1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,160 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,960 In this episode we're talking about a California Bigfoot 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,080 Roundup. That's correct, a California 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,800 Bigfoot roundup. This first story comes to us 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:22,360 from Alpine County, California, dated September 23rd, 2012. 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,080 Location says we entered the Backcountry via a trailhead off 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,080 of Hwy. 4 W of Markleyville, California. 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,840 Nearest Talent, Markleyville. Nearest Rd. 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,360 Wolf Creek Rd. Observed Three of us went deer 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,520 hunting that morning. 1 hunter positioned himself at the top of 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,520 the hill, arriving there in the dark before sunrise. 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,480 At Don, my uncle and I ascended the hill together part ways. 13 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:51,520 Halfway up, there were two other hunters, not part of our group, 14 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,600 camped about 200 yards away at the base of the mountain. 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,040 We did not know them or their plans. 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,920 Halfway up the mountain, my uncle headed to the right, which 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,640 was SE, and I headed left northwest. 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,480 The South side of the mountain, where I was, was open with 19 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,640 sagebrush and scattered Cypress trees. 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,320 The gulches on the face of the mountain were filled with thick 21 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:17,320 Groves of large pine trees, separated only by the open area 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,840 I described. My plan was to stay in the tree 23 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,160 Groves, working my way to the peak to drive the deer toward 24 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,960 the top of the hill where the other hunter was positioned. 25 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:31,480 I worked through the Grove until it ended, forcing me to cross a 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,720 clearing to the left to enter the Grove beneath the peak. 27 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:37,560 When I reached the right vertical edge of the tree line 28 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,880 at the Grove, I found the first blind. 29 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,920 It was made of a broken branch placed upside down and leaning 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,800 against a tree with the branch interwoven into the large tree's 31 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,560 branches. At this point I felt like I was 32 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,040 being watched and assumed it was the other 2 hunters who were 33 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,400 camped a couple of 100 yards from us at the base of the 34 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,840 mountain. I continued left into the Grove 35 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:06,280 and found a 25 foot tree placed upside down next to another tree 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:11,120 well over 50 feet high. The base was about 18 inches in 37 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,960 diameter and had been snapped, not sawed. 38 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,800 Some branches were interwoven into this tree, similar to the 39 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,200 small blind I first discovered at the grove's edge. 40 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:25,400 I would estimate the elevation at 8500 feet as the top of the 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,760 hills 10,000 feet and our base camp was at the base of about a 42 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,920 sub at about 7000 feet. At this point, the feeling of 43 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:38,400 being watched intensified as I left the second blind upside 44 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,600 down tree. Working my way up and to the 45 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:46,240 left, I saw the silhouette of a bipedal primate about 8 feet 46 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,680 tall standing still and watching me. 47 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,240 It was perpendicular to me, facing uphill in an almost 48 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,360 runner's stance, looking over its right shoulder at me with 49 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,080 this wide muscular torso slightly turned in my direction. 50 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,040 Its brow was extremely pronounced, its forehead small, 51 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,320 and the back of its head slightly pointed. 52 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,080 Its head, which I assumed to be male since it did not have 53 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,880 breast, was proportionally small compared to its body. 54 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,560 Its arms were extremely long, hairy, lean yet muscular. 55 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,520 Its hands had very long palms and long fingers that curled 56 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,760 back with the thumbs that curled forward, forming a backward 57 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,200 capital C shape. It then spreaded up the hill, 58 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,040 vanishing behind the trees faster than a deer bolts into a 59 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,960 dead run from a standstill. It was on the left edge of the 60 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:39,880 Grove with the clearing behind it. 61 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:41,960 This all happened in a second or two. 62 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,440 I went to the place where I saw it about 60 yards away and found 63 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,760 no footprints as the ground was covered with at least a foot of 64 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,440 pine needles, which cushioned footprints and sprang back up 65 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,440 when walked on. I used a nearby tree to gauge 66 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,280 its height. It was dark in color, but I 67 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,680 couldn't tell whether it was dark brown or black due to the 68 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,040 shading in the Grove with sunlight behind it and the 69 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,320 clearing. I was in a state of shock, 70 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,160 almost disbelieving what I had seen, but knowing I did and 71 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,880 simply amazed. Because of this, when I got home 72 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,880 later that week, I decided to consult a hypnotist. 