1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,800 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,840 In this episode, we're talking about missing people in the 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,560 Alaska Triangle. That's correct, missing people 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,560 in the Alaska Triangle. Now, there are a lot of missing 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,160 people in Alaska. I can tell you when I was there 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,520 over 30 years ago, there was signs out. 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,760 I was surprised at how many people were unaccounted for, had 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,640 gone missing. One of the locals up there told 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,160 me that a big problem is the way the land is there with the 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,360 permafrost in that there's all kinds of places where you might 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,920 have quagmire or I guess what you'd even call quicksand. 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,160 It's a very kind of loose earth. If you get off the track, he 13 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:41,040 said, you can end up in one of these places. 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,760 Before you know it, you're buried in this stuff and that's 15 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,760 the end of you. And he informed me that when 16 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,920 people go missing, they might look hard for a couple days, 17 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,200 maybe a week or so. And after that, they're just 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,450 kind of forgotten about. And that does seem to be the 19 00:00:54,450 --> 00:00:56,730 truth because there are an awful lot of people missing there. 20 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:59,090 And people are also wondering if it's more than just the 21 00:00:59,090 --> 00:01:03,250 landscape or, you know, people falling off a cliffs or in 22 00:01:03,250 --> 00:01:05,410 ravines or, you know, having accidents. 23 00:01:05,410 --> 00:01:07,970 If there's not something more to it than that because of all the 24 00:01:07,970 --> 00:01:10,970 UFO sightings and the Bigfoot sightings and some of the other 25 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:12,850 paranormal stuff that happens up there. 26 00:01:13,290 --> 00:01:15,810 And this triangle, of course, runs from Anchorage corrupted 27 00:01:15,810 --> 00:01:20,450 Barrow and then makes a on the bottom and over to Juneau. 28 00:01:20,450 --> 00:01:23,600 So you kind of have this long slender triangle shape and 29 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,880 there's an awful lot of stuff going on in there as far as 30 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,080 missing people and UFO reports and all that kind of stuff. 31 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,800 Now I want to get into a little bit with this first article here 32 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,640 from dailymail dot Co dot UK. 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Now this article says Mystery of 44 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,440 Alaska Triangle where 20,000 people have vanished. 45 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,520 UF O's appear and Sasquatch's have their run of the land and 46 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,960 it says the area between Juneau, Anchorage and Barrow has a 47 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,320 missing person rate twice the national average. 48 00:02:21,710 --> 00:02:24,510 Disappearances have been put down to Bigfoot aliens and 49 00:02:24,510 --> 00:02:26,470 electromagnetic activity among others. 50 00:02:26,870 --> 00:02:29,310 I'm surprised that it's not even higher than that to be honest 51 00:02:29,310 --> 00:02:31,070 with you. Now the article is written by 52 00:02:31,070 --> 00:02:33,110 Beth and Sexton for dailymail.com. 53 00:02:33,110 --> 00:02:37,990 It's dated September 25th, 2023. It says a sparsely populated 54 00:02:37,990 --> 00:02:42,150 area of Alaska, home to hundreds of UFO and Bigfoot style 55 00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:46,830 sightings, has also seen 20,000 people disappear since 1970. 56 00:02:47,430 --> 00:02:49,590 I mean, that's a pretty good sized town if you stop and think 57 00:02:49,590 --> 00:02:51,890 about it. While many have heard of the 58 00:02:51,890 --> 00:02:55,850 Bermuda Triangle, a patch of ocean in the Caribbean known for 59 00:02:55,850 --> 00:02:59,770 mysterious airplane and budding disasters, the socalled Alaskan 60 00:02:59,770 --> 00:03:03,650 Triangle has managed to slip largely under the public radar 61 00:03:03,970 --> 00:03:07,370 despite having a missing persons rate more than double the 62 00:03:07,370 --> 00:03:10,410 national average. Located between Juneau and 63 00:03:10,410 --> 00:03:14,010 Anchorage, the small town of Barrow, the area is reportedly 64 00:03:14,010 --> 00:03:18,310 hotbed a paranormal Activity Now barrel. 