1 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,040 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,280 In this episode, we're talking about a North Dakota Bigfoot 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,760 Roundup. That's correct, a North Dakota 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,360 Bigfoot roundup. Now this sighting happened back 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:22,600 in 2005, August 27th. The night of August 26th it says 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:28,960 around 2:20 to 2:30 AM MY2 cousins were driving back from 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,120 Minot. They took the back roads to get 8 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,720 home faster and were about two to three miles from home on 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,600 County Road 7 when they noticed something. 10 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,120 While driving in the northbound lane. 11 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,920 They saw a large brown hairy figure about 7 to 8 feet tall 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,880 standing on the left side of the road. 13 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:51,480 They were going about 50 to 55 mile an hour and slowed down a 14 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:55,320 bit. As they passed it they tapped 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,480 the brakes and in the brake lights they saw it clearly. 16 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,440 Terrified, they speed up and drove home at around 90 mile per 17 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,440 hour. Once they got to one of my 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,280 cousin's houses they woke up my uncle and told him they had seen 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,720 Bigfoot. Then they drove back to my house 20 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,400 and woke me up. I joked yeah right, like you saw 21 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,280 Bigfoot around here. But they were both visibly 22 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,880 scared and shaking and that's when I realized they must have 23 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,000 seen something. I grabbed 2 spotlights, one with 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,640 a 5 million candle power and another with a three and a half 25 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,240 million. My uncle had a one main candle 26 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,560 power light. After they calmed down a bit 27 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,760 they agreed to show us a spot. We left their car and took my 28 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,600 aunt's fan. They showed us the location and 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,320 I marked it by throwing out a full water bottle. 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,080 I asked them which direction it might have been going and if 31 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,280 they had seen more. One of my cousins said it might 32 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,600 have been moving W. We headed West on County Road 6 33 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,920 just north of White Shield about one to two miles from County 34 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,440 Road 7. We turned N on County Road 5 and 35 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,600 began spotlighting the cut wheat fields. 36 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,880 I was on the passenger side and my uncle was driving. 37 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,920 As we scanned the area with our lights, I noticed a bright red 38 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,800 reflection of ice. I told my uncle to stop. 39 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:12,600 I saw something on all fours moving W toward us. 40 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,320 It then stopped and appeared to sit down. 41 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:18,800 It looked like a gorilla from the movies. 42 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,600 We watched it for about 3 to 5 minutes. 43 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,600 It seemed unreal to me at first, but then I realized we don't 44 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,960 have gorillas in North Dakota. That's when my uncle noticed two 45 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,600 more sets of eyes behind the one we had been watching. 46 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,720 My cousin started screaming and cussing, urging us to leave and 47 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,080 call the cops and Game and Fish. As we turned around to leave, I 48 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,840 saw it stand up and I told them to hurry up and get Game and 49 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,360 Fish out here. When we got back to my house, my 50 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,360 cousin called the BIA, that's the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 51 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,160 and they said they would contact the game warden. 52 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,760 My uncle and I decided to head back to wait for the game 53 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,600 warden. My cousin's husband wanted to 54 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,360 come with us. As we turned on to County Road 55 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,800 5, we noticed a strange smell like urine, old sweat, and a 56 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,640 swampy odor. It wasn't coming from inside the 57 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,960 van, which smelled better than the outside. 58 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,760 We stopped, got out and listened. 59 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,920 That's when we saw truck lights on County Road 6. 60 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,000 It was the game warden. We flighted him down, explained 61 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,640 what we saw, and he said he would check the field out. 62 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,480 We drove E spotlighting as he went. 63 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,640 As we talked, my uncle suggested we try to call it, so my 64 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,040 cousin's husband made a howling sound and sure enough, another 65 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,640 faint Bella responded from the southwest, about a half a mile 66 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,000 to a mile away. There were no cattle in the 67 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,440 area, so we headed in that direction. 