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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 07:24 am |
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First I would like to say hello to everyone and Mike im so happy to see you are on the road to recovery.
I had my first sighting several years back.I live in Clay County AL .My home borders on the Holllins Wildlife management area adjacent to the Talladega National forest. Loads of mountains lakes and creeks around.
I was one of those skeptics that would scoff at others for believing in Bigfoot. Well I had to learn the hard way that they are very real .I was in my backyard around 6:00 am talking on the phone one morning when I saw something moving down an old road bed across from my home. I will never forget the feelings running through my head .There was no place in my brain to file what I was seeing as I stood there in shock watching a huge auburn colored bipedal, hair covered creature stroll down the road like he owned the place. To make a long story short.I began to search the web and find all I could about these animals. My story (as I stated in the new members post) has been turned in to the Alabama Bigfoot research site and I hope after reading it (when Mike is able to post it) you will give me your feedback.Im by no means a bigfoot expert. I just know from living in the midst of these animals for several years that I would not trade my life with anyone.There are so many side stories about neighbors friends,hunting club members and their experiences with them that I could write a book..
After realizing( as you will read in my story )that there were several animals close to my home I made the mistake of interacting with them so they began to make nightly visits to my home (knocking on windows ,throwing small rocks grunting, huffing ,mimicking sounds ) all in the middle of the night which can be very upsetting when you don't really know the true nature of the animals.
My children are grown and married but they insist we keep flashlights handy when they visit .Several of them and their friends know beyond a shadow of a doubt they are very real from walking back and forth to the cars at night.
Thanks to all for allowing me to share a small part of my story and please excuse my typing its very late here and I should be in bed.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 10:07 pm |
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| THANKS AMBERTIDE48 FOR LETTING US HEAR YOUR STORY,YOU ARE IN GOOD COMPANY,I LIVE IN SYLACAUGA AREA HAVE A GROUP BEHIND MY HOME THEY HAVE VISITED FOR A WHILE ON REGULAR BASIS,BUT THEY LIVE ON A LARGE HUNTING LEASE ABOUT MILE BEHIND MY HOME LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE WELCOME TO FORUM, GLAD TO SEE MORE PEOPLE IN OUR AREA POST ABOUT THIER SIGHTING AND ENCOUNTERS, PLOWBOY
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 01:20 am |
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Thanks for your support Plowboy ..It is so good to know that im not alone here .For several years I felt like I was. I had so many questions about the animals and no one to answer them . I did send and email to Autumn Williams I read an article about her moms ongoing activity and l was so happy that she was able to validate some things for me.
We were doing whoop calls and tree knocks but the tree knocking seemed to anger them .They ran us inside many time by charging at us.They never came out in the clearing but boy did they let us know they did not like tree knocking .I have had them leave gifts that amazed us. We found 4 pinecones lined in a row and beside each pinecone laid a feather and every feather was a different color.They made stick formations on the ground in the shape of triangles and there are bows, pointers, tree breaks and teepee like formations to find all over the wooded areas around here.
It has taken my husband a long time to except that they are real but he now talks about them with others .He still can't bring himself to call them bigfoot he just refers to them as "the boogers".
Take care Plowboy and thanks again for the support......Ambertide48
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 02:31 am |
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 02:36 am |
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Welcome to the forum Ambertide and don't feel like the "Lone Ranger" about hearing your husband call them boogers, as that was the only description that we had before my brother and I saw the Patterson/Gimlin film in the early 80's (of course they also said that BF was only located in the Pacific NW too).
My Grandparents referred to them as the "boogeyman" or "boogers" as they did not know to call them anything else.
Please feel free to post without recriminations as we are a good bunch and do not tolerate disrespect to the sincere folk, that post and visit this forum.
Great having you here, ma'am.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27th, 2008 03:53 am |
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Oh my goodness ! You guys are the nicest bunch of folks .Thank you for excepting me and believing in me.
