Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode we're talking about Bigfoot in New Mexico.
That's correct. Bigfoot in New Mexico.
Found these over at bfro.net. So many cool sightings over
there. This first one happened, it says
November 2001. Actual date November 24th, 2001
Dona Ana County, New Mexico Location details One to two
miles east of I-25, north of the Fort Selden exit.
Nearest town Las Cruces. Nearest road I-25 Observed.
It says we were camping during Thanksgiving week.
There were three adults, two teenagers and two small
children. My 14 year old son was outside
at night getting something from our SUV when he turned and saw
what he described as a 8 foot tall humanoid figure walking
South in half moonlight. He had no flashlight to see more
clearly, but when he spotted the figure, I'll just call it an it,
he got scared and ran back into the trailer where we were all
staying. The weather was fairly cold,
just above freezing as I recall, and it was a couple of days
after a sandstorm had passed through.
The sky was clear with only a few clouds that night.
Once inside, he told us what he'd seen.
We laughed and thought he was joking.
So we suggested that because of its size, maybe it was Bigfoot.
A friend of mine has connections with people who had reported at
least four Bigfoot sightings in the mountains over the past
decade. Well, most reports are from
forested areas. It wasn't unheard of to hear
about sightings in the desert within an hour's drive.
Where we're camping there are many forested and wooded
mountain areas, so it isn't so far fetched to think they could
roam outside their usual territory, especially at night.
After we laughed it off, my 18 year old nephew took a
flashlight and the two boys stood just outside the trailer
to see if they could spot the figure again.
Although they didn't see anything, they suddenly heard a
loud deep growl, like an angrier warning growl, along with the
sound of dirt being scraped or dug into as if by foot.
My nephew said it reminded him of a bull scraping the dirt with
its hoof before charging. Both boys panicked, ran outside,
slammed the door and fell over themselves trying to get in.
They were yelling that it was outside.
I asked her questions, but it was clear that Derek was
completely terrified and absolutely unwilling to go back
outside. At that moment, I felt we might
be in danger. We stayed inside, peeking out
the windows with flashlights, but saw nothing.
We locked the trailer door and our friend who slept in his car
also locked his vehicle for the night.
The boys ended up driving back to La Crucis because they were
too afraid to stay. My nephew also had work the next
morning. We checked the area the
following morning, but any tracks, ours and otherwise, have
been erased by the blowing sand. Wow.
This is time and conditions. 9:00 PM.
Near freezing temperatures. Environment Bureau of Land
Management land. Hilly, mountainous, rocky, sandy
desert terrain. Cattle and other animals
sometimes graze here as evidenced by old cow patties.
Popular area for mountain biking, ATV riding and off
roading during the daytime. No other campers or people were
nearby. Closest to the highway are
scattered homes, ranches and A food factory.
Mostly desert vegetation. Not a typical Bigfoot area, but
we have no other logical explanation for what happened
And then under follow up investigation it says BFRO
investigator Matthew Moneymaker. There were five people present
during the incident with two eyewitnesses.
The temperature was near freezing, personal moonlight
with a few clouds. Train was desert with ravines,
mountains visible in the distance.
The two eyewitnesses were a 14 year old boy and his 18 year old
cousin. They were camping with his
mother, grandmother, a family friend and two small children.
Investigator Craig Wojeater interviewed the 14 year old and
his mother on 2 separate occasions.
The 14 year old said he went outside the camper to get soft
drinks from the car. As he approached, he saw a large
black humanoid figure walking on 2 legs through a ravine.
He could not make out facial features or other details.
He estimated the figure to be about 8 feet tall since the
ravine was walking. Since the ravine was walking in
was 10 feet deep, after the sighting, his cousin joined him
with the flashlight. The tall figure was no longer
visible. After a few minutes, they heard
a loud, intimidating growl along with a scraping sound like a
bull digging its hoof into the dirt before charging.
Doesn't sound very inviting. That says no arrangements are
being made for these witnesses to meet with attendees of the
upcoming New Mexico BFR expedition in late December of
2004. Of course, that's been 20 years
ago. One of the areas targeted by the
exhibition is close to where this incident occurred.
