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August 19, 2023

TALL HAIRY BIPEDAL CREATURE Unnerves Oklahoma Teen Riding Her Horse

A northern Oklahoma teen girl encounters a tall hairy bipedal creature while riding her horse at night. The incident has haunted her for over 45 years ever since.

"I appreciate the way you allow people to get this off their chest. My name is not important. I'm now a 64-year-old woman, but this happened to me when I was almost 17. I was born and raised in the country. Mom stayed at home and Dad worked in the oil fields.

We lived in northern Oklahoma near the Kansas line. I had a younger sister who was a girly girl, but I was a tomboy through and through. I was the son my dad never had. He couldn't keep me inside the house. I spent my days on my horse riding many miles each day. It was my heaven on Earth. Many times I'd take an after-dark ride looking at the stars and enjoying the solitude.

This particular evening I decided last minute to grab my horse and take off, probably to get away from my sister or some other teenager angst at the time. It wasn't unusual for me you just grab a blanket only, no saddle, and a halter with the head rope fashioned into the reins and take off. I always had to put a bit in my horse's mouth. Off I went in a tank top, pair of cut-off jeans low top Converse tennis shoes, and normal summer attire. I had several dogs following along and maybe a barn cat or two for a way before they would head back to the barn.

It was dark, but maybe half a moon and hardly a cloud in the sky, and down in the low 80s after a high 90-degree day. I had it out on my favorite six-mile route that took me into the pastures where a small creek snaked through the sand hills. All along the creek were large trees and bushes taking advantage of the wet areas. I had my horse in a slow rocking trot with her head down half asleep, dogs panting along beside us and me with my head tilted back watching an unusually active night of falling stars.

All of a sudden my horse threw up her head and did one of those 'dead in their tracks' stops that leave you up around their ears. I noticed her ears were straight up and staring at something. She did a quick back step or two and was shivering as if she was cold. I glanced down at my dogs and they too were looking intently off toward the creek. That's when I looked back between my horse's ears right where she was staring and I saw a movement as I watched a large hair-covered animal walking upright came into view about 40 feet away. I couldn't breathe. I was so scared I knew I was seeing something that didn't exist. It stopped in an opening between the trees and squared up to me staring intently in my direction. It was huge with large shoulders and long arms almost to its knees in the moonlight. I could see its hair was on the thin side as I could see dark skin on it in several places. It stood swaying slowly back and forth looking at me. It lifted its head as if smelling me and stared at me blinking its large eyes slowly. I thought it was a gorilla, cross with a caveman.

About that time one of the smaller dogs growled at the sight and my horse did one of those nervous snorts they do. The creature turned its body back towards the creek and in just a step or two looked back at me and was gone out of sight. I sat there with tears running down my cheeks finally taking a few deep breaths. I turned my horse the three miles or so back towards home and off we went as fast as we could go followed by a couple dogs and passing a couple who had already headed back that way. We hit the barn door and I slid up my horse and collapsed, my legs weak with fear. I closed the doors and locked them, ran to the other end of the barn, slid the big doors shut, and suited the bar to keep them from moving. I sat there frozen with fear. Being a teenage girl that loved her horse more than I can explain in words, I was determined to keep her safe. I worried that the creature would come to get her or one of the dogs, so I sat in the barn the rest of the night.

At daylight, I noticed the blanket I used to ride bareback was nowhere to be found. I had lost it somewhere along the creek. I didn't say anything to my parents, probably out of fear they would not let me ride alone anymore or not believe me and laugh at my story. I slept in the barn every night for weeks and feared that thing was coming to harm my animals. Every little noise would send my heart beating into overdrive. My 410 gauge shotgun was loaded and ready to protect my horse and dogs.

One day, with the sun shining bright, I headed towards the creek area. We were all nervous the closer we got to the spot where I had seen this creature. I spotted my blanket where I'd nearly fallen off my horse. I quietly slipped off of her, threw the blanket on her back, grabbed a handful of mane, and jumped back on. A few steps at a time we neared the creek until we were in the spot we had seen the creature. Since this was sand hills there were no tracks only large depressed areas in the sand. The dogs are sniffing each area all the while shivering like they were ready to cut and run at a moment's notice.