I would like to share something that happened a week or so ago that caught me totally by surprise.I stepped out on the porch around 9 or10 pm and I could hear that all to familiar huffing,grunting sound coming from the edge of the woods so I made a whooping call to see if I could get a response from them if it was the "boogers". I guess I must have scared the puppies because they began to bark and I could not hear anything over all the noise they were making so I yelled shut up and immediately after that came a loud SHUP! from the same area I had heard the huffings coming from. SB got a kick out of the fact that they tried to mimic the words shut up .I can't swear it was them because I did not see them but the shup was very deep and it did not sound like a human.
God Bless you all and thanks for your kindness...Ambertide48
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Posted: Fri Mar 28th, 2008 12:36 pm |
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Ambertide48, have you ever heard them talking or making sounds like talking.
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Posted: Fri Mar 28th, 2008 04:20 pm |
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Ambertide48,
Hello and welcome!!! Glad to see another former sceptic come to the forum! Great encounters and I have to ask, are you taking any photos at this time? If you have some that are suspicious, post them here so we can take a look.
Funny, they mimic you too, a friend of mine has one that apparently has developed a "potty mouth" LOL. I too, was in an area simiar to your location in another state and heard things that were beyond the natural sounds of the woods. Finally after all these years we are putting the puzzle together. My sis and bro had one jump over the hood their car one night, the sceptical me tho, thought they needed psychiatric care at the time. Please tell us anything else you've experienced.
Glad to have you on the forums!
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| Welcome to our humble abode, Ambertide48 !---Please tell us about more of your experiences.We are all ears and heart.Thanks for joining us.---TnC-------------------------------------
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Posted: Sat Mar 29th, 2008 10:47 pm |
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Thanks Tennesee for welcoming me. You all are such wonderful people.I am kind of reluctant to share alot because of the backlashing SB and myself took from a certain Bigfoot site when my story was published there .We told of the animals "habitating" my home and WELL!! to say the least. We got our behinds knocked off. My story was pulled and you would not believe the mess it caused. I kind of laughed at the time because heck I lived in the middle of these animals for years and I knew along with every one else they were here and I did not feel I had to prove myself to them. It was their loss if they chose not to believe my story but then I did let it get to me and I vowed to never put myself out there again .
SB somehow found out about you guy's and she convinced me to open up again and im so glad I did. Im sure there are alot of people that probably feels as I do if you have had the boogers practically living in your backyard.You just really get to the point that you kind of laugh at the ones who chooses not believe you because you know the truth and one day they probably will too.
OK!! enough of that. I have had to let all that go and there I go bringing it up again so please forgive me for getting on my soapbox.It may seem by the way I have mouthed off that im not afraid of these animals but it has been a long hard road for me .My husband thought I was going to have a breakdown when I first realized they were here. I would not leave the house after dark and I took a butcher knife to the mailbox knowing that if they came out on me I would throw it down and run but thanks to my husband and SB I have gotten alot better.
They have taken toy's from the yard and they were forever coming to my windows at night we could hear them breathing and they love to throw things at us.I get so tickled at my son in law they throw small pebbles at him everytime he comes here and sits out to listen for them.He did bring a pistol here one time and I think somehow they knew he had it .I have become very protective of the animals and I do not want anything to happen that might make them leave here although they don't seem to appreciate me since they throw things at me too.. LOL!!
We were sitting one night with the windows open SB was here so we thought we would try to lure them closer to the house but we had no response. Everyone had began to dose off to sleep when I heard heavy footsteps coming toward the house.I looked toward the window and saw the Black one passing by. What amazed us was just as the animal realized the window was open it kind of made a motion like we would to avoid runing into a spider web or something .It just seemed so much like the way a human would respond in that situation if we were taken by surprise. We found footprints of what (we think) belonged to the female and beside them 2 very tiny footprints. They had come to the feeders and she must have sat the little one down to eat.They drag hugh logs and place them in squares like the foundation of a house .They have broken pine trees and placed hugh iron pots on each side when we have invaded their space to much and they will block any trails if we keep goIng through them.They are quick to let us know this is my turf and you stay out!!
