SC EP:804 “It’s a Boo La, Boo La!!”

Tonight I will be speaking to two guest. Dylan, who was in GA for a visit, got into an argument with his girlfriend and decided to take a walk in the woods to clear his head, and ran into a creature he did not think existed.

We will also be speaking to Ed who had an encounter in 1977 while hunting in California.

Ed writes “It all started on a Friday night in October 1977. This was the Deer Hunting rifle season in the central Sierras of California know as the “D” zone. My friend and I both 17 had gotten a late start and we arrived at the town of Arnold on Hwy 4 about 1030 pm. We took the road north/east past White Pines Lake. Once past the lake the paved road turns into a two lane dirt road...

I was driving my dad’s 1962 Ford ¾ ton long bed truck. It was also one heavy beast of a truck made out of real metal. That will mean more later on.

So, we are driving generally north on this dirt road and it was getting on past 11pm now. We were tired and were impatient to find a place to sleep before getting up early to hunt. I spotted a turn out or wide spot where we could park. I abruptly crossed over the center of the road and parked facing the wrong way. Young pine trees lined the edge of the road making tree hedge of sorts. I gave myself just enough room between the truck and the trees so I could open my door...

It was a full moon and nice weather so we opted to just sleep in the bed of the truck. We closed the tailgate and laid out our bags with our heads facing the tailgate. Neither one of us even took the time to take our pants and socks off. My friend was on the drivers side of the bed and me on the passenger side. I was just getting settled in and looking at the night sky when we heard this blood curdling howl/scream come from the front of the truck. It lasted about 7 or 8 seconds then transitioned into another 7 or 8 seconds of jibberish!! We both popped up on our elbows, looked at each other and my friend said “what the hell is that” We both sprang out of our bags and scrambled to the front of the bed and leaned over the top of the cab as far as we could looking down the road for what
ever made that sound.

The moon lit up the road really well except where this large pine tree had cast it’s shadow across the road about 40 yards in front of us. Right in the middle of the shadow in the middle of the road was this dark black mass. It was about 4 ft wide and maybe 5ft tall. I couldn’t tell what it was!! It was swaying side to side rather quickly. I recall my friend saying “what the hell is that !!” and me replying I have no idea. My friend said, is it a bear? I said No. Is it a turkey, I said No. This went on for maybe 15 seconds. Just then it stood up doubling in height and at the same time took off quickly to our left leaving the road and going down the hillside. It didn’t stand up and stop and turn like a human would do. It just sprang into action in one fluid motion.

As it disappeared out of view, I grabbed my rifle and we jumped out of the truck and ran down the road in our socks to where it had left the road. Now looking down the hillside the forest had opened up to a clearing that appeared to be clear cut maybe 50 yards across and 75 yards deep. It was surrounded by large pine trees on three sides. At the very far end of the clearing I could see this dark shadow darting back and forth as much as 30 yards. I could see it’s movement in the moon light. After several moments of watching this thing it occurred to me that it didn’t want to go that direction and was panicked as to where it found it’s self. “like if you were being chased down an alley and found it was blocked”. I was straining to see and was pretty sure I was seeing a head and shoulders. I was wondering if my eyes were playing tricks on me when I hear my friend say “shoot it !!!” I raised my rifle tried to track it with open sights as it moved back and forth. My Dad had always told me not to shoot something if you don’t know what it was or have a good site picture. I cranked a round off way over it’s head and it disappeared.

After a few minutes of silence my friend and I walked back to the truck and got back in our sleeping bags. We were discussing what hell we had just witnessed and the sounds it was making. What I called “jibberish” earlier was actually more like consonant’s and vowels. The first sound of the howl started with a “B” followed by what was very similar to the Ohio howl, When it transitioned “La” was one of the sounds it made. Being 17, my friend said “I know what it is” I said “what”. He said, “it’s a Boo La, Boo La !! The name stuck. After talking awhile we fell back asleep.

Suddenly, I awakened by the truck rocking up and down. Let me tell you it takes a lot to rock that old truck..."
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Intro Music: Epicness Cinematic Dramatic Trailer by RomanSenykMusic.
Music Link: https://youtu.be/RB5UtRZBihc