Clay County, Florida · 2007-08-11 · from the BFRO archive
Screaming or howling in Clay County, Florida
I DIDN'T GET THE DATE EXACTLY BUT WAS A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE HAD TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE CAMPING IN THE WOODS IN MIDDLEBURG.IT WAS ABOUT 9 OR 10PM AT NIGHT...I DIDNT HAVE A WATCH ON ME SO I CANT BE EXACT.BUT AS ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE HANGING OUT I DESIDED TO TAKE A WALK ALONG THE CREEK THAT BASICALLY CIRCLED THE CAMP.WELL IT HAD BEEN ABOUT 15 MINUETES AFTER I LEFT MY FRIENDS WHEN I DESIDED TO SIT DOWN BY THE CREEK.WELL A MINUETE LATER I HEARD SOME RUSLING LEAVES AND STICKS ACCROSS THE CREEK SO I LISTENED...I HAD A FLASH LIGHT BUT I DIDNT USE YET.IT STOPED AT THE EDGE OF THE CREEK. WELL WHEN IT STOPPED I TURNED ON THE LIGHT AND ABOUT FIVE YARDS OUT OF THE LIGHTS BEEM, A LARGE CREATURE SAW THE LIGHT AND TURNED AROUND AND JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING. IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN LARGE BECAUSE AS IT RAN 10 TO 20 YRDS INTO THE BRUSH, IT WAS SHACKING AND PUSHING TREES OUT OF THE WAY.AND THESE TREES WERE DICENTLY THICK(A GOOD 6 INCHES).IT STOPPED ABOUT 30YRDS IN AND GAVE OFF A WIERD BISTURBING (IN MY BEST DISSCRIPTION) A GROWLING SNARL.ITS HARD TO DISCRIB.THATS WHEN I YELL **** THIS AND RAN BAC TO CAMP.I COULD HARDLY FIND MY WAY BACK TO CAMP MY FRIENDS HAD TO HELP ME.THE BEST PART OF THE CREATURE I SAW WAS PARTALLY THE BACK OF ITS HEAD. IT WAS A BROWNISH BLACK AND LOOKED KIND OF RAGGED.IF I HAD TO GIVE A GOOD HEIGHT ESSTIMATE ABOUT 6 OR 7 FT TALL. BUT IT WAS DARK SO IT WAS HARD TO TELL. I TOLD MY FRIENDS WAT HAPPED AND I THINK THEY DIDNT PAY MUCH MIND TO IT. BUT LATER ON THAT NIGHT ABOUT 1 OR 2AM ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID HE WOKE AND HEARD A WIERD HOWLING ABOUT A MILE AWAY IN THE DIRECTION OF MY ENCOUNTER.
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