Encounters/Sightings

Carbon County, MT Encounter 

I'm probably the youngest person to come to you about this. I'm 16, grew up here in Montana, and am very active in the outdoors. When I was 4 or 5, I lived with my parents, in a small town, next to the highway. Our house was right next to it and my room faced a gravel road, that went into the highway.

 

It was summer and we didn't have AC, so I would leave my window open at night, so I could stay cool. One night, I woke up and noticed a shilouette, standing outside my window. My eyes focused and I saw that it had a furry outline and these frost blue eyes it was using to look at me. I sat up in my bed, frightened, but I didn't feel the need to yell for my parents or anything. It just kind of stared at me. While looking at it, I saw that it had pointed ears, with tufts of fur, like lynx have, and a muzzle like a German Shepard. It was fairly muscular and was almost resting on my window sill, like it was leaning up against it.

 

We stared at each other for a good couple of minutes. Then, it smiled at me, like a dog does and even tilted its head. It then backed away from my window, walked across my yard, to our chain link fence, and literally stepped over it. I got out of bed, to watch this thing as it got down on all 4's, and ran down the road, and across the highway. Listening, I heard it yip and bark while on the other side, which was prairie, with a butte and then forest. It was almost like it was calling to others.

 

Looking back on this, I feel like maybe it felt like I didn't pose a threat. Maybe it was just curious. Back then, I was just a little kid. Now I'm a lot bigger. I'm 6'7 and weigh almost 200, so I'm thinking if I saw one of these again, I probably wouldn't get the same reaction. 

 

Anonymous

Date:  Mid August, 2004