Oregonbigfoot.com file# 03976

REPORT OVERVIEW

Date: November 04, 2006
Henderson county, TX
Nearest town: Cross Roads
Nearest road: FM 753
Conditions: Clear, cool, dry
Time: pre dawn dark hours
Location: To get to this place you travel east on Highway 31 from Malakoff, about 10 miles to FM 753. You go south on 753 about 10 miles and enter the property, the Lewis Ranch just off the main road. You go through a locked gate to a dirt road that runs west about 1 to 2 miles and up a hill. You arrived a a locked gate and turn left on a dirt road just before you reach the gate. You drive up this dirt road for about 1/4th mile and enter an open field. The field is about 100 yards long and about 6o yards wide. At the opposite end of the field is a corn feeder to feed deer. As you enter the field, there is a deer stand about 1/2 way across the field which is about about 4 feet off the ground and is enclosed withpartitions to see out of it on three of the four sides. It faces the deer feeder across the field which is about 80 yards from the stand. The field is surrounded by a creek and behind it and on both sides, it is surrounded by woods. Behind the deerstand,are woods and about 100 to 200 yards into the woods, there is a 2-3 acre lake that is stocked with catfish. The area is heavily wooded. The owner is a long-time friend and he runs about 50 head of cattle on the property. I have known him since our college days (1967) and have hunted the property since that time. Their are deer, feral hogs, squirrels and Mountain lion has been seen also. A pain of eagles are seen from time to time on the property.

REPORT DETAIL

Description of event: I arrived at the site on the opening day of deer season at about 4:30 a.m. I parked my truck on a about 1/4 mile from the deerstand. At about 5:30 a.m. I left the truck and walked to the deerstand with my rifle and backpack which contained my supplies. It was still dark and there was no moon. I used a light on my cap to light the way and I had the light on a green tint. On arriving at the stand, I entered the back of the stand and climbed into it I rested my rifle in a corner of the stand and took a seat and began to sort through my backpack to get my ammunition and knife and to put my light away. I was at this point that I heard the first sound. It sounded like squirrel chatter but was stronger and louder tone. I stopped moving and noticed that it seemed to come from the direction of the deer feeder. I listened and the sound stopped. I then heard the same time of "chatter" coming from behind my stand and in the woods. This seemed to elicit another response from the source at the deer feeder. I took a night vision, starlight scope (first generation) and tried to see if I could get a glimpse of the source by the deer feeder. I had not checked the battery in the scope and found that it was weak and I could not get an image. This chatter went on for about 5 minutes and it then stopped. Again the source at the deer feeder sounded less mature and had a higher tone than the one behind me which sounded deeper. It really seemed as if they were communicating with each other. I have hunted small and large game all my life and have never heard these sounds in the woods. I hunt alone, most of the time, and have not trepidation in hunting in deep woods or in areas where others might not attempt to hunt. I always have atrifle, a large caliber revolver, and a hunting knife and feel that I can handle almost any situation. I have had some unusual experiences while hunting but this is the strangest. I feel chills when I heard these sounds especially when it seemed that the two sources were communication with each other.

Source: oregonbigfoot.com
record updated:2007-10-28 19:04:36