Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode we're talking about Bigfoot reports out of
North Dakota. That's correct, Bigfoot reports
out of North Dakota. I found these over at bfro.net.
Surprised a little bit that they didn't have more reports over
there, but the ones they do have do seem pretty interesting.
This first one goes back to September 12th, 2005, says
Multiple witness sighting near White Shield.
The date of this is August 27th of 2005.
McLean County North Dakota Location details From Garrison
take Hwy. 37 W continue W when you reach highway eighteen O 4
toward White Shield then turn N on BIA Road 1 which runs through
White Shield. About 1/2 mile north of White
Shield you will reach County Road 6.
This is where Bigfoot was seen crossing the road nearest town.
White Shield nearest Rd. County Road 7 Highway 37
observed on August 26th around 2:20 or 2:30 AM.
My 2 cousins were driving back from Manat.
They took the back roads to get home faster.
They were about two to three miles home on County Road when
they said they were talking and noticed on the left side of the
northbound lane a large brown hairy figure standing there.
They estimated it was about 7 to 8 feet tall.
They said they were driving about 50 to 55 mile per hour and
slowed down slightly as they passed it.
They tapped the brakes and in the and in the brake lights they
saw it clearly. They then speed off toward home.
They said they were so scared that they were going at least 90
mile per hour to get back. When they arrived at one of my
cousin's houses, they woke my uncle and told him they had seen
Bigfoot. Then they drove to my house and
woke me up. I told them yeah right, like you
saw Bigfoot around here. However, they were both scared
and shaking and that is when I knew they had seen something.
I grabbed 2 spotlights, a 5 million count, a 5 million
candle power and a three and a half million candle power light.
My uncle also had a million candle power light.
We asked them to show us the location and after they calmed
down a bit, they agreed. We left our car behind and took
my aunt's fan heading north. They showed us a spot which I
marked by throwing out a full water bottle.
I asked which direction they thought it was going and if they
had seen anything else. One of them said it might have
been moving West. We headed to westbound on County
Road 6 just north of White Shield.
After traveling about 1 to 2 miles West from County Road 7,
we turned N on County Road 5 and began spotlighting the cut wheat
fields. I was in the passenger seat and
my uncle was driving. We were both scanning the fields
with the lights when I picked up a bright red eye reflection.
I told my uncle to stop. I noticed a creature was on all
fours moving toward us. Then it stopped and appeared to
sit down. It looked like a gorilla from
the movies. We stopped and watched it for
about 3 to 5 minutes. It seemed unreal to me, but as I
realized what was happening and knowing there are no guerrillas
in North Dakota, my uncle noticed two more sets of eyes
behind the one we were watching. My cousin started screaming and
yelling at us to leave and to get the police and Game and
Fish. As we turned around to head back
I noticed the creature stood up. That is when I said hurry up
let's get Game and Fish out here.
When I arrived home, my cousin called the BIA police, I think
that's Bureau of Indian Affairs, who said they would contact the
game warden. My uncle and I told my cousin to
inform them that we were going back out to wait for the game
warden. My cousin stayed behind.
My cousin's husband decided to come with us.
As we turned back on to County Road 5, we noticed a strong
smell of urine mixed with a sweet swampy odor.
It was not us. I checked the inside of the van
and it smelled better inside than outside.
We stopped, got out and listened.
That is when we noticed truck lights on County Road 6.
It was a game warden. We flagged him down and gave him
all the information. He said he would check the field
and left heading east with all his spotlights on.
While we were talking my uncle said try to call it.
My cousin's husband made a howling sound and sure enough a
faint bellow came back from the southwest about 1/2 to one mile
away. There are no cattle in that
area. We headed in that direction and
stopped where we thought the sound originated with the
windows down. We listened, but there were no
sounds. No crickets, birds or
grasshoppers. We turned around and left.
We stopped the game warden again and continued searching until
7:00 AM. We noticed my we noticed many
slaws in deep woods. Good hiding spots.