68 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,240 When we stopped where we thought the sound came from, we rolled 69 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,480 the windows down and listened, but there was no noise, not even 70 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,880 crickets or grasshoppers. We turned it around, found the 71 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,640 game warden and continued searching until 7:00 AM. 72 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,640 We noticed there were many slows and deep weeds providing good 73 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,960 hiding spots. The next day we looked for 74 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,160 footprints and found some impressions in the cut wheat 75 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,960 field and ditch. The prints were about 15 1/2 76 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,520 inches long and five and a half to 6 inches wide. 77 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,240 We stopped Abia officer who came out, took some pictures and 78 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,600 confirmed the prints pointed E. As we followed the tracks, we 79 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,560 found three other sets zigzagging around. 80 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:31,040 After about 30 minutes of tracking, we reached a tree row 81 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,480 where we found piles of cut hay and snapped pine tree branches 82 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:37,640 with saps still oozing from the brakes. 83 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,000 The area had tall weed stems, though no tall weeds were 84 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,960 nearby. About 200 yards away at the end 85 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,360 of the tree row, we found a Slough with the same stems. 86 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,000 On August 31st, my uncle and I theorized that the creature was 87 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 following sloughs and ponds, possibly for water. 88 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,080 The tracks seemed to lead toward Lake Secawea as we tested this 89 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,400 theory. We were West of White Shield 90 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,520 when we heard a low scream. A dog at a nearby farmhouse 91 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,160 began barking from where we saw the creature to where we heard 92 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,520 the scream. Our theory seemed correct. 93 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:18,800 On September 4th, after leaving the area alone for a few days, 94 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,360 we returned to the spot but found nothing. 95 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,280 On September 9th, 6 kids saw a black tall figure running on two 96 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:32,160 legs heading West on BIA One, just half a mile north of White 97 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,520 Shield. I spoke to the kids and they 98 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,800 said the figure was black and running on two legs as it 99 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,040 crossed the road. It took three steps to get to 100 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,720 the other side. This happened around 9:00 PM at 101 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,800 sunset. By the time the kids told us it 102 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,840 was dark. My uncle and I drove back there 103 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:52,480 but found nothing. The next day on September 10th, 104 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,080 we tried to find a path where this thing or Bigfoot had 105 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:59,080 crossed, but we're still looking for signs or even better 106 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,160 footprints. That's it for now, I'll update 107 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,000 later. Wow, that's a pretty wild story. 108 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,560 And the thing that it crossed that road in three steps, I 109 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,080 mean, think about that, you know, a road, what, 20 feet wide 110 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,800 or something. So we're talking 6-7 foot 111 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,000 strides to get across that road. I mean, really a detailed 112 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,840 sighting. I think they just did a great 113 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:23,200 job there. It says also notice smell of pee 114 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,200 and Slough, grunting noise, faint screams. 115 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,840 I didn't mention this in the story, but the same night my 116 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,440 neighbor's kids said they heard knocking sounds coming from the 117 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,440 trees north of White Shield. Wow sounds sounds like a Bigfoot 118 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,280 to me. Other witnesses, my uncle and I, 119 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:41,960 my cousins which are the main witnesses, 6 kids that might 120 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,760 have seen Bigfoot running across the road. 121 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,880 Other stories I think it was last year that they saw Bigfoot 122 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,480 in the new town area of two years ago. 123 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,680 Plus I was told stories that Bigfoot at the lake. 124 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,800 So that's why I was kind of shocked that it was so close to 125 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,280 town. And then it says time and 126 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:00,760 conditions. It was night around 2:00 AM, no 127 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,400 moon and it was clear skies. When the kids saw it, it was 128 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,720 almost dark and the environment is a wheat filled on both sides 129 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,280 of the road. Some tree rose about 150 to 200 130 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,120 yards from the pavement and sloughs. 131 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,360 Wow. Then it goes here, says the BFRO 132 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,720 has received several reports describing this particular 133 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,320 incident. Well, that's interesting. 134 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,120 The investigators. Gary Christensen says I spoke 135 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,840 with the reporting witnesses for over an hour at his home in 136 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,400 White Shield, ND. In addition to the submitted 137 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,640 report, he also shared the following details. 