Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
This episode we're talking about Bigfoot sightings in West
Virginia. That's correct, Bigfoot in West
Virginia. Found these over at bfro.net.
So many cool sightings over there.
This first one happened July 29th, 2017, Randolph County,
West Virginia. It says it is a road off
Harpertown Rd. from Elkins, WV. I'm not sure of the cut off
roads name but the area of the sighting is referred to as lower
cheat by locals. I have a screenshot from Google
Earth that I can provide upon request and then it gives a
coordinates. This looks like it's up kind of
in the North Central part of the state.
Very cool area. Nearest town Fairview, nearest
Rd. name unknown. Rural Rd.
Observed last summer, either at the end of June or early July, I
was trout fishing and Shaver's Fork of the Cheap River in
Randolph County, West Virginia. I was waiting on one side of a
fork in the river with an island like feature in the middle when
I heard the snap of twigs. I looked toward the island and
briefly saw a figure roughly 60 yards away.
It was very tall and dark brown or black in color.
At first I thought it was a person, but it couldn't make out
any facial features at that distance.
It appeared to be completely covered in dark hair.
My next thought was that it might be a bear, but I walked
away on 2 feet moments after I saw it carrying a staff.
The staff was large, probably at least 5 to 6 inches in diameter,
larger than I believe a human could or would want to use as a
walking stick. The figure moved to my right
downstream and quickly went out of view.
I was frozen with fear and unarmed at the time, so I had no
intention of pursuing it. I've only told a handful of
people about this and most don't believe me, except my wife, who
knows when I'm being serious. Earlier this month I visited my
father, who I now know is a Bigfoot enthusiast, and told him
about the sighting. He urged me to report to the
website. So I'm finally getting around to
doing it. Wow.
Carrying a a staff. He calls it a stick.
Sometimes we know we hear about these Bigfoot grabbing these big
long sticks, almost long sized things and just maybe pounding
trees with them or throwing them or walking with them.
Yeah, it's strange how that works.
Now. It says that the time and
conditions midday with very sunny partial clouds,
environment. There's a bridge upstream about
an eighth of a mile. The island where the sudden
occurred is densely wooded. Follow up investigation by
investigator Greg Lambert says. I spoke with the witness by
phone about his report. The area he was fishing is
stocked with trout and usually has several people fishing there
on any given day. Most people fish there in the
spring and fall, so being summer, he was alone on the
river that day. He stated this encounter was the
furthest thing from his mind. He was first alerted to his
presence by the crackling sound of a large branch.
I asked him if he thought this was the same branch he saw it
carrying as a walking stick when it crossed the river, but he
wasn't sure. He said it was possible.
There are no hiking trails close to the location that he is aware
of, so he didn't think it was a hiker.
It stood facing him, then turned quickly upon being spotted and
moved into the trees. It had very broad shoulders, was
one solid dark dark collar brown or black, and he was very
impressed by its height. He said that he became
frightened and left the area immediately as he was unarmed at
the time. After talking with the witness
and ruling out possibilities such as a bear or hiker, it's my
opinion that he did indeed see a Bigfoot that day.
Yeah, that's a strange one. Just imagine not the kind of a
fairly remote stream. It sounds like looking up and
seeing this thing walking across this island.
This next sighting is dated September 11th, 2016, Randolph
County, West Virginia. This has got some really cool
pictures. Got some pictures of these
Bigfoot footprints they're taking it looks like and also
this really decent sized young trees being snapped over.
So definitely something going on there.
It says location details. Go east on Route 33 from Elkins
to Alpena, then turn right on Gladdy Fork Rd.
Go 7 miles. You are now 2 miles from Gladdy.
The old farm is on the right, a large farm with a farmhouse and
apple orchard surrounding it. Nearest town Gladdy Nearest Rd.
Gladdy Fork Rd. Observed on July 21st of this
year, I was cutting grass at my nephew's place on the Gladdy Rd.
around 8:30 PMI heard a Bigfoot start yelling from the nearby
Ridge. I know what they sound like
because I saw one when I was around 12 years old and I've
seen three in the past few years.
They call me Daniel Boone because I spend a lot of time in
the woods and I've heard them many times.
On September 11th, 2016, I was at the old farm that once
belonged to our grandfather. My nephew owns it now.
I keep a few trout in an old spring barrel at the edge of the
springs. When I went to feed the trout
that evening, the cows were already there drinking.
