1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,320 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,760 In this episode, we're looking at some Oklahoma Bigfoot 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,400 stories. That's correct, Oklahoma Bigfoot 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,800 stories. Did a little bit of editing on 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,440 those just to make them easier to read. 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,640 You can go to bfro.net to find all the original stuff on this. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,520 It's really great stuff over there. 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,200 This first story tells us in the fall of 1973, on a sunny 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:31,120 afternoon in late September, a mother and her two children were 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,920 driving home to Burns Flat, OK. They had spent the day in Atlas 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,280 and as the car moved steadily along Highway 44, the day seemed 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,800 calm and uneventful. The warm sun illuminated the 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,200 road ahead and the clear sky left no distractions. 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,120 It was around 3:00 PM and a quiet lull had settled over the 15 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,160 car. The radio was off and all three, 16 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,440 mother, son and daughter were silently gazing out the 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,440 windshield, lost in their thoughts. 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,360 Suddenly something caught the mother's eye. 19 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:07,280 Off to the left, near a cattle pasture, she saw movement rising 20 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,960 from a squatting position. An enormous black man like 21 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:13,880 figure emerged. Her heart skipped a beat. 22 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,760 The creature, which seemed to tower at around 8 feet tall, 23 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,440 took three powerful strides across the two lane highway just 24 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,840 30 yards ahead of the car. Its speed and agility were 25 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,080 startling as it appeared to almost glide across the hot 26 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,360 asphalt, its large muscular frame effortlessly covering the 27 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,840 distance as it moved. The mother noticed his hair, 28 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:42,040 silky and flowing, not stiff or animal like, but shiny and soft, 29 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,000 catching the light as it ran. Instinctively, she slammed on 30 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,960 the brakes. Her children, an 11 year old boy 31 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,920 in a front seat and a 12 year old girl in the back seat, 32 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,480 leaned forward, eyes wide in shock. 33 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,640 The creature briefly glanced in their direction before 34 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,320 disappearing into a ditch on the other side of the road, blending 35 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,600 into the brush and trees that boarded the cattle pasture. 36 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,360 What was that, Mama? Both children exclaimed in 37 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,760 unison, their voices a mix of curiosity and fear. 38 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,880 The mother, still gripping tightly, can only manage. 39 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,440 I don't know. The children pled with her to 40 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,960 stop the car, but fear gripped her. 41 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,920 What had she just witnessed? She had never seen anything like 42 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,400 it before. What if it was dangerous? 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:31,400 Unsure what might happen next, she continued driving, her mind 44 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,840 racing. As he drove away, she couldn't 45 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,520 shake one lingering thought. The pavement must have been 46 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,720 blistering hot, yet the creature had crossed it with such 47 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,760 urgency, as if it couldn't bear the heat on its bare feet. 48 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,760 Despite the shared experience, the mother warned her children 49 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,360 not to tell anyone what they had seen. 50 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,480 She herself didn't speak of it again, haunted by the memory of 51 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,160 that strange encounter in the quiet countryside of Washita 52 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,760 County, Oklahoma. It's really just an amazing 53 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,320 sighting there. Just imagine. 54 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,120 Wow, what a great story. Let's take a look at the next 55 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,120 one here. In the summer of 1977, a group 56 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,840 of young campers from Bethel Baptist Church gathered for a 57 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,440 weekend retreat at Robbers Cave State Park in Latimer County, 58 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,040 Oklahoma. The trip was meant to be a fun 59 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,000 escape, but for one girl, it became a night she would never 60 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,520 forget. The campers arrived on a Friday 61 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,960 evening, and by Saturday, an unsettling feeling began to 62 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,560 creep over her. As she and her friends explored 63 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,760 the campgrounds, a nagging sense of being watched lingered in the 64 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,520 back of her mind. Despite trying to shake it off, 65 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,400 the feeling only grew stronger as the day wore on. 66 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,680 By late afternoon, a storm had rolled in, bringing heavy rain 67 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,120 and Thunder that rattled the camp. 68 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,040 That night, the girls huddled in their cabin, located at the far 69 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,400 end of the campground. Shaped like a horseshoe. 