Deputies in North Carolina have filed a suspicious person report after a Cleveland County man described seeing a creature with "beautiful hair" and six fingers on each hand that resembled Bigfoot.
"This thing was 10 feet tall.," said Tim Peeler, who was trying to call coyotes but believes he coaxed the mythical Bigfoot out of the woods instead. "It had beautiful hair."
Peeler said he had to fend off the Sasquatch-type beast with a stick after it went after his dogs. Peeler called 911, but said the creature returned again.
"I said get away from here. Get, get! And he went back down that path again," Peeler said.
Sgt. Mark Self, a Cleveland County deputy, said he remembers the stories of Bigfoot from when he was a kid growing up in the area south of Charlotte. In those days, the stories centered on the beast breaking into chicken houses and killing the birds.
Deputies filed a suspicious person report, but Peeler is still recalling details.
"He looked like he had six fingers on each hand," he said.
The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization says there have been 57 Bigfoot sightings in North Carolina since 1997, including six in Cleveland County.
"This thing was 10 feet tall.," said Tim Peeler, who was trying to call coyotes but believes he coaxed the mythical Bigfoot out of the woods instead. "It had beautiful hair."
Peeler said he had to fend off the Sasquatch-type beast with a stick after it went after his dogs. Peeler called 911, but said the creature returned again.
"I said get away from here. Get, get! And he went back down that path again," Peeler said.
Sgt. Mark Self, a Cleveland County deputy, said he remembers the stories of Bigfoot from when he was a kid growing up in the area south of Charlotte. In those days, the stories centered on the beast breaking into chicken houses and killing the birds.
Deputies filed a suspicious person report, but Peeler is still recalling details.
"He looked like he had six fingers on each hand," he said.
The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization says there have been 57 Bigfoot sightings in North Carolina since 1997, including six in Cleveland County.
