1 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:06,560 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,680 In this episode we're talking about Bigfoot in Minnesota. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,280 That's correct, Bigfoot in Minnesota. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,800 Found this cool short article over at cbsnews.com. 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,200 How in Northern Minnesota town became known as the home of 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:25,800 Bigfoot written by John Larson, dated on This is June 27th, 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,520 2024, so just over a year ago. I guess it starts off it does 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,560 have a little video with it about 3 minutes long. 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,320 It's it's worth watching at Reamer Minnesota. 10 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,200 Just under 400 people live in the town in Reamer and one 11 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,600 resident in particular is considered a celebrity in our 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,720 area. If you walk anywhere off road up 13 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,800 here, the woods are deep and dark. 14 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,680 If you walk 100 yards, you can't see back where your car is, said 15 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,400 Mark Ruwick. The town in Rumor is surrounded 16 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,200 by hundreds of acres of woods and marshes, a perfect place for 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,880 squirrels, deer, bears and even Bigfoot. 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,720 This town was up. This town was founded in the 19 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,920 early 1900s, and there were sightings all the way back to 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,480 that, he said. In 2009, a trail camera near 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,720 Rumor captured what looked like a real life Sasquatch. 22 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,120 Fake or not, it gave lifelong resident Ruic an idea. 23 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:20,360 And I do believe that that photograph was eventually 24 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,640 debunked. It trademarked, he said. 25 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,320 I trademarked the town as the home of Bigfoot, and we began to 26 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:30,360 take away the stigma. About half the town loved the 27 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,200 idea. The other half thought it was a 28 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,720 little hairy. But in 2016, Reamer's first ever 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,600 Bigfoot days drew thousands of people. 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,200 After that, Bigfoot could be found everywhere. 31 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,280 Bigfoot cutouts were on nearly every street corner. 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,680 There's a gas station called Bigfoot Gas and Gifts, and other 33 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,080 businesses have embraced the even the Woodsman Cafe sells 34 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,400 Bigfoot burgers and Bigfoot hash Browns. 35 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,760 Trust me, he says the Bigfoot hash Browns, Bigfoot would be 36 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,120 satisfied with them. It's a real meal, said Rick. 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,880 But he really has his footprint on Bigfoot days. 38 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,000 That's when they have the Bigfoot Olympics, Bigfoot 39 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,919 barbecue and perhaps most important event storytelling 40 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,680 time. Hundreds of people have open mic 41 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,960 to talk about their experiences with Sasquatch himself. 42 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,800 We've had 70 to 80 year old people who have never told a 43 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,960 story in their whole life stand up and start crying when they 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,680 tell the story that happened when they were thirteen years 45 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,120 old and scared them to death, said Mark. 46 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,880 The sightings, the folklore, even the mystique around the 47 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,480 town have also drawn Bigfoot research teams. 48 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,320 Dreamer quote. I was just talking with the 49 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,600 gentleman prior to you guys coming up who was telling me 50 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,760 about his sighting last year, said Abby Del Rio. 24 years ago, 51 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,600 Abby founded the Minnesota Bigfoot Research Team. 52 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:50,080 He enjoyed studying primates and was inspired by the famous 1967 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,080 Patterson footage captured in California. 54 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,640 We bring our equipment, night vision, thermal imaging, long 55 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:59,520 range sharing devices, we go out there and use every technique to 56 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,440 try and gain communication with these creatures. 57 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,440 Said to Rio, Rimer has everything that a Bigfoot 58 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,280 requires. Food, shelter, habitat, it's a 59 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,120 perfect location. Del Rio said there are about 5 60 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,600 or 6 alleged sightings a year near the town, which is why he 61 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,320 keeps coming back, though he's yet to see one up close. 62 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,920 Erich is more sceptical and not entirely A believer, but he 63 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:21,640 loves what the legend is doing for his town. 64 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:24,200 Guestbooks show people coming from across the world to 65 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,760 investigate. Rio or not, Bigfoot is putting 66 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,880 Rimer on the map. If you are at all around the 67 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,680 world interested in Bigfoot, there's one place to come and 68 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,000 it's Reamer, Minnesota, said Rick. 69 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,480 Bigfoot Days is July 5th through 6th and Reamer, and during this 70 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,400 year's celebration the town would be putting up a 25 foot 71 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,120 tall Bigfoot statue on the edge of town. 72 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,040 Well, it's kind of fun that people can do this and I think 73 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,040 it does kind of Birch the topic so that the kind of the normal 74 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,080 people who maybe aren't particularly interested in it or 75 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,080 maybe have some interest or some sighting can feel comfortable 76 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,800 coming out just talking about this phenomena. 