This is just a brief list of some of the things they do here and I thank you all for allowing me to share my experiences with you.I will share more later .My grandson's having his birthday party and I better get going.
Godbless you Tennessee ......Ambertide48
PS: Please excuse my typing I have never been great at it. Im just a 50 year old grandmother that never paid attention in school and now I regret it deeply.
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Posted: Sat Mar 29th, 2008 11:01 pm |
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Hello Sunflower thanks for your post .Im sorry, I almost missed your post and im so glad I saw it .So you were a skeptic once too?
I think its harder on us because we have to except something that we just knew beyond a shadow of a doubt was not real....LOL!! I did not know what to do with myself for days after my first sighting. Its kind of like your in some kind of fairytale and your waiting to wake up.
We who know the truth are very blessed I feel and im so glad to be among so many fellow believers or should I say KNOWERS...LOL!!!
God Bless You Sunflower..I look forward to hearing more from you ...Ambertide48
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Posted: Sat Mar 29th, 2008 11:08 pm |
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plowboy wrote: Ambertide48, have you ever heard them talking or making sounds like talking.
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Hello once again Plowboy!
Yes we have heard them making a deep sound like they were saying ravel,ravel ,ravel over and over and then they make these he-toe mock buh so- me in-soe sounds like they were talking to each other.
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| Hello and welcome again Ambertide! I want you to rest assured that there are no spiteful or mean spirited members on this forum. Everyone from Watch 1 on down the list of members are all kind, considerate and true Southern Ladies and Gentlemen. Bashing and poking fun and ridiculing folks just is not tolerated here and Mike knows exactly where the delete button is. You can rest assured that you will be taken seriously in a kind and compassionate and protective way. That "H" word seems to stir up the ire in alot of folks on other web sites. We've discusssed this pretty throughly here.Those same people must think that the "H" word means that we have reclusive forest primates living in our homes and trained to go get us a beer from the refrigerator.We understand that these forest friends do get comfortable with a piece of real estate and to many people.When you are ready to tell us more ---we are here waiting patiently to listen to you.God Bless you too!---TnC--------
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Posted: Tue Apr 1st, 2008 11:08 pm |
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| Hello Ambertide, and thank you for sharing your experiences. I can't wait to hear more. The doubters are in for the "BIG" surprise one day. Thanks again and WELCOME!! tx7mm
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Posted: Tue Apr 1st, 2008 11:26 pm |
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 03:05 am |
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Hello tx and dr. Thanks for the feedback.
I was up in the wee hours this morning. It was getting a litttle stormy out and after being in a tornado, im terrified of any bad weather. At 4:19 this morning I went to the backdoor to see if it had started to rain and just as I stuck my face to the window in the door I saw a huge bf cross the road and run behind the swing in the yard. My husband and I found footprints in the yard when he came home today.The stride between the steps are awesome and the footprint was at least 12 to 14 inches long.Even after it had rained on the prints we could still make them out quite clearly. They had stepped in a muddy part of the yard and the rain was'nt that heavy either.
Believe it or not they do get on top of homes. My nephew would go into fits when they got on ours for fear they would fall through and well they almost did .We have a big hole by our sky light in the bathroom now and my husband has tried to fix it but it just keeps leaking .When he got on the roof to see what had happened he came down and said "it looks as if a huge foot went through the roof" .We did not hear it when it happened .I think we were in the Smokies when they did this damage.What do you tell the insurance adjuster ? You can't tell them Bigfoot did it because he would probably think we were insane. So I think somebody needs to add a bigfoot damage policy to the insurance.LOL!!
They snatched our back door open one night when I was home alone and oh my gosh!! I shook for hours.They broke the lock on the door and it was no problem for them to open a locked door. I scared him away when I stepped down into the kitchen and yelled. I thought it was my husband coming home early from an evening shift and to be here alone and have that happen made me very afraid to be here at night. SB saw the damage they did to the door. The catch on the lock was made of metal but like I said it did not stop one from trying to come in.