A small team from the group will investigate the site for tracks
and potential travel routes to other reported sighting areas.
Pretty neat. This sighting is dated September
6th, 2010. Los Alamos County, New Mexico
Location details The location was deep in the mountains up
Ponderosa Rd. which is off the main road in Jamez nearest town
Jamez Pueblo nearest Rd. Hwy. 550 to the best of my
knowledge observed. Hi my name is Joe I'm 20 years
old. I recently had an encounter that
I can't explain. Let me start from the beginning.
I live in Albuquerque, NM and the deep and the closest camping
spots to me are in the Jamez Mountains.
A friend of mine often goes hunting and camping there.
A couple of years ago he told me about an encounter he and his
Uncle Mike had in a place they call the Meadow.
He said that about an hour before sundown, while at the
campsite, he and his family heard a loud shrieking sound
about 300 to 400 yards away. The sound lasted 30 seconds to a
full minute. He asked me what kind of animal
has the lung capacity to hold a call that long.
As he sat around the fire, he said he could see something
upright moving between the trees on the Ridge.
The being walked back and forth between the trees until sundown.
He didn't mention it to anyone because his girlfriend and
sisters were there and he didn't want to cause a scare.
That night the family was awakened by the same shrieking,
this time coming from the Ridge. The sound was so loud he could
feel the base in his chest. It lasted about a minute and a
half. Later I spoke with his Uncle
Mike about it. Mike is an experienced backwoods
hunter who has travelled all over the country.
He admitted he was genuinely afraid of that campsite.
He told me that as a boy he had camped there with his brother
and mother. Whatever was out there scared
his mother so badly she packed up in the middle of the night
and left. Mike said he would never go
back. Eventually my friend and I
persuaded him to return with us. Last summer, the four of us, my
friend Uncle Mike, Uncle Richard and myself, camped at that same
spot for five nights. Nothing unusual happened.
A month later, I camped there with my girlfriend for several
nights. Again, nothing happened.
But this past Labor Day weekend, something changed.
The first night was uneventful. On the second night, we visited
a friend who was camping several miles away.
But as it got dark, I told my girlfriend we needed to return
to our camp. I drove back quickly, started
the fire right away, and set with her by the fire.
For some reason, I felt extremely tense for about an
hour. Finally, I told her I just
wanted to go to bed. I palled wood in the fire and we
crawled into the back of my Hummer to sleep.
My vehicle was parked facing away from the interest of the
campsite. A canopy stood directly behind
it, under which I had left my backpack in a garbage bag.
The campfire was about 15 feet away, with two chairs nearby.
My girlfriend and I lay in the back of the Hummer with our
heads toward the rear. Sometime later I woke up groggy.
I noticed a glow of the fire fading, then going out.
Immediately after I heard something rubbing against the
vehicle on my side, then the sound of a shovel and two
fishing poles being knocked over.
My adrenaline spiked. I stayed quiet so as not to wake
my girlfriend. For about 10 minutes I listened
to the movement outside. After about 15 minutes I heard
it rub against the Hummer again. At that point I gently shook my
girlfriend and whispered. I need you to listen carefully.
Something is outside the Hummer. I don't know what it is or how
big it is, but I'm going to get the gun.
I retrieved my 9mm, switched off the safety and lay there
trembling, holding my girlfriend close.
We listened together as it tore into the garbage, knocked things
over, and made heavy grunts in the footsteps.
Every noise made us cling to each other tighter.
At first I thought it might be a bear ready in the camp.
The noises came from the campfire area, then moved closer
to the vehicle. A few times I propped myself up
to see, but it was pitch dark. The only light was from faint
embers and the sky just visible above the tree line.
The noise then shifted to my girlfriend's side of the vehicle
with a cooler and dry box were kept.
It sounded like the cooler was dumped over.
Then came a loud clang. The canopy had been knocked
down. I whispered to my girlfriend.
