APPALACHIAN TERROR! Werewolves, White Bigfoot & Black Panthers | TRUE ACCOUNTS!
Jul 19, 2025
The Appalachian Mountains, long veiled in mystery and folklore, have once again delivered a chilling bounty of unexplained encounters. From the deep hollers of Kentucky to the misty ridges of North Georgia and the wilds of Western North Carolina, these recent and historical eyewitness reports stitch together a patchwork of terror, primal awe, and ancient whispers. Locals and long-time residents—many of whom have deep roots in the region for generations—are speaking out about what they've seen, felt, and feared.
Among the reports are chilling descriptions of upright, wolf-like beings, pale gray humanoids with unnatural cadences and behaviors, and massive, white-furred creatures resembling a cryptid Sasquatch. In multiple accounts, glowing yellow eyes pierce the darkness, and the sounds of babies crying—or guttural human-like screams—lure the unsuspecting into dangerous territory. These aren’t just isolated tales. Multiple witnesses, sometimes years apart, describe nearly identical experiences, suggesting a persistent, possibly interdimensional presence.
One story centers around a family picnic interrupted by a bipedal white-furred creature seen hurling tree limbs in frustration. Another follows a retired teacher who repeatedly encountered a massive black panther accompanied by a kitten—creatures denied by wildlife officials but steeped in Native lore. Other reports involve vanishing cattle, strange power-draining zones, and areas so heavy with dread that seasoned hunters and outdoorsmen refuse to return.
These aren't the tales of thrill-seeking adventurers or out-of-towners spooked by backcountry sounds. These are the confessions of rural families, local government officials, hunters, and children who have grown up alongside the forest. And many of them now believe they’ve glimpsed a side of Appalachia that’s not only ancient, but otherworldly.
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Hey, Hey folks, good evening and welcome to Phantoms of Monsters Radio, where the veil between the known and the unknown
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is lifted one story at a time. I welcome you and all our listeners as well as the
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first timers in the chat. I u I hope that you find tonight's subject and
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reports interesting. Now, uh, the Appalachian Mountains, long
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veiled in mystery and folklore, have once again delivered a chilling bounty of unexplained encounters. From the deep
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howls of Kentucky to the misty ridges of North Georgia and the wilds of western
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North Carolina, these recent and historical witness
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eyewitness reports stitched together a patchwork of terror, primal awe, and
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ancient whispers. Locals and longtime residents, many deeply rooted in the region for
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generations, are speaking out about what they've seen, felt, and feared.
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Among the reports are chilling descriptions of upright wolf-like beings, pale gray humanoids with
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unnatural cadence and behavior and massive white furred creatures
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resembling a crypted Sasquatch. In multiple accounts, glowing yellow
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eyes pierce the darkness and the sounds of babies crying or guttural humanlike
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screams lure the unsuspecting into dangerous territory. These aren't just
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isolated tales. Multiple witnesses, sometimes years apart, describe nearly
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identical experiences, suggesting a persistent, possibly interdimensional
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presence. One story centers around a family picnic
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interrupted by a bipeedal whiteird creature seen hurling tree limbs in
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frustration. Another follows a retired teacher who repeatedly en encountered a
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massive black panther accompanied by a kitten creatures denied by wildlife
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officials baked the native lore. Other reports involve battling uh vanishing
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cattle, strange power draining zones in areas so heavy with dread that seasoned
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hunters and outdoorsmen refuse to return. These aren't the tales of thrillseeking
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adventures or out of town or spooked by backcountry sounds. These are the
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confessions of rural families, local government officials, hunters, and children who have grown up side by side
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with the forest. And many of them now believe they've glimpsed the side of Appalachia that's not only ancient, but
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to become a Phantoms Monsters Insider today. Now, the first account, the witness
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states, "These two incidents occurred nearly a decade apart, and for obvious reasons, I cannot guarantee they are
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related. However, it seems reasonable to at least entertain that idea."