73 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,200 I had never seen one before, but I figured since they help 74 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,640 witnesses recall crimes and descriptions of events that 75 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,600 happened quickly or under stress, it might help me confirm 76 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,640 what I saw. The hypnosis confirmed my 77 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,280 sighting. Wow, what a sighting, especially 78 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:34,240 this blind. It looks like this Bigfoot had 79 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,280 made with this 25 foot upside down tree. 80 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:39,960 That must have been incredible. Also noticed two things of 81 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,840 interest after seeing the Bigfoot I noticed a deer kill at 82 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:44,880 the top of the Grove just below the hills peak. 83 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,000 It had some hide and dried flesh on his bones and was probably 84 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,840 killed a few weeks prior. Secondly, that night at camp 85 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:56,800 after dinner I brought up the subject of the show Finding 86 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,920 Bigfoot to my hunting party to gauge their opinion on Bigfoot 87 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,200 and none of them believed in it. Two of the guys even made fun of 88 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,360 the Sasquatch hunters. One of them let out a howl in a 89 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,440 mocking, joking manner, and no more than a minute or two later 90 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,520 we heard the crackling sounds of timber followed by a huge tree 91 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,280 crashing down near our camp. I didn't connect the dots at the 92 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:22,120 time, but after reading about the sightings in Alpine County, 93 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,320 I learned that sasquatches push over trees to intimidate and 94 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,640 scare people away. The deer kill and fallen trees 95 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,160 were things I learned about Bigfoot after researching it 96 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,960 before that day. I never give Bigfoot much of A 97 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,320 thought and frankly didn't care whether it existed or not. 98 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,760 Well now I know they exist and it is a creature that needs to 99 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:46,200 be protected and respected. The only way we can pass laws to 100 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:51,280 do so is by proving they exist. Other witnesses, No other 101 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:54,760 witnesses, other stories, no time and conditions. 7:30 AM 102 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:59,960 Clear open sagebrush and grassland on the mountainside. 103 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:03,440 Pine Groves run in the gulches in the mountain and occasionally 104 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,520 in open areas, with Cypress trees in the open areas as well, 105 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:07,880 it says. Under the follow up 106 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,920 investigation, we're told it was investigated by Tom Yammeron. 107 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,360 It says I spoke with the witness by phone and have the following 108 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,760 details to add. As he stated, he estimated the 109 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,800 height to be 8 feet based on the branches of a tree next to the 110 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,280 subject that he examined after the sighting. 111 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,480 He described the collar as dark brown or black, but was 112 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,960 uncertain due to the backlit lighting conditions. 113 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,480 The figure was tall and lean like an NBA player, but 114 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,360 different in some ways. The arm was extremely long 115 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,480 compared with the human's arm, and the body was not bulky and 116 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,840 thick like the subject in the Patterson Gimlin film. 117 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,320 The Bigfoot was facing uphill with its right leg bent and 118 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,480 poises of getting ready to run a foot race. 119 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,120 The right arm was extended down to the knee with the hand 120 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,560 evident, the palm facing back and fingers crawled in the form 121 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,440 of a semicircle. He noted that the palm was not 122 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,040 square like ours, but larger by two times in a rectangular 123 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,520 shape. They locked eyes and at the 124 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,600 moment the creature bolted up the hill, taking one large step 125 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,920 and disappearing into the woods with amazing speed. 126 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,800 The siding lasted approximately 2 seconds. 127 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,240 The motion he observed was beyond human capability. 128 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,680 The subject took one long, quick step, landing on his left foot, 129 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,600 and was gone in a flash. He said disappeared uphill into 130 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,840 the forest at a blur of speed, covering the distance faster 131 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,960 than any human could. This witness has been hunting 132 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,320 since he was a young boy and his inexperienced outdoorsman. 133 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,280 His teaching and wrestling coach from school is a mutual friend 134 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:43,440 who has an interest in Bigfoot, but the witness never really 135 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,160 thought about it until that morning. 136 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:49,320 Regarding Bigfoot, he stated that he was not convinced they 137 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,760 existed, but did not give the subject much thought. 138 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,720 He did not share the sighting with the rest of his hunting 139 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,880 party because he did not know what they would think. 140 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,200 He discussed his decision to seek out a hypnotist to recall 141 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,000 details of his sighting, but returning home, he was in a 142 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,880 state of mixed emotions. He is a very good observer of 143 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,320 the natural world. He noted quite a few details of 144 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:11,800 the subject during his brief sighting. 