Close Encounters!
–A recent episode of MonsterQuest presented that “Violent encounters with strange beasts may be increasing.” A number of cases were presented in support of this contention.
In Yakima, Washington, a Bigfoot-like creature is reported to have kept pace with a car traveling at 35 mph; in addition to the reporter cited, Bigfoot was additionally seen by dozens in this area, including four policemen!
In Minnesota, a creature was hit by a car, and then shot at by two brothers (Talk about having a bad day!). MonsterQuest investigated, seeking DNA from a bullet shot at the creature and lodged in a tree; no DNA was recovered.
In South Carolina, claw marks and puncture holes were found on a van which also had its bumper pulled out; testing suggested that 306 lbs. of force were required to do this to the bumper. A lizard man was felt responsible, not the heavily-tattooed sideshow gentleman, but rather a bipedal creature 7-8 feet tall with big red eyes and three fingers on each hand. Blood samples taken from the vehicle were at first found to be contaminated, later testing as from a domestic dog.
The same episode reported an Indiana hunter sighting a gray, strongly-built ape-man like creature with a massive chest who showed his teeth. Polygraph testing (87%-95% accurate) showed that this observer was “non-deceptive.”
A commentator speculated that more violent interactions with strange unidentified creatures are likely to occur in the years ahead, possibly resulting in a death…
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March 29, 2009 at 5:18 am
If I recall correctly, the steel left front fender of that South Carolina car was demonstrated (through experiments on a similar model and make) to require a few hundred pounds of torque force to bend!
And, I agree with the game warden who said that no canid–not even a feral dog–will risk injuring its teeth playing tug-of-war with a steel fender. Not one its right mind, anyway.
Of course, skeptics will probably opine that it might have been just that: a mad dog (like a stray pit-bull) at the height of a rabid fit. But, if such was the case, don’t you think such a dog would have been reported to the police _long before_ that woman’s car got trashed like that?
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March 29, 2009 at 5:30 am
And, need I point out how the Mississippi River flows _southward_ from Minnesota, all the way down to states like Arkansas and Louisiana?
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