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The first story takes place at my cousin's trailer a few houses down from mine. We live in a rural town at the
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foot of the Appalachia Mountains in southwest Virginia, surrounded by plenty of forest. One night, we were playing
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hideand seek and everything was going well until I tagged my cousin, making him the seeker. He hated seeking, so
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instead of playing the game, he decided to quit and sit on the front porch. It was around midnight, maybe a bit
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earlier, and and naturally, it was pitch black outside, perfect for scaring someone.
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My cousin's friend, my brother, and I devised a plan to get revenge on my cousin for being a sore loser. We
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decided to lure him to the edge of the forest where my brother would jump out at him. A very simple plan for a couple
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of dumb 13 years olds, but we were deter determined.
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We managed to convince my cousin that noises were coming from the woods. So, he reluctantly joined us in the
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investigation. I mean, joined us to investigate. As we walked along the edge of the
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forest, I noticed something moving inside and my cousin's friend and I exchanged grins, thinking it was my
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brother. Then, out of nowhere, my brother burst the side of my cousin's trailer,
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screaming and roaring, sending us all in a panic. He got us so good that we completely
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forgot about the noise coming from the forest, which could no longer be attributed to him.
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As we were laughing about the scare, we suddenly heard a horrifying noise coming from the depths of the forest behind us.
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It sounded like a man screaming for help. The pitch gradually changed, and to this day, I swear it said, "Help."
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After about 5 seconds of those humanlike screams, it transformed into the most guttural roar I've ever heard. It was
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chilling. We ran inside and my cousin opened the blinds to the window. It was
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then that we noticed the haunting sight of a full moon shouting above us. Yes,
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we couldn't figure out what we could have made what could have made that noise. Now, there are farms around. It
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could have been a cow make being attacked by coyus or something else typical of rural America.
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But I've never heard anything like this before or since. Now, jump forward about nine years to 2013.
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One late night while driving home from work, I spotted two bright orange eyes peering at me from the side of the dark
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road. I thought it might have been a fox or a dog, but as I got closer, I realized it was no average fox or dog.
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It was a massive wolflike creature. This animal was so tall on all fours that it
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seemed almost as tall as my car. Its back legs were long and muscular, almost
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kangaroo like, while the front legs were short and thin. It dashed across the road in front of my car, jumping the
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fence to the left of the road with incredible ease. When I got home, I casually told my family that I had
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finally seen the werewolf that made that noise so many years ago. I don't necessarily believe that it's an actual
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werewolf, but I can't honestly say that it isn't. Anyway, I thought you might enjoy these strange stories. keeping
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keen eye out on the full moon nights.
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Now, this next account, the witness states, "This was back in the days when cars are a luxury few could afford in
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the Appalachian region of North Georgia. My greatgrandfather's friend was
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relatively well off by the standards of the time and owned a horse. One hot summer day, we decided to ride
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his horse along the lonely stretch of state highway that cut through the countryside.
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The road divided an old farm property in half. On the left side stood a barn, and
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on the right side was an old farmhouse that had been abandoned for several years. Surrounding the property were
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tall, swinging cornfields. As he approached the farmhouse, he suddenly felt an eerie sense of unease,
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but didn't think much of it until he heard a baby crying from inside the house.
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There was no car in the driveway, no open door, and no lights on. He wondered if the crying baby indicated that
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someone, a young mother on the run, or perhaps a kidnapper, was hiding inside. Concerned, he rode his horse up to the
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driveway, tied it off, and walked up the walkway toward the front door.
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He was halfway to the house when the crying abruptly stopped. He paused and just as he did, the sound started again,
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but this time it was coming from the barn. Assuming it was just the wind, he retraced his steps and headed back
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across the highway, leaving his horse behind as he made his way through the corn toward the barn. As he was about
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halfway there, he glanced up and saw nothing unusual inside. But just then, the crying stopped again. Moments later,
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it resumed. this time coming from the house. In a sudden burst of fear, he rushed
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back through the corn to his horse. He was acting agitated, nighing, and stomping, which was unlike the gentle
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older horse. My great-grandfather's friend later told my grandfather that it was the only time in the horse's life
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that he had the spirit to gallop away, and it did so without any further coaxing.
