[blam]

"My suspicion is that there is still a "stone-age" people, living a mostly nocturnal existence bare miles away from the rest of us. If so, I hope they remain forever undisturbed !"

That's an interesting story...and this is in New York state? I think these tiny (Negritos) were all over the globe at one point.

[genefromjersey]

Oddly enough, the African Pygmies are NOT all "Negro" in appearance. Early White explorers noted Pygmies with red hair, blue eyes, Nordic features, Asiatic features, etc.; though the very large "butt" , found in Bushmen, and most African tribes was pretty much universal in Pygmies as well.

In our own Rocky Mountains, there are (native) legends of a similar people - who were cannibalistic, and of whom the Cheyenne, Comanche, Pawnee, etc. were a bit afraid. ( They were said to be a poisoned arrow people. )According to the legends, they were virtually exterminated when the golden eagles decided they were manageable prey - which might help explain the universal reverence towards golden eagles among many of the early western tribes.

By the way, I intend to take the location of my odd experience to my grave. I have a couple of old classmates who live in the area, and who purchased the nearby land as a "hunting club" , and who also help to keep things intact.