145 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,880 He stated that he was blown away by what he saw, but was also in 146 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,320 denial. I knew exactly what I saw, but I 147 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,360 couldn't believe it. This led him to seek an 148 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,560 appointment with the hypnotist. I found the witness to be 149 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,880 sincere and very detailed in his recounting of the hunting trip 150 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,200 and his chance encounter with the Bigfoot that morning on 151 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,679 Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. What an awesome sighting. 152 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,280 Very, very cool. This next sighting is from 153 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:42,720 September 19th, 2003, it's in Del Norte County, California, 154 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,760 Location details says. I stopped at a filling station 155 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,080 and the attendant told me I was 50 miles from Crescent City. 156 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:52,600 I traveled about 30 minutes up highway one O 1 when this 157 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,440 occurred. Nearest town Crescent City, 158 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,920 Nearest Rd. Highway one O 1. 159 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,720 I am a 54 year old man living in San Francisco. 160 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,040 I had never been interested in this subject until this week. 161 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,040 An old friend of mine moved to Gold Beach, OR and I was driving 162 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,520 up to see him. I had never been on Highway 1 O1 163 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,480 before and became nervous driving on the two lane winding 164 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,160 roads. I kept pulling over to let cars 165 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,800 behind me pass. About 20 miles before Crescent 166 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,000 City, I pulled off to allow cars to go by. 167 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:32,320 As I went to pull back onto Hwy. 101, I heard the most horrifying 168 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,920 scream I've ever heard. I screamed myself and ducked 169 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,520 down in my seat. Looking up, I saw a filthy 170 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,320 looking gorilla. That's the best description I 171 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,680 can give standing next to my Honda CRV. 172 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,400 It instantly ran into the tree line a few feet away and 173 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,320 vanished into the dense brush. I saw it maybe three or four 174 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,000 seconds at a three quarter profile. 175 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,480 It was about 6 1/2 to 7 feet tall with a wedged head and very 176 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,760 dirty matted dark brown dull hair. 177 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,520 Strangely, seeing the creature didn't frighten me as much as 178 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:10,240 the scream it gave out. The sound just a few feet away 179 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,880 from my open window almost gave me a heart attack. 180 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,840 I never heard a noise like that before and I hope I never hear 181 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:20,920 it again. The scream it let out just a few 182 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,440 feet away from my car window was the most terrifying thing I have 183 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,000 ever heard. Other witnesses, it says none 184 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,880 have their stories. Until September 19th. 185 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,600 I never gave Bigfoot a second thought. 186 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,320 I still don't have much interest, but I will never pull 187 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:38,280 over on Highway 1 O1 to let cars pass again or I might never go 188 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,400 that way again. It says time and conditions 189 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,320 around 1:00 in the afternoon on a beautiful day. 190 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,440 But the encounter occurred in a shady area of the redwoods in 191 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:51,640 the environment, a very dense Redwood forest along the two 192 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,240 lane part of Highway one O 1. And then we have the follow up 193 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,600 investigation report by BFRO investigator Richard 194 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:04,720 Huckelbridge says Mr. HK called. Mr. HK called me tonight and we 195 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,200 discussed his close encounter with what he now believes was a 196 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,560 Sasquatch, which was only 5 to 10 feet away from the open 197 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:14,280 window of the passenger side door of his Honda CRV. 198 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,680 Mr. HK is from a highly populated area near the East 199 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:22,760 Coast and had never considered the existence of a Sasquatch. 200 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,160 He went from a total non believer to a believer because 201 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,520 of this close encounter and is still reeling from the incident 202 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,840 today. This occurred on September 19th, 203 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,880 2003 at approximately 1:30 PM about 7 miles north of Kalmouth, 204 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,800 California. Northbound on Highway 1 O1. 205 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:44,440 Mr. HK pulled over in a white spot off the two lane section of 206 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,040 Highway one O 1. Notably, this was not a regular 207 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:52,200 pull off area on that highway and his right side wheels were 208 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,080 off the roadway next to some brush and grass. 209 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:58,800 He did this to allow faster moving vehicles to pass. 210 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,520 As his vehicle came to a stop, the creature stood up between 211 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,720 5:00 to 10 feet from his open passenger window and screamed, 212 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,480 according to Mr. HK, loud enough to be heard over a mile away. 213 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,920 He said The first thing I did was lie down across the front 214 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,120 seat and I also started to scream. 215 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,880 Then I set back up to observe the creature. 