On-going encounters makes rural family cautious witnessed in Cabell County, West Virginia

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I will start with what happened back in the late 1970's. My husbands uncle and a friend were frog gigging on this farm, that we have now lived on for the last 10 years. (It is my father-in-laws land, which has been in the family for over 30 years.) He said that they just crossed the creek that is directly behind our mobile home (of course our home wasn't here at the time!). They heard a noise about 30 feet down the creek. It was nightime, so they shined their lights in the direction of the noise. They saw a animal creature bending down at the creek, drinking water out of its hands. The "animal" stood up, on two legs like a man, was gray, and hairy all over. It then took off up the holler, running on two legs like a man. It was no bear. A bear wouldn't run like a human does. My husbands uncle and friend immediately left, they were so scared. Now lets skip to the early 1990's. My husband and I move a mobile home in on the farm. For the first time in many years, someone has finally oc...