Report Received From: The GCBRO Online Report Submission Form.
Report Posted To GCBRO Web Site On:
December 01, 2015
DATE: 08/20/2013
06/10/14
TIME: Dusk
LOCATION: Franklin
County, Virginia
TERRAIN: Wooded
OBSERVED: i
was living in my van. I couldn't find a place that allowed
my pets. So here i am in a van with 2 cats 2 dogs and 2
cockatiels. I often stayed on river bank on pigg river and
was told by a friend to camp at an abandoned house on the
hill so i did this dixie was staying in the house night. My
critters could run and i intended to leave the door open and
just ca Rite. Well dixie and pugly my dogs got real still
and dixie jumped in the van an pugs too. This seldom
happened. I had noticed dixie was lookin real hard in the
door of the house. Then this awful smell hit me. I pulled
the side door shut very slowly. I lay down near dixie. She
was quivering all over pugly was too they were as far back
in there as they could get. I then remembered the passenger
window was down. So real easy i called my kitties. One
jumped in scared the other was out screaming bloody
murder.then it came over leaned against the van stayed a bit
.then left. It had course hair. Made no noise .there were no
tracks. But the stink of the thing was like sulfer. Burned
my nose and throat.
Additional Things:
Ive
been around bears all my life. Been close to them. Ive never
seen animals react that way. I'm not someone that gets
frightened easily. My dad was a game warden back in the day.
Ive lived in many many back woods places.this had a
different feel.like it was intelligent. Checking us out. I
know what i encountered was different. I have goosebumps
still recalling this.
Activities of Witness:
I was at a secluded place to
camp out. My animals were walking around my van.
Description of Creature: This
thing was stealthy. Had a GOD awful stench. Ive never
smelled anything like it. Bears don't have that myself. I
have a big van. It was standing on 2 feet . Was taller than
my vehicle. It wasn't aggressive. But it spooked all my
critters n me. My pug pooped himself. He was terrified my
border collie will run after anything. But she hid and
flattened out in van. It left. I was so scared all i could
do was lay there and pray.
Other Notes: Was that why it just looked at us? Knowing i was just trying to live. Just taking care of my baby critters. I have a fractured knee .if it attacked. Id be dead I'm sure. Is that why it didn't attack?
Other (Informational or Encounter History in the General
Area) Notes:
Yes before in snow creek.va.
we saw one... i don't tell many folks about this stuff no
one believes it
Additional Notes and or Follow up
Comments: N/A