Possible Sasquatch encounter happened last night.

nhbbear said:
I am not what you would call a believer in the stories that people tell about Sasquatch encounters. However, last night, I had an experience that has left me without explanation. I was fishing at a very remote location until the onset of darkness forced me to call it quits. I should have left about twenty minutes before I did due to rugged terrain to get back to my car. As I was walking, I heard what I assumed to be an owl....
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Owl mimicry has been reported before in sighting reports. Below is a report made by a hunter in which he describes hearing what sounded like owls preceding an encounter.
The owls “whoing” sounds too deep to be and owl but we both kinda shrugged it off. As the owl continued to vocalize, we started hearing faint response vocals from another owl that sounded like it was coming from across a flooded timber area about 200 yards away. At this point the hair on the back of my neck was starting to stand up because not only did the owl closest to us sound “off” but so did the responses coming from across the flooded timbers. (We refer to this spot as the beaver dam spot). Then out of no where it all just stopped. The woods fell silent again for about 5 -10 minutes. We both employ night vision scopes as well as laser designators for night hunting. We were trying to get eyes on the owl that was calling out but we couldn’t. As we scanned the surrounding trees, both owls started right back up but this time the two vocals seemed to be right next to each other.
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jgarner said:
You most definitely do not need to go out to the woods again armed while you're acting like a hysterical little pussy just because you heard splashing from rocks not thrown at you.
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This might be the first time ever I've agreed with anything you've said, JGarner.

But in this, I agree. It could've been rocks, could've been animals, or it COULD have been PEOPLE out there. You don't go firing off into the night blindly at noises. You don't even do that in war zones, or Stockton, let alone just in some woods.
 
TheNinja said:
"Had I been armed, i would have had my gun out and would have fired shots to end the attack."

I'm glad I'm not the only one worried about that. How are you going to explain shooting some kids pulling a prank (if that's what it was)? "Ummmmmm, ya, I heard some rocks and saw some land in the water by me and thought BigFoot was attacking me so I shot blindly a bunch of times into the bushes.".

I'm pretty sure 1 of the main rules of firearms is to ALWAYS be aware of your target AND what's behind your target. But what do we know......he's the LEO.
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It's quite possible he was referring to warning shots fired into the air, just to let whoever/whatever was pestering him know he had a firearm on his person.

All of you guys are just assuming he meant he'd blindly shoot into the direction the rocks came from, when he never specifically said such a thing.
 
Was gonna read the OP but I've got books I'd get through faster.
 
BearGrounds said:
It's quite possible he was referring to warning shots fired into the air, just to let whoever/whatever was pestering him know he had a firearm on his person.

All of you guys are just assuming he meant he'd blindly shoot into the direction the rocks came from, when he never specifically said such a thing.
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True. I wouldn't fire a bullet up into the air myself but I get what you are saying. I guess I'm just going by the assumption when he said "would have fired shots to end the attack". You can't guarantee you are going to end the attack by warning shots. I guess we need him to expand on it a bit.
 
Some of you need to show some respect this man was obviously attacked by a mythical beast and is shook.
 
jgarner said:
So you heard something splashing in the water and assume it's a bigfoot and not just some rocks coming loose on the steep hill above you? And if you had been armed you would have blindly fired rounds off into the woods because rocks were falling into the water near you?


<Huh2>

I love how people go from saying how they don't know what something is to then making rash assumptions of what it is. I'm going to add you to my forum retard list. You most definitely do not need to go out to the woods again armed while you're acting like a hysterical little pussy just because you heard splashing from rocks not thrown at you.
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Oh shut the fuck up. He obviously meant that if something came along as well as the rocks. Read more, post less.
 
Scrody said:
Oh shut the fuck up. He obviously meant that if something came along as well as the rocks. Read more, post less.
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But that's not what he said. He said "Had I been armed, i would have had my gun out and would have fired shots to end the attack." - He said he would have had is gun out and fired shots. If you read what he literally wrote literally, he said he would have fired shots......he didn't say he would wait to see something. He didn't say "IF" I saw something. He said in that moment he would have stopped the "attack" by shooting.
 
TheNinja said:
But that's not what he said. He said "Had I been armed, i would have had my gun out and would have fired shots to end the attack." - He said he would have had is gun out and fired shots. If you read what he literally wrote literally, he said he would have fired shots......he didn't say he would wait to see something. He didn't say "IF" I saw something. He said in that moment he would have stopped the "attack" by shooting.
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Well, if we're going to get technical, chucking big ass rocks at an armed person is a pretty solid way to get shot.
I give bear the benefit of the doubt because he's a use of force instructor, so I imagine he knows what's clear to do in said situation.
 
I don’t really believe in big foot, but I find this very interesting. Wouldn’t be the first time I was wrong
 
I'm Shawn Spencer said:
This might be the first time ever I've agreed with anything you've said, JGarner.

But in this, I agree. It could've been rocks, could've been animals, or it COULD have been PEOPLE out there. You don't go firing off into the night blindly at noises. You don't even do that in war zones, or Stockton, let alone just in some woods.
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A broken clock is still correct twice a day I guess lol


BearGrounds said:
It's quite possible he was referring to warning shots fired into the air, just to let whoever/whatever was pestering him know he had a firearm on his person.

All of you guys are just assuming he meant he'd blindly shoot into the direction the rocks came from, when he never specifically said such a thing.
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Firing a gun into the air is also quite dangerous. Bullets don't disappear once they go as high as they can. They fall back down at lethal speeds. It's incredibly reckless to discharge a firearm at night in the woods at nothing in particular.