65 00:03:18,310 --> 00:03:21,550 If you look on the map, you'll find that that is way north and 66 00:03:21,550 --> 00:03:25,990 the very tip of Alaska. Up here along the Arctic Ocean 67 00:03:26,510 --> 00:03:30,030 and kind of in the same general facility vicinity is where that 68 00:03:30,030 --> 00:03:32,390 last UFO was shot down back in February. 69 00:03:32,510 --> 00:03:35,630 As I recall, it says explanations for the strange 70 00:03:35,630 --> 00:03:38,150 phenomena have ranged from everything from alien activity 71 00:03:38,150 --> 00:03:40,270 to powerful electromagnetic fields. 72 00:03:40,270 --> 00:03:44,270 In the area similar to those found in the Bermuda Triangle, 73 00:03:44,940 --> 00:03:48,380 local ledges referred to a Sasquatch creature terrorizing 74 00:03:48,380 --> 00:03:50,780 towns. This includes 1 settlement 75 00:03:50,780 --> 00:03:54,340 called Port Luck on the southern edge of the Kenai Peninsula, 76 00:03:54,780 --> 00:03:58,740 which was abandoned in the 1950s after villages were, quote, 77 00:03:58,740 --> 00:04:02,620 attacked and killed by an unknown creature they called the 78 00:04:02,620 --> 00:04:05,300 Nantanuck. In recent years, however, the 79 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:08,500 area has been the backdrop to thousands of unexplained 80 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:12,220 vanishings. Despite being just 1% inhabited, 81 00:04:12,650 --> 00:04:16,170 Alaska has far and away the most missing people compared to any 82 00:04:16,170 --> 00:04:20,769 other state, with an average of 42.16 per 100,000. 83 00:04:21,010 --> 00:04:23,090 According to the World Population Review. 84 00:04:23,810 --> 00:04:27,490 The next highest state for missing persons is Arizona with 85 00:04:27,490 --> 00:04:33,130 12.28, double the national average of 6 1/2 people per 86 00:04:33,170 --> 00:04:37,690 100,000. More recently, Shannon Oman, 43, 87 00:04:37,690 --> 00:04:40,850 disappeared while visiting a friend of Fairbanks on June 3rd, 88 00:04:40,850 --> 00:04:44,110 2019. Oman had made arrangements to 89 00:04:44,110 --> 00:04:47,310 get a ride home with a friend, but never materialized or 90 00:04:47,310 --> 00:04:50,350 returned home. She left without any belongings 91 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:52,670 or her dog, and her disappearance has perplexed 92 00:04:52,670 --> 00:04:56,190 authorities who searched for days using helicopters and K9 93 00:04:56,190 --> 00:04:58,670 units. Even experienced outdoorsmen are 94 00:04:58,670 --> 00:05:02,190 not safe. In 2011, mountain rescuer Gerald 95 00:05:02,190 --> 00:05:05,070 de Berry, 43, went out with a group in the White Mountains 96 00:05:05,070 --> 00:05:07,950 about 70 miles north of Fairbanks, to search for a 97 00:05:07,950 --> 00:05:11,150 missing woman, but never returned from the expedition. 98 00:05:11,820 --> 00:05:14,580 A year later, his ATV was discovered with the engine 99 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:17,180 switched off, but no sign of its owner. 100 00:05:19,180 --> 00:05:21,060 So you got this guy. He's out there and experienced 101 00:05:21,060 --> 00:05:23,260 outdoorsman. He's actually searching to try 102 00:05:23,260 --> 00:05:26,500 to find a lost person. It ends up disappearing himself. 103 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:29,940 And how strange? Field researcher Ken Gerhard 104 00:05:29,980 --> 00:05:33,440 told The History Channel that the triangle could be vile 105 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:38,240 Vortez a Lozen shaped area with increased electromagnetic force. 106 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,800 He said the theory is that these particular areas are 107 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,680 supercharged with Geo electromagnetic energy, and that 108 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,680 abundance of electromagnetic energy results in some strange 109 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,400 things. A new Discovery documentary has 110 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,680 interviewed people with some of the most compelling paranormal 111 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,680 experiences. They include Wes Smith, who saw 112 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,280 very strange triangular objects flying without emitting any 113 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:02,930 sound, he said. It's like everything you've ever 114 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:06,450 been taught has gone out the window because how is that 115 00:06:06,450 --> 00:06:09,450 possible? UFO expert Debbie Zieglemark 116 00:06:09,450 --> 00:06:13,010 told The Daily Star that Alaska's sparse population makes 117 00:06:13,010 --> 00:06:14,810 it attractive to extraterrestrials. 118 00:06:15,210 --> 00:06:17,690 They can pretty much go where they want, said Debbie, who is a 119 00:06:17,690 --> 00:06:19,490 Star team investigator from MUFON. 