rcooke25552 Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Out shooting earlier on (around 8-8.30pm) on my uncles farm after duck. I was with my mate, I'm 17 and he's 16 both licensed and both with permission even though it was only me with the shotgun. Anyway. Where the ducks flight too on a wide part of a corner on the brook, there is an old bridge on which a guy was sat ( sat with his legs inside the bridge rather than sat like he was about to jump). He must of **** hi pants when I let two shots off because I didn't know he was there till after I had. But he just sat staring at us. ( he must of been 30-40) so we changed fields to avoid a confrontation. We came back about 20 mins later so virtually pitch black and he was still there so I broke my gun, unloaded and walked over. At this point he sat back on the bridge so I just said in a calm manner, alright mate? To which he completely blanked me and continued to stare. I couldn't see clearly so I left at that point, got in the car, locked the doors and went home. The question Is what do I do in a situation like this if anyone has ever experienced it because I will admit to it that it started to scare me that he was sat in the middle of nowhere in the pitch black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Sounds like a proper mental, best to be avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 were you shooting in Norfolk, normal there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 thought it was ileagle to shoot game/wildfowl on sundays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) I thought it depending on the county? The shooting of wildfowl on Sundays is illegal in some counties: Counties in England and Wales in which there is no Sunday shooting of schedule 2 part I birds. Anglesey; Brecknock; Caernarvon; Carmarthen; Cardigan; Cornwall; Denbigh; Devon; Doncaster; Glamorgan; Gt. Yarmouth (County Borough); Isle of Ely; Leeds (County Borough); Merioneth; Norfolk; Pembroke; Somerset; Yorkshire (North Riding); Yorkshire (West Riding). Edited September 4, 2011 by JustJon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcooke25552 Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I don't see Cheshire in the county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 were you shooting in Norfolk, normal there Not quite right Doc . We would have been sitting with our legs over the river side of the bridge ready to drop onto the first trout that swam by . No he wasent a nelson county boy . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortmagnum999 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 me and my mate came across a bloke like this on a roost shoot about 2 years ago. He didnt look that old but he certainly looked troubled by something, when we spoke to him he had a horrible eerie stare. Turns out he hadnt been takin his pills and he had gone on abit of a wobbler! It dosnt half unsettle you when you meet somebody in near darkness, then they just stare!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowen20 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Posted Yesterday, 10:24 PM thought it was ileagle to shoot game/wildfowl on sundays ROFL! nice nowt to do with the topic eh. love it when you post for advice n people just trwal posts tripping other people up (Gimp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I had a similar experience out lamping one night. There's a motorway flyover adjacent to where I shoot and this chap was just standing on the road embankment, silhouetted by the streetlamp and looking my way. I was very close when I noticed him and I said "good evening" or somesuch, flicked the lamp on & off but this character just stood there motionless without saying a word. He had a long coat on with the hood up. Very eerie - at least yours was a daylight encounter ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 sorry to say but the intense staring thing is normaly connnected to depression and paranoid schizophrenia.. i have experienced this with my step son....very sad for those who suffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Posted Yesterday, 10:24 PM thought it was ileagle to shoot game/wildfowl on sundays ROFL! nice nowt to do with the topic eh. love it when you post for advice n people just trwal posts tripping other people up (Gimp) learn to spell friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 sorry to say but the intense staring thing is normaly connnected to depression and paranoid schizophrenia. This is what i thought too. There isnt much you could do because to be blunt if he's intent on harming himself you couldnt prevent it.Might be a good idea to give the local Police a ring and inform them as they might keep an eye out for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 learn to spell friend Had to ask? How should one spell illegal/ileagle ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcooke25552 Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 It was pitch black Virtually when I last saw him. Thats why I left because I wasn't sure if he was ill/high/drunk and dint particulary fancy any encounters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Not quite right Doc . We would have been sitting with our legs over the river side of the bridge ready to drop onto the first trout that swam by . No he wasent a nelson county boy . Harnser . :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster123 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Posted Yesterday, 10:24 PM thought it was ileagle to shoot game/wildfowl on sundays ROFL! nice nowt to do with the topic eh. love it when you post for advice n people just trwal posts tripping other people up (Gimp) im with you there bowen20 he is looking for reasurance and gets a hard time for telling the truth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 The question Is what do I do in a situation like this. The answer is a simple one here mate. I think what you were seeing was a ghost! Next time you see this walk up and give him a good push! If it is a ghost your hands will go straight through it and you can justifiably **** your pants! - If it is a real person they will fall off the bridge into the water and drowned, then if you see it again after that you can be certain that it is definitely a ghost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 I had a similar experience out lamping one night. There's a motorway flyover adjacent to where I shoot and this chap was just standing on the road embankment, silhouetted by the streetlamp and looking my way. I was very close when I noticed him and I said "good evening" or somesuch, flicked the lamp on & off but this character just stood there motionless without saying a word. He had a long coat on with the hood up. Very eerie - at least yours was a daylight encounter ! That would get my clacker going! Had a very strange encounter when myself and a work buddy were out checking the longlines. We were a good 800m from the shore it was an hour after dark and there was a bit of fog. The chance of us finding them quickly were not good. Even with he compass we would have been lucky to get within 100 meters of them (use GPS now). You couldn't hear much, only the sea gradually getting closer. I must admit I was seriously considering letting them go another tide but the fish would have been ruined so we stuck with it. After 10 minutes walking we reckoned we were in the zone and recognised an old bit of net sticking out of the sand. We located the line more by luck than judgement and set about getting it prepped for the next tide. As we were both kneeling down we heard a noise, I looked up over Marks shoulder and the look on my face said it all so he turned round and we both **** our selves as this huge bloke walked within a few metres of us without acknowledging us. Old Mark was convinced it was a ghost and was jabbering away to the point of making me twitchy. He shut up when I showed him the foot prints that the guy had left but then 5 minutes later started questioning what somebody would be doing so far out. I was glad to get back in. I can only assume it was a professional bait digger many of whom think they have sole rights to the beach and have a history of being rude and sometimes confrontational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Had to ask? How should one spell illegal/ileagle ? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss.tony Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 learn to spell friend spelling teachers are back i see he was rite gimp lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlsby Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 quite strange people have these "close encounters" iv been out in the "haunted" woods since i was a kid, camping out with the airguns when we were 14.. fishing.. lamping on my own. iv never seen anything "ghost like" iv met a fair amount of wierdos during the daytime.. but non who scared/worried me at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) quite strange people have these "close encounters" iv been out in the "haunted" woods since i was a kid, camping out with the airguns when we were 14.. fishing.. lamping on my own. iv never seen anything "ghost like" iv met a fair amount of wierdos during the daytime.. but non who scared/worried me at all! Perhaps you were the one that freaked everybody else out Edited September 6, 2011 by ack-ack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margun Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Sounds properly freaky, like something from a horror film. I'd have needed to punish the porcelain after that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margun Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Sounds properly freaky, like something from a horror film. I'd have needed to punish the porcelain after that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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