BFRO #23496: Possible daylight encounter by a rural resident south of Sturgeon Bay

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📝 Description

I have been haunted for 5 years by an experience I had when I lived in Door County Wisconsin. I lived in a small town called Forestville. We lived in the woods. I should have called the DNR when it happened but I wrote it off as a bear even though I know all the bears in Wisconsin are black. What I saw in a thicket beside my house was redish brown. I walked down my driveway to get the mail....it was very early Spring. I heard loud noises that sounded more like a man than an animal. I peered through the thicket and all I could see was the hump of its' back as it pounded its' head or shoulder against the tree. It was large. I was so very curious to see more that I walked up onto our mound so I could look down into the thicket. I could not see it better but it must have picked up my sent or seen me because it ran toward me. I could hear it running and growling. It hit some downed trees and could not catch up to me....I heard it hit the trees as I was running to my back door. I am not crazy. I am an educated woman. I know what I experienced. I have contacted the DNR of Wisconsin from where I live now because I just have not been able to get the experience out of my mind...it haunts me. The DNR said it could not have been a bear. So what was it??

🔍 Circumstances

No - unfortunately.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Afternoon...good lighting. It was a sunny day but cool.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Afternoon...good lighting. It was a sunny day but cool.

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