1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,240 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,280 In this episode we're talking about Bigfoot stories from 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,720 Oregon. That's correct, Bigfoot stories 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,800 from Oregon. This first story comes to us 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:21,440 February 1993, says during a chilly winter afternoon, Doctor 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,200 and Misses E embarked on their near annual train journey from 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,160 Chicago to Portland to visit relatives. 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,880 As the train chugged westward along the Columbia River, about 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:36,360 10 minutes outside The Dalles, OR, the couple found themselves 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,200 in an unexpected and extraordinary situation. 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,400 The train, already delayed, made an unscheduled stop in the 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,640 middle of nowhere. Dr. E, who had been watching the 13 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,800 clock closely, noted the unusual halt. 14 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,280 The couple, enjoying the privacy of their sleeping apartment, 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,600 peered out the tinted windows, observing the snow covered 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,840 landscape beyond. To their astonishment, a dark 17 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,239 figure emerged from the woods, stepping into a clearing near 18 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:07,720 the train tracks. It was a Sasquatch. 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,960 The creature moved cautiously, accompanied by several small 20 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:16,200 dark birds floating about. The Sasquatch hunkered down, 21 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,760 gazing curiously at the stop train. 22 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:23,520 Every few minutes it would rise, take a few steps, then Crouch 23 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:28,000 again, its long dark hair billowing out like the legs of a 24 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,880 bell bottomed pants over the snow. 25 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,400 Doctor and Misses E watched in awe, quietly discussing what 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,880 they were seeing, confirming each other's observations in 27 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,680 real time. The tinted windows provided them 28 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,880 a sense of security, shielding them from the creature's gaze as 29 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,800 it continued to observe the train. 30 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,480 For 8 minutes, the Sasquatch remained in the clearing, 31 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,760 seemingly mesmerized by the stationary train. 32 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,960 The couple, though nearly undressed and unable to alert 33 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,360 anyone else due to their state of the shamble, marvelled at the 34 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,400 site. The train finally started moving 35 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,960 again. The creature watched it depart, 36 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,600 disappearing back into the snowy wilderness. 37 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:11,400 Though the lighting conditions made it difficult to see the 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,960 finer details of the creature, Doctor and Mrs. Z were certain 39 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,200 of what they had seen. The conductor, when questioned, 40 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,000 admitted to having caught a couple glimpses of the strange 41 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,840 figure as well. Though the terrain made it 42 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,080 impossible for other passengers to see from their compartments, 43 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,040 the encounter left a lasting operation on the couple. 44 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,720 They shared their experiences with the Bigfoot Research 45 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,560 Project and even spoke about it at a Sasquatch biology class at 46 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,040 Portland Community College the following year. 47 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,640 For Doctor and Missus E, the sighting was not just a fleeting 48 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:46,440 moment, it was a profound experience, one they believed 49 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,680 with absolute conviction had been real. 50 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,600 Very cool. I can just imagine seeing this 51 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,280 hang out the one day of your train car. 52 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,840 Really neat. I should also remind you that 53 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,600 these stories are all coming from bfro.net. 54 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,800 That's Bigfootfield researchorganization.net. 55 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,160 So much good information over there. 56 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,200 And also, if you're interested in supporting the program, go 57 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,480 ahead and do that at Kofi or Spotify. 58 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,600 Kofi works really well. I appreciate all the help that 59 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,280 we can get over there. OK, so this story tells us that 60 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:23,480 in the summer of 1988, thirteen year old EA was out scouting for 61 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:28,000 elk in the vast wilderness of Wallowa County, Oregon. 62 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,720 It was early August and the morning sun had just begun to 63 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,920 rise, casting a soft light over the fresh, clear cut landscape 64 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,360 near the top of Norgod Hill. Now they're using the initials 65 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,400 here, so it can be a little bit of confusing, they're saying. 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,800 EA, excited to explore the area, had ventured away from his camp, 67 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,160 where his father and a friend had gone in different 68 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,720 directions, each focused on scouting for elk in the rugged 69 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,360 terrain. As he walked along a dirt Rd. 70 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,400 EA reached the edge of the clear cut and paused to take in the 71 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,840 view. From his vantage point at the 72 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,400 bottom of the hill, he noticed movement at the top, about 300 73 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,760 yards away. At first he thought nothing of 74 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,440 it, assuming he was looking at two bears standing on their hind 75 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,399 legs, which wasn't entirely unusual in the wilderness. 