BFRO #77933: Camper is surprised to see a face looking back at him from a ravine near TN/NC border SE of Tellico Plains

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My report for my visual sighting of a possible Bigfoot during a BFRO expedition to the Tellico Plains area of the Cherokee National Forest on Saturday Oct 26, 2024 at around 2:15 pm. The last thing I expected to see that weekend was an actual Bigfoot staring back at me! This is what happened. I went for a hike in the forest that day with an expedition group that took us to an old building not too far from one of the main roads. I also wanted to see if I could cast a possible bigfoot print that was noticed the day before by other members of our group. That was also where a report of something large slapping the back side of the same structure was heard by a few others previously.We arrived around 2 pm. I was able to quickly find the foot impression that was shown to me in a picture taken the day before. I found the �print� and it appeared to be in an area where something was rooting around in the ground. I concluded that although it looked sort of foot shaped it wasn't an actual foot impression, but just where some animal had been looking for something to possibly eat. It was a very shallow as well.I then went around the back of the building looking to see where something large would have run after slapping the side of the cabin earlier that week. I was looking over the terrain to see if I could find any evidence that something large moved across the ground recently.As I was looking around, I noticed a large dark spot in the distance just off the ground, about 50 yd away. It was noticeable because of the sun lit area of forest behind it. At first, I thought it was a stump but as I looked at, it appeared to have a face. I could make out an eye and the side of the face but still did not believe what I was seeing. This lasted a minute or two, then it rotated to its� left as if it was looking up to a slope to the side of it. Then, it rotated back to its right, facing me. I, at that time, realized that I was looking at a face. I was able to see two round eyes, a thick heavy brow, pronounced nose that was smashed down at the nostrils. The hair color looked to be dark brown, eyes black and the skin was a light brown or could have been a darker tan. Was not able to see the mouth, only a line where it should be. I tried to move to my right for a better view but was not successful and moved back to my left. The face was now gone. This happened in what seemed like a 5 minute time frame but could have been less, could have been more. I yelled to one of the other attendees that I saw something in the woods. He came over with his thermal but was unable to see anything. While talking about what I saw the others also came to see what was going on. I explained what had happened but whatever it was, it was gone and the others wanted to get on with their hike. I stayed to see if it might return. I waited about 15 minutes to see if it came back. When it had first disappeared, I remember hearing a loud whistle noise to my front and during the 15 minutes I was waiting, I heard a low whistle to my far left. Nothing else seemed to be happening so I went around to the front of the porch to have a seat and think about what I saw. During this time, I developed a bad headache and started to hurt all over, feeling like my energy was draining. Then out of nowhere, I hear a low (bullfrog like tone) sound or a deep guttural voice. To me, it was loud, strong, and maybe a one syllable word, possibly saying �go� or �out�. I asked if anyone else had heard this sound and no one had. At this point, I thought that it was time for me to go because I felt like I was not wanted there. I was not afraid, but I felt something didn't want me there anymore. Once back at our camp, I drew what I saw on a piece of cardboard. I headed to the fire pit area and was going to talk with the others that weren't with us, but my emotions started to get the better of me and I went back to my tent. I guess I felt like I saw something that my brain was trying to tell me is a myth. But, I saw it.I was at my tent for at least an hour when I was approached by a friend checking on me. I told him what had happened and he went to let our group leaders know. They came to my tent and we talked about the whole situation. I began to feel better as we talked about what I saw. The next morning before we all left for home, I and a friend (who is a BFRO investigator) went back to the area so I could show him where everything happened.

🔍 Circumstances

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🌤️ Weather Conditions

2:15pm in the afternoon. It was sunny day without a cloud in the sky. Temperature was in the mid 70's and low humidity.

ℹ️ Additional Details

2:15pm in the afternoon. It was sunny day without a cloud in the sky. Temperature was in the mid 70's and low humidity.

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