Richard B.
I have been less than 40 feet from what I believe was a Sasquatch.
It was in Missouri in the mid 80’s about a mile west of Midridge on what was a dirt road at the time!
I was there for a funeral but the funeral home driver got lost. I decided to take a walk down the road. This was west of the cemetery and right were the road takes a curve to the south. I hope I have the actual directions right as it is a winding trip back to Midridge.
Anyway as I was walking I had the feeling someone was watching me, I looked up and under the pines in the shadows was what looked to be about a 6 to 6 1/2 foot tall person but hairy.
As I looked I realized I could see no clothes and as the wind was quartering away from me I noticed no odor. At first as we stood looking at one another all I could think was to say Hello……No response.
So I lifted my right hand in a bit of a wave and to the best of my recollection it lifted it’s right hand a slight bit.
About a minute into the experience it dawned on me that I was about a mile away from any people looking at I don’t know what. I turned and slowly started walking away. About 25 or 30 yards later I stuck it in overdrive and got the heck out of there!
I went and told my friends and they started telling me about some old hermit that lived out in those woods and told me I saw him. If it was a hermit he must have been roasting his butt off covered head to toe in fur in the summer time in Missouri!
The funny thing is when I got back to Muskogee I went to the library and did some research…….There were multiple Bigfoot sightings reported less than 12 miles from where I had my first encounter!