The next day we searched for Prince and found impressions in
the cut wheat field and the ditch.
The prints measured close to 15 1/2 inches long and 5 1/2 inches
wide was some big footprints. We stopped at BIA Officer and
told him about the impressions. He came out and took
photographs. The footprints pointed E as we
tracked them. We found three other sets that
appeared to be zigzagging. After about 30 minutes, we
tracked them to a tree row where there were piles of cut hay and
snapped pine branches about two inches thick with SAP still
oozing from the brakes. There were also sunflower and
tall weed stems in that spot even though no tall weeds grew
there. We later found a Slough in the
end of the tree row about 200 years yards away that contain
the same weed stems. On August 31st, my uncle and I
my uncle and I mapped a possible travel path.
It appeared the creatures followed the sloes and small
ponds, possibly for drinking water.
The direction LED toward Lake Sacawea.
When we tested this theory West of White Shield, we heard a low
scream and a dog at a nearby farmhouse began barking.
Based on where we had seen the creature and where we had heard
the sound, our theories seem correct.
On September 4th, after leaving the area undisturbed for a few
days, we returned to the location where we thought they
would be. We found nothing and that ended
the search for the time being. On September 9th, 6 kids
reported seeing a tall black figure running on 2 legs heading
West on BIA Road 1, about 1/2 mile north of White Shield.
I spoke with the kids and they said that while it was running
in the field, it was black and bipedal.
As it crossed the road, it took three steps and was already on
the other side. This occurred around 9:00 PM at
sunset. By the time the kids told us it
was dark. My uncle and I drove back there
and found nothing. The next day September 10th, we
tried to find where the creature crossed and we are still looking
for signs or better yet prints. That is That is it for now.
I will update later and then it has under.
Also noticed strong smell of urine and and Slough, grunting
noises, fainting, screams. I did not mention this earlier,
but that same night my kids, my neighbor's kids, reported
hearing knocking sounds coming from the trees north of White
Shield. Other witnesses, my uncle and I,
my cousins, the main witness, six kids who may have seen
Bigfoot running across the road. Other stories.
I believe it was last year or possibly two years ago that
Bigfoot was reportedly seen in the Newtown area.
I've also heard stories about Bigfoot near the lake which is
why I was shocked that it was so close to town.
Time and conditions. It was night around 2:00 AM with
with no moon and clear skies. When the kids saw it, it was
nearly dark. Environment.
Wheat fields on both sides of the road.
Trees are approximately 150 to 250 yards from the pavement and
slows up fill up, investigation says by BF investigator Gary
Christensen. Editors note that BFRO has
received several reports describing this particular
incident. I spoke with the reporting
witness for over an hour at his home in White Shield, ND.
In addition to his submitted report, he shared the following
details. The creature was approximately
100 yards from the witness when illuminated by their spotlight.
No facial features were observed, but the torso and legs
were described as long and thick.
The animal was first seen on all fours, then set down when
illuminated. After three to 5 minutes, he
stood up on 2 legs, and additional eyeshine was observed
further out in the field. At that point, the creature
advanced toward the spotlight, causing panic among some of the
witnesses, who then left to contact authorities.
The next day, several sets of tracks were found in multiple
locations. Sizes range from 4 to 15 inches
long and two to seven inches wide.
The stride measured up to five feet.
Most tracks were aligned, some weren't zigzagged.
Well, it almost sounds like maybe there were two of them.
They said, you know, they were, they saw two sets of eyes
before. Maybe this is like an adult and
a child Bigfoot. Just wondering.
Over the next five months, additional activity occurred,
including sightings, vocalizations, tree knocking and
footprints. The witnesses maintain maintains
a computer database of Bigfoot related activity dating back to
1998, as well as a color-coded map documenting sightings,
tracks and sounds reported by himself and others in the
community. The witness and I exchanged
contact information and agreed to stay in touch if additional
activity occurs. And this is about BFO
Investigator Gary Christensen. Gary is a retired US Air Force
pilot, a Vietnam veteran with 312 combat missions in the B52.