76 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,800 But something about their movements seemed off. 77 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,560 Intrigued, EA raised his binoculars to get a closer look. 78 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,880 What he saw took his breath away. 79 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,720 The figures weren't bears at all. 80 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:38,360 They were two upright humanoid creatures, young Bigfoot playing 81 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,440 together at the edge of the clear cut. 82 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,760 The creatures, standing around 5 1/2 feet tall, with shaggy 83 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,360 reddish brown hair and long arms that hung down nearly to their 84 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,680 knees, were engaged in what seemed like a playful game. 85 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,880 They chased each other around, jumping and swatting their hands 86 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,120 together, almost like children in a game of tag. 87 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,960 EA watched, frozen in awe for about a minute, completely 88 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:10,280 absorbed in the scene. Then, just as suddenly as it had 89 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:14,040 appeared, the two creatures stopped, looked at each other, 90 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,960 and quietly walked off into the thick forest, disappearing from 91 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,720 sight. EA stood there for a moment, 92 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,520 trying to process what he had just witnessed. 93 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,360 He hadn't heard a sound from them, only the silent, 94 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,960 mesmerizing movements of the creatures as they played and 95 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,720 then vanished into the wilderness. 96 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,280 Shaken by the experience, A A hurried back to camp and waited 97 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:38,200 for his father and their friend to return. 98 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,920 When they regrouped later that day, he shared his story with 99 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,920 them and together they returned to the area where he had seen 100 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,680 the creatures. Despite their efforts to find 101 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,760 evidence of footprints or any signs of the creatures, they 102 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,400 found nothing. The ground, filled with soft 103 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,520 swill from mole holes, seemed like it would have captured any 104 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,200 tracks, but the creatures had left no trace behind. 105 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:06,240 It was as if they had been careful to avoid the soft dirt. 106 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,240 The sighting stayed with EA, and he later confided in a game 107 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,360 warden about the encounter during another elk hunt trip the 108 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,520 following year. Although the warden listened, no 109 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,520 formal report was made. Years later, EA learned of 110 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,480 another sighting in the same area by a friend who had also 111 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:29,320 seen a Bigfoot at closer range, reinforcing his belief and what 112 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,480 he had witnessed that summer morning. 113 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,360 Free a the memory of those two young Bigfoot playing like 114 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,360 children and the early morning light remained as vivid and 115 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,600 surreal as a moment he first laid eyes on them. 116 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,000 Man, that would have to leave an impression on a young kid just 117 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,520 seeing these two, you know, maybe teenage Bigfoot up there 118 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,760 wrestling around and this clear cut, you got to wonder if 119 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,400 there's little ones around. There must have been some big 120 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,000 ones around, too. It was a cold, snowy night in 121 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,280 December of 1985, just days before Christmas, when a long 122 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:07,960 haul trucker found himself in an unforgettable encounter on 123 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,720 Cabbage Hill in Oregon. Driver making his way eastbound 124 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,800 along I-84 in a Peterbilt truck was heading back to Texas from 125 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,160 Portland. It was around 1:30 AM and the 126 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,800 night was quiet, safe for the hum of the truck's engine as it 127 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,840 climbed the steep hill in the Blue Mountains. 128 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,720 His Co driver was fast asleep in the cab as the trucker navigated 129 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,240 the curves of the road. As he came around a bend near 130 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,600 the top of the hill, something unexpected caught his eye. 131 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,120 Moving across the highway, illuminated by his headlights, 132 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,800 was a large figure. The trucker, startled, slammed 133 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,000 on the brakes, bringing the massive truck to a sharp stop. 134 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,880 The creature froze, standing directly in front of the truck, 135 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:54,320 barely 2 feet from the grille. For a long and surreal moment, 136 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,400 the two stared at each other, locked in a shared sense of 137 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,960 surprise. The trucker's heart raced as he 138 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,640 set the driver's seat, peering through the windshield at the 139 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,720 towering figure before him. It wasn't a bear. 140 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,800 At least, not any kind of a bear he had ever seen. 141 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,720 Standing head and shoulders above the truck's hood, the 142 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,720 creature had to be at least 8 feet tall, with broad shoulders 143 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,480 and long arms. Its body was covered in blondish 144 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,880 brown hair, though not as much as a bear would have. 145 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,680 The trucker recalled thinking it might be some strange mutant 146 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,640 bear, but the creature's distinctly human like features 147 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,400 suggested otherwise. Its face, framed by a dense 148 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,919 matted beard and heavy sideburns, looked more like an 149 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:41,600 unkempt man than an animal. Its nose was broad and bulibus, 150 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,720 its mouth slightly opened to reveal teeth that were larger 151 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,880 than a human's, but not Fang like. 152 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,120 The creature's yellowish red eyes glowed in the darkness, but 153 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,640 they didn't reflect the truck's headlight like an animal's 154 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,240 would. Instead, they seemed to watch 155 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,560 the driver with a strange mix of curiosity and anger. 