Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode we're talking about a California Bigfoot
Roundup. That's correct, a California
Bigfoot roundup. This first story comes to us
from Alpine County, California, dated September 23rd, 2012.
Location says we entered the Backcountry via a trailhead off
of Hwy. 4 W of Markleyville, California.
Nearest Talent, Markleyville. Nearest Rd.
Wolf Creek Rd. Observed Three of us went deer
hunting that morning. 1 hunter positioned himself at the top of
the hill, arriving there in the dark before sunrise.
At Don, my uncle and I ascended the hill together part ways.
Halfway up, there were two other hunters, not part of our group,
camped about 200 yards away at the base of the mountain.
We did not know them or their plans.
Halfway up the mountain, my uncle headed to the right, which
was SE, and I headed left northwest.
The South side of the mountain, where I was, was open with
sagebrush and scattered Cypress trees.
The gulches on the face of the mountain were filled with thick
Groves of large pine trees, separated only by the open area
I described. My plan was to stay in the tree
Groves, working my way to the peak to drive the deer toward
the top of the hill where the other hunter was positioned.
I worked through the Grove until it ended, forcing me to cross a
clearing to the left to enter the Grove beneath the peak.
When I reached the right vertical edge of the tree line
at the Grove, I found the first blind.
It was made of a broken branch placed upside down and leaning
against a tree with the branch interwoven into the large tree's
branches. At this point I felt like I was
being watched and assumed it was the other 2 hunters who were
camped a couple of 100 yards from us at the base of the
mountain. I continued left into the Grove
and found a 25 foot tree placed upside down next to another tree
well over 50 feet high. The base was about 18 inches in
diameter and had been snapped, not sawed.
Some branches were interwoven into this tree, similar to the
small blind I first discovered at the grove's edge.
I would estimate the elevation at 8500 feet as the top of the
hills 10,000 feet and our base camp was at the base of about a
sub at about 7000 feet. At this point, the feeling of
being watched intensified as I left the second blind upside
down tree. Working my way up and to the
left, I saw the silhouette of a bipedal primate about 8 feet
tall standing still and watching me.
It was perpendicular to me, facing uphill in an almost
runner's stance, looking over its right shoulder at me with
this wide muscular torso slightly turned in my direction.
Its brow was extremely pronounced, its forehead small,
and the back of its head slightly pointed.
Its head, which I assumed to be male since it did not have
breast, was proportionally small compared to its body.
Its arms were extremely long, hairy, lean yet muscular.
Its hands had very long palms and long fingers that curled
back with the thumbs that curled forward, forming a backward
capital C shape. It then spreaded up the hill,
vanishing behind the trees faster than a deer bolts into a
dead run from a standstill. It was on the left edge of the
Grove with the clearing behind it.
This all happened in a second or two.
I went to the place where I saw it about 60 yards away and found
no footprints as the ground was covered with at least a foot of
pine needles, which cushioned footprints and sprang back up
when walked on. I used a nearby tree to gauge
its height. It was dark in color, but I
couldn't tell whether it was dark brown or black due to the
shading in the Grove with sunlight behind it and the
clearing. I was in a state of shock,
almost disbelieving what I had seen, but knowing I did and
simply amazed. Because of this, when I got home
later that week, I decided to consult a hypnotist.
I had never seen one before, but I figured since they help
witnesses recall crimes and descriptions of events that
happened quickly or under stress, it might help me confirm
what I saw. The hypnosis confirmed my
sighting. Wow, what a sighting, especially
this blind. It looks like this Bigfoot had
made with this 25 foot upside down tree.
That must have been incredible. Also noticed two things of
interest after seeing the Bigfoot I noticed a deer kill at
the top of the Grove just below the hills peak.