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Now, this next account, the witness states, "When I was in seventh grade in Eastern Tennessee, I was outside with my
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dog, lying on a dirt mountain, watching the clouds to pass the time. It was
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around 5:30 p.m. when my dog started barking and pulling at her leash. We
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lived in the countryside, surrounded by woods on one side of our house. I tried to call my beagle, but she kept
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insisting. I stood up and looked in the direction she was focused on and said, "Look, there isn't anything there." As I
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spoke, a large black creature with a canned body sprinted out of the woods.
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The creature had thin fur that was so black it appeared to have pearlescent hue to it with almost a purple tint. Its
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eyes were mid-shade of yellow. The creature's legs were crooked backward and its hands were long and slender. It
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stood about 7 feet tall on its highind legs. Then it dropped to all fours. Its back had an aggressive hunch, yet it
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moved with fluid grace. Every step seemed pre-calculated. As it sprinted,
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it tilted its head toward me as if aware of my presence, but indifferent to it.
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Then, without much effort, it jumped over a 4-foot cattle fence. Now, as a senior in high school, I had
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another experience. Just last summer, I was working with my with my father in
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his shed where he worked on motors and various projects. I had left my phone
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inside, and since my friend was staying the night, we headed back down to the shed to retrieve it. It was around 1000
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p.m. pitch black in the same time of year as my previous encounter. While standing outside the front of the
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shed, trying to fit the key into the keyhole, we heard a rustling sound coming from the brush in the woods. It
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was faint, resembling the sound of a breeze moving through the leaves.
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Both my friend and I heard it, so we turned our flashlights toward the bush, wanted to see the pitch black shape
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standing among the light foliage. The yellow eyes haunt me every time I
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recall that moment. My friend said, "You see that right?" At that point, I had already started sprinting towards the
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house. Seeing that creature and realizing was just watching us completely shattered my
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composure. It was so silent. I had a mental breakdown as soon as I stepped inside the house. I've never reacted so
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intensely to anything before. From then on, every time I went into the woods, I felt as if something was watching me. I
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know this sounds crazy and I understand that people don't believe me. It's been difficult to share this experience and
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this is the first time I've ever tried to reach out in search of similar encounters.
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Now, not too long ago, I received a telephone call from TWW,
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who was a retired teacher and well-credentialed local government employee who had also involved in social
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work in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Now, TWW had been a reader of Phantoms
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of Monsters for some time, had watched my video presentations, so he felt comfortable reaching out to
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me about his encounters. Beginning in the spring of 2004, TWW
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sensed that something was watching him when he took his pitbull outside to do its business during the early morning.
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His dog was watching or acting nervous and walking and excuse me and waking
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TWW. So he obliged and accompanied the dog outdoors. Living in the foothills of western North
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Carolina mountains, there's natural pres predators that inhabit the area and he was always armed with a pistol.
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So, one particular early morning while walking along his driveway with his dog, he noticed what he initially thought was
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a black plastic trash bag at the end of the driveway. Now, TWW found this
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unusual because none of his neighbors lived nearby and he and his wife maintained a tidy residence.
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As he approached the object, it began to move, then rise off the driveway, ultimately transforming into a large
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black panther with bright yellow eyes. A panther kitten accompanied the big cat.
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At that moment, his dog cowered behind TWW. After lifting itself off the driveway, the black panther and the
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kitten slowly retreated into the brush. On subsequent occasions, TWW saw the
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same black panther and kitten on multiple early mornings between 3 and 4:00 a.m. Concerned, he contacted the
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to inquire about the crypted feline and was informed that there are
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no such species of black panther inhabiting North Carolina. Later, as a social worker, TWW learned
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from a supervisor that multiple caregivers had ceased assisting an older woman living in the nearby mountains.
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They were alarmed by sightings of large black panthers during their visits. The supervisor asked TWW if he would visit
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the location. So TWW recalled that his father had previously mentioned encountering black
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panthers while hunting. On several occasions, the hunters claimed to have shot at these big cats, insisting that
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they had hit them, but the creatures showed no effect. Due to the continued sightings in his
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father's account, TWW suspected that these encounters might be related to portal openings or other unknown un
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supernatural phenomena. He noted that multiple indigenous
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tribes, particularly the Cherokee and Ohari people, historically inhabited the area and suspected that these creatures
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might be associated with tribal lore and religion manifesting as a result of these practices.