156 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,800 As the truck idled, the creature moved closer, placing its 157 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,040 massive hands on the hood of the truck. 158 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,520 It slapped the top of the hood with a powerful thud, as if 159 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,120 warning the driver to leave its territory. 160 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:18,320 The trucker felt his pulse quicken, unsure of what might 161 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,000 happen next. He quickly woke his Co driver, 162 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,720 but by the time the man stirred, the creature had turned and 163 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,240 jogged off the road into the nearby woods. 164 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,320 The trucker, still shaken, set for a moment, trying to 165 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,320 comprehend what he had just witnessed. 166 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,440 The encounter had lasted about a minute and a half, but it felt 167 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,840 much longer. In that brief time, the driver 168 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,960 had taken in every detail the creature's muscular build, the 169 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,960 strange human like face, and the way it moved with a stiff gait, 170 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,840 almost like an old man with a backache. 171 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,120 Later, when he recalled the incident, the trucker would 172 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,000 describe the Sasquatch as a powerful, athletic figure with a 173 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,360 sluner waist, far from the terrifying beast often depicted 174 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,600 in TV shows. He remembered the steam rising 175 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,200 from its mouth as it breathed heavily in the cold night air, 176 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,080 and the way it seemed more curious than afraid, as if both 177 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,200 were intruders in each other's world. 178 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,800 For years after the encounter, the trucker kept an eye out for 179 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,280 the creature each time he drove through the area, but he never 180 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,960 saw it again. To this day, he wonders if 181 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:31,200 anyone else had ever seen the same thing on Cabbage Hill that 182 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,760 snowy night in December 1985. Why, that would really be 183 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,880 something, wouldn't it? Driving down that deserted Rd. 184 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,240 look up and see this Bigfoot that you'd almost run into. 185 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,800 It was a crisp November night in 2012, just outside of Pendleton 186 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,800 OR on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. 187 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:55,040 The house was quiet, nestled among stubbled wheat fields and 188 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,440 rolling hills, with the Umatilla River not far off. 189 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,280 The land wasn't isolated. There were a few neighbors 190 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,440 scattered within a mile or so, but it was peaceful, the kind of 191 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,760 rural calm that allowed the night sounds to echo across the 192 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:14,000 fields. Around 12:30, AMA Man, a long 193 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,040 time biologist with two decades of experience in fusion wildlife 194 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,400 habitat recovery, was startled to wake. 195 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,720 His bedroom window cracked open slightly to let in the cool 196 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:27,680 night air had offered no unusual noises at first, but something 197 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:33,120 had jolted him awake. He set up in bed, heart racing, 198 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:35,280 straining to hear through the stillness. 199 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,920 Then he heard it. Something strange. 200 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,640 An eerie, piercing sound unlike anything he had ever encountered 201 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,440 before. A loud, wailing scream echoed 202 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,720 through the darkness, starting off like a woman's hysterical 203 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:53,240 shriek, but quickly morphing into something more disturbing, 204 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:58,520 like manic hyena, like laughter. The sound escalated into what 205 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:02,480 seemed like a whooping yell filling the quiet night air. 206 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:07,160 It was chilling, primal, and seemed to come from somewhere 207 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,560 out in the fields a few 100 yards away. 208 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,440 He sprang from the bed and ran to the front door, throwing it 209 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,360 open to listen more closely. Out beyond the rolling hills in 210 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,480 the direction of the sound, the moon lit up the frosty farmland. 211 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,480 The strange scream repeated itself again and again, each 212 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,280 time growing more distant, as if whatever was making the noise 213 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,360 was running off into the night. He stood there, transfixed by 214 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,360 the bizarre, haunting cry. It wasn't like any animal he had 215 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,680 ever heard in his years of working with wildlife. 216 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,120 It was something different, something unsettling. 217 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,480 The man didn't wake his wife that night, but the sound stayed 218 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,920 with him. A few weeks later, it happened 219 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,920 again. Once more, the strange wailing 220 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,680 scream shattered the night's calm, and again he listened as 221 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:02,080 it grew more distant, fading into the cold November air. 222 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,440 Then, around Christmas, the local newspaper published a 223 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,840 story that shook the community. People across the Umatilla 224 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,880 reservation had been hearing the same eerie cries, and many were 225 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,560 frightened. Recordings of the strange sounds 226 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:20,920 began to surface, with some describing the noise as a 227 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,120 maniacal laughter. The locals started calling it 228 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,000 the Umatilla Screamer. For weeks, the mysterious cries 229 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,280 continued, unnerving the residents. 