The text describes two encounters with Bigfoot, a creature often referred to as a tall, hairy ape-like creature. The first encounter occurred in July 1924, when a group of gold prospectors stumbled upon a large footprint near their cabin in the mountains. They speculated that it could be a bear print, but upon closer inspection, they realized it was too large for a bear. One of the men had previously heard a whistling sound coming from the forest, which he later associated with the creature. The group decided to barricade themselves inside their cabin for safety. In the middle of the night, they heard footsteps and whistling sounds outside the cabin. The next morning, they found their cabin surrounded by rocks and gashes, indicating that the creatures had tried to break in.
The second encounter occurred in December 1981, when a man named Mike Woolley was deer hunting in his hometown in Louisiana. He spotted a young doe and assumed it was being chased by a large buck. However, he soon saw a creature that looked like a gorilla jump out of a tree. The creature did not react to Mike's attempts to communicate with it, and instead, it roared, causing Mike to run away. As he ran, he heard a loud, piercing whistle coming from the forest, which he later realized was the creature communicating with another creature. The creature then snapped back and looked directly at Mike, causing him to run even faster.
1. People have been claiming to see a tall, hairy ape-like creature walking around forests all over the world, especially in North America, for at least two centuries.
2. This creature is commonly referred to as Bigfoot.
3. Despite thousands of sightings and nearly 400 new sightings every year, there has never been any scientific proof that the creature actually exists.
4. In July 1924, five gold prospectors stumbled out of a forest near Mount Saint Helens in Washington state and claimed to have seen a large footprint that was too big to be a bear print.
5. They speculated that the creature could be a large predator and decided to forgo a campfire outside the cabin, which they normally would do at night.
6. They heard a whistling sound coming from the forest and one of the men had noticed a similar print and heard a whistling sound when he was away from the group.
7. The creature was standing a couple hundred meters up the mountain, looking at them. They could only see it because the moon was casting light directly on it.
8. The creature disappeared, and the men didn't know where it went. They ran back to the cabin, shut the door, and started barricading it.
9. They heard footsteps and whistling coming from the other sides of the cabin where they had no way of seeing what's going on.
10. They heard slamming against the door that leads into the cabin they had barricaded. The rocks and boulders were smashing into the cabin.
11. Finally, it stopped and they sat down in the middle of the cabin. Fred was sitting in such a way that he could actually see the slat in the cabin that was now open.
12. A hairy big ape hand that reached in and started fumbling around, grabbed hold of an axe that was leaning up against the inside of the cabin.
13. The creature released it and ran away. They heard all this whistling very close to their cabin.
14. In December 1981, Mike Wooley decided he wanted to go deer hunting in his hometown in Louisiana. He made it to his deer stand by about 3 pm that day.
15. A young doe came running across and stopped right in front of his deer stand. The doe laid down and was clearly exhausted.
16. Mike saw something pretty big jump out of a tree. It looked like a gorilla.
17. Mike believing that was the case, he starts yelling to them to take off their mask.
18. This thing that he believes is a person wearing a gorilla suit just completely does not react. It's just standing looking at him.
19. Steam was coming off of its face like it had been running. He said he could see its nostrils flaring like it was out of breath or perhaps it was angry.
20. As he's pointing the weapon at this creature looking through the scope, just totally dumbfounded, Mike has no intention of shooting at this point.
21. He lowers his weapon and he's looking at the creature in front of him who's whistling and looking in the direction of this way.
22. Another creature walks out of the tree line and stands right next to the first creature. The way it walked, it was walking like a human, it was on two legs.
23. They're both standing about 20 meters away looking directly at Mike.
24. Mike is terrified and he would say that he knew that he had to make a run for it. So he leaps from a stand and starts running towards his truck which is about a half mile away.