77 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,760 Now to get into some real actual live settings, we'll go over 78 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,080 here to bfro.net and see what they have to say about what's 79 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,240 going on in Minnesota. This first sighting is dated in 80 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,960 approximately 1988. It says Winter state, Minnesota 81 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,320 County, Anoka County Submitted by witness on Friday, October 82 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,920 31st, 2003 Girls see blonde gorilla just north of the Twin 83 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,440 Cities location details. Head north on Lexington Ave. 84 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:31,600 from Hwy. 96 cross 85th Ave. and continue past Flowerville Rd. 85 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,480 You will barely see Hidden Lake on your right. 86 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,960 Take a right on Woodland Rd. just past the church, then take 87 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,440 a right on 92nd circle. Follow the long driveway 88 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,360 straight ahead or walk in on your left. 89 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,760 You will see a trail, actually more than one, but they all seem 90 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,760 to converge. Looking S toward Hidden Lake you 91 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,840 will see the shelters. This is a general area where the 92 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:56,880 Bigfoot was seen. Nearest town Circle Pines, 93 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,760 nearest Rd. Woodland Rd. observed. 94 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,880 This is a second hand report. Our daughter and her friend, a 95 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:05,960 neighbor, were about 10 years old. 96 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,920 In approximately 1988. The two were walking into the 97 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,120 woods off a trail near a home and they saw a huge beige girl 98 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,920 like creature. The moment they saw it they were 99 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,400 so frightened that they went home. 100 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,320 Her daughter insisted there was no way it could have been a 101 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,760 costume person or another animal. 102 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,640 She described it as tall, 2 legged, a creature that moved 103 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,920 with beige colored hair. The girls reported the incident 104 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,720 to me almost immediately after it happened. 105 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,600 There was snow on the ground and they were wearing boots. 106 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,440 I wanted them to show me the clearing where the creature had 107 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,840 been standing so I could look for footprints. 108 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,800 They refused to go back, saying they were too frightened. 109 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:48,200 On the way to tell me, they encountered another neighbor in 110 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,240 her yard and told her about it, but she did not believe them. 111 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,960 Over the years I didn't think much about it. 112 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:58,080 However, after reading various Bigfoot websites, I truly feel 113 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:00,400 we may have had a Bigfoot sighting in the woods here. 114 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,000 The area is not very large, but it is difficult to navigate due 115 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,800 to the marching conditions. Shrine The small lake and are 116 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,680 also noticed even now about 15 years later. 117 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,200 There are shelters quote UN quote built near the area as 118 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,000 well as very as well as a very strong odor of excrement. 119 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,760 Loud screams have been heard in the same general area and very 120 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,960 large footprints with an unusually long stride have been 121 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,480 seen in the snow. Other witnesses There were two 122 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,360 witnesses. They were looking for a tree 123 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,680 with boards nailed to it for climbing when they came upon the 124 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,360 Bigfoot. Other stories none. 125 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,800 I suspect that if anyone has seen anything, they are 126 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,720 reluctant to say so for fear of being thought imaginative. 127 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,840 The shelters, however, are real and I cannot explain why they 128 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,640 would be there otherwise. Time and conditions during the 129 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,040 day. Clear weather with plenty of 130 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,640 light, possibly early spring, but there was still snow on the 131 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,760 ground. Environment The sighting 132 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,240 occurred in the clearing between the woods and Hidden Lake. 133 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,640 The area is wooded, but near the lake is martially difficult to 134 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,960 access. Follow up investigation The 135 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,680 sighting took place just north of Minneapolis, Saint Paul, in a 136 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,600 loosely populated suburban area. A chain of large marshy lakes 137 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,800 with surrounding lowlands and wooded areas extends into the 138 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,680 region from the north. I was shown the sighting 139 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:24,520 location by G1 of the witnesses, now 25, and her mother, who 140 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,200 submitted the report. I also interviewed the second 141 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,720 witness, K, by phone. Both describe essentially the 142 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:35,480 same thing. 50 to 100 yards away they saw an upright blonde 143 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:40,200 colored gorilla, quote UN quote within the wild area only about 144 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,360 1/4 mile from the start where they lived. 