Dusk, while fishing at the back corner near the river opening, maybe 100 feet off shore, I heard some walking in the woods. Looking in the direction of the noise i saw a man sized figure coming down to the water. Tough to see but I saw it and it saw me. I was no man. Sasquach,maybe. Big dark hary. stopped short of the water cause it saw me. Looked at each other for what seemed like hours then it turned and walked away. I quit fishing for the night. Could have been a hoax
Here's the thing with being an eyewitness. You know what you saw and will swear by it a million times over. Yes you face skepticism and possible ridicule, but you saw what you saw. People can/will be doubters until they see something themselves. They know what they heard/saw, but now people are doubting them as they doubted others before. It can be a viscous cycle.
Bottom line if you say you saw something and are a credible person (not always making up stuff just to hear yourself talk or be liked), then I'm going to believe you and I'd hope people would believe me too if I said I saw something. Unless proven otherwise and based on credible sources, in my opinion I say it's real or at least possible.