Jan 17

This “Thing“ Was Crouching Down

A listener writes “I had a strange experience about a year ago and thought I would share it with you. At first, I wasn’t really sure what I saw but after listening to your podcast, some things have lined up with some stories I’ve heard.

Not really sure what I saw but was hoping you could shed some light. So, I live in upstate New York and travel to the salmon river which is in Pulaski, North of Syracuse.

Probably Made the trip 100 times or so. The town is small and located near Lake Ontario. The river runs inland and becomes less and less populated the further you go.

Anyway, my father and I were out fishing one day and around two in the afternoon we decided to head home because it’s about a 2 1/2 hour drive. We were headed East and the river was on our left hand side. The distance to the river fluctuated from 20-40 yards as we drive but clearly visible. To our right, there are mostly open fields, maybe 100 yards or so to the fat tree lines.

As we were driving back we talked about fish we caught, fish we didn’t and what a great time we had. I would always glance to the river from time to time to see if I could see anyone fishing in the river. I was driving so it was always a quick look over. At one point, I looked over and as my eyes were returning to the road, I thought I caught a glimpse of what I thought was a large carved statue of either a bear standing on its hind legs or a bushy tree maybe about 8 to 10 feet tall. At this point I saw movement which was this “thing“ crouching down and exploding towards the road. If I had to guess, I would say it was possibly 50 to 60 feet out in front of me and 30 to 40 feet off to the left.

The best way to describe it was massive jet black creature that was running on all four legs. The crazy thing about it was the length of each stride and the speed at which this thing moved. I would say it took one or two strides before it hit the road about 15-20 feet in front of me. I thought it might be a wolf or something like that but once it was in front of me I realized it was way too big. But it was fully extended, legs from front to back almost completely extended both lanes of the road I was traveling.

It was jet black long hair, almost oily in appearance and just one giant beast of muscle. I never saw a face but the thing I did notice which, which caught my attention was that there wasn’t a tail. I kind of freaked out, hit the brakes and pulled over to the right. But by the time I got out of the car to take a better look, it had cleared the 100 yards of field and disappeared into the tree line. I thought about it and if I had to guess, it probably took me 8 to 10 seconds to pull over, get out of the car to take a look and it was gone.

So the details I remember that freaked me out was the massive size, 8-10 feet tall, muscle on this thing that I could see even though it was covered with this strange jet black oily hair, no tail and the speed and the ground this thing covered in the blink of an eye. There was another car behind me that pulled over as well and once I was out of the car and couldn’t see the creature, I looked to the other guy who was also out of his vehicle at this point. He looked straight at me and said, “what the f@ck was that?!??” I thought I was seeing things or just exaggerating what I saw until I had that confirmation. Also, the look on my fathers face told me the story in an instant. Just complete disbelief.

We tried rationalizing the whole ride home trying to make sense of what we saw but the reality was that we have never seen anything like we did that day.

Once home I tried to research what I saw and after a few hours, I found one story of a hunter in Pennsylvania that saw a similar creature from his deer blind. He said a deer was eating in a recently harvested corn field and this creature seemed to come out of the woods to attack the deer but missed him and then darted back into the trees. The Hunter had mentioned that the creature was massive, removed with incredible speed and had long, jet black, oily hair from head to toe.

I decided to share the story because I’m not quite sure what it was. I’ve been listening to your podcast for some time and have picked pieces and different sections of stories that kind of fit the agenda of what my father and I experienced.”

8 Responses to “This “Thing“ Was Crouching Down”

  1. Kathy K

    Yikes! This guy’s encounter sounds scary as hell! If I was sitting in his car I wouldn’t let him stop and he certainly wouldn’t be getting out of the car to check it out!! I got goosebumps just reading his story..

  2. rosalyn b

    Pulaski is in the central NY area – in the last year, Wes shared a couple of encounters from this area – from Pat who talked about his experience at Bear Swamp and from the Border Control agent who talked about his experiences. I’m keeping track because I live in this area too.

  3. John M

    I live 20minutes from Pulaski..I have had encounters thru the yrs that I couldn’t explain..Rock throwing while bullhead fishing with a buddy at least 3 times over the yrs..same place 2:30 or 3am and Nobody around..this last spring had my eldest son( Marine special forces,and former Police officer) fishing same place about same time..Some Bi-Pedal something was coming Walking thru the water along the Marsh and was moving So Much Water with its stride it was Totally Unsettling to the point my son was not only ready to leave but think he had his glock in his hand..I was using my Big Maglite trying to see what was coming..it would stop and go between light on offs..Lets Get Out Dad!! At My home and property Ive had encounters with Something over last few yrs that I thought were bears.That thought was Wrong!! This yr..Everything Changed!! I’ve smelled a rancid odor that comes and goes very quickly, and I mean Rancid!! I heard that samurai chatter out my window..and Had a pack of Coyotes within 50ft of my yard that my dog busted out and than ran across the rd into the swamp where My wife And I heard a short howler and whoops and then a Incredible sound of total murder!!! Since then I haven’t heard 1 coyote..I believe that they come thru this part of N.Y. in spring and fall heading south..I know I been in Very Close proximity to them in Steuben County hunting when I was young..But those stories are for another time!! I would love to share All my encounters with Wes..because after listening to this podcast it brought back memories that I buried deep about What I saw then..Thank for sharing about Your encounter because people think I’m crazy here in Oswego County!!

  4. Charles R

    Thanks to all the commenters for experiences they have had. I have been through that area once, in early April of 2008, when a good client of mine needed something to up to some small north of Watertown about an hour. I went in at night and came right back out in the night. I remember it being very dark and spooky with snow in the air and gobs of snow on the ground still in spring. Plenty of water and forest. I have no doubt the Sasquatch are not only in this area but probably thrive. When a special forces Marine gets spooked, that is saying something.

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