'The phone noise was purely from their end'

'Divers recovered two victims of this tragedy trapped within the vehicle'

A Georgia man 'hears' the voice of God telling him to drive to a location‚ stop his vehicle‚ and watch. What happens next is incredible‚ intriguing‚ yet frightening.I following account was forwarded to me:"A few years ago I experienced what I could only explain as a demon or fallen angel in the flesh. Living in Adel‚ Georgia at the time‚ I went to Wal-Mart to buy groceries. The time was about 8-9 PM. After leaving Wal-Mart I hopped on the road back home. My house is maybe 7 minutes from Wal-Mart. On the way back‚ I would pass by multiple businesses‚ Walgreens being one of them. About 2-3 minutes before Walgreens‚ at a red light‚ I hear God speak to me. No‚ it's not an audible voice; He speaks to the conscience by the Spirit. No‚ it wasn't the first time. At this point in my life‚ I had become well acquainted with Father speaking to me and prompting me to inconvenient paths.Father said‚ "Stop at Walgreens."I asked‚ "Why?". I was really wanting to get home; it had been a rough day of fighting depression all day.He said‚ "You'll see."Reluctantly‚ I pulled into the Walgreens parking lot and waited. Street lights were on. It was mid to late summer so it was more dusk than night. There were maybe 4 or 5 cars there. I parked away from them but close to the front entrance. I was facing the windows on the left side of the main entrance. The entrance was to my right. No cars parked to my left or right.I asked‚ "What do you want me to do? Should I get out?"He replied‚ "No‚ just wait and watch. Turn your music off."So‚ I'm sitting there‚ windows rolled up‚ getting this super uneasy feeling when a 90s-style black Toyota 4Runner pulls up to my left‚ windows down‚ playing what sounded like some sort of metal music. Both of us are facing toward the building.God speaks again‚ but this time in a very serious tone‚ "Watch."I observed two men get out of the vehicle. One was a young‚ white male‚ with black hair‚ 20s‚ couldn't be older than 30‚ about 6' 1-2"‚ dressed in black slacks with a t-shirt and a black jacket‚ relatively clean. The other man was a much older white male‚ 40's‚ balding buzzcut‚ 5' 8-9"‚ filthy‚ dressed in what I could only describe as tattered clothes‚ t-shirt‚ and jeans‚ something you would see a homeless man wear who had been homeless for a long time and had been wearing the same clothes for years.When they both exited the vehicle‚ both men walked to the sidewalk. The young man walked toward the entrance‚ passing by the older man who was facing away from the entrance scouring the ground for what I could only guess was loose change. The only three options I could see for this couple to be together‚ were 1) They were related 2) They worked together 3) The young man was helping a homeless older man.It seemed relatively normal until I realized that neither man spoke to the other from the time the music stopped up to the young man entering the building. Neither of the men looked at the other. When the younger passed directly by the older‚ it was as if he was staring right past him. The older man was searching the ground off the get-go never looking up.Then my uneasiness really skyrocketed. The younger man goes inside Walgreens. Once the younger man finally enters the store‚ the older man starts looking around‚ almost like he is paranoid then back to the sidewalk. It reminded me of deer in a field‚ eating grass‚ popping up to search for predators then back to the grass. What's weirder is that he never looked directly at me. When he would look up and scan the area he would somehow look past me‚ never locking eyes. Then it got scary.A little sparrow flies and lands right at the feet of this older man‚ angrily chirping at him. The older man looks at the little bird and gives it a look of disgust. The bird then flies up to the window sill‚ still chirping away. The window sill was about 6' off the ground maybe a little higher. Out of nowhere‚ this man snatches up the sparrow‚ lightly squeezing it. The sparrow is panic-chirping now. I have never seen anyone before or since move that fast. The man then proceeds to look over his catch and give what I could only describe as a look of blood lust. In my mind‚ I'm thinking this dude or whatever it is is about to eat this bird. I prayed.The man gives the bird another scowl and a look of disgust and throws it behind him. The bird flies off. The man then looked around one more time to see if anyone saw him. Again‚ looking right past me as if I'm not there. He walks past the front of the vehicle and walks down the driver's side‚ the top of his head barely visible. He gets directly behind the back left tire‚ stops‚ and then squats/sits/kneels. I'm not 100% which; I couldn't see his legs. I waited for him to pop back up‚ but he didn't. I sit there for another 5-10 minutes‚ he doesn't reappear.In that 5-10 minutes after he disappeared out of my view‚ I stared at that vehicle looking for a door to open‚ looking under the car for a shadow or movement to see if he had rolled under for some reason. I occasionally kept checking behind me and to the right of me to see if he had crawled past and popped back up. I checked every possibility‚ without getting out of my vehicle‚ of where this dude could be. He was gone. The only option was he was under my car. Father tells me to leave. My first thought was that the young man hadn't come back out yet. Father said it didn't matter‚ it was time to go. I backed out and drove directly behind the 4Runner; the dude was not there‚ and neither