120 00:06:19,850 --> 00:06:23,010 That's the attraction of Alaska. Well, I can tell you there are 121 00:06:23,010 --> 00:06:26,890 just miles and miles and miles of uninhabited snow covered 122 00:06:26,890 --> 00:06:28,770 mountains when you're flying over that state. 123 00:06:29,170 --> 00:06:33,280 It's just it's just remarkable. Mufon believes that aliens could 124 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:36,360 be trying to spy on the military technology on display across the 125 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,080 Alaskan Triangle, and points to a rise in UFO sightings since 126 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,960 World War 2. That could just be because 127 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,280 there's more of us up there, too. 128 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:45,960 Maybe these things have been there all along. 129 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,160 One of the biggest disappearances was the loss of 130 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,360 44 military personnel boarded Douglas C, 54, Sky Master en 131 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,520 route from Alaska to Montana. Despite one of the biggest joint 132 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,720 search and rescue missions by Canadian and American 133 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,320 authorities, no trace has ever been found. 134 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,840 Meanwhile, cryptozoologist Cliff Barakman told the outlet that 135 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,320 anything of any size could be hiding in the Alaskan 136 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,760 wilderness. He said it was so much fantastic 137 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,400 habitat and so few people to compete with Sasquatch. 138 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,520 Basically have a run of Alaska. Well, he's got a point because 139 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,630 you have so much area up there where while the animals can 140 00:07:23,630 --> 00:07:25,390 inhabit it, the people just aren't around. 141 00:07:25,630 --> 00:07:27,390 Now I want to take a look at this next article and get in 142 00:07:27,390 --> 00:07:30,350 this a little bit more now. The article talked about a place 143 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:34,070 called Port Lock, Alaska, and I found this article on Alaska 144 00:07:34,070 --> 00:07:36,910 legends.org. It says true American ghost town 145 00:07:36,910 --> 00:07:40,310 frozen in time, mysterious disappearance of Port Lock, 146 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:43,710 Alaska. A haunting enigma nestled at the 147 00:07:43,710 --> 00:07:46,750 southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, the abandoned ghost 148 00:07:46,750 --> 00:07:50,460 town of Port Lock, also known as Port Chatham, carries a chilling 149 00:07:50,460 --> 00:07:53,740 history that continues to perplex and haunt those who dare 150 00:07:53,740 --> 00:07:55,900 to delve into its intimatic past. 151 00:07:56,540 --> 00:07:58,900 The once thriving community surrounded by breathtaking 152 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:02,540 landscapes, has transformed into a place of fear and uncertainty 153 00:08:02,540 --> 00:08:05,380 due to a series of mysterious disappearances and unsettling 154 00:08:05,380 --> 00:08:08,220 occurrences. A dark history enveils the 155 00:08:08,220 --> 00:08:11,900 stories that surround Portland and are steeped in local legends 156 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:14,100 and chilling tales passed down through generations. 157 00:08:14,380 --> 00:08:18,140 According to the Supiak people, an ominous creature known as 158 00:08:18,710 --> 00:08:23,910 Natanak, often described as a massive, hairy humanoid with an 159 00:08:23,910 --> 00:08:26,710 otherworldly presence, is believed to have been 160 00:08:26,710 --> 00:08:29,230 responsible for the eerie happenings in the town. 161 00:08:29,870 --> 00:08:33,470 The origins of the mysterious figure are unclear, but its 162 00:08:33,470 --> 00:08:36,309 alleged involvement in a string of disappearances and gruesome 163 00:08:36,309 --> 00:08:40,309 murders has left an indelible mark on the history of Portland. 164 00:08:40,309 --> 00:08:44,630 In the 1940s, Portland witnessed a wave of terror that led its 165 00:08:44,630 --> 00:08:46,670 residents to flee their homes and haste. 166 00:08:47,290 --> 00:08:49,810 The reports of dismembered bodies and the discovery of 167 00:08:49,810 --> 00:08:52,890 mutilated remains in nearby rivers, lagoons and trails 168 00:08:53,250 --> 00:08:57,770 triggered a mass exodus, leaving behind a town frozen in time the 169 00:08:57,770 --> 00:09:01,810 community's fear of net to neck, a creature that some like to 170 00:09:02,010 --> 00:09:05,450 like in the Sasquatch reached its peak, driving people to 171 00:09:05,450 --> 00:09:07,330 abandon their once beloved homes. 