Afternoon sighting by mother and daughter in Honey Island Swamp witnessed in Pearl River County, Mississippi

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My mother and I had taken my young Doberman to the Honey Island Swamp to let him run and get some exercise. We had driven to the end of the road where the bridge had collapsed and you could not go any further back by car. The area is a few miles from the Honey Island exit off of Interstate 59 in Mississipi. The road was built up about 8 feet from the ground since it flooded back there. The area around the road was swampy and had a lot trees. The ground was covered in leaves since it was fall. We had been there about ten minutes and my dog had been pretty much just staying on the road as he ran around. I went to get something out of the car and when I started walking back to where my mother was on the road, she was looking out into the wooded area at something. She pointed out what appeared to be something dark beside a large cypress tree. We could not make out a head, but it appeared to be a grey/black fur covered torso. Whatever we were looking at was large because it stood above some...