was he under my car.I waited at the exit of Walgreens. The entrance and the black 4Runner are now to my left and behind me. I scoured the entire parking lot for this guy while I was waiting; he was gone. Then‚ to top it all off‚ the young man walked out of the store and got into his car‚ cranked it up‚ threw it in reverse‚ and backed up. The older man was not in his vehicle‚ under his vehicle‚ nowhere.I asked God what I just saw‚ what just happened. His reply was simple‚ yet terrifying‚ "Not everyone you see is human. Be careful‚ and be ready because it's about to get much worse." GHAVE A COMMENT? GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTSUBSCRIBE TO THE PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS TELEGRAM GROUPHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonAccess Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----DRAGONS‚ WYVERNS‚ &; SNALLYGASTERS | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Dragons #WyvernsDragons &; Wyverns have been a part of historical legend &; heroic stories for centuries. These creatures have been a part of our modern lexicon since the advent of media entertainment. They are seen as destroyers‚ as well as instruments used to battle evil.When we hear or read of modern sightings our imaginations go back to the prehistoric Far East or the Medieval period when these behemoths were said to exist throughout antiquity.Then we hear of flying monsters of the New World‚ particularly in the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Piedmont. Dragon-like cryptids that the German settlers referred to as the Snallygaster. Are these the descendants of the legendary winged serpents of earlier times?So‚ please listen to the following accounts I have received from witnesses who recall their encounters‚ and then decide for yourself. 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A photographer and filmmaker contacted me about an image he took of an unknown phantom-like entity at the Rialto Bridge in Venice‚ Italy. What do you think it was?I received the following account:"Hi‚ I came across your blog whilst searching outlets who may be interested in publishing my story about an encounter with a Venetian ghost. I hope you may be interested in my story which is 100% true.I am a photographer and filmmaker and several years ago I was staying in Venice. It was late in the evening and I decided to take a night stroll with my partner. As we explored the now deserted streets in Venice we made our way to the Rialto Bridge. Most people by now were in their hotels asleep apart from the odd couple walking and exploring Venice. Once on the other side of the Rialto Bridge‚ I took a few photographs. The perfect Venetian scene with steps in the foreground‚ leading up to the famous bridge and a moon appearing between the clouds.Several weeks later I was developing the 35mm film in my darkroom and I noticed a shape on one of the wet negatives which really caught my eye. Holding the negative up to the light I could see a figure on the steps of the Rialto Bridge. A figure that was 100% not there when I took the photograph. I quickly dried the negative and then proceeded to make a print in the darkroom.I shall never forget how my heart was beating when the image started to appear in the developer as it slowly came into view. As clear as anything a large cloaked figure appeared to be slightly hovering over the first two steps of the Rialto Bridge. I really tried to think if anyone had passed me that night and I had just not seen them. The more I thought about it and the more I looked at it I realized I photographed a ghost." MNOTE: Below is the original photo:HAVE A COMMENT? GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTSUBSCRIBE TO THE PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS TELEGRAM GROUPHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonAccess Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----DRAGONS‚ WYVERNS‚ &; SNALLYGASTERS | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Dragons #WyvernsDragons &; Wyverns have been a part of historical legend &; heroic stories for centuries. These creatures have been a part of our modern lexicon since the advent of media entertainment. They are seen as destroyers‚ as well as instruments used to battle evil.When we hear or read of modern sightings our imaginations go back to the prehistoric Far East or the Medieval period when these behemoths were said to exist throughout antiquity.Then we hear of flying monsters of the New World‚ particularly in the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Piedmont. Dragon-like cryptids that the German settlers referred to as the Snallygaster. Are these the descendants of the legendary winged serpents of earlier times?So‚ please listen to the following accounts I have received from witnesses who recall their encounters‚ and then decide for yourself. I hope that you enjoy the presentation.-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Finale-----TODAY'S TOP LINKSAspiring Bigfoot Hunter Calls Sheriff's Office About Legality of Shooting Sasquatch11-foot-long 'King Arthur' the alligator spotted at South Carolina golf resort with mysterious head pieceCern: Scientists search for mysterious ghost particlesGlowing Diamond-Shaped UFO Spotted in Sky Over Brazilian CityABDUCTIONS! ALIEN‚ BIGFOOT‚ &; OTHERS | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #AbductionsPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO on SPOTIFY: ABDUCTIONS! ALIEN‚ BIGFOOT‚ &; OTHERS | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #AbductionsLISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS REPORTS &; CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE‚ LIKE &; SHAREPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube Playlist**********Your financial support of Phantoms &; Monsters and our other pursuits is much appreciated. Please click the banner above. Thanks.Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonContact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Also available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs‚CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.The Dark Arts of MISTER SAM SHEARON - Original Prints &; MerchandiseThis blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms &; Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A southern Indiana driver was on State Line Road near Hidden Valley Lake when he observed an unknown‚ upright cryptid canine near his home. He wonders if there have been other sightings in the area.I received the following account:"I'm wondering if anyone else has had (or heard of) sightings in the same area of southern Indiana? What I saw was an animal‚ not a shapeshifter. I know "the beast" is often called a werewolf‚ but I don't buy that explanation.My sighting happened in 1995. I only lived in the area during that time. I was coming home late at night (around 1-2am).The sighting happened on State Line Road‚ just off Route 50 in southern Indiana/Ohio‚ right by Hidden Valley Lake. You can see on Google Maps that the area is still pretty wooded‚ even 25 years later. The usual caveats apply: I had not been drinking and I wasn't on drugs.I had just turned into State Line Road from Route 50 and I saw a large animal in the road. It looked like a huge dog hunched over roadkill. As I neared it‚ I began to suspect it was one of my neighbor's dogs -- he had two Irish wolfhounds. If you don't know‚ those are huge dogs that stand about three feet at the shoulders. I assumed one of them had got out.By this time I was slowing down because the animal didn't seem aware of my car and I was about 30 yards away. I was starting to plan how I was going to get a dog that big into my car so I could drive it home and also wondered if wolfhounds were typically dangerous to approach. I was also trying to figure out if I should wake the neighbors up or just try and tie the dog up outside or something.As my mind raced through these thoughts (this all happened in just a few seconds) the animal finally turned and looked at my car‚ so I stopped the car completely. Its face looked more like the shape of a police dog's than a wolfhound‚ and that threw me. I remember wondering why my neighbor's dog looked so strange. And then the animal simply stood up on two legs and calmly walked off to the west‚ into the tall grass off the road. My mind at this point was still trying to reconcile how this was my neighbor's wolfhound. I literally thought he had trained his dogs to walk on two legs and had never told us!Then it started to sink in: The shape of the head was wrong‚ the build of the dog was too muscular‚ and it walked like a human‚ not a circus dog. My mind looped back to that‚ of course: It had walked off like a human on two legs. And its gaze had lingered on me as if its attitude was telling me‚ "I didn't have to move‚ you know."The fur was long and shaggy and gray‚ although in the darkness I could have misjudged the color and my mind filled it in with the color I was expecting to see on my neighbor's wolfhound. I watched it walk -- still casually -- until it was swallowed by the shadows and trees on the other side of the small field.I was terrified to drive the rest of the way home. I never mentioned it to anyone‚ but in the morning I asked my mom if the neighbor's dogs had got out‚ and when she asked why I wanted to know‚ I just said I thought I'd seen one. But both dogs were accounted for and neither had got out.Then‚ about 10 years later‚ I heard Linda Godfrey on Coast to Coast talking about the Beast of Bray Road‚ and I was like‚ "That's exactly what I saw." It was even the same period as the original Bray Road flap. With that confirmation‚ I finally started to tell people about it to see if anyone else had seen anything like it -- no one had‚ of course.So that's my story. Are there historical sightings of "the beast" in the southern Indiana/Ohio state-line area? GLHAVE A COMMENT? GO TO OUR SUBREDDIT AND POST YOUR THOUGHTSJOIN AMAZON PRIME - Unlimited Movie/TV Streaming&; FREE 2-Day ShippingRegister a SNAP EBT CardTry Audible PlusPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS READING LISTSUBSCRIBE TO THE PHANTOMS &; MONSTERS TELEGRAM GROUPHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonAccess Phantoms &; Monsters Posts on Twitter 'X'-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----DRAGONS‚ WYVERNS‚ &; SNALLYGASTERS | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #Dragons #WyvernsDragons &; Wyverns have been a part of historical legend &; heroic stories for centuries. These creatures have been a part of our modern lexicon since the advent of media entertainment. They are seen as destroyers‚ as well as instruments used to battle evil.When we hear or read of modern sightings our imaginations go back to the prehistoric Far East or the Medieval period when these behemoths were said to exist throughout antiquity.Then we hear of flying monsters of the New World‚ particularly in the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Piedmont. Dragon-like cryptids that the German settlers referred to as the Snallygaster. Are these the descendants of the legendary winged serpents of earlier times?So‚ please listen to the following accounts I have received from witnesses who recall their encounters‚ and then decide for yourself. I hope that you enjoy the presentation.