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Time and Place:<\/div>\n
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Year: 1977
\nMonth: December
\nTime of Day: sundown dusk
\nCounty: Massachusetts Worcester<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Conditions:<\/div>\n
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Terrain Description: I’d like to make a report, however it was years ago but I
\nremember every part pretty well. I told a few folks about this over the years and they think I was nuts.
\nBut doesn’t matter what they think. I was close enough to know what it was. I would say about less than\u00a050 ft. Right in the middle of a fire road. In December 1977, my dad, uncle and my dad’s other friends\u00a0and myself went up to the cabin owned by a hunters club in Gardner, Mass. We went to spend the night,\u00a0cook food and my dad and his friends like to play cards after eating supper. Myself and a friend used the\u00a0snowmobile with a sled attached to the back, we took turns driving the ski doo around and the other\u00a0would stand on the foot rest on the sled. The area was in northern central Massachusetts, very close to\u00a0New Hampshire boarder. The cabin is in Ashburnham Mass. It’s about 2.5 miles up a fire road called Old\u00a0Colony Road. I remember it was a snowy winter that year. The area where we saw this thing was right\u00a0on the edge of a swamp, old train tracks run right thru the area and crosses the fire road that we used\u00a0to get to the cabin. It was about 4 p.m. or so, it was just getting a little dark. My friend and I left the\u00a0cabin with the snowmobile, he was driving first and I was on the foot rest on the sled. We left and came\u00a0up to the swamp, crossed over the tracks and headed down the road about 50 ft or so. It was getting a\u00a0little late and we decided to not go to far so we turned the sled around on the road. Had to pick it up\u00a0because of the narrowness of the road. Once we turned it around it was my turn to drive. So now were\u00a0facing the tracks and the swamp is on both sides of the road. the road goes right thru the swamp and\u00a0the tracks cross right by the edge of the swamp. At this point I looked behind me to see if my friend was\u00a0on the sled and holding on, when I looked up I saw this creature walking on 2 legs like a human. He\u00a0crossed right by the tracks at the edge of the swamp and crossed the road right in front of us. I\u00a0remember it looking at us and I remember the arms swing clearly. Just like the pictures I have seen from\u00a0your site. Very similar. Anyway, I remember the its size, that’s what was scarey, so large, I’d say about\u00a07to 9 ft high, weight about 400 to 500 pounds. At least for something that size it would most likely be\u00a0heavy. I know the woods there well. I’ve spent years in the military and hunt every year. I have been\u00a0trained in tracking and survival in the woods so I know what I am saying and what I saw. But the thing\u00a0took about 2 steps and he was across the road. All black hair, didn’t notice any smells, but I can tell you
\nthis. I won’t forget that day ever. It was cold anyway and with no breeze the smell of it wouldn’t travel
\nfar. My friend was shocked. He won’t even mention it when I see him these days. He told one person
\nand they treated him like he was on drugs. So thats why I never wanted to tell to many people. I wanted\u00a0to say something about it now because I just say a program on TV the other night about bigfoot and the\u00a0Kiamichi Mountians, I think in Oklahoma or somewhere out there. I remember one other thing that\u00a0might be relevant. That being noises I have been hearing over the years in the woods there. Something\u00a0like a crying sound but so load it almost seemed as if it were close by. I think it was a ways away\u00a0because when we heard the sounds it was late, about midnight. We sit by the fireplace outside the\u00a0cabin sometimes late cooking steak or deer meat on the grill. Behind the cabin is a huge swamp area\u00a0that goes up to Route 12 in Ashburnham, Mass. The swamp is down a bit behind the cabin. We find\u00a0moose droppings back there and lots of tree scraps from deer. I beleive there passing thru that area at\u00a0times. Those sounds I heard were never heard there before and I don’t hear them now when I go up\u00a0there. Every now and then they seem to come back, but only when were outside sitting by the fire.\u00a0Strange indeed. These woods go far as well and you could easily travel them and end up in New\u00a0Hampshire or further without seeing a house. As time goes by and the more I read about what other\u00a0folks saw and the similarities between each story I’m more wanting to do some of my own investigating,\u00a0but its very scary out there at night, especially for me. I carry a loaded .44 when I’m up there just\u00a0because I have seen this thing up close enough to know what it was. No doubt in my mind.
\nLighting Conditions: dusk
\nNearest Town or Landmark: ashburnham Mass Old colony road northern direction, 2.5 miles up the
\nfireroad, old train track bed that goes north to south. Tracks are gone now it’ just a trail.
\nDescription of Encounter Area: Swappy area, gives way to pines on the left and marsh on the right
\nwith the fireroad build right thru the swamp area heading towards our camp\/ Beagle Club cabin on old
\ncolony road.
\nAre There Food and\/or Water Sources in the Area? (if so, describe): Yes, swappy area, lake
\ncollier right there, powerlines running north close to the fire road and train track beds. some homes
\nclose by but on the other side of route 12. plenty small animals, rabbits have disappeared in the area,\u00a0we use to release rabbits from canada in the for years but they seem to have fanished. there are a lot of\u00a0different vegetation and berries of all types in th area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Witness Overview:<\/div>\n
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Principal Computer engineer, Major University in the Boston area. Not
\ndisclosing for safety reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Encounter::<\/div>\n
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Number of Witnesses: 2
\nLength of Observation: about 2 to 4 minutes, the creature watched us turning a snowmobile around.