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Before the Black Panther activity, there had been regular instances of loud booms emanating from the foothills and
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surrounding area, leading TWW to wonder if there was a connection. Now, as a faithful Christian, TWW
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decided to take matters in his own hand. He tells me that one early morning, he
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again observed the black panther and kitten. He prayed, rebuked the creature, and asked to leave his property and not
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return in the future. And since that night, the Black Panther has not been seen.
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Now, I informed TWW that I would make inquiries about his claims. Many of my
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ancestors lived in Mitchell County, North Carolina, and I've heard numerous stories of crypted sightings throughout
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my life, and the southern Appalachian people, both indigenous and settlers, have passed down many intriguing tales
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of encounters with unknown creatures and other supernatural events which have continued into modern times.
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If you are interested in researching these tribal peoples and traditions, you can find resources like indigenous
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peoples of North Carolina website which is very helpful.
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I hope the sound's coming pretty good. I had some issues with the internet earlier, but we'll keep on going here.
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This next witness states, "Hello. When I was little, my family owned a cabin on a lake in rural Appalachian uh Kentucky.
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I was quite It was quite remote at the time, though it had become more heavily developed over the past 10 years.
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Whenever we visited the cabin, we often went for picnics in a huge field at the edge of a farmer's property. Now, one
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day, we set up our picnic spot at the crest of a very steep hill. At the
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bottom of the hill, the the field met the tree line of a large forest. Now, I was too young to remember everything
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that happened, but this is what my sister and parents told me.
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Now, while we were sitting in the field eating, my dad heard a loud banging come from the bottom of the hill where the trees met the field.
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He walked to the crest of the hill and saw an enormous white creature standing on two feet, taking large logs and
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throwing them over his head to bang him against tree trunks, creating a loud noise.
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He showed my mom and she saw it too. We decided to pack up and leave because
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they were creeped out by the sight. Now, my parents are very sane and rational people, so they never really talked
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about it out of fear of sounding insane. No one wants to claim they saw a Bigfoot.
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So about four years ago, we were having Christmas with my aunt and her family who also frequented the cabin at the
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same lake. We started talking about the cabin and sharing memories when my aunt
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mentioned she had an unbelievable story she had never shared with anyone besides my uncle.
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She would often go blackberry picking in the fall to make her wild blackberry jam.
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One day, she thought she saw a bear in the distance eating blackberries, which scared her. However, she continued
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picking and watching it for a while. Eventually, the creature she thought was a bear stood up, revealing its white
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coat of hair and walked again away on two legs into the woods. Naturally, we
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immediately shared our story, and everyone was in awe that we had seen the same thing around the same time in the
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late 1980s. I decided to do a little research and it turns out there were numerous sightings
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of this creature in the late 1980s. Someone was so convinced that what he
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saw was a Bigfoot that he dedicated the rest of his life to finding it again. If you look it up, you'll find numerous
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reports of people who saw this creature around the time my family did. Now, I'm
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not sure I believe that this person found Bigfoot again, but he claims he encountered three of them together. two
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large brown ones, one with thick and one with thick white fur, which matches the
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exact description confirmed independent upon my parents and my aunt. I don't know. I don't really know what
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to think. The irrational part of me knows this probably wasn't a Bigfoot, but I respect my family's sanity and
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intellect, and everyone was convinced that that they what they saw was not a
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bear. It was covered in thick white fur and walked on two legs. I'm uncertain of
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how that can be explained away.
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Now, I recently received an account from a colleague in Frankfurt, Kentucky, who
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investigated an incident regard uh involving missing cattle. He forwarded
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an original email from 2019 that he received from the client, and to this day, there has been no resolution
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regarding the missing cattle. So, the email read, "My husband and I live on a family farm of about 100 acres
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where we raised cattle. My dad grew up here and my grandpa lived and worked this land until the day he died.