He also retired from American Airlines in 2008 after 18 years
as a Flight Training Manager. A graduate of the US Air Force
Grounded and Sea Survival Schools, Gary is an avid bird
hunter and fisherman and has followed the Bigfoot phenomena
since the 1950s. That's pretty neat, isn't it?
Well very cool sighting there. I mean what a what an ordeal
seeing this thing out of this remote country.
Rd. in North Dakota. This next sighting's listed as
February 26th, 2004, Mackenzie County, North Dakota says tribal
government employee photographs, line of tracks and snow.
The location was approximately 10 to 15 miles South of Mandray,
North Dakota. The landscape consisted of
Badlands terrain with a steep clay hills along with some brush
and trees. Nearest town Mandray.
Nearest Rd. Hwy. 22.
Observed footprints were found in the Badlands of North Dakota
near Mandray. Also noticed tracks were also
found at a Buffalo ranch. An individual named Dennis Fox
Junior took photographs of the footprints in the snow left
after the creature crossed the road.
Game wardens and law enforcement officers were dispatched to
search for the creature, but the search produced no results.
However, both officers and game wardens reportedly cited
something or someone that was very tall and moving very fast.
Other witnesses reported hearing officers and game wardens
discussing the incident over their radio scanners.
That sounds pretty serious. Environment Steve Clay hills
with sagebrush and scattered trees.
And it's his follow up investigation report.
I interviewed this witness in person at his office in the
tribal headquarters of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in
Newtown, North Dakota. The witness stated he heard
about the sighting the day after it occurred.
The following day he visited the location of the siding on Hwy.
22 S of Mandri, North Dakota, and observed a line of large
footprints in the snow running parallel to the highway for
approximately 1/4 mile. The number of tracks in the line
with an estimated stride of five to six feet, a total over 200
prints. The witness took photographs of
the tracks and allowed me to view them.
Unfortunately, the photographs were taken two days after the
tracks were made. During that time, the weather
had warmed significantly, causing snowmelt that reduced
the clarity and detail of the impressions.
As a result, the photographs showed only large, rounded
impressions in the snow. While it was apparently it was
apparent that the images documented A continuous line of
tracks, the thawing conditions and the angle of the photographs
prevented any further conclusions.
The witness declined to release photographs for additional
analysis, believing there may be potential financial value.
Entertaining position of them. Oh boy.
It should be noted, however, that the line attracts
photographs along Hwy. 22 does corroborate the description of
events described in the North Dakota flap, which can be
reviewed in report number 8165. That's unfortunate when people
kind of get a little bit blinded by the money.
Very doubtful those photographs are actually worth anything but
other than the interests of people would have in seeing it.
But overall, yeah, pretty interesting report.
This sighting is dated February 22nd, 2004.
Mount Trail County, North Dakota, nearest town Newtown
nearest Rd. North Dakota Hwy. 22 it says.
Please see Minot Daily News March 3rd, 2004 for full story.
There was another sighting later that same day.
This I think is in regard to the one we just talked about.
There was another sighting later that same day farther S on of
Newtown on February 23rd. There was an additional
unconfirmed sighting near Manduri on February 24th to area
men reported spotting a Bigfoot like creature walking along Hwy.
22 SW of Manduri. Other witnesses, one adult and
more than one child. Environment Trailer Court near
Trees The report is unique in that it encompasses at least
four reported sightings within a three day period demonstrating a
possible S to southwest past path of travel covering
approximately 35 miles. What's a pretty good distance?
It also illustrates the observation potential of an
animal traveling such distance across open, lightly forested
terrain. As a preface, it could be noted
that I experienced significant difficulty locating and
contacting witnesses related to these events.