At that time I'd seen a branch that was near the creature's head when I've seen it and it was only a couple inches above its head while I stared at it. I rode my horse to the branch and it was at least six inches above my head while sitting on a horse. It was 15 hands high and I'm 5'8". I have no idea how tall it was but it was enormous.

After a few weeks, I stopped sleeping in the barn. I would often check on her several times a night. I kept that up for several years until she passed away, taking a piece of my heart with her. This has haunted me for the rest of my life and not a day goes by that I don't think of it and what I saw that night. I've hunted and fished all of my life but I'm never at ease in the woods. I know what's out there. I feel like I have knowledge of something that other folks don't. I've married and divorced and had a couple children who I have never allowed to be out of my sight for any extended time. Unlike me, they never jumped on a horse and left for hours just riding to wherever their hearts desired. A couple of times while hunting I've felt a wave of fear and nausea come over me that I hot-footed back to my vehicle with it all in my head or was I sensing something there.

Anyway, it was a life-changing experience that has haunted me to this day. People find me hard to get close to and I have no patience with stupidity. I now live in a city. But in the evening I can close my eyes and feel my horse underneath me, with the smells of the woods and go back to a time before I knew that monsters are real. I'll take this to my grave wondering what that was and why I had to see it and live it and live with the knowledge that they do exist."

Transcribed source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msv15DIfQCc

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Published on August 19, 2023 12:42

REPTILIAN CHILD Observed in Car in Southwest Pennsylvania

A witness recalls a reptilian sighting that he had as a boy living in southwest Pennsylvania. The reptilian was a child in a car sitting at a red light. He never mentioned the incident for fear of being ridiculed.

I received the following account:

"Hi, Lon. I hope that all is well with you. Today I was reading your post about the Houston Rat-Man sightings and it triggered a memory from my childhood. Not of a Rat-Man but of a possible reptilian-like humanoid.

This happened back in the mid to late 1970s in my hometown in southwestern PA. I was about 10 years old or so at the time. It was a warm summer day and my mother was taking my brother (who was about 2 or 3 at the time) and me into town to do some shopping. I was sitting in the front passenger seat and my brother was in a car seat in the back. We had the windows down in the car, as did most cars because A/C, at the time, was a rather expensive option.

We were sitting at a red light in the center of town when a car pulled up in the lane next to us. As I recall, it was an upscale type car for the time, along the lines of a Lincoln Mercury. As we were waiting for the light to change, I remember looking over to the car next to us. That car had its windows down as well and had a sunroof (which was also an expensive option at the time) that was open as well, so I had a clear view into that car augmented with the light from the sunroof.

Anyway, I just happened to look over into this car that pulled up next to us. What I saw was a woman that was driving the car and appeared perfectly normal to me. She had a child with her, who was in the back but was leaning over the back of the front seat nuzzling the woman that was driving (like a pet or small child would) and the woman was stroking the child's face. The child appeared to be about 3 or 4 years old, dressed in age-appropriate clothing, except that the child's face/head did not look normal. What I observed was something that looked what I now know as reptilian. The face and head were shaped differently than a normal human child's head. I remember that the skin appeared to be a light green color and some sort of a small comb structure that ran from the front or back of the head down the middle of the scalp. Thinking back, it reminds me of the drawings/photos I've seen of reptilians, only child-sized. I didn't look for very long because I was kind of freaked out by what I was seeing and I didn't want to stare for fear of being caught. My mother never saw what I did as she was concentrating on the traffic light. I almost said something, but then the light changed and the car accelerated ahead of us and we never got close to it again.

As I said, the whole thing really freaked me out. I spent days afterward trying to rationalize what I saw and the best I could come up with at the time was that the child had to have been wearing some sort of a Halloween mask or something. But in the middle of summer? Anyway, I never said anything about this to anyone because, well, who would believe me?