I looked down and saw two fresh tracks in the soft mud.
I ran the cows away, grabbed my plaster of Paris from the car
and made a cast of the right print.
The left print was at an angle so the plaster could have run
out. I got this right one and it
turned out well. We're talking about being
prepared. Also notice people in the area
have heard strange sounds before.
I was told the mountain has rock outcroppings around the edges.
Last year a brown Mountain Lion cross the road just past his
property. Definitely enough food there
then for large predators. No other witnesses.
Other stories. Yes there have been other
sightings. 1 farmer once said that he and his wife, both now
deceased, were almost home when they saw a big black hairy man
like creature sitting in their driveway watching the sheep in
the field. It jumped up, ran up the hill
and disappeared into the woods. This happened near Gladdy.
I once walked between a female with two young ones and her
alpha male on Bickle Knob near my hometown of Elkins, WV.
That would be kind of scary. Time and conditions are around
6:30 PM. Overcast but still light outside
environment. Steep Spring Creek on the left
side of the fields with the mountain Ridge above the field.
And this is follow up investigation by Greg Lambert.
I met with the witness and we spoke at length about Bigfoot.
He is an avid outdoorsman who loves to fish and his and in his
younger years, haunted deer and Doug Ginseng.
We went to the location where he found the track to check it out.
This was a very dry year in West Virginia and the stream near the
spring had basically dried up. But this spring never slows
down, even in the driest years. He had placed small branches and
woven sticks into a makeshift fence around the spring to keep
the cattle away from the head spring.
Upon arriving he had to chase the cattle away.
He then discovered the tracks. The cattle had already destroyed
some and he nearly stepped on the remaining ones himself.
Being an amateur Bigfoot researcher, he went to his car
to get casting material returned and cast one track.
He also found an unusual 4 towed track but didn't have enough
casting material. Knowing the cattle would destroy
it, he pushed sticks into the ground around it and covered it.
Returning the next day, and it says here's a photo of him with
his first cast. Yeah, it's got a great picture
here. In addition to the footprints,
he has heard whoops, howls, whistles and wood knocks at this
location. He and I theorized that the
creatures searching for water may have been curious about the
fence he built. Well, he also said that he had
trout in that barrel, so maybe they were looking for something
to eat. The property is fenced and has a
locked gate so access is limited.
It also has approximately 70 old apple trees that still bear
fruit. Now we've heard many, many times
that these things love to eat apples, so I'm wondering about
that. This, along with the water
source, abundant gain, and other reports from the area make this
sighting compelling. I plan to revisit location to
look around more and take additional photos.
I will update this report accordingly.
And then it says update. On August 13, I went with Daniel
to locate his last track line. He also sent me a photo of a
Sasquatch walking away from near his near the same location.
He did not follow it. Estimated height was at least 8
feet. He said the encounter shook him
up a little bit. Man, that's pretty wild growing
up in and this is about BFO investigator Craig Lambert.
Growing up in Pendleton County Bush, Virginia, Craig was
fascinated with the big phenomena ever since an incident
while hunting in the early 1970s.
Though he no longer hunts, he and his wife enjoy wildlife,
watching bird hiking, camping, kayaking, and all things wild in
the wonderful West Virginia. Greg is a mechanic by trade at
the largest, Turkiest processing plant in the US.
He has attended BFRO expeditions in West Virginia in 2012 and
2013, Kentucky 2013 and 2014, and North Carolina 2014.
That's pretty neat. Pretty neat story there.
This sighting here says it happened on September 6th, 2016.
Pocahontas County, West Virginia nearest town.
Marlinton, West Virginia nearest Rd.
Highland Scenic Highway 150 observed.
My wife and I were taking an evening drive on Highland Scenic
Highway 150 from US 219 near Slady Fork, West Virginia to
Cranberry Glades area on Tuesday evening, September 6th, 2016.
We had been stopping at the scenic overlooks to take
pictures and I just left the Williams River Overlook leading
S on 150. There was a structural Hwy. that
was very straight with a down slope of about four to 6%
located roughly one to two miles South of Williams River
Overlook. As we were driving down we both
noticed something in the weeds between the road edge and the
bank leading up to the woods on the West side.
At first I thought it was a deer with its head and neck stretched
above the weeds. It was about 300 to 400 feet
ahead of us. As we drove closer it suddenly
spun around somewhere to and about face but with its head
dropping and a semi Crouch as it turned.