Scrody said:
Well, if we're going to get technical, chucking big ass rocks at an armed person is a pretty solid way to get shot.
I give bear the benefit of the doubt because he's a use of force instructor, so I imagine he knows what's clear to do in said situation.
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He didn't say the rocks were thrown at him. He said they were going into the water. Also the fact that the guy thinks a giant hidden ape species was throwing rocks "not at him" to scare him is pretty clear evidence that he's too hysterical and not in a proper frame of mind to make decisions about discharging a weapon.

That's as reckless and retarded as me discharging a gun in a hotel corridor because I heard a door shut and I assumed it was a fucking leprechaun on the attack.
 
jgarner said:
A broken clock is still correct twice a day I guess lol




Firing a gun into the air is also quite dangerous. Bullets don't disappear once they go as high as they can. They fall back down at lethal speeds. It's incredibly reckless to discharge a firearm at night in the woods at nothing in particular.



He didn't say the rocks were thrown at him. He said they were going into the water. Also the fact that the guy thinks a giant hidden ape species was throwing rocks "not at him" to scare him is pretty clear evidence that he's too hysterical and not in a proper frame of mind to make decisions about discharging a weapon.

That's as reckless and retarded as me discharging a gun in a hotel corridor because I heard a door shut and I assumed it was a fucking leprechaun on the attack.
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nhbbear said:
I am not what you would call a believer in the stories that people tell about Sasquatch encounters. However, last night, I had an experience that has left me without explanation. I was fishing at a very remote location until the onset of darkness forced me to call it quits. I should have left about twenty minutes before I did due to rugged terrain to get back to my car. As I was walking, I heard what I assumed to be an owl. I stoped for a moment to throw a few more casts when there was a very loud splash. I knew right away it wasn’t a fish, and assuming that something fell off of the steep hillside, I started to continue the trek back. At that point, there was a large rock the size of a basketball that landed in the water about ten feet behind me. I actually saw the rock flying through the air and felt the splash hit my legs. I began to move more quickly when another rock hit in front of me. At this point, I yelled “ok, fucking stop that shit, I am leaving!” There was another splash, this time about fifteen feet out in the lake from where I was quickly walking. At that point, I began to move as quickly as I could, saying “come on, damn it, you want me to have a heart attack?” The terrain is very difficult to navigate in the light, with me often falling down or stepping into the lake. I called my wife to tell her what was happening in case one of those rocks hit me. I told her to send help if I did not call her in ten minutes.


There was another splash and I began to run, falling down several times, and getting cuts all over my face and neck from jagger bushes and tree branches. As I got closer to my car, I heard rustling from the hill above me and I got my car keys out and hit the panic alarm. There was one final splash behind me, then I sprinted to my car, exhausted and breathing heavily with my heart racing. I got in my car and took off.


This is a wildlife area and open to the public, but it gets little pressure. I don’t completely rule out human causes of what I can only describe as an attack, but that hillside is mostly rock and almost impossible terrain to easily move through, if at all. I didn’t smell anything odd, but my mind went back to the hooting I had heard. I also am aware that people reporting Sasquatch encounters have stated that they had rocks thrown at them. I don’t know that I will report this, though I think i should. Had I been armed, i would have had my gun out and would have fired shots to end the attack.


I have never, in my adult life, been so scared and I have been shot at, and have gone hand to hand with several knife wielding subjects during my seventeen years as a police officer.


I don’t expect my profession to lend much credibility, however, please trust my experience and training to accept the danger I perceived and my knowledge of the terrain surrounding that lake-I have been fishing there two to three times per week for the last three weeks.


All I know for sure is that the rocks were being thrown, and based on their size, it would be difficult to throw rocks of that size as hard and far as they were being launched. Like I said, I don’t completely rule out human causes, but I am like 85% sure it was not a person trying to scare, or kill me. I should also mention that due to the fallen leaves, any movement on that hillside would have made enough noise that i would have heard it. Hell, even chipmunks on the hill make tons of noise.


I have considered returning in daylight to see if I could reach the area that I believe the rocks were being thrown from, but I have my doubts of being able to reach that area-though I would like to look for tracks or some other sign of the culprit.


I do intend to go back to that lake, but not until spring and not without being armed. However, I will not walk through bank and plan to purchase a fishing kayak. Until that moment, I was upset that I had been skunked for the second time in a week.
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The whole Sasquatch phenomenon I find fascinating. Have there been any sightings in this area? Here's a link to a database:

http://bfro.net/GDB/default.asp
 
I usually don't believe most stories of Bigfoot sightings, but this one is the most believable one I've seen. He claims he straight up saw two of them including a good shot of one's face. Nothing about Mike's behavior indicates he is lying or was confused about what he saw. I spoke with him on Facebook a couple times a few years ago. Definitely a down to earth guy. Unfortunately he passed away (from cancer I think) earlier this year.

 
jgarner said:
He didn't say the rocks were thrown at him. He said they were going into the water. Also the fact that the guy thinks a giant hidden ape species was throwing rocks "not at him" to scare him is pretty clear evidence that he's too hysterical and not in a proper frame of mind to make decisions about discharging a weapon.

That's as reckless and retarded as me discharging a gun in a hotel corridor because I heard a door shut and I assumed it was a fucking leprechaun on the attack.
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Okay.
 
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