A southwest Philadelphia suburban resident is in a Folcraft, PA wildlife refuge. He hears sounds, goes to investigate, and then is frightened by a terrible growl.
"My story happened at Folcroft, Pennsylvania, right outside Southwest Philadelphia and you see a lot of freaky things where I'm from. But nothing made me act in a way that I did that night because I was not by myself. I had my cousin with me who was probably 7 years old and the danger alarm went off full force.
There's a small wooded area nearby and it connects to a water treatment plant that is connected to a nature reserve. If you look on Google Earth you can see the woods connect and go all the way out to US1. I guess it's possible something could live there. There are plenty of deer. Well, we park, and walk into the woods, and I got the feeling kids were down there, probably underage drinking. Just like we all did back in the day. Then I heard what sounded like a group of people talking and I got down on one knee. 30 feet into the woods on top of this hill that drops off. I can't really make it out so I reach down, and pick up a pebble. This will get a reaction and I'll find out if it's people or not.
So I wind up and heave it in the direction of the voices. Way down to the right of us, I hear a smack through layers of leaves and rocks hitting. Then 10 feet in front of us to my left I hear this growl and breathing. It sounded like a human with water in its lungs huffing and puffing right there. It vibrated in my chest. It was furious at me, whatever it was. I felt like I stuck my finger in an electrical outlet. Every hair on the back of my neck and my arms were standing on end I calmly stood up, grabbed my cousin's hand, and said out loud, "Okay, we're leaving right now!" We turned 180° and walked briskly out of the woods. I never saw what this was.
I remember as a kid that same feeling at the zoo when lions would pop off and flex roar. This incident still gives me goosebumps. Have I gone back down there since? NO!"
Transcribed source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2QGT1kUCj8
NOTE: I'm intrigued by this account. The area where this encounter occurred is the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, which is located along the Delaware River. You can actually see the downtown Philadelphia skyline from the area.
Was this a possible Bigfoot? I have heard of sightings along the river further southwest, deeper into Delaware County toward Chester, PA. The majority of the area is urban and residential, other than the marshes and refuge. Lon
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