70 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,200 The storm raged outside, the sound of rain pounding on the 71 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,800 roof, making it hard for anyone to sleep. 72 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,320 She lay in her sleeping bag on the top bunk, surrounded by the 73 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,400 sounds of the storm and the quiet rustling of her friends, 74 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:05,880 trying to settle down for the night. 75 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,200 But sleep wouldn't come. Storms terrified her, and the 76 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,680 unease from earlier still clung to her thoughts. 77 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,240 As the rain pelted the cabin, she suddenly heard the creak of 78 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,200 the screen door opening. The door banged shut and her 79 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,920 heart skipped a beat. It must be one of the girls were 80 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,200 a counselor heading to the bathroom, she told herself, 81 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,000 trying to calm down. But then she smelled it. 82 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,600 A foul, musky order that filled the air. 83 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,880 Frozen in her sleeping bag, she listened as heavy, shuffling 84 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,520 footsteps slowly moved around the cabin. 85 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:42,240 The sound was unmistakable. Someone or something was walking 86 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,680 around inside. Her heart pounded as the 87 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,400 footsteps drew closer to her bunk and the smell intensified. 88 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,760 She lay stiff as a board, barely breathing, too terrified to 89 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,480 move. The footsteps stopped right 90 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,480 beside her, and she could feel the presence of something large 91 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,440 standing over her. It was so close she could hear 92 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,920 deep, raspy breathing and a soft, guttural growl. 93 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,440 Her mind raced. How could something be standing 94 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,040 above her? She was on the top bunk. 95 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,880 And then, to her horror, she felt it. 96 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:17,400 Something furry brushed against her face, tracing the contours 97 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,560 of her cheeks and along the headgear she wore for her 98 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,080 braces. She wanted to scream, but fear 99 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,360 kept her silent, her body paralyzed with terror. 100 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,040 The next thing she knew, it was moving. 101 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,160 She woke up on the floor beside her bunk, still inside her 102 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,160 sleeping bag, with her pillow beneath her head. 103 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,400 She had no memory of how she ended up there. 104 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,960 Disoriented and scared, she wondered if it had all been a 105 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,680 terrible dream. But then the girl who had been 106 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,680 sleeping in the bunk next to her pulled her aside. 107 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,360 Eyes wide with fear, she whispered. 108 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,720 I saw it. The girl went on to describe a 109 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,800 large, black, hairy creature standing behind her bunk during 110 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,880 the night. She had been too scared to 111 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,440 scream, fearing that if she made any noise it would harm her 112 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,960 friend. The two girls, shaken and 113 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,040 frightened, made a pack to never speak of what had happened, and 114 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,200 they kept that secret until now. The memory of that night haunted 115 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,480 her for years. She couldn't explain what had 116 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,240 happened, but the feeling of being watched, the foul smell, 117 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,600 the touch of something unknown, and the fear shared with her 118 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,080 friend left an indelible mark on her. 119 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,600 Even now, whenever she recalls that stormy night in the woods, 120 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:36,200 a chill runs down her spine. Wow, that is really creepy. 121 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:37,880 Let's have a look at this next one here. 122 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,600 It was a mild spring evening in 1981 around 8:00 PM when a 123 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,360 mother and her two sons settled down to watch television in 124 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,560 their home near Wilberton, Oklahoma. 125 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,200 The house was quiet and cozy, with a bowl of popcorn shared 126 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,760 between the mother and her youngest son, who sat next to 127 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,200 her on the sofa. The eldest, a 16 year old boy, 128 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,640 lounged across her room on a love seat. 129 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,240 Everything seemed normal until the mother, with her unusually 130 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,760 sharp sense of smell, caught a whiff of something horrific, a 131 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,480 foul stench that seeped in from the window behind them. 132 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,960 The odor was so intense that she turned to her sons. 133 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,000 Do you smell that? She asked, her nose wrinkling in 134 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,840 disgust. Her eldest, used to his mother's 135 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,640 keen sense of smell, dismissed it with a teasing grin. 136 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,560 Oh mom, you're always smelling something. 137 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,480 He said, but the smell was too strong to ignore, and soon he 138 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,880 even picked up on it. It faded for a moment, only to 139 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,240 return even stronger a few minutes later. 