SIGHTING SOUTH CENTRAL TN.

[elvita]

I BECAME INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT OF MONARCH MIGRATION AFTER SEEING THE PROGRAM ON DISCOVERY INTERVIEWING CHIP TYLER, IT BROUGHT TO MIND A WONDERFUL SIGHTING OF THE MONARCH IN 1978. I WAS NEW TO TENNESSEE, BOUGHT 20 ACRES IN DOVER TN. MY CHILDREH AND I WERE WADING IN A FRESH RUNNING CREEK THAT WE HAD PAID TO WIDEN AND DEEPEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF WADING.
WHILE SITTING ON THE BANK, LOOKING UP CREEK, WHICH WAS IN THE WOODS, I BECAME AWARE OF A DARK CLOUD COMING AT US, APROX, 200 FT. UP CREEK. IT FRIGHTENED ME, I TRIED TO GRAB THE CHILDREN TO RUN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, TO MY SURPRISE, THE CLOUD WAS ORANGE AND RUSHING PAST, OVER, AND THROUGH US WAS THE MOST MAGNIFICENT SIGHT I HAD EVER SEEN THE NUMBER OF MONARCHS WAS TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT, PROBABLY THOUSANDS. THEY WERE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH US WITHOUT EVER MAKING CONTACT, AFTER THE CLOUD PASSED, THEY CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE CURVATURE OF THE CREEK, TILL OUT OF SIGHT.
TIME OF THE YEAR WAS LATE SUMMER, POSSIBLY VERY EARLY FALL.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, IF THE PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP, THOUGHT YOU WOULD ALL ENJOY THIS SIGHTING EXPERIENCE. ELVITA

[Deb]

Wow, great story. I an one county away from Dover (stewart co?) Thanks for sharing