1 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,000 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,800 In this episode we're looking at a Alaska Bigfoot Roundup. 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,000 That's correct. In Alaska Bigfoot Roundup. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,040 This first sighting comes to us from the May of 2022. 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:21,800 It says in the Valdez, Chitnut, Whittier County which seems to 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,800 be down there near Anchorage. It says investigator notes 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,080 Richardson Highway north of Copper Center. 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,240 The crossing point is just north of the guardrails where Yetnick 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,680 Creek passes under the highway nearest town, Glen Allen. 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,200 This spring at approximately mile 106 on the Richardson 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,160 Highway, my wife and I were driving to the Princess Hotel 12 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:47,280 for breakfast on a Sunday morning. 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,400 About 1/4 mile before the right turn to the Princess Hotel, a 14 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,360 very large two legged creature ran across the road in front of 15 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,480 us and just three steps it crossed the road, entered the 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,920 ditch and disappeared into the timber. 17 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,640 I wish there had been snow on the ground, but the ditches 18 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,160 hadn't been mowed yet. There were no visible tracks, 19 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,560 only brush that had been pushed down. 20 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,840 I didn't see anything else until late summer in August. 1 evening 21 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,320 while watching TVI started hearing noises and thought my 22 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:22,200 surround sound was on. After meeting the TVI still 23 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,080 heard the sound which resembled wood knocks. 24 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:29,200 I went outside and realized the noise was coming from behind the 25 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,720 house. I live at mile one O 9 on the 26 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,800 Richardson and there are no neighbors in the direction for 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,000 quite a distance. The experience unnerved me 28 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,160 because I knew what it could be, but I haven't heard anything 29 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,720 since. I'm always carrying a sidearm 30 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,200 when cutting firewood or just out writing. 31 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,560 I truly believe we have a Bigfoot in our area. 32 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:53,600 Wow, that would be really something. 33 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:55,840 See one of these things crossing the highway? 34 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,080 They've got a picture of this highway. 35 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,920 Remote timber on both sides. Also noticed nothing else. 36 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,400 Other witnesses, my wife. Afterward I spoke with my 37 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,160 friends at work about the encounter. 38 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,520 Copper Center is nearby and they have seen large tracts in the 39 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,880 area that they couldn't identify. 40 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:17,640 Large barefoot prints since the time was 8:30 AM. 41 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:20,840 Environment. Heavy timber with Copper River 42 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,920 and Tazila River nearby and lots of drainage in the area. 43 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,240 Now it says the follow up investigation report by BFR 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,640 investigator Matthew Moneymaker. He says I spoke with the witness 45 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:36,600 George Gilman at length. Originally from Iowa, he has 46 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,800 lived year round in Alaska for 30 years, though he now spends 47 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,960 his winters in the lower 48. The sighting occurred in late 48 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:50,120 May 2022 in bright sunshine with no snow on the ground. 49 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,920 George and his wife were driving South on the Richardson Highway 50 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:58,720 from Glen Allen, roughly 65 miles northeast of Valdez, 51 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,160 Alaska. They were on their way to eat 52 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,880 breakfast at the Princess Hotel, which is formerly known as the 53 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,960 Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge in Copper Center. 54 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,840 The Street View image below shows the crossing spot from the 55 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,600 from the same angle and rough distance as seen by the witness. 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,360 The Saskatch was less than 1/4 mile away, crossing the highway 57 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:26,160 just before the guardrails began where yet in a Creek passes 58 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,360 underneath. I found it oddly coincidental 59 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:32,600 that George had also reported hearing Wood knocks behind his 60 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,560 home at night until he mentioned that he lives about 3 miles from 61 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,760 the location of this sighting. If you zoom in on the highway 62 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,880 image below, you'll see a small vertical red mark which I made 63 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,280 indicating where the figure crossed the highway just before 64 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,000 the visible guard rails. Both the witness and his wife 65 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,520 described the figure as upright and furry with dark fur, 66 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,240 possibly with Auburn tips. The arms and legs were generally 67 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,320 human like, as opposed to those of a four legged creature 68 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,200 walking on two legs. They were certain it wasn't 69 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,360 human due to its enormous size across the highway in just a few 70 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,920 steps, something no human could do that quickly. 