140 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,280 Convinced that something was under the sofa, the mother asked 141 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,200 her son to help her move it. As they searched around the 142 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,160 room, the youngest backed away, nervous. 143 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:47,080 They found nothing. Realizing that the breeze 144 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,680 blowing in from the open windows might be carrying the smell, 145 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,960 they decided to wait until daylight to investigate outside. 146 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,920 An hour later, the eldest son went outside. 147 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,760 He returned quickly, asking for the shotgun. 148 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,040 His face was pale and serious. There's something out there, he 149 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,760 said, standing by the railroad tie post, watching the house. 150 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,120 He described the figure as a darn big guy, too large to be a 151 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,320 normal person. Armed with a gun, he made his 152 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,480 way toward the chicken pin, but not long after his voice rang 153 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,720 out in the night, called the law. 154 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,680 Terrified for her son, the mother rushed to call the 155 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,120 sheriff. When her son returned, he 156 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,800 explained that the figure had stepped over a barbed wire fence 157 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,440 and leaped over her brush pile before vanishing into the woods. 158 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,840 He hadn't fired the gun but was visibly shaken. 159 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,080 Within 10 minutes, 2 sheriffs deputies arrived and combed the 160 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,280 area with flashlights. They found nothing, leaving the 161 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,400 family unsettled with no answers. 162 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,960 Later that day, the mother and her youngest son were alone in 163 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,520 the house, waiting for the eldest to return from his 164 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:51,720 grandmother's house. Nearby. 165 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,440 The eerie quiet was broken by the sound of a metal latch. 166 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,800 The latch on the storage building outside, where the 167 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,280 family kept their laundry and deep freezer. 168 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,440 Someone had entered the building and fear gripped the mother. 169 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,720 She had quickly called her son at his grandmother's, asking if 170 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,480 he'd been there the entire time. When he confirmed he hadn't left 171 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,840 her, blood ran cold. Whoever was in the building 172 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,320 wasn't him. Her son rushed home, arriving 173 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,560 within two minutes. As they discussed what to do 174 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,560 next, he suddenly froze and stared out the window behind the 175 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:26,040 sofa. What in the heck is that? 176 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,280 He yelled. The youngest boy, curious, ran 177 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,200 into the kitchen and saw it too. Both of them described seeing a 178 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,360 hairy, dirty face pressed against the glass, watching them 179 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,880 through the window. Panicked, the mother called the 180 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,000 sheriff again and her son grabbed the shotgun, taking a 181 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,480 protective stance. The mother and her youngest 182 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,920 huddled on the floor, lights off as he waited, hearts pounding. 183 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,400 The foul stench filled the air once more, a nauseating blend of 184 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,640 wet, filthy dog swell diapers and dirty, damp clothes. 185 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,080 They knew it was coming from whatever was looking outside the 186 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,440 window. The deputies arrived and once 187 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,640 again found nothing, but the unsettling feeling remained. 188 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,560 Over the years, the mother struggled to make sense of what 189 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:10,720 had happened. At first, she thought it might 190 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,000 have been a deranged drifter or a Vagabond, especially since her 191 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,960 husband had found signs of someone camping in the nearby 192 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,200 woods. But the combination of the 193 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,840 stench, the strange face, and the unusual behavior LED her to 194 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,320 a different conclusion years later, especially after hearing 195 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,160 similar stories of creatures lurking in the woods. 196 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,840 It wasn't until a conversation with a retired Oklahoma highway 197 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,560 patrolman, a friend of her husband's, that she felt 198 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:39,800 certain. He assured her that no human 199 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,520 prowler or intruder would have acted like that. 200 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,920 The smell, the massive size, and the way it watched them. 201 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,120 It wasn't like anything he'd ever seen in his career. 202 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,880 And in her heart, she finally believed it, too. 203 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,800 Whatever had visited them that night wasn't human. 204 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,160 Wow, what an intense encounter. Let's have a look at this next 205 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,480 one here. It was a cold, overcast day in 206 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,440 January of 2003 when three friends set out for a bobcat 207 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,720 hunting trip in western Johnston County, Oklahoma. 