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I know every inch of it and have never felt scared walking the farm or surrounding land. A few months ago, one
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of our cattle disappeared. She had a calf and if you're familiar with cattle, you know, it's pretty unusual for a cow
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to leave her calf. Our fam, our farm is located in the Appalachian foothills of
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Kentucky, which has quite a few hollers. We figured the cow must have gone down
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into the hollard and died in the brush somewhere or wandered into a neighbor's field. My husband searched diligently,
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but never found her. Nobody, no trace. Absolutely no evidence of that cow.
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Now, on the day she went missing, there were also strange spots in the grass on of the field where the ground was
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flattened, almost like something had pressed down on it. Oddly, two vehicles ran out of
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gas right near these spots. I thought it was just weird, spooky coincidence until
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today. Today, my favorite cow also went m missing. My husband's sister and I spent
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about 5 hours searching for her. We combed through every inch of the fields, searching the hollers and checked the
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neighbors fields. There was no sign of her. She also had a calf and was known
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for being a good mother, so it was perplexing that she was gone while the calf remained there.
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I initially thought she had wandered into the neighbors of cornfield or possibly been stolen, which seemed
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strange since she was an older cow and the only one missing. While searching for the missing cow
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around 6:30 to 7 pm, my sister and I decided to check a piece of land we
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don't own. It juts in between our two fields and is almost is mostly wooden uh
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wooded, excuse me, bordered by bordered by a barbed wire fence. I knew our cows
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sometimes crossed over, so I just wanted to look there. My sister and I are both in our late 20s
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and grew up exploring the woods. We hunted, climbed waterfalls, dodged snakes, and pulled ticks off ourselves.
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At that moment, nothing scared us, or so I thought. I crossed over the barred wire, but my sister hesitated and stayed
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back, which was unusual for her. I teased her for being cautious, reminding her I'd been there before, and it
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wouldn't lead her into any danger. Yet, she continued to stall, and I eventually
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got short with her and told her to come on. She crossed the fence but kept stopping.
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When I finally caught up to her, I started feeling uneasy. The only way I can describe it is it felt dark. My
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sister complained she couldn't hear me even though I was speaking loudly and was only 2 feet away at most.
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We finally decided to turn around and quickly leave the area. Once we crossed back over the barb wire, the bad feeling
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dissipated. A few hours later, my sister went home feeling unusually tired. I texted her to
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ask if she thought the woods felt all. She responded saying she was terrified the whole time. Here's a quote from her
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text. It was like we were going down a dark path to nowhere. I like to explore,
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but it didn't feel right. It gives me chills and almost makes me cry thinking about it. So, I just told myself it was
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I was psyching myself out. It was right when we passed the fence
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like we were somewhere we shouldn't have been. I was scared. I trust you and
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everything, but of course, but the feeling I got standing and looking into the woods was telling me not to go, not
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to cross the fence. The further we went, the worse it got with the dark shadow of
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something screaming at my insides telling me to go back. Afterwards, I had
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a heavy feeling that made me so tired. Now, this all happened. This all
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happened this evening, and we still haven't found the cow or any sign of her. I feel a lingering sense of dread
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from being in those woods, and I find myself feeling jumpy and exhausted. I was advised to reach out because I
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believe something supernatural or otherwise is happening. I can honestly say I've never experienced anything like
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this in my life, and I've never seen my sister so scared, which made me even
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more uneasy. Now, as I mentioned earlier, after 5 years,
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there had been no trace of the missing cattle, and the client remains cautious
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about the wooded area surrounded by the bar barbwire fence. Despite extensive research and investigation, no tangible
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evidence beyond strange feelings reported by the owner and the investigator have ever been discovered.
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So, this incident took place in the summer of 2003 when I was 13 years old during one of my
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stays at a YMCA camp in North Georgia near Lake M. One evening, I was assigned the task of
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cleaning up the rifle range away from the camp because the counselors hadn't done it due to a thunderstorm.
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As I w was walking up to the range, I heard some rustling, but didn't think much of it since we were in the Blue
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Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian. I walked onto the new range platform and
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started picking up brass shells I could find. Now, after a few minutes, I continued
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hearing rustling near a tree trunk. At first, I shrugged it off and then I noticed that the sound resembled
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footsteps, not like those of a deer or other normal forest critter.
