OT - UFO's, Bigfeet, ghosts, monsters from lochs, etc.

[SFlonghorngirl]

My bad, I posted those questions without reading the whole thread and those were serious questions.

I did go back to page 1 & do a quick read of all the posts. I myself have seen unexplainable things and my oldest saw something as a child (she doesn't remember it) that sent chills up the back of my wife & me. Interesting stuff, not a hater.

Yes, what did your daughter see? I find the unexplainable so intriguing.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

SHA, have you been squatching? Have you heard them knock?

Yes and yes.

I used to go about three-four times a year. Now I'm lucky if I go once or twice.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

SHA - here is the thing.  In my life, I have learned, even in my field of expertise, there are things and events that are unexplainable.  So I will never discount the possibility of a "Bigfoot" existence.  Or a UFO, for that matter.  So, even though this creature has historically NEVER been found, killed or captured or the odds of a UFO visiting earth are mathematically infinitesimal, I cannot discount they COULD exist.

But I have, also, learned that humans are quick to label things and events that are unexplainable - most of the time incorrectly, I might add. 

A classic example of this is your photo of a "nest".  Your conclusion is that it belonged to a Bigfoot - with no evidence this is actually the case - because you believe such a creature exists.  And because you believe this, you are ready to believe that sounds, obscure photos and hearsay from others is absolute proof that this creature exists. 

You don't question the lack of a clear photo - even in today's technically advanced cameras - because this would throw doubt on your belief they exist.

Instead you choose to believe that "nests", footprints, hairs, sounds, obscure photos, hearsay and "experts" inability to confirm this "evidence" as something other than a Bigfoot, as irrefutable evidence they DO exist.

In other words, you are not a cynic like I am. 

I grabbed the first photo I saw and recognized once I googled. There are many, many others and most of them are clear as a bell and there are shots of the insides of the structures. And they're found all over the US. Not once has a human laid claim to creating one.

So what I presented is just an example of hundreds of others photos.

We're talking about squatch-human encounters that span at least a thousand years or more. I don't think we're being quick to label.

What I know is what I experienced in ET that frosty night about 35 years ago could not have been any other animal found in East Texas.

I don't begrudge you for whatever you decide to believe. But don't think your opinion of this will affect mine. I didn't ask for what happened in my life that night, so it's not really a choice for me. Consider yourself fortunate that you, so far, have not dealt with something like that.

 

[doc longhorn]

Yes, what did your daughter see? I find the unexplainable so intriguing.

Really?  Then you should be fascinated with the unexplained mystery of the missing sock.  You know, the one that is never found after you do the wash?

 

[streettopeschel]

what is meant by 'hear them knock'. ? i assume it means something other than somebody at my door.

 

[doc longhorn]

I grabbed the first photo I saw and recognized once I googled. There are many, many others and most of them are clear as a bell and there are shots of the insides of the structures. And they're found all over the US. Not once has a human laid claim to creating one.

So what I presented is just an example of hundreds of others photos.

We're talking about squatch-human encounters that span at least a thousand years or more. I don't think we're being quick to label.

What I know is what I experienced in ET that frosty night about 35 years ago could not have been any other animal found in East Texas.

I don't begrudge you for whatever you decide to believe. But don't think your opinion of this will affect mine. I didn't ask for what happened in my life that night, so it's not really a choice for me. Consider yourself fortunate that you, so far, have not dealt with something like that.

You need to understand that I am not belittling you for your beliefs in any way.  I've stated why.

The difference between you and I is you need less "proof" than I do.  I know you are an intelligent man and you are not professing any of this for any reason other than what you are convinced is real.

 

[tejasrulz]

Sorry, been busy but I'll try to type this best I can without making it a novel.

Years ago when our kids were ~4 and 1 1/2 yrs old, we flew to go see some out of state friends. My oldest daughter was fine on all the flights except the last one from DFW to Austin. On that flight we had this little area to ourselves where the seats faced each other which gave us more room. Anyway, she started getting real scared and worried stating over and over "Something's wrong! I'm scared daddy!" even though I was telling her everything was fine. About 15 mins later, my wife asked me "Isn't this flight taking a long time?" to which I replied "It just seems that way since we're dealing with 2 kids". Shortly afterwards, a flight attendant walked by and told my wife she would need to hold our baby when we landed to which my wife said of course she will. Shortly after that, another one came by and firmly, yet nervously, stated to my wife you need to hold your baby a certain way (ie think crash landing). This made us very nervous but we didn't want to show it in front of the oldest. I then told my oldest that she needed to settle down and get buckled up. She stopped fidgeting and calmly looked at me and stated "Oh, it's OK now, everything's fine". Well it wasn't but again I didn't want her to see dad freaking out. Funny, I wasn't worried about me dying, I was thinking more of my kids/wife. She went to extremely nervous to carefree in an instant. Very weird.

The Captain came on and stated that due to mechanical issues with the plane we were landing back in Dallas (they turned the plane around so slowly nobody noticed) since they had a longer runway than Austin. The landing was text book, no issues at all. After we stopped, I looked at the window and that's when I saw a guy in a complete fire suit checking out the underneath our plane. After we all got off, they split us into 2 groups. The group that was walking away was going to be told they were spending the night. Our group, the one with kids, were told we were catching another flight soon. They then told us what happened to our plane, that half of the hydraulics in our plane went out. I didn't know exactly what that meant but a buddy of mine who was in the Air Force later told me that landing a plane with no issues with half the hydraulics gone was a hell of a job by the pilot. You could say it was a miracle even.

We finally get home ~2 to 3am Sunday morning and we're exhausted. We go to sleep and Sunday morning our oldest climbs into bed with us. She asks me "Daddy, what are those angels doing?". I looked up and saw the pictures my wife used to have hanging on our wall of angels and said "There just sitting in the picture sweetie". She replied, "No, not those angels, the ones on the ceiling fan. They look like they're dancing". My wife and I just looked up, then at each other and we both experienced chills that to this day are hard to explain. While both my wife and I believed in God and Jesus, I wouldn't claim that we were real religious back then.

Did she really see angels? Was it a kid with a wild imagination? Remember, she was never scared anytime on any of the legs of the flights we took except for the one we had the issue with and then she was so calm. She had never mentioned seeing angels before that day nor since. To this day she doesn't remember any thing from that night or the morning after. 

I believe the Lord works in mysterious ways and communicates to people in certain ways. My daughter was one of the lucky ones.

 

[streettopeschel]

heckuva story tejas. thanks for that.

 

[SFlonghorngirl]

Tejas, got chills reading your story.