216 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,480 At that moment, he said he was scared out of his mind and 217 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,240 thought he was going to have a heart attack. 218 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,320 According to Mr. HK, the sound emanating from the creature was 219 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:26,960 like nothing he had ever heard before. 220 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,360 It was the loudest thing he had ever heard. 221 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,920 HK described the warbling screaming sound as a woman being 222 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,960 stabbed with a knife in the rear combined with a whistling parrot 223 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,040 sound with high and low frequencies that vibrated his 224 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,440 body and soul. The noises were all integrated 225 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,320 and seemed to be taking place simultaneously. 226 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,400 The vocalization lasted the entirety of the five to six 227 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,280 second encounter. The creature took two large 228 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:57,560 steps toward the large Redwood trees located approximately 15 229 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:01,400 to 20 feet from the paved Rd. made a semicircle around the 230 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:02,920 nearest tree, and then disappeared. 231 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,480 HK only saw the upper body because of the high brush and 232 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,120 the vehicle door blocking his view. 233 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:12,880 It was facing away from him. HK said he was facing north and 234 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,160 the creature was facing SE so he could only see the right back 235 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,040 area of it. He did not see any facial 236 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:24,440 features or its hands. Mr. HK described the creature as 237 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,680 having very dirty and matted dark brown dull hair. 238 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,800 He described the head as having a definite wedge shape on top 239 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,880 with no neck. He further stated that the back 240 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,800 had well defined muscles like Mike Tyson. 241 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,440 He estimated the creature stood about 6 1/2 to 7 feet tall and 242 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,400 weighed over £300. He could not ascertain his 243 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,640 gender and never made eye contact with it. 244 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,360 HK did not check for footprints and stated he never wants to use 245 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,040 this highway again. His only thought after the 246 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,160 incident was how he was going to call 911 for his heart attack. 247 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,960 In summary, the investigator says I believe Mr. HK had a very 248 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:01,880 close encounter with a Sasquatch creature. 249 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,280 The sight of it didn't bother him as much as a screaming 250 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,880 vocalization. The only person he has talked to 251 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,360 about this situation is BFRO and he wants to keep it that way. 252 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:17,440 Mr. HK has never ventured into the Wilds and now never wants 253 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,160 to. He stated that the creature 254 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,560 reminded him of a gorilla and if he saw one in the zoo he would 255 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,800 just pass it by for something more interesting. 256 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,680 HK is still shaken up over his encounter especially over the 257 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,480 screaming sounds and is having difficult and is having a 258 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:36,040 difficult time trying to sleep at night. 1 positive outcome 259 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,600 from this incident is that he has started going to church for 260 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,360 the first time in 37 years. Wow. 261 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,520 That data says Mr. HK found a similar sound wave on our sound 262 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,200 site. The name of the screen is KLWA 263 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,560 V1 dot wave. But he says his screen was 50 264 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,960 times louder. Also correcting the date, the 265 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,920 encounter took place on the 19th, not the 20th. 266 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,800 What a great sighting. We'll do one more here and we'll 267 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,320 go ahead and wrap this up. This last sighting that we're 268 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:09,640 looking at happened back on August 20th, 2005, El Dorado 269 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:14,880 County, California says Location trail from Wrights Lake to 270 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,320 Enchanted Pools nearest town. Wrights Lake nearest Rd. 271 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,280 Wrights Rd. Observed. 272 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,960 I used to live in Camino, California and would often go up 273 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,560 to Desolation Wilderness. The trout fishing there was 274 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,040 incredible and it left a lasting memory with me. 275 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,880 Since moving from the area I hadn't been back in several 276 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,160 years, I talked to a friend about going up to camp overnight 277 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,520 and do some stream fishing. He agreed and invited another 278 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,880 friend along. We arrived in the early 279 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,240 afternoon, hiked upstream from Wrights Lake and set up camp. 280 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,320 A couple of hours later, a Ranger informed us that we 281 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,440 hadn't yet made it to Desolation Wilderness and needed to hike 282 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,560 further. We broke camp, but the two guys 283 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,120 I was with suggested we go into Placerville and get a room. 284 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,920 They weren't up for camping and fishing after all. 285 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,120 I declined, wanting to fish instead of partying in town. 286 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,880 So they left and I continued hiking up the hill. 287 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,200 The Ranger had suggested a great camping and fishing spot, but as 288 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,480 it was getting late, there was no way I would make it before 289 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,960 dark. He gave me a general idea of 290 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:22,200 where to find it and what trails to take, but the area is mostly 291 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,280 large sheets of granite and the trails are only marked with 292 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,640 stacks of rocks which are few and far between. 