A snowmobiling trip near Greenville, Maine, took a terrifying turn for a group of friends one winter afternoon. As they sped along the trails, one of them noticed a large figure climbing the side of a wooded hill. At first glance, it looked like a moose, its broad back hunched over as it moved through the snow. Intrigued, one of the friends called out to the animal, expecting it to either ignore them or bolt into the trees. Instead, the figure stopped, turned toward them, and rose to its full height. It was not a moose.

Standing upright on two legs, the creature was massive, far taller than any human they had ever seen, with broad shoulders and dark, matted hair covering its body. Its face was shadowed, but its glowing eyes and the piercing scream it let out sent chills through the group. Frozen in shock, they watched as it stared them down for what felt like an eternity before turning and disappearing into the dense forest. Shaken, the friends regrouped and quickly left the area, unable to shake the feeling that they had come face-to-face with something unexplainable. The encounter haunted them for weeks, leaving them questioning what they had seen on that snowy hill.

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