It then jumped onto the bank reaching for a bunch to help
pull itself up. By the time it jumped we were
within 80 to 100 feet of it. When we reached the spot where
it had been standing it was gone.
We heard no sound of running or branches breaking and the pine
woods along the road. We both noticed that the woods
at that point and along the entire area were even with the
hood of the three quarter ton should be picked up.
We were driving. Based on that we estimated the
creatures height at about 7 to 7 1/2 feet tall.
The creature had a mix of brown and golden brown fur along with
longer than deer hair, but not as long as collie fur.
I've never ruled out the possibility that Sasquatch could
be real, but this first hand experience removed any remaining
doubt. As we left the area, my arms and
neck were covered in goosebumps and we were both speechless for
about 10 minutes. I guess Other witnesses, myself
and my wife. We were driving scenic highway
taking pictures of the long range views and the sunset.
I've heard other stories all over the state, but until now
none other than cramp in the cranberry area.
Time and conditions 7:30 PM. Scattered cumulus clouds at
approximately 6 to 10,000 feet. Visibility on the Ridge was
about 20 miles. The sun had just dropped behind
a cloud at the horizon so dusk was coming quickly.
Environment Pine woods mixed with hardwoods.
Mountain Ridge, Highland City scenic Highway 150 between
Waynes River and Cranberry glades.
That's pretty neat and I just driving along seeing this thing
sounds like a very scenic, somewhat remote area.
This sightings dated March 18th, 2006 Barber County, West
Virginia Location details Near Burlington, Driving toward
Philippi on US Hwy. 250 about a mile South of the intersection
of Route 92 and US 250. The Taggart Valley River is on
the left. This is near where the river
swerves away from the highway and begins to descend into a
long Canyon between Billington and Phillipi.
The train is extremely steep with many waterfalls.
It's very hard to access. Nearest town Billington, West
Virginia. Nearest road US250 observed.
I was alone, driving after dark from Billington, West Virginia,
on US 250 N A2 lane highway toward Phillipi, about a mile
out of town. I had just passed a small group
of houses on the right. The highway curves to the right
with a long guardrail on that side.
As I came around the curve, my headlights caught something up
ahead, standing on the white line on the right side of the
road. At first I thought it was a very
tall lanky human, at least 6 foot 4 inches with long reddish
hair and a long beard. But as I got closer I realized
it wasn't wearing clothes, instead it had reddish brown
hair covering its entire body. The hair length and texture
reminded me of a horses groomed mane, smooth and not matted.
My impression was that it was a very tall monkey like animal.
I did not see his eyes, it seemed to close them and
startled by my headlights, it stood frozen, very stiff with
extra long arms down by his sides.
As my car passed, it didn't move.
It was so close that I thought my right side mirror might hit
it, but it didn't. The entire incident lasted only
about 10 seconds. My first thought was that it was
a skinny Bigfoot, but then I thought, those things don't
exist, and then if they do, they're in the Pacific
Northwest, not in West Virginia. I kept driving because I was too
scared to stop or go back. I shook the whole way home,
partly because it resembled a human and partly because it was
unlike anything I'd ever seen except in a zoo.
When I got home, my daughter and her husband were visiting along
with family from Pennsylvania. I told them privately.
They were sceptical and laughed about it.
My husband believes I saw something but has no idea what
it could have been. Later I looked online and saw
there were incident reports and even expeditions in West
Virginia, and one was in Barber County.
I nearly had a heart attack when I realized that it was the same
area where I had had my encounter.
I thought about reporting at them, but my family discouraged
me. I believe what I saw was some
sort of animal that wasn't hurting anyone, so I didn't want
it haunted. I told no one else for months
and tried to forget about it. Wow.
Other witnesses. I was alone, returning from
Burlington. Other stories After visiting
your website, I worked up the courage to talk to my uncle who
lives near the Canyon. He has seen bear, mountain
lions, Bobcats and coyotes out there.
I asked if he'd ever heard or seen anything.
He couldn't explain. He said he had heard strange
howling sounds many times, Not about not a bobcat, possibly a
coyote. But he wasn't convinced.
He didn't make fun of me and was very serious when I told him
what I saw. He thinks something could live
in that Canyon because there are abandoned coal mines for
shelter. He also knows a man who lives
over the hill from my siding location who plants a field of
corn and leaves for the deer and other animals.
