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Footsteps in Tennessee (1996)

August 1996 daytime, starting late morning Tennessee 1 witness

Account

The witness hiked alone on a forested trail in eastern Tennessee. He noticed a shadow and heard loud bipedal footsteps that circled and then followed him. When he stopped the steps stopped, and when he ran the steps stayed close. He left the trail without ever seeing what made the sounds.

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Date
August 1996
Time of day
daytime, starting late morning
Place
Tennessee
Account type
First-hand
Witnesses
1
Witness was
hiking alone on a trail
Witness's word for it
something else
Creature category
UNKNOWN

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