Guest ABSMs Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Good thread. What are the differences psychologically between an encounter and a sighting? Curious if the level of fear is increases measurably with a sighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIB Posted January 23, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Interesting question. For me, no. The two sightings I had, 38 (?) years apart, were among the least terrifying of the experience I've had with 'em. Most of the others are neutral to somewhat positive but there were a very few, where nothing was seen but much was going on, that were pretty scary. MIB Edited January 23, 2017 by MIB punctuation matters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfjewel Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 You've tempted us, MIB, into wanting to know what Was happening when you didn't see anything but much was going on. What was scary about the event? I believe others have told of hearing noises and footsteps or seeing tracks around their home or tent the next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Busker Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 On 20/01/2017 at 8:09 PM, BobbyO said: No probs. Whereabouts then ? Northumberland somewhere ? What do you reckon it was ? A Puma as in black ? Or a cougar type thing ? Got to be circus release or private collection surely. It was on the Co Durham / Cumbrian border on the moors and heading for a patch of woodland. Light brown in colour, not black. (Definitely not a panther.) I suspect a number of big cats were released after the 1976 act prohibiting them came into force, though I've not heard of any sightings for years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIB Posted January 23, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2017 8 hours ago, Wolfjewel said: You've tempted us, MIB, into wanting to know what Was happening when you didn't see anything but much was going on. What was scary about the event? I believe others have told of hearing noises and footsteps or seeing tracks around their home or tent the next morning. Confrontational stuff. On what would have been our 2nd anniversary, my ex and I hiked to a lake about a mile down a trail. We got escorted out of there by something very very heavy, very very strong, sounding bipedal, and from how the bushes were moving, quite a bit taller than I am. It stayed about as close as possible without being visible by flashlight. A time or two it seemed to get ahead of us, wait for us to pass, then "push" again. It could have ambushed us in those times but did not. It quite following us the last 100 yards or so before the trailhead where the brush thinned out. I found a new place to hunt a few years ago ... worked fine in the morning, afternoons got bad. Incredible waves of mindless terror. I never saw anything while that was happening. Bad stench there sometimes. That all quit when I lost my temper and went back for a showdown. I had a probable sighting there later ... but there was nothing scary about it. The area was active last time I was there. I haven't been back since it was partial-cut for fire mitigation so I don't know whether or how things might have changed since. I could list a couple more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Seatco Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 The impact of a sighting depends on the situation i suppose.A avid outdoors man like myself.It was terrifying. Not only the encounter.The aftermath. I use to spend hours upon hours of hunting in the night.Sometimes alone/with dogs.Never bothered me as i was master of bird to bear. Things evolve and will no longer be caught in woods alone or without a large caliber firearm. Friends i thought where dear.Laughed at the mention of my story.So silence was my way of dealing with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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