Although I was on location at the tribal headquarters and
traveled throughout the general area with the Public Relations
Director and a Minot Daily News reporter for an entire day,
witnesses were often unwilling to discuss the incident, did not
on telephones, could not be located, or had passed away
prior to my arrival. Some information was gathered by
tribal headquarters officials who or reporter Ellie Ogden who
obtained details directly from witnesses and later shared them
with me. And this is location at Fort
Berthold Reservation of the Mandan, Hidasta and Irakara
Nation. The tribal headquarters is
located on the outskirts of the Newtown, North Dakota of
Newtown, North Dakota, approximately 90 miles north of
Dickinson, ND. This is timeline of events.
Sunday, February 22nd of 2004, a sighting occurred near a trailer
park on the southwest edge of Newtown, North Dakota.
In mid afternoon, A small group of children reportedly saw a
large hairy animal standing on 2 legs.
Frightened, they began screaming and ran toward their trailer.
Hearing the commotion, a woman in the nearest trailer, the
mother of the two children, rushed outside and witnessed the
animal walking hurdly away. She stated.
I don't know how big it was, but it just pushed through those
trees like you're going through bushes and it was moving fast.
By the time I arrived in Newtown, the woman would no
longer speak to anyone about the incident.
She remained extremely upset and stated that her children were
afraid at night and would no longer go outside.
She wanted her children to forget the event and refused to
meet with me. Later that evening, a second
sighting was reported approximately 8 miles South of
Newtown, just West of Muskrat Lake.
No additional details were obtained.
This seems to be a common denominator among the Native
American people. They, they don't like to talk
about these things because I think they almost feel like if
they talk about them, they'll manifest them.
And, you know, remember, they're out here in the middle of
nowhere, out here in the High Plains W Midwest, West of United
States. I mean some pretty remote areas.
And second one it says Tuesday February 24th, 2004, a nighttime
sighting was reported by two women who claimed they saw a
hairy man, a man like animal, through the windows of their
home. The residence was located
adjacent to Hwy. 22 approximately 5 miles southwest
of Manda Ray. This location is roughly 17 1/2
miles southwest of the second sighting and 25 1/2 miles South
southwest of the initial trail Park sighting.
A particular interest is that to reach this location the animal
would have had to cross Lake Sakawea.
At that time the lake was covered with thick winter ice
and could be crossed on foot. Having visited the area, I can
attest that the lake is essentially river like and
approximately 1 mile across with mineral tree growth on or
shoreline cover. A large dark figure crossing the
ice would likely be visible, suggesting the crossing occurred
under the cover of darkness like.
Sacacawea is one of five major reservoirs created along the
Missouri River to prevent annual flooding.
It stretches nearly 150 miles from Garrison Dam near
Riverside, North Dakota to the Montana border, covering over
365,000 surface acres and more than 100 and and more than 1500
miles of shoreline. The lake ranges from 1 to 14
miles in width with the Van Hook arm being the whitest section.
The two women who reported the sighting did not have a
telephone and I was unable to speak with them directly.
I was also not permitted to visit their home to discuss the
incident and it says Wednesday, February 25th, 2004.
Late that evening two men were driving South from Mandery ON
Hwy. 22. The older man was 49 years old
and the younger was 22. Shortly after passing the
junction of BIA Road 14 and upon creating a cresting a rise in
the road, they saw a very large hair covered animal walking
upright down the center of the roadway.
The driver stopped abruptly, illuminated by the headlights.
The animal moved to the right and descended into the ditch
then continues S out of sight. Another vehicle traveling close
behind quickly maneuvered around them and speed away.
It was assumed that the occupants of that vehicle also
observed the creature. This information was provided
second hand by the nephew of the older witness.
It goes on down and says Thursday, February 26th, 2004.
The older witness invited his nephew and a friend to return to
the siding location to look for tracks.
The two younger men invited three additional friends to join
them. While searching the ditch near
the siding allocation, all six men discovered a long line of
footprints in the snow running parallel to the highway and a
southerly direction. In a later interview, that
Nephew estimated the track line extended nearly 300 yards.
The stride length was estimated at 4 to 5 feet, equating to
approximately 150 footprints. Witnesses reported that between
6 and 10 tracks displayed clear toe impressions.
