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Buchanan County, Missouri · 1996-06-08 · from the BFRO archive

A very tall figure in Buchanan County, Missouri

i was sitting on the river back just a mile from my house. it was early evening as i was sitting there i heard some rustling in the trees behind me never thought anything about it, figured it was a deer or something. this went on for prob 10 or 15 minutes.. then all of the sudden the wind shifted and i got a whiff of the most awful disgusting smell ive ever smelt like wet dog and sewarge mixed. it was awful never smelled anything like it. honestly didnt give much thought but the smell kept getting stronger and the rustling got louder. i turned around and there 20 30 yards in front of me stood a huge creature at least 8 9 feet tall broad as a grizzly. it was a very dingy brown color very deep sunken eyes. it never moved a made a sound or anything. It just looked at me i dropped my pole and ran to my car prob 1/2 mile away and went to the house in a hurry. my mom lived next door and saw me speed home came to ask what happened. She said i was white as a sheet and couldnt talk for several minutes... i remember being terrified, confused why it didnt chase me or attack me or nothing. i never looked back when i was running just kept moving. to this day i have not been to that spot. the other encounter of the smell was prob a mile from the original place.

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