Flench you ever hunt the honey island swamp area In south MS LA border? I grew up in the woods when I was younger spent years in the woods and never encountered any thing like I did that time and the year after. Never saw what it was and honestly was glad I didn't. Ive never encountered anything like that since, but after the second year none of us ever went back to that area either. Fished the area a few times but all during the day time with only day trips in no over nights. I was young so easy to scare I guess although I had encountered wild boar and a large cat once that made me weary and nervous but not scared.Damn boar kept me in a tree for over an hour. Keep in mind the men I was with were firefighters and also all hunters they don't scare easy. Was it bigfoot I honestly don't know but it was something that didn't act like a animal normally would around a hunting camp. If it was a person he would have had to have night goggles which I don't think existed on the privet market back then. No way to walk around in that kind of dark without a light source with cypress knees all over the place without breaking your leg.
Do you mind telling me about the circumstances that led to two of your dogs deaths. Was there any trail sign around the site etc? If your uncomfortable telling the story here could you Pm me with it please? Oh and as far as shooting at it, even in MS if I got a look at it my first thought would be a another hunter in a Gilly suit. Hard to point your gun at something that walks on two legs.