-----ORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONORDER THE AUDIOBOOK VERSIONProject Threshold: Finale-----TODAY'S TOP LINKSAspiring Bigfoot Hunter Calls Sheriff's Office About Legality of Shooting Sasquatch11-foot-long 'King Arthur' the alligator spotted at South Carolina golf resort with mysterious head pieceCern: Scientists search for mysterious ghost particlesGlowing Diamond-Shaped UFO Spotted in Sky Over Brazilian CityABDUCTIONS! ALIEN‚ BIGFOOT‚ &; OTHERS | Join Us For LIVE CHAT | Questions &; Answers #AbductionsPHANTOMS &; MONSTERS RADIO on SPOTIFY: ABDUCTIONS! 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I received an email from a woman who lives in coastal Humboldt County‚ California. She describes‚ in detail‚ several natural experiences over the years."My husband had just purchased a brand new metal detector in 1999 and we had never made a hike across the street from our cabin before‚ we chatted and agreed to try out both hiking and taking turns using the detector together. I told him we could look for old gold miners' treasures stash. Really‚ the canyon had been logged in the late 1800's for redwoods and we knew even finding some old loggers things could be fun too.So we had a good breakfast on a Saturday morning and took our happy female Dalmatian along by leash heading West on a paved road. I had been watching this side creek destination for months on my drives out of the woods. It seemed like the perfect natural access point because I knew the acreage across the street was privately owned and steep. There are at least 1400 acres and all of it faces north which follows parallel to the paved road. I had seen some deer in the mornings up this thread creek canyon and it was very quiet there. Some neighbors lived on that side of the road but only down by the pavement and the whole canyon is so quiet that it would reveal sounds far away. One could tell the activity of which neighbors were coming home from town or leaving etc.So we began our hike at the point of this unnamed creek marked by No Hunting signs. Nothing said Private Property to us or Keep Out and like other small creeks here and there‚ this one ponds before meeting the road and drains under the pavement to a lower main creek that flows out to the Pacific Ocean. We were keeping respectfully quiet and my husband was wearing his headphones for the detector anyway. I was enjoying the smells of the redwoods and big leaf maples and looking at my dog enjoying the walk. It's always wet on the ground with thick duff to hike on but the understory is pretty sparse in this area because the height of the mountain blocks the sunshine. We are accustomed to the steep slippery terrain on our side of the road too and we dress in layers for the cold and sometimes there is too much sun or Pacific winds. Some granite grains and many thick needles of the redwoods to hike on make for quiet hiking too unless you snap a small branch.After about 20 minutes of enjoying this beautiful creek area and the morning sun peeking through some of the tree tops found us just standing around at the lower creek point. I was looking up the sides of the creek ahead because there were larger rock boulders and fallen trees to help pick out a good hike zone for us all. My Dalmatian was always good off-leash on hikes that I took anywhere in California because I started her out on mountain bike rides in the Sierras. Now we were living in the Coastal Range near the Pacific. But I chose to keep her leashed this time because the property was privately owned.When I asked my husband if he was enjoying the detector‚ I noticed he could hear me without removing his headphones. He seemed like he was already comfortable with the new toy and he was busy adjusting knobs to read for Gold while looking to me for direction of destination. So I described and pointed out the fire-scarred trees up the slope that might be a good place to reach. He agreed that would be fine. I could already tell that he would not be able to use his detector though while needing to scramble up the creek climb and that there would be places where hiking would be about all he could do. So I was prepared to hold the machine while he would be picking his route up the creek. We were just committed on our way from the flatter bottom ground to begin ascending the slope up when we heard a huge growl sound that made us stop in strides. All 3 of us immediately checked to our left where the sound had come from. This would be in the east direction.I immediately asked my husband‚ "Did you hear that?" He was still looking in that direction and his mouth was open but he did not say much just a gesture of sound. It was clear to me that he heard the growling noise and the vibration of it had come to my high ribs around my heart. I've never heard this yowl before but my mind told me‚ "That is Bigfoot and he is letting you know you are entering his hunting grounds." We then checked to the right and still not one bit of movement or sounds. My dog was checking around just the same as we were doing. I thought the area was even quieter now. I talked to my husband with only my eyebrows and facial expressions. He was looking back to the left and higher and lower. He had been a soldier in the Army so I kind of relied on him to tell me if there was danger ahead. But I felt strangely interested in reaching that point above‚ so I eventually just