Report Received From: The GCBRO Online Report Submission Form.
 

DATE:    10/01/99
 

TIME:     2:00 pm
 

LOCATION:   SARDIS LAKE, MISSISSIPPI,   PANOLA COUNTY
 

TERRAIN:    Wooded
 

OBSERVED:   MY SON LIVED AT SARDIS LAKE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI.  WE WERE RIDING FOUR WHEELERS ON DRY LAKE BED WITH TWO FRIENDS. THIS IS A RESERVOIR LAKE DRAWN DOWN FOR THE WINTER.  WHEN WE GOT TO A LARGE DRY COVE LOOKING TO THE NORTH WE COULD SMELL SMOKE, IT BURNED OUR NOSE, LIKE STANDING TO CLOSE TO BURNING LEAVES, WIND OUT OF NORTH. WE SAID LETS GO UP THEIR AND SEE WHAT IS BURNING. THE CLOSER WE GOT TO SOME SCRUB BRUSH THE STRONGER THE SMELL, NO SMOKE. WHEN WE GOT TO ABOUT 10 FT MY SON SAID I CAN BARLEY THE SEE THE FIRE, ABOUT THAT MOMENT I SAW IT, IT WAS VERY FAINT BUT COULD SEE IT LEAPING 3 FT IN THE AIR, NO HEAT, NO SMOKE. I SAID LETS RIDE AROUND ON OTHER  SIDE MAYBE WE CAN SEE THE FIRE BETTER. RIDING AROUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRUSH I GOT OFF ABOUT 10 FT AWAY AND WALKED UP TO THE BRUSH STILL BARLEY SEEING A FLAME. WHEN I GOT TO WITHIN 2 FT SOMETHING TOOK OFF LIKE A FIRE WORKS ROCKET BUT MUCH, MUCH FASTER. WE STOOD THEIR WITH OUR MOUTH OPEN AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. WE WALKED INTO THE BRUSH TO LOOK AROUND BUT NOTHING WAS BURNED NO SIGN OF A FIRE.  WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH A STARTLED LOOK. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER SOMEONE TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED UP. WE SAW A CLOUD OF DENSE SMOKE ABOUT 25 FT ACROSS FLOATING SOUTH WITH THE WIND. NOBODY SAID NOTHING AND WE GOT ON 4 WHEELERS AND WENT ON DOWN THE LAKE BED. AFTER ABOUT 15 MIN WE STOPPED TOGETHER AND SAID WHAT WAS THAT. NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. WHEN MY SON AND I GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE I ASKED HIM WHAT DID WE SEE. HE SAID WE PROBABLY SAW SOME THING WE SHOULD HAVE NOT SEEN. I HAVE SEEN THE 2 FRIENDS A FEW TIME SINCE BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. THE REASON I AM WRITING IS IN  HOPES SOMEBODY HAS SEEN SOMETHING SIMILAR AND WILL COME FORWARD. I AM NOT CRAZY THIS HAPPENED AND SOMETHING IS KEEPING PEOPLE FROM TALKING ABOUT IT. I THINK IT WAS A DEVIL OR THE DEVIL.
 

Activities of Witness:   N/A
 

Description of Creature:  N/A - VERY STRONG SMELL OF SMOKE THAT BURNED OUR NOSE.
 

Other Notes:   SINCE THIS HAPPENED MY FAMILY, BOTH SONS AND MY SISTER AND ME HAVE HAD VERY BAD LUCK BOTH FINANCIAL AND HEALTH WISE. VERY BAD!
 

Additional Notes and or Follow up Comments:  Upon contact the witness had this additional information to add to this report.

I AM 62 YEARS OLD AND AFTER 4 YEARS OF THINKING ABOUT THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE.  THE REPORT I SUBMITTED WAS REAL. I HAVE NEVER SEEN BIG FOOT, FLYING SAUCERS, LOCH NESS MONSTER, OR THE EASTER BUNNY.  THIS WAS REAL.  THIS WAS THE ONLY PLACE I COULD FIND TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE AND GET SOME FEED BACK.  THAT IS ALL I WANT.  I THINK IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SEEN THIS THEY MY HAVE THE SAME FEELING TO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.  PLEASE POST

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