I guess the one thing that really amused me one night was my when my husband had left golf balls in the yard after he has finished hitting them .I sat for a long time that night and listened to the golf balls hit the roof and roll off over and over. Golf balls were laying around the edges of the house the next morning .
I will add more later.God Bless you all and take care.......Ambertide48
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Ambertide, ma'am, are you or have you been feeding them in the past? The reason I ask is because of their familiarity with your home. Climbing on roofs, forcing their way into your house, things like that are usually associated with them being fed in the past to accidentally change their habits. The term is presenting tribute to them. They are very intelligent but the way that I describe them as is having a terrible two or three year old child mentality. They can throw some bad temper tantrums when they are not getting their way.
This behavior is not beyond the norm for them but it is if all this activity is not associated with either you or somebody from that location feeding them in the past.
It is nothing to be ashamed of and it would explain their behavior. I only asked as you stated that your husband and you noticed the skylight above the bathroom being collapsed after you had returned from a trip away.
Not being nosy, just curious as to their behavior.
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 06:03 am |
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Hello Dixie B
Yes we were feeding them at first. Thats when they left me those gifts I wrote about in my previous report. This has been a good while since they broke the door in and got on the roof but it all makes perfect sense now that you mention it. Somebody warned us, it was not a good idea to feed them. We left a 50 gallon barrel full of feed ,apples, peanut butter and oranges and we even went as far as to take some way back in the woods for them.Then after the warning we stopped . I just did'nt put 2 and 2 together until now.We just thought it was because I was forever calling back and forth to them .I got really scared after they got to up close and personal and I backed off and so have they now.They still come here alot but not as much as they once did. They are still very much here and they make their presence known when they are close to the house.
Thanks for the input Dixie B .I need all the advice I can get on these animals.God Bless and keep you.......Ambertide48
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I know that I am slow about getting around to these different threads. I understand, completely, what you are going through. I would like to say a couple of things about "Habituation." I have no safe/sage advice, just some down home common sense. This is for anyone that wants to consider habituation.
Consider this:
Habituation is akin to co-habituating in the sense you need balance and harmony on both sides. These creatures are not some dumb animal that can be tamed. If they were it would have already been accomplished. Before anyone considers habituation they need to consider this as a life time relationship. Its a trust relationship. It often takes years to gain a modest amount of their trust. It may only take seconds to destroy that.
Just because the novelty has worn off does not mean the locals will leave (this is not suggested toward you, Ambertide, but to anybody that wants to make the total commitment). The locals will not understand what started as friendship, just ended. Consider what a commitment it is to have a best friend. What efforts, on your part, there is toward friendship.
DB and I have discussed this topic on several occasions. His explanation on their behavior is on the mark here. They don't understand that you are not going to continue what you started. After all, they gave you gifts. How to explain, what it takes experience to understand, is difficult for me. The best advice is to wean them from the gifts of food, or make up your mind to continue with the relationship. Either way it is not easy. To achieve balance and harmony you have to consider both sides. You have to consider and calculate your actions and their reactions. Some people I know give treats on special occasions and this works for them. Others are committed to feed their clans for the long haul. Still others, like DB, opt for games and puzzles so to speak. Ask him about the tires.
The rewards of habituation/co-habitation, hmmm everyone thinks your a flamin 'nut! The illustrious Big Foot Community calls you names and then brands you as a hoaxer. They then write ugly, humiliating things about you. The ner-do-well researchers use you as the butt of their jokes. This is the reward from the public view. They completely do not understand.
Then there is the famous, "well if that is really going on at your place, let the REAL researchers come in and check it out." This leads us back to full circle, you cannot tame an ancient human. You cannot trick them into doing parlor tricks to verify that you are not lying about what is going on around you. They will slink into the landscape and wait until the strangers have disappeared.
