Night sighting on the edge of Salem, within a few miles of Roanoke River witnessed in Roanoke County, Virginia

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Hi, I am relaying this story for my brother since I have access to the net and he does not, but I will relate the story to you just as he told it to me with his permission. My name is [PB], I am 35 years old and live in Salem, VA in Roanoke County. My brother [RB] who actually had the sighting on April 4 of this year is 8 years younger. I have several rental properties in this area and my brother is my repair person/handy man. One particular rental property is vacant and it happens to be directly in front of the house that I live in now. On Thursday April 4, 2002, my brother was painting the interior of this house. I work 2nd shift and usually get home around 11:30 each night. At 11:30 I noticed that my brother was still working on the house so I stopped to see how things were going. He was visibly shaken so I asked him if anything was wrong. He then told me that at aprox. 10:45pm that night, he took a break and went out to the front yard to smoke a cigarette. He heard a dog b...