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I had the same thing happen to me yesterday, but I didn't get excited OR grab a gun...went out to see what was up & a 2x6 I'd leaned against the motor home had fell over...
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Back during WW11 Dad had neighbors dogs getting into trash on his back porch at night.
One night at bed time he ran an old extension chord with a few feet of bare wire out on the porch and soaked the porch down with water, plugged it in and went to bed.
Next morning he had several dead dogs on the porch.
Problem solved.
If you killed a person this way it would be murder.
A trail cam would be a lot safer now days.
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Did you check your moonsnhine jar? Was any missing?
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Made me think of the old colored people around here that would bury tire in the ground and paint the top half white. Paint the first 4-5' of,a tree white too. That was common when I grew up, too. Knew an old white man that lived off by himself, in the creek bottom, and had a long straight driveway lined with trees. I was just a kid and would go see the man from time to time. Went to see him and some of the trees were ringed with white paint, but not all. I asked him about it and found out that someone had been giving him some trouble and the ringed trees were range markers. Never did hear of anything happening, but that wouldn't be uncommon. Lots of folks back then just took care of a problem and never mentioned it.
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I remember sitting in my Dad's cousin's front yard back in the early 80's. We were in a small town near Enid, Oklahoma where he grew up and were drinking some of his home brew. He still had a fence around his front yard. He grew up during the Depression and he explained how back then everybody's yard was fenced and you didn't even come through the front gate without first hailing the house and seeing if it was okay. He kept his 760 Remington 30-06 right by the front door.
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I don't think much of bumps in the night but this one had both the dog and the cat wired. Who knows. We do this little song and dance a few times a year, and it's usually something like a skunk fallen in a garbage can, sometimes a coon. We set the trail camera out but got nothing but deer and bear. This one was on the porch. Not soft footed like a bear, and plus you could smell a bear for a minute or so. My dog lets me know if something's been there, and she didn't hit any scent of anything. Interesting thought on the owl chasing something, we do have an owl. We do get some creaking as the house expands and contracts. *Forgot to mention, there was a famous Sasquatch sighting a mile from the house back in the 80's. How old would that make him now?  A local dentist swears he and his wife crossed one down by the Oregon Caves about 30 miles away. That poor guy, it changed his life forever and he's been ridiculed to no end. Yeah, it was prolly one a them bigfoots.
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Just finished watching old Survivor episodes at 10 pm with the dog and cat on the back of the couch above me. Both pets and I all jump up when we hear someone banging around on the front porch. Sounded like a heavy person ran up the steps and landed on the deck. Dog barking, cats eyes all bugged out looking outside, hair on my neck standing up.
Followed the dog out (armed of course!) and made the usual laps, but she never hit any scent or flushed anything. Searched the house when we returned, no bogeys indoors. We live on 5 acres in the country, nobody drove up the road, neighbors all good. No debris on the porch a raccoon would want, etc.
First time it happened was about 9 years ago wife and I both heard someone walking across deck, jumped up nobody there. Happened a few times since then, but honestly usually happens when I'm out hunting or some such, so figured it might be my wife's imagination. No mistaking this one though.
I have no explanation. Both pets heard it plain as day too. Ever happen to anyone else? Definitely heightens the senses. You know it had to be bigfoot..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Hey BSA you probably missed my reply while you were typing, check out my post before yours.
I think we gots a bigfeet infestation.
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Randy, I remember those old black folks with their white tires in their yard. Also they usually had no grass in their yards. Kept the yards swept clean. Fear of snakes?
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I had the same thing happen to me yesterday, but I didn't get excited OR grab a gun...went out to see what was up & a 2x6 I'd leaned against the motor home had fell over... A prerequisite to checking out the sound you heard on your porch, is having a porch. Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Probably nothing. I wouldn't sweat it. TFF Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Probably nothing. I wouldn't sweat it. I haven't seen the ex since the divorce.
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Watching Survivor?? You turn in your man card? AND get fined for animal cruelty. I'd sooner kick my dogs and cats than subject them to that. 
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Oh, I almost forgot the thread topic, being so upset about the tortured pets.
It was probably mothman.
Did you look up on the roof?
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Oh, I almost forgot the thread topic, being so upset about the tortured pets.
It was probably mothman.
Did you look up on the roof? Good suggestion! Did somebody in your house say anything out loud about putting ice in whisky? John
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Iced whiskey and mothman don't mix. I've heard tales of people taking potshots at the roof in the moonlight with their pump 12... then call dishnetwork in the morning for repairs. 
BAN THE RAINBOW FLAG!
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