From the Files of the
Gulf
Coast BigFoot Research Organization
(G.C.B.R.O.)
Reported by: Confidential
Report
Received From: The GCBRO
Online Report Submission Form.
DATE: Oct-1976
TIME: 4:30 am
LOCATION: Fort Knox, Kentucky,
LOCATION 2 Fort Knox, Army Base,
TERRAIN: Wooded
OBSERVED: I was 17 years old in
US Army basic training at FT. Knox Kentucky and we
were spending three days in the
woods for "bivouac" training.Our tents
were set up in a circular
fashion in a small clearing. It was pre-dawn, about
0400 to 0430 Hrs. My training company and I had walked
approx 100 yards through
moderate brush,away from our
encampment to eat breakfast before we marched off
to the rifle ranges.It wes
quite cold outside that morning and was threatening
to rain.I had forgotten my
gloves in my "pup" tent and fearing
punishment for my
forgetfullness by the drill sergeants, I told a buddy that I
was going to run back to the
tent area to retrieve them. I figured that I would
be right back,and the drill
sergeants would never miss me.I took off through the
woods by myself in the dark,as
no flash lights were allowed due to
"tactical" issues. As
I located and approached my tent,from a distance
of about 6 to 8 feet, I
observed what appeared to be a person on the other
side,bent over at the waist in
some tall grass,looking for something. I
initially thought that it was
one of the other recruits and maybe he had also
forgetten something in his
"hooch". At that time I said"hey you
better hurry,they're about to
take off in a few minutes". (referring to the
rest of the training
company).There was no response. I was puzzled,and I stood
there and repeated myself.
Still no response. At that point I raised my voice
and said "HEY"! At
that time I observed the figure to stand
upright,facing me. It was about
6'4" to 6'6" in height,but I was not
able to make out any features
at the time, due to the darkness. I immediately
started to get the
"creeps",but still not knowing who I had confronted
I stood there looking at it,and
it appeard to be looking at me. This went on for
only about 10 seconds, then it
began to slowly sway from side to side. Suddenly
a faint light struck the
figure. I Think that the light came from one of the
trucks that had brought our
breakfast that morning,as it was turning around to
leave the area,about 100 yards
away. The light illuminated the dark figure for
only about a second, if that.
Long enough. In ,that second and from no more than
8' away,I observed this
creature to have hair which was similar in color and
texture to that of an
"irish setter" dog, which covered it's upper
body. Due to the tall grass and
the tent between us,I was unable to see it's
legs.It also had black or very
dark eyes and was humanlike,yet not, and it did
not appear to have a distinct
neck.It did not make any sound. I tried to
convince myself that it was a
bear,and I would have somehow been relieved if it
had been, but it wasn't. I
slowly began to back away from the tent in an effort
to get out of there without
alarming this thing. After about three steps I
panicked,turned and ran back through
the woods toward the rest of the
recruits,having never got my
gloves. I looked back to see if it was giving
chase, but never saw it again.
I initially tried to tell the guys what had just
happened,but I was turning into
a laughing stock and I soon just stopped trying.
Late that afternoon we returned
to the encampment area and I checked for signs
of the creature but found
nothing. Worst thing about it, we still had two more
nights to stay out there,but I
didn't see anything else of it after that.Oh
yeah,as for me forgetting my
gloves,there were consequences.
Activities
of Witness:
No witnesses that I know of.
Description of Creature: 6: 6 1/2 feet in
height,reddish/brownish shaggy hair,large build,dark
eyes,shork neck(if
any),humanlike charachteristics,no detectible odor,no
audiblle sounds.
Other Notes: .
Report Posted to the G.C.B.R.O. web site by: Rick Tullos
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