Bigfoot Sightings

OBSERVED: My 2 younger cousins and myself decided to go predator hunting after dark on my grandfather's farm. We each had a dying rabbit call. We set on a pond dam about 100 yards from the house overlooking a wooded area with a small creek. We would blow for a bit and listen. We heard something very big coming thru the trees and brush in a very big hurry. It was really cracking the limbs. It came upon us very fast and we turned our lights on. All we could see was 2 very large, wide set red eyes very close to us. We know it wasn't a cow or bull. The eyes were even with us and we were up on the pond dam 7 to 10 feet above it. It really scared us, I remember firing at least 3 times with a 12 gauge shotgun right below the eyes and my cousins each fired at least once with shotguns. Each time we would shoot the eyes would blink. We ran back to the house as fast as we could go. We never went back to check for foot prints, blood, or anything. Back in 1962 no one ever heard of bigfoot. We told our grandfather and parents but no one believed us.

Additional Things: Over the years it never made sense of what came upon us that night until I read on various websites about bigfoot being in Oklahoma. This had to be something very big and tall to look straight into those eyes when it was standing at the base of the pond dam. I'm 68 years old now and want to pass this true story on before it's too late. I have no reason to lie or embellish the story.

Activities of Witness: Sitting very quite, then blow on predator calls for about 15 seconds then listen for more then 5 minutes.

Description of Creature: When we turned our lights on all we could see were the eyes. The creature had to be a very dark brown or black to see no other details. The eyes had to be a good 5" apart. We didn't smell anything or see anything else.
The farm is about 1 mile from the South Canadian River and the creek we were overlooking runs into the river.

Other Notes: My grandfather is long gone now and his old place has been developed a lot more and a lot of the trees are gone now.

Over the years I've reflected that it was one of those "if only" moments that I had used a flash camera instead of a gun.

Other (Informational or Encounter History in the General Area) Notes: Never heard of bigfoot until 35 years later. Only other thing is our grandfathers dog would bark at something over toward the small mountain West of his place but would not go that direction for anything. He was usually not afraid of anything.

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