Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1957)
Account
The witness, then about 12, was hunting squirrels alone in the woods behind his childhood home. After crossing a creek bridge into thick regrowth he heard rhythmic leaf-rustling and pushed through brush to within a few feet of a very large cinnamon-brown hairy animal lying flat asleep. He watched its breathing move leaves, could see only its back with legs tucked under, then backed out fearing it was a bull and told no one for decades.
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Described appearance
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- Build src
- huge, 600-700 pounds, larger than a cow
- Hair colour src
- cinnamon brown, reddish brown
- Hair length src
- fairly smooth coat, inch to inch and a half, not shaggy
- Legs src
- legs tucked up under it
- Feet src
- feet tucked up under it
- Posture src
- laying flat down on the ground
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