Oh my, it just knocked over the canopy.
She began crying quietly and said I want to leave now.
I moved into the driver's seat, gripped my gun, started the
Hummer, turned around and drove out of there.
We saw nothing as we left. We parked along the main road
about 10 minutes later and spent the rest of the night there.
In the morning, my girlfriend told me she had seen it.
She said that when the canopy collapsed, she saw a large black
figure move past the window. It was taller than the top of
the Hummer's window. Since the Hummer is about 6 feet
tall, she estimated it was at least 7 foot.
We returned to the campsite at sunrise to collect our
belongings. Strangely, everything was in
place except 2 knocked over chairs and the canopy, which had
been flipped upside down 20 feet from where it had been standing.
There had been no wind that night.
If it were a bear, the canopy would have been crushed, not
thrown. Even more unsettling, the trash
bag I had left open was untouched, and my backpack and
gear were undisturbed. Whatever it was seemed to have
gone through the campsite carefully, then put things back
almost exactly as they were. I want to emphasize that I don't
drink or use drugs. This was not just the wind.
I have never in my life felt terror like I did that night,
and writing this even now brings me to tears.
I've only shared this story with a few people because I don't
want to sound crazy. That sounds pretty wild, man.
Also noticed no prints were found except for two possible
impressions. One appeared to be about 18
inches long, near Cal Patty with vegetation pressed down around
it. Another similar impression was
about 5 feet away. Other witnesses, my girlfriend,
other stories, experiences of my friend's Uncle Mike.
Time and conditions around 2:00 AM.
Extremely dark, no moonlight, calm weather, environment.
Pine forest with two ridges about 50 yards on either side of
the Meadow and it says follow up investigation report BFRO
investigator Mike Cedillo. I spoke with the witness in
early October. We organized a small expedition
to the site with myself and my daughter and a fellow New Mexico
investigator. We met Joe at a nearby cafe on
Saturday morning, then set up camp at Meadow.
Not far from camp, we discovered a trackway suggesting a large
bipedal animal had crossed an old logging Rd.
We followed it for 6 or 700 yards, finding several old elk
bones along the way that appeared to have been cracked
open with a rock. My daughter found a fresher
trackway with clear prints going up a small hill.
That evening around 10:00 PM, my daughter, fellow investigator
Boy Joe, and Joe's cousin went to a Ridge east of camp.
My daughter thought she saw I shine in a Grove of trees
followed by a large shadow moving away.
The group returned to camp and went to bed.
Later that night a snowstorm moved in so we packed up and
left before being snowed in. Future investigations are
planned for this location. I found the witness very
credible and based on what we observed, I believe the area
warrants further investigation. I guess so.
The sightings dated September 17th, 2002, McKinley County, New
Mexico nearest town. Rock Springs nearest Hwy. 264
observed I work for and then it says remove that request.
A witness, the headquarters dispatcher reported that some
customers were without water in the Rock Springs community.
I responded and drove to the storage tank site which is
located approximately 1 1/2 miles northwest of Sagebrush
Bar. I checked the tank level and
found it empty so I proceeded back to Hwy. 264.
The road to the tank site is a dirt Rd.
I was about 150 yards from the highway, the only light from my
unit's headlight shining straight down on the road.
My mind was preoccupied with thoughts about the water outage
when about 20 yards in front of my truck, I saw something walk
out from behind a juniper tree located on the West side of the
dirt Rd. As soon as it stepped into the
headlights, it hesitated and looked toward me.
I stopped the truck immediately. It then began walking faster,
lengthening at stride. It took about four steps to
cross the road. It did not cross in a straight
line, but at an angle and disappeared behind another
juniper tree on the east side of the dirt Rd.
My total visual contact with what I now call the creature was
about 15 seconds. I waited to see if it would
reappear or if I could detect any movement, but saw nothing.
I sat there thinking, what did I just see?
I went through an elimination process.
It was not a horse, cow, deer, or elk, four of the large
animals common in this area. The creature had a shiny brown,
hairy coat and was approximately 7 feet tall.
