By Kristi O’Toole

The title of this article seems almost humorous on the surface, but in all actuality it’s no laughing matter. What happened to a family in the 60’s would leave fear in their hearts for the rest of their days.

The story begins with one of the wildest excuses for being late to work quite possibly ever. “A Bigfoot wrecked my house!”

It all started when the man’s 4 year old son, Tim, told his Mom that a ‘Cowman’ was stuck on the barbed wire fence down in their field. Opening the door to see what the boy meant, she smelled a terrible smell and noticed the top wire wobbling a bit as if something had just broke free. When Tim’s father, Jon, arrived home the young boy excitedly told his Dad about the ‘Cowman’ he had seen. His father naturally assumed he meant “cowboy” and asked if he was wearing a cowboy hat. Quickly Tim corrects him explaining that the Cowman was “furry and stinky like the cows.”

The family’s older son, Jon, JR., who was 12 at the time had been playing over at a friend’s house and was walking home after Tim has seen his ‘Cowman’. The boy told his mother that someone had followed him home, walking in the woods to right side of the road. He never saw who it was as the never left the woods, but he did believe it was a large man. He heard sticks breaking under heavy footsteps all the way until the top of their driveway where the woods stopped. The boy was pretty shaken up and asked his dad to go out and check it out with him.

Later that evening Jon strapped on his .357 and took his older son out to investigate. They started where young Tim had claimed the ‘Cowman’ was stuck on the fence and came upon a clump of long reddish brown hair. Jon Sr. took his knife and cut the hair loose, there appeared to be a bit of flesh matted into the hair and the barbed wire had actually been broken off of the near post. Jon deduced whatever had been stuck on the fence was big.

The woods began about 10ft beyond the fence so the pair covered that short distance and began to look around. It was around 8 pm and the woods were becoming increasingly dark, they had walked a ways when Jon began smelling the rotting garbage/wet dog smell his wife reported earlier. Jon says he got the feeling that he and his son were being watched, the hair on the back of his neck stood up. He suggested they head back to the house before it became pitch black, the boy didn’t argue.

As the pair made the trek back to the house they could hear heavy footsteps off tho their left. When they stopped walking, the footsteps stopped too. Jon Sr. looked at his son and said on the count of three we run like hell home, the boy nodded his head in agreement. Jon began to count, one…two…three.. on three he gave his son a shove in the back to get his going before spinning around with his gun drawn and charging the opposite direction.

Jon Sr pushed through the thick brush and as he did he could hear the footsteps moving away from him. Finally, the footsteps stopped and Jon thought he saw movement behind a tree. Thinking it may be a vagrant hanging around looking for houses to rob, Jon threatened him, “You come out nice and slow or I swear to God I’ll come back there and shoot you,”

The woods were silent for a moment when Jon caught movement out the corner of his eye, he said it looked like a huge bear moving through the brush and ferns. Jon watched the dark figure walk away on all fours, now convinced it was a bear his heart leapt from his chest when he saw a long hairy arm reach up and grab a small alder tree. Using the tree the creature pulled itself up to a standing position. Jon couldn’t believe the size of it, he recalls it as massive at at least 7 feet tall and half that wide through the chest. He says the creature turned at the waist to look at him and while he couldn’t make out facial detail he would swear the eyes glowed a deep red and he thought he saw teeth, as if it were curling back it’s lips.

Then the creature snapped the small alder tree and made a dash for the open field behind Jon’s house. Worried about Jon Jr and the rest of the family, Jon Sr ran at full speed alongside the creature in hopes of heading it off before it reached the clearing. Exiting the woods at the same time, Jon frantically looked around for son and saw him standing just on the other side of the fence waiting for him. Yelling for his to run to the house, Jon Jr did as he was told and took off. The creature crossed the 10ft gap between the woods and the family’s fence in two strides, stepping over the fence as he did. The turning its attention towards Jon Jr, Jon Sr’s worst nightmare was realized as the creature began to run towards his son.

Afraid to shoot at it in case he accidentally hit his son, Jon Sr yelled after his boy to run faster. The creature had now caught up to the boy and in a flash was beside him. Then lowering its shoulder, it barreled right in to the child sending him flying about 10 feet through the air.

As of what you’ve just read isn’t terrifying enough, wait until the second installment of the story.

When Kristi isn’t writing for NewzBreaker, she writes supernatural suspense novels having three currently published. If you would like to check out any of her books they can be found online and at other major retailers like Books a Million and Amazon. Never one to rest, she also paints/designs shoes and items for the home. Check out her eBay store, Watered Down Vodka and her FB page.

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