Cliff Barackman has asked me (Charlie Raymond) for help conducting follow-up interviews on the many reports he receives. Of course I graciously obliged. Heres the first one. Cliff Barackman’s Witness Report #001 Your name: Dustin Teudhope (used with permission) Year of Encounter: 2009 Month of Encounter: January Date of Encounter: 7 Time of Encounter: 4:45 pm Region of Encounter: United States State: Florida Nearest Town/Landmark: Apalachicola River Nearest Road: Highway 20 Encounter Location: On the bank of a river head a couple miles into the woods. Encounter Type: Sighting Witness Activity: I was up in a tree hunting. Witness Narrative: It was a Wednesday all of my hunting buddies had to work so I headed out alone. It was about 2 when I crossed the river head on a log to get over to the Northern bank. I was settled in up a tree 25ft by 2:30pm. I was doing a lot of calling and rattling for deer and a little after 4pm I heard some footsteps from back on the South side of the river head coming my way. It wasnt long before a small spike buck was directly across the river from me. He proceeded to wade right across and walked right under me and head off to the North deeper into the woods to where I was hoping the bigger older deer would come from. A little while after that a heard a stick crack on the Southern side of the river head, from farther off than which I had first heard that little bucks footsteps. I stood up again and listened. Soon I realized there was definitely something coming my way from over there again. It was breaking a lot of sticks and crunching leaves quite loudly. The next thing I thought was that there must be a few deer headed my way. As it got closer it got much louder and pretty intense. The next thing I thought was that there must be some deer and hogs running this way and maybe some coyotes must be chasing them. As the source of the super loud commotion neared the clearing directly South across the river head from me it actually sounded like a battery powered ATV cruising through the woods. Then I had a visual. It was over 7ft tall and real dark brown. It was covered in hair and traveling upright through the woods effortlessly at what had to be close to 10mph. It also had long arms that it used to grab branches up ahead of it as if to help it along its way on what I would call a determined walk. It definitely had some place in mind that it wanted to go to but it wasnt trying to run at all. In the same note theres no way I couldve been able to keep up with this incredible beast. Ive ran 8mph for short periods of time on a tread mill but not through the woods. This creature moved so swiftly for being so big and as suddenly as it appeared it was gone. I stood there in awe for at least a minute if not more just listening to the intense sound this creature created as it got farther and farther away. It wasnt until I couldnt hear anymore sticks cracking that I sat back down and thought to myself, Wow, I just saw bigfoot! Then right away again I thought, Wow, I just saw a bigfoot! I need to tell my brother about this.” You see my brother and I found bigfoot tracks about 15 years before this. Now it was up in Crawford County, Pennsylvania along a feeder stream to Conneaut Creek. None the less they were huge barefoot prints in the snow and mud and they were twice the size of our boots. No one ever went back to look at them with us and the story of this really became a joke amongst our friends. Follow-Up: 5-1-14 I spoke to the witness from 8:35 pm – 9:00 pm. His sighting took place deep in the woods, miles away from the town of Bristol. It was about 30 mins before sunset on a clear, sunny day. He was hunting on a friend’s property and while in his tree stand he hears this very loud commotion of tree breaks at his 12 o’clock position across the river. Thinking it was a bunch of hogs or deer; he stood up in his stand and watched intently. He then observed a 7’ dark brown, upright figure moving at a VERY high rate of speed. It was reaching out and grabbing branches in front of it, about waist high, as if to help it navigate its way. The witness did not see it break any branches, but he sure heard it bulldozing its way through the woods. Dustin explained, “It made no attempt to keep quiet” during the entire encounter. The visual part of the encounter lasted only about 2-4 seconds. Dustin added, “It was walking with its chest out, taking long, fast strides. It didnt look like it was running, but it moved very fast, it moved effortlessly. It looked like it was moving with a purpose.” Dustin never saw its face, as the creature walked perpendicular to his location. The top of the head was sort of rounded, kinda domed-shaped, explained Dustin. The hair was mostly uniform in color and in length (about 4 inches), with maybe a little more hair around the head and neck. He could not see the details of its hands or feet as he estimated it at about 55 yards away. No smells or vocals were noticed. On other occasions in this same area, Dustin has also received return tree knocks to his tree knocks. In February 2014 he heard a VERY loud roar which sounded like RaaaaWW!! RaaW!!! which was unlike any animal hes ever experienced in almost 25 years of hunting. Dustin said, The roar was like a mix between a lion and a bear. It was super intense and deep. It froze me in my tracks as I approached my tree stand! Strange tree breaks have also been observed in the area. Dustin is a bartender/waiter in nearby Panama City and an avid hunter. In my opinion he seems very credible and sincere. I could hear the excitement in his voice and he never embellished his story. When I asked if he saw its face or hands, he said no. I also asked if he heard it vocalize during his sighting or if there was a noticeable smell, he again said no. This spot is next to the Apalachicola National Forest, the largest U.S. National Forest in the state of Florida. It encompasses 632,890 acres. - Charlie Raymond, Lead Investigator
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