172 00:09:07,930 --> 00:09:11,210 The Unexplainable Phenomenon. As the word years drew to a 173 00:09:11,210 --> 00:09:13,810 close, those who remain steadfastly in Portland 174 00:09:14,410 --> 00:09:17,290 recounted chilling stories of inexplicable phenomena. 175 00:09:17,770 --> 00:09:20,770 People vanished without a trace, leaving their families and 176 00:09:20,770 --> 00:09:23,010 friends and a state of perpetual uncertainty. 177 00:09:23,650 --> 00:09:27,050 At times, bodies would surface showing signs of being brutally 178 00:09:27,050 --> 00:09:30,650 torn apart, the sinister atmosphere only deep in the air 179 00:09:30,650 --> 00:09:32,650 of dread that had settled over the town. 180 00:09:33,250 --> 00:09:36,610 By the 1950s, the streets that were once bustling with life had 181 00:09:36,610 --> 00:09:40,250 been deserted, the remnants of a community left in disarray. 182 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:43,310 The rave hunters who ventured back into the forsaken town 183 00:09:43,310 --> 00:09:46,630 reported every sightings of 18 inch footprints resembling those 184 00:09:46,630 --> 00:09:51,030 of a human, but with a bizarre deerlike or wolf like pattern. 185 00:09:52,390 --> 00:09:55,510 The chilling tale of Port Locks disappearance extends beyond its 186 00:09:55,510 --> 00:09:58,110 boundaries. More than ten locations across 187 00:09:58,110 --> 00:10:01,910 Alaska have reported Bigfoot like sightings, suggesting that 188 00:10:01,910 --> 00:10:05,390 the mystery entity may be a roaming traveler with a penchant 189 00:10:05,390 --> 00:10:08,040 for the uncharted. As darkness shrouds the history 190 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,240 of Portlock, it's deserted streets and empty homestand is a 191 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,280 haunting testament to the inexplicable. 192 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,080 The unanswered questions that haunt Portlock will continue to 193 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,480 fuel curiosity and fear for generations to come. 194 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,200 Yeah, this is so strange that people just had all these 195 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,160 reports of ice, I guess missing people, dead people, and finally 196 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,640 they just had the end of it. Just it's a band of this little 197 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,560 town there. It just doesn't make any sense 198 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:31,880 to me. Now I want to look at this next 199 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,760 article as we talk about these missing people, 20,000 missing 200 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,320 people since 1970 in Alaska. Now I found this site called 201 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:43,600 bfro.net and they actually list like actual first person 202 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,840 encounters with Bigfoot. And you can go here and take a 203 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,520 look at them at the buy me coffee website. 204 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,000 I'll put the links up this one here. 205 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,920 This accounts from 2004 says season winter month, February 206 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,160 state, Alaska county, Anchorage county. 207 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,000 It says location details up near power line clearings east of 208 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,930 Potter Martian Anchorage, nearest town Anchorage slash 209 00:11:05,970 --> 00:11:09,210 Hillside. No real roads in the area 210 00:11:09,490 --> 00:11:12,170 observed. I and two of my friends were 211 00:11:12,170 --> 00:11:15,090 bored one night, so we decided to do a little snow machining. 212 00:11:15,490 --> 00:11:18,210 Though it was illegal to snow machine in Anchorage, there were 213 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:21,050 some good trails to ride on a little north of my house. 214 00:11:21,610 --> 00:11:25,690 We took off probably 11:00 PM, rode up the road about 1/4 mile 215 00:11:26,010 --> 00:11:29,610 and cut off on the trails. It had snowed about 10 inches a 216 00:11:29,610 --> 00:11:32,930 few days before, so there was fresh snow with no tracks. 