I'm asking that you not reveal my name. I've had two experiences with two different cryptids.

It may sound unusual or lucky to some, but after you hear this story, you

decide for yourself if I was lucky. I'm withholding exact dates and locations for this story but it is absolutely true.

These are the things that happen to men that create nightmares and others.

I have to give you this background information before I get into the grim details

of my encounter to better help you understand a few things as they are happening. My friend and I hunted all over the Appalachian Mountains and

in different states. We were both active rifle and bow hunters and this story takes place

at the beginning of bow season.

I became more of a speed nut with my bow's performance warning my bow to shoot

super fast and

eliminate the distance guesswork and it has worked well for me over the past years.

I achieved this by using an overdraw allowing for me to use shorter arrows that reduce

the arrow weight and that helped my 70 pound bows shoot consistently over 300 feet per second. I could shoot accurately with one

pin up to 45 yards, no guesswork, and a very flat trajectory. I had another quirk and that is using my climber

tree stand to heights much higher than normal. I always hunt from a position

40 feet up in a tree. I know this height is achieved because when I set my stand and

climb I have a 40 foot rope attached to my stand with the other end tied to my bow and

my day pack which remains on the ground. While climbing

I feel the rope grow taught and I know that I'm at my desired height. I then

simply pull up my supplies after securing my stand. This method is used

by other bow hunters using climbing stands because it's easier to pull up your belongings rather than trying to climb up and down with them.

You can't use a climber efficiently carrying everything up with you when you are ascending

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