began hiking again.We just hiked straight up the creek anyway and reached those burned-out trees which were first-growth redwood stumps with fire scars. The quiet was almost too loud somehow. It felt creepy and shadowy for an early part of the day. We had stopped all conversation. My dog was even walking politely and did not want to pull on the leash or want off of it. We took a moment to discuss where we were heading next when suddenly there was an obvious flat grade in the east direction. It made all the steep hiking worth it as now we were able to just head east far too easily now. We had found an old logging road I guess. It was completely covered in fallen branches and needles and leaves of maples. My husband enjoyed using his detector on the road. At one point in the road‚ we had to crawl through an area of growth. The tunnel was the size of a mountain lion or wild boar maybe‚ so it was a bit creepy knowing that we were using its footpath.I don't like guns on hikes and this was above the point where our own cabin down below would be. Another reason I would not want to shoot in an inhabited area. One cannot see how far a bullet would travel if they missed their shot. You can see to the edge of a slope below but not all the way down to the pavement when you climb this ridge. The few times I have heard a neighbor take a shot at something‚ the sound of that crack relays over and over against the canyon walls. After crawling through some scrub brush across the old dirt road‚ we came out and realized that now the hiking was really flat and useable enough that we could pick a point down below or up above to use the detector. I suggested he try scanning inside of some old burned-out stumps. We decided to walk down the slope the next time we came to an area of brush growing across the logging road. That was where we noticed something queer.Some huge branches were leaning into a redwood. I just had to get to that tree was all that I knew. Once there‚ it became obvious that a large Eucalyptus branch had been purposely shoved into a lower arm of the 2nd growth redwood tree. We both tried to nudge it to see just how tight it was placed there and it was too solid for us both to budge. We have never built a lean-to before and even then‚ I was just learning what one was myself. The only Eucalyptus trees are those that were planted 1/8th of a mile out at the front of this canyon road. Leftovers from the days of logging the country here and necessary for firewood and trains. There were other branches of maple and pine shoved into this lean-to and yet it was not luxurious. It had many areas of open and no added wind protection but it was a huge undertaking to create this one. No doubt to me that it was not put together by one person or even 2. I was confirmed now that we had been in an area of someone else's domain. I did feel bad about that later.So we had our fill of trying to nudge the heavy limbs and we walked back upslope and continued East on the flat road trail above. We did find some old items like a very rusted-out cast iron skillet inside a tree stump‚ some old ashtray from a logger's truck bullet casings‚ and even some toy gun parts.It had been about 2 hours that we had been walking from our house now and we were not talking about the Howl noise but we were quiet and checking our backs and looking around anyway since this was new ground. We did try to ascend that north-facing ridge but it was too extreme to just casually finish in one day. We knew we could always prepare better for it another time. The higher treeline did begin to change from maples and redwoods to mixed conifers and areas of more difficult rockface terrain too. The thickness of the duff on the ground was very moist. This had been a very damaging rainy season. Residents in the canyon had been stranded at their homes when the Hwy 1 had eroded from the rains and floods. Crazy to realize that wildfire is also the other natural danger here. Everything is so soggy and wet now in the summer. This was the first time that we ever tried to live in this canyon but we knew that there were some natural dangers. Like a redwood that fell one night‚ it made us bolt upright out of a sleeping state. The ground really shook and in the morning PG&; E had come out with chainsaws etc. to open the road You just accepted that once in a while you might not be able to rely on good water or any electricity. We always had a backup plan for those times. I was very resourceful in always keeping hot water ready on the woodstove in large cauldrons to add to our daily baths in an old cast iron claw foot tub. We liked living that way. I would take hikes every morning to collect branches for the kindling pile I kept built up. Even if it was raining all day‚ I would go gather for the woodpile. I never heard a noise in the surrounding terrain that did not make sense to me. So we got back home from that hike without any other notices of anything extreme. We never talked about the growl or the lean-to again.One morning later though‚ it had been about one week‚ my husband had driven off to work at 7am but then returned back to the cabin. He just wanted to change his clothes because he had helped a woman who had flipped her car. He and another man coming into the canyon had found this car on its side in the middle of the road. The lady said she overcorrected when she realized a mountain lion had jumped out suddenly from the north-facing ridge. She almost drove off the road into the creek below and then oversteered back towards the slope side and turned over her car. She was fine but she was