I thought that I would start a thread of my personal sightings.

[Tom Shirley]

I would like to share a sighting that I had on Highway 68 between Sweetwater and Madisonville, TN. Jan and I had drove this route way over 100 times because it is a main road between the 2 towns. And when riding as a passenger I think that everyone gets use to what landmarks are along the roads they most frequent.

You could be driving along and notice "Hey look the ? planted a new tree or bush or whatever it be". You just notice out of place things like this. I am sure everyone knows where I am coming from on this.

But anyhow, Jan was driving along and it was in the early sunset part of evening. The sun had just went below the crest, and it was still bright enough to not need the headlights. We were heading east toward Madisonville almost to the Lost Sea entrance. There is a slight corner that you take around to the right with a group of cedar trees clumped together. So far a normal drive.

As we were close enough to the cedar trees I noticed a new bush about 15 yards off the side of the road to the right past the cedar trees. Now the right is on my side because I was co-pilot. There use to be a pasture fence years ago that was in line with this new bush. There are still 2 fence posts close to each other there. The farmer had not cut for hay yet so the grass was about knee high. Now this bush was around 5ft before the first fence post.

As we kept getting closer and closer I just thought "that is odd, there was never a bush there before, that is where the farmer drives into the field from off the road". As we were driving past I turned my view to the passenger door window, at the point of being right next to this out of place bush, I saw a kind of a gorilla looking face but not really. And the eyes had so much feeling, the eyes were looking right back at me.

It took me about an 1/8 of a mile to really comprehend what I had just witnessed. Jan is the type of driver that you just don't blurt out "stop". If you do, the brakes are slammed on and you are rear ended. So we are driving further away and I calmly but excitedly say "I just saw a Bigfoot". By now we were around the next larger corner and scooting along at 55 mph. Jan asked if she should turn around so we could go back and I could check again, I said it is probably to late and that I know what I saw.

I will never forget the feeling that overcome me when I looked at the Forest Friends eyes as we drove by. Every time we go by that spot now, I am looking for that bush that was never there before, and you know what, that bush is gone like it had never been there.

That was a time that I should of had the camera with and ready, but that sighting was never expected there.

This is not a fiction story, it happened to me.

Tom S.

[steve a]

tom, that was the way it happened with my first sighting, that was a great story, i have had sightings, and i think we all should tell of our experiences, that way people will know where we are coming from, since i have had my first sighting , i have had 7 others besides my first one, a total of 8, and i have just started to want to see more and more, i will tell my stories in a series, one after another, but mine started in 1975, and the last sighting coming eye to eye with the juvenile, was the best one i have ever had, on that day i understood Janice carter more then i have ever did, about the eye covering and the physical shape, of these hominids, and the mystical essence, that is around them , and how human they are, i was not scared at all that time, as a matter of fact, i smiled, at the juveniles surprised face at seeing me face to face, so i will tell of my sighting as we go, steve

[Tom Shirley]

My Uncle had heard through the family grape vine the type of research that I am in now and asked if I remembered this.

This had slipped my memory but my Uncle has reminded me and now I remember. Some of us do have family members that believe and accept what you tell them that you have experienced.

Back when I was 15 I had stayed with my Uncle for a month outside of Urbana, Iowa on a farm that he was renting the house. This was a prime farm with a creek and woods. The crop in the fields at the time was corn and was about 5' in high.

He asked me if I wanted to go pheasant hunting with him and I agreed (it was my first time hunting). I did not carry a gun or anything but I still looked forward to it as it was a new experience for a city boy. We had walked quite a bit through the tall grasses surrounding the fields trying to flush a pheasant. Well we had no luck and the sun had went down so we were heading back to the house. I remember this part very well!! It was very dark and we had no flashlight with us when all of a sudden there was this noise that scared the bageebas out of me. We had finally jumped a pheasant and it waited until we were right on top of it, it jumped right up into my Uncles chest. LOL now, but not then. It happened so fast and was over just as quickly except for hearing that pheasant fly off and away.

We got to laughing about this after we came to our senses and continued our walk back toward the house. We heard something across the creek and toward the woods maybe 30/40 yards away and we looked in that direction and there was a very tall shadow walking.

Now could this have been my first experience:confused:. I had forgotten about this part because I guess my thoughts were still racing from the pheasant scare and maybe I interpreted this as my mind playing games with shadows in the freaked state it was at the time. Who knows, I had no idea to look for evidence back then.

Tom S.

[BlueMountainTracker]

Great story Tom. I too think maybe I have had that exact experience...but never considered that possibly It was a Bigfoot.
I told ya all where I think he crosses the highway right. Well , I seem to remember a night that as I drove by on the west side of the bridge, I thought something was huddled like a bush where I had never seen a bush before.I quickly dismissed it as a tumble weed, but wonder after reading this experience if it wasn't another BF experince that I did not realize happened to me.
I do find myself dangerously taking my eyes off the road a lot now days. It is strange how a BF experience changes the way you see the world, view the world around you and react to any kind of movement and sound in the area of a past BF sighting.
I must say, that I am a wee bit scared to wander far from my home at night, and even feel a litle eary driving alone at night. Thanx for sharing this experience.

[Tom Shirley]

One morning while living at the Carter farm outside of Madisonville, TN. I had woke up because of needing to use the restroom. This was before Igor Burtsev had came to stay & Research with us. The sun had not crested the tree line yet but it was bright enough to see. Something caught my attention out in the field running from the creek. I watched this (what I thought) weird looking dog running to the right thru the pasture. It looked like a big shaggy dog but the tail was not the correct size for the body & the way it was held up & moved was all wrong. I kept watching as it made it to the edge of the woods & it disappeared into the woods.

I told Jan about this a little later after she woke up. She told me that none of the neighbors had a big hairy sheep dog & that I had saw Squeeky. She said that Squeeky holds his right leg up like that when running on all fours because of his clubbed foot. She said that his foot just will not work correctly when down moving like this & it hinders his speed so he holds it up & runs on three.