\nthen when we were ready to get going we looked up the road we were on and it was standing in the
\nmiddle of the road as it passed from the swamp on the left to the right. We both saw it clearly, very
\nclearly and that image is burned in my mind. Now I have this feeling every time I go up there. even
\ntoday I have the little fear. We’ve had many strange sounds and this feeling of being observed while
\nsitting around the fireplace at night.
\nAnimal Description: Tall 7 to 9 FT tall, my guess on weight was over 500 lbs. so huge in stature and
\nno neck to speak of, when the animal looked at us it did seem to turn most of the upper torsoe to us. all
\nhairy and no smell, the wind was going in the other direction. the face was dark but patches of what
\nlook like skin in between hair but mostly all hairy.
\nAprox. Height: 7 to 9′
\nAprox. Weight: 500+lbs
\nHead\/Facial Description: no neck just shoulders with a head that pointed a bit at the top of the head.
\npatchy skin face very dark patches but mostly hair covered
\nAny Odor? If so, Description: nothing noticeable. Could have been but the we were not downwind.
\nVocalizations Heard?: night time, by the fire we often hear what sounds like screams of something I
\nWood Knocks Heard?: No
\nI’d like to make a report, however it was years ago but I remember every part pretty well.
\nI told a few folks about this over the years and they think I was nuts. But doesn’t matter what they think.\u00a0I was close enough to know what it was. I would say about less than 50 ft. Right in the middle of a fire\u00a0road.\u00a0In December 1977, my dad, uncle and my dad’s other friends and myself went up to the cabin owned by\u00a0a hunters club in Gardner, Mass. We went to spend the night, cook food and my dad and his friends like\u00a0to play cards after eating supper. Myself and a friend used the snowmobile with a sled attached to the\u00a0back, we took turns driving the ski doo around and the other would stand on the foot rest on the sled.\u00a0The area was in northern central Massachusetts, very close to New Hampshire boarder. The cabin is in\u00a0Ashburnham Mass. It’s about 2.5 miles up a fire road called Old Colony Road. I remember it was a snowy\u00a0winter that year. The area where we saw this thing was right on the edge of a swamp, old train tracks\u00a0run right thru the area and crosses the fire road that we used to get to the cabin.\u00a0It was about 4 p.m. or so, it was just getting a little dark. My friend and I left the cabin with the\u00a0snowmobile, he was driving first and I was on the foot rest on the sled. We left and came up to the\u00a0swamp, crossed over the tracks and headed down the road about 50 ft or so. It was getting a little late\u00a0and we decided to not go to far so we turned the sled around on the road. Had to pick it up because of\u00a0the narrowness of the road. Once we turned it around it was my turn to drive. So now were facing the\u00a0tracks and the swamp is on both sides of the road. the road goes right thru the swamp and the tracks\u00a0cross right by the edge of the swamp.\u00a0At this point I looked behind me to see if my friend was on the sled and holding on, when I looked up I\u00a0saw this creature walking on 2 legs like a human. He crossed right by the tracks at the edge of the\u00a0swamp and crossed the road right in front of us. I remember it looking at us and I remember the arms\u00a0swing clearly. Just like the pictures I have seen from your site. Very similar. Anyway, I remember the its\u00a0size, that’s what was scarey, so large, I’d say about 7to 9 ft high, weight about 400 to 500 pounds. At\u00a0least for something that size it would most likely be heavy. I know the woods there well. I’ve spent years\u00a0in the military and hunt every year. I have been trained in tracking and survival in the woods so I know\u00a0what I am saying and what I saw. But the thing took about 2 steps and he was across the road. All black
\nhair, didn’t notice any smells, but I can tell you this. I won’t forget that day ever. It was cold anyway and\u00a0with no breeze the smell of it wouldn’t travel far. My friend was shocked. He won’t even mention it when\u00a0I see him these days. He told one person and they treated him like he was on drugs. So thats why I\u00a0never wanted to tell to many people.<\/p>\n

I wanted to say something about it now because I just say a program on TV the other night about
\nbigfoot and the Kiamichi Mountians, I think in Oklahoma or somewhere out there.\u00a0I remember one other thing that might be relevant. That being noises I have been hearing over the\u00a0years in the woods there. Something like a crying sound but so load it almost seemed as if it were close
\nby. I think it was a ways away because when we heard the sounds it was late, about midnight. We sit by\u00a0the fireplace outside the cabin sometimes late cooking steak or deer meat on the grill. Behind the cabin\u00a0is a huge swamp area that goes up to Route 12 in Ashburnham, Mass. The swamp is down a bit behind\u00a0the cabin. We find moose droppings back there and lots of tree scraps from deer.
\nI believe there passing thru that area at times. Those sounds I heard were never heard there before and\u00a0I don’t hear them now when I go up there. Every now and then they seem to come back, but only when\u00a0were outside sitting by the fire. Strange indeed. These woods go far as well and you could easily travel\u00a0them and end up in New Hampshire or further without seeing a house.
\nAs time goes by and the more I read about what other folks saw and the similarities between each story\u00a0I’m more wanting to do some of my own investigating, but its very scary out there at night, especially\u00a0for me. I carry a loaded .44 when I’m up there just because I have seen this thing up close enough to
\nknow what it was. No doubt in my mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Assigned Investigator:<\/div>\n
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Mike Humphrey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Priority Level::<\/div>\n
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Historical – Over 10 Years<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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