seen

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before i sized my shoe beside one of the

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tracks

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and realized it was about three inches

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longer than my shoe

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which measures 12 inches heel to toe and

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about one inch wider than my shoe

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which measures four inches at its widest

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width

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whatever we witness the footprints of

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has two pointed talons on the end of its

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foot that are isometrically the same

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with the rectangle-shaped heel

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the talons joined on the outside and at

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the same length in between the talons on

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each foot

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they are 15 inches long and 5 inches

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wide

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with 64 inch strides i have a 36 inch

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stride at 5 foot 10 inches tall

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to give an idea of the possible size of

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this creature running or not we do not

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know

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i believe we just missed seeing what

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caused these tracks

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and whatever made the tracks was still

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in the area and possibly watching us

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my girl told me to load my pistol and

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keep it out

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i did not argue at first she wanted to

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leave right away

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but the sheer adrenaline and interest of

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what caused the tracks i believed is

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what kept us there

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i said okay let's get out of here but

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again interest kept us there looking at

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the tracks

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my fear slightly subsided enough to

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think about the upcoming deer opener

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and decided i have the pistol and we

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will be okay

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i started to walk the same way the

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tracks went up a hill on the trail when

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i stopped and looked back at her

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while she was still staring down at the

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prince i said come on let's get this

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over with she caught up to me as we

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walked together

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she said to me if this thing gets a hold

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of me put a bullet in my head i thought

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about that as we kept walking

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we went deep into the woods down a steep

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hill where i knew the feed pile was from

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last year

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we got to where i wanted the pile to be

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i took the lid off the bucket and dumped

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the corn and apples out and stepped on

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the apples

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i snapped the lid back on the bucket and

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said let's go

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we started to climb the hill when i

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realized we were off track

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and had to walk left to reach the trail

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to get back to the truck

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i started to think that this was the

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scariest thing i have ever encountered

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and felt panic overcoming me i knew

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where i was and finally we got back on

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the trail and walked down to where we

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could see the tracks of the creature

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again

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we both stared at them for about five

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minutes

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when we got back to the truck just 20

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yards from the prince

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she got in and closed her door i went

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behind the truck

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opened the tailgate and re-strapped the

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bucket down and closed the tailgate

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i got to my side of the truck and took

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the clip out of my gun and got in

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i threw my headlight off my head as we

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drove away thinking

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and then i said i am not coming back

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here and she agreed

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we were both scared and could not

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believe what just happened

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it was a month earlier and 1.1 miles

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walking through the woods from where we

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witnessed the tracks that a different

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friend and i were camping

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i went to bed early and fell into a deep

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sleep

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i woke up to the sound of my friend

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walking behind the tent

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and my first reply was what are you

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doing back there

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i woke up a little more and realized my

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friend was sleeping

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breathing kind of loud next to me i sat

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up against my gear and grabbed my pistol

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and flashlight

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and sat there cold and scared in the

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dark i woke my friend up and told him

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what i could hear

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and he said oh it was probably a deer or

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something the temperature was around 26

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degrees

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i looked out the flaps of the tent and

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could see the fire had died down

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and it was dark out there i stood up and

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told my

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friend that i was going to the truck to

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warm up and get some sleep

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i asked him if he wanted me to leave the

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pistol and he said

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no i'll be all right i left the tent and

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walked to my truck about 80 yards away

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and started it up to get warm

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i turned my lights on a few different

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times to see if what had walked by the

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tent was in sight

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i did not see anything i turned my truck

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off and fell asleep

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whatever walked by the tent was bipedal

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and made two steps into my sound range

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and out again

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i did not hear any other noise from

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whatever walked by

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i looked around the next morning for

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footprints but leaves covered the ground

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and i did not detect anything a little

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more than two years earlier

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it was summer and i was at the same

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location riding my atv

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alone i stopped and got off walking down

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to a nearby lake

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and was looking at the water and how

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clear it is when i could hear up on the

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hill above the campground

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we had stated a huge tree snap and hit

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the ground with a big thump

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as branches snapped off at 10 other

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trees as it fell

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i got back to my atv quickly at the time

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thinking a bearer buck was up there

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and i was not sticking around to find

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out two months later that summer i

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returned to this spot again riding my

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atv

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i shut off the wheeler and stood around

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close by thinking about the last time i

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was there i was scared off by something

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i was there about five minutes when all

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of a sudden i could hear

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branches snapping off of trees as

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whatever was breaking branches was

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coming down the hill closer to where i

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was

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i got on my wheeler never to return

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until my friend and i camped there a

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little over two years later in october

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my first two experiences with this

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creature while i was alone made me think

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it was possibly a bear or a buck deer

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trouble with this theory is that i have

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come up on bear a dozen or so

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times and every time the bear is running

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as fast as it can in another

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direction and whatever was making the

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tree sounds was not running anywhere

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adira also runs away at the first

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presence of a human

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now that we witnessed these creatures

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footprints i put the puzzle pieces

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together and realized that this creature

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is living in this area and it has

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probably been there for a long

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long long time i have learned it means

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us no harm

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yet it only makes a sound when i am

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alone tree breaking

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it is always downwind of me us it is out

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in the day and or night

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that can see in the dark that uses the

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wind to its advantage every chance it

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gets

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it can hear well that can smell good it

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waits until we are vulnerable to

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approach us when two of us are together

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i could possibly have smelled it and did

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not know what i smelled

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hi we have put four thousand miles in

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this forest on my grizzly atv

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through deep desolate thick wooded swamp

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lake areas

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and have now proved to ourselves that

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this undocumented at this time creature

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is in fact out there i know where this

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creature is living and plan on an

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expedition to prove its existence

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i want to document this creature because

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i feel everyone that enters the forest

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has a right to know it is there and for

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