Hunter recalls strange incidents while camping near Valleyview witnessed in Alberta, Canada

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We were on a canoe/hunting trip down the Little Smokey River by Valleyview Alberta. I'm thinking either 1997 or 98...but I think 1997. I didn't want to report this, due to me being a hunter and I've only told certain people with mixed response. It was a couple days before Elk season in September, the weekend that the Monday was the 15th I think, so we were looking for Whitetail and canoeing/fishing and the river was quite low in most spots at the time. Elk didn't open until the Monday, which was the 15th or 16th, so it was only Deer until then. That Saturday, we ended up on a big sandbar that was filled with fresh Elk track and sign. So we decided to camp and track and if we found a herd, stay until the Monday when Elk opened up and hopefully tag one. We split into quadrants and I went northwest on a game trail with fresh Elk sign. I followed that trail for about 2 km, and then I took several other smaller trails, just tracking and getting closer to where the Elk were. I stopped w...