"As I walked along the bank casting, the animal followed me, and where I went it followed. I was scared. I kept looking behind me, alongside me, in front of me, and this continued for 10 minutes."I received the following account:"Hi. I just turned 18 years old and am from South Louisiana. I had a disturbing encounter yesterday and it really spooked me. I want to add that I never believed in any of this stuff until today.After work, I decided to go fishing for the remainder of the daylight. I went to a canal by my house that is located by a church. On my side there’s a levee that leads into a nature preserve and a highway, on the other side of the canal there are woods with a singular tree with a warning sign.I have fished here many times with people. I was never alone but today I was. Every time we go to this spot we always hear a large “animal” running around in the woods and we always thought it was a hog and would wait for it to come out of the thick woods, but it never did. So today I got there and as soon as I stepped out of the car I got an eerie feeling but thought nothing of it, so I hopped over the gate and walked down to the canal with my poles. When I got there it was normal, just a few armadillos, birds, and other animals, so I started fishing.About 15 minutes into fishing the feeling of a gaze sat onto me but it wasn’t a normal gaze. It felt as if I was being watched from all directions so it set me off. As always I heard it again, a giant animal running around in the woods. Then in the distance, I heard an ominous bark so I started to think it was a dog.As I walked along the bank casting, the animal followed me, and where I went it followed. I was scared. I kept looking behind me, alongside me, in front of me, and this continued for 10 minutes. I reached a certain point along the canal where there were marks in the tall overgrown grass alongside the bank. Then I heard it, 'boom, boom, boom.' It was the distinct sound of a hollow drum being hit 3 times, and then the animal started to go crazy and run around rapidly. I was scared even more I started to fish my way back to where I left my bag, and then I heard it again, 'boom, boom.' The drum was hit twice, and I heard it run in front of me. I froze. There was a little opening in the trees, I saw the trees shake as the creature walked through the opening and looked at me. I stood there frozen. I was scared. I couldn’t see its face just a shadow and an eye staring at me. A black eye, too black, like a portal to hell. I started to walk as the creature turned away from me, and then I heard a singular drum 'boom.' It was quiet, too quiet. The birds stopped chirping. I ran, I ran as fast as I could, not looking back. I was too scared to. I got to my car and drove home.I wanted to add that I’ve grown up here and there are trails at the patch of woods alongside the church with bloody dresses nailed to the trees, upside-down crosses carved into them, and baby doll heads with their eyes cut out. I need answers. Please tell me what this is, I didn’t believe in this until today.I don’t smoke, vape, drink, or do any of that. I know I’m not crazy. What I saw today wasn’t human and sure as hell wasn’t an animal." TNOTE: Because this occurred in Southern Louisiana, could it have been a Rougarou or, possibly, Voodoo-related? Lon**********MOTHMAN COMMUNION - CONTACT BEFORE DISASTER! | Join Us - LIVE CHAT - Q & A (REMARKABLE ENCOUNTER!)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? 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