When I was a junior in college at Troy, my roommate let me use his car to come home one weekend. It was night and I got to Hatchett Creek Bridge when a bear walked across the road in front of the car. I told the guys at school and they all laughed at me but I know what I saw. This was 1963. A true, true story...

Lathan, I believe you. About three weeks ago a woman I know was letting her kids play in her back yard in Hackneyville when she noticed several dogs in the yard barking. She thought she saw a black dog in the edge of the woods that she did not recognize so she walked over to investigate because of the kids. When she got to the edge of the yard she said it stood up on it's rear legs and growled at her and she realized it was a black bear. Her uncle had told of seeing a bear in the same area on more than one occasion and she had never believed him. Some police in the area said it probably came down from Cheaha Mountain.
Mike

People laugh at things they don't understand. If you tell somebody you saw a strange animal they usually laugh. Is anything funny about it? Of course not. It's just a human trait to laugh at what we don't understand. My dad saw an eagle down below Marble Valley in Coosa County. When he told the guys at work about it, they gave him the horse laugh. He cussed them out. He didn't understand that side of human nature. There are a lot of UFO sightings that go unreported for that reason. Nobody wants to be ridiculed.

So true Pete, On our way to a basketball game in Linden Al. We saw a UFO that flew along side us for several miles then disappeared. My whole family saw it but we didn't tell anybody for fear of being ridiculed. This is the first time I've mentioned it.
I had a friend at work that said he saw a bald eagle up close in Choctaw county, When asked if it was bald, He said slick as the palm of my hand, he's seen a buzzard. HAHA MVB ES

E.S., I'd BET that these birds, called "caracara," or "Mexican eagle," at least OCCASIONALLY go into Alabama and maybe even farther north. A few have been seen in Florida, and the first time I saw one here, I was CONVINCED the sucker was a bald eagle --- until I noticed it was smaller than a bald eagle AND it fed right alongside a flight of buzzards:

CARACARA/MEXICAN EAGLE

Pete, notice I didn't laugh and, as I said, I would never call somebody a liar. HOWEVER, I would REALLY have to see those hyenas with my own eyes to believe that one. I do hope that's not insulting, though. I know I have a strong urge to knock hell out of somebody who laughs at me when I KNOW what I'm talking about.

As to the UFOs, I spent many nights and many hours with a couple of friends in the South Texas brush waiting for them. EVERY time an airplane or a helicopter flew over, they were CONVINCED they were UFOs, and they finally got mad at me because I kept saying "Bullsh*t!" Thing about it was I REALLY wanted to SEE a UFO --- but NOT a freaking airplane or helicopter!

I've ALSO spent a number of hours in "haunted houses," calling "Heeeeeeeeeeere, Ghostie, Ghostie, Ghostie!" NOTHING...EVER! And I REALLY wanted to see a ghost, too!

Tell you one thing --- you track them hyenas down and take some pictures, or --- even BETTER --- TRAP one and you can make yourself a BUNCH of money! Wish I were young enough to help.

Jimmy

Jimmy, What really ticks me offf is to tell something nobody believes and starts laughing, then some nerd that can't tie his own shoes says He's right, then the crowd believes it. Like I don't know crap and he knows it all. VENT!VENT!VENT! Now I feel better. MVB ES