The (Welding) Arc of Sasquatch

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First name: Dayne

Last name: [REDACTED] Email: [REDACTED]

Date of incident (if known):

Approximate time of encounter:: 13:30

Description of incident:

I’ve had numerous encounters with “the big guy” as I refer to him on our property for the last 12 years, it all started one night I was out welding on some sheet metal, using the heat treated from the welding process I was using a small 3lb sledge hammer to shape the metal as I was going, it was about 2:15am when I felt it, it was like a 100mph gust of wind hit me, I felt it in my chest before I ever heard it, the loudest most terrifying sound a person could ever imagine, the roar that came from that creature was the scariest thing I had ever encountered, I’ve lived in these woods my entire life, nothing here is unfamiliar or scary to me after the 40 years I’ve spent here, up until that night.. I had a flood lamp aimed so it was directing the light past my work, it was outdoors and there wasn’t any other lights anywhere to help in identifying what I heard but I know what it was that showed up that night. No other animal local or not is capable of making a roar like thing thing did, it fealt like it lasted forever but realistically it went on for approx. 15-20 seconds, the amount of volume was just staggering, as it started out sounding like it was pissed and we officially had a problem but before long it dwindled down into a slight whimper, I later realized that it was only less than 20 feet away, it had been watching me for a while based on the impressions left in the underbrush and in the ground and now looking back I know exactly why it didn’t attack me that night, I gave it arc flash when I had moved to reposition my body to continue my welding, I’d weld 6-8 inches then bam bam with my hammer, the sound traveled for quite a ways because I had two neighbors mention hearing it and they live over a half mile away as the crow flies. But it started out fierce and extremely pissed then tapered down to what I could only describe as a uncertain confused growl, upon hearing it I jumped up from my crouched position and yelled” I don’t know what the fuck you are but you need to get the hell outta here” throwing my hammer in the direction I had pinpointed from where the sound originated from, frozen with fear, the kind of fear that instantly makes you rage, I then listened to it make its way back down towards the creek stumbling and falling over the downed trees along its way back down to the creek. But it didn’t stop there, since then I’ve had numerous things happen around my property that suggest a very large strong visitor had been here, 100lb shooting targets tossed 25 feet down an embankment, trucks picked up and moved over 2.5 feet, a large number of trees both dead and alive snapped off at unreachable heights, I’ve actually seen it twice, it’s about 6.5 to 7 ft tall, it’s darkish red/brown with a silverish strip that runs from the top of its head all the way to its butt, most recent encounter involved it coming into our orchard, after smashing down a 6ft high hog wire fence to break the top out of our plum tree, it left a large pile of crap that doesn’t look like any type of ppoop I’ve ever seen, and I’m an avid outdoorsman with years of hunting under my belt, it’s really granular, almost the same consistency as tile grout, and there is a lot of it, near that is where it came over the fence I found long probably 4.5-5.5 inches super coarse hair stuck in the fence and it was white in color, I gathered the hai and a sample of the poop in plastic zip lock bags to possibly get it examined but there’s more, my gf had a dog that had passed recently from cancer, she was a redhealer who was all of skin and bones when she passed, no meet whatsoever left on her, she wrapped her up in a blanket and buried her about 2.5 feet deep, placing a large fairly heavy approx. 80-90lb rock on top of the grave to keep predators from trying to dig her up, after about 2 weeks had gone by, going up to visit her every day we came across something very bizarre, we saw that the rock had been picked up and tossed to the side, talking 5-6 feet away from its original spot and she had been not only dug up but whatever it was took the entire corps, blanket and all.. no parts or pieces nor any reminates of the blanket or of the dog everything was just gone.. the two times I saw it once was witnessed it run across my front yard, early probably around 4:30-5 am when I stepped outside to use the bathroom, I’ve never seen an animal move like that, speed that was unreal, especially for a creature that size, it covered an area that was about 225-250 yards in a matter of about 10 seconds, totally surreal, it has become pretty comfortable around our property and I’m at a loss about what to do about it, I’m curious obviously but at the same time realizing what that thing is capable of scares the crap out of me, because I don’t know its intentions, the way I figure it is I’m about the only thing it has ever encountered that it didn’t kill and eat, not only that but I also sent it home with arc crash of the eyes which is excruciating even with iodine treatment and a patch, but I know it showed up thinking I was challenging it that first night, it came here looking to take me out but got sent home crying and whimpering. It now frequents my house enough at night that I won’t go outside without one of my large caliber guns on me at all times, I don’t want to press the issue but I’m just about at my whits end with it. Got any suggestions, and would you be interested in the hair and poop samples to have tested? I know it wasn’t no bear or any other native animal that roams these woods, any help would be greatly appreciated before I get to the point where I call it back in and we have a one on one with my 12 gauge by my side.. understand I don’t want to hurt it, nor do I want to bring any unneeded attention to it or it’s family but I need to know where it stands, whether it be hostile or not I’m not going to continue to walk about my house like a paranoid nut job for very much longer, I’m going to find out one way or another.. so please let me know your thoughts on how to go about doing this..