145 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,720 The creature was standing on a rise and was completely visible. 146 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,160 At first it appeared to be bending over, but then it 147 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,080 straightened and seemed to notice the girls, at which point 148 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,000 they ran home. The sighting was brief, but both 149 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,120 women came across as honest and sincere in their belief that 150 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,440 they saw what they described as an upright gorilla, like an 151 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,520 animal covered entirely in blonde hair. 152 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,400 Kay added that it appeared dirty, especially on its legs. 153 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,400 G said they called it a gorilla at the time because they had 154 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,800 never heard of Bigfoot. The shelters mentioned by G's 155 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,960 mother appeared to have been made by children. 156 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,520 G and Kay clearly saw something extraordinarily when they were 157 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,320 girls, and the memory has stayed with them as real. 158 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,440 If it were indeed a Sasquatch, it is notable for being so close 159 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,120 to the Twin Cities. The chain of wild lakes and 160 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,799 surrounding marshlands could have provided A corridor from 161 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:38,960 rural areas in the north into the suburban area where the 162 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,280 creature was seen. It's also interesting that both 163 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,920 witnesses described the animals collar as blonde. 164 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:51,320 A 2001 sighting near Bemidji, MN involved an animal described as 165 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:56,640 tan or cardboard collar, and a 1972 sighting near Willow River, 166 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:01,760 MN involved 2 white creatures. Isn't that strange? 167 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,440 Yeah, very cool sighting. Here's another sighting from 168 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,840 Anoka County, Minnesota. This was dated February 21st, 169 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,280 2000. Happened in the winter. 170 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,080 Submitted by witness on Thursday, February 8th, 2007. 171 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,320 Daylight sighting by a couple on a frozen lake near Centerville. 172 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:22,000 Location details A small lake north of the Twin Cities metro 173 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,400 area. The lake contains a large wooded 174 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,960 island and a sizable tract of marsh slash swampland nearby. 175 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,280 A nature park is located on the western shore of the lake. 176 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,120 Nearest town Centerville nearest Rd. 177 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:39,440 Anoka County 14 Observed in February 2000, my wife Jean and 178 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,960 I went on a walk with our two labs. 179 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,040 Something caught our attention across the lake with an island 180 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,760 on it. Crossing the frozen lake was a 181 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,720 tall man like figure walking at a fast pace. 182 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,400 Its body was dark in color, almost black. 183 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,640 Its head was a lighter brown with hair hanging down to its 184 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,200 shoulders. When we first saw it, it was 185 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:06,560 about 350 yards away. It walked into cocktails at 186 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:11,360 about 150 to 175 yards away. At that point we could only see 187 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,880 its shoulders and head. 2 geese flew overhead honking and it 188 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:17,880 turned its whole upper body to watch them. 189 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,560 Then it went into a wooded area and I lost sight of them. 190 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,560 This whole this thing about having to turn this whole body 191 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,360 to see something, that's something we hear about a lot. 192 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,680 It's almost like the neck can't move by itself. 193 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,200 I wanted to get a closer look, but my wife was frightened and 194 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,760 went back to the truck strangely, and my dogs would not 195 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,640 go with me. I'm an avid hunter and my dogs 196 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,080 are always by my side, but not this time. 197 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:43,920 I went to the area of cocktails, but at six feet tall I still 198 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,480 couldn't see over them. The snow and ice were hard 199 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,560 packed so I couldn't find any prints. 200 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,840 When Jean talks about it, the hair on her neck still stands 201 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,520 up. She didn't want me to report 202 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,280 this for the safety of our visitor, but it's something I'll 203 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,120 never forget. And then you're also notice it 204 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,600 says the way it turned its entire body to watch the geese, 205 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,360 it's long stride and my dogs refusal to follow me. 206 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,920 They acted nervous, something I've never seen them before do 207 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,040 before since other witnesses too. 208 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,120 My wife and I other stories I heard of another sighting a week 209 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,560 or so later near the Sinkua River. 210 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,880 Time and conditions 8:30 to 9:30 AM. 211 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,360 Bright sunny morning, warm temperatures. 212 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,440 We were looking northeast. The figure was traveling SE to 213 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,640 northeast. The snow was hard packed 214 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,600 environment, lowlands, swamp in broken woods. 