![]() “I could make out that it was on two legs. The shape was taller “and much more broad than I am,” he said. Soon the horizontal shape became vertical and very tall. A hunter, he said, would have flashed a light or otherwise revealed his presence. He shone his flashlight about 50 yards down the path, and could tell the shape lay horizontal across the road. It was a dark mass, and then I thought I was walking up on a bear.” “Had the moon not been three-quarters full, I wouldn’t have seen it. Some distance in the moonlight fell on a dark shape across the road. The moon was bright enough that he could see, but he occasionally shone a flashlight on his path. A three-quarter moon was dropping to the horizon, and he walked into a 4-6 miles-per-hour breeze. This was a perfect morning for black-powder deer hunting. His stand is remote enough off the road that years have passed since he last saw other hunters in the area. He walked about a mile and a half westward on what he calls an old skidder trail to his hunting blind. The main road dead-ends further west and there is no other access to this forest road. He parked his vehicle and began walking to where an old logging road branches off. On the morning of the encounter he took his normal route, driving westward along a Jefferson National Forest Road. He has hunted on Glade Mountain for 35 years, having grown up at the northern foot of the mountain. He is a very credible middle school teacher. I spoke with the witness by phone a few days after his encounter. Many old logging trails are around.įollow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Dan Kegley: Several water sources (small mountain creeks) in the area. TIME AND CONDITIONS: 20 minutes before sunriseĮNVIRONMENT: Heavily forested with hardwood and some pine. It was solid in color and very tall.ĪLSO NOTICED: 35 years walking to my hunting areas.I have never felt fear or apprehension until this incident The dark object went from horizontal to vertical, turned away from me, and walked into a laurel thicket, making very little noise. I stopped and pointed the flashlight in its direction. At first, I thought I had walked upon a bedded bear. When I veered off the forest road and onto a logging road, I saw a dark mass about 40 yards in front of me. It was dark and I was using my flashlight to guide the way. OBSERVED: I was walking to a hunting blind on the first day of muzzle-loader season. GPS coordinates for locaiton on Glade Mountain where the creature was spotted: 36.844870,-81.391063 LOCATION DETAILS: The incident happened on Glade Mountain on an old forest road no longer accessible by vehicle, about 25 minutes after the gate. Submitted by witness Eric Pennington on Thursday, January 12, 2023.ĭeer Hunter describes Pre-Dawn Encounter with a Sasquatch on Glade Mountain 9 miles East of Marion Geographical Index > United States > Virginia > Smyth County > Report # 75388
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