138 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,400 The creature was about 100 yards from the witness when it was 139 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,720 illuminated by the spotlight. No facial features were 140 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,440 observed, but the torso and legs were described as long and 141 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,320 thick. The animal was first seen on all 142 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,680 fours, but when illuminated, set down after three to five 143 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,560 minutes, it stood up on two legs. 144 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,320 An additional eyeshine was observed further out in the 145 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,040 field. At that point, the creature 146 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,960 advanced toward the spotlight. This action caused panic amongst 147 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,520 some of the witnesses, so they departed to find the authorities 148 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,360 the next day. Several sets of tracks were 149 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:18,400 found in several locations. Sizes ranged from 4 to 15 inches 150 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,960 in length and two to seven inches in width. 151 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,240 The stride was as much as 5 feet and although most tracks were 152 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,920 aligned, some zigzag. Over the next 5 months 153 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,080 additional activity occurred including sightings, 154 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,280 vocalizations, tree knocking and footprints. 155 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,520 The witness maintains a computer database of Bigfoot related 156 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,400 activity that dates back to 1998. 157 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,600 He also has a color-coded map of the sightings, footprints and 158 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,840 sounds that he has personally observed and also includes 159 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,640 reports by others in his community. 160 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,400 The witness and I shared contact information and agreed to 161 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,640 contact one another if additional activity occurs. 162 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,720 A pretty cool sighting and I think these guys just do their 163 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:06,000 very best follow up of anybody really amazing stuff. 164 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:14,280 Now this sighting here is from February 22nd, 2004 and it's a 165 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,080 little different because it actually involves multiple 166 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,640 sightings and we're told it happened in Montreal County, 167 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,320 nearest town Newtown, North Dakota Highway 22. 168 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,440 So this would have been like what, a year or two before the 169 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,280 one we just talked about observed? 170 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:35,400 Please see my Not Daily News Volume 88 #63 for March 3rd, 171 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,920 2004. Full story. 172 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,200 It says now they go down here and the investigator writes a 173 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,080 report up. The witnesses were one adult 174 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,160 female and more than one child. Trailer court near trees. 175 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:52,080 It says This report is very unique as it is comp. 176 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,280 It is comprehensive of at least 4 purported sightings in a span 177 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:01,680 of three days, demonstrating a path of travel in a S to 178 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:04,560 southwest direction covering 35 miles. 179 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,840 It also illustrates the observation potential of an 180 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,040 animal such as this travelling such a distance across open, 181 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,680 thinly forested terrain. It must be noted as a preface to 182 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:19,440 this commentary, the difficulty I had in locating and or 183 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,200 contacting witnesses related to these events. 184 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,840 Albeit I was on location at the tribal headquarters and 185 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,360 travelled around the general area with the Public Relations 186 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,640 Director and a Minot Daily News reporter for an entire day. 187 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,560 As you will read below, the witnesses were either unwilling 188 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:44,040 to discuss the incident, did not own a telephone, were not 189 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,240 located, or actually died prior to my arrival. 190 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,200 Some of the information listed below was collected by either 191 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,960 the tribal headquarters officials or news reporter 192 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,760 Eloise Ogden, who received it directly from witnesses and 193 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,600 subsequently shared with me. Here is a report. 194 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,680 Location. Fort Berthold Reservation of the 195 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:11,640 Mandan, Hidatsa and Erika Nation Travel Headquarters is located 196 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:15,440 on the outskirts of town North Dakota, approximately 90 miles 197 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:20,480 north of Dickinson, ND. Timeline of events Sunday, 198 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:25,760 February 22nd, 2004. Sighting occurs near Trailer 199 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,520 Park, located on the southeast edge of Newtown, North Dakota. 200 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,880 In mid afternoon, a group of small children allegedly see a 201 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,880 large, hairy animal standing on two legs and immediately become 202 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,320 frightened and begin screaming, running toward their trailer. 203 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,680 Hearing the commotion outside the woman in the nearest 204 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:48,000 trailer, the mother of the two children, rushes outside. 