A listener writes “I was driving home at about 1:30 in the morning. I think it was October and about 2004.
I pulled up to a little winding road that I would h head downhill and crossing a creek by the canyon then leads up to the main road. But when I got to the one lane road, a huge pile of hay was on the road. I was so confused. I had an 86 suburban and I pulled right up to this pile of hay that was in front of a large dumpster and pretty much occupying the whole lane.
In my 86 suburban this pile of hay was taller than my hood. I pulled all the way up to it. It was straw like and teepeed. Although very wide it was like a pile of hay more narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. This pile of hay turned and made eye contact with me. I was so close and yet I really can’t remember any features of the face except that all I could see was eyes. I froze. What I thought was a pile of hay is a grizzly bear. A grizzly bear that in that moment I thought he was going to make a fist and slam the hood of my truck. I guess I saw anger in its eyes and that’s what I imagined would happen next but instead he looked away irritated, stood up and walk into the forest. I can’t remember the physique. I think I was so terrified I didn’t watch him walk away.
So this grizzly(in my mind at the time it was a grizzly)was kneeling, crouching or sitting, and it was eye level with me in my 86 suburban. Then it stood up and it doubled it seemed like. Being so naive I got home and was blown away by the huge bear I just saw that looked like hay and stood up and walk away. I retold my experience to my ex and some friends.
I remember how they would just look at me so confused and just move on to something else in conversation or the only other response was we don’t have grizzly bear here in Nm. I never really brought it up again because I felt so ridiculous the first time I told anyone. If the opportunity arose, I might consider being hypnotized to recall his features. I just think I was so scared, I’m the type to pull the covers over my head and ignore whatever until the morning. So I think I may have just ignored or suppressed details of the encounter because it made no sense to me.”
I also speak to the witnesses husband who shares with us some strange encounters he had while hunting in the mountains of New Mexico. One of his encounter is very strange and you will not want to miss it.