230 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,720 The biologists, skeptical and trained to recognize all kinds 231 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,160 of animal sounds, couldn't shake the feeling that what he heard 232 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,720 was unlike anything he had encountered before. 233 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,320 Though foxes, Cougars and coyotes were common in the area, 234 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,680 the sound was different. It was too guttural, too 235 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:49,040 powerful. He could feel the immense lung 236 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,320 capacity behind it, as if the source were something much 237 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,000 larger and more substantial than a fox or a cougar. 238 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,800 Over the following months, the Umatilla screamer became the 239 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,320 stuff of local legend, with friends and tribal members 240 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,000 sharing their experience and recordings of the unsettling 241 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,280 noises. And while the man could never 242 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,720 say for certain what he had heard, he knew it was something 243 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,440 out of the ordinary, something that would linger in his memory 244 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,920 long after the scream had faded from the farmland. 245 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,240 Wow, that is really cool. Very, very neat. 246 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,240 Just imagine laying there in bed and waking up to the sound of 247 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,680 this thing screaming. It was a warm September night in 248 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,640 1994, and the Pendleton Roundup had just wrapped up for the day. 249 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,240 A young Native American woman was making her way back to her 250 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,920 family's home near Caius, a small community near Pendleton, 251 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,600 OR. It was late, around 3:00 AM, and 252 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,920 the night sky was moonless, leaving the landscape shrouded 253 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,240 in darkness. She and a friend sat in the car 254 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,720 for a while, chatting and laughing, the engine running but 255 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,360 the headlights off. After a few minutes of 256 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,800 conversation, she decided it was time to head inside. 257 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,200 The area around her family's house was familiar, but eerily 258 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,360 dark, with no St. lights or even a hint of light from the 259 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,560 surrounding wheat fields. Her friend, sensing the pitch 260 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,480 blackness outside, turned on his headlights to light her path to 261 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,960 the front door. That's when it happened. 262 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:22,400 In an instant, the beam of the headlight caught something, a 263 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,280 massive, slender figure sprinting across the backyard. 264 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,200 The woman froze, her eyes widening in disbelief. 265 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:35,440 The figure moved with incredible speed, covering nearly 40 yards 266 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,520 and what seemed like the blink of an eye. 267 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,520 Her heart raced. This wasn't a man, at least not 268 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,520 one like she had ever seen before. 269 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,440 The creature was enormous, easily reaching the height of 270 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,160 the house's corner where the roof sloped down. 271 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,720 Its head seemed to sit directly on its shoulders with no neck 272 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,640 insight. The figure was covered in short, 273 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,840 dark brown hair. Its legs moved swiftly, but 274 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,080 without the typical stride of a human runner, she couldn't 275 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,160 process what she had just seen. Did you see that? 276 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,480 She asked her friend, who was too busy fiddling with the 277 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,360 stereo to notice anything unusual. 278 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,000 Shaken but unsure of what to do, she said good night and went 279 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,760 inside, replaying the scene over and over in her mind. 280 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,120 The sheer speed and size of the creature didn't seem possible, 281 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,640 and yet she had seen it with her own eyes. 282 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,000 As she approached the back porch, she noticed something 283 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,840 strange. Her family's dogs, normally 284 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,760 alert and territorial, were oddly quiet. 285 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,960 The Rottweiler, Chow and yellowed AB and mixed mutt were 286 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,600 all huddled together on the porch, curled up and whimpering 287 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,880 softly. Their usual barking or growling 288 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,880 was absent, as if they too had set something beyond the 289 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:55,560 ordinary that night. I think that definitely left an 290 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,440 impact on those dogs as well. Over the years, her family had 291 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,360 experienced other odd occurrences around the property. 292 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,000 Sometimes in the early morning hours, they would hear faint 293 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,400 footsteps around the house or distant grunts and strange 294 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,079 whispers carried by the wind. Her niece had once seen a figure 295 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:16,160 in a tree while playing hide and seek, thinking it was her 296 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,880 brother until she saw her brother running on the ground 297 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,319 below. The children had been terrified 298 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:24,440 and run inside, their game abruptly forgotten. 299 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,400 Weeks after the sighting, the woman found more unsettling 300 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,160 evidence. The light fixture on the corner 301 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:36,000 of the house, set about 9 feet off the ground near a basketball 302 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,640 hoop, kept breaking. After replacing the light bulb 303 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,720 multiple times, they discovered it hadn't been shattered. 