71 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,680 I asked George about the deer population in that area and he 72 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,360 mentioned that he has rarely seen deer in 30 years, though he 73 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,760 does see a lot of moose which don't run in herds like deer. 74 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,480 Comparing the abundance of moose in that area to the deer in 75 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,280 Iowa, he noted that there are far more deer in Iowa than moose 76 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:33,280 in that part of Alaska. He added that there are more 77 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:37,000 deer to the South near the coast around Valdez, where the winter 78 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,480 temperatures are more moderate. I explained that a Sasquatch 79 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,120 would need an abundant, reliable protein source in the Copper 80 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,280 Center area. George mentioned the fish wheels 81 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:50,480 on the nearby Copper River, which catch copious amounts of 82 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,840 salmon, different species and different runs through spring 83 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:56,120 and summer. He also mentioned that the 84 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,120 people setting up the big fish wheels along that part of the 85 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,320 Copper River are mostly natives from the nearby village. 86 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,520 Some have reported that something comes at night to take 87 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,960 fish from their holding pins. They don't believe it's a bear 88 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,320 because they would likely see a bear doing it. 89 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,280 Nor do they think it's a person as stealing food from other 90 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:19,440 tribal members as unheard of in their community, especially when 91 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,600 fish is so plentiful during the salmon runs. 92 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,880 George also suggested that using trail cameras might help 93 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,400 identify what is taking the fish, as a small box shape of a 94 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,520 trail camera would blend in perfectly with the structure of 95 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,720 a fish wheel. It's possible that the Sasquatch 96 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,280 George and his wife Saul near a copper center may spend winters 97 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:42,600 near the coast around Valdez, where deer are more abundant. 98 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,200 They could then move inland in the spring when salmon are 99 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,640 plentiful and easily accessible in the holding pins of fish 100 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,360 wheels along the river at night. Wow, That's amazing. 101 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,720 Yeah. Wherever these things seem to be 102 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,440 at, they do have to have a food source. 103 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,880 And I don't know if you've ever eaten that fresh salmon up in 104 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,760 Alaska, but there's nothing better I can tell you that. 105 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Very cool sighting. Let's go ahead and move on to 106 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,480 this next one. This sighting here comes to us 107 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:13,080 from July 2009, Fairbanks County, Alaska. 108 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,040 It says the intersection of Auburn and Farmers Loop is about 109 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,160 1 to 1 1/2 miles from the University of Fairbanks campus. 110 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,000 You should be able to find it on Google Maps easily. 111 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,600 Nearest town Fairbanks, AK. Nearest Rd. 112 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,640 Auburn Drive, about a mile north of Farmers Loop. 113 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,920 Observed in July 2009 in Fairbanks, AK. 114 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:37,280 I was heading South on Auburn Drive toward Farmers Loop, which 115 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:41,000 was about a mile away. The area is wooded, with homes 116 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,800 spaced about 100 to 200 feet apart. 117 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,520 The general area around the homes is cleared, but most of 118 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,640 the land remains wooded. I was driving by Pearl Creek 119 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,520 Elementary School, which is visible through the woods. 120 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,760 Some areas are thick with trees, but in the section where the 121 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,040 sighting occurred, the woods had been cleared, providing an open 122 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,160 view. The school and its vegetable 123 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,400 garden were visible from the road. 124 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,880 It was around 6:00 PM and I was heading home after work on a 125 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:12,680 deck. All day. 126 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,640 The weather was clear with the sun high in the sky. 127 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:20,320 As I drove, I noticed a man, quote UN quote, standing by the 128 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,000 right side of the road about 100 yards ahead. 129 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,320 At first, I unconsciously recognized it as a man, which 130 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,560 wasn't unusual in that area. However, as I got within 50 131 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,600 yards, I looked closer and thought, that's no man. 132 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,480 Shortly after, maybe one or two seconds later, the figure bolted 133 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,680 into the woods toward the school, like a wild animal would 134 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,360 if spooked. I didn't slow down until I 135 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,560 reached the spot where I saw him enter the woods. 