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Posted To GCBRO Web Site On: September 21, 2014
DATE:
09/27/13
TIME:
afternoon
LOCATION:
Ostego County, New York
TERRAIN:
Combination of swamp ,brush lots and hardwoods
OBSERVED:
Me and a few of my buddies were mowing a hay field off of a remote road.
The mower broke down so we decided to go home for the night and come back
the following day after barn chores and finish the rest of the mowing and
tedding. later that afternoon after barn chores me and my friends drove
out in my friends toyota tacoma to the location to finish the mowing. when
we got there me and my one friend started working on the mower on the edge
of the road. My other two friends started to connect the tedder and the
tractor. The field had been half mowed on the right 8 acres and the left
acres was left unmowed. the part that was mowed had been partly tedded
along the edge of the woods the day prior and left three foot tall windrows
of hay. Now I have seen coyotes fox and bear rumage through the windrows
in the past looking for mice, rats and turkeys that may have gotten chopped
up by the mower. But what we seen had changed out lives. My friends started
teding along an existing windrow making a new windrow. they got about 500
yards away from us going up a small hill. when about 100-150 yards in front
of them a huge 7'-7'6" 400-550 pound giant hairy thick human like creature
popped up from behind the windrow turned and started to run away. this
hairy gorilla type animal was a good 60 yards from the woodline. With only
10-12 bounds in was in the woods. we walked back to investigate the location
immediatly. Some how this unknown creature managed to hop a 4 foot high
stone wall and a barbed wire fence with ease. It also went up hill through
open hard woods I.E. oak, maple, cherry ect. 300 to 400 yards before it
could have been out of sight in the thick undergrowth of the brush lot.
we were at the woods edge within one minute and it had already disapated
the scene and was clear out of sight. My friends were within 150 yards
of the woods said the animal was very quiet as it entered the damp woods.
we looked for tracks and signs and had found nothing. We all talked about
the situation after words and decided to post something on the internet
after word to see if someone else had an encounter in the Gilbertsville
NY area. I have hunted my whole life and had taken deer bear and almost
all northeastern united states game. This animal was like nothing I have
ever seen its was not dog like cat like or bear like. Its shoulders were
atleast 3 feet apart. Its neck was as thick as a humans hips. Its head
as wide as a small car tire. It ran with such ease. And jumped higher that
any human I had ever seen even at a track event or even a professional
sporting event.
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Additional
Things: No noises were
recorded.
Activities
of Witness: Just quietly working
on a piece of farm machinery. Then started up the tractor and started tedding.
Description
of Creature: 7-8 feet tall/ Blondish
brown hair/ hair 1-3 inches long/ thick and muscular but graceful/ head
was a large as a small car tire/ neck as thick as a humans hips/ legs very
very long like 4 feet or so and Muscular.
Other
Notes: N/A
Other
(Informational or Encounter History in the General Area) Notes:
I had heard of people seeing a big animal standing up crossing the road
in the area and in a field down the road a few miles away but they were
said to be posible bear. But havent heard anything since the sighting.
Additional
Notes and or Follow up Comments:
N/A