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welcome to the best of first person

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sasquatch in the u.s government my

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father worked for weyerhaeuser company

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at green mountain washington

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east of vancouver the site has security

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on their roads to check on the equipment

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and check closed areas to keep people

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out my father was working the day mount

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saint helens blew up

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he was at a meeting in kelso washington

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and as he was a supervisor

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when saint helens blew its side out all

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heck cut loose

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my father was sent back to green

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mountain right away

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but like most he wasn't allowed to go

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very far because of the mudslide coming

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down the river

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he did get to the town of towdle on

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highway 504 off i-5

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he and his crew were placed at different

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spots to watch mud flow

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and of course help people get out of the

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blast zone

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after the major blow up he was sent to

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the area of spirit lake to keep people

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when the second major blow up of the

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mountain came my father and the other

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guy with him reported him

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and they got out of there he was then

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placed in charge of the helicopter

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landing zone

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it was his job to help keep people out

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of the landing zone

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and let aid cruise in so they could care

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for injured

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later when all the people were out and

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bodies out

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the national guard was brought in to

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clean up they hauled dead animals out

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that they placed in piles

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deer in one elk and another and so on

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they were covered up with tarps and

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later burned but my father was placed in

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charge of one pile of dead that were

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covered

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and no one was allowed to go near armed

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u.s

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national guard personal were around this

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pile and one day when they were going to

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move this group of bodies

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and my father was very close to it and

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was told to keep his mouth closed

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and when the tarps were removed he saw

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the creatures some badly burned and some

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they placed him in a net and lifted them

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into a truck and covered it over

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my father asked a guardsman what will

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they do with them and he said study them

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or whatever

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he didn't want to know he said it's like

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other things you don't ask

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and off they went and no one knows what

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happened to them

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my father and the rest were debriefed

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saswich joined base loose and cordon

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i just saw your request for information

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on bigfoot encounters near military

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facilities

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in 2011 i was working at the lewis

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mccord military base located south of

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tacoma washington

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i was employed at public works and

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assigned to the environmental department

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i was part of a group conducting a study

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in the southern section of the base

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there were several soldiers attached to

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the group for security

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we had been out in the field all day and

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were getting ready to head back to the

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about 5 30 pm we heard a distress call

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on the radio from one of the security

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attachments located north of our

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then we heard gunshots coming from the

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same direction the best i can describe

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the situation is that all hull broke

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the civilians were hustled out of the

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area immediately when we arrived at the

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lab we were told by command that our

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department would be non-active until

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further notice

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the next day i received a phone call at

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home from a lady i worked with

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she was wondering if i had heard

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anything i told her that no one

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contacted me but i was having dinner

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later with friends who worked on the

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base

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she seemed very concerned because no one

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was answering calls to base

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that evening i got together with friends

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who worked in other public works

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departments at the base

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at that time there was no official

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information available but there were a

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lot of rumors floating around

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the most prevalent rumor was that one of

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the security detail went off his rocker

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and started shooting at other personnel

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we were all called back to work about a

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week later we each were given a written

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statement that

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despite the rumors the incident was a

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false alarm and that no one had

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discharged their firearm

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we all rolled our eyes each of us had

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heard the gunshots and realized that the

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situation was more serious than what the

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military was stating

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a month or so later i was collecting

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samples in the field and was accompanied

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by two soldiers for security

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we were back in the general area of the

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mysterious incident

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one of the soldiers mentioned that all

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of the security people who were on duty

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that particular day

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were no longer with the division which i

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thought was very odd

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i asked if he had heard anything about

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the incident with a straight face he

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said that something was shot after it

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scared a group of soldiers

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i mentioned that i thought soldiers were

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not authorized to shoot at wildlife

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both the soldiers snickered and agreed

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with my comment

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i asked what was it they explained that

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they were never told what the something

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was but there had been unconfirmed

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sightings of sasquatch and other unknown

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man like creatures in and around the

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base

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this information didn't really surprise

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me since i grew up in portland oregon

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and was well aware of the legend

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that is about all i can tell you i no

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longer work at lewis mccourt but still

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have several friends who do

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i will say that i am more mindful of the

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cryptid world especially here in the

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pacific northwest

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i believe that the government and

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military are very familiar with these

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creatures

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the southern security boosts during the

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incident and then the fact that the

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biological and medical departments on

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the base were put on hiatus

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leads me to believe that the military

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was in possession of one of these

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creatures

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i have no confirmation of this but my

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good feeling indicates that this is what

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richard

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bigfoot harassed me for 15 days i was

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hiking up in the cascades in oregon

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i was in a more remote area of the range

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on the sixth or seventh day on the trail

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the hair on the back of my neck started

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i chalked it up to being a mountain lion

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in the area but the weird thing was the

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uneasy feeling never left

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that night is when i heard the howling

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it wasn't wolves or bears or any other

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animal i had ever heard

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the closest thing i could relate it to

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is the noises apes and monkeys make

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this persisted for the next few nights

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eventually things

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started rummaging through my campsite

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naturally i assumed it was a bear of

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raccoons

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but then on the 11th day i woke up and

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my food bag was removed from the tree

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something had cut the line through all

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my food was gone

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i decided to keep pushing i had four

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days left to the end of the trail

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i'm familiar with what i can and can't

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eat in the area and i could always fish

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for food

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the same nightly activities occurred and

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on the 13th night something started

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throwing rocks at my tent

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for some reason i lost it i screamed

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into the darkness for whatever it was to

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leave me alone

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hoping it was just some person effing

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with me and maybe they'd scream out

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sorry mate or something instead it grew

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quiet for the first time in nights

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nothing could be heard then to scream

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louder and more vicious than any other

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night cut through the night

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then nothing complete and utter silence

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again despite it being quiet i wasn't

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able to sleep that night

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i just waited the next day i continued

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dead tired just wanting to get out the

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hair on the back of my neck still

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the forest was still quiet i felt like i

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was being hunted

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towards the end of the day i had sat

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down to rest before pushing a few more

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miles when i saw it

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something tall and large bigger than any

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man or animal i had seen

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sliding through the forest not making a

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noise i yelled at it

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it turned to look at me i never got a

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good look at it through the trees and

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the brush

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and it was dark but i knew that whatever

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it was that was causing this

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i threw rock at it and then pulled my

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knife this thing just kept staring at me

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i don't know what kicked him but i no

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longer felt scared

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i was angry and tired of this thing

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messing with me

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i quickly moved towards it it turned and

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bolted into the forest

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i thought about following it but its

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long stripes would have easily

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outpaced me i backtracked my way back to

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my backpack in the resting area

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i was exhausted and made camp there

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another night of silence

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i woke up the next day and had about 10

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miles until i was out

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exhausted hungry mentally drained i made

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my way out

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as i got closer and closer to the end of

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the trail the typical forest noises

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birds bugs mice running through the

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undergrowth

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all these noises slowly returned i no

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longer had this feeling of unease

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i got to trail's end sat in my car and

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broke down

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i was never a believer in bigfoot but

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that thing was not another person or

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i told a park ranger about it and he

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jokingly said they have a bunch of

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bigfoot sightings in the area

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but most likely it was a local screwing

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with me or my own imagination

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i do a lot of long hikes but that 15

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days was by far the worst

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it would help us if you would give it a

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