Having picked up paranormal research as a hobby several years ago and knowing the reptilians have the ability to appear as something else to humans, I now believe that what I saw that day was possibly a reptilian juvenile and mother only the juvenile had not quite developed the ability to mask itself to humans like the mother could because she appeared perfectly normal to me. I had pretty much forgotten about this until I read that posting today and I have no other explanation for what I saw back then." Sincerely, TL

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August 18, 2023

CIGAR-SHAPED CRAFT Lands & HUMANOIDS Disembark Near Buckeye, Arizona

An electrical utility worker is in a bucket working on a pole when he notices a cigar-shaped craft descend and land. Two skinny beings leave the craft but are soon alarmed by an approaching van.

I received the following account:

"I was working on some electrical lines on one of the poles out by the substation on Old Highway 80 near Buckeye, AZ on June 15, 2017. It was about 4:30 pm and I was wrapping up my work and putting my tools away when I noticed a large object fly overhead, casting a shadow as it passed overhead and come down in the field across the street from where I was. The object was cigar-shaped and gun-metal grey and had to be at least 60 feet in length and was almost silent apart from a whoosh sound that could be heard as it approached the ground. I was in a good position to observe it land as I was up in a bucket truck working on the overhead wires at the time that I noticed it. The object came to a stop and from the position I was in, it looked like the object did not come to rest on the ground itself, but looked like it was floating a couple of feet from the ground.

The object was on the ground for about 3 minutes doing nothing when something resembling a hatch opened about 10 feet from what was the nose of the craft. After about a minute of the hatch being opened, I witnessed what looked like two small children get out of the craft. Now please remember, I am about 40-50 yards from this object, across the street and I was 35 feet off the ground in a bucket truck. But from my vantage point, I could see these two children walking down the ramp toward the field in front of them. They were about 4 feet tall and skinny, I mean emaciated skinny, like the pictures of the starving children in Africa that you see on television commercials. They had big heads, it looked impossible for them to hold up with those frail bodies they had. They both wore what looked like dark blue one-piece uniforms that went down to their ankles and long-sleeved down to their wrists. The first one that came through the hatch walked down the ramp and waited for the second one to join them on the ground. They both walked over to the fields in front of them. They seemed to be interested in the crops that were growing and it looked like they were taking samples. I slowly raised the bucket higher up to try to get a better view of what they were doing.

They apparently did not notice me as they kept about their business. I observed them for about 6 minutes as they went about their business of walking through the field. After about 6 minutes, a tan-colored SUV came down the road and they must have seen the large object on the ground because it came to a screeching halt and threw the truck into reverse trying to see the object.

The commotion must have alerted the beings as they looked up and that is when they must have also seen me. They both immediately ran toward the craft at an ungodly speed, faster than anything I have ever seen move and they went through the hatch which immediately shut behind them leaving no trace that there had ever been a hatch right there, just smooth metal.

The object then lifted into the air, causing a cloud of dust to rise as it flew up and hovered there for about 10 seconds before flying off to the west faster than any plane I have ever seen fly. I stood there looking in the direction that the object flew off until the gentleman who had been driving the SUV called up to me and asked me if I had seen that thing too. I shouted out that I did as I made my way down to the truck. After getting off the truck, I spoke with the man for about 10 minutes as we were both just in awe of what we saw.

I have seen many things out in the desert as I would work, but this is the very first time I have seen a UFO, much less the beings that fly them. I told my wife that evening and she looked at me like I had lost my mind and said I might have been mistaken and seen a helicopter landing and maybe some soldiers getting out of it. But I know what I saw and decided to write you about it." M

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Published on August 18, 2023 13:22

Stared Down by a Frightening BLACK-EYED WOMAN

A Philadelphia woman and her daughter are at a local Target store when they encounter an evil-looking black-eyed woman who was biting her own fingers. What happened next frightened them both.