205 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,480 She witnesses the animal walking hurriedly away from the area, 206 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,920 she has quoted as saying. I don't know how big it was, but 207 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,720 it just pushed through those trees like you're going through 208 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:03,040 bushes and it was moving fast. By the time I arrived in 209 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,480 Newtown, the woman would no longer speak to anyone about the 210 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,760 experience. She was still very upset about 211 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,400 it and claimed her children were afraid at night and would no 212 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,480 longer go outside. She wants her children to forget 213 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,560 the event ever happened and refused to meet with me. 214 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:24,040 Later the same evening of February 22nd, 2004, a second 215 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,200 sighting was reported approximately 8 miles South of 216 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,120 Newtown, just West of Muskrat Lake. 217 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:35,240 No details were obtained. Tuesday, February 24th, 2004 218 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,600 night sighting reported by two women who claimed to have seen 219 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,800 hairy man like animal through the window of their home. 220 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,800 The location was adjacent to Hwy. 22, approximately 5 miles 221 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:51,560 southwest of the town of Manderay, pronounced Manderay. 222 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,800 The location of this home is approximately 17 1/2 miles 223 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:00,640 southwest of the second sighting and 25 1/2 miles South southwest 224 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,520 of the initial trailer park sighting. 225 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,360 What is of particular interest in this instance is that to 226 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:12,160 reach this location, the animal in question had to cross Lake 227 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,600 Saskawea. At the time of this incident, 228 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:21,480 Lake Sacawea was covered with a thick sheet of winter ice. 229 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,640 It was possible to walk across the lake at this time. 230 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,240 However, having visited the area, I can attest to the fact 231 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,880 that the lake essentially stands as a river one mile across. 232 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,720 There is next to no tree growth or foliage along the shore of 233 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,680 the lake. It would be quite easy to spot a 234 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:43,640 large dark figure walking across the ice covered lake. 235 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,200 One would assume the lake was crossed under the cover of 236 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,720 darkness, but it is also worth mentioning that there are few 237 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,920 sections of the Lakeshore with any development existing outside 238 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:59,720 of the Newtown vicinity. Lake Sacacawea is one of five 239 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,600 major lakes created on the Missouri River by the federal 240 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:07,120 government in an effort to illuminate the annual flooding 241 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:12,080 of river lowlands. Lake Sacacawea is located in 242 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,440 West central North Dakota, stretching from the Garrison Dam 243 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:21,760 at Riverdale, ND, nearly 150 miles to the Montana border. 244 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:28,000 The lake covers over 365,000 surface acres and has an 245 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,040 extended shoreline of over 1500 miles. 246 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:37,680 The width of Sacagawea ranges from 1 to 14 miles wide, with 247 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,120 the Van Hook arm the whitest area of the lake. 248 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,280 The two women who reported the sighting near their homes 249 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:50,160 southwest of Mandarin to the tribal headquarters did not have 250 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,200 a phone and I was not able to discuss their sighting directly. 251 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,720 I was also not allowed to drop in on their home to discuss 252 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,840 their experience. Well, they just want to be left 253 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,680 alone that is for sure. Wednesday, February 25th, 2004 254 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,640 in the dark hours of the late evening, two men were driving 255 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:14,360 South from Mandaray on Hwy. 22, the elder of the two at age 49 256 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,240 and the younger at age 22. Just after passing the junction 257 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,880 of BIA 14. Upon cresting a field in the 258 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,600 road, the two men saw a large hair covered animal walking on 259 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,560 two legs down the middle of the road. 260 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,840 The driver stopped the vehicle quickly and after being 261 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,600 illuminated in the headlights, the animal walked to the right 262 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,760 and down into the ditch. It then walked out of sight 263 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,200 directly to the South, apparently another car that was 264 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,520 traveling close behind. These witnesses quickly veered 265 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,640 around them after they stopped and speed away. 266 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,200 It was assumed that the occupants of the second car 267 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,600 could not have missed seeing the creatures. 268 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,280 This information is taken second hand from the nephew of the 269 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,560 older witness. Then he says Thursday, February 270 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:04,760 26th, 2004, the elder witness invites his nephew and friend to 271 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,800 accompany him to the location of the sighting to look for tracks. 272 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,520 The two younger men invite three other friends to join them. 273 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,760 The names of all three witnesses and the aforementioned friends 274 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,160 are withheld for reasons of privacy. 275 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,560 Upon searching the ditch near the location of the sighting, 276 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,880 all six men discovered a long line of footprints in the snow 277 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,120 running parallel to the highway in the southerly direction. 