Man recalls nighttime encounter near DeQueen witnessed in Sevier County, Arkansas

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Let me start by saying that I hesitate to tell my story to you but I need to. When I moved to DeQueen, Arkansas in 1987 I was told about a story of a "wildman" that some of the locals called this thing described as a big, hairy, wild man. A girl that I knew swore that while parked out in the country it came up behind her car and bounced it up and down by putting hands on the trunk. She was terrified. About 2 miles from where she said that happened, I had an experience myself. It was very isolated and in an area of deep woods, prior to Weyerhouser coming in and clearcutting a lot of the forest. Some logging had been done, and some of the pine trees were growing back and were 8 to 10 feet tall. My friend and I were about 18 years old and went out to this place which was on an old logging road that went out into the woods about 1/2 mile and just had a turn around spot. It was a very rough road that you had to go slowly down, especially in my car. I would typically drive with my foot on...