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I also heard some odd chattering that I assume was coming from the fellow from a fellow camper. I walked toward the trail
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leading to the field, realizing the noise was indeed coming from the direction of the tree trunk.
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Now, as I approached the tree, I saw what appeared to be a pale gray human-like being rifling through the
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underbrush and mumbling in a raspy voice with an odd cadence.
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I cautiously moved closer and accidentally kicked the pine cone, which made a significant noise as it traveled
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through the undergrowth. The thing turned to look at me. It had dark, sunken black eyes, thin lips, and a
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normall-looking human nose, and patches of hair. What struck me the most was it
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shocked expression at look seeing me. We locked eyes for what felt like an
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attorney. It then stepped back bipedily with about 10 steps while all while
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maintaining eye contact with me, dropped on all fours and ran into the forest.
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Naturally, I was terrified and ran back to my cabin to tell my counselors. They all joined me as we walked back to the
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range to investigate. We found barefoot prints and candy wrappers scattered around, but they dismissed it all as my
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imagination.
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Now, this next account, the witness states, "This is not a report about a flying
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craft. Instead, it's a personal account of an experience that happened to me and a coworker on a warm summer night that
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changed my perspective. We were working the late shift at a
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restaurant on June 1st, 1997. Now, after our shift ended in the early morning
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hours, we talked in the parking lot and tossed around a football I had in the car for a while.
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I was driving him to his house in Madison. As we traveled down US 119 near
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South Charleston, West Virginia, we noticed that there was never any traffic on the road at that hour. Typically, we
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would stop at the gas station, but to our surprise, the 24-hour gas station was closed. We speculated that the clerk
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was probably taking a nap. Now, as we continued driving, I suddenly remarked that the car was on the wrong
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side of the road. It its lights were off and it was parked
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facing us on the four-lane road. My coworker mentioned that his dad used to work at a nearby coal mine. And after
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that, I sort of blacked out. When I came to, I realized our car was going about 10 mph on a 55 mph road. The gas pedal
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was no longer pressed down. I asked him what had happened, but he couldn't remember what he was he was saying. I
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pointed out our low speed in the strange position of the parked car, and he commented that it felt weird and he felt
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funny. Now, we spent the rest of the drive home talking about something else. Now, when
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we arrived at his house, I noticed that the sun was starting to rise. I remarked that it wasn't time for sunrise yet. He
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agreed and we both assumed the time must have changed. His wife told us that the
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time changed in the summer and thought it was crazy. Being a young adult living
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at home, I called my mom to inform her that I'd be late. Somehow, we had lost
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45 minutes to an hour that night. The next day at work, my coworker refused to
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talk about it and tried to brush it off as a joke. Now, years later, I ran into him again
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and asked about that night. He said, "I don't know what happened to us out there, but something did."
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I can assure you that it was a genuine experience and we were both afraid to discuss it. Over time, I've forgotten
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the exact date and times of when we left work and arrived at his house. One thing I know for sure is that the lost hour of
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my life had did happen and I don't wish to feel that way again.
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So folks, if you have any questions or any comments or anything, feel free to comment and let me know. Put it up there
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and uh Kevin will send it over to me.
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Got anything folks?
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Uh, race fan, if you're suffering from lost time and you your butt hurts, then you were
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abducted. Uh, I I don't necessarily believe all that, but I I guess in some cases that
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may be true, but uh,
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you know, I I I have had a lot of lost time. uh reports come into me over the
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years and um I I I do truly do believe some of them are abductees.
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Uh, but I think there could be other instances, possibly portals or something happening or, you know, I don't know,
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maybe even a medical thing. Who knows?
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Let's see. Paranormalism net, have you seen any reports or photographs of black
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panther type creatures with humanlike faces? You know, I had I had a a large feline
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sighting down in Florida. I remember years ago. Uh it was bipedal, too, and it had a
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human face. But other than that, as far as Black Panthers, I I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Alistister B. Lawn, do you still go on ghost investigations? Yeah, if there's a
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case um it's not too far from me, I'll go. I mean, I do several ca I've done
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several cases around here where I live at, even many in Gettysburg over the years. I don't always report them. I
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mean, you know, most times it it it's usually just something
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that's not even paranormal. Uh, but occasionally I'll get something, but yeah, I I do cases all the time.
