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Hello,
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> I have encountered these animals myself, and I have done a bit of
> investigation also, these creatures are intelligent, enough so that
> they are taught to avoid us at all cost, they attempt to conceal
> their presence, much like Cougars do, however the chance encounter
> does occur. The below report was one that I filed with BFRO
> concerning my one face-to-face encounter. However, I have seen sign
> and heard them on numerous occasions. Many people do, and just do
> not know what they are seeing and or hearing.
>
> The one in the report below was what I believe to be a juvenile
> that was displaced during the flood of 93, the animal knew where we
> were at all times, and on occasion did attempt to communicate. The
> report below is woefully lacking many details of our ongoing
> encounters.
>
> Shortly after the flood we returned to our favorite Bow hunting
> area, we started to find many strange things, barefoot foot prints
> back in the woods, not huge, Man-sized, but in remote areas tha
t
> would destroy normal feet, I even commented once about how some
> crazy so-and-so was running around barefoot. This is private land
> that we had permission to be on, mind you. Then we found several of
> these large trees bent over, with huge rocks holding down the tops,
> we attributed this to some strange anomaly caused by the flood, but
> later I would understand what they were.
>
> I believe this creature was lost, after my encounter with it I
> became more aware of it's presence. Never did I feel threatened. It
> would knock on trees at night, I think it was looking for others,
> and on one occasion I believe it was trying to communicate with me,
> I was in an old stand way off the beaten path, and after about an
> hour or two something close by started making gibberish sounds, kind
> of like someone trying to sound Japanese, weird "words" that would
> get higher and lower in pitch, stop, start again and sometimes even
> sound aggravated. I never was able to spot the thing making these
> sounds, but it was close, and I am sure it was directed at me. I
> yelled at it to stop at one point, and it did for awhile, when it
> started again it seemed "excited". I finally left, nothing was
> coming near me with all that racket going on.
>
>
I do believe that certain agencies and individuals are well aware
> of their existence. there are certain patterns, if you follow web
> reports you will find that many areas that have frequent or obvious
> encounters suddenly are taken over by the conservation department
> and posted to keep people out. I am no longer allowed back in those
> woods, no one is. The Conservation department took the land now it
> too is posted.
>
> These things stay near large bodies of water, mainly rivers, great
> cover and food and water sources. We once came across Black Bear
> tracks along the river there, and no one believed that either. I
> think they migrate long distances, there is proof of that also in
> reports, if you follow them, anomalies like white hair, or deformed
> feet are reported, and if you track them they migrate along rivers
> for great distances.
>
> My Father was American Indian, and although I do not know the
> people, I think it helps to be in "tune" with the environment around
> me.
>
> I also think, and rightly so that we need to keep them a mystery.
> Much like the mountain Gorilla, only harm can come if it is widely
> known that they do exist. I believe that is why some of those that
> do know make every effort to conceal their presence.
>
> I hope this helps, I know the truth, and it is best kept that way.
>
> I hope my "Friend" is OK, I would love to be able to return and
> look for sign of him.
>
> Thank you,
> Ron H.
>
>
> OBSERVED: While Bow-hunting in Creve Coeur bottoms, I had been in
> my stand all day and had no luck. So I got down right before dusk
> and proceeded to stalk along side a trail leading to the river. I
> had come to a point were the trail turns and runs parallel to the
> river.When I started around the turn something moved in the corner
> of my eye off to my right. My first thought was that I was going to
> scare up a deer, So I drew my Bow and tried to take aim on the area
> of movement, But what I saw was not a deer. At first, I thought it
> was a man in camo laying on the ground, That freaked me out, so I
> let off my Bow. However, I was trying to make out this "person"
> laying on the ground, on their belly, When it raised up on it's
> right arm, turned the upper half of it's body, And looked at me.
>
> This was no person. It was to dark to see any features, But I could
> see two legs stretched out behind it, Two arms in front, A large
> torso, And a head. It seemed to be covered in grayish-brown from
> head to toe. No visible gear, Which struck me as odd, So I continued
> to try and figure out what this was. I stared at it, And it at me,
> When I felt the need to LEAVE. I did not feel threatened, Just that
> I had to go. As I began to leave and head back toward the levee, I
> kept thinking about turning back because I could not believe what
> had happened, But something made me go out of the woods. I have
> grown up in woods all my life, Have hunted in south-central and
> eastern Missouri, And grew up only a few miles from here, But never
> before have I seen Something I could not explain. If this thing had
> stood up, It would easy have been a foot or more taller than Me.
> ALSO NOTICED: After the flood of 1993, we began finding trees that
> had been bent over and large rocks on the tops, They had smaller
> trees laying up against them, We attributed this to the flood waters
> playing some sort of a weird trick, But after viewing suspected
> "nest" on the web, these are virtually identical.
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