136 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,560 I could still see him running away from the road. 137 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:55,160 When he was about 30 yards into the woods, he turned left and 138 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,440 began running parallel to the road in the same direction I was 139 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,960 heading. I got a good look at him, though 140 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,640 not his face. I could have seen his face had I 141 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,960 not been so mesmerized and had the presence of mind to look 142 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,800 directly at it. Instead, I focused on other 143 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,480 details. His fur or hair seemed to be 144 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,040 about 3 to 4 inches long all over his body. 145 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,280 It was a reddish rusty collar and I was mildly struck by how 146 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,720 red it was, though it did have some rustiness to it. 147 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,960 He was about 6 feet tall and appeared to weigh around £200. 148 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,280 He ran with a strange hoppy gait, not a limp, but one foot 149 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,520 pushed off in a more normal running motion, while the other 150 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:40,080 foot propelled him upward about a foot or less and forwards. 151 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,440 I watched him until he disappeared into the woods. 152 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,520 There was a road about 100 yards ahead, so I quickly drove to it, 153 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,200 turned right, and then turned right again to the road that led 154 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,240 to the school parking lot. The wooded area he entered 155 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,080 formed a sort of peninsula, so I expected to see him somewhere in 156 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,280 there. However, the woods were quite 157 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,800 thick from that angle and I didn't see him again, nor have I 158 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,000 seen him since. A little further up the road was 159 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,680 the school garden where about 7 to 10 people were present. 160 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,760 I regret not stopping to talk to them about what I had seen. 161 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,560 The next day as I drove to work on the deck, I naturally slowed 162 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:22,920 down, actually stopped in the area where I saw him surveying 163 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,680 the scene. A couple walking their dogs 164 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:29,320 approached, so I flagged them down and told them what had 165 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,400 happened the evening before. They mentioned that about a week 166 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,160 earlier they were on the other side of the school property near 167 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,600 the soccer field when three kids run up to them excitedly asking, 168 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,480 did you see the Sasquatch? Did you see the Sasquatch? 169 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,560 The couple also mentioned that an adult, possibly the kids 170 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:48,760 father, was with them, but he didn't seem too excited about 171 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,320 it. My conclusion as to whether it 172 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,840 was real or not is that it was either real or there was a man 173 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,880 in a very, very convincing costume. 174 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,800 I reported the incident to the Fish and Game office in 175 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,200 Fairbanks a couple of days later. 176 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,960 The person taking the report seemed skeptical, rolling his 177 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,280 eyes as he wrote it down on a scrap of paper. 178 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,640 I even had to ask him to take my phone number, just in case. 179 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,200 I saw some people the next day who mentioned that some kids had 180 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,400 seen it the week before, so it tells us that it happened around 181 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,440 6:00 PM. The lighting was excellent and 182 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,360 the weather was clear. And then the environment was 183 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,640 forced. Mostly Birch trees with spruce 184 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,240 trees intermingled. The undergrowth was low, 185 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,640 providing clear visibility into the woods. 186 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,080 And then we had the follow up investigation report by BFR 187 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,720 investigator Charles Lamaca. I was intrigued by this report 188 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,480 because I used to live very near the area where this sighting 189 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,800 occurred. I interviewed the witness by 190 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,080 phone and found his story to be credible. 191 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,120 The interview provided the following additional 192 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,800 information. The entire sighting, from first 193 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,640 glance to last seen, lasted around 30 seconds. 194 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,360 The creature was about 100 yards away when first spotted, but the 195 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,960 distance reduced to about 20 to 30 yards as the sighting 196 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:02,120 progressed. The witness didn't get a good 197 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,600 look at the creatures face or feet. 198 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,040 He described the shape of the head as being a cross between 199 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,360 that of a human and a gorilla. The hair on its body seemed 200 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,320 uniform in length, about three to four inches and was not 201 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,680 matted or scruffy. He has no explanation for the 202 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:20,960 unusual gait of the creature and and couldn't speculate to 203 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,520 whether it might have been due to an injury or deformity. 204 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,680 The witness is inclined to believe that what he saw was a 205 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:29,800 real non human animal, definitely not a bear. 206 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,240 He acknowledges the remote possibility that it could have 207 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,480 been a hoax, but if it was a hoax, the costume was extremely 208 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,440 convincing. Wow, that's a cool one. 209 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:45,400 So this sighting here comes from August 2008, date 8/20/2008. 