304 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,000 It had been unscrewed. Not far from the house, in a 305 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,120 patch of soft dirt, she found something even more startling, a 306 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:57,000 footprint 20 inches long, larger than anything she had ever seen. 307 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:02,760 The events of that summer night in 1994 stayed with her for 308 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:07,160 years, a mystery that her family had whispered about but never 309 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,760 fully understood. What she saw in the darkness 310 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,080 that night, a massive, swift figure darting through the 311 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,640 backyard, remained a haunting memory, something too big and 312 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,840 too fast to be anything she could explain. 313 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,600 Man, that is intense. It sounds like this thing was 314 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,000 unscrewing the light bulb there too, around the house. 315 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,960 It liked to prowl around there and didn't want to be, I 316 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,320 suppose, bothered with this bright light shining on it. 317 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:36,160 That's really neat. It was a quiet August evening in 318 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:40,040 1995, and AUS Forest Service law enforcement officer and his 319 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,160 girlfriend were enjoying a peaceful camping trip on a 320 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,200 secluded Oregon beach north of Lincoln City and South of 321 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:49,000 Tillamook. They were the only people around 322 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,160 for miles, their campsite perched on a small bluff about 7 323 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,640 feet above the shoreline. As dusk settled in, they had a 324 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,480 fire crackling and the ocean stretched out before them, 325 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,520 bathed in the soft light in the setting sun. 326 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,720 Around 9:00 PM, the officer noticed something unusual, a 327 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,600 figure standing about 100 yards near the shoreline to the South. 328 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:14,320 At first he thought it was a person, but something was off. 329 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:18,800 The figure was entirely black, covered head to toe and 330 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,600 unnaturally still. The beach was rugged and remote, 331 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,840 with no obvious paths leading to it, and Lincoln City was some 20 332 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,800 miles away. The sight left him uneasy. 333 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,960 Minutes passed. The figure reappeared, walking 334 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,800 along the shore but not stopping, coming closer this 335 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,760 time, about 50 yards. It turned back again, heading 336 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,440 South, only to return a short while later. 337 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,880 By now the sun had set, but a bright moon illuminated the 338 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,360 beach. The figure moved fluidly, its 339 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:57,320 pace unnervingly fast and steady, with none of the up and 340 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,440 down motion typical of a human walking. 341 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,280 As it passed directly in front of them, closer now, they saw 342 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:09,040 the full form, tall, jet black and massive, with a forward 343 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,400 leaning posture and long swinging arms. 344 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,480 It walked without any apparent interest in them. 345 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,120 As those searching for something in the sand, the officers unease 346 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:22,760 grew. This was no ordinary person. 347 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:27,160 The figure kept moving, heading South again at a brisk pace. 348 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,640 When it was out of sight, the officer grabbed his flashlight 349 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,080 and ran down to the beach, determined to investigate. 350 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,400 His girlfriend, still nervous, stayed behind. 351 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,880 When he reached the spot where the figure had walked, he was 352 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,720 startled to find deep tracks in the sand, much deeper than his 353 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,480 own footprints, which barely left an impression. 354 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,520 The tracks were so massive, at least 16 inches long and 10 355 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,400 inches wide. He called for his girlfriend to 356 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,080 come down, and when she saw them she gasped. 357 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,960 Oh my gosh. As they examined the tracks, the 358 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,080 officers flashlight suddenly went out. 359 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,040 He fumble to replace the bulb in the moonlight, but before he 360 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,480 could finish, his girlfriend let out a terrified scream. 361 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,840 It's coming back. The figure was approaching them 362 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:17,240 from the South again, this time at an alarming speed, as if it 363 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,640 had finally taken notice of them. 364 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,600 She panicked, pulling him up toward the campsite, but he 365 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,360 stood his ground for a moment, determined to see what it was. 366 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,000 As the figure closed in, now within 80 yards, he shouted. 367 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,880 You better stop, I'm going to shoot. 368 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,280 But he was unarmed, and the figure paid him no mind, 369 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,880 continuing its approach with steady, deliberate strides. 370 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,000 It was only when the creature was close enough for him to see 371 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,560 the details, its enormous muscular frame, its hair covered 372 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:52,600 body, and its inhumanely wide, wide shoulders that the reality 373 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,880 hit him. Oh my, he whispered. 374 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,520 It's not human. Paralyzed with fear, he stood 375 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,080 frozen for a moment before his instincts kicked in and he 376 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,040 turned and bolted toward his girlfriend, who was already 377 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,720 screaming at him to run. Reaching the bluff, he looked 378 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,800 back, relieved to see the figure hadn't followed him. 379 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:16,240 It continued walking along the beach, ignoring them completely, 380 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,440 before disappearing into the darkness to the South. 