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franklinstower
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I would like to get thoughts on an experience I had a number of years ago out in the woods. I am primarily looking for the opinions of people that are open to these kinds of things but of course want to hear everyone's take.
I am talking about two experiences I had about a month apart out in the woods near a large pond around midnight. To get there it is a hike of about two miles off of a very sparsely populated area-- maybe 200 people. It is illegal to camp in the area we were in.
The first time my friend and I decided to hike into the area around 1030 at night. We were sitting out next to the large pond surrounded by mountain ridges and trees. Around midnight while sitting quietly we heard the very loud sound of something being thrown or falling into the water. It was loud and had a lot of base to it. I would guess it was a boulder and it would have had to be bigger than a basketball. This happened twice between which I shouted out that I had a gun just to scare whoever it was. We became uncomfortable so we left. I thought nothing of it after that.
Then about a month later I took a few young men with me on the same hike around 1030 at night. I used to live in a bad area and some of the neighbor kids sort of latched onto me and my home became a safe place for them living in a bad area with no supervision.
We did the same hike and were sitting on the same shore just taking in the night when the same thing happened, twice. I was a bit spooked and yelled out the same thing and we decided to leave again. This time though we were trailed by something on the way out. I would say whatever it was followed us for a quarter of a mile to half a mile. It was off trail and it was loud crashing through the trees and it sounded heavy. It got closer and closer to us as we walked. This kids were very scared and one of them was shaking so badly that he could hardly walk.
I took the rear the whole way out and when it got the closest I picked up a boulder and started making very loud sounds to try to scare whatever it was. I was getting ready to have to fight off whatever it was. iIwas pretty spooked. Then suddenly we stopped hearing anything at all and eventually reached the end of the trail and were safe.
This was probably 12 years ago and I didn't have internet and had never read up on Bigfoot but later when I got internet I ran across something about Bigfoot and became interested. I found out that they will throw bounders into water to scare people and that they will also follow you off trail to escort you out of an area they dont want you in. I also discovered that a Bigfoot sighting had happened in that exact area previously.
I am not saying it is bigfoot but just wonder about that. It seems unlikely that two times, a month apart I would have this issue and that someone would be crazy enough to try to scare people out in the woods after being told they had a gun (I didn't by the way.)
I am talking about two experiences I had about a month apart out in the woods near a large pond around midnight. To get there it is a hike of about two miles off of a very sparsely populated area-- maybe 200 people. It is illegal to camp in the area we were in.
The first time my friend and I decided to hike into the area around 1030 at night. We were sitting out next to the large pond surrounded by mountain ridges and trees. Around midnight while sitting quietly we heard the very loud sound of something being thrown or falling into the water. It was loud and had a lot of base to it. I would guess it was a boulder and it would have had to be bigger than a basketball. This happened twice between which I shouted out that I had a gun just to scare whoever it was. We became uncomfortable so we left. I thought nothing of it after that.
Then about a month later I took a few young men with me on the same hike around 1030 at night. I used to live in a bad area and some of the neighbor kids sort of latched onto me and my home became a safe place for them living in a bad area with no supervision.
We did the same hike and were sitting on the same shore just taking in the night when the same thing happened, twice. I was a bit spooked and yelled out the same thing and we decided to leave again. This time though we were trailed by something on the way out. I would say whatever it was followed us for a quarter of a mile to half a mile. It was off trail and it was loud crashing through the trees and it sounded heavy. It got closer and closer to us as we walked. This kids were very scared and one of them was shaking so badly that he could hardly walk.
I took the rear the whole way out and when it got the closest I picked up a boulder and started making very loud sounds to try to scare whatever it was. I was getting ready to have to fight off whatever it was. iIwas pretty spooked. Then suddenly we stopped hearing anything at all and eventually reached the end of the trail and were safe.
This was probably 12 years ago and I didn't have internet and had never read up on Bigfoot but later when I got internet I ran across something about Bigfoot and became interested. I found out that they will throw bounders into water to scare people and that they will also follow you off trail to escort you out of an area they dont want you in. I also discovered that a Bigfoot sighting had happened in that exact area previously.
I am not saying it is bigfoot but just wonder about that. It seems unlikely that two times, a month apart I would have this issue and that someone would be crazy enough to try to scare people out in the woods after being told they had a gun (I didn't by the way.)