Its face was like a monkey's, with large black eyes shaped
like teardrops. Its head was small and tapered
to a long point in the back. The torso was skinny with narrow
shoulders. The arms and legs were only
about 3 to 4 inches in diameter. I saw elbows and knees, but no
distinct hands, fingers, feet or toes.
The ends appeared rounded off, like stumps, similar to how an
amputee's limb might look. Its gate was long, covering the
road in about four steps. At that point, a chill came over
me. I quickly locked both doors.
I did not even want to look out my side window because a strong
sense of fear had taken hold. I revved the engine and drove
quickly toward the highway. At the pump house I found the
problem. There have been a power outage
at the well site. I had to go back to Fort
Defiance to pick up fuses. Not wanting to return alone I
had the dispatcher contact the electric line standby and I went
back to the well with him. Together we restored service.
The next day of my Co worker and I returned to the site and found
footprints. He had a digital camera and took
photos. The footprints were four to five
feet apart and we tracked them E into the brush.
That night I went home, made a sketch of what I'd seen, and
told my children about the incident.
And that sounds strange. This bit about the ends of the
appendages being rounded off, almost like an amputee says.
It's almost like maybe this thing is kind of phasing,
phasing in and out. I often think these things are
three-dimensional, some kind of interdimensional creatures,
rather. Also noted, it says none.
I have a drawing, photos of the footprints, other witnesses.
I was alone at the time deciding I heard about a grandmother who
lives north of the storage sinks who reported a creature visiting
her home. It chases sheep inside the
corral and her relative has fired a gun at it, causing it to
run away. Time and conditions. 11:45 PM.
Dark clear skies now moonlight environment.
The area contains juniper trees and a lot of sagebrush.
The road is packed dirt while the ground off road is sandy,
which is why the footprints were easy to see.
The Sagebrush bar is about a half a mile east of location and
then follow up investigation. I interviewed the witness in
person on February 15th, 2005 and I know the location will
because of other activity reported nearby in the fall of
2002 and again 2004. I also drive past the area
several times a week. I revisited the site in late
February after the interview to obtain a UTM reading for mapping
additional details and clarifications from the witness.
The hair was brown, similar in length to a dog's fur.
The animal clearly turned its head toward the witness and
glared at him while crossing. The facial expression remains
vivid and unsettling to him. Its mouth was small, lips pursed
and face monkey like, with less fur than the rest of the body.
It walked with long steps, swinging its arms, much like the
creature in the Patterson film. The witness did not see details
of hands or feet. They appeared stump like,
possibly because of cupping or low visibility.
The sketch he made shows the hands and feet, though without
detail. His sketch depicted a thin
creature consistent with his description.
His photo of footprints were taken the next day.
Copies are in my position. However, the sandy soil in the
area does not preserve tracks well and the dry conditions
causing operations to collapse inward.
The photos show circular indentations but little detail
the measurements. No measurements were taken.
The creatures thin appearance is worth noting.
While the common image of a Sasquatch is large and muscular,
many reports, especially from the desert Southwest, describe
thinner individuals. Possible explanations, it says,
include drought conditions. 2002 was extremely dry, killing much
of the local Pinon pine forest. Food scarcity would have looked
animals thinner than usual. Natural variation Like humans,
Sasquatch may come in different sizes and builds depending on
age, genetics, and life stage. I'm currently investigating at
least three other reports from 2002 and 2004 in this immediate
area following potential Class A&B Sasquatch activity.
The area, though near a state highway, is rural and may serve
as a migration corridor for Sasquatch and large wild game.
Herda Elk is known to frequent the region.
The location is further secluded by its proximity to a large coal
lease area, which is closed to the public and free from human
settlement. That's wild.
We'll do three more here and wrap this up.
The sightings dated that November 1976.
Otero County, New Mexico location details Mountains with
deep forest, mostly pine trees. It was during deer hunting
season. As for directions, I cannot
remember exactly since I never went back.
It was a long time ago when I was a young man there.
