BFRO #62595: Two fishermen describe daylight sighting 10 miles south of Mountain View

📍 Location

📝 Description

August of 2017 me and my son were fishing in a secluded creek. The creek is very shallow in spots so in order to access it you have to wade fish. We fished around a low water bridge for maybe an hour and decided to head up stream to the next deep hole of water just over some shoals. I knew that around the bend of the creek where the deep hole was there was lily pads, so I instructed my son to be very slow and quiet on our approach so not to spook any bass that may be feeding around them. Once we made the bend I observed what at first seemed to be a beaver about 50-75 yards away from us upstream where the water is deeper. It was headed toward some large rocks but what seemed unusual about it was it�s shape. It was higher out of the water than any beaver or otter I�ve seen. The animal got close to the rocks and just stopped about a foot or two away from the cluster of rocks just in the water. If I hadn�t seen it moving to begin with it would have blended in very well with the rocks. I noticed my son was watching it too and and asked what is that and I replied that I wasn�t for sure so I made some racket with some cattle calls to maybe spook it on to the rocks so we could get a better view of this thing but what happened next still sends me into a mild state of fear just recalling it. It started swimming back to the opposite bank and just stopped for about a second then it rose out of the water. Now I know what I was looking at was massive because the water in that part of the creek is chest deep and I vividly recall seeing the daylight between it�s legs. It stood there probably 3 seconds at most but the image was burnt into my brain forever. It had a reddish tint to its fur and massive arms that just hung to its side almost touching the water. I couldn�t see any facial features because the sun was behind it. After what I felt was a stare down it lunged toward the bank that it originally came from which was an erosion bank about 10 feet vertical wall and it made it up using a tree about a foot diameter to pull itself with. Doing so it pulled the tree, roots and all, down to the water. We heard it storming off in the thickets till we couldn�t hear it any more. My son and I wasted no time getting back to the truck. Haven�t been back to that spot since. Now what I�m guessing it was at the creek doing what ever it was doing and we caught it by surprise and it mimicked a beaver trying not to be discovered. I always heard about these things and thought it be something to see one. I wish now I hadn�t seen it. It filled me with terror and excitement but who can you tell? My son hardly talks about it and I keep it all bottled up inside my head like a re run of some horror movie......

🔍 Circumstances

My son, we were fishing until our attention was directed somewhere else

🌤️ Weather Conditions

About an hour and half before dark, clear sky�s and no wind

ℹ️ Additional Details

About an hour and half before dark, clear sky�s and no wind

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