381 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,600 Shaken but unharmed, the couple hurried back to their camp, 382 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,040 debating whether to stay the night or leave. 383 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,360 His girlfriend argued that the creature had made no move to 384 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,400 harm them, and eventually they decided to stay. 385 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,720 As the night wore on, the officer kept the fire going, 386 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,800 staying awake and alert while his girlfriend drifted off to 387 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,280 sleep. By dawn, the creature was long 388 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,600 gone, but the deep, clear tracks it had left behind were still 389 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,560 visible in the sand. He spent the early morning 390 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,960 documenting them, taking photographs and using nearby 391 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,120 objects to measure the depths and size. 392 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,920 The tracks stretched along the beach, heading North and South, 393 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,360 disappearing into the dunes. After their camping trip, the 394 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:05,000 officer returned to his home in Colorado, but the memory of that 395 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,680 night lingered. He later contacted Richard 396 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,160 Greenwell of the International Society of Cryptozoology and 397 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,080 Peter Byrne, a well known Bigfoot researcher. 398 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,560 Byrne investigated the area but found no further evidence. 399 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,880 The following year, the officer agreed to share his story with 400 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,840 Good Morning America on the condition that his identity 401 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,960 would remain anonymous. Unfortunately, they broke that 402 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,320 promise, showing him on camera without his consent. 403 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,600 Feeling betrayed, he distanced himself from the media and 404 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,760 returned to the Oregon Coast only a few times after that, 405 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:42,280 each time hoping but never again encountering the mysterious 406 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,400 figure he had seen that August night. 407 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,200 I just couldn't. I just couldn't fathom being out 408 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,240 there camping like that and seeing one of these things that 409 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,160 close. I'm thinking I would have 410 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,560 probably pulled, pulled up stakes and left. 411 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,520 You know, what a great story. Sadly, how the media went ahead 412 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,320 and just totally betrayed this guy had no surprises there for 413 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,240 me. So we'll do this one and then 414 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,680 one more. This one says in the fall of 415 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,880 1996, a former military police officer, now a college student, 416 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:14,920 was staying on a quiet 3 acre farm near Walderville, Oregon. 417 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,560 It was a chilly November night around 10:00 PM and he was deep 418 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,720 into writing a research paper at the kitchen table. 419 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,400 The house set nestled on a gradual wooded slope with two 420 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,280 horse pastures on either side, separated by hot wire fences. 421 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,840 His friend's small brown healer dog was tied to a wire tether 422 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,400 outside, keeping guard. The stillness of the night was 423 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,400 abruptly shattered when the dog began barking wildly, a sound 424 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,280 that immediately snapped him to attention. 425 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,240 The distant howls of dogs and shrieks of horses from nearby 426 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,520 farms echoed through the otherwise silent valley, adding 427 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,280 to the tension. The officer, trained in high 428 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,720 stress situations from his time in the army, instinctively 429 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,880 grabbed a pistol and a powerful flashlight before carefully 430 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,000 stepping outside. He turned off the house lights, 431 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,480 crouching low as he opened the front door, scanning the dark 432 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,800 surroundings with the flashlight. 433 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,520 The scene that greeted him was unsettling. 434 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,000 The healer was growling softly, its focus fixed on the lower 435 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,240 horse pasture. Two horses, usually calm, had 436 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,600 retreated to the upper pasture, rustling about in a nervous, 437 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,400 agitated manner. Something was out there. 438 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,840 He squatted down next to the dog, who still hadn't 439 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,840 acknowledged his presence, which was highly unusual. 440 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,520 Following the dog's gaze, he pointed his flashlight toward 441 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,280 the lower pasture. What he saw nearly made his 442 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,160 heart stop. A large figure crouched low in 443 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,920 the tall grass beside a telephone pole just beyond the 444 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,360 hot wire fence. At first, the reflection from 445 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:55,440 the two small circular markers on the pole, combined with light 446 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,600 fog, made it difficult to discern what it was. 447 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:03,680 His mind raced bare, he thought, but before he could settle on 448 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,040 that, the dog suddenly screamed and leapt straight into the air, 449 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,240 hair bristling. When it landed, it bolted under 450 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,840 a nearby pickup truck, whimpering like a terrified 451 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,360 puppy. And those same few seconds the 452 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:18,960 creature arose from its Crouch on two legs, it began moving 453 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,200 along the fence in a swift, unmistakable bipedal stride. 