xspider1 Posted October 23 Posted October 23 That is a fascinating and terrifying story. Exactly the kind of report that makes me a ‘credulous bleever’. Kudos to ‘Four Bandits’ for sharing and thanks for posting that, Norseman. As the saying goes: you can’t make that stuff up. Sure, many some-what convincing stories are fabricated, but when you combine human expression, an apparently honest recounting of actual events, spontaneous emotion and a situation that seems plausible, I would not deny that happened in a million years. 1
guyzonthropus Posted November 9 Posted November 9 Personally, I find this quite the compelling recounting of his experience. His delivery was spot on for a"manly man" letting his guard down and discussing more than just a physical vulnerability. The manner in which he spoke of his fear struck me as reluctant yet determined to express the enormity of what he was going through. I can totally relate to his turning on the light and finding his field of view filled with fur! As a zookeeper I was once standing about 6" from a chain link fence that was the back part of the polar bear cage. The bear was laying down at the far side from me. I said "hey polar bar!" And turned to go to my EZ-Go zoo cart. Two seconds later I strangely hear the fence moving, so I turn back around and my entire field of view is full of white fur, something my brain wasn't really processing. Mind you it was like my face, 6" to the fence, with about 10-12" into polar bear fur! So I look up to see the bear with its paws at the top of the fence, with its head maybe 5-6' directly above me looking down like "but for this fence, you'd be lunch little monkey!" And I nearly had a heart attack right then and there, with this rush of primal fear, like a bad cave bear dream. So I can well imagine what this guy must have been going through, though even worse perhaps, because it wasn't "just a bear" what with that all too telling giant hand visible as well. Talk about instantaneous restructuring of reality! Certainly more than just "oh, I guess they do exist after all" to be sure! At that point you can see his determination to get through the story,and how saying how he tried to look small wasn't an easy confession. His whole avoidance of the sun roof was interesting as was his realization that the sasquatch had probably been watching the whole episode through it. And it be speaks his level of fear that he choose never to look up through it. I tell myself I would at some point have to look up, but I've not been in that situation, so who can say. Another aspect of his retelling that lends veracity is how once he's moved on to recounting the second night he's including all these little details,, he seems on the edge of giddy, and his whole body language is a release of stress, at least until he's once again thinking about "what if" he'd lost battery that first night, which seems to trigger a re-tensing. All in all an interesting account which sure strikes me as authentic and telling of the intensity such an experience invokes. Norseman, thanks for posting this! ! 1
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