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Prince William County, Virginia · 1994-11-15 · from the BFRO archive

A very tall figure in Prince William County, Virginia

I was on a training mission at Quantico Marine Base in VA in 1994. Me and my squad were supposed to be a diversion Recon team. To be short we were reversing our way back to our relocation drop off operation point, when we heard something off in the distance paralleling our every move in the power line cut. I had night vision goggles so did Sgt Wright. He was at the rear. As we crossed the power line cut up into treeline it continued to shadow us. We reached crossing point to cross the road. We heard something coming closer. We formed a hasty 180. Laying on the ground we looked all around us. With my night vision I saw what looked to be something est. 8ft high. I could see shoulders of something on both sides of this huge oak tree. We were startled. No civilian was allowed in this restricted area. We hastily crossed road met others 2 platoons on other side of road gave our security password and proceeded on the mission. When we returned to base we reported the incident to the commanding officer. He replied "It's a restricted area. That's impossible." Nothing was spoken of it again.

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