278 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,040 In a later interview, the nephew estimated the line of tracks to 279 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,360 be nearly 300 yards long. The length of stride was 280 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,560 estimated between 4:00 and 5:00 feet. 281 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:44,520 This would equate approximately 150 footprints made in the snow 282 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,640 that night. The witnesses also indicated 283 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,320 that between 6 and 10 tracks were found in the with clear toe 284 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,800 impressions. The individual tracks were 285 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:58,360 estimated at 15 to 17 inches long and generally 4 to 5 inches 286 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,840 across, but definitely widening toward the toes. 287 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,119 Many tracks displayed evidence of a mid tarsal break or a 288 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,240 flexible foot and the compression of snow pile in the 289 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,760 middle of the track. The group ultimately followed 290 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,560 the line of footprints and claimed the tracks drifted back 291 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,839 toward the pavement and eventually stopped, indicating 292 00:17:17,839 --> 00:17:20,960 the animals return to walking on the pavement of the highway. 293 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,800 The group then drove a mile or South or two S on the highway 294 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,400 searching for tracks signaling where the animal may again have 295 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,360 wandered off the road. No additional tracks were 296 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:35,240 located. While walking along the highway, 297 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,080 two more acquaintances of the nephew stopped by in their 298 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,480 vehicle to inquire as to what was happening. 299 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,600 They were also witnesses to the long line of tracks. 300 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:50,360 February 27th, 2004. Dennis Fox, Junior, Director of 301 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:53,200 the Independence Program, and Paul Danks, Administrator of the 302 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,080 Natural Resources Department, both of the three affiliated 303 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,240 tribes, drove to the sighting location to photograph the line 304 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,640 of tracks. With the temperatures warming 305 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,880 through the area, a significant melting had occurred and 306 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,120 consequently the detail found in the tracks had been lost. 307 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,520 Dennis did take photos of several tracks in their deep 308 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,800 impressions in the snow. He and Danks also followed the 309 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,320 tracks until they veered back toward a pavement and ended. 310 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,520 They also searched further down the highway for tracks 311 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,880 indicating that the animal had again left the pavement, but 312 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,960 they found none. Surprisingly and suddenly, on 313 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:33,000 the morning of the same day, the elder witness, age 49, died of a 314 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,800 brain aneurysm. Many acquaintances of the 315 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,840 witness described him as being highly distressed because of the 316 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,320 sighting the last two days before his death. 317 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,760 In addition, because the beliefs of many Native Americans, 318 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,320 several people associated the witness's death with the 319 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,880 sighting. There seemed to be great concern 320 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,560 about this coincidence among many tribal members. 321 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,560 This is a note about the terrain. 322 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,720 The West central North Dakota landscape harbors 2 distinct 323 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,680 types of terrain. There are the very slight 324 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,000 rolling hills, many covered with fields of grain, which support 325 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,840 very little tree and brush growth. 326 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,360 It is truly the flat and rolling plains of North Dakota. 327 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,360 Yet hidden among these numerous fields are countless ravines, 328 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:21,200 draws, and canyons that support significantly thick tree and 329 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,880 brush growth. The largest example of this 330 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,640 change in terrain is that commonly known as the Badlands. 331 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,000 The concept and structure of the Badlands is very similar to that 332 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,760 other Grand Canyon. Giant rifts have been carved out 333 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,880 of the landscape by both water and wind. 334 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:40,040 The subsequent erosion of these factors create uniquely rounded 335 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,880 and graduated pinnacle style geologic formations of the rock 336 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,440 and sand. Interspersed between these 337 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:50,320 geologic formations are the wooded drainages and ravines 338 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,720 which could provide adequate cover and shelter for an animal 339 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,480 such as described by the witness. 340 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,600 Final Notes As mentioned above, I travelled to Fort Berthold 341 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,480 Reservation nearly two weeks after the sightings occurred. 342 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,520 I spent the majority of the day in the tribal headquarters 343 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,560 building interviewing numerous people about all types of 344 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,200 Bigfoot experiences. Quite frankly, there are too 345 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,120 many accounts to handle in one day, it quickly became apparent. 346 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,720 That a significant history of activity has been occurring for 347 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,640 years on the reservation and truly warrants further study. 