It had some hide and dried flesh on his bones and was probably
killed a few weeks prior. Secondly, that night at camp
after dinner I brought up the subject of the show Finding
Bigfoot to my hunting party to gauge their opinion on Bigfoot
and none of them believed in it. Two of the guys even made fun of
the Sasquatch hunters. One of them let out a howl in a
mocking, joking manner, and no more than a minute or two later
we heard the crackling sounds of timber followed by a huge tree
crashing down near our camp. I didn't connect the dots at the
time, but after reading about the sightings in Alpine County,
I learned that sasquatches push over trees to intimidate and
scare people away. The deer kill and fallen trees
were things I learned about Bigfoot after researching it
before that day. I never give Bigfoot much of A
thought and frankly didn't care whether it existed or not.
Well now I know they exist and it is a creature that needs to
be protected and respected. The only way we can pass laws to
do so is by proving they exist. Other witnesses, No other
witnesses, other stories, no time and conditions. 7:30 AM
Clear open sagebrush and grassland on the mountainside.
Pine Groves run in the gulches in the mountain and occasionally
in open areas, with Cypress trees in the open areas as well,
it says. Under the follow up
investigation, we're told it was investigated by Tom Yammeron.
It says I spoke with the witness by phone and have the following
details to add. As he stated, he estimated the
height to be 8 feet based on the branches of a tree next to the
subject that he examined after the sighting.
He described the collar as dark brown or black, but was
uncertain due to the backlit lighting conditions.
The figure was tall and lean like an NBA player, but
different in some ways. The arm was extremely long
compared with the human's arm, and the body was not bulky and
thick like the subject in the Patterson Gimlin film.
The Bigfoot was facing uphill with its right leg bent and
poises of getting ready to run a foot race.
The right arm was extended down to the knee with the hand
evident, the palm facing back and fingers crawled in the form
of a semicircle. He noted that the palm was not
square like ours, but larger by two times in a rectangular
shape. They locked eyes and at the
moment the creature bolted up the hill, taking one large step
and disappearing into the woods with amazing speed.
The siding lasted approximately 2 seconds.
The motion he observed was beyond human capability.
The subject took one long, quick step, landing on his left foot,
and was gone in a flash. He said disappeared uphill into
the forest at a blur of speed, covering the distance faster
than any human could. This witness has been hunting
since he was a young boy and his inexperienced outdoorsman.
His teaching and wrestling coach from school is a mutual friend
who has an interest in Bigfoot, but the witness never really
thought about it until that morning.
Regarding Bigfoot, he stated that he was not convinced they
existed, but did not give the subject much thought.
He did not share the sighting with the rest of his hunting
party because he did not know what they would think.
He discussed his decision to seek out a hypnotist to recall
details of his sighting, but returning home, he was in a
state of mixed emotions. He is a very good observer of
the natural world. He noted quite a few details of
the subject during his brief sighting.
He stated that he was blown away by what he saw, but was also in
denial. I knew exactly what I saw, but I
couldn't believe it. This led him to seek an
appointment with the hypnotist. I found the witness to be
sincere and very detailed in his recounting of the hunting trip
and his chance encounter with the Bigfoot that morning on
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. What an awesome sighting.
Very, very cool. This next sighting is from
September 19th, 2003, it's in Del Norte County, California,
Location details says. I stopped at a filling station
and the attendant told me I was 50 miles from Crescent City.
I traveled about 30 minutes up highway one O 1 when this
occurred. Nearest town Crescent City,
Nearest Rd. Highway one O 1.
I am a 54 year old man living in San Francisco.
I had never been interested in this subject until this week.
An old friend of mine moved to Gold Beach, OR and I was driving
up to see him. I had never been on Highway 1 O1
before and became nervous driving on the two lane winding
roads. I kept pulling over to let cars
behind me pass. About 20 miles before Crescent
City, I pulled off to allow cars to go by.
As I went to pull back onto Hwy. 101, I heard the most horrifying
scream I've ever heard. I screamed myself and ducked
down in my seat. Looking up, I saw a filthy
looking gorilla. That's the best description I
can give standing next to my Honda CRV.
