Guest Editor-Blogger: Betty

Regarding, Bill Emery
Dear Mrs. Perry,

It's Betty again and I wanted to write to you yesterday but our grandchildren were with us and I could never find the time.

I spent some time reading some of the past information on your blog and I was, quite frankly, shocked and offended for you by some of the accusations. I shared a brief history of the recent events with my husband Milo and he was very upset.

Milo, as I've already mentioned, was friends with Bill and he says that there's nobody more honest and straight forward than him. Milo, told me that one time, many years ago, they stopped off at a little rural gas station to purchase gasoline and some snacks. After they filled the tank and drove off, Bill noticed that the lady behind the register had given him incorrect change in his favor. It wasn't more than a dollar but Bill wanted to go back and return the money. Milo was driving and they had already gone 20 miles past the station but Bill insisted they go back so could return the change!

Would a man like that make up lies about something?

Also, Milo told me a story about one of the delivery drivers, at his old company, that had a run-in with a Bigfoot near Hills Creek Lake back in the early 80's. As Milo tells it, this delivery man, his name was Elias, was scared half to death by what he believes to have been a Sasquatch. Elias was returning with some chains that they had purchased in Eugene. The chains were for a load of lumber that was being stored near the lake on the back of a flatbed trailer.

Elias was supposed to drop off the chains and wait for the construction supervisor to help him put the chains around the lumber. The lumber was on a very secluded piece of property right on the lake. Elias had gotten out of the truck to smoke a cigarette when he heard some of the lumber shifting on the trailer. He trotted over to check on it and when he got around the side he saw what he thought was a bear trying to climb onto the trailer!

The "bear" must have heard Elias because it turned around to look at him. Milo said that Elias was trembling when he told this part of the story. The "bear" turned around on it's feet and there it stood. But, it wasn't a bear. It was very tall, Elias guessed 8 feet, it had a flat face, long arms and he could see skin through the hair on it's chest and stomach.

What got Elias' attention were the eyes. He said that they were a light yellow and that the pupils were very dark in comparison. He said that, aside from the eyes, the face was very human and it had a matted and very long beard but no hair around it's eyes, except a pair of very bushy eye brows. He said that fear was nothing compared to the way he felt and that the creature looked at him "like he owed it money." His exact words. / I ran out of space so I"ll post the other half later.

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Elias backed up slowly, never taking his eyes off the animal, and then, once he got around the edge of the trailer, ran as fast as he could back to his delivery truck. In those days, the company's delivery trucks were similar to milk trucks and there were no doors on the sides during the warmer months. Elias got the truck started and drove off as fast as he could. He looked in the driver's side mirror and didn't see anything. However, a few seconds later, a noise got his attention and when he looked to his right, he saw a big hairy fore arm and hand trying to grab the edge of the passenger opening! Elias told Milo that the creature must have been very fast as he was driving about 35 miles on hour on the forestry road. Elias thought that the creature may have been trying to stop the truck in some way! Anyhow, a moment later the hand was gone and Elias kept driving as fast as he could back to Eugene.

The next day, Elias didn't show up at work so Milo called to check on him. At first, Elias would not say what was wrong with him but a bit later, he told Milo the story. Milo was surprised because he'd never heard of a Bigfoot being aggressive. Poor Elias quit the next day and shortly after wards, he and his family moved from Oregon to someplace in Arizona.

Milo was already friends with Bill, at the time, and he knew of Bill's interest in Bigfoot, so he called him to relate the story. Needless to say, Bill was ready to go investigate immediately!

This story will have to be continued as I have run out of time and have errands to do before supper.

I have to say that Milo and I are very distressed over the ugliness surrounding Bill and his friends. As I mentioned, the Bill we knew would never do anything dishonest!

I'll try to finish the rest of the story tonight or tomorrow when I have a moment.

Betty

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Thank you for your great comment. I'm sorry it took me so long to put it on the site. We had a huge storm Sunday and the computer, phone and TV just now came back on.  ... Linda Newton-Perry