BFRO #46749: Hunter has many, possible encounters over several years on private property south of St. Louis

📍 Location

📝 Description

Where I work, they let us hunt and fish on the grounds. The last few years I have been hunting the west side of the property and every early Fall they or it is there. A few years ago, I had one violently shake a tree and run off just out of sight. Then, last year one let out not a scream and not a howl but a cross between the two so loud and close that I could feel it in my chest. I got to tell you it scared me half to death about a half hour before dark. I waited a little bit because I didn't know if it knew I was there or not and then I left. About a month ago I was doing a little scouting before deer season and heard some whoops and on Oct.9th I had, only what I can compare it to, is either 3 large rocks slammed on the ground or something stomped the ground hard enough to feel it in my feet three times and just far enough out of my view that I could not see it. I spoke out but got no reply. Nothing ran away or moved in the woods. I took it as a warning that I am here, go back, and that's what I did. I have hunted all my life and I know what a deer sounds like when it stomps its hoof, it was not that. I got to tell you, I have never been uncomfortable in the woods but this is getting kinda spooky.

🔍 Circumstances

If so they are not talking. I was told by a guy that interviewed me for a job there that about 15 years ago a guy had quit his job because he saw one and it scared him enough to quit.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Each time it was late afternoon for conditions except the stomping was in the early morning and rainy and foggy.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Each time it was late afternoon for conditions except the stomping was in the early morning and rainy and foggy.

🔗 Sources (1)

👥 Community Contributions

Help improve this case by adding notes, observations, theories, or tags. Your contributions help the community understand patterns and connections.