Prints were estimated at 15 to 17 inches long and generally 4
to 5 inches wide, widening toward the toes.
Many tracks showed evidence of a mid terrestrial break, indicated
by compression and snow buildup at the middle of the print.
The group followed the tracks until they drifted back home
toward the pavement and ended, suggesting the animal return to
walking on the roadway. The group then drove one to two
miles further South searching for additional tracks, but found
none. While on site 2 acquaintances of
the nephews stopped to ask what was happening and also observed
the line of tracks. Friday, February 27th, 2004.
Dennis Fox Junior, director of the Independence Program, and
Paul Danks, administrator of the National Resources Department,
both with the Three Affiliated Tribes, visited the location to
photograph the tracks. Due to warming temperatures,
significant melting had occurred and the track details was
largely lost. Dennis Fox Junior photographed
the several deep operations and it says they followed the tracks
to where they returned to the payment and ended and then
searched further South for evidence of departure from the
road but found none. Tragically, later that same
morning, the older witness, aged 49, died from a brain aneurysm.
Isn't that bizarre? Many acquaintances reported that
he had been highly distressed following the sighting in the
days before his death due to the traditional Native American
beliefs. Several individuals associated
his death with the encounter, causing widespread concern among
tribal members. Yeah, I think this kind of goes
to the fact that a lot of these Native Americans, they look at
these things as being some kind of a spiritual, possibly human,
you know, spiritual animal hybrid, their own species of
humans or whatever. But I don't think that they kind
of see these things as crossing the line as far as the dimension
that we live in and this other dimension.
So, yeah, probably was pretty distressing for this guy.
Seems like maybe he was just so stressed out about it that he
just, he just had this aneurysm maybe.
I don't know. That's weird.
It says note on drain Western central North Dakota contains 2
primary terrain types. One consists of gently rolling
plains dominated by grain fields with minimal tree or brush
growth. Interspersed with this landscape
are numerous ravines, draws, and canyons that support dense
vegetation. The most prominent example of
this contrast is in the Badlands somewhere in concept to the
Grand Canyon. The Badlands feature deep rifts
carved by wind and water erosion, creating rounded
pinnacle geological formations. Between these formations lies
wooded drainage and ravines that could provide effective cover
and shelter for an animal such as that described by the
witness. And I do believe that BFRO kind
of goes toward the idea of these things are biological.
I don't think they really entertain the idea of these
things being a, you know, interdimensional or anything
like that. Final Notes I traveled to the
Fort Berthold Reservation nearly two weeks ago after the
sightings and spent most of the day interviewing numerous
individuals at tribal headquarters regarding big Fed
activity. The volume of accounts was
overwhelming, clearly indicating a long history of reported
activity on the reservation that warrants further study.
It should be noted that the permission from travel
headquarters is required before conducting any investigation or
travel on reservation lands. Yeah, that that's for sure.
I do. I am aware of that.
Wow, now that was quite a very detailed sighting.
This next sighting is dated April 1962, says submitted by
witness Dave Runkel on Tuesday February 18th, 1997.
Hundred describes being stocked near Minot.
This is Ward County, North Dakota Ward County, just outside
of the Minuteman trailer park near Minot, ND, nearest town
Minot observed. Although this incident occurred
many years ago, it may still be a value as I have never heard of
a similar sighting at North Dakota.
While returning home from a hunting trip outside Minot, ND,
around the third week of April 1962, a friend and I were
followed by a creature as we walked back toward the trailer
park where we lived. At the time, my father was
working for the Department of Air Force on missile site
installations. After walking some distance
across the Prairie, I had the distinct feeling that someone or
something was following us. Eventually, I became so
uncomfortable that I looked over my right shoulder and saw, at a
distance of about 50 yards, what I initially thought was a great
ape. I cannot adequately describe
what I felt at that moment. It fixed me with its eyes and
stood up on its hind legs when it realized it had been seen.