Nearest town opinion New Mexico Nearest highway Hwy. 24 observed
I believe it was in 1976 while I along with a couple of cousins,
primos, went deer hunting in Terrell County between Weed and
Pinon, NM. I am a loner by nature so I went
off on my own to hunt while they went in a different direction.
As I climbed the side of a mountain, I spotted some turkeys
running uphill, so I gave chase. When I reached the top, I began
descending the other side which was thick with pinion trees.
Further down, I saw a small Meadow in the area.
Because of the dense trees, I was on my knees resting while
watching the Meadow. I saw something walk out from
the tree line to the left side, move along the edge, then go
back into the trees. It never saw me and I did not
stick around for it to see me. The figure was tall, maybe 6 1/2
to 7 feet, covered in long black hair, and walked upright like a
man. It was heavily built and
appeared muscular. Its face was also covered with
hair. I did not tell anyone about this
until a few years ago when I mentioned it to my grandchildren
they laughed so I no longer talk about it.
But I know what I saw and if I ever encounter another one I
would not shoot it. I had a remit in 300 BTL rifle
with me at the time but I never even raised it.
Also noticed I've been hunting all my life and I've seen all
types of wild animals including bear.
What I saw was not a bear. Other witnesses none, Other
stories? None.
Until today when I got online, it says time and conditions,
morning hours, good lighting, somewhat windy environment,
mostly pine forest and mountainous terrain with summit
meadows in certain areas. And then follow up investigation
report by BFR investigator Matthew Moneymaker.
Alejo is retired, having had a long career as a state prison
guard at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in La
Cruces. My conversation with him
established several important points about his reliability as
an observer. Alejo has haunted in the
Sacramento Mountains since his youth.
He has seen black bears many times and would not have
mistaken one in this situation. During his 20 years as a state
prison guard, he has spent much time closely observing strong,
muscular men. The figure he saw in the
mountains was much bigger than any prison inmate he has ever
seen. When asked if anything else
stood out, Vallejo said the figure had very dark fur
covering its entire body. I asked whether it might have
been in shadow or in or seen in silhouette, making the fur
appear darker. He was certain about the caller,
noting that the figure had walked across a small Meadow and
direct overhead sunlight, fully exposed at a distance of about
50 yards. He's not appear.
It did not appear to notice him, or at least made no eye contact,
and it was not in a hurry. Additional Note 2 BFO
expeditions are planned to this area in O4 and O5.
Have very cool stuff. The signing is reported as late
July 2004. Another one from Otero County,
New Mexico location details. These incidents happen during
different seasons and times. The areas were brushy with many
trees around Nearest town Mescalero nearest Highway 70
observed around 11:00 PM. My sister-in-law ran into my
mother in She said it was walking back and forth on the
trail before it came up to the house and stood out at the
corner watching them. That's when she and her friends
run inside and told me. We checked outside around the
front but saw nothing so they went into her room.
After that my girlfriend and I stayed in the living room
watching TVA short while later we heard some noise in the
dining room. I asked what was that.
She said she didn't know so I jumped up to check.
Some of the girls came out to see what the noise was.
It sounded like someone was throwing things around in the
room. When I got to the dining room, I
saw a large hand reaching in through the window.
It reached across the table and pulled out a bowl that had food
on it. We were all scared and I called
the conservation office. Nothing else happened after
that. This thing has been hanging
around Mollusk Grove for about two to three years now.
About two years earlier, a Bigfoot followed my
brother-in-law home from a friend's house around midnight.
We saw it at about 150 yards down the road.
Scared, he ran home. When we got to the door he
started panting on it. We didn't know it had followed
him until he looked back and saw us standing about 10 feet behind
him watching. When the door was open, my
brother went inside. He said the creature left after
about 5 minutes. Another sighting happened about
a year ago at the same house. My mother-in-law went out one
morning around 8:00 AM to get her clothes off the line.
There was snow on the ground. She saw two sets of tracks, one
very large and one small like the juvenile was with it.