It instantly ran into the tree line a few feet away and
vanished into the dense brush. I saw it maybe three or four
seconds at a three quarter profile.
It was about 6 1/2 to 7 feet tall with a wedged head and very
dirty matted dark brown dull hair.
Strangely, seeing the creature didn't frighten me as much as
the scream it gave out. The sound just a few feet away
from my open window almost gave me a heart attack.
I never heard a noise like that before and I hope I never hear
it again. The scream it let out just a few
feet away from my car window was the most terrifying thing I have
ever heard. Other witnesses, it says none
have their stories. Until September 19th.
I never gave Bigfoot a second thought.
I still don't have much interest, but I will never pull
over on Highway 1 O1 to let cars pass again or I might never go
that way again. It says time and conditions
around 1:00 in the afternoon on a beautiful day.
But the encounter occurred in a shady area of the redwoods in
the environment, a very dense Redwood forest along the two
lane part of Highway one O 1. And then we have the follow up
investigation report by BFRO investigator Richard
Huckelbridge says Mr. HK called. Mr. HK called me tonight and we
discussed his close encounter with what he now believes was a
Sasquatch, which was only 5 to 10 feet away from the open
window of the passenger side door of his Honda CRV.
Mr. HK is from a highly populated area near the East
Coast and had never considered the existence of a Sasquatch.
He went from a total non believer to a believer because
of this close encounter and is still reeling from the incident
today. This occurred on September 19th,
2003 at approximately 1:30 PM about 7 miles north of Kalmouth,
California. Northbound on Highway 1 O1.
Mr. HK pulled over in a white spot off the two lane section of
Highway one O 1. Notably, this was not a regular
pull off area on that highway and his right side wheels were
off the roadway next to some brush and grass.
He did this to allow faster moving vehicles to pass.
As his vehicle came to a stop, the creature stood up between
5:00 to 10 feet from his open passenger window and screamed,
according to Mr. HK, loud enough to be heard over a mile away.
He said The first thing I did was lie down across the front
seat and I also started to scream.
Then I set back up to observe the creature.
At that moment, he said he was scared out of his mind and
thought he was going to have a heart attack.
According to Mr. HK, the sound emanating from the creature was
like nothing he had ever heard before.
It was the loudest thing he had ever heard.
HK described the warbling screaming sound as a woman being
stabbed with a knife in the rear combined with a whistling parrot
sound with high and low frequencies that vibrated his
body and soul. The noises were all integrated
and seemed to be taking place simultaneously.
The vocalization lasted the entirety of the five to six
second encounter. The creature took two large
steps toward the large Redwood trees located approximately 15
to 20 feet from the paved Rd. made a semicircle around the
nearest tree, and then disappeared.
HK only saw the upper body because of the high brush and
the vehicle door blocking his view.
It was facing away from him. HK said he was facing north and
the creature was facing SE so he could only see the right back
area of it. He did not see any facial
features or its hands. Mr. HK described the creature as
having very dirty and matted dark brown dull hair.
He described the head as having a definite wedge shape on top
with no neck. He further stated that the back
had well defined muscles like Mike Tyson.
He estimated the creature stood about 6 1/2 to 7 feet tall and
weighed over £300. He could not ascertain his
gender and never made eye contact with it.
HK did not check for footprints and stated he never wants to use
this highway again. His only thought after the
incident was how he was going to call 911 for his heart attack.
In summary, the investigator says I believe Mr. HK had a very
close encounter with a Sasquatch creature.
The sight of it didn't bother him as much as a screaming
vocalization. The only person he has talked to
about this situation is BFRO and he wants to keep it that way.
Mr. HK has never ventured into the Wilds and now never wants
to. He stated that the creature
reminded him of a gorilla and if he saw one in the zoo he would
just pass it by for something more interesting.
