Wes Coffey
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I told myself it was a person.
Maybe a poacher.
Maybe some kid from town messing around.
Maybe a homeless guy living in the woods.
It's not unheard of up there.
I told myself that whoever it was, they didn't know I was in the stand.
I was 16 feet up, wearing full camo, and the wind was in my face.
I had the advantage.
I watched the shape.
It didn't move.
410, 415, 420.
At 426, five minutes before official sunset, I looked away for maybe 10 seconds to check the creek bottom below me.
When I looked back, the shape was gone.
I scanned the timber in every direction.
Nothing.
Whatever it had been, it was gone.
I let out a long breath.
My pulse was still up, but the rational part of my brain was already writing the story I'd tell Travis, some weird stump I got spooked by, a shadow that played tricks on me.
I was already laughing at myself.
Then I heard the footsteps.