293 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,480 I ended up getting lost, but eventually heard the stream 294 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,200 flowing over the rocks to the north. 295 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,120 After walking another half mile, I found the stream below me, 296 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,000 about 35 feet down a granite Cliff, was a pool in the stream 297 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,480 right on the tree line. I thought it would be a 298 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,680 beautiful spot for a campsite and carefully made my way down 299 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,440 the Cliff side. I set up camp next to the pool 300 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,200 with the dense woods about 6 feet to the north. 301 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,600 The pool was on the east side of me. 302 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,480 I started fishing as soon as my tent was set up and enjoyed a 303 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,560 beautiful day. After it got dark I climbed into 304 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:05,480 my sleeping bag looking E toward the Crystal range and watched 305 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,800 the full moon rise over the granite mountains. 306 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,640 At 10:30 PMI decided to go to sleep. 307 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:14,359 As I began to drift off I heard what can only be described as a 308 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:18,040 very low rumbling growl. When I go into a wilderness 309 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,160 area, especially one with my especially one with mini bears, 310 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,760 I always carry a handgun. On this occasion it was a 45 311 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,240 compact. The growl scared me because it 312 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,040 was so close. I jumped up with my 45 in hand 313 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,360 and looked out the top of the screen mesh on the tent. 314 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,200 I saw a dark mass about four and a half feet tall at the edge of 315 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,160 the tree line, just six feet from my head. 316 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,240 I yelled loudly and started climbing out of my tent. 317 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,280 Once clear the door, I fired into a dead tree a few feet away 318 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,320 from what I thought was a big black bear. 319 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,400 As soon as the pistol went off, it turned and ran into the 320 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,240 brush, but it didn't seem to go far, which concerned me. 321 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,440 Bears usually run a long distance when they when they're 322 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,400 startled by a shot. This one seemed to go only about 323 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,160 50 feet into very thick brush before it stopped. 324 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,120 It went quiet for about 15 minutes and I tried to go back 325 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:11,600 to sleep. Shortly after I heard what 326 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,520 sounded like large rocks hitting the water just above the pool I 327 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,880 was camp beside. This happened every couple of 328 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,960 minutes. The sound of the splash and the 329 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,280 rocks hitting submerged rocks concerned me, thinking the bear 330 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,280 might be circling my campsite trying to approach from a 331 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,000 different angle. I got out of my tent several 332 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,600 times trying to see any movement on the other side of the stream, 333 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,800 but saw nothing. My flashlight was a small shake 334 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,800 at type that wasn't very effective, especially since the 335 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,920 clear handle lit up, making it harder to see. 336 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:44,080 Fortunately, the full moon and the white granite slabs allow me 337 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,680 to see clearly except in the darkest parts of the woods. 338 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:50,720 This went on until 2:00 AM when I had another visit. 339 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,040 I didn't see it this time, but I heard movement close to my tent 340 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,400 again in the same spot as before. 341 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,040 When I yelled, I got a response that sounded like a deep oof 342 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,480 oof. I jumped out of my tent again, 343 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,600 but saw nothing. I fired another shot into the 344 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,120 dead tree and it ran off, crashing through the brush 345 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,440 again. It only went about 50 feet back. 346 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,520 There was something odd about the sound it made while running. 347 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:19,080 It took me a moment to realize it was moving on two feet, not 348 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,600 four. This concerned me, but I still 349 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,160 thought I was dealing with a rogue bear. 350 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,480 I tried to figure out what it wanted. 351 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,000 Was I camped on its trail to the water? 352 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,640 Was it used to finding food in tents? 353 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,640 The Desolation Wilderness is a high traffic area, but this 354 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,160 particular spot was far off the trail and very clean with no 355 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,280 signs of previous hikers. I decided to move my sleeping 356 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,880 bag out of the tent and onto a large lab of granite. 357 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,880 The tree line was now 50 feet away instead of 6, giving me 358 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,080 some advance warning if it charged. 