Report Received From: The GCBRO Online Report Submission Form.
 
Report Posted To GCBRO Web Site On:  September 1, 2005

DATE:    N/ovember 28, 1979
 

TIME:     9:00 am
 

LOCATION:   Franklin County, Mississippi
 

TERRAIN:    National forest hardwood mix w/pine in a creek bottom
 

OBSERVED:    I have submitted a report to the xxxx (another web site that has a database) already.  they do not seem interested as they have not gotten back with me.  report is as followed; the night before Nov. 28th two friends of my brothers came by my house to see if my brother wanted to go hunting the following morn.  i am a avid deer hunter.my brother had prior engagements,so they asked me if i wanted to go.i jumped at the chance because not being able to drive my hunting opportunities were limited.they arrived to pick me up around 4 am or around that time.we drove to our hunting location and proceeded to walk together to our stands.after one of my friends left us to get in his stand the other man and myself continued on.it was about 1or1 1/2 miles to the last stand in which i would take.my other friend gave me directions to walk on down through about a 1 acre rye grass field into the far woodline.then about 100 yds up the creek bottom.he said it was a good place with alot of deer sign.he then got in his stand and i proceeded on.about half way across the field i got an eerie feeling that something was watching me.i shinned my flashlight across to the woodline.after scanning back and forth i did not see anything.i felt better and continued into the woodline and down the creek bottom.it was still dark and i want to emphasize that the fallen leaves accumulated at least 1 inch deep and a heavy white frost settled on top of them.this made moving quietly impossible at best.i found a large white oak tree about 100 yds into the bottom and scraped the leaves away to have a quiet comfortable seat .i sat down and waited for daylight.it was uneventful until around 9 am when i spotted a deer about 70 yds down wind of me.it was on a small finger ridge that dropped into the bottom.the deer was looking in my direction and i remained very still.it was out of range of my 20ga. shooting buckshot.after a few seconds the deer whirled and dashed back into a thicket from which it came.i sat motionless and tried to figure out why the deer had spooked.i had been extremely still so i knew it most probably did not see me.also a light breeze blew into my face so i was certain it did not smell me.it was then that i heard a faint breathing sound.it was so distant at first that i wasn't sure of what i was hearing.it was eerily quiet with none of the usual animal sounds.all i heard was the breathing and it was getting louder and louder coming from behind me.i was almost petrified with fear but i turned and looked.i could not see for the size of the tree i was leaning back on and i would not lean out to see around it for anything in the world.i was really scared.looking down i saw 3 shadows plain as day.myself,the tree and a creature standing upright instantly i sprang to my feet and stepped back away from the tree.when i stepped back i also moved to 1 side and there not 5 ft away stood this hair covered thing looking directly into my eyes.i swear it was the scariest moment i have to this day ever had.the thing stood between 7-8 foot tall.its body was covered with pine straw colored hair.it had deep set coal black eyes.its face was the only thing that wasn't covered  with the 3-4 inch hair.it had no neck that i could tell of.its arms hung at its side down below its knees i think this was because of the slight slump in its shoulders, other than that it was very erect. i could not tell how many fingers it had but i could see there were some. the thumb was very noticeable.i can remember that its hands were cupped and made a very distinguished v shape.i dropped my gun and was in full stride getting away as fast as i could yelling all the way.when i broke out of the treeline one of the men was half way across the field coming to see what was wrong.he had to grab me and make me stop running.i was headed to the truck.after i told him what had happened we went and got the other man that was with us.they made me go back with them to get my gun.i protested but they forced me.the way back in they teased me and laughed that the bugger man almost got me.the assumed that i had only seen a bear,the tree was easy to find because my gun was lying beside it,their poking fun at me stopped when they saw the tracks imprinted in the leaves behind where i was sitting.the tracks were about 14" long.just a guess because we never measured them.it had 3 toes and was about 5-6" wide.we could plainly see the direction the thing had left in.the men with me became curious and decided to follow them.belive me i protested but to no avail. we followed the tracks for a ways until we came to the creek bank.it dropped down in a steep incline about 10 ft to the water.we could see where the thing slid down and crossed the creek.in the sand across the creek was now without a doubt the tracks.if there was a controversy about tracks back at the tree there were none now.the men decided maybe we needed to leave.i have been hunting all my life.to this day i never stepped foot back into that area,i know what i saw.until the day i die i will tell you that a creature exist.and i pray that anyone who is skeptical will have an encounter,i guarantee that if you do your life will be forever changed.
 

Activities of Witness:   We were all deer hunting-3 of us.
 

Description of Creature:  Quiet woods, no sounds.no odor as some report. no vocalization. walked through those leaves with unbelievable stealth.that breathing will be embedded in my mind the rest of my life

7-8 ft tall 3-4" pine straw colored hair, deep set cole black eyes, hardly no neck if any. face hardly no hair, very erect with slight slump in shoulders.unknowm amount of fingers visible thumb hand cupped in v shape,long arms hanging at sides well below knees.
 

Other Notes:    It is said of two teenagers about that time were hunting north of natchez in annas bottom off the ms river.they saw something that they claimed was a bigfoot,would not go back to the bottom to hunt again.

I only have one comment, if there are people who really have sightings please come forward with these and if you think its cute to submit false reports for a laugh don't. it hurts those of us who are telling the truth and these hoax's do nothing but damage the hard work that these organizations put in trying to convince the scientific community of these primates existence.one hoax destroys 3 credible reports.....thank you.
 

Additional Notes and or Follow up Comments:  Upon contact the witness had no additional information to add to this report.

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