FOLLOW UP
REPORT: CRITTENDEN COUNTY
On June 28th, 2009 a Mr. Timothy Cox, 42, saw a tall, hairy creature walking
through a pine thicket. " 'I was blackberry picking in an old Wesvaco area,"
Cox said. " I was picking the berries near a set of three year old pines
that stood about 10 feet tall at the time. Some deer come running out of the
pines about 50 to 70 yards from me to the side. They were running pretty fast.
I thought that it was strange that they did not even notice me but were scared
to death of something. I heard something else coming through the trees just
a few feet into the trees... near where the deer came through. I could see a
dark brown colored thing that was moving the branches apart as it was walking
between the rows of pines. This thing was moving at a fairly brisk pace and
the branches were popping as it went along. I said 'what the hell is that?'
It was tall nearly 8 foot tall or more because it was moving branches 3/4 the
way up these trees. I could see an arm and part of its body. It continued down
the row of trees. As it got further away I decided to get the hell out of there
and run back to my truck 1/4 of a mile away. It scared the hell out of me."
I interviewed Mr. Cox on April 6th, 2010 and he was a straight-forward, no nonsense
type of fellow. The creature was walking fast through the trees, grunting as
if was annoyed but unaware of the witness' presence until after he ran from
the scene. The wind was blowing toward Cox but he noticed no unusual smells
in association with the encounter. Seeing the huge beast scared him thoroughly,
he admitted, and he made no pretense of bravery during the episode. He did what
most would - he ran away. He was, after all, completely unarmed save for a small
hunting knife. He described the creature as upright, about 8 foot-tall with
long arms which it used to push branches and limbs away. It had a stocky build
and was entirely covered with long brown hair, he recalled. "It just scared
the hell out of me," he repeated. He estimated the inhumanoid's weight
as 500 to 600 pounds.
According to him both he and his son were surprised while turkey hunting in
the area the previous spring when another herd of deer came running frantically
out of the forest. One of them was a small doe, he told me, and it was so scared
that it actually ran into a tree nearly knocking it unconscious. Then a terribly
wailing roar erupted from the woods, followed by sounds of something very large
walking quickly through. Like the deer, the turkey hunters fled the area. The
incident scared his son so badly that he wasn't interested in turkey-hunting
at all now. Cox admitted that the sound scared them both. He'd never heard anything
like it before. Later, as he was researching the subject he came across the
alleged Bigfoot recordings from Ohio and stated that they were a dead ringer
for the sounds they'd heard. On both occasions he had heard the sound of trees
and limbs cracking and snapping loudly suggesting that the creature was making
no attempt whatever at being stealthy.
Interestingly, Mr. Cox was first exposed to the phenomenon during a family outing
in 1973 when he was just six years old. His grandparents, an uncle and himself
were walking along a nature trail on Pineville Mountain over in Bell County
when his grandfather spotted a figure a couple hundred yards up the mountain
and pointed it out to everyone. It was humanoid, covered in dark hair and was
standing behind a small tree staring right at them. At first the uncle thought
it was a bear, but there was no muzzle and it stood upright with one arm around
the tree just like a man would. Alarmed, the group then beat a hasty retreat
down the mountain. despite having been in these entity's presence on three seperate
occasions and reacting in fear each time (just like the animals), Cox feels
that the Bigfoot creatures are most likely a form of some unknown, hairy human.
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> == Original Report
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> -- Form: 'Encounter'
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> 1. Your first name::
> 'Timothy'
> 2. Which county? :
> 'Crittenden'
> 3. Estimated date? :
> 'june 28 2009'
> 4. Estimated time? :
> '10:30 a.m.'
> 5. What city, or nearest city? :
> 'shady grove'
> 6. Length of time the encounter lasted::
> '5-10 mins'
> 7. How many witnesses?:
> 'just me'
> 8. Please describe your encounter::
> 'I was blackberry picking in an old wesvaco area. I was picking the berries
near a set of 3 year old pines that stand about 10 feet tall at the time. Some
deer come running out of the pines about 50 to 70 yards from me to the side.
they were running pretty fast. I thought that it was strange that they did not
even notice me but were scared to death at something. I heard something else
about coming through the trees just a few feet in to the trees. but near where
the deer came through. I could see a dark brown colored thing that was moving
the branches apart as it was walking between the rows of pines. this thing was
moving fairly brisk pace and the braches were popping as it went along. I said
what the hell is that. It was tall nearly 8 foot or more cause it was moving
branches 3/4 the way up these trees. i could see an arm and part of its body.
it continued down the row of trees. as it got further away i decided to get
the hell out of there and run back to my truck a 1/4 of a mile away. it scared
the hell out of me.'
> 9. Describe the creature with detail::
> 'Brown, Long arm, stocky build. did not stick around to see much more.'
> 10. Additional Info: Area, Sounds, Etc. :
> 'grunting like heavy breathing. and tree limbs cracking and popping. '