215 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,760 Then a follow up investigative report says by Andy Pi spoke 216 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,440 with the witness by phone and can add the following. 217 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,600 A couple first noticed the animal at about 350 yards away, 218 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,440 rounding a point on the island and walking north northeast on 219 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,920 the lake parallel to the island shore. 220 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,240 It was walking on the ice, waist deep and cocktails and Reed. 221 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,160 As it angled into the island, it entered an area where the 222 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,320 cocktails were 6 feet tall, reaching its upper chest. 223 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,760 Then it crossed to the island and disappeared into the trees. 224 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,160 The entire siding lasted less than 3 minutes. 225 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,720 The closest that came to the witness was about 150 yards. 226 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,280 It covered roughly 300 yards during the sighting. 227 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,080 Immediately afterward, the witness went out onto the lake 228 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,040 to investigate but found no prints in the hard ice pack. 229 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:31,120 The animal appeared to be between 7 and 8 feet tall, with 230 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,760 a massive, extremely muscular upper body. 231 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,360 The witness never saw below its waist because it was always in 232 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,840 the cocktails, but its body was uniformly black except for the 233 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,240 long hair on its head and shoulders, which was brown and 234 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,560 about 6 inches long. The head appeared to sit 235 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:50,040 directly on the shoulders, with no visible neck. 236 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,720 The face was the same color as the body. 237 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,880 At one point it turned at the waist to look at a pair of geese 238 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,080 flying overhead. It moved quickly, faster than a 239 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,040 human could walk that distance. Its arm swung as it walked, but 240 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,080 the witness never saw below its elbows. 241 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,120 Its upper arms were so long that the elbows remained hidden 242 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,280 behind the cocktails. The witness was particularly 243 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,040 struck by the dog's reaction. They are experienced hunting 244 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,000 dogs accustomed to being in the woods. 245 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,640 But they refused to accompany him and instead retreated to the 246 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,640 truck with his wife. The surrounding area contains 247 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,640 bogs and broken Woodlands stretching from miles to the 248 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,800 north. The island and it's connecting 249 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,640 bogs would make a good habitat. This witness and his wife were 250 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:36,240 clearly awestruck at what they saw. 251 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,240 His wife still dislikes discussing the incident. 252 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,960 He is certain it was either a human or any other known 253 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,680 Minnesota mammal. I find him to be credible and an 254 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:50,280 honest witness. That is something. 255 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,280 And then it goes down here and has the kind of CV listed for 256 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:55,920 Andy P. It says, listen, Minnesota. 257 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,840 He's a professional writer with a degree in English and biology. 258 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,720 He's interested. His interest in Bigfoot dates 259 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,760 back to his first sighting in 1985. 260 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,880 Talks about him a little bit. Very cool sighting. 261 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,240 This sighting says it was submitted by witness on 262 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,480 Thursday, August 13th, 2015. Biped sighting crossing Rd. at 263 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:19,240 night near Lake Bemidji. Year 2013 Season Winter month 264 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:25,440 December date 18th through 21st state Minnesota Biltrumy County 265 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,400 nearest town Bemidji nearest Rd. Irvine Ave. 266 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,600 My 20 year old daughter was driving and I was in a passenger 267 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,920 seat. We were heading South toward 268 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,560 toward town on Irvine Ave. It was close to Christmas about 269 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,160 a year and a half ago. Around 8 PMA, huge, fast upright 270 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,800 figure suddenly went into view of our headlights and also into 271 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,400 the headlights of an oncoming car. 272 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,840 I saw it from the waist up with its arms pumping as it moved. 273 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,440 Whatever it was, it crossed from shoulder to shoulder of the road 274 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:01,360 and only two 2 1/2 strides. I first saw it on the right 275 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,280 shoulder and involuntarily LED I and AH. 276 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,600 By the time I finished, it was gone. 277 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,640 I asked my daughter if she saw it and she said she saw 278 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,160 something but thought it was a whirlwind. 279 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,960 I told her what I'd seen. We wanted to go back the next 280 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,560 day to look for anything unusual, but the temperature was 281 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,680 around 30° below 0, so we didn't. 282 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,680 It does get really cold up there in Minnesota, no doubt about 283 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,760 that. Also noticed nothing unusual. 2 284 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,080 witnesses, my daughter and I other stories none Time and 285 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,440 conditions around 8:00 PM. Wooded area with scattered homes 286 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,600 just outside of town near Lake Bemidji. 