217 00:11:33,450 --> 00:11:36,650 I was leading the way for about 1/2 hour when we stopped and 218 00:11:36,650 --> 00:11:38,650 talked for a little bit. We took off again and kept 219 00:11:38,650 --> 00:11:41,290 cruising on some sort of game trail that led to an opening in 220 00:11:41,290 --> 00:11:43,410 the woods. I rode off in the opening with 221 00:11:43,410 --> 00:11:46,010 my friends following about 50 yards behind me. 222 00:11:46,450 --> 00:11:49,170 I came over this little mountain and saw strange tracks leading 223 00:11:49,170 --> 00:11:52,410 to the spot in the snow where it looked like something had pushed 224 00:11:52,410 --> 00:11:56,250 aside some snow and laid down. I figured it was just a moose or 225 00:11:56,250 --> 00:11:59,530 something, but I followed the tracks over the next hill and as 226 00:11:59,530 --> 00:12:02,530 I came down the far side, my headlight pointed right on the 227 00:12:02,530 --> 00:12:07,050 back of a Bigfoot. It was only about 10 to 12 feet 228 00:12:07,050 --> 00:12:09,690 in front of me. It was running in the opposite 229 00:12:09,690 --> 00:12:12,450 direction. I slammed on the brakes because 230 00:12:12,450 --> 00:12:16,210 I was scared out of my mind. It continued to run away, jumped 231 00:12:16,210 --> 00:12:19,090 over a dead log in snow, and disappeared into a group of 232 00:12:19,090 --> 00:12:23,610 trees into the darkness. I was so surprised and scared. 233 00:12:23,610 --> 00:12:25,770 I quickly turned around and wrote back to my friends. 234 00:12:25,770 --> 00:12:29,440 I met them back by the 1st mount and said we need to get out of 235 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,840 here and rode back towards my house. 236 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,200 When I told about it back near my house they laughed and told 237 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,760 me it was probably a bear or someone in the woods but I was 238 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:43,280 100% positive this was not a bear or anything else. 239 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,600 The way it was running through the deep snow made me sure it 240 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,280 wasn't anything human for a long time. 241 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,040 I was made fun of and everyone told me I was crazy so I didn't 242 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,320 like talking about it. Then he goes on and says also 243 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,710 notice some tracks in the snow and a clearing in fresh snow 244 00:12:59,030 --> 00:13:02,230 where it looked like a large animal had pushed snow aside and 245 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:05,550 laid down other witnesses. My two friends were snow 246 00:13:05,550 --> 00:13:07,390 machining behind me but did not see it. 247 00:13:08,070 --> 00:13:10,470 It had been light outside. If it had been light outside, 248 00:13:10,470 --> 00:13:12,550 they may have seen it, but it was pitch black outside. 249 00:13:12,550 --> 00:13:14,750 My only light was from my snow machine. 250 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:16,950 Wow. This Fall says they've heard a 251 00:13:16,950 --> 00:13:18,590 lot of it. They've heard of a lot of it. 252 00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:21,830 Incidents around Anchorage and of course the sighting was 253 00:13:21,830 --> 00:13:24,190 around midnight. That is fascinating. 254 00:13:24,190 --> 00:13:27,800 I just can't imagine being out there on my snowmobile up in 255 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:32,160 Alaska like that and coming on coming up on a Bigfoot just 256 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,320 practically face to face or I guess lucky for him face to 257 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,520 back. Now this is another account of 258 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,040 one of these Bigfoot sightings and it's from the same area in 259 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:45,320 Alaska and Anchorage County and the date on this it says is 2003 260 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,160 month December. The experiencer says me and a 261 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,240 couple of friends had been bored when I decided we should take a 262 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:52,880 walk through the woods behind my house. 263 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,700 I didn't think much of it is me and my friends have done it many 264 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:58,220 times before. There were four of us and we set 265 00:13:58,220 --> 00:14:01,980 out at about 11:00 at night It was rather dark, but there was 266 00:14:01,980 --> 00:14:04,780 light from the moon. The weather was rather cold as 267 00:14:04,780 --> 00:14:08,460 we did this in the winter. The area we walked on was game 268 00:14:08,460 --> 00:14:12,500 trails, trails that moose walk on, as well as trails used for 269 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:15,100 mushers, runners, cross country skiers and that sort. 270 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:17,780 We had walked about two miles from my house to another 271 00:14:17,780 --> 00:14:19,380 entrance where most people enter. 272 00:14:20,220 --> 00:14:23,060 On the way, we reached the bridge where most people come 273 00:14:23,060 --> 00:14:25,020 in. One friend had smoked a 274 00:14:25,020 --> 00:14:27,180 cigarette. We saw a light and decided to go 275 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:29,460 on. On the way back we heard wild 276 00:14:29,460 --> 00:14:32,540 dogs barking wildly and decided to pick up the speed. 