Memory told of having rocks thrown while in a tree stand near Murphy witnessed in Mayes County, Oklahoma

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Date: Mid October, 1987 Weather: No wind, very still, partly cloudy Time: About (15) minutes after sunrise, around 0645 hours. Temperature: 40's farenheit Nearest town: Murphy, Oklahoma. Murphy has about (100) residents and is a very small town. The town is in a remote location and has very little vehicle or pedestrian traffic. Murphy is about (3) miles East of the incident location. Incident location description: The area contains large sporadic open hay meadows. The meadows are surrounded by densly forested small rolling hills. Numerous size creeks run through the location. The Grand River is also located in the area. All types of wild game are in abundance. Tree stand description: I was bowhunting for deer. The stand was on one of the above forested rolling hills. I had located my stand in a tree that overlooked a very small creek. A hilltop was directly behind me. The tree was abnormal in its shape because it grew almost sideways from the stump. I was able to li...