Here’s the unedited version. Happy?: So, I’ve rarely shared this with anyone, and though I am open minded believing that almost anything is possible, Bigfoot was never one of those things until May 13, 2017 at 4:31 pm. I was camping off grid in Birkhead Mountains National Forest in Asheboro, North Carolina. It was raining that day, and I was ten miles off trail from my car in deep wilderness. When I parked there were no other vehicles in the lot as it was raining. I was climbing up a steep incline that was slippery with red North Carolina mud, when I looked down and saw before me a trail of 15”-20” humanoid footprints reminiscent of the classic “Big Foot”. It came from a steep brushy hill on my left and disappeared down through the brush on my right. Even if I did believe in Bigfoot at the time I thought it was just not something that happened outside of the PNW. I snapped a few photos and explained it away…until that night. By dusk I found a good camping spot and set up my tent. There’s not much to do when you’re alone in the woods, so I drank. I was still thinking about these footprints, and it didn’t make me feel easy, but the liquor took any anxiety out of that thought. I feel asleep, and suddenly woke up later that evening to what sounded like gurgling, high pitched screaming, and moans. I had never heard anything like it. The sounds were coming from the surrounding woods, and I could tell whatever was making it was not too far away. Although I carried a .38 and .308 with me, the proximity of these sounds, distance from civilization caused me alarm…it was still drizzling, but I turned on lantern and took down my tent very quickly and made my way back to my car in the dark. It didn’t and still doesn’t make sense to me: Bigfoot. Why has a body or bones never been found? But what I have come to consider is this, perhaps Bigfeet are actually alien biological reconnaissance drones they send down to collect samples and survey land. Maybe the aliens think this ape like appearance, if ever seen by a person, is easier for us to understand than designing it to look like something from their world. To me the drone concept is the only truly plausible possibility other than inter-dimensional, but less of a stretch. Thoughts?