Charleston County, South Carolina

Near Summerville

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Charleston County South Carolina (Class A) BFRO

June 1970

I'm not sure how to really explain the thing that my friends and I saw that year. I've not told too many people about it because I did'nt think that I would be believed. I am 47 years old and I can still remember what I saw and smelled just like it was yesterday. I can also remember the fear. It happened during the summer of 1970. I lived in a small community called Lincolnville S.C., right outside Summerville.There was'nt a whole lot for the kids in my neighborhood to do at night so hide and seek was our most popular passtime at night. One evening as we were outside playing I began to notice an awful smell, like something dead,a real overpowering smell. The place where I lived had a chainlink fence all around the property which was about 1-2 acres. We were on the backside of the property which had woods behind it.You could see red eyes glowing in the dark but I could not say how tall it was.I do know that it was taller than a human being. It just stood there and watched us.All of us w...

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Allendale County South Carolina (Class A) BFRO

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Anderson County South Carolina (Class B) BFRO

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Grundy County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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Walker County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

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