I received the following account:

"In early February 2017, something really unusual took place. I was in the local Target store in a Philadelphia suburb shopping with my daughter. As we walked down the aisle on our way to the electronics department, I noticed a young woman ahead of us, about 20 years old or so. Absolutely nothing remarkable at first glance. She was thin, had long dark brown hair, a tee shirt, sweat pants, and sneakers. It appeared that she was biting her nails because her hand was next to her mouth. As we got closer in passing, there was something weird about her gait. Her strides seemed to be long and exaggerated. She was a little over 5 feet in height, so it just looked odd.

As we got closer, what had appeared to be nail-biting was actually her biting her fingers, to the point where there was blood visible. As my friend passed her, the woman turned and looked at her as she went by. Her eyes were jet black! She then gazed at me, staring me down as to intimidate me. It was like nothing I had ever experienced. A thought came to my brain: "I'm not scared of you. I know what you are." My daughter says I was staring her down like she was staring at me. I walked by, ignored her, and stoically kept going.

As we continued, my daughter stopped and bent down to fix her shoelaces. When she did so, she glanced back at the black-eyed woman walking away from us. She told me when this woman then turned to look at us, her head turned in fast motion, completely around! It frightened my daughter so bad that she begged us to leave the store.

I now feel as though this was an evil being. The negative energy was palpable, very intense, and frightening. I never really believed in this black-eyed people phenomenon, but I now know that they exist. I am confident that they are demonic and take on the form of humans." DC

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Published on August 18, 2023 12:42

ANGRY SASQUATCH Approaches Sleeping Hunters Near Yakima, Washington

A pair of friends are sleeping in their pickup the night before their hunt. They are startled by heavy bipedal footfalls and are soon face to face with an angry Sasquatch.

"My experience took place in April of 1995. I was 25 years old going to college in Yakima, Washington. I've been up there for about a year and a half. I love hunting and fishing so going from Phoenix to Yakima was a huge rush during the summer.

I was completely infatuated with Bigfoot. So every time my neighbor and I would go out to the North Fork my mother, with whom I was staying while I was in school, would tease me and say are you going out to find your beast. I would jokingly reply "Yep, this is the weekend I succeed." If I only knew just how much I would regret making that statement.

My friend and I arrived out in the woods at about 6:30 in the early evening. We drove up the old forestry road until we found a large area that was level and large enough where we could park his 1965 Ford two-wheel drive truck. We set up camp for the night we cooked some brats over the fire. After dinner, we sat on the tailgate watching the fire and just talking until about 11 PM.

It didn't take long for us to both fall asleep, being all ready for the morning hunt. At around 3:30 AM I woke up to dead silence. It was so quiet that I figured there must be a black bear or a cougar really close by it didn't take but a minute for me to realize that it was way too quiet for even a predator to be close. I couldn't even hear the creek anymore. I reached over and shook my friend's leg to wake him up. He rolled over and asked what my problem was and I said, "Do you hear that?" and he snapped back. "I don't hear anything. Go to sleep." I said "Exactly. It's too quiet." He turned over and sat up and listened for a moment. Then he gave me a weird look. "That's what I'm trying to tell you" I whispered.

Then, coming from the trees, you could hear footsteps. I said, "Do you hear that?" My friend whispered, "Must be a bear." I said, "Bears don't walk on two legs unless they're threatened or going after food above their heads. That's too big to be any black bear around here or anywhere else for that matter!" The gravel on the road sounded like it was almost being crushed under its feet as it walks. Then we smelled it. It was like a garbage dump mixed with the odor of death. We sat there quietly as we walked around the truck. Then the footsteps stopped on the driver's side of the truck bed. We hear the sound of cloth being torn above us. I looked up and there were fingers, human fingers, but about four times bigger than mine. It was tearing back the cloth. When it stopped pulling back the cloth, a good eight inches in all, I could see two glowing yellow eyes looking down through the hole at me. That was the exact moment that I really screwed the pooch! Without thinking, and still trying to tell myself it's just a stupid black bear, I reached over and in one smooth swing, I grabbed the closest fishing rod and followed through with the most power I could muster. I hit it right across the bridge of its nose. Well, I broke that rod in half and sent it stumbling backward. At that point, it let out a scream/roar that shook everything inside the back of that truck. I could feel the vibration of my body as if I were standing next to an explosion. It was so loud that my ears were ringing!. My friend really did mess himself! Then we heard two fast hard steps and it felt like a semi-truck just smashed into the driver's side of his truck. Then, as if it were just a Tonka truck, the driver's side was lifted off the ground and the truck was sliding towards the edge of the shoulder. I suddenly got this overpowering feeling of sadness and I realized more than the pain of being hit in the face with a one-and-a-half-inch round piece of wood. I started yelling at it, "I'm sorry! I'm so very sorry! But you scared the out of us!" Then the truck stopped sliding.

