Child sees a large, dark face staring at him from the bushes. witnessed in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

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When I was 8 or 9 years old, my sister, some friends and I were swimming in a small water hole(more like a wide spot in a creek), behind the military housing. Probably about 400 yds. into the woods. I wasn't swimming I was sitting down at the side of the water hole with my feet in the water but kind of drawn up beside me and my sister was sitting between my legs in the water. We were all just playing around being pretty loud and I don't know if I heard something, caught some movement out of the corner of my eye or what, but my attention was drawn to a large bush on the other side of the "swimming hole". I sat there staring at this bush for a good 30 or 40 seconds maybe a full minute, before I realized what it was I was seeing. There was a face looking at me from behind (between) some branches. The face was very big, flat, dark brown almost black, eyes were black. I thought at the time that the eyes were looking at me with curiosity or amusement. It didn't look evil, menacing or well yo...