My uncle speculated that the creature had found a food source
and risk crossing the highway for it.
Approximate time 9:00 to 10:00 PM after dark.
Cold and clear environment. Hilly filled with several stands
of trees on both sides of the road.
Just passed a small group of houses on the right, deep
gullies and small creeks on the right.
On the left, hilly cow pastures with river and railroad tracks
across a large field. And then we have a follow up
investigation by Stephen Willis. The incident was significant for
the witness. They say 8 months later, stress
in her voice was still easy to detect.
The details of the evening remain vivid in her description.
The witness is now fearful of being outside alone in the dark,
which was not typical for her before this event.
She previously felt comfortable outside at night on foot.
She saw the creature while driving westbound at 50 to 55
mile per hour when she was about six to seven curlings away.
She noted that it had human like facial features, but the mouth
and chin resembled A chimpanzee or ape more than a human.
Its eyes were closed against her headlights and it stood rock
steady as she approached. The creature was broad
shouldered, tall and lanky. Its hair was well groomed, not
matted, and it had a beard surrounding his face.
That's pretty, pretty wild. And this is about Stephen
Willis, investigator. He grew up in West Central West
Virginia, retired from the US Army in 2003, lived for almost 7
years in Germany and 1 1/2 years in the Middle East, has visited
Alaska and traveled extensively through the lower 48 states,
resides in Arizona during the winter months and travels
throughout the Southwest as the mood strikes.
Yeah, I just love these investigations they do.
They really take the time to go meet these people, find out what
they saw. Really cool stuff.
We'll do three more here and wrap this up.
The sighting is dated to March 30th.
It says year 1970s. Submitted by witness on February
26th, 2006. Late Night Rd.
Crossing sighting by firefighter near the Potomac River.
Berkeley County, West Virginia. Location Details Night Town Rd.
about 7 miles downright 11 N approximately 7 miles north of
Martinsburg, WV and West outright 11 nearest town Night
Town nearest Rd. Night Town Rd.
Observed it was probably in the early 1970s during springtime
late at night around midnight. I was driving down a road with a
farm on one side and an apple orchard on the other.
As I was driving, I saw movement about 200 yards ahead crossing
the road from the farm toward the orchard.
When the figure reached the middle of the road, it turned
its head and looked in my direction.
At that moment I got a very good look at it.
About 8 to 9 feet tall, heavily built with long lanky arms, long
dark red hair and a very long stride.
It crossed the road in about 2 1/2 steps.
If I had to guess I would say it weighed around 4:00 to £500.
There was very little traffic on the on that road.
In fact I was the only vehicle there at the time.
I have to admit I wasn't a Bigfoot believer until that
night. I didn't tell anyone because I
knew they wouldn't believe me. I was one of the chief officers
in our local fire department and didn't want people to think I
was crazy. For the record, I got close
enough to be sure of what I saw. The experience shook shook me up
and I avoided that road for a long time afterward.
Wow. Also notice I just stuck around
too. Shaken up by what I've just
seen. The witnesses.
I was alone. Are the stories not in this
area? Time and conditions?
Night time very dark environment.
A large farm on the South side of the road and a large apple
works on the north side of the road.
Well, here we go. Apples again.
Fill up investigation report says.
I spoke with the witness over the phone on 5/16/2006.
The witness of former chief officer in his local party
department was very adamant about what he saw.
The sighting took place at approximately 2:00 AM.
It says the animal's hair was somewhat uniform, length about 6
inches long with a reddish brown collar.
When it looked toward the witness, his eyes reflected the
headlights from his vehicle. The witness believed it was
male. He kept driving, surprised at
what he had seen. This was his only encounter.
Man, I guess it would be surprising, wouldn't it?
The sighting since it happened in the summer of 1980 Cabell
county, West Virginia location details Huntington Spring Valley
area Cabell county, West Virginia observed Hello my name
is Dwayne I'm 31, married, a father of two, and probably the
most skeptical person around. I can usually find a reasonable
explanation for ghosts, UFOs, etcetera, but I heard something
when I was 13 that scared me more than anything before since
I am an avid hunter and growing up in rural West Virginia.
I have spent most of my time in and around the woods.
Basically, I am no stranger to animal sounds.
One night my friend and I went to the lake to fish.
We did this quite often in the summertime.