454 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,640 The officer stood up, his instincts as a trained military 455 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,920 police officer kicking in. He aimed his pistol at the 456 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,280 creature, tracking it with his flashlight beam. 457 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,480 In those two seconds, he struggled to comprehend what he 458 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,560 was seeing. His mind raced through 459 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,800 possibilities. Bear no horse, man. 460 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,520 No, I don't know. What is this thing? 461 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:47,360 The creature was huge, far, far taller than him, and moved with 462 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:50,400 a speed and fluidity that defied explanation. 463 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,880 The distinct thud thud of his footfalls confirmed it was 464 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,160 running on two legs. Fear surged through him like 465 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,680 never before. Despite years of military 466 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,880 experience, this was unlike anything he had ever 467 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,680 encountered. Without thinking, he bolted back 468 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,640 into the house, heart pounding, and grabbed larger weapons. 469 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,040 He immediately called his friend's father, who lived 470 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,000 nearby in Grants Pass, to come and help search for whatever had 471 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,120 been lurking into the pasture. When his friend's father 472 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:20,320 arrived, they cautiously made their way down to the road where 473 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,640 the creature had been seen. The road covered in gravel 474 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,560 offered no footprints, but the tall grass was visibly 475 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,480 disturbed, as though something large had passed through it. 476 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,440 The rest of the night was filled with tensions as the animals and 477 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:37,440 nearby farms remained restless, their cries echoing through the 478 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,600 valley. The little heeler who had 479 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,640 witnessed the creature with him refused to calm down and stayed 480 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,040 jittery for a full day. In the days that followed, the 481 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,680 officer couldn't shake the image of the massive 2 legged 482 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,320 creature. He knew it wasn't a bear or any 483 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,000 other animal native to the Pacific Northwest. 484 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,320 Despite the lack of physical evidence, the experience 485 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,640 remained vivid in his mind, a memory he would carry for the 486 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,600 rest of his life. Even now, years later, he hoped 487 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,560 that someday the truth behind what he saw that night would be 488 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,480 revealed, and that the people would finally believe in the 489 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,600 existence of whatever was out there in the dark forest of 490 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,840 Southern Oregon. Man, right up to your house like 491 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,160 that. That is so cool. 492 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,520 OK, we'll do one last one, then we'll wrap this up. 493 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:27,320 So I'll finish up this last story here just to remind 494 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:28,600 everybody. Thanks for listening. 495 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,680 Don't forget to like, follow, subscribe. 496 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,080 That doesn't cost anything. It does help out the algorithm a 497 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,480 lot. Also, you can visit over at 498 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,720 Warningsub, UFO Twitter. I post some stuff over there. 499 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,280 I find Twitter has really improved a lot. 500 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,920 I didn't think that Musk could be able to do it, but it does 501 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,640 seem like it's working pretty good and lots of really good 502 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,440 short form videos on there too. So I've been posting a little 503 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,520 bit of stuff over there. Hope you can make it over there. 504 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,960 Twitter and to Kofi to financially support the program. 505 00:28:56,040 --> 00:29:00,240 It really, really does help. This last story we find it says 506 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:05,160 it was the summer of 1968 and an 18 year old worker found himself 507 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,800 deep in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. 508 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,360 He had been tasked with installing radio signaling 509 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,240 equipment on a massive piece of logging machinery known as a 510 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,280 yarder. The job site was remote, about 511 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:22,320 40 to 50 miles northeast of Estatica, surrounded by old 512 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:27,600 growth Douglas fir and mountain hemlock at an elevation of 3500 513 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,480 feet. The logging crew had left hours 514 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,920 earlier, and by the time he arrived, the sun had already 515 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,640 dipped below the horizon. Alone in the dark wilderness, he 516 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,360 got to work. As the night wore on, the 517 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:45,000 darkness grew impenetrable. No moon, no stars, just a quiet 518 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,760 hum of his small generator lighting his work. 519 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,120 It was around 10:30 PM when the uneasy feeling crept up his 520 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,640 spine. The hair on the back of his neck 521 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,000 stood on end, and he realized that something was watching him. 522 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,080 He hadn't noticed anything unusual until that moment, miles 523 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,040 from the nearest person, in the middle of a logged off slope. 524 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,800 The feeling was intense. Slowly, he looked down his drop 525 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,960 light and swung it around, scanning the area behind him. 526 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:17,440 What he saw startled him, a pair of glowing eyes staring directly 527 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,000 at him from the darkness. They were the only thing he 528 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,360 could make out, shining like a cat's eyes reflecting in the 529 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,400 beam of his light. His heart raced as he and the 530 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,400 creature locked eyes for what felt like an eternity, though it 531 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,320 could have been only 15 seconds. Then, without a sound, the 532 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,200 figure turned and vanished into the night. 