Two couples shine owl and observe large hairy primate witnessed in Shawano County, Wisconsin

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Back in the summer of 1981, my then fiance' and his twin brother and his fiancee' were just driving through the "Mooseyards" as young people do, and pulled off to the side to just "sit" and whatever (it's been awhile) with the back of the car facing the road and the headlights to the woods. As we were talking, we all noticed some eyes shining in the trees ahead of us. We all just casually commented as to whether it was a bear, but no, it was up to high. Well then it must be an owl because it was at least 8 feet up or so. The driver then put on his brights and now we saw a huge figure standing there which then just casually turned to it's left and started to walk. We didn't wait to see any more because we all yelled and the driver of our car immediately floored it in reverse and we sped away. We all went home and compared notes on our observations along with the twins trying to draw the creature. We made the decision to not tell anyone because we knew we'd be called nuts. We sure would ...