At that moment it dropped the truck back down on all four tires. Then I said, "Look, we just came up here to bag a few squirrels. Then we're going to leave." I promised we would leave as soon as the sun came up. It then let out what almost sounded like a whimper, which for it is still pretty loud and we heard it walk off back across the road. Within a couple of minutes, all the forest sounds came back. Needless to say, we did not poke our nose out from under that cloth until the morning. We gathered enough courage, and come out of the truck after the sun was up. We saw that it had pushed the truck a good three feet toward the edge. You could clearly see the bent metal on the fender and running board which it grabbed with its hands.

Since that encounter, my friend still won't talk about it."

Transcribed source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOK9aEZfRYQ

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Published on August 18, 2023 11:53

Was it a Bigfoot? Trail Cam Recording from Union County, Pennsylvania (VIDEO)

A recent trail cam video (July 19, 2023) from Union County in central Pennsylvania shows a humanoid-like figure recorded in the woods.

The video was recorded by a deer hunting channel (The Buva Crew) who question what this figure really was. Was it a Bigfoot or someone in the woods with their dog?

Take a look and make your own determination. Lon

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APPALACHIAN TRAIL...HIKERS BEWARE! LIVE Chat - Questions & Answers - Join Us! Lon Strickler (Host)

Welcome to Phantoms & Monsters 'Personal Reports' - cryptid & unexplained accounts directly from the archives of Phantoms & Monsters, and the Phantoms & Monster Fortean Research team. Narrated by Lon Strickler. Join us in the chat, discuss, and ask me questions about the accounts.
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The Appalachian Trail meanders amid mountains and valleys for 2,190 miles through 14 states from Georgia to Maine. Hundreds of thousands of people step foot on it each year. The biggest danger is not being prepared for the challenging hike. But there are also bears, coyotes, snakes, and ticks that frequent it. Then there are those 'things' that are not usually talked about. Sit back and listen to a few of the strange and terrifying tales that have become Appalachian Trail lore.
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August 17, 2023

Fisherman Shocked by SCREAMING GIANT in Wahiawa, Hawaii

The following account was forwarded to me. In the past, I've heard a few bizarre supernatural tales from the Hawaiian Islands, but not this Giant encounter.

"In 1973, A man had gone to the river in Whitmore Village in Wahiawa, Hawaii with his friends to catch catfish. They laid traps in the river for about an hour, intending to return in the morning to gather the fish.

As they were busy putting in their traps, they heard a blood-curdling scream. It sounded at first like a wild man screaming in the bushes right next to them. In a state of panic, the witnesses began to run.

As they got to the top of the hill, running down a little trail, they came to a curve in the path. As they entered the turn, they all stopped dead in their tracks. An 8-foot tall man was walking down the trail, heading right for them. He was naked except for a cloth around his waist. They turned and ran back to the river.

As he stumbled down the side of the embankment, a giant woman stepped out from behind a tree. She must have been at least seven feet tall. Turning downriver they ran until they came out of the ravine safely. Giant footprints were found at the site."

Source: Obake Files: Ghostly Encounters in Supernatural Hawai'i

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Have You Seen The HOUSTON 'RAT-MAN?'

Several Houston, Texas residents confirm an original poster's description of a 'Rat Man Humanoid' that he had encountered at NRG Stadium. Images provided.

“I had an absolutely bizarre experience at a Houston Texans football game and I just need to share it with you all to see if anyone else has ever encountered anything like this.

