Ok here is what happen .....
It was Feburary, just after an ice storm, so the ground was covered in a crunchy snow. I had put my two dogs out, a lab and a beagle/dashund mix. About 30 minutes later, I heard them barking, but it was not any bark that i recognized. It was a high pitched yip, with a deep deep growl. I looked out and saw them. Each dog had stretched their lines as far as they could go, away from the shed. Their hair was standing up, their teeth bared, but their tails were between their legs. Not thinking anything at first, I went out and unhooked them and for once, neither tried to run. They both went to the front door and started digging at it, to get inside. As I let them in, I looked over toward the shed, which at the time was covered with a substance that is similar to bamboo. Very hard to get through without a machete. I noticed a movement and saw a shadow, next to the shed. It was at least 8 feet tall, since our shed is only 12 feet. I close the door and walked to the edge of the railing toward it and I watched it push the bamboo out of the way and crash down the side of the ravine that surrounds our house.
I went inside and told my hubby, a town cop at the time, that someone was messing over at the shed. He went and got his flashlight, pistol, extra magazines and his portable and walked out side. I pointed and the shadow was back but again No sound from it. As my husband, attempted to hit it with the flashlight, again it went crashing down the ravine. My husband called for back up and told me to get more flashlights. When the cop on duty showed up, they split up. Each went to either side of the house. Again remember there is a ravine on 3 sides of my house, at about a 40 degree downslope. Also, remember the ice storm. This ravine is something hard to do on a good day, but with the ice, I felt it was impossible.
Both my hubby and the cop, pulled their guns, announcing who they were but they got no response. No giggle, No grunt, we didn't even hear whatever it was breathing. For about 45 minutes, we listened to whatever it was, walk back and forth between us, about half way up the slope. I whisped to the cop, ummmmm how many footprints do you hear? He listened and held up 2 fingers to me. At that point, hubby joined us and they decided to leave whatever it was alone. As we walked back to the front of the house, we heard it crashing up the ravine toward us. Hubby and i ran into the house, the other cop to his patrol car. The cop hit his spotlight but said all he saw was something brown and big.
I asked my husband what he thought it was and he shook his head, refusing to tell me. Finally, he told me of a time his friends and him went sledding down the opposite side of the ravine and all 3 of them got the feeling they were being watched. Finally, they pinpointed it was coming from the treeline and when they got there, they found the big footprints that are famous. These 3 16 year olds got a flashlight and decided to track it. They followed its prints all over the town, and then they led to the woods. At that point, one of them made the comment, "Ummm, what are we going to do if we find this thing with just a flashlight?" So, they broke off the tracking. The footprints were descibed to be bigger by several inches than my hubby's 12 inch boots. Approx. 18 inches. And sank into the snow at the time, approx 3 to 3.5 feet. The strides were longer than any of them could accomplish, my husband being the tallest at 6 foot. Well, there is my bigfoot story. I'm not sure if it was one, but at this point nobody could tell me what it was. Oh well.