210 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:50,760 Alaska SE Fairbanks County says this location is near Ketchum 211 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:55,120 Stock Mountain, about 30 mile journey by ATV to the West of 212 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,680 Taylor Highway, South of Chicken, Alaska. 213 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,000 Nearest town Chicken, Alaska, nearest Rd. 214 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,200 Taylor Highway sounds pretty remote. 215 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,080 This is an excerpt from a short story I wrote about a hunting 216 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,720 trip primarily for my family. I am 64 years old with 40 years 217 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,400 of law enforcement experience, currently serving as Chief of 218 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,880 Police. With hunting season not opening 219 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:23,200 until the day after next, we were in no hurry and enjoy the 220 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,440 evening with a touch of good single malt Irish whiskey, 221 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,480 reminiscing about past hunts and the one we were about to embark 222 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,840 on. Lloyd and Davis were not 223 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,120 expected to arrive until the next until the first day of the 224 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,760 hunt, presumably because Dave had become domesticated sometime 225 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,000 after the previous year's hunt and had to attend a retirement 226 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 party before being allowed to leave Valdez for camp. 227 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:51,440 With the evening winding down and the toll of the day upon us, 228 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:55,960 we were in our sleeping bags and doubtlessly snoring by 2300 229 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,440 hours. The stove was stoked with fresh 230 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,520 firewood and all was well. At about 2:15 I awoke feeling 231 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,040 too warm, so I unzipped my sleeping bag and threw the top 232 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,000 off. That's when I heard a resounding 233 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,120 crack of wood striking wood, similar to the sound of a 234 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,960 Louisville Slugger solidly hitting a large, sturdy Birch 235 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:19,200 tree very close to the cabin. Since there was no one within 236 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,520 many miles of us, my attention immediately focused on the 237 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,760 sound. A few seconds later, the sound 238 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,400 was repeated, and this pattern continued for several minutes as 239 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,560 I evaluated its source. Finally, I decided to wake Bill, 240 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,720 saying and just above a whisper. Hey, Bill. 241 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:39,160 He stirred and mumbled something that sounded like what, but then 242 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,720 didn't move again for 20 minutes until we finally woke up and 243 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,400 asked what was going on. Meanwhile, the noise had stopped 244 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:50,400 when I initially tried to wake Bill, and I was sitting on the 245 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,760 bunk of my with my 4:50 in my hand, waiting for whatever might 246 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:59,080 happen during 300 hours. I finally fell back into a sound 247 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,240 sleep, waking well into the following morning with a spot of 248 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,400 coffee in our gullets and explaining to Bill what had 249 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,240 happened the previous night. We explored the area around the 250 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,680 old village, including the nearby graveyard, in an effort 251 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:17,200 to find an explanation. We found numerous paths 252 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,560 traversing the grassy area around the cabins with a 253 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,120 multitude of bedding sites. However, we never found anything 254 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,080 that could explain the source of the sounds. 255 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,120 When I explained this to another friend after I returned, someone 256 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,320 with years of experience living in numerous villages, he asked 257 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,960 me if there was a native graveyard nearby. 258 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,360 It was less than 50 yards from the cabin. 259 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:43,000 Nevertheless, I named the source Sassy Under. 260 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,120 Also notice it says the moment I woke Bill the Wood smacking 261 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,640 sounds stopped. No other witnesses. 262 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,280 Bill slept through it. No other stories. 263 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,000 Time and conditions. 2:15 AM. It looks like the environment is 264 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,760 a combination of swamp, bog, streams and mountains. 265 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,760 And then the investigator says, after speaking with the witness, 266 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,400 I find the story believable. And they experienced wood 267 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,440 knocking outside their cabin in the early morning hours. 268 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,920 The witness has considerable experience in law enforcement, 269 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,280 is an avid outdoorsman and hunter, and is familiar with the 270 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,840 local wildlife and the noises they make. 271 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,640 It's pretty cool. Pretty cool story. 