277 00:14:33,180 --> 00:14:36,700 It eventually became a Sprint, whereafter we walked. 278 00:14:37,220 --> 00:14:39,540 When we walked, we continued talking about it. 279 00:14:40,020 --> 00:14:44,560 It was then I realized something had been following us as well as 280 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,200 testing us or even harassing us. It was much earlier. 281 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,000 I just didn't think about it. I thought it was my friend 282 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,360 Warren who was sometimes clumsy. I thought it was him who had 283 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,200 made noises such as slipping, but it was really something, 284 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,600 throwing stuff at us. I had realized this about 285 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,560 halfway back. I asked if Warren kept slipping 286 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,520 when he told me he that he wasn't and he thought I would 287 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,720 kid even be pulling a prank. We stopped for a minute to 288 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,960 listen when I told the others something strange was going on. 289 00:15:13,420 --> 00:15:15,860 We stopped and showing a flashlight around, hearing 290 00:15:15,860 --> 00:15:18,700 noises such as steps and branches moving and breaking. 291 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:22,220 The leader had thought I had been playing a joke when I told 292 00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:25,740 him seriously, I wasn't. He decided to walk behind me 293 00:15:26,460 --> 00:15:29,620 when something threw snowballs and nearly hit us on many 294 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:32,260 occasions. It was then he realized that 295 00:15:32,260 --> 00:15:35,060 this was no joke and we picked up a light jog for most of the 296 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:36,980 way. When we were almost out of the 297 00:15:36,980 --> 00:15:40,100 woods, we had to get her dogs and maybe 20 feet away, the 298 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:42,660 branches breaking and again something throwing stuff at us. 299 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,600 By the time we left, it was about 3:00 or 3:30 in the 300 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,720 morning. I did not go directly to my 301 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,080 house because I didn't know if it was still falling us. 302 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,400 I know this was not a prank because the snow is more than 303 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,720 five feet deep in the woods and someone would have an extremely 304 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,160 hard time trying to play a prank like that. 305 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,440 Wow, it says. Also notice we smelled, we 306 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,520 smelled of Cologne and aftershaved and one of them 307 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,960 smoked. Well, possibly these Bigfoot or 308 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,460 whatever it was, we're picking up the smell from these guys. 309 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:17,020 Now this Bigfoot encounter says that it happened in the summer, 310 00:16:17,220 --> 00:16:19,980 July to be precise. Of course it's Alaska and the 311 00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:24,260 county is Fairbanks County which this would be a ways further 312 00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:27,300 north in Anchorage. It says location details. 313 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:30,220 The intersection of Auburn and Farmers loop is about 1:00 to 314 00:16:30,220 --> 00:16:33,780 1:00 to 1/2 mile of the of the University of Fairbanks campus. 315 00:16:33,780 --> 00:16:36,100 You should be able to find it on Google Maps easily. 316 00:16:36,460 --> 00:16:38,820 Nearest town Fairbanks nearest Rd. 317 00:16:38,820 --> 00:16:41,500 Auburn Drive, a mile north of Farmers Loop. 318 00:16:42,140 --> 00:16:46,380 Now it says observed it was the month of July 2009 in Fairbanks, 319 00:16:46,380 --> 00:16:49,300 AK. I was heading South on Auburn 320 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:52,740 Drive toward Farmers Loop, which was about one mile away. 321 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:57,300 It is a wooded area frequented by homes and in general would be 322 00:16:57,300 --> 00:17:00,900 considered a populated area. Houses are on an average of 323 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:04,460 about 100 to 200 feet apart, with only the general area 324 00:17:04,460 --> 00:17:06,740 around and close to the homes cleared out. 325 00:17:07,290 --> 00:17:09,170 Most of the area by far is wooded. 