The tracks went between the house and the clothesline where
some of her clothes had been pulled down.
The tracks continued toward the trees below her house.
Now I live in a trailer up the highway, but the nearest house
being about a mile away. One time I could hear loud
screams from a Canyon over from where I live.
Another night my girlfriend and I were home with without power
and without dogs. As we were going to bed, we
heard a loud rumble on the side of our trailer like something
had bumped it hard, almost as if a car had hit it.
It only happened once. I figured it was a Bigfoot
because we've heard them around here before.
Wow. Sounds like a tremendous amount
of activity going on there and environment around the 1st
house. There are many trees between and
below the houses. The neighborhood sits on a hill
above Highway 70. The second location where my
trailer is, is very brushy with a lot of pine trees in a valley.
And then it says follow up investigation Eddie Flores.
I spoke to the witness who added details about the hand incident.
The kitchen is in the back of the house, while several people
were in the front having a party.
The creature's palm was lighter and collar to the rest of its
arm, which is covered in black hair.
Wow. Just reaching right in through
the window and helping us solve the lunch, it sounds like.
That's really wild. We'll do one last one here.
The sightings dated July 1980, San Juan County, New Mexico
Location details near a mountain lake in the Cheska Mountains on
the New Mexico Arizona border. A road runs the length of the
mountain chain. Nearest town to Lena, nearest
road Route 666. Sounds good, doesn't it?
Observed. My family would spend summers in
the mountains helping herd sheep.
We had a cabin, corrals, tents and several other structures in
the property. Occasionally we would have
strange experiences with their animals.
The dogs would bark at something we couldn't see and the sheep
would run from something hidden in the forest.
We often felt like something was watching us from the shadows. 1
evening near dusk. My family had just finished
dinner and was socializing. I had been thumbing through a
book when John, who I will call that out of respect for his
privacy, came running into the shade house we had built next to
the cabin. He was crying in pales of sheet.
He was always the macho type who showed no emotion, so to see him
frightened alarmed my grandmother, aunts and uncles.
They hurried out to the front door and stood at the threshold
looking toward the well. I put down my book and join
them. They were whispering in Navajo
when I saw something at the well.
At first I was excited because I thought it was a black bear, but
then I noticed it was grayish brown in collar and kneeling.
I had never heard of a bear kneeling like a man.
It looked as if it were either washing something off or
drinking. I was fine until it looked over
its shoulder at us and I saw its features.
Man like that was all I needed to see.
I ran into the cabin and hidden in the bed under the covers.
I was young at the time, but to this day when I asked my mother
about it, she says everyone agreed it was a Bigfoot.
A few weeks later around 2:00 AM, it was standing outside her
tent. I saw its shadow against the
tent. Strangely, the dogs made no
sound when normally they bark and howl at anything that comes
near. Yeah, it seems like sometimes
dogs just have a natural tendency to be afraid of these
things. With 'cause I think I also
noticed no unusual smells or sounds.
It never bothered us but would come around occasionally.
Other witnesses, my grandmother, aunts, uncles and several
cousins were present. We had just finished dinner.
John had gone outside to use the bathroom when the incident
occurred. Follow up investigation says I
spoke with witness JB. When asked for a more detailed
description of the creature, JB said he could not add much more
than this. It was man like and Harry with
eyes that seemed sunk in. He reported that he was too
scared to look at it for long. Other incidents included a story
from his grandfather about something that had come into the
area. It would stink up the Canyon and
sometimes steal sheep. His father also told him that
the same type of creature once tried to get into the back of
his pickup truck while he sat inside with a rifle.
His father said the creature smelled terrible and that he
would have shot it if it had managed to open the locked
Topper door. One other event occurred when a
sheep went missing. Several of the older children
went searching for it and reported being chased off by one
of the large hairy man like creatures.
According to JB, the family believe these creatures probably
be migrated in and out of Chessica mountains since they
were not always present. Wow.
Maybe they were there just to predate on a sheep or something,
I'm not sure. Well, some great sightings there
from years past. Hope you enjoyed those.
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