We had been there for about 30 minutes, went up behind us in
the woods about 40 yards away. We started hearing what sound
like voices. My first thought was there are
some guys in the woods talking loudly and carrying on, which
would have been unusual in the 1st place.
I kept trying to make out what they were saying but couldn't.
I could never explain this to anyone until I read a story
online or someone described hearing what sounded like people
talking backwards. That hit me.
This is exactly what it sounded like.
As I listened, I assumed it must be people in the woods, but they
had to be farther away than I thought since I couldn't make
out any words. Suddenly there was a hair
raising, blood curdling scream from just up the hill behind us.
I can't describe how terrifying that sound was except to say my
whole body went limp with fear. It felt like my legs were Jelly.
I looked up at my buddy who looked as scared as I felt and
asked what the heck was that. He said I don't know, let's go.
We left in a big hurry to say the least.
I have told this story to many people over the years and always
said it must have been a screech hour a Panther, although I never
believed it. I never considered the
possibility of Bigfoot until I read other people's stories
about hearing the scream and how terrified they were.
That's when I thought that could have been it.
For years I thought my story wasn't that exciting, but after
reading about others you heard similar screams without ever
seeing anything. I realized I wasn't crazy.
I have listened to some recordings people have made and
believe the scream I heard was something like those.
It was intense. Even reading these stories 18
years later still gives me chills.
That's really something. It says other stories.
My my mother's family had an encounter years earlier with
something that came around their house grunting and screaming.
They've always called it the red eyed monster.
I used to think it was just some kind of animal until my
encounter. Now I have a different
perspective. Yeah, I guess you would.
When you have your own encounter like that, I suppose I just kind
of changes your perspective on everything.
We'll do one last one here. The sighting reported to have
happened on October of 2011, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Location details Location details I 64 to exit 261 down
Route 12 through Alderson, nearest town.
Alderson observed. My husband has seen this
unidentified creature for the last two years.
It was tall between 6:00 and 7:00 feet Harry and stood
upright like a man. And then it goes on and says
environment, woods, hay fields, ponds, streams and caves.
Time and condition is a desk, clear weather.
Follow up investigation by BFO investigator Russ Jones.
This report was originally filed by the witness's wife.
After speaking with her, I contacted the witness directly
and we spoke for about an hour. The witness is a well spoken
timber man, as were his father and grandfather before him.
In October 2009, he was cutting a Cherry Tree on an out of state
neighbor's 1000 acre farm. When he finished, he looked
toward a Cedar Grove about 200 yards away and noticed something
black standing near the tree. At first he thought it was a
black bear with his left paw on the tree.
As he watched, the creature used his left hand to steady itself
as it stepped down into a ditch. It took a few steps before
disappearing from sight. The witness observed it for
about 3 minutes, then drove his log skater to the area and found
the property full of caves and thickets.
The witness, who was 6 foot 1 and 250 lbs, estimated the
creature was at least one foot wider than himself and stood
between 6:00 and 7:00 feet tall. In the past he has also heard
wood knocks and strange yells. 2 neighbors reported Bigfoot
sightings on adjoining properties.
The 1000 acre property where his sighting occurred is unoccupied,
posted, gated and very private. The second sighting took place
in the late winter of 2010. It was witnessed by the
timberman and a retired gentleman who had worked as both
a sheriff and for NASA. While driving a logging truck in
the blue sulfur area near dusk, they observed what looked like a
human ape figure squatting near water, drinking with his hands
about 100 yards away. The passenger looked at the
driver and asked, Did you just see what I saw?
The driver responded. What did you see?
The passenger replied. An ape drinking water with his
hands, The driver said. That's what I saw, too.
A witness, a lifelong hunter who has lived and worked in the
mountains his entire life, told me.
I can tell you that what I saw was not a human and not a bear.
Beyond that, I can't say. Greenbrier County is a mix of
rolling farmland and steep, rugged mountains.
The area has numerous caves and a sparse population.
To date, Greenbrier County has had more big folk sightings than
any other county in West Virginia.
Isn't that cool? And that's his BFR investigator,
Russ Jones. Doctor Jones combines extensive
hunting, trapping, and outdoor experience with undergraduate
and graduate education. He is a Master of Naturalist and
has participated in numerous public and private expeditions,
including several of the BFRO in Ohio and West Virginia.
Yeah, man, these guys really take this stuff serious.
I just love this bfro.net. What a cool site.
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