359 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,480 The rocks kept flying and I kept trying to sleep with one eye 360 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:55,520 open, hoping for daylight. At 4 fourty AM something woke me 361 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,000 up. I heard movement at the tree 362 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,720 line and looked toward my tent. Standing next to my tent was the 363 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,400 creature. My tent is about four feet tall, 364 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,840 and this was more than twice its height. 365 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,960 At first I couldn't see any features, just the outline. 366 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,240 Then it took a couple of steps toward me. 367 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,680 I almost panicked. I picked up the 45 and fired a 368 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,160 shot to the left of it. It stopped and looked at me, 369 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,000 then started walking toward me again very fast. 370 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,600 It wasn't running, but its strides were so long that it was 371 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,800 closing the distance quickly. If it had been a bear, I would 372 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,440 have shot it immediately, but I honestly didn't think my 45 373 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,160 would stop it. One shot wouldn't have killed it 374 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,440 or stopped it in its tracks. As it approached, I took another 375 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,960 shot, this one much closer. I could see it clearly now, and 376 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,320 yes, I was terrified. The second shot made it stop 377 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,680 again. Then it took off, running to the 378 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,840 northwest, across a mostly granite area dotted with scrub 379 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,720 pine. This was the last time I saw it. 380 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,360 It ran out of sight at great speed. 381 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,080 I stayed up until it was light enough to hike back toward 382 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,760 Wright's Lake. I spent the rest of the night 383 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,280 with the ledge at my back, gun in hand, shaking. 384 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,960 I haven't been able to sleep properly since then, and for 385 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,200 months after I couldn't sleep at all. 386 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,880 Every time I'd close my eyes, I would hear the growls, the rock 387 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,680 splashing, and see it coming at me. 388 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,920 I'm willing to take someone back up there to show where it 389 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,640 happened but only during daylight. 390 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,240 I've been 100 and fishermen most of my life and I have seen 391 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,520 almost every animal in the woods but nothing like this. 392 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,600 I hope I never do again. There was another incident on 393 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,840 December 13th, 1992 in the Stone Mountain Wilderness area above 394 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,320 Elk Creek, CA. I'm willing to talk about that 395 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,120 as well. Under also notice it says there 396 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:45,840 was there was so much going on. At first there was the growl 397 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,760 right outside my tent and then I jumped up and looked out the 398 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,680 rainfly on top. I saw it crouched down. 399 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,880 This made me initially think it was a large bear as it was a 400 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,480 large mass about four and a half feet tall tucked in the tree 401 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,640 line about 6 feet away. When I jumped out and yelled at 402 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,680 it then fired my 45 into a dead tree a few feet away. 403 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,680 It ran into the brush, but only about 50 feet. 404 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,320 This was unusual as a bear usually takes off running and 405 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,800 doesn't stop until sunrise. After 15 minutes it got quiet 406 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,600 and I assumed it had left, but then the rocks started landing 407 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,760 in the water just upstream about 20 yards away. 408 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,080 This went on all night. Just as I was ready to get back 409 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,680 to sleep, another rock or two would hit the shallow stream 410 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,000 making a splash and a cracking noise. 411 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:35,960 This was followed by another visit at 2:00 AM and then the 412 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,560 big event at 4:40 AM. Under other witnesses it says 413 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,320 no, unfortunately it was just me. 414 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,120 Other stories? Not in this area. 415 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:46,720 I've been going there for many years. 416 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,040 When I lived in the area, I would go into Desolation 417 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,200 Wilderness almost every weekend during the summer. 418 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,520 I've camped at Wrights Lake with my stepson at Dark Lake. 419 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,040 There was one time at Dark Lake when we heard footsteps all 420 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,440 around our campsite keeping us up all night. 421 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,360 There was some wood knocking going on then too. 422 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,760 But other than that the only other encounter I had was on a 423 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,720 hunting trip to Snow Mountain Wilderness Area above Elk Creek, 424 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,760 CA. That will be a holder for an 425 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:16,520 episode and this is time and conditions. 10:35 PM until 4:40 426 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,320 AM in the following morning. There's primarily glaciated 427 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:24,240 granite surrounding the sparse area of the high altitude trees. 428 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:29,120 This becomes thin and scraggly at over 7000 feet. 429 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,440 Wow, that is really something. Well, it just seems like these 430 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,080 things are out there. They're showing themselves. 431 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,400 No matter how you look at it, people are having experiences 432 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,920 with these things. Until next time, this is UFO 433 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,080 warning over and out.