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Abdalah is the aliens phenomena related to the
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antichrist in Yend days. I have no idea. Uh
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if anybody has any thoughts on that, put it up there in the chat. But uh I don't
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I don't I don't know if it does or not. I I personally don't believe it does, but who knows?
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Uh, let's see. Kurt W75, what your thoughts on a gifting chair
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for Bigfoot Lon? I've heard for and against it. I just wanted to see what
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you thought. Um,
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I don't have much issue with the gifting though. I have never used it. I mean, I' I've
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been on investigations where others have. Um, this investigation I'm uh involved
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with with uh Tim I mean uh Dave Scott and Tim James out in BC.
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Uh they are gifting and something keeps taking and bringing things back even
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while they're there. So I I don't think it's a Bigfoot but it
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may be something else. Um, but I don't, you know, I I really don't have much
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thought about gifting. I I, you know, I have heard people discuss it and talk about it. I know there's several
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investigators that don't even think about doing it. Um, but I I have I have
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been a part of teams that have done it.
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Can Squatch, any reports from hikers or campers on the Appalachian Trail years ago? There were a few murders on there.
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Yeah, I mean there have been um I know here in Pennsylvania there have been at least two of them over the years. Uh
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people go missing. Uh down in uh Virginia in the uh George Washington National
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Forest, there have been some incidents. I know at least one death there and uh
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another missing person. It does happen. Um I I don't know what the date was.
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That one in Pennsylvania was up near uh Duchanan up near Harrisburg
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where just before it goes across the um the walkway over across the the the
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river across the Suscuana, but that was many years ago.
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I I I'd say to anybody and Mara who's in the chat who's one of the moderators, I
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think she'd agree. You just watch yourself when you're out there. and it doesn't seem right. Take heed.
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Don Moore, do you think that one creature was a crawler rake or maybe the pulloff creature which is 7 to 8 to 11
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feet no hair and fast like a crawler? Uh, it could have been I,
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you know, this whole crawler phenomena is just it's just so strange to me. Even though
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I wrote about it, I I still don't understand it, but we still get reports. Um,
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I I I definitely feel they're supernatural. I don't think they're but I think they're also, you know, corore
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corporeal as well. I mean, there there is some flesh and blood involved there. I mean, it's a physical being.
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Are they portal travelers? Possibly. Are they, you know, what are they? We just don't know. Um, but
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it it still confounds me.
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Paula S. Lon, great stories tonight. Why do you suppose Appalachia has so much activity? It's so congested there with
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cryptids. Um, those mountains, I mean, from Georgia up
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to Maine have always had a lot of activity. I It's just embedded in the area. I mean, uh, even during the Civil
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War, there were reports of strange things in those mountains. I had family that lived in those mountains, and they
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reported a lot of weird things. There were a lot of stories that came out of there. I had no idea. It's just like a
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lot of other places that are hotspots. Could it be an energy source? Could it be a magnetic or geomagnetic source
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that's causing this? I don't know. It's possible. Um, you know, I think just like
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Gettysburg, I think that there's a geomagnetic reason why so much activity is there.
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So, um, it could be that, but it's just like a lot of other places, you know, the
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Appalachians and even the Blue Ridge and and and South Ridge in Pennsylvania going up into the Laurel Highlands.
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There are a lot of places there are a lot of um a lot of weird activity but it usually
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involves mountains and and valleys.
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Paranormalism net has there been any evidence of actual lycanthropy human
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transformation into an animal involved in dog men or werewolf sightings in present day?
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Well, nothing that can be proven. I mean, there are a lot of theories. Um,
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I I think around here in particular, here in P South Central Pennsylvania, in
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particularly down in Maryland, um, there have been some weird sightings of
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cryptic. In fact, we're working on one now, which happened uh near Columbia,
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Maryland. And there have been several sightings of this aggressive
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crypted canine. one broke into a house and another one that and when I get my blog back I'll write about it but um
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it it happened in near an apartment complex in Colombia and this um
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this woman saw it while she had her dog out and this creature was white in
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color. It was about 78 foot tall and uh she backed up and got into her home back
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into her apartment and the thing followed her and tried to get into the door.
