DATE:            09\17\01

TIME:             1:00 A.M.

LOCATION:     Fort Phantom, Texas,  Jones County
 

TERRAIN:       Lake and Wooded, very dark at night
 

OBSERVED:    I was driving down the lake bridge to go to take shots of a
thunder storm.  I was on the bridge heading east and my lights caught something
large about 50 yrds from the exit.    I stopped to give room for me to
drive backwards.  The thing set there for a while and just looked at me.
From what I gathered it was about 7-8 foot tall, well over 500 lbs.  The fur
was not black, more of a brown, but then again it was dark.   It looked to
want to protect something so I backed up slowly and headed back to the
west end of the bridge.   I explained to my father what I saw and he called
it the devil man.

I do remember hearing him grunt and crackle.  The thing is, he was
being answered by more sounds from the tree line.
 

ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES):   I was just driving around looking for a place to take photos i was not drinking or tired.

DESCRIPTION OF CREATURE:    7-8 foot, brownish hide, well over 500lbs. He looked protectine but not to the point of aggression. He had a large build and that's all I seen,
Many times, my dad said he's seen something like I saw a few years ago and people
tell me they seen it less than a week ago.  I'm trying to investigate it but not many people talk here.

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