This is a story my dad told me several years ago about a strange experience he had as a young man.
He grew up on a farm in a small town in Louisiana where is was rumored to have been a place of a lot of activity during the American Civil War.
One night while out hunting rabbits along the edge of a corn field he heard what sounded like an heavy object falling from a great height, like a tall tree. this in itself was strange as there were no tall trees in the area, only corn. after a few seconds of silence he heard what sounded like a horse or other large animal running through the corn towards his location. according to him he could even “hear the corn stalks snapping and popping” as the animal (or whatever) drew nearer.
He crouched down expecting something to shortly jump the fence near him and prepared himself to shoot whatever came out. Upon reaching the fence the noise ceased and all became quiet again. so quiet even that there weren’t even any crickets chirping. after a short while my dad got up and ran for the house sure that something was going to attack him at any second which never haqppened.
Upon inspecting the field the next day he told me that he couldn’t find (1) anything that had fallen or anyplace that looked like anything heavy had landed there. (2) no tracks, animal or otherwise, in the field. (3) not one cornstalk in the whole field was broken, nor were there any paths where something had traveled. He firmly believes he heard something to this day and after hearing his story I must say I believe him too.
S. M. W – Alexandria LA.
