Youth watches animal hiding behind trees near Nolin Lake witnessed in Grayson County, Kentucky

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When I was around 10, 11 or 12 (1975-77) Sorry, I don't remember exactly -- it's been a while. When I was a kid, My grandparents had a little bitty camper at a campsite at Nolin Lake. I couldn't tell you precisely where it was either. If I had to, I could probably get my father to tell me where it was, but that would mean I'd have to tell him this story ... Anyway ... one summer my father took the family (me, my sister and mother) to my grandparents site for a little vacation. One evening as it was becoming dusk, I remember standing inside the camper looking out the screen door at my father who was cooking at the grill. The campsite sat at the top of a hill in a wooded area. The woods consisted mostly of old growth, deciduous trees, so there weren't really any evergreens or shrub-type trees like cedars which could really block your view. So I was looking out the door at my father who was on my left and eventually, out of boredom I guess, I ended up scanning to the right and down th...