2014,  Southern Mississippi

I was walking down my driveway one morning waiting for my coworker to pick me. It was aprx. 5:00AM and it was still dark outside. The distance I was walking is about 600ft from my home. I had an uneasy feeling that morning for some reason and I can't tell you why. I think one reason is because it was so dark and I could barely see the ground as I was walking. About half way down my driveway a very large roar or growl came from the edge of the woods aprx. 50' to my right. When I first heard it I thought it was a lion. It was so loud and powerful I could feel it when the sound hit me. I froze in my tracks and the hair stood up on the back of my neck. My first thought was to run back to my house but I thought if I did it may come after me because all I could think about is what is a lion doing in these woods. I actually thought I was going to die. I'm 63 years old today and I still remember it like it was yesterday. As I stood there in fear I heard a tree or limb snap and this thing started running thru woods that a man can't even walk thru for all the thick growth. I heard some vines being stretched. It was so heavy I could feel it's feet hitting the ground as it ran. I never saw the creature but a few weeks later the landowner that has property near mine said his son in law swears he saw a Bigfoot walk across his deer plot one morning at daylight. This deer stand is less than a 1/4 of a mile from my property and where I had this encounter. After watching the TV show searching for Bigfoot I returned to the location where this creature growled at me and I saw a small tree that had been broken over. I stood beside the tree to estimate the height of that part that was still standing and it was about 5' tall. There was a old log there as well and beside the log was a very large turtle shell that had been cleaned out. The one thing that caught my attention was the turtle shell had been broken open like an egg and not separated from the top shell to the bottom. Also I have deer that come from the area where this thing was located that morning. Every evening the deer will come from this location and walk in front of my home and reenter in a wooded area just south of my home to bed up for the night. Each morning they return to the woods north of my home and enter the woods exactly where this creature was waiting for them is the only reason I can come up with for it being there. About 2 weeks later I heard a scream come from the same wooded area where I had this encounter. I had never heard anything like it in my life. It was a constant scream for at least 20 seconds and the tone never changed. When it stopped the coyotes started barking and yelping for at least 15 minutes none stop. I had never heard coyotes do that before. My home is surrounded by woods for miles. I have hunted in those woods all my life but I never go back in them anymore an if I did I would carry a gun now. Nothing has ever scared me like the experience I had that morning. I will never forget it. In a way I'm glad I never saw it. The sound alone almost gave me a heart attack. If I had saw it I probably would not be hear to share this story today.