287 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,760 And then follow up it says by Jim and Carol Telenko. 288 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,240 I spoke with the witness via phone interview. 289 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,360 She stated that she and her daughter were traveling South on 290 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,600 Irvine Ave. when a large bipedal animal crossed the two lane Rd. 291 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,440 and in front of them. The animal was eliminated by 292 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,080 their headlights and those of an oncoming car. 293 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,440 It crossed from the right. That's the east side of the road 294 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:02,360 to the left, which is the West side. 295 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,560 The witness saw only from the waist up. 296 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,000 Its arms were swinging as it walked. 297 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,560 It crossed the entire Rd. in just 2 1/2 steps before 298 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,280 disappearing from sight. She described it as huge, taller 299 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,800 than the car. No additional details were 300 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,600 visible due to the darkness and the brief nature of the 301 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,760 sighting. Her daughter, who was driving, 302 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,720 confirmed she saw something but wasn't sure what it was. 303 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,760 The incident took place in a wooded area with few homes 304 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,320 nearby. And that would be pretty spooky 305 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,960 to see this thing walking across the road out there at night 306 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,280 time, you know, this really severely cold weather. 307 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,080 That's wild. This sighting was submitted on 308 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,440 November 18th, 2004. Man recalls multiple witnesses 309 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,480 incident as a teenager camping South of Clquette. 310 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,880 It actually happened back in the fall that September 1977 in 311 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,560 Carlton County, Minnesota. Minnesota location details off 312 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,360 Moorhead Rd. Go to the pipeline and head 313 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,880 north until you reach Otter Creek. 314 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,319 We camped on the South Bank on the West side of the pipeline. 315 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:06,520 Nearest town. Cloquet, MN. 316 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,800 Nearest Rd. Moorhead Rd. observed. 317 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,040 This happened a long time ago. I just found your website and 318 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,319 thought it might and thought I might as well share our 319 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:17,640 incident. Those of us involved don't talk 320 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,839 much about it. Probably me the least. 321 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,760 There were six of us camping on Otter Creek South of the airport 322 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,359 in Cloquet, MN and Carlton County. 323 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:31,440 It had to have been in 1977. I was 16 and the others were 324 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,040 between 15 and 16 years old. This was my regular fishing and 325 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:39,000 camping site along the pipeline and I had built a lean to there. 326 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,240 We were out there that Friday evening drinking a few beers and 327 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,280 playing to fish for a trout. In the morning. 328 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:49,360 The campsite had a fire pit and we had a good bonfire going. 329 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,760 It must have been around 9:00 to 10:00 PM. 330 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,160 We were not drunk out of our minds. 331 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,240 In the distance we heard something walking from the east 332 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,080 in the woods following the Creek. 333 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,640 I've been chased by a bear out there before, so I first thought 334 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,360 it was a bear coming down the Creek. 335 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,560 Then it began to sound like a person walking through the 336 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,920 woods, so we wondered if it might be the game warden who 337 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,600 knew all of us and might be checking for trout lines. 338 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,360 Then came the odor, the worst case of body odor I've ever 339 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,360 smelled. That made me think it might 340 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,280 indeed be a bear because of the smell and I started to get 341 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,320 nervous since we had food out that our food was hung up in a 342 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,680 tree. As it appeared, it came far 343 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,600 enough into the light to cast a shadow. 344 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,200 It was on 2 legs, standing upright, very tall, every bit of 345 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:39,600 eight feet, and walking with huge strides, swinging its arms 346 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,000 and making a lot of noise. It stayed far enough away but 347 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,680 but circled to our S close enough for us to see the shadows 348 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,680 clearly. Once it circled us, it returned 349 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,800 to its original path heading West, continuing along the Creek 350 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,800 bed as it had been from the start. 351 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,040 We were all so scared. We just sat in silence around 352 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,680 the fire, watching and unsure what we were seeing. 353 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,440 The smell was overpowering, worse than any bear I've smelled 354 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,840 before since I had no idea there had been other sightings in this 355 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,480 area at the time, but I now see on your website that there were 356 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,440 several in nearby Saint Louis County during that period. 357 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:18,640 I can't say for certain what it was because it only saw the 358 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,080 shadow, but it was unlike anything I've ever encountered. 