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DATE:08/14/02
TIME:Afternoon
LOCATION:Parke County, Indiana, Roaring
Creek near Turkey Run State Park
TERRAIN:Wooded
OBSERVED:My
wife and I were on honeymoon. I have been going to this area with my
family for the last 15+/- years and have had similar occurrences over the
years. This time it seemed to click.
We were fishing in a creek when we both got the feeling that we were being
watched. As we continued to fish and listen we soon discerned definate bi-pedal
walking sounds back up among the evergreens on the oneside of the creek as
well as in the thick deciduous scrub on the other side. The presence on the
evergreen side seemed to stay in one place for probably an hour or so before
finally moving down stream & likely crossing to meet up with the other.
The other was on the deciduous side. This presence seemed to make a whistle
noise which we best describe as being like a kid blowing on a wooden flute
or tin whistle. Not much variation beyond some difference in length of the
call. This kept moving about on the ridge and among the scrub behind us.
It too finally seemed to stop moving & stay somewhere behind us. (We
later found a spot where it appeared something had been sitting watching
us from the brush above and behind us.)
There was some more movement after an hour or so when the presence behind
us moved on upstream towards a road & bridge. There then came a noise
which we at first thought was a car skidding in the turns on the road. We
changed our mind when we realized that the noise was moving across the brush
behind us at a quick rate accompanied by the sound of something going through
the brush. The final call in the series (there were 3 such calls or noises)
clearly tapered off more like something running out of wind rather than an
actual skid.
Throughout this whole series of events, there was a recurring sound which
is best described as a branch being occasionally beaten against a tree. This
sound came from both sides of the creek. This sound happened in single isolated
smacks though once there was a double whack.
It was after this final call that the presence across the stream moved downstream
also & seemed to cross over past the turn in the creek. After the departure
of both of them the birds did again begin to return and could be heard singing.
Previously there was only the above noted sound as well as one startled alarm
call from a blue jay & cicadas... lottsa cicadas.. but that's Indiana
in August for you.
I wandered down the creek bed and found a partial footprint in the gravel.
I didn't make a cast of it since we didn't have any material to do so (rather
didn't expect this).
My family goes there often as we have for years. My wife and I have not mentioned
this to the rest of the family as they'd likely not take well to such talk
especially concerning an area which we so regularly frequent.
ACTIVITIES OF
WITNESSES: Hiking and fishing
DESCRIPTION
OF CREATURE:
OTHER NOTES:
OTHER SIGHTINGS
IN THIS AREA: Don't know for others.
My family and I have had similar occurrences before but they just never registered
until this time.
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