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So um you know this is something we're looking into. I talked to the witness, Rissa
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talked to the witness. She's going out there uh and uh investigated as well. So
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this is going to be something we're going to be looking into a little bit more. And I'm familiar with the area because I used to work near there. So,
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uh, yeah, I know that area pretty well. Can any weird cave stories from
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Appalachia? Yeah. Uh, in, uh, southwest Virginia, there
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have been some sightings in some of the caves of, um, what people would call
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feral humans, possibly crawler humanoids. There have been a couple of
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those. Um but southwest southwest Virginia even
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into the other side into West Virginia there's a lot of caves there a lot of caverns in that area too. So, um,
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you know, you can almost find anything I I I believe in in one of those areas, but, uh, there have been some sightings
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of some type of humanoids.
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Magnus Lon, are you familiar with Pennsylvania German folklore of the hexen wolf? Yes, I am. Thoughts on this
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and the duo and upright canines historically? Well, what happened was um you know when
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the uh Pennsylvania Dutch for the most part or the later Germans who had come
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into Pennsylvania and Lancaster and York County and other areas, they uh they set
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their farms up, but many of them eventually moved down into Maryland in um in Frederick,
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Alageney County, and some were also in Carroll County, Washington County. But anyway,
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over the years there have been what they these crypted canine sightings and the name they gave it was the duo and it's
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something I've talked about before. We've had several sightings. It's they're still continuing on.
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The hexen wolf that's another name they give it. Um
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but it it's traditional. I mean it's something that you know I think a lot of
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people when they saw something weird like that thought back to the old world where you know of course there were a
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lot of werewolf tales and the hex and wolf tales and things is that so um but
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Frederick County in particular has had a lot of sightings and it's it's mostly farmers and those sightings go back into
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the late 1800s.
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peace. Do you know of a human being saved by a Bigfoot? Yeah, I've had a couple of
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accounts of people saying they were saved by Bigfoot. Um,
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couple kids who say that Bigfoot saved them when they got lost in the forest.
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You hear a lot of different tales. Uh, do I believe them? Yeah, I think there's a possibility.
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Um, many times these are female Bigfoot according to the witnesses or if it's a
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kid in particular and I guess that maternal instinct kicks in with them and uh but there have been cases over the
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years I mean throughout in particular the United States. So, um, yeah,
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there have been I had a I had a um I had a report given to me from New Mexico
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near the Texas border where a uh a female Navajo lady um
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had an encounter with uh she was what happened was she was on an old porch of
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a house that was behind her residence and it was abandoned house and the porch
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itself had a lot of loose boards and nails and stuff and she was walking on there barefoot and ripped her foot up
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with on a nail or a board and she was sitting there crying and this Bigfoot
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according to her reached out, picked her up and carried her home. Um, and I've heard similar stories in
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the past as well. So, uh, yeah, there there's some stories out there.
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Can Squatch any fair or little people folklore from the European settlers in Appalachia?
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Well, you know, the early settlers in Appalachia, particularly in West Virginia and a little bit further down
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into uh northern uh North Carolina. Most of those were
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Scots. there was a lot of Scots that uh moved in there uh at the turn of the
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century and and you know that's I think all well there's a lot there was a lot of Germans as well but there were a lot
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of Scots do I you know and you do hear a lot of stories about fa and and little people
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and is it something that's indicative of their culture I I guess it probably could but I have heard the stories I
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mean you know um and in fact some of the sighting
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near Point Pleasant in Mason County of the Moth Man also included some small
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humanoid sightings, occasional sightings that people would report as well. So, I
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mean, is it connected to the moth manager, connected to some something else? I don't know. But there have been
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reports
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Alistister B line, any thought on our stories of witch encounters?
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Yeah, over I mean there have been a lot of witch encounters particularly around here. I mean you know you hear them all
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the time. Um my colleague Rissa, she has
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looked into a lot of that historical wise of the region. Um,
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you know, I I Pennsylvania I I don't think you can go too far without tripping over a witch or a witch story.
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So, uh, but there have been a lot of reports over the years.
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Anything else, folks?
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