Year: 2001
Month: July
Day of Month (number only – e.g. 16): late july, early august
Time of Day: just after dark maybe 30,45 minutes after sunset
County: Indiana Harrison
Terrain Description: on a river bank on the inside off the bend in the river
Lighting Conditions: no flash, light no lantern, just close to a full moon which was bright and the
fireflies
Nearest Town or Landmark: north off Miltown on the Blue River
Description of Encounter Area: it was a little pebble beach on the inside of a bend in the river. Me
and some friends had camped there about a year before then. It has a high bank that the woods buts up
to the beach is about 25 ft wide by 60 ft long around the bend. at the bank there were tons of vines
hanging from all the trees and covering them where literally a million fireflies. They were all clustered in this one area. It was the most amazing sight truly beautiful.
Are There Food and/or Water Sources in the Area? (if so, describe): the river and corn fields and
the national park isn’t far from there and the forrest that follows the river
Number of Witnesses: 2 a girl named Misty and myself
Length of Observation: five minutes or so total
Animal Description: all I was able to see was the bottom of its foot as it kicked under the water after it
had entered the water behind us it was all very quick
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: don’t remember smelling anything bad like a stink or anything
Vocalizations Heard?: something that sounded like an owl, at the time I didn’t think anything of it. but
it could have been something on the other side of the river calling something back from where we were with all the all the fireflies we had been canoeing all day and were headed back to the car. being that we didn’t plan to be gone as long as we were we didn’t bring a flash light or lantern. My mistake I’ll never do that again. she had to go to the bathroom and i could have to i told her we would pull over at this bend int the river where i had camped before. when we got to it we pulled up and got out the were millions of fireflies covering this one large area of vines hanging from all the trees it was incredible. she walked a few steps off and I in the other direction and releaved ourselves. we both walked back to the canoe sitting on the river side and I was looking at the moon and she started to rub my shoulders I thought yes i might get lucky here in a minute if ya know what i mean.;-) when all of a sudden I hear something hit the beach and then enter the water woosh woosh splash like it had two legs not four. this was all about 15 feet behind us. by the time I spun around, at the slash all I was able to see was what looked like a large foot kick and then disappear under the water. we both stood there for a second looking at each other and saying what the f#@k was that? Then I thought we have to get out of here right now and the only way was the river and the canoe so we jumped in and started to paddle away very quickly. as we did something he impression that if it wanted to it
could have. It threw about five really big rocks in all lots of base when they hit the water so i know they where big and the bank on the other side was like 30ft away or more so it was stronger than a man and bears and bobcats don’t throw rocks. as we paddled away at top speed, whatever that is in a canoe I could here it follow us for two hundred feet or so coming through the woods, snapping branches as it followed us. eventually it quit following and we got back to the car and got the hell out of there
Mike Humphrey
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