The White Thing – Obion, Tennessee
An interesting story from the Glass Community Tennessee, near the town of Obion from www.bfro.net.
Report #25432 was submitted on February 06, 2009, but dates back to the late 1970s.
Well this is going to sound strange but, here it goes. I grew up in a small community were something else lived. I have talked to people from that area from three generations that have seen this thing. If you have never seen it most of the people that have won’t tell you much, they do not want anybody to think they are crazy!! I even knew one man who, is dead now that had a relationship (fed it and it was not afraid of him)it. Any way I seen it 3 times during my childhood 1 time from about 200 yards with 2 other people. The other 2 times I was alone. One of those times I was maybe 40 yards away coming home and it was in my back yard by a fence. But the last time was very intence, I was walking home from town (about 3 miles away)and it was pretty dark so I was looking down most of the time. I was about a quarter of a mile from home and I turned onto the street that led to my house. I walked about 30 feet and there it was. It was about 10 feet in front of me. It was down on it’s hands and feet doing something! It saw me at the same time I saw it, it stood up and we looked at each other for a few seconds (it seemed like forever) then it ran one way and I ran the other way. Now we always called it the White Thing. It looked like what most people think a big foot looks like except it is an off white color, it is about 8-9 feet tall. My father always said all of us kids were “seeing things” untill he found tracks while hunting. I know 30-40 people who have seen this thing.
The White Thing
BFRO sent an investigator, Ronie Powell to check out the report. He found the witness “very credible and down to earth, with an excellent recollection of the events”.
The creature appears to be a classic bigfoot like biped, over 8 feet with long arms. What sets this creature apart is the white dirty dingy color, instead of the classic sasquatch brown.
Part of the story includes a tale of a sighting by up to 20 children at one time and report that one of the locals had ‘befriended’ the creature to the point that they were feeding it. The witness claims to know 30 to 40 people who have had encounters with the creature.
Reports of the Glass Community White Thing go back at least three generations.
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3 Responses to “The White Thing – Obion, Tennessee”.
I lived in Obion for 62 years and in the rural area for 5 years and this is the first I have heard this tale.
It sounds a lot like the Wendigo legends from Canada. I choose to believe stuff like this because it is entertaining.
i am from daysville tn i grew up on storyies about the white thing. My aunt said that one night she herd something outside so she looked the white thing was in the back of her truck playing with a chain. There was also the story an old man who heard somthing in his chicken coop grabbed his gun and went to investigate the white was eating eating his chickens I have also talked to people who has seen in past ten years one boy said that he thought he was the only who ever sa.w it. most people think that it was some thing that escaped from the knoxville zoo
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