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Posted To GCBRO Web Site On:
May 1, 2008
DATE:
November 13, 1995
TIME:
7:30 PM
LOCATION:
Cheshire County, New Hampshire
TERRAIN:
Wooded, very steep hills with large rock with steep cliffs A
OBSERVED:
It was deer season in N.H. THE CAMP I WAS IN IS ONLY USED FOR HUNTING SEASON
SNOWMOBELING. IT IS EMPTY THE REST OF THE YEAR. OTHER RESIDENT PEOPLE LIVE
AROUND NICELY SPACED OUT. THE REST OF THE GROUP HAD GONE TO CHECK IN A
DEER AT THAT TIME ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY. IT WAS A UNUSUALLY WARM THAT
NIGHT AND HAD THE DOORS AND WINDOWS OPEN. I WAS BY MYSELF ENJOYING THE
QUITE FOR A CHANGE AND READING A MAGAZINE. WHEN I HEARD THE MOST
STARTLING HOWL I HAVE EVER HEARD. NOW BEING A HUNTER AND WOODSMAN
OF MANY DECADES I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. WHICH
WAS VERY MUCH LIKE THE OHIO MOANING HOWLS BUT NOT KNOWING OF THE
RECORDINGS AT THAT TIME. THIS MADE MY HAIR STAND UP. I THEN
NOTICED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY QUITE OUTSIDE.
IT
THEN HAPPENED AGAIN GIVING ME A GOOD LOCATION OF THE NOISE AT THAT TIME.
I HAD GONE OUT ON TO THE DECK. IT SEEMED TO BE A REGULAR PATTERN ABOUT
EVERY 2 MINUTES. IT WAS COMING FROM WAY OUTBACK. WHICH IS JUST WOODS
FOR MILES WITH AN ANIMAL REFUGE. AFTER A FEW MORE CALLS IT WAS OBVIOUSLY
MOVING TOWARDS MY LOCATION. THE MOANS WHERE GETTING LOUDER AND THERE WHERE
COMING DOWN THE HILL THROUGH SOME OF THE HARDEST COUNTRY I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED
OR TRIED TO WALK THROUGH YOU REALLY HAVE TO CLIMB OVER AND UNDER ROCKS.
WITH A STEEP ROCKY CLIFF A MOUNTAIN GOAT WOULD PASS ON. NOW HAVE
NOTICED THE NOISE WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS AWAY WITH A DEPTH
OF A CREATURE OF GREAT SIZE. NOW THERE ARE A LARGE POPULATION OF MOOSE
AROUND AND HAVE HEARD THERE CALLS BUT NOT LIKE THE NOISE I WAS HEARING.
THERE WAS ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE PAUSE THEN A FAINT RESPOND IN THE DISTANCE
OFF A LARGE NEARBY HILL, THEN I HEARD RUSTLING DEEP IN THE WOODS AND THE
SOMETHING MADE IT'S WAY ACROSS THE RIVER ACROSS THE DIRT ROAD AND THEN
NOTHING. THE CLIFF THIS ANIMAL MADE IT'S WAY DOWN IN THE DARK IS
SIMPLY AMAZING TO ME IF IT WAS A MOOSE IT WOULD HAVE MADE A LOT OF NOISE
FALLING. ALL THESE YEARS LATER STILL HUNTING THE SAME AREA
I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. EVEN TODAY WHEN I LISTEN
TO THE OHIO MOANS IT STILL MAKES THE HAIR ON MY NECK STICK UP.
Activities
of Witness: I WAS READING
A MAGAZINE ENJOYING MY COFFEE AS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF MY HUNTING PARTY
WHERE CHECKING IN A DEER.
Description
of Creature: DID NOT SEE ANYTHING.
MOANS FROM A VERY LARGE CREATURE
Other
Notes: N/A
Other
(Informational or Encounter History in the General Area) Notes:
RECENT REPORTS FROM CHESHIRE COUNTY .MADE ME COME FORWARD WITH MY STORY.
Additional
Notes and or Follow up Comments:
N/A