This writer didn't leave a name but he left a good story and here's what he writes.

I want to start by saying that I have never had an eyewitness encounter.

I guess that means I'm not a true believer in Bigfoot.

I'm here to learn more information about other people's encounters, but I do have an

open mind about their existence, and I've heard personal encounters from people that

I trust with all my being.

I am an avid hiker in East Tennessee, and I've hiked all the trails in the Great Smoky

Mountains National Park.

I've logged more than 3500 miles in the backcountry.

Many of these miles were so low, and I've had hundreds of barren wild boar encounters.

I'm not easily spooked, nor do I feel uneasy being alone in the woods, but I will admit

though that one incident left me feeling a bit weird.

I was hiking a trail in the Great Smoky Mountains near Tremont in Towns in Tennessee in

July of 2019.

It was an unusually warm morning and the wind was blowing.

I could tell the storm was coming, but I thought I could get a 10 mile hike in before it

got here.

The trail I was hiking was steep.

There was a good-sized creek I would have to cross that was about knee deep.

I was keeping a close eye on the weather and making pretty good time.

At about three quarters of a mile from my turn around point, I heard brush breaking above

me on the side of the mountain.

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