Did I Walk Into A Dogman Hunting Party - Devon 2021

Witness Report: “Hi, I should start by saying although I have had many paranormal experiences throughout my life I always try to rationalize them and I would say I deal in fact not fancy. I have lived rurally all my life, I have camped & hiked for over 20 yrs in the wilds and I have taught my sons to do the same. I've had plenty of creepy experiences but none compare to my experience in 2021 when I visited the woods next to my home which is out on the headland in Devon. I've locked all the doors because of that event and all the rooms. The woods have not been the same for me since this happened. When this happened I lived close to Woody Bay which is situated on the North Devon coast of England, 3 miles west of Lynton and 8 miles east of Combe Martin with a stony beach.​

The evening I wanted to talk to you about happened when I had argued with my partner​ about his smoking habit and I left to go for a walk​ along the farm lanes to calm down. We live in a very rural area, it's heavily wooded, extremely steep​ and craggy and it is made up of mostly old woodlands that can't be felled due to preservation laws. It's a lonely place on its own along the coast and​ It's basically way too steep for anyone or anything to climb it. 

The land is beautiful and filled with streams, caves, and rocks. I love the woods, the solitude, it's always made me happy and​ calm, like everything will be ok. It's my go to place with my dog. I love this area, I have taken so many walks here over the years. I know it, like I know my own hand.​ I should explain that my dog will NEVER leave my side, she's got separation issues, so if I leave, she leaves with me, whatever she can do to get to me she will. I cannot stress that
enough. 

This night I walked off to chill out with my dog and I expected her to follow ​me as usual​ but she wouldn't come. This is a dog who has physically injured herself to get through a gate etc​ to get to me​ in the past. But that night she stayed at the gate ​to our home whining. I have to say at that point I was pretty hurt, thinking great even my dog won't come out with me​ so I started up the road thinking she would come along behind but she never did. That is not her usual behaviour. She never​ passes up a chance to get out or on a deer chase.

I walked ​along the road a few bends up​ pretty quickly so I stopped to catch my breath. I​ was suddenly overcome with a strange feeling that felt kind of odd? I can't explain it really so I shook it off as ​I thought it was ​just because I had no dog with me. I walked a bit more up the lane and I just had this terrible feeling come over me really quickly​ and I couldn't shake it. I felt like I was​ not alone​ out in the empty woods and lanes and it was dark and hard to see. 

It's hard to describe ​how 'off' I was feeling but I heard sound and movement above me​ on one of the slopes. You have to​ understand that the old road​ I was walking on runs through a very steep Wooded area, and it was late at night and very dark. As I was standing there frozen I heard a very loud series of "clicks'' . They were extremely loud. Like nothing I have ever heard​ before. It was like when a person ​is clicking with their mouth, I can't explain it. There was a pattern to it​ an intelligence. Like something was trying to communicate my presence on the lane.

​I heard four loud clicks from above me, one after the other​ as if they were moving along like in a line​ across the ridge. Then ​another click sounded below me on the other side of the road going down to the valley. ​Whatever was making those clicking sounds were so close​ to me. They were so loud, the only way I can describe ​the feeling they gave me was a very deep fear​ almost primal in fact. I felt surrounded​ by whatever was out there that I couldn't see. It was​ really terrifying. I could see nothing in the dark but I knew I had to get out of there​ as quickly as I could. I felt like I had interrupted something. Like I had walked into a situation and I was not welcome.

I ran back down the road and home as fast as I could. I told my partner and we​went round the house and locked all the doors​ and windows. I know this patch of wood is a game trail​ as I can't walk anywhere without bumping into a deer. But what I heard was not a deer. I will no longer walk at night even if someone comes ​out with me. The sense of threat has terrified me. I no longer feel like the woods I love​ are safe at night.”

I spoke with our witness on the phone at length. She asked me if ‘they’ would come to the house. She stressed that she had no idea what ‘they’ were, that's just how she phrased it. I explained that I felt she had walked into a situation without realising as the dog was clearly picking up on something that kept her ​from following her master that night. ​Something that was more frightening than being left behind. She was acting in the opposite way she would normally act and that tells me the dog didn't feel it was safe to leave the property line. We just don't know what made the clicking noise or why​ but I have a feeling this is connected to the many Cryptid reports in the area. Sadly this lady has sold ​the property and moved back to town. This incident has robbed her of her freedom and the wild places she loves.

I noticed this report happened in spring and there are other reports close by where a Werewolf or Dog like creature has been seen usually during ​the first 6 weeks of the year.​