326 00:17:09,609 --> 00:17:12,170 It was the section of the road where it passes by. 327 00:17:12,170 --> 00:17:15,490 Pearl Creek Elementary School. The school can be seen through 328 00:17:15,490 --> 00:17:17,810 the woods. Some of the woods in the area 329 00:17:17,810 --> 00:17:20,770 are quite thick and in some places can't be seen into more 330 00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:24,490 than 10 or 15 feet, but in this area it had apparently been 331 00:17:24,490 --> 00:17:28,050 cleaned out quite a bit and sight lines into the section of 332 00:17:28,050 --> 00:17:31,410 the siding were very open. The school and vegetable garden 333 00:17:31,410 --> 00:17:34,330 could be seen off to the right from the road I was on. 334 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,160 It was about 6:00 PM and I was heading home after a day of 335 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,800 working on a deck I was building. 336 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,120 The weather was clear with the sun high in the sky. 337 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,400 As I was driving, I happened to notice a man, quote UN quote, 338 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:51,000 standing by the right side of the road about 100 yards ahead. 339 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,960 It was more of an unconscious recognition. 340 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,040 There's nothing unusual about a man standing on the side of the 341 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,440 road in this area. As I got to with, as I got to 342 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,240 within about 50 yards, I look closer. 343 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,640 That's no man, I said to myself. I was alone in the car. 344 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,560 Shortly after that one or two seconds he bolted into the woods 345 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,400 toward the school. He did it like a wild animal 346 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,680 would do if spooked. I didn't slow down until I got 347 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,680 to the place where I saw him go into the woods, which is where I 348 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,120 stopped. I could see him running away 349 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:26,960 from the road and when he was in the woods about 30 yards or so 350 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,920 he turned left and was now running parallel to the road in 351 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,600 the same direction I was heading. 352 00:18:33,790 --> 00:18:36,150 I got a good look at him but not his face. 353 00:18:36,670 --> 00:18:38,950 I could have probably seen his face had I not been so 354 00:18:38,950 --> 00:18:42,630 mesmerized and had their presence of mind to look at it. 355 00:18:42,910 --> 00:18:45,190 I was busy noticing other things. 356 00:18:45,590 --> 00:18:49,350 His fur or hair looked to be about 3 to 4 inches all over the 357 00:18:49,350 --> 00:18:52,790 main part of his body. It was a reddish, rusty color. 358 00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:57,910 I was mildly struck by how red it was, but definitely had some 359 00:18:57,910 --> 00:19:01,750 rustiness to it. He was about 6 feet tall and 360 00:19:01,750 --> 00:19:05,910 looked away about £200. He ran with a strange hoppy kind 361 00:19:05,910 --> 00:19:08,150 of run. It wasn't a limp with the 1 foot 362 00:19:08,150 --> 00:19:10,670 he pushed off with. It was more of a normal running 363 00:19:10,670 --> 00:19:13,670 move, but the other foot he pushed off with it propelled him 364 00:19:13,670 --> 00:19:16,110 upward about a foot or less and forward. 365 00:19:16,750 --> 00:19:18,830 I watched him until he disappeared into the woods. 366 00:19:19,430 --> 00:19:22,990 There was a road about 100 yards ahead and I took off to get to 367 00:19:22,990 --> 00:19:27,550 it so I could turn right, and in 20 yards turn right again to the 368 00:19:27,550 --> 00:19:29,630 road that led to the school parking lot. 369 00:19:30,170 --> 00:19:33,130 So the wooded area he was in was sort of a peninsula and he 370 00:19:33,170 --> 00:19:35,370 seemingly had to be in there somewhere. 371 00:19:35,970 --> 00:19:39,490 The woods I was looking into from that angle were quite thick 372 00:19:39,490 --> 00:19:42,650 and I didn't see him and haven't seen him since. 373 00:19:43,410 --> 00:19:46,170 A little farther up on the right was the school garden that had 374 00:19:46,170 --> 00:19:49,050 people in it around 7:00 to 10:00, which I'm now sorry I 375 00:19:49,050 --> 00:19:51,690 didn't stop to go talk to him about what I saw. 376 00:19:52,530 --> 00:19:54,730 The next day I was driving into work on the deck. 377 00:19:55,410 --> 00:19:56,970 I naturally slowed down in the area. 378 00:19:56,970 --> 00:19:59,640 I saw him stopped. Actually it was surveying the 379 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,840 area when a couple walking their dogs were approaching. 