208 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,040 The clouds hung low, offering the perfect cover for spotting 209 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,280 wildlife. Two of the men, eager and 210 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,760 relatively new to hunting Bobcats, had already had a 211 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,240 successful day, each begging their first cat at separate 212 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,680 stands. The third member of the group, 213 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:29,320 though less experienced, enjoyed the adventure, relishing the 214 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,160 chance to explore the rugged, unfamiliar landscape. 215 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,040 Driving slowly home through a heavily wooded pasture just east 216 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:40,440 of Hwy. 177, the two friends in the lead vehicle were taking 217 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,360 their time scanning the surroundings for movement. 218 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,280 The road was rough, and as they crossed a cattle guard, the 219 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,480 peaceful monotony was suddenly interrupted by a strange and 220 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,200 unexpected sight. Out of the dense woods, just 30 221 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,160 feet in front of their truck, a creature emerged. 222 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,320 It moved on all fours, its body covered in a thick coat of Gray 223 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,600 fur, and its muscular frame immediately drew their 224 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,440 attention. The driver, stunned by what he 225 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,960 was seeing, slowed the vehicle even more as they watched the 226 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,720 creature across the road in front of them. 227 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,440 What is that? He asked, his voice filled with 228 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,720 confusion. His friend, equally bewildered, 229 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,800 replied in a slow, drawn out voice. 230 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,280 I don't know. The two men stared in disbelief. 231 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,600 The creature had an odd gait. Its front limbs barely seemed to 232 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,600 support its weight, while its powerful back legs kicked out as 233 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,080 it scurried across the road. Its body was hunched over, its 234 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,720 form resembling that of a gorilla, and though it moved 235 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,840 quickly, they were able to observe it for a good six to 236 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,640 seven seconds. The driver was particularly 237 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,240 struck by how the creature's back muscles rippled beneath his 238 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,880 fur as it moved, giving it an almost surreal quality. 239 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,560 Why wouldn't it look at us? The driver murmured as the 240 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:58,680 creature remained focused on its path, never turning its head 241 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:01,680 toward the vehicle. The way it moved was unlike 242 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,680 anything they had ever seen before. 243 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:08,160 Its torso stayed low to the ground, no more than 3 1/2 feet 244 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,680 as highest point, but its hindquarters were mere inches 245 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:15,440 from the ground, almost as if it was crawling or scurrying like a 246 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,960 monkey. Then, just as quickly as it had 247 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,400 appeared, the creature vanished into the underbrush, leaving the 248 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,520 two men speechless. For a while, they rationalized 249 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,200 what they had seen. It must have been a large 250 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:32,200 bobcat, one of them suggested, though deep down neither of them 251 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,640 truly believed that explanation. The image of the muscular 252 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,120 gorilla like figure stayed with him, knowing after thoughts for 253 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,520 years. Despite their lingering doubts, 254 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,400 they convinced themselves it had been a bobcat. 255 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,360 What else could it have been? Years later that certainty 256 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,840 wavered. One day the driver saw a close 257 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,640 up photo of an episode of Monster Quest that struck an 258 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,000 eerie chord. The creature in the photograph 259 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,880 found in Florida looked unsettling, similar to what he 260 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,320 and his friend had seen that day in the woods. 261 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,720 Shaken by the memory, he called his friend to ask what he 262 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,080 thought about the encounter. After discussing it, they both 263 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,960 agreed whatever they had seen that day was no bobcat. 264 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:16,000 They estimated the creature weigh between 150 and 175 lbs, 265 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,480 far too large for any known feline. 266 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,080 The image of its hunched, powerful form crossing the road 267 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,400 was seared into their minds, and the mystery surrounding the 268 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,360 creature only deepened. Then the driver remembered 269 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,080 something else, something he hadn't connected until that 270 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,440 moment in 1999, just a few years before their strange sighting, 271 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:39,840 he had heard an unearthly scream one night about 1/2 mile South 272 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,440 of where they had encountered a creature. 