Recollection of possible encounters at a cemetery in the village of Cuba witnessed in Fulton County, Illinois

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Some friends and I used to like to scare ourselves silly so we used to walk out past the graveyard in town late at night sometimes. We had a couple strange experiences in a short period of time. The first time, there were four of us. We were out very late, close to 3 AM. We were telling stories and trying to scare each other as we walked past the graveyard. At one point we stopped and were standing around talking when one of us noticed a very large object in one of the trees. After sitting and looking for a couple minutes we pointed a flashlight at the thing. We didn't see anything clearly, but we didn't have much time. It dropped out of the tree, maybe 20' or more. It had been resting on a particularly large branch up in a very large tree. It was gone so fast it didn't seem possible. It took off straight to the patch of woods behind the graveyard. A few hours later, when the sun came up, we went back to the scene. I have been a hunter and in and out of the woods my whole life and know...