very scared‚ She said it was like the cat was being chased to just leap off the knob of stumps next to the road like that. Then she was worried about getting out of her car too. She never mentioned Bigfoot but I always wondered since it was near that same thread creek where we had hiked that this happened.I did try to talk to a neighbor many months later about the grumble growl and they laughed at me for bringing up the subject of Bigfoot. I was always met with laughter about the matter if I ever thought to try. So I learned not to mention the incident again and even my husband was having trouble talking about the sound he knew he heard. The only time I asked him to describe to me what he heard or thought he heard‚ all he could respond with was a slight murmur noise as if he wanted to talk but could not begin to say something. Even his eyes became a blank stare while he thought about the noise and he would go into an uncomfortable state of mind. I learned to keep this event quiet. It has been at least 16 years later and people are more comfortable to speak with me about the supernatural. Whatever made that growl at us cloaked itself invisible. It was right there on our Left and not visible to us. I've learned that dogs do not see the supernatural entity but mine sure fell for it with just audio. She was looking left and right for whatever it was. Finding the lean-to made it all come together for me. I just knew that we had a Big Brother who lived across the street and accepted that fact.I have had some interesting experiences out Highway 96 twice over with Bigfoot in mind. Three of them must have slept once under some cottonwoods where we parked our truck to sleep overnight by a river. My friend had left a campfire burning all night and I had trouble sleeping because of it. In the morning‚ I could smell the scent they left behind and found the 3 areas of human-sized crushed-down grasses. Another time I found a natural "tent" between 2 very short pine trees and it was fully surrounded by a matrix of limbs all woven tightly together. Not one branch could be easily pulled on to remove it. I just enjoyed finding that and left it. Then across the highway‚ I saw a black face in the thick growth of trees. I got binoculars out to focus on it but could see nothing with the aid of lenses. I could only see it with my own natural eyes. It was only the face looking back at me and the eyes were very dark in color but the shine from them was what made me take notice. So I gave up and just waved at it and shouted out "Hi Bigfoot".Even at my own house in Humboldt County‚ I had repeatedly smelled the dampness of wet fur in the early morning hours. My small breed dog would need to go outside and I would keep him on a leash because I knew we had a fox in the brambles. You could hear it bark out once in a while and it once took all the pears from the one tree in my backyard when I went to town one afternoon. Finally‚ after many years of smelling the damp fur odor‚ I got to hear something skidding to a halt directly in front of me. What I saw was a dog-sized but ghostly toothy-looking animal. It then bolted past me on my left side and behind me before disappearing into the berry brambles. I could clearly see its side face profile of horrible long teeth hanging out of its mouth. Its hind quarters were very low dragging and it had spotted fur. It moved like a gentle breeze floating past. It did not make any noise while it ran by passing over other gravel and leaves on its way into the berries. That was in the Fall of 2008.There are other neat things I have seen in nature and captured one event in the sky above Mt. Shasta in a photograph but did not notice it for almost one year later. I learned to keep these special moments more personal but don't mind if the company is right to hike in and show around where I know the wild things are. It would have to be another clean soul without weapons or ill intent.Thank You for reading about my experiences." DHAVE A COMMENT? 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In 1969. Long Islander Leslie West released his first album entitled Mountain. The album title is not to be confused with the name of the band he would form one year later. Leslie West’s first released vinyl record was a solo album called Mountain. The solo album featured Felix Pappalardi on bass‚ who would stay with Leslie West when the legendary band Mountain was formed one year later. The group’s debut album Climbin’ was released on March 7‚ 1970. The group featured Leslie West on guitar and vocals‚  Felix Pappalardi on bass and keyboards‚ Corky Laing on drums‚ and Steve Knight The post Top 10 Mountain Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Our selection of the top 10 Killswitch Engage tracks delves into the repertoire of a dynamic metalcore band that emerged in 1999 from Westfield‚ Massachusetts. The band’s formation was the result of a partnership between Mike D’Antonio‚ previously of Overcast‚ and Adam Dutkiewicz‚ formerly with Aftershock. Dutkiewicz transitioned to become the band’s drummer‚ allowing Joel Stroetzel‚ another Aftershock alumnus‚ to step in as the guitarist. For the role of lead vocalist‚ they chose Jesse Leach from Nothing Stays Gold. In 1999‚ the band embarked on their musical journey‚ culminating in the release of their self-titled debut album the following year. The post Top 10 Killswitch Engage Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Acheron is finally here in Honkai Star Rail and this deadly Nihlity character can deal devastating damage with the right build and team composition. She has a unique playstyle and a strange Ultimate mechanic‚ so you’ll need the right setup to get the most out of Acheron. Best Acheron Light Cone Best Acheron Relics Acheron Trace Priority Acheron Team Compositions Best Honkai Star Rail Acheron Build Since Acheron’s kit is so unique‚ she has a very distinct playstyle that requires very specific team compositions and builds to succeed. Even though she’s a Nihiliy unit‚ she functions as a straightforward DPS. The Nihility aspect comes into play with other allies’ debuffs‚ which make Acheron’s attacks stronger and bring her closer to unleashing her Ultimate. As such‚ the best Acheron build boosts her stats as if she were a DPS character. CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG are key here‚ and you can’t go wrong with ATK stats either. Acheron is rea...

