Untitled Sighting

On or about 28 yrs. ago 1974,my cousin and I both who were around 12 yrs.old observed a large hairy creature aprox. 8ft tall.It was in a thickbrushed small wooded area.We must have walked right by it, going in opposite directions.We were 20 or 25 ft.past it when we both looked over our shoulders about the same time.It stood in greenbriars shoulder and head above the 6ft briars and looked back at us.We stood in shock as we looked at it.The creature had long arms.Its hair was dark brown,not real long covering its body head to toe.It then took about 3 long steps through the greenbriars into the woods. When I looked my cousin had run home.I ran next.