Children building fort see large figure, hear growl

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REPORT OVERVIEW

Date: July , 1983
Ocean county, NJ
Nearest town:
Lakehurst
Nearest road:
RTE 571
Conditions:
overcast
Time:
evening
Location:
back woods behind a friends house I dont remember the street but I will try to get more info for you.

REPORT DETAIL

Description of event: I my younger brother and best friend and 2 other friends wer going to go steal some wood for a fort we were building. It was about 8pm I had a small disposable flashlight with a range of about 10 feet.I was a young teen at the time of this encounter. I was the only one with a flash lightso I took the lead position and everyone else followed behind. The wood we were going to steal was from a new house being built behind my friends house a pretty good distance away my friends parents had about 3 acres of property. Behind their property was dense woods pine barrens and a small trail that we would follow. So off we went some distance on the property of my friends are some old chicken coupes pretty large buildings that were run down over time we past those and I stopped hearing a noise from the woods. I told every one to stop talking so I could try to hear what was making the noise from the woods.It was movement through the forest. We figured it was my friends dog and it had followed us so we paid it no mind. Then further down the trail it was pretty dark and I had a funny feeling like we were being watched. A bit further down the trail i suddenly stopped I swear I could see a figure ahead of us on the trail like a silhouette a large dark figure I got butterflies in my stomach. I tried to shine my light for a better veiw but only seen this big dark figure. My friends questioned me at first asking why we were stopped then i whispered to them some one is on the trail ahead of us. I tried to acknowledge the figure saying hello and whats up, but got no response then in my light i could see what appeared to be eyes red eyes I got scared then and agian tried to say some thing to the figure but then it moved closer and i heard a low growl of some sort and then I said screw it and started running my friends wanted to pelt it with rocks but soon followed suit right behind me I was scared to death at the time we got back to the chicken coupes and I dove through the door my friends right behind me. We hid in the chicken coupes for about an hour afraid to leave we were scared silent. After an hour we got brave enough to run to my friends house trying to explain what happened in the woods to his parents but they didn't believe us. I swear to God this is true ever since then I have been studying everything I can about this creature.

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record updated:2003-12-07 00:00:00