Since all I had was a single shot 22 rifle, firing at it was
out of the question, I got a very good look at the creature.
It had long black shiny hair with an oily appearance, and
rose from all fours on its hind legs.
I am certain it had been following us for some time.
It was very tall, with no hair on its face, above the nose or
on the palm of its hands. It had long arms and conveyed a
very malevolent expression. I cannot overemphasize this.
The creature began moving toward us.
I was with a partner and both of us ran as fast as we could.
We did not look back after that. Oh boy, that would be scary.
Wouldn't I turn on the Prairie and look up and see this thing?
I was accompanied by a hunting partner.
We were returning from a day long trip hunting rabbits in the
surrounding countryside. Time and conditions.
Bright sunlight at approximately 4:00 PM.
The area was outside the Minuteman Trailer Park near
Minot, ND. The drain included what are
locally called Cooley's Small valleys dipping into the Prairie
wilderness. The landscape consisted of wide
open areas interspaced with substantial depressions
containing foliage and underbrush.
That is something else. We'll do one last one here.
I found this last site that we're looking at over at
inform.com. It's inform.com.
It says the truth is out there. North Dakota man says he tracked
Bigfoot after reported sighting. Then this says Ellendale, ND.
The latest Bigfoot sighting is right here on the North Dakota
Prairie. Some Ellendale residents believe
Sasquatch took a walk through rural Dickey County this
Christmas. It's the kind of folklore you
see in grainy photos in here now.
This is written by Catherine Ross, dated January 11th, 2017.
A dateline. Ellendale, ND.
The latest Bigfoot sighting is right here on the North Dakota
Prairie. Some Ellendale residents believe
Sasquatch took a walk through rural Dickey County this
Christmas. It's the kind of folklore you
see in grainy photos in here in campfire stories.
But what about rural North Dakota?
It's a Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Jianopithecus, whatever you want
to call him, said Christopher Bauer, Ellendale, ND.
He's a real animal. He's here, and I want people to
know. Christopher Bauer is an
experienced trapper near Ellendale, but a Christmas Day
track was more extraordinary than the outdoorsman had ever
seen. I picked up the trail down that
way about 20 yards in, right in the open, and then crossed the
highway and made his way to the hills, I think, said Bauer.
Bauer started on the trail after a family friend spotted
something alarming through her kitchen window.
She described him as a huge, hairy, ugly monster, and I guess
that kind of describes it. If a Sasquatch is looking
through the window at you, that's how I describe him too,
said Bauer. That monster left miles of
tracks 18 by 8 inch footprints. Boy, that's something.
He has a four foot stride and when he hits, he makes a deep
impression. So it really wasn't hard to
track him. It really wasn't, said Bauer.
Christopher Bauer says he tracked hundreds of footprints
for more than 7 miles. That's when the Bigfoot tracks
disappeared into the hills. There are two places where he
kicked up the snow and reached down and picked up either a
mouse or a vole or something like that, said Bauer.
Bauer knows that many people won't believe what he found, but
he says the tracks are too perfect to be a hoax.
He hopes someone will get video evidence of the mysterious
creature, but he also hopes to find that proof without any harm
coming to Bigfoot. Well, I guess some pictures of
the tracks would have been helpful.
The truth is out there. It's there.
I know he is. I tracked him, said Bauer.
Bauer sent his photographs to a Bigfoot expert at the University
of Idaho. OK.
The professor says the prints look promising.
The Dickey County Sheriff says he's not investigating the
Sasquatch case and can't confirm whether the creature exists.
Man, it almost sounds like another one of these cases where
the eyewitness report you have evidence for these photographs
and then it just kind of drops into a black hole or something.
That's weird. At 7 miles.
That seems like an awful long ways for somebody to do a prank.
Bigfoot track impression. Wouldn't think that would be the
case anyway. That's really wild.
Well, lots of cool sightings there in North Dakota.
Not as many as I thought, but the ones that we do know about
are really detailed and very informative.
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