273 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,400 He had never spoken of it before, dismissing it as an 274 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,040 oddity, but now, with this new perspective, he couldn't shake 275 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,560 the feeling that the two incidents were related. 276 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,960 Whatever had crossed her path that day was still a mystery. 277 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,720 The woods of Johnston County held their secrets, but the men 278 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,160 would never forget the strange girl like creature that had 279 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,560 silently vanished into the trees, leaving behind nothing 280 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,080 but questions. Another one of these stories 281 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,200 where these creatures just crossing our paths almost. 282 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,400 Almost like this intentional way of exposing themselves. 283 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,720 We'll look at a couple of more here. 284 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,360 It was the first weekend of October 2009 and as they did 285 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,200 every year, a group of old friends, self-described old 286 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,920 hippies, gathered at Tishomingo State Park in Oklahoma to camp 287 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,200 and reminisce. The campsite was peaceful, 288 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,560 tucked away by the Blue River, and by 9:30 PM the fire had 289 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,320 burned down to glowing embers. 15 friends remained huddled near 290 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,600 the warmth, the conversations softly trailing off into the 291 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,160 cool fall air. One of the campers, a 57 year 292 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,160 old woman, decided it was time to retire for the night. 293 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,160 Her tent was set up some distance from the main camp, 294 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,080 closer to the river, and she began to walk alone, her two 295 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,760 small dogs trailing behind her. As she neared her tent, the 296 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,480 stillness of the evening was suddenly interrupted. 297 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,360 Out of nowhere, something or someone ran in front of her, 298 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,840 crossing swiftly from West to east. 299 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,920 It was close, too close. She stopped in her tracks, 300 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,400 startled and bewildered. She knew everyone in her group 301 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,520 and none of them were in any shape to Sprint like that, 302 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,800 especially at night. She wasn't under the influence 303 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,480 of alcohol or drugs, and she was sure of what she had seen. 304 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,240 The figure moved with the stride of a man, not an animal. 305 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,960 The sight had unnerved her. She turned around and made her 306 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,640 way back to the camp fire where the others were still gathered. 307 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,040 Trying to make sense of it, she asked two of her friends, both 308 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,760 men, to walk her back to her tent with a flashlight. 309 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,160 They laughed off for concerns, suggesting it must have been a 310 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,400 deer, or maybe even a brown bear. 311 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,360 Deer run on 4 legs, she retorted, and bears don't have 312 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,560 the stride of a man. Besides, brown bears aren't that 313 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:56,960 tall. But they continued to tease her, 314 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,360 and though unnerved, she returned to her tent. 315 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,880 Now armed with a loaded gun. She carefully tucked it under 316 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,440 her pillow, her fingers brushing against the cold steel for her 317 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,800 reassurance. Her two small dogs snuggled 318 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,400 beside her, ready to alert her if something or someone came 319 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,520 near. Despite the light rain that 320 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,079 began to fall later that night, she couldn't shake the image of 321 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:22,359 the figure that had run so swiftly and silently in front of 322 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,040 her. The light from the campsite had 323 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,520 been enough for her to clearly see its shape and movement, but 324 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,480 what it was remained a mystery. When she returned home to 325 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:35,560 Lawton, OK a few days later, she recounted the experience to a 326 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,320 friend in Florida. Her friend encouraged her to 327 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,040 share the story with others, which led her to write about the 328 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,960 incident, hoping someone else might have had a similar 329 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,080 experience in the area. To this day, she remains certain 330 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,440 of what she saw, a man like figure moving swiftly through 331 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,160 the trees along the riverbank, leaving behind only questions 332 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,880 and a sense of unease that lingers long after the night 333 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:59,600 ended. Wow. 334 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,400 I just couldn't imagine that being out there camping like 335 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,040 that, kind of a remote area anyway, and then having this 336 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,720 thing just run across your path. Like I said, it's almost like 337 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,560 they're intentionally crossing paths with us. 338 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,400 So we'll do this one here and then one more. 339 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,760 It was a sweltering August night, 1966 on the edge of 340 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,680 Tulsa, OK. The summer heat lingered even as 341 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,680 midnight approached and three young girls, friends spending 342 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,200 the night, were sprawled across a bed in a small house, the 343 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,320 window opened to catch any hint of breeze. 