380 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,480 I find them down and told them the story about what happened 381 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,400 the evening before. And they told me that about a 382 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,160 week before they were with their dogs and were on the way and 383 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,520 were on the way to the other side of the school property by 384 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,200 the soccer field and three kids came running over to them saying 385 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,080 did you see the Sasquatch? Did you see the Sasquatch? 386 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,320 They also said that what appeared to be a dad was with 387 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,520 him who didn't seem too excited about it. 388 00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:26,550 My conclusion to whether it was real or not is summed up by 389 00:20:26,550 --> 00:20:29,630 saying it was either real or there was a man in a very, very 390 00:20:29,630 --> 00:20:32,910 convincing costume. I reported it to the Fish and 391 00:20:32,910 --> 00:20:35,030 Game office in Fairbanks a couple days later. 392 00:20:35,430 --> 00:20:38,310 The person was taking the report was sort of rolling his eyes 393 00:20:38,310 --> 00:20:40,910 through the whole thing, as he seemed to be, as he seemed to be 394 00:20:40,910 --> 00:20:42,470 writing it down, that piece of scrap paper. 395 00:20:42,750 --> 00:20:46,430 I even had to ask him to take my phone number just in case. 396 00:20:46,590 --> 00:20:49,390 Yeah, well, that's the problem. Sometimes people report these 397 00:20:49,390 --> 00:20:53,160 things and they just aren't taken seriously And doing the 398 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,840 research for this podcast, it just seems like Alaska because 399 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,920 it's so far away. Because of the fact that only 400 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:04,280 what 1% of its land mass has even populated so few people in 401 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:09,240 this huge area that even though there are 20,000 people missing 402 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,280 there since 1970, there doesn't seem to be any level of concern 403 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,760 about this. I noticed it there when I was 404 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,400 there 30 years ago. It just seemed like almost 405 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,380 routine pictures posted. You know, this person's missing, 406 00:21:22,380 --> 00:21:24,340 That person's missing. Maybe they'll look a few days 407 00:21:24,340 --> 00:21:27,540 just like the guy said, and then they're just forgotten about. 408 00:21:28,100 --> 00:21:32,100 It would be the perfect place for somebody to be assaulted by 409 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:35,500 a Bigfoot or abducted by a UFO, because there's so much 410 00:21:35,540 --> 00:21:37,580 underreporting. And you'll find that when you 411 00:21:37,580 --> 00:21:41,740 look for these Bigfoot reports or UFO reports online about 412 00:21:41,740 --> 00:21:44,220 Alaska, you might as well be looking for reports from South 413 00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:47,370 America because it seems like these sort of things are 414 00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:50,050 severely underreported in this area. 415 00:21:50,250 --> 00:21:52,890 And I don't know if that's just because of the small population 416 00:21:52,890 --> 00:21:56,690 size or because people just don't avail themselves of social 417 00:21:56,690 --> 00:21:59,370 media to write media to really talk about these things. 418 00:21:59,930 --> 00:22:02,890 It's clear to me that in Alaska we have all the stuff going on 419 00:22:02,890 --> 00:22:05,330 with the missing people, with the Bigfoot sightings, with the 420 00:22:05,330 --> 00:22:09,410 UFO sightings, you know, had one shot down there, for crying out 421 00:22:09,410 --> 00:22:11,530 loud. But the fact is, it looks to me 422 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:13,210 like the stuff is not being reported. 423 00:22:13,570 --> 00:22:16,850 And it looks to me that we have a culture there, people just not 424 00:22:16,850 --> 00:22:20,650 really talking about things like this outside of their own social 425 00:22:20,650 --> 00:22:21,850 circles. We've kind of seen that in 426 00:22:21,850 --> 00:22:23,970 reports. Even these young people that saw 427 00:22:23,970 --> 00:22:26,090 these Bigfoots or the people that spotted these UFO's are 428 00:22:26,090 --> 00:22:29,170 afraid to talk about them. So yeah, there is something 429 00:22:29,170 --> 00:22:32,090 going on in Alaska. I can't put my thumb on it, but 430 00:22:32,090 --> 00:22:34,930 until next time, this is UFO warning over and out.