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It was standing upright, and was around 10 ft tall

May, 2008
I was with a friend (Boe), at his family’s land, 4 miles outside of Sheridan, TX. It’s 400 acres, somewhat isolated, and moderately wooded. Anytime I went out there, Boe and I always enjoyed taking the Mule out at night, to a pond in the middle of the property, to spotlight and shoot snakes. The area around the pond is cleared out in a square shape, approximately a 75 yards long/wide.
This particular night, we left the camper around midnight. The route we drove to the pond, took us through a dry creek bed, and as we crested the hill, Boe swung us right, toward the pond. As he made the turn, something caught my attention in the corner of the clearing, directly across from us. I told him to back up, and shine the lights on that corner, which was 75 yards away. What we saw was very a large, black thing, just standing there. Boe figured it was one of his grandpa’s cows, until I pointed out the size compared to the surrounding trees. I then shined the spotlight on it, and we both froze up.

I couldn’t make out any features, but I could clearly see that it was standing upright, and was around 10 ft tall. I had a scoped 17hmr rifle with me, but I couldn’t think clearly enough to use it for a better look. Suddenly, the thing pivoted to the right, took three very large steps, and disappeared into the tree line. We sat there for 30 seconds, trying to absorb it all, then Boe decided he wanted another look. He drove us immediately east, to a truck path, and turned south to put us on a collision course with this thing. We stopped and shined the light where it would have come out, but found nothing. We both immediately had an overwhelming fear of being there, so we took off directly for the camper. Nothing else was said between us. We locked up, and went to bed with loaded guns.
We never even considered going to look for tracks. All I could think about was going home. I’m 6’5″, 260 lbs, and consider myself to be a strong/brave individual. Yet, every time I recall this story, I get chills and tears from the fear I felt.

8 Responses to “It was standing upright, and was around 10 ft tall”

  2. Michael K

    I don’t mean to laugh but this story has me concerned for the Mule? Unless its a Car/Ute. Then I’m not so worried. Unless he was Bait?
    2 blokes on a Mule shooting snakes is comical.

  4. Janetta V

    Good story. I really am glad you two were on a gas powered mule, but I still would have been very scared like you say. Happy you all made it out of there, to tell about the creep ole thing. Thanks

  5. David D

    This would be a great interview, Wes. I bet the next time they venture out, they’ll have larger rifles! I watched a video of a guy night hunting wild hogs’, and he was showing the finely-tuned method of leading those critters with a night scope at a full run. The dang things’ can move like lightning! Maybe they should find that shooter and take a few tips from him. He was a heck of a shot!

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