272 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,120 They're out in the middle of nowhere hearing these wood 273 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:24,080 knockings. This sighting here is from 2004 274 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,120 February. It says Anchorage County, Alaska 275 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,600 location details near power line clearings east of Potter Marsh 276 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,560 and Anchorage nearest town. Anchorage says on the hillside 277 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,200 nearest Rd. No real roads in the area 278 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,800 observed. One night, two of my friends and 279 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,200 I weren't bored, so we decided to go snow machining. 280 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,800 Although it was illegal to snow machine in Anchorage, there were 281 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,040 some good trails a little north of my house. 282 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,960 We took off around 11:00 PM, rode up the road about 1/4 mile, 283 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,880 then cut off onto the trails. It had snowed about 10 inches a 284 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,840 few days earlier, so there was a fresh snow with no tracks. 285 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,200 I led the way for about half an hour, and then we stopped to 286 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,760 talk for a bit. After that, we continued 287 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,560 cruising along some kind of game trail that led to a clearing in 288 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,200 the woods. I rode into the clearing with my 289 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,840 friends following about 50 yards behind me. 290 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,200 As I came over a small mound, I noticed strange tracks leading 291 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,600 to a spot in the snow where it looked like something had pushed 292 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,600 aside some snow and laid down. I figured it was just a moose or 293 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,680 something, but I followed the tracks over the next small hill 294 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,040 and as I descended the far side, my headlight pointed directly at 295 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,560 the back of a Bigfoot. It was only about 10 to 12 feet 296 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,280 in front of me, running in the opposite direction. 297 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,920 I slammed on the brakes because I was terrified. 298 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,520 It continued running, jumped over a dead log covered in snow, 299 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,640 and disappeared into a grip of trees and into the darkness. 300 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,240 Shocked and scared, I quickly turned around and rode back 301 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,800 toward my friends. I met them by the 1st mound and 302 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,120 said we need to get out of here before riding back toward my 303 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,960 house. When I told them what happened 304 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,599 they laughed and said it was probably a bear or someone in 305 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:09,240 the woods, but I was 100% certain it was not a bear or 306 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,760 anything else. The way it was running through 307 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,359 the deep snow convinced me it wasn't human. 308 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,040 For a long time I was ridiculed and called crazy so I didn't 309 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,960 like talking about it. Also notice there were tracks in 310 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,319 the snow and the clearing where it looked like a large animal 311 00:17:25,319 --> 00:17:27,440 had pushed snow aside and laid down. 312 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,720 My two friends were snow machining behind me but did not 313 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,640 see it. If it had been light outside 314 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,360 they might have seen it, but it was pitch black. 315 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,120 The only light was from my snow machine of the stories. 316 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,760 I haven't heard of any other incidents in Anchorage. 317 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:43,440 It was the middle of the night. The only light was from the 318 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,440 headlight of my snow machine and the environment was in the 319 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,640 middle of the woods in a snow covered clearing with only small 320 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,600 shrubs and brushes sticking out of the snow. 321 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,800 It was the middle of the night. It says the follow up 322 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,760 investigation reported by BF4 investigator Dr. Wolf H 323 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,760 Frontbuck. The animal was running from the 324 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,040 approaching snowmobiles. It runs smoothly with angled 325 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:08,040 elbows, totally unimpeded by the fresh snow, which was about a 326 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,760 foot deep and still falling on top of a deeper base. 327 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:16,320 It was dark brown in color with a messy matted coat and no 328 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,720 perceptible neck. The area of the encounter is 329 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,560 near a clear cut lane for a pipeline and within about a mile 330 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,200 of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and Potter's 331 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,680 Marsh in wooded terrain. It's pretty fascinating. 332 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,600 You could imagine being out there on your snowmobile like 333 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,120 that, running into one of these things in the middle of the 334 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:38,120 night. This sighting is from December 335 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:42,800 2003 says on a Friday night in Anchorage County, Alaska. 336 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,240 Also, there are a few houses along the way and a power relay 337 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,880 station. To get there, head down Dowling 338 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,760 Rd., left off Lake Otis and follow a trail all the way down. 339 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,240 There are multiple entrances and trails. 340 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,560 Nearest town Anchorage, nearest Rd. 341 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,080 Dowling observed one night. A couple of friends and I were 342 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,960 bored, so I suggested we take a walk through the woods behind my 343 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,880 house. We had done this many times 344 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,840 before, so I didn't think much of it. 345 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,280 There were four of us and we set out at around 11:00. 