Last Fall I was at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas when nature called and I headed to the restroom. Now, here's where it gets weird. I'm at the urinal, and out of the corner of my eye, I spot this guy in a hoodie. But that's not the freaky part. He had this seriously strange nose that was kind of flaring, and he was chewing on his own finger. The guy looked just like a rat. I was so creeped out that I could barely move. He had this intense gaze locked on me and then he put his finger up to his lips like he was telling me to be quiet, and walked away. At that moment I felt the most genuine fear I've ever felt, like the kind that sticks with you. No one else was in the restroom.

Has anyone else ever encountered something like this at NRG Stadium? Maybe not exactly at a football game, but just seeing someone or something that made you question reality? It's been bothering me ever since it happened, and I'm hoping I'm not alone in this. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, and seriously, if anyone else has had a similar experience, please let me know I'm not going crazy here.”

Another Houston area sports fan also claims to have observed this entity. u/dakingrdizzle69 wrote:

“Yeah, I’m from Houston and something shockingly similar has happened to me! I was at the Houston Comets WNBA game and I was out getting concessions. The concession worker was looking down and being quite fidgety. So once I walked up and asked for some popcorn, the concession worker then glared up at me with the creepy rat, humanoid eyes. The way he sucked his almost cartoonishly large teeth shook me to my core. And as he stared into my eyes he then did the same shush motion as I backed up and walked away. The strangest part is that there were many people around me! But no one else seemed to notice!”

Another person wrote about seeing a weird dog or rat person while driving. u/Purple_Otter_993 wrote:

“You are not alone! I live in Houston, TX and I have seen a "person" that fits this description while driving near NRG/South Main area. I was sitting at a red light and felt that feeling of being stared at. So I turn my head to my right and in the car next to mine there was what looked like an adult, human-sized creature sitting in the driver's seat, but he had the face of a mammal. At the time, I thought it was dog-like, but it could have been more rat-like as well. His face was covered in fur and he had a snout for a nose and whiskers. Also had beady, non-human eyes. He stared at me with such intensity without looking away and I felt the most visceral fear, sort of a sinking feeling in my stomach. I wished I could drive away at that moment but I was stuck at the light. I finally was able to speed away, but that image stuck with me. Everyone I've told has just laughed it off and chalked it up to my mind playing tricks on me, but they just don't understand! It was super freaky. I believe it just stared at me intensely without moving. I meant some mammal other than a human.”

Above image information: The image on the left was provided by the original poster. ("So as a follow-up I had my long-term partner draw this sketch of what he looked like. The only difference is the man didn't have fur or ears"). The image on the right was provided by a commenter ("A picture my partner drew for me. Resemblance is shockingly similar!")

Source: r/Humanoidencounters - u/MAGAmang420

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Apple-Thieving BIGFOOT Cohabitate With Washington Motorhome Resident (PHOTOS)

A Roy, Washington resident, who lives off the grid in a motorhome, describes his remarkable encounters with the Bigfoot around his property. He goes into specific detail with photos.

"I guess it's time to open up and share my experiences with these hairy beings. I have a problem with an apple thief. I unloaded a crate of apples I got for the horses out of the back of my PT Cruiser. I was staying in my Class C motorhome. Well, I took two grocery bags in and laid them in the swivel chair on the left. My dog went nuts and was jumping at the door to get back inside. I let her in and turned around only to see this big hairy human-like reddish-brown critter, bigger than a bear in these parts, squatting down and grabbing apples out of the crate. We froze looking at each other. It dropped the apple. With the look of 'I'm seen,' it then stood up to about seven or eight feet tall letting the apples drop from his hands and arms. I started talking to him like a scared dog, "Good boy. That's a good boy. Just eat those apples. It's okay sweetie."