359 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,680 A bear couldn't have walked that far on 2 legs or taken such long 360 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,640 strides. The only conclusion I can draw 361 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,720 is that we had an encounter with Bigfoot. 362 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,400 We never went to look for footprints the next morning. 363 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,040 I think we're all just glad it hadn't come into our camp 364 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,120 because we had no idea what it was. 365 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,000 Have no reason to make this up and I'm not known as a 366 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,360 storyteller. Sitting on your website made me 367 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:49,080 feel this report belongs here. Wow, that's really cool. 368 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:55,160 Says it had overpowering body odor. 6 witnesses in total, no 369 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,960 other stories. Time and conditions. 9:00 to 370 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:01,320 10:00 PM Half Moon at night, environment, Minnesota hardwood 371 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,720 and pine forest. Otter Creek runs West to east in 372 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,040 that location. And then the follow up 373 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,640 investigation says I spoke with Jo for nearly two hours about 374 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,720 his encounter. He was very insistent that what 375 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,680 he and the others saw that night was unlike anything they had 376 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,200 ever seen before. Even though it had happened a 377 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,600 long time ago, he remembers it clearly. 378 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,240 He recalled the evening by first describing what he and his 379 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,960 friends were doing fishing for trout, gathering at a bonfire, 380 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,440 and having a few beers. They had heard noises in the 381 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,440 woods coming toward them from the Creek bed. 382 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,840 At first they thought it was a person, but when it came into 383 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,120 view they immediately realized it was not. 384 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,200 Jo stated that the creature was huge and walked with extremely 385 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,640 long strides. He said that if he tried to 386 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,080 match those strides he would be doing the splits. 387 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,520 The creature came within 20 to 30 feet of the fire, circled 388 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,760 around the same direction. They continued W along the Creek 389 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,800 bed. They never got a detailed look 390 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,480 at it but could tell it was neither a bear nor a human. 391 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,040 The night was very dark and the only light came from the fire. 392 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:08,520 Jo emphasized how strong the smell was, worse than anybody 393 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,640 odor he had ever encountered. The creature made no sounds 394 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,040 other than the noise from its movement. 395 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,360 That's pretty wild. Gives a little bit of a bio on 396 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:19,960 that. Investigator says he's been a 397 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,200 business Center for 20 years. Has been researching the subject 398 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,960 of Bigfoot since his own first encounter back in 1994. 399 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,280 OK, we'll do about three more of these and wrap this up. 400 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,840 The sightings dated October 7th, 2022. 401 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,880 It says state, Minnesota, Carlton County location details 402 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,480 Take Interstate I-35 N of Carlton exit, go east on Hwy. 403 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,720 210 through Carlton to J Cook State Park. 404 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,360 They've got some pretty good map pictures here and some overall 405 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,080 landscape pictures. It's neat. 406 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,000 On the report observed. I'm camping at J Cook State Park 407 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,920 in Carlton County Minnesota at about 3:30 AM this morning I 408 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:03,520 heard 3 deep loud one toned noises followed by what sounded 409 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,080 like a tree knock. The noises were not coyotes or 410 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,080 wolves and I don't believe a human could produce that volume 411 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,200 and tone. Also noticed a partial handprint 412 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,960 was found on my car door in a spot I would not have touched. 413 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,800 I'm camping by myself. Time and conditions at 3:30 AM. 414 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,480 Dark, clear night environment. Campground surrounded by Birch, 415 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,280 pine and oak trees. The park contains dense woods, 416 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,560 large rock formations, trails and the Saint Louis River Gorge 417 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,480 running through it. And then follow up investigation 418 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,200 here. It says by Jim and Carol 419 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,960 Telenko. This report did not come through 420 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,560 the website. A Walmart employee noticed my 421 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,040 Bigfoot necklace and told me about her sightings. 422 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,480 One sighting took place approximately 40 miles southwest 423 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,960 of the report above. In May 2022, the witness and a 424 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,400 friend were travelling N on I-35 just past Banning Junction, 425 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,800 descending toward the Kettle River Bridge, when they noticed 426 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,640 a huge dark figure standing at the edge of the woods about 50 427 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,360 yards from the river. It stood out distinctly against 428 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:08,760 the light green spring foliage. The figure was approximately 7 429 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,880 1/2 feet tall, about 3 feet wide, and covered with black or 430 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,920 very dark brown hair about 6 inches long. 431 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,480 They could not make out any facial features. 