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<blockquote data-quote="buzzgun" data-source="post: 1335025" data-attributes="member: 6372"><p>I haven't told this story to very many folks and, I have to admit, if someone shared it with me I'm not sure I would believe it.</p><p></p><p>It has probably been over 20 years ago when I was visiting my parents who lived south of Springfield, MO around Christmas time. They lived in a housing addition at the edge of town, just south of them was a large area of undeveloped property along the James river. My brother in law and I were down by the river with our bows, killing time and chasing squirrels and rabbits. As we got close to the river, we decided to split up, he made a half circle east down into some bottoms, and I stayed up on the top. We were both moving very slowly, watching for squirrels, he was far enough away and the cover was thick enough that I couldn't see or hear him.</p><p></p><p>I got to a point that was a bit higher than the surrounding ground and offered a bit of a view towards the river. I stopped and leaned against a tree, watching for movement of anything coming from the direction my brother in law had gone. It wasn't long until movement caught my eye, so I stood still against the tree and watched. Coming toward me was a very large canine, my first thought was a big dog or coyote. As the canine got closer, I began to doubt what I was seeing......this was no dog and certainly no coyote! I had the wind in my favor and was hidden well enough that the canine could not see me. I stood dead still and it passed at less than 10 feet......I got a VERY good look at it and I was stunned!</p><p></p><p>I have done a lot of predator hunting in several different states and have seen and killed some pretty big coyotes, but nothing even close to the size of this animal. It was clearly a wolf or wolf hybrid. I don't know where it came from or how it got there, but I know what I saw and I still have a hard time believing it. It was big enough to easily take down a decent sized deer. Maybe it was a wolf or wolf/dog cross that was someone's "pet" and was loose and roaming around?? I don't know, but I do know for sure it was big enough and had the appearance of a wolf.</p><p></p><p>I used to hear these kind of stories and strongly doubted the honesty, sobriety or sanity of the tellers, even laughed out loud at some of them......I still doubt most of them, but, after that day by the James river, I no longer think it's impossible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buzzgun, post: 1335025, member: 6372"] I haven't told this story to very many folks and, I have to admit, if someone shared it with me I'm not sure I would believe it. It has probably been over 20 years ago when I was visiting my parents who lived south of Springfield, MO around Christmas time. They lived in a housing addition at the edge of town, just south of them was a large area of undeveloped property along the James river. My brother in law and I were down by the river with our bows, killing time and chasing squirrels and rabbits. As we got close to the river, we decided to split up, he made a half circle east down into some bottoms, and I stayed up on the top. We were both moving very slowly, watching for squirrels, he was far enough away and the cover was thick enough that I couldn't see or hear him. I got to a point that was a bit higher than the surrounding ground and offered a bit of a view towards the river. I stopped and leaned against a tree, watching for movement of anything coming from the direction my brother in law had gone. It wasn't long until movement caught my eye, so I stood still against the tree and watched. Coming toward me was a very large canine, my first thought was a big dog or coyote. As the canine got closer, I began to doubt what I was seeing......this was no dog and certainly no coyote! I had the wind in my favor and was hidden well enough that the canine could not see me. I stood dead still and it passed at less than 10 feet......I got a VERY good look at it and I was stunned! I have done a lot of predator hunting in several different states and have seen and killed some pretty big coyotes, but nothing even close to the size of this animal. It was clearly a wolf or wolf hybrid. I don't know where it came from or how it got there, but I know what I saw and I still have a hard time believing it. It was big enough to easily take down a decent sized deer. Maybe it was a wolf or wolf/dog cross that was someone's "pet" and was loose and roaming around?? I don't know, but I do know for sure it was big enough and had the appearance of a wolf. I used to hear these kind of stories and strongly doubted the honesty, sobriety or sanity of the tellers, even laughed out loud at some of them......I still doubt most of them, but, after that day by the James river, I no longer think it's impossible. [/QUOTE]
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