Veteran recalls sighting while in service and again several years later while visiting a moonshine still witnessed in Hardin County, Kentucky

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In the service Fort Knox we were Bivwackung near the KT,OH boarder on guard duty someone was messing with the food stuffs myself shined a light thought is was a bear outline was I thought a soldier in our platoon Around 66 I called out a ruck sack was being tossed around, then quiet. The next morning nap sack was ripped apart like a napkin apples all over the ground .our colors went missing ,was found 100 yards away snapped in Several places 2 inch thick solid Oak. This was in October 2 tracks found almost 17inches 6 inches wide Who would walk around bare barefoot in the fall and have a foot this big. The soldier I thought was not as Looking at the branch this man creature was easy over 7 and a half foot tall. Similar things happened two weeks later to another platoon all early morning events In 81 in NATALIYA Great Smokey mountains we have friends that generations make moon shire Location will never divulge but I physically and friend were threatened when we came between one at least 5 miles deep near s new dug spring needed for mash we had been in their tor several days and startled it . This was Massive. This one was much bigger in the chest and wider then in KT this was a brown Auburn color with hair covering most of his head with a cone type head at 5 am it was easy to see this was in June It snarled grunted and we thought we heard trees brush snapping in thd distance to our right. Well over 8ft at about 30 yards well over 5-600 lbs.I carried a 45 Colt snd my friend a 30-30 Marlin. My friend said just back up slow We got the hellout of there. I was numb with fear .I had no thought of shooting it. There is so much more , he said they seen them sometimes monthly in the spring and this goes back several generations making spirits specific waters have been ptotected. Two days later we went back with 4 of us 50 gallon barrels were thrown 40 yards down stream.and bunches of huge tracks .that is it that I know of . My friends family knows thme and their habits. I now know sign s totake notice .I have not seen anything since. Passed on all the canvas tarps without question it loowed Human. His grand dad said there young Mom keeps close for several years. The old yimrrs called them cast outs Nefls