BFRO #794: While bird hunting in the woods witness observed " something " dark brown, seven feet tall, running extremely fast through the woods.

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📝 Description

While bird hunting with my son, we heard a rustle. As any bird hunter, the gun came up but I expected (because of sound) to see a deer startled from sleep. Instead, I glimpsed something quickly moving between the trees (about 8' apart), over the ferns, and barely below the lowest treelines. Admittingly, this couldn't have been for more than 3 seconds. This was a very quiet day with very little breeze; it wasn't so much what I saw, but what I heard. If I was deaf, I could dismiss it as a human trespasser. It was all dark brown, about 7' tall, and running (extremely fast given the original "startle") silently through the ferns, branches, and sparse deadfall. It was not a bear. I was not a believer of bigfoot. I told myself it was a deer leaping (because of the silence and upright position) that covered about 11yrds. Acceptable, right? I looked down, at my son and saw nothing but pure white fear in his face (see below).

🔍 Circumstances

I questioned my son as soon as I could talk. (My mind still trying to convince myself, my body shaking, and my speach obviously stuttered.) He heard the original stir but couldn't pinpoint it after because of silence. He did not see what I saw; his fear apparently came from the look on my face! He was nine years old; we've hunted together several times and (of course) he knows me enough to know something was wrong!

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