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Class 3a

Man encounters a large, upright, human-like form near the Sam Houston National Forest.

Report#

01040028

Occurred November 23, 2004

(Submitted November 25, 2004)

Witness Observation

After storm, the power went out, so I got a flashlight, rubber boots and poncho on to walk the power line up to the main road. We had a lot of lightning during the storm, so I wanted to check the lines for damage. I walked the line up to the main road and found the place that lightning hit, so was walking back to house up drive. By the way, I live on 47 acres so the drive is long and winding to house. I came around the bend towards the house and looked up and noticed 2 white dots I thought they were lights from the power company, working on lines, but as I got closer, I noticed them blink. I got a little nervous, so I kept flashlight on them. At first I thought it was a deer, then realized they were way too high to be deer. As I got closer, I guessed they were about 6 to 8 ft. off the ground. They blinked again. The air had an iron, musky smell. When I shined the light again in the direction, I noticed a dark figure, big and bulky. Hard to tell because the flashlight wasn't very bright. It blinked again, I ran and fell in the mud. I got back up and shined the light and the eyes were gone. I could hear it moving through the tree line next to me. I couldn't run fast enough to the house. I ran in and locked the door. Everyone in the house had never seen the look I had on my face before. I was scared and I don't scare easily. We went back out in a bit and I got my Q-beam out and panned the tree line till I was beside the house and they hollered, "Stop, LOOK" and there were the eyes again beside the house in the woods. We couldn't see the whole thing because it was behind the trees, just eyes blinking in the bright light. Then it ran off, deeper in the woods and we heard a throaty howl.

Physical Evidence

We went out the next night and found where I saw eyes and found 2 what looks like footprints and what looks like knuckle prints, like it was crouched down. Maybe it was and heard me walking up and stood when I saw its eyes in the flashlight.

Sounds

No noise till it ran off into woods. We hear grunting howling noises every once in a while at night. Our dog sleeps outside, but sometimes I get woken up, with her scratching the door hard, like she's scared wanting in.

Additional Observations

A strong, musky iron smell.

Time and Conditions

10:30 PM - Just after a major thunderstorm. Heavily wooded, backing up to National Forest. Nearby cattle farm.