346 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,800 At night. It was rather dark, but there 347 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,960 was light from the moon. The weather was cold since it 348 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,840 was winter. We walked along game trails used 349 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,600 by the moose, mushers, runners and cross country skiers for 350 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,720 about two miles, reaching a nether entrance where most 351 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,600 people enter. On the way we talked about 352 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,360 unexplainable events like Bigfoot and UFOs. 353 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,440 When we reached a bridge where most people come in, one friend 354 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,200 smoked a cigarette. We then saw a light and decided 355 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,400 to head back. On the way back, we heard wild 356 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,000 dogs barking wildly and decided to pick up the pace. 357 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,240 It eventually turned into a Sprint. 358 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,680 After slowing down, we continued talking. 359 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,400 That's when I realized something had been following us, possibly 360 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,640 testing or harassing us. At first, I thought it was my 361 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,720 friend Warren, who can be clumsy. 362 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,800 I assumed the noise is like slipping more from him. 363 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,080 But it turned out something had been throwing things at us. 364 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,080 I realized this about halfway back and asked Warren if he kept 365 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,120 slipping. He said he hadn't, and he 366 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:14,960 thought I might have been playing a prank. 367 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,880 He stopped to listen, and when I told the others that something 368 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,960 strange was going on, we showed a flashlight around and heard 369 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,600 noises like footsteps and branches moving and breaking. 370 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,760 The leader of our group thought I was joking, but when I 371 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,840 insisted I wasn't, he decided to walk behind me. 372 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,920 That's when something started throwing snowballs at us and 373 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,760 nearly hitting us multiple times. 374 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,480 He then realized this was no joke and we picked up a light 375 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,920 jog for most of the way back. As we neared the edge of the 376 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:48,040 woods, we again heard dogs and about 20 feet away, branches 377 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,400 breaking and something throwing things at us. 378 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,520 By the time we left the woods it was about 3:00 to 3:30 in the 379 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,800 morning. I didn't go directly home 380 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,360 because I didn't know if it was still following us. 381 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,760 I'm sure this wasn't a prank because the snow was more than 382 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,240 five feet deep in the woods and it would have been extremely 383 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,800 difficult for someone to pull off a prank like that. 384 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:13,200 Since we also noticed we we smelled the clone in aftershave. 385 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,040 One of my friends, Warren, smoked. 386 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:19,880 There were four of us, me, Warren, W Mann, and Sean. 387 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,280 We were at my house thinking of something to do because we were 388 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,560 bored. Stories, none time and 389 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,240 conditions. We started at 11:00 PM and 390 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,640 finished at around 3:00 to 3:30 AM. 391 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,360 The weather was cold with no clouds and the temperature was 392 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:35,080 likely in the high teens. The moon provided some 393 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,680 visibility. Environment A pine forest with a 394 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,360 bog or swamp on the right after entering from Dowling. 395 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:45,000 On the way there is a Creek and near the bridge is Campbell 396 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,560 Creek. Some of us had clone on and I 397 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,240 had shaved earlier that day so I smelled of aftershave. 398 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,560 Follow up investigation says by Doctor Wolf Ferenbach. 399 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:58,560 The area is at the eastern edge of Anchorage, continuous with 400 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,320 the substantial Chuga Mountain range. 401 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,360 Apparently there is no leash law in Anchorage and dogs often form 402 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,480 packs. The objects thrown at the group 403 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,760 appeared to be clouds of hard snow, as some ice crust was 404 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,880 present in places The participants The participants 405 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,240 also detected a rank odor resembling a carcass. 406 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,800 The moon was about 85% full on the date and time listed. 407 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,560 That would be a very, very distributing encounter I would 408 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,000 think. Let's take a look at a couple 409 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,720 more here. This sighting here comes to us 410 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:37,640 from 1998, September 3rd. It says Bethel County, Alaska. 411 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:43,560 Location details 45 miles by air West of Lake Liama, Alaska in 412 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,600 the Mulchanta River drainage. Observed. 