An open record of things people cannot explain

August 8

What people could not explain on this date, in 8 different years.


9
accounts in the record happened on August 8, the earliest in 1982 and the most recent in 2020.

The accounts

1990-08-08

I grew up in the outskirts of a small town of Wellsburg, in the northern part of West Virginia. In the northern panhandle, ever since I was little we would ride our dirt bikes in the old strip mine, that was called cente…

growling · heavy footsteps · something walking upright

2020-08-08

Several times a week I go fishing at the James Reed Memorial Wildlife Area just south of Lee's Summit, MO. It's about 900 acres plus 10 lakes to choose from for fishing and a area with walking trails. Each lake has a lev…

whooping calls · growling

1982-08-08

My brothers and I were swimming in the creek across from my Mom and Dad's house when I was 11 or 12 years old. I am 40 now and I can still see it very vividly in my mind's eye. I had left my watch at the "Deep Part", whi…

a very tall figure · something walking upright · hair standing up

2004-08-08

IT WAS AROUND 9:30 PM ON 8/8/04. I HEARD MY MINIATURE HORSES MAKING A RUCKUS IN THE YARD. EARLIER THAT DAY I HAD CLOSED THE FRONT GATE SO THEY COULD GRAZE IN THE YARD. IT WAS RAINING FAIRLY HARD AT THE TIME AND MY OUTSID…

a very tall figure

2018-08-08

It was about 3:30 pm. and I was driving a backroad to Wal-Mart. There is a spot where I always look to see if traffic is coming in my direction. I looked up and saw a really tall man in what I thought was an old fashione…

a hooded figure

2011-08-08

I took my kids camping at our camper and decided to do some sight seeing at a couple of places by the camper. We went to a place called Fort Hill in search of a stone wall the indians built encasing 40 some acres of fore…

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