HK is still shaken up over his encounter especially over the
screaming sounds and is having difficult and is having a
difficult time trying to sleep at night. 1 positive outcome
from this incident is that he has started going to church for
the first time in 37 years. Wow.
That data says Mr. HK found a similar sound wave on our sound
site. The name of the screen is KLWA
V1 dot wave. But he says his screen was 50
times louder. Also correcting the date, the
encounter took place on the 19th, not the 20th.
What a great sighting. We'll do one more here and we'll
go ahead and wrap this up. This last sighting that we're
looking at happened back on August 20th, 2005, El Dorado
County, California says Location trail from Wrights Lake to
Enchanted Pools nearest town. Wrights Lake nearest Rd.
Wrights Rd. Observed.
I used to live in Camino, California and would often go up
to Desolation Wilderness. The trout fishing there was
incredible and it left a lasting memory with me.
Since moving from the area I hadn't been back in several
years, I talked to a friend about going up to camp overnight
and do some stream fishing. He agreed and invited another
friend along. We arrived in the early
afternoon, hiked upstream from Wrights Lake and set up camp.
A couple of hours later, a Ranger informed us that we
hadn't yet made it to Desolation Wilderness and needed to hike
further. We broke camp, but the two guys
I was with suggested we go into Placerville and get a room.
They weren't up for camping and fishing after all.
I declined, wanting to fish instead of partying in town.
So they left and I continued hiking up the hill.
The Ranger had suggested a great camping and fishing spot, but as
it was getting late, there was no way I would make it before
dark. He gave me a general idea of
where to find it and what trails to take, but the area is mostly
large sheets of granite and the trails are only marked with
stacks of rocks which are few and far between.
I ended up getting lost, but eventually heard the stream
flowing over the rocks to the north.
After walking another half mile, I found the stream below me,
about 35 feet down a granite Cliff, was a pool in the stream
right on the tree line. I thought it would be a
beautiful spot for a campsite and carefully made my way down
the Cliff side. I set up camp next to the pool
with the dense woods about 6 feet to the north.
The pool was on the east side of me.
I started fishing as soon as my tent was set up and enjoyed a
beautiful day. After it got dark I climbed into
my sleeping bag looking E toward the Crystal range and watched
the full moon rise over the granite mountains.
At 10:30 PMI decided to go to sleep.
As I began to drift off I heard what can only be described as a
very low rumbling growl. When I go into a wilderness
area, especially one with my especially one with mini bears,
I always carry a handgun. On this occasion it was a 45
compact. The growl scared me because it
was so close. I jumped up with my 45 in hand
and looked out the top of the screen mesh on the tent.
I saw a dark mass about four and a half feet tall at the edge of
the tree line, just six feet from my head.
I yelled loudly and started climbing out of my tent.
Once clear the door, I fired into a dead tree a few feet away
from what I thought was a big black bear.
As soon as the pistol went off, it turned and ran into the
brush, but it didn't seem to go far, which concerned me.
Bears usually run a long distance when they when they're
startled by a shot. This one seemed to go only about
50 feet into very thick brush before it stopped.
It went quiet for about 15 minutes and I tried to go back
to sleep. Shortly after I heard what
sounded like large rocks hitting the water just above the pool I
was camp beside. This happened every couple of
minutes. The sound of the splash and the
rocks hitting submerged rocks concerned me, thinking the bear
might be circling my campsite trying to approach from a
different angle. I got out of my tent several
times trying to see any movement on the other side of the stream,
but saw nothing. My flashlight was a small shake
at type that wasn't very effective, especially since the
clear handle lit up, making it harder to see.
Fortunately, the full moon and the white granite slabs allow me
to see clearly except in the darkest parts of the woods.
This went on until 2:00 AM when I had another visit.
I didn't see it this time, but I heard movement close to my tent
again in the same spot as before.
When I yelled, I got a response that sounded like a deep oof
oof. I jumped out of my tent again,
but saw nothing. I fired another shot into the
dead tree and it ran off, crashing through the brush
again. It only went about 50 feet back.