The Biden White House and the Senate’s Democrat leaders are sticking by a nominee for an appeals court vacancy with ties to anti-Israel and anti-police organizations‚ despite shaky support among some Democrats.  Separately‚ a watchdog group raised questions about the judicial nominee’s financial disclosure report.  In November‚ President Joe Biden nominated New York lawyer Adeel Mangi to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit‚ which hears cases from Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ Delaware‚ and the Virgin Islands.  In a party-line vote in January‚ the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Mangi‚ a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb &; Tyler in New York City. But this month‚ Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced their opposition to Mangi‚ while other Senate Democrats in battleground states were noncommittal when asked about Biden’s nominee.  With a thin working majority of 51-49 in the Senate‚ confirming  the Pakistani-American lawyer could require a herculean effort by Democrats to round up enough votes. Mangi‚ who if confirmed would be the first Muslim to serve on a federal appeals court‚ was a member of the advisory board for Rutgers Law School’s Center for Security‚ Race and Rights from 2019 to 2023. Critics say the center is an anti-Israel organization with ties to a convicted terrorist.  Mangi‚ born in 1977‚ also served on the board of the Legal Aid Society of New York from 2017 to 2021‚ when the group advocated defunding the New York Police Department.  And Biden’s nominee was on the advisory board of the Alliance of Families for Justice‚ an anti-incarceration group co-founded by Kathy Boudin‚ a former member of the Weather Underground‚ a domestic terrorism group during the 1970s.  Last week‚ the American Accountability Foundation‚ a conservative government watchdog‚ wrote to Mangi asking him to withdraw from consideration for failing to report clients on his financial disclosure form submitted to the Senate.  The group noted that Mangi reported earning $2.3 million in 2022 and $4.4 million in 2023 as a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb &; Tyler. “The real concern with his nomination has been his affiliation with radicals at Rutgers‚ but the financial disclosure issues just highlight how he is hiding things‚” Tom Jones‚ president of the American Accountability Foundation‚ told The Daily Signal. “If he is confirmed‚ who knows what we will later find out about who his clients were?”  Cortez Masto announced last week that her biggest concern in confirming Mangi is his association with the Alliance of Families for Justice.  “This organization has sponsored a fellowship in the name of Kathy Boudin‚ a member of the domestic terrorist organization Weather Underground‚ and advocated for the release of individuals convicted of killing police officers‚” Cortez Masto said.  In February‚ the conservative legal group Judicial Crisis Network launched a digital ad campaign in Pennsylvania and Montana opposing Mangi’s nomination because of his past affiliations.  “Why are Senate Democrats so eager to advance a radical antisemite to a lifetime appointment on the federal bench?” JCN President Carrie Severino said in a public statement announcing the ad buy. “Mangi is an unconscionable choice for the 3rd Circuit and President Biden should promptly withdraw his nomination.” In a press release‚ Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin‚ D-Ill.‚ characterized opponents of the Muslim lawyer’s nomination as “Islamophobic.” In a thread on X‚ formerly Twitter‚ Durbin wrote: “Senate Republicans are falsely accusing him of antisemitism.” “The truth: Mr. Mangi has unequivocally denounced any acts of terrorism‚ antisemitism‚ or bigotry repeatedly‚” Durbin said. “He’s earned the support of groups representing over a million Jewish Americans.” Senate Republicans are falsely accusing him of antisemitism.The truth: Mr. Mangi has unequivocally denounced any acts of terrorism‚ antisemitism‚ or bigotry repeatedly.He’s earned the support of groups representing over a million Jewish Americans. pic.twitter.com/HXUDATAHIL— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) March 21‚ 2024 The Anti-Defamation League‚ a liberal Jewish group‚ said in a January statement that Mangi had been mistreated during his Senate confirmation hearing the month before.  Durbin also argued that Mangi never personally represented an accused cop killer. Still‚ the lawyer’s association with the Alliance of Families for Justice drew criticism from the Police Conference of New York‚ which represents more than 50‚000 police professionals. “The fact that the Alliance‚ with Mr. Mangi’s support‚ praises these cop-killers as leaders to follow and is calling for their release is an affront to the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting our communities‚” the police group said in opposing his nomination by the president. