BFRO #51283: ATV rider has broad daylight encounter, rocks thrown near Marienville

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I have debated whether or not to report my encounter to the BFRO or any organization. I don't know why, but I guess I wanted to keep this experience to myself for a few years and then it just didn't seem to matter as far as reporting it. But now, I realize that all encounters need to be in a data base somewhere. These DO exist and when that day of discovery happens, this database will house many of the answers. My encounter happened in early June of 2010. I took a friend to the Marienville/Timberline ATV trails northeast of Marienville, Pennsylvania in the Allegheny National Forest, to ride ATV�s for the day. Allegheny National Forest covers approximately 515,000 acres or 800 square miles of protected wilderness in North West Pa. The forest is pretty dense in most spots and has many types of terrain. From my understanding the Allegheny National Forest is one of the least densely populated areas east of the Mississippi River. Surrounding the Forest are more woodlands and farm country. The 2 trail systems we were riding that weekend join together and make an approximate 60-80 mile loop from the northern end down to the bottom, and then back up the other side of the loop. My encounter happened on our return back up, heading North. I remember it rained very hard the night before and through the early morning because my friend, who was new to ATV'ing, didn't bring rain gear. We had to go into town to buy him some cheap rain gear and then headed up to the trail.It rained the first half hour or so of our ride and I remember the sun coming out and it was turning into a really nice day for a ride. For those that ride ATV�s, they know that the rain makes mud, which is much more fun to ride in than dust. A few hours into the ride, having stopped and observed some beaver dams, some very old oil wells, a couple logged out areas where you could see for what seemed like miles and other cool sites that the forest has to offer, I was getting in more of a hurry to get back - it was approaching the end of the day. My buddy was way behind me so I decided to stop on the trail and wait for him. I usually don't separate from atv buddies when riding, but this part of the trail was an abandoned logging trail and pretty easy so I rode ahead awhile and then decided to stop and wait for him. He didn�t ride fast or dangerous; he "putted" so I knew he was safe, just slow. If he didn't shown up I would turn around and meet up with him.I wasn�t sitting long. I just took my helmet off. That�s when I noticed rocks kept hitting the front right side of my ATV. They weren�t large rocks, maybe about or just smaller than hand sized. It took a minute or so before it occurred to me that I was stopped and that rocks should not be flying through the air and hitting my atv. I was turning my head towards the right to follow the path of these "air rocks" as I called them, when my turn stopped. I noticed this �Stump� which turned out to be a dark figure, approximately 70-90 feet away, that appeared to be in a sitting or crouching, or just a low position, then stand up into an upright position. I�ll never forget how it seemed to pop right up like it was on a spring, with very little effort.Initially I looked at its hands because I was interested to see what was in its hand, if anything. It was much taller than a normal human � best guess at this point would be 7.5 feet or so, and absolutely NOT a bear.It was VERY broad at the shoulders. Almost freakishly broad � I remember that very well. It was on 2 legs and I could see its right arm hanging down, which was on the left side because it was facing me. I remember wanting to watch its right hand to see if �it� was armed or what it might be doing. That is funny to me now, because for some reason I assumed it was right handed. It moved its right arm to a slightly bent position, stopping with its hand in front of it, at about its waist. Its left arm stayed hanging to its side � very long arms. It was all very dark black � a shiny black � from head to toe, or as far as I could see to its feet as it was standing in 1-2 foot tall grass or taller. As my eyes made their way up on the creature I could see its head was all black as well. There was no white or lighter color that stood out, like most animals would have on their face. I could not see clear details of the face as it was all black as well but it did not appear to have hair on all of its face. It appeared to be black skin - the same color black as its hair but I could tell it wasn't hair in some spots. I noticed that the eyes were black, or very dark and deep, with a pronounced brow ridge. I could obviously tell it had a face. I just couldn�t see defined detail of the lips or anything as it was all the same color. The lips were closed though and in a straight line across its face, not open mouthed or smile or frown � just straight lips.The hair was short to medium length and not shaggy. I�d say the hair was an average of 3 to 5 inches long, shorter at the

🔍 Circumstances

2 of us were riding together, but only I witnessed this while pulled over and waiting for my buddy to catch up.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

This occurred at approximately 4-5 pm. The skies cleared up and were fairly clear blue and sunny but area was wet from previous rain. Air was clear - not foggy, it was in an opening in the forest probably 50 yards wide. The trail came through with 1-2 foot tall grass running along the forest at about 30-40 feet wide. So - open area with darker forest behind the subject, but clear.

ℹ️ Additional Details

This occurred at approximately 4-5 pm. The skies cleared up and were fairly clear blue and sunny but area was wet from previous rain. Air was clear - not foggy, it was in an opening in the forest probably 50 yards wide. The trail came through with 1-2 foot tall grass running along the forest at about 30-40 feet wide. So - open area with darker forest behind the subject, but clear.

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