344 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,120 They had been chatting and giggling for hours, but now the 345 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:33,400 room had grown quieter, the conversation fading to a soft 346 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,440 murmur to avoid waking the girl's mother and sister, who 347 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,960 were asleep in the next room. The house at the end of 46th St. 348 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,160 N set near the edge of town where new homes were being 349 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,280 built, but the surrounding area was still a rural with hills, 350 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,480 woods and a Creek nearby. The only sounds outside were the 351 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,960 usual night noises, crickets, an occasional rustle of leaves. 352 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,200 But then they heard something else. 353 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,440 At first it was just footsteps, soft, deliberate, and getting 354 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,000 closer. The three girls exchanged 355 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,480 nervous glances and lifted their heads to peer out the window. 356 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,200 Outside the bushes beneath the window, something or someone was 357 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,120 moving. The footsteps grew louder, and 358 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:15,480 then, with a sudden jolt, the bushes shook violently. 359 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,840 A large, hairy face appeared in a window, rising slowly inches 360 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,960 from where they lay. It was enormous, filling the 361 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,320 frame of the window and covered in thick, matted hair. 362 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,400 The face was like nothing the girls had ever seen before, more 363 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,600 animal than human, but with an intelligence in its eyes that 364 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,920 sent a chill down their spines. The creature's eyes locked onto 365 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,560 the girl closest to the window. She was frozen in place, unable 366 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,200 to move as the musky scent of the creature filled the room. 367 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,280 In that moment, she thought it resembled an ape, but something 368 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,280 about it was wrong. This was no ape. 369 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,120 Her friends immediately rolled away from the window, trembling 370 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:56,160 and crying in fear. But she remained paralyzed, 371 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,640 staring into the creature's eyes, her heart pounding. 372 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,360 The only thing separating her from this towering, terrifying 373 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,320 figure was the thin screen of the window. 374 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,560 The smell was overwhelming, musky and wild, and the 375 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,160 creature's eyes never left hers. After what felt like an 376 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,880 eternity, the girl finally found the strength to move. 377 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,280 She turned and screamed, her voice breaking through the heavy 378 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,040 silence of the night. Her mother came rushing into the 379 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,240 room, flicking on the lights as the girls bolted to the living 380 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,480 room, hysterical with fear. They babbled incoherently about 381 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,120 what they had just seen, their words tripping over one another 382 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:36,000 as they tried to describe the monstrous figure at the window. 383 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,520 Her mother, unsure what to believe but alarmed by their 384 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,600 terror, called the police. Officers arrived and searched 385 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,720 the area, but they found nothing. 386 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,720 The night remained eerily quiet, the creature gone as suddenly as 387 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,440 it had appeared. That face, those eyes, remained 388 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,040 with her, etched in her memory. She would carry the weight of 389 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,520 that night for the rest of her life. 390 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,640 As she grew older, she recounted the story to her grandchildren, 391 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,480 who hung on every word, eyes wide with the same fears she had 392 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,840 felt. One of her grandsons urged her 393 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,880 to share the story with the world, believing that others 394 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,160 might have had similar encounters. 395 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,280 The creature she had seen, she would later come to realize, fit 396 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,160 the description of what people call Bigfoot. 397 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,160 And while many dismissed such tales as myth, for her the 398 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,160 memory was all too real an encounter she would never 399 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,120 forget. That's a great story. 400 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,120 We'll do one more here and we'll wrap this up. 401 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:33,040 It was a clear, cool night on May 20th, 2009, when three 402 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,560 friends decided to kayak and camp at Keystone Lake in 403 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,840 Oklahoma. With lake levels 15 feet higher 404 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,240 than usual, the peninsula they had chosen was now an isolated 405 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:46,840 island accessible only by boat. The trio, two friends and one of 406 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,480 their girlfriends arrived at the lake around 8:00 PM, kayaking 