348 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,960 Hopefully these additional experiences will be published in 349 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,360 later reports, but it'll also be known that to engage in any type 350 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:35,240 of investigation or travel on the reservation, one must 351 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,760 acquire permission through the Travel Headquarters office prior 352 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,760 to arrival. The remainder of the day was 353 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,800 spent visiting the various sighting locations, all 354 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,320 potential evidence and the snow completely obliterated by two 355 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,280 weeks of early spring temperatures, and interviewing 356 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,000 the elder witnesses, nephew and friend about the footprints they 357 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,040 viewed along the road. It was quite apparent that 358 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,600 having seen the tracks truly affected each man. 359 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,280 They were still somewhat shook up about the incident based upon 360 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,040 the number of witnesses, the suggested path of travel, the 361 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,080 longevity of activity that was shared with me, and of course 362 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,040 the documented line of tracks in the snow. 363 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,720 It is the opinion of this investigator that this was in 364 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:20,880 fact an authentic encounter of a bipedal hair covered animal and 365 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,920 a Badlands in North Dakota. Man, that is really amazing, all 366 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,440 those sightings happening like that. 367 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:28,920 Of course this is 20 years ago. You're out there. 368 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:31,080 I guess it's the Indian Reservation out there. 369 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:35,320 Maybe things were a little bit more secluded and isolated than 370 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,920 what we'd imagine. Interesting that a lot of these 371 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,280 folks didn't even have phones on cell phones. 372 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,480 I can really see that it did affect these people greatly. 373 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,520 We'll take a look at one more here and we'll wrap this up. 374 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 This sighting right here happened April, so it's the 375 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,960 third week of April actually back in 1962. 376 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,040 State North Dakota county, Ward County location details just 377 00:21:56,040 --> 00:22:00,040 outside the Minuteman Twitter park near Minot, ND, nearest 378 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,880 town Minot. While this incident occurred a 379 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:07,040 long time ago, it may still be of some use as I have never 380 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,160 heard of any similar sighting in North Dakota. 381 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:13,480 In the third week of April 1962, a friend of mine and I were 382 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,160 returning from a hunting trip outside of Minot, ND. 383 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,880 As we headed back toward the trailer park where we lived, my 384 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,440 father was working for the Department of the Air Force on 385 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,680 missile site installations. At the time, I had the distinct 386 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,640 feeling that someone or something was following us. 387 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,280 After walking a distance out on the Prairie, the feeling grew so 388 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,120 strong that I eventually looked over my right shoulder. 389 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:40,720 About 50 yards away I saw what I initially thought was a large 390 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,640 ape. I cannot fully describe the 391 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,160 shock I felt at that moment. The creature locked eyes with me 392 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,200 and upon realizing it had been seen, stood up on his hind legs. 393 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,920 I was only carrying a single shot 22, so shooting it was out 394 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,600 of the question. I got a clearer look at its long 395 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,720 black shiny hair that appeared oily. 396 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,280 It had risen from all fours to stand upright. 397 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,480 I am certain it had been following this for some time. 398 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,480 The creature was very tall with no hair on its face, above the 399 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:13,680 nose or the palm of the hands. Its arms were long and it were a 400 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,320 malevolent expression that I cannot overemphasize. 401 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,680 It then began moving in our direction. 402 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,000 I was with a partner and both of us ran as fast as we could. 403 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,720 We didn't look back after that. This is other witnesses. 404 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,600 We were returning from a day long trip in the countryside 405 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,720 hunting rabbits. Bright sunlight at around 4:00 406 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,520 PM in the afternoon. The sighting occurred just 407 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,240 outside the Minuteman Trailer Park near Minot, ND. 408 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,240 The area featured Cooley's small valleys that dip into the 409 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,720 Prairie wilderness. It was a wide open landscape 410 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,280 with substantial depressions filled with foliage and 411 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,800 underbrush. Sounds like it's just the kind 412 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,640 of place that would have all kinds of places for something 413 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,040 like this to hang out at. Overall, I think that was just 414 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,920 outstanding reports. Now, North Dakota does not have 415 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,520 a lot of Bigfoot reports, but the ones they do are 416 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,080 spellbinding, I'll tell you that. 417 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,960 Until next time, this is UFO warning over and out.