432 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,840 As they pass, they look back and saw the figure turn to its right 433 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,360 and walk into the woods. The time was approximately 7:30 434 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:29,040 PM. Two weeks after sharing this 435 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,480 first sighting, the witness saw me again on July 22nd. 436 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,000 She was very excited because she and her friend just experienced 437 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,240 another sighting about 60 miles north of the first one, this 438 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,360 time in Jay Cook Estate Park. While travelling E on Hwy. 10 439 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,680 through the park around Oldenburg Point around 8:00 PM, 440 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,360 they noticed the top of a single tree swinging back and forth 441 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,200 vigorously. As they drew closer, they saw a 442 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,040 7 1/2 to 8 foot tall creature shaking the tree, which they 443 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,280 estimated to be about 8 inches in diameter. 444 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:06,640 Due to the 25 mile per hour speed limit, they were moving 445 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,200 slowly. The figure was massive and 446 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,640 covered in black hair. As they passed alongside, they 447 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,280 saw another turn and walked down a trail, disappearing into the 448 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,440 woods. I found both sightings credible 449 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,800 with no indication of deception. The witness felt honored to have 450 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,520 experienced 2 sightings within three months. 451 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,160 What makes her second sighting even more interesting is that 452 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:34,560 this report, 75007, occurred about 1 1/2 months later and 453 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:40,840 roughly one mile away, also in J Cook State Park in October 2022. 454 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,360 This witness was camping in a parks campground. 455 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,840 As a single woman camping alone, she was slightly uneasy, which 456 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,760 may have contributed to a a nightmare that night in which 457 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,240 someone was trying to unzip her tent. 458 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,120 She awoke, screamed for them to leave, but saw no one. 459 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,600 Checking her phone, she saw it was 330 AMA. 460 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,920 Couple of minutes later, still fully awake, she heard three 461 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:10,440 very deep, loud guttural growls. About 30 seconds afterward, she 462 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,600 heard a distinct wood knock. She recognized the sound from 463 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,080 previous Bigfoot related discussions and personal wood 464 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,920 knock attempts. The growls were louder than the 465 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,040 train that passes the park about 1/2 mile from the campground. 466 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,760 They seem to come from the direction of the river gorge 467 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,960 about 1/4 mile away. When she awoke after a restless 468 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,040 couple hours of sleep, she inspected the campsite and found 469 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,800 a partial handprint on her car door in the area she would not 470 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,280 have touched. I believe her report is honest 471 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,440 and truthful considering other local sightings and 472 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,880 vocalizations. There appears to be ongoing 473 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,280 activity in the area. We're planning to investigate 474 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,080 further as we live about 20 miles away. 475 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,120 That's pretty wild. Very, very cool sightings there. 476 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,440 We'll do one last one. This last sighting says it was 477 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,240 submitted on April 10th, 2014. The actual sighting happened 478 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,000 August 11th, 2011. This is Cass County, Minnesota. 479 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,320 Now they do have a like a 3 1/2 minute video here where this 480 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,280 fellow takes you back and shows you where he heard these Bigfoot 481 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,880 sounds at. It's kind of neat. 482 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,000 It gives you a really good idea what the environment looks like. 483 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,240 Location is approximately 2 miles north of US Hwy. 2 at 484 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:27,360 Forest Rd. 2958 and Forest Rd. 2351 near Lydic Lake. 485 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,520 Nearest town. Nearest town Cass Lake, nearest 486 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:31,680 Rd. US Hwy. 2. 487 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,800 Observed in August of 2011 while working for the US Forest 488 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,320 Service, I heard vocalizations in the Chippewa National Forest 489 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,560 that were very similar to the Central Michigan vocalizations. 490 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:46,400 I was in a small clearing around noon when I heard a series of 491 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,560 yelps followed by whoops. These vocalizations came from 492 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,560 about a mile apart and roughly a mile from me. 493 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,400 It sounded as though they were communicating with each other. 494 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,560 The whoops were very guttural and low pitched, while the yelps 495 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,360 were high pitched. There are wolves in the area, 496 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,760 but I'm certain the sounds were not made by wolves. 497 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,840 I later posted a YouTube video titled Cast Lake Minnesota 498 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,400 Bigfoot Vocalization site. I have returned to the location 499 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,440 several times since but have only heard wolves. 