A Lutherville, Maryland resident is driving home in his neighborhood when he approaches a huge, prehistoric, sloth-like creature holding onto the trunk of a 4-story tree!
I received the following account:
"I was driving home in suburban Lutherville, Baltimore County, Maryland in the summer of 1997 at midday, no clouds, turning a corner at the bottom of the hill to my street. It's a hard left turn and opposing traffic frequently miscalculates how much they have to slow down to stay in their lane especially if they don’t look ahead to see if anyone is coming.
So I was turning left, looking far left up the hill when out of peripheral vision to my right there was what could only be described as a large, and by large I mean the size of an SUV, creature wrapped around the base of an old tree. It was gripping the trunk about five feet off the ground like a squirrel, covered in long brown hair except for its head where it was darker and short like a horse. The head was anteater-like, but nowhere near as long or thin in proportion.
My abrupt turn spooked it. The dense mane on its back inflated as it sprinted up the tree like a bear. I could see incredible muscle mass ripple under the thick coat, and it shook the entire four-story tree. The whole sighting happened in about a second while I was focused on taking the turn, so movement is what made me notice it. When I looked in its direction for a brief flash I saw massive hind legs blast through bark and propel its torso straight up the trunk and then nothing. The sheer size and force of it did scare me but the WTF element made me stop.
I backed up about 20 feet to get a better look at the area which was the front yard of a house set back in the woods. Things were completely normal. I didn’t think it was something that was actually there then, or in retrospect. Did I see the apparition of a giant sloth?" P
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