413 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,240 My honey buddy and I were sitting on a Ridge watching for 414 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,560 Caribou. About 1000 yards away a large 415 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,360 clearing was in view. While we were glassing the 416 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:59,480 clearing for Caribou to come out of the brush, we watched a large 417 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:04,320 Gray animal walking on hind legs walking between two large spruce 418 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,400 trees on opposite sides of the clearing. 419 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,360 We are both long time Alaskans, avid hunters, and have logged 420 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,600 many, many hunts in North America. 421 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,360 I have haunted all of North America's deer, elk, black and 422 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:21,000 grizzly bear. I have never seen an animal like 423 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,360 what we saw that day. We watched it for over half an 424 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:28,440 hour, moved from one tree across the clearing to the other tree. 425 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,680 Eventually Caribou moved into the area and we lost sight of 426 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,280 the animal when it moved off into heavy brush. 427 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,400 We had never heard of a Bigfoot in Alaska, but we did tell the 428 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,560 Bush pilot that picked us up from our hunt that we had seen 429 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,240 something strange. He told us we had probably seen 430 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,800 the hairy man, a well known animal of the Liyama region by 431 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,880 the native people and since also noticed nothing unusual. 432 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,600 Scouting for Caribou with high quality binoculars. 433 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:01,640 Environment called Liyama Air taxi for latitude and longitude 434 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,120 of long lake. Topography is boreal forest of 435 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:09,040 southwestern Alaska. Man, I just imagine sitting up 436 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,880 there on the hillside looking at Caribou and you see this Bigfoot 437 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,160 walking back and forth. We'll do one more here and then 438 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:19,400 we'll finish this up. This last sighting says it was 439 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:24,200 the late 1970s summertime Fairbanks County location 440 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,800 details Black Rapids, Glacier, Alaska, and Richardson Highway 441 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,600 South of Delta Junction. I was part of a group of about a 442 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,880 dozen Army personnel training in the area. 443 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,760 It was summer on a warm, clear day. 444 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,440 We were above tree line and had been camped there for over 445 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,840 several days. I was looking across the nearest 446 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,480 valley when I spotted movement. It was on the base of a steep 447 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,040 mountainside in bare rocky terrain with snow fields 448 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,440 descending down the small gulleys on the hillside. 449 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,360 It was moving up the valley about a half a mile away. 450 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,280 When it crossed the snow you could plainly see that it was 451 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,720 not a bear. It walked upright with long 452 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,920 strides and arms swinging and moved fast across the white 453 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,480 snow. It was dark and color like a 454 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,520 bear. I have seen bears many times 455 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,880 since in the same type of terrain and they do not move 456 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,520 like this one did. It was too big and fast to be a 457 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,120 human. Bears can and do walk upright 458 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,040 usually for short instances when they need to see or smell 459 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,200 something and need the height. They don't travel in this manner 460 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,800 and not in difficult terrain. I pointed it out for the other 461 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,640 guys and we watched until it until you could no longer see 462 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,480 it. When it was out of the snow, it 463 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,000 was hard to see against the rocks. 464 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,040 We wanted to go look at the tracks, but everyone was scared 465 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,280 to go down there. We had to sleep there that night 466 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,240 and nobody would go outside after dark. 467 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,920 The next day we got out and never went back. 20 years later 468 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,640 I still would not go up there, even with a group and with guns. 469 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,720 The only thing I have seen that look like this is the 470 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,920 description of Bigfoot. This is other witnesses just 471 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,640 sitting around relaxing, other stories. 472 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,080 I was telling a friend about this and he said he found tracks 473 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,320 in the sand in Alaska out by king salmon. 474 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,080 He said they were over 2 feet long but looked human. 475 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,720 He has a lot of outdoor experience there and says they 476 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,000 were in no way the tracks of a bear. 477 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,280 This is this was also in a remote area where you don't see 478 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,240 other people, only planes. Environment, high rugged 479 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,200 mountains. Really cool thing. 480 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,760 Just go show these things have a long long history of being seen 481 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,640 and Alaska is no exception to any of the other states. 482 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,360 Until next time, this is UFO warning over and out.