Full Name  = Bryan
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email = Bryan@secryptosociety.com
Eye Witness Contact Information = Alone..just me and my dog.
date = Winter of 70-71
time = Sometime in the early morning....7-8  
AM/PM = AM
weather = Freak heavy snow
Location of Encounty  List  = Glenn, Mississippi 38846..Alcorn
County
Type Of Encouter Please List ( Sighting,Sounds,Found Print, Or
Found Hair  = Footprints
Please give a detailed account of your encounter  =  Our family had
just recently moved to Mississippi, from Indiana. I believe it
occured either the first or second winter...we moved in late May of
1970. I was only 13 or 14 years old at the time. I had just inherited a
Stevens double-barrel 12 guge shotgun from my grandpa. Being
raised in NW Indiana, I was used to heavy snowfalls but this winter
in Mississippi, we had an unusually heavy snow, 6-8 inches deep.
Fact is, I have never seen another snowfall this heavy, here in the
south. Anyway, I awoke this cold winter morning to find this snow
and thought I'd go behind my home and try and kick up a covey or
two of quail. My old American Pointer bird dog, Sport, was eager to
get going. I remember that he was really spirited that morning and
he eagerly jumped and leaped along down the hill to the bottom.
We farmed this land and had just harvested a crop of soybeans.
Dad always left a little at the ends of the rows to help the
quail winter over. As we reached the end of the hill, we turned right
toward an old overgrown hedgerow...figuring that the birds were
probably holding tight in that cover. Sport was out ahead and was
slowing down with his tail high in the air. He usually did this when
he winded the birds..prior to him locking on point. Suddenly,he
reeled around and came running back at me in a dead run, looking
back over his shoulder and ran right into my legs. This behavior
stunned me and as I turned to look at him, he was continuing to
run until he was completely out of sight. I really did not have a clue
what to make of all this and eased forward toward the hedgerow
until I got to the spot where his footprints stopped. Along about
this time, I started feeling very nauseated to the point of actually
getting the dry heaves. I sort of bent my knees and leaned forward
but I still felt sick at my stomach. I then started looking a couple
feet from where Sport's tracks had ended and saw something that
both puzzled and frightened me. There in the snow were four or
five sets of five toed tracks that looked human except that they
were much larger. I recall putting my size 11 boot into one of the
tracks and was amazed that it was much longer and wider than my
foot. If I had to estimate the size, I would say 16-18 inches long and
7-8 inches at the ball. The heel was probably 4-5 inches wide. My
first thought was, "What the heck is someone doing out here in the
snow, barefooted?" Then, I was very nervous & had that feeling of
being watched. The thoughts of my dog turning and running away
came and I looked to where I saw the last footprint enter the
hedgerow. I also remember feeling like the shotgun I had would
not offer me much protection. Needless to say, I started backing
away from there and did not take my eyes off that area until I
reached the foot of the hill. At that point, I jogged and ran the rest
of the way back home. When I made it to our yard, I found Sport
cowering inside his dog house and trembling violently, almost like
when you see an animal having a seizure. I never told my family
about this experience till years later. I felt like I would not be taken
seriously and I never did go back in that bottom without another
person with me. I lived in this place for another 10 years or so and
never saw or heard anything that I could not explain. Today, I
know that what I saw was a set of Sasquatch footprints and
believe that "it" was still very close to that grown-up ditch bank
and more likely watching me and my dog the entire time. I also
believe that "it" did something to make me nauseous....although I
never smelled anything abmormal.   
Are You A Hunter = yes