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended the Mangi nomination last week in response to a question about Cortez Masto’s announcement of her opposition. Jean-Pierre asserted that Biden is proud of the nomination.  “Mr. Mangi‚ who has lived the American dream and proven his integrity‚ is being targeted by a malicious and debunked smear campaign solely because he would make history as the first Muslim to serve as a federal appellate judge‚” Jean-Pierre told reporters. “Senate Democrats should side with the qualities that make America exceptional‚ which Mr. Mangi embodies‚ not the hateful forces trying to force America into the past.” The response to presidents’ judicial nominations has grown increasingly partisan‚ but this is the first Biden nominee to draw opposition from fellow Democrats‚ said Tom Jipping‚ a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation‚ which is the parent organization of The Daily Signal. The likely outcome is that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer‚ D-N.Y.‚ won’t schedule a floor vote on Mangi‚ said Jipping‚ a former chief counsel to Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee.  “Democrats won’t hold a vote if they think they will lose‚” Jipping told The Daily Signal. “The majority leader doesn’t have to schedule a vote. Democrats could just leave it on the calendar until the August recess. Biden won’t have to withdraw the nomination and the Senate won’t have to defeat a nomination. Even if Biden is reelected‚ he doesn’t have to renominate Mangi.” Rutgers University’s Center for Security‚ Race and Rights hosted an event in 2021 titled “Whose Narrative? 20 Years Since September 11‚ 2001” that featured former professor Sami al-Arian‚ who helped fund the group Palestinian Islamic Jihad‚ the Washington Free Beacon first reported.  “My role on the advisory board did not extend to or include providing advice or approval on the selection of speakers‚ speaker events‚ lectures‚ or workshops‚” Mangi wrote in response to questions from Sen. Lindsey Graham‚ R-S.C.‚ the top GOP senator on the Judiciary Committee. The Rutgers center promoted a March 2021 event backing the anti-Israel movement known as BDS‚ an acronym for boycott‚ divest and sanction. Schumer‚ who is Jewish‚ has led bipartisan opposition to the BDS movement‚ which is widely viewed as antisemitic.  Join Dr. @HatemBazian as he has a conversation with Omar Barghouti of the @BDSmovement#Palestine #FreePalestine #Israel #BDS #annexation #apartheid #BDSWhen: Wednesday‚ March 31st at 2 PM EST@zaytunacollege @islamophobiaEIR @NationalSJP Register: https://t.co/NFvoehkTaI pic.twitter.com/QX7cy9wqM1— Center For Security‚ Race and Rights (@RUCSRR) March 29‚ 2021 During his December confirmation hearing‚ Mangi said he was not aware of the rhetoric of the groups he was affiliated with.  “Any acts of antisemitism‚ or any bigotry including anti-Muslim bigotry‚ on college campuses is appalling‚” Mangi said. “My children will be going to universities. I want them to feel safe‚ and I want the children of my Jewish friends and colleagues to feel safe.” In his written response to Graham’s questionnaire‚ Mangi said he donated to the Rutgers organization and facilitated donations from his law firm to the center.  “My records reflect donations to the Rutgers University Foundation in the amounts of $500 (2018)‚ $2‚500 (2019)‚ $1‚500 (2020)‚ and $2‚000 (2021)‚” Mangi wrote in response to Graham. “These donations were all intended to support the academic research of the Center for Security‚ Race and Rights at Rutgers Law School to oppose bigotry and discrimination and to advance religious liberty.” His law firm contributed another $13‚000 to the Rutgers center‚ Mangi wrote.  In 2020‚ while Mangi was still on its board‚ the center held an event titled “White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America.”  Mangi was no longer on the board Oct. 7‚ when Hamas terrorists slaughtered about 1‚200 civilians in southern Israel.  After those attacks‚ however‚ the center posted on X: “To assess Hamas’s October 7th operation and the Israeli regime’s subsequent response in isolation is to ignore over 75 years of colonial violence and the horrific consequences born out of these decades of oppression and attempted erasure.” The center’s website says it opposes all discrimination‚ asserting: “The Center for Security‚ Race and Rights works across racial and religious lines to address the underlying structural and systemic causes of Islamophobia and xenophobia against people of Arab‚ African‚ and South Asian descent.” Opposition to Mangi is a “smear” and “madness” to keep Muslims out of public service‚ said Ahmed Mitchell‚ national director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.  “The anti-Muslim tropes used to target Adeel Mangi are not only meant to block a judicial nominee‚ but to deter American Muslims from pursuing public service‚” Mitchell said in a written statement last week. “This manufactured controversy also shows the unintended consequences of the McCarthy-like witch hunt that far too many Democratic politicians helped unleash against American Muslim students‚ workers and elected officials in recent months to silence their advocacy for Palestinian human rights.” The post Biden Judge Pick Tries to Weather Democrat Defections Over Anti-Israel‚ Defund-Police Ties appeared first on The Daily Signal.