Daylight sighting near rural church on Rt. 31, east of Parkersburg, near Cairo witnessed in Ritchie County, West Virginia

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There is a church where I attend services. We were practicing our Christmas play on the evening of November 12th 2001. It was about 8:45 p.m. when we finished practicing, when myself (age 17) and 3 other teenagers (15, 14, and 16) decided to go for a walk, while the adults stayed inside to talk. My cousin ran ahead and hid behind a pine thicket. These pines are in someones yard, they are probably about 12 or 13 ft. tall, and they are all in a row and real close together. Myself and the other two decided to turn back and head toward the church, not realizing that my cousin was not with us. We were to the end of the pines and starting up the church driveway, when she came running out from behind the trees screaming at the top of her lungs and stating that she had seen something. Just as I turned around, I saw a Very Tall and muscular looking figure walk out from the trees, and cross the road. It was about 7 to 7 1/2' Tall and slightly hunched over swinging it's arms well below it's th...