I backed up, getting in the motorhome, and locking the door. Well, it peeked in the window behind the swivel chair where I put my two grocery bags. It was headed to the door. My cell phone was in the PT Cruiser on the charging cord. This big fella placed its big hand against the door's window pressing it so hard that it stripped the screws, cracking the plastic trim ring inward. I kept saying, "Good boy. Go get some apples." It then went to the back driver's side corner of the motorhome. It peeled the bottom corner clear up to the back roof line. The generator broke loose and was on the ground.

Now, most people might think this is just an elaborate story. But now, just to keep the peace around here, I keep apples up for them and they leave me alone. They only occasionally whack on the wall of my new bigger motorhome if I don't get some apples out. This is seasonal when apples, pears, and fruit are scarce. But in early summer until late fall they are back. It's kind of a symbiotic relationship.

I'm 71 now and I found out that my neighbor feeds them too. My retired Department of the Interior friend has them on his 300-acre ranch also. So if any one of you feels threatened just give them space and the courtesy to let things settle so you can cohabitate. I have out come into my property all the time and I rarely have bears anymore. I'm against a huge acreage of wildlife and geese habitat and it's great. Just remember, don't threaten them, as they seem to sense your intentions.

I'm living off the grid with one of the most amazing beings I've yet to see. Seven to eight feet tall on average, reddish highlighted long hair, especially on the arms, and semi-human facial features. It looks like an unshaven hobo. The nose is not long but wide with a downward tip. The lips are present with a set of squarish teeth, and the canine's not prominent. The body shows extreme strength and fit for covering ground easily with speed. The eyes are dark brown with the sclera whites tinted slightly tannish. The tear ducts are dark pink. The ears are set like ours but twist at the top a bit. The knuckles are longer near the wrist and even longer beyond. I didn't care to look at his feet as I was mesmerized by its expressive features. So here you have it." TC in Roy, Washington

Transcribed source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adl_swXOfwc

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Unexplained CRYPTID PHENOMENA Encounters in Wheeling, West Virginia

A woman mentions that a transparent 'thing' currently scares her during her walks. She also relates a few unexplained encounters that occurred in the Wheeling, WV area in the 1950s.

"These things have been bothering me and scaring me on my morning walks. It's been very frightening but I refuse to give up my daily walks no matter how scared I have been. I've had the mind speak thing. They have touched me and I've seen some kind of transparent thing climbing a tree. So it's not been fun.

Aside from what is currently happening to me, I wanted to relate some stories from my childhood which, while they seemed so bizarre back then, makes sense now. The stuff took place in the Wheeling, West Virginia area. This is in the 1950s time period. My family lived there at the time. My mom would talk about being kept up at night by something screaming on the hill at night. She and her sister would not be able to sleep because of it.

My uncle had a milk delivery route those days. He would walk from house to house, clocked in the bottles. He told of being followed by something that was shadowing him in a nearby creek. He could hear the footsteps splashing and they would stop when he would stop. This happened to him several times. He didn't know what it was.

Then another time my aunt snuck out of the house to attend a party with some friends. When they returned her they dropped her off a couple blocks from the house so the lights from the car wouldn't alert my grandparents. She heard some twigs snapping and the next thing she knew something came rolling off the hill right beside her. It sat there in a ball for a moment, then it stood up. She was under a street light, so she got a good look at it. All she said was it was bigger than her and it had the face of a monkey. She was hysterical. By the time she got home, she was so scared it took them all night to calm her down.

Finally, there was the story of some raccoon hunters out one night with their dogs. This thing was in the same area the dogs were on the scent of a raccoon barking up a tree. Just as the men almost caught up to the dogs they heard the dog start screaming and they hear something big in the underbrush. The next thing they know, the dogs were running at them, then passed them headed for home. They took off running too, all the way back with whatever it was behind them. They opened the door to the house, and the dogs and men ran in the door, and whatever it was hit the door repeatedly before leaving.

The woods and underbrush in the area are very dense and it's very dark in the woods, or at least it was back then. At the time there wasn't any talk about Bigfoot, so that wasn't something that was considered. I used to think the phenomenon was something that happened in remote areas. I know that's not true now and what my aunt experienced was more than likely a sighting of one."

Transcribed source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adl_swXOfwc

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