There was something odd about the sound it made while running.
It took me a moment to realize it was moving on two feet, not
four. This concerned me, but I still
thought I was dealing with a rogue bear.
I tried to figure out what it wanted.
Was I camped on its trail to the water?
Was it used to finding food in tents?
The Desolation Wilderness is a high traffic area, but this
particular spot was far off the trail and very clean with no
signs of previous hikers. I decided to move my sleeping
bag out of the tent and onto a large lab of granite.
The tree line was now 50 feet away instead of 6, giving me
some advance warning if it charged.
The rocks kept flying and I kept trying to sleep with one eye
open, hoping for daylight. At 4 fourty AM something woke me
up. I heard movement at the tree
line and looked toward my tent. Standing next to my tent was the
creature. My tent is about four feet tall,
and this was more than twice its height.
At first I couldn't see any features, just the outline.
Then it took a couple of steps toward me.
I almost panicked. I picked up the 45 and fired a
shot to the left of it. It stopped and looked at me,
then started walking toward me again very fast.
It wasn't running, but its strides were so long that it was
closing the distance quickly. If it had been a bear, I would
have shot it immediately, but I honestly didn't think my 45
would stop it. One shot wouldn't have killed it
or stopped it in its tracks. As it approached, I took another
shot, this one much closer. I could see it clearly now, and
yes, I was terrified. The second shot made it stop
again. Then it took off, running to the
northwest, across a mostly granite area dotted with scrub
pine. This was the last time I saw it.
It ran out of sight at great speed.
I stayed up until it was light enough to hike back toward
Wright's Lake. I spent the rest of the night
with the ledge at my back, gun in hand, shaking.
I haven't been able to sleep properly since then, and for
months after I couldn't sleep at all.
Every time I'd close my eyes, I would hear the growls, the rock
splashing, and see it coming at me.
I'm willing to take someone back up there to show where it
happened but only during daylight.
I've been 100 and fishermen most of my life and I have seen
almost every animal in the woods but nothing like this.
I hope I never do again. There was another incident on
December 13th, 1992 in the Stone Mountain Wilderness area above
Elk Creek, CA. I'm willing to talk about that
as well. Under also notice it says there
was there was so much going on. At first there was the growl
right outside my tent and then I jumped up and looked out the
rainfly on top. I saw it crouched down.
This made me initially think it was a large bear as it was a
large mass about four and a half feet tall tucked in the tree
line about 6 feet away. When I jumped out and yelled at
it then fired my 45 into a dead tree a few feet away.
It ran into the brush, but only about 50 feet.
This was unusual as a bear usually takes off running and
doesn't stop until sunrise. After 15 minutes it got quiet
and I assumed it had left, but then the rocks started landing
in the water just upstream about 20 yards away.
This went on all night. Just as I was ready to get back
to sleep, another rock or two would hit the shallow stream
making a splash and a cracking noise.
This was followed by another visit at 2:00 AM and then the
big event at 4:40 AM. Under other witnesses it says
no, unfortunately it was just me.
Other stories? Not in this area.
I've been going there for many years.
When I lived in the area, I would go into Desolation
Wilderness almost every weekend during the summer.
I've camped at Wrights Lake with my stepson at Dark Lake.
There was one time at Dark Lake when we heard footsteps all
around our campsite keeping us up all night.
There was some wood knocking going on then too.
But other than that the only other encounter I had was on a
hunting trip to Snow Mountain Wilderness Area above Elk Creek,
CA. That will be a holder for an
episode and this is time and conditions. 10:35 PM until 4:40
AM in the following morning. There's primarily glaciated
granite surrounding the sparse area of the high altitude trees.
This becomes thin and scraggly at over 7000 feet.
Wow, that is really something. Well, it just seems like these
things are out there. They're showing themselves.
No matter how you look at it, people are having experiences
with these things. Until next time, this is UFO
warning over and out.