533 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,800 The young worker knew he needed to finish the job and get out of 534 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,200 there fast. He worked as quickly as his 535 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,720 shaking hands would allow, but no more than 10 minutes later, 536 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:50,000 an overpowering smell hit him. It was rank, like a wet dog that 537 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,160 had rolled in something dead, mixed with a familiar sense of 538 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,000 diesel and oil from the yarder. A light breeze carried the odor 539 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,800 toward him, making him instinctively turn his drop 540 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,400 light in the direction of the smell. 541 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,200 There it was again, those glowing eyes, now just 20 feet 542 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,080 away. This time he could make out more 543 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,600 of a creature. It was large, black, and 544 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,600 possibly wide, towering above the haulback drum of the Ardor. 545 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,920 Beneath the eyes, the skin seemed to shine in dim light, 546 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,240 adding to the eerie presence of the creature. 547 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,760 Panic surged through him. The car was only 30 feet away, 548 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,080 but down a slope, and the creature was between him and his 549 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,600 escape. Grabbing the small generator, 550 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,880 which suddenly felt much heavier than it had earlier, he made his 551 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,360 way back to the car, dragging the generator with him, too 552 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,800 terrified to leave the light behind. 553 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,040 Somehow he managed to reach the car, throw the generator inside 554 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,760 and drive 5 miles down the road before stopping for the night. 555 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,480 He waited there in the safety of his vehicle until the first 556 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,480 light of dawn broke over the mountains. 557 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,240 The next morning, he followed the logging truck back to the 558 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,480 site to finish the job. As they went about their work, 559 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,360 he cautiously searched the area for footprints or any sign of 560 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,680 the creature. But with the thick underbrush 561 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,320 and scattered limbs, he found nothing. 562 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,120 When he shared his story with one of the loggers, the man 563 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,520 didn't seem surprised. In fact, he pointed out 255 564 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,640 gallon barrels that had been moved, lifted up and thrown over 565 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,400 a log pile. Each barrel weighed over £400. 566 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,200 No human could have done that. Though terrified by the 567 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,560 experience, the young worker never encountered anything like 568 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,760 it again during his time installing radio systems at 569 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,320 other logging sites, even when he worked late into the night. 570 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,960 But the memory of those glowing eyes and the and the 571 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,120 overwhelming presence of that large, silent creature stayed 572 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,200 with him, haunting his thoughts whenever he ventured back into 573 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,600 the wilderness. It was only years later, with 574 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,760 the advent of the Internet, that he found a community of people 575 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,880 who had experienced similar encounters, offering a strange 576 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,000 sort of comfort and knowing he wasn't alone. 577 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:59,280 The decades had passed, the experience had never faded, and 578 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,040 he hoped that by sharing his story, others might come forward 579 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,840 with their own, helping to unravel the mystery of what 580 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,520 lurks in the remote forest of Oregon. 581 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,560 Yeah, that is wild. You know, The funny thing about 582 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,880 this is he talks about sleeping in his car down the road and 583 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,360 feeling like he was in safety. It reminds me of my camping trip 584 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,160 up in Alaska, up with my friend and we were chatting with the 585 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,880 game warden about how safe it was to sleep in your car to 586 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,080 avoid to avoid the bears. And we learned that if a bear 587 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,600 really wants to get whatever is in your car, he could just come 588 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,840 over and smash that roof down like some kind of a giant WWF 589 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,960 wrestler. Break the glasses out and out 590 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,640 the windows, you know, break out, break out the glass windows 591 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,600 of your car and take you or whatever else he wants out of 592 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,040 the car. So there really was no safety in 593 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,120 that car other than making sure you didn't have any of the fish 594 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,080 that you caught stored where you're sleeping at. 595 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,040 And I kind of wonder about this Bigfoot. 596 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,360 I mean, if you really wanted to get you inside of a car, I mean, 597 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:05,200 a creature that's 8-9 foot tall, weighs 4 or 500 pounds, 600 lbs 598 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,320 maybe, and has superhuman strength. 599 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,080 I don't think it's that big of a deal for him to do a fist pound 600 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,600 on that car hood, break out those car windows and do 601 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,800 whatever he wants to do. Really crazy stories here but 602 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,480 man they're awesome. Appreciate that people sending 603 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,120 them in. Until next time. 604 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,480 This is UFO warning over now.