500 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,440 My wife once thought she saw something standing in the 501 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,880 distance but we were unable to confirm. 502 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:26,120 It now goes on and says also notice I found an area where 503 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:29,560 wolves appeared to have made a kill, as though there were deer 504 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,640 bones scattered about and impressions in the tall grass 505 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,760 where the wolves had lain. Other witnesses none. 506 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,760 I called my wife immediately after I have after it happened 507 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,480 and she concluded that it was Bigfoot. 508 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,680 Other stories The Ojibwa people believe that Bigfoot exists and 509 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,480 maybe a wooden spirit. Time and conditions around noon. 510 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:52,000 Warm and humid environment. A red pine forest surrounded by 511 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,600 lowland swamps. The area is flat and somewhat 512 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,240 remote. Follow up investigation by BFR 513 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,640 investigator Robert Barhai says I spoke with Carl, a long time 514 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,120 fire management employee of the US Forest Service. 515 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,600 He had been called to investigate a site for a 516 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:11,320 possible controlled burn. The location and abandoned CCC 517 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:16,360 campsite and a baseball diamond is very remote, accessible only 518 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:20,320 via US forestry roads followed by a rutted 2 track drive. 519 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:25,040 While at the site, Carl examined the ball diamond and made mental 520 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,440 notes about using the area for bow hunting deer. 521 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,240 He discovered a spot where it appeared wolves had torn apart a 522 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,880 deer. Bones and fur were scattered in 523 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,480 the tall grass and a large patch had been matted down. 524 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,120 While standing there, he heard three high pitched screams to 525 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:46,360 his right, followed by a very low guttural whoop to his left. 526 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:51,440 The whoop was a deep resonant sound that Carl vividly recalls 527 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:56,280 as low, and I mean really low. This call and response pattern 528 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,320 repeated several times. Carl returned to his truck and 529 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,760 drove around the lake on nearby roads looking for the source of 530 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,840 the calls, but saw nothing. About a week later, Carl took 531 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,760 his wife to the location. While driving slowly toward the 532 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,560 lake, she believed she saw a tall, dark figure walking 533 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,480 upright across the road about 1/2 mile ahead. 534 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,640 In December 2012, Carl returned to the site, recorded his 535 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,760 thoughts, and posted a video to YouTube. 536 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,400 At the time, he was still unsure about what he experienced. 537 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,480 Since then, he searched online for similar sounds and found 538 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,840 that some vocalizations recorded Lower Michigan, featured in 539 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,800 report number 32981 by Jim Sherman of the Michigan BFRO, 540 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,960 are nearly identical to the calls he heard. 541 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,920 Carl, an experienced outdoorsman originally from Montana, has 542 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,400 encountered wolves at close range and has even been bluff 543 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,120 charged by a grizzly bear. Oh boy. 544 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,560 Still, the calls made the hair on the back of his next hand up. 545 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,960 He said he had never been spooked like that in the woods 546 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:06,080 before and was certain the sounds were not made by loons, 547 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,960 coyotes or moose. And mating season. 548 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,440 When asked if he returned to the location at night, he chuckled 549 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,320 and replied Nope. I would never go there at night. 550 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,040 About BFR investigator Robert Barr, he says. 551 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,080 A native of far northeast Iowa, Robert has always had a strong 552 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,560 interest in Bigfoot and exploring the outdoors. 553 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:29,680 His first expedition was the 2012 BFRO Iowa Hill Country 554 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,080 Expedition. He also participated in the 2013 555 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,800 Iowa Big River Expedition, the 2013 Oregon Cascades Expedition, 556 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,960 and it has a whole bunch more of them listed here. 557 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,000 Robert led the 2016 Iowa Spring edition, is assisting with the 558 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,880 2016 Iowa Fall addition and his scouting locations across North 559 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,320 America for 2017. So, yeah, the investigators, 560 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,720 they're really into this. And you know that most of them 561 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,200 have been on multiple investigations. 562 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:56,800 It's really a life's work for them. 563 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,480 But it's great because they call back and talk to these people 564 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,400 and, and a lot of times they dig up some really cool facts about 565 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,040 these Bigfoot reports. Well, if you enjoyed the 566 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,920 program, don't forget to like, follow, subscribe. 567 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,400 Doesn't cost a dime. Until next time. 568 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,560 This is UFO warning over now.