What happens if your purpose is to get the money shot photo or video, then what? Who do you turn to? How will that change your life and theirs?
Please don't think that I'm singling you out, as that is not my true purpose. There are many like you who are co-habituating as we speak. They have not come forward publicly for their own reasons. There are also those that started something that they don't really know how to handle, this is the purpose of my message.
Again, please do not think this is addressed to you, as it is not, but to anybody that thinks this is something that is easy. If others are not in this for the long haul, maybe they should reconsider their actions before starting something with an ancient human who may not understand what is going on.
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Thats just what I would love more than anything in the world is to be like others who have them at their home. I stand on the porch and call to them and they most always come .I am kind of reluctant to admit this, but I sing to them also and once they hummed a little of the Barney tune back to us. I thought my sister was going to faint when they did it. It took us by surprise but it was as the young say ...WAY TO COOL !!
Since my report and thanks to you guys, I have begun to interact with them more and even though oldcrows post may not have been meant for me. Iim ashamed of myself now. I just did not know all these things and I just thought, they have lived all this long without me helping them and they were no worse for the wear. Although they never stopped coming at night to the windows.
When I said they backed off I meant they stopped coming to the edge of the yard and calling for me to come out. I pledge to overcome my fear and learn to trust them. I have missed out on alot I feel, after reading these post, I did leave them some toys the other evening along with a book of wildlife pictures and they took it. I know the book might be silly but who knows what they might do with it. And if toilet paper hit your mind,shame on you...LOL!!!
GBYA !!
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Ambertide Just one question. How do they call to you? Is it a grunt or growl or do they use English words? Thank you so much for your posts. I will keep you in my prayers.
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Hello aecaw
They way they call to me is not by using english language. Sometimes they will hit the house with something but most of the time they made owl calls that sounds just like my husband .They have heard him owling in the backyard to get a gobbler to answer. I know his call and while it does not sound exactly like an owl, the owls and turkeys do answer back.
The first time they mimiced his owl call was about 3 years ago. I was in the back bedroom reading and I thought my husband had gone outside to owl when I heard the call. I jumped up and ran out the door to see if any owls were going to answer him because I love hearing the owls answer back. Sometimes the owls will be all around us before the night is over. WELL !! much to my surprise, he was not outside. I stood on the porch for maybe 10 seconds wandering where he was and all of a sudden one of the young black bf ran from the edge of the house. I ran back in to see if my husband was somewhere in the house and low and behold, there he was in the den asleep in his recliner.
It is so amazing to me how they can mimic us and sound just like us. I heard a story one time about a bf calling to a small boy named Timmy. The mother said it had torn the underpinning from her home and had crawled under and was mimicing her,calling to her son .
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I wish knew aecaw, why the BF was calling to him. It kind of spooked me when the lady told me the story. A BF saying come Timmy, come Timmy over and over sounding like the mother. What I would like to know, is how she dicovered it was the BF. I don't think she knew there was any BF on her property until that one got under her home . I can be as quite as a church mouse and the BF somehow always seems to know which room im in. I have changed rooms while they were outside, I tiptoed and made no noise but I never could throw them off. I would love to know how they knew where I was .
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| thanks for sharing-
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I was reluctant to post this and trust me if it were not true I would not, for fear folks might think im crazy or just a big ole liar. I have started to face my fear of the bf and I have begun to get out alot more so what I wanted to tell you guys is, I was here alone a few days ago and I had just started to call to the b when my daughter inlaw pulled in the drive. She visited for a few minutes and as soon as she left, I called to them again. I only got out a half of a whoop when I saw something that has thrown me for a loop.
I heard a noise and looked toward the back of the old shed and there beside it partly hidden by the bushes, stood a white bf. I could see a chest and part of a leg and a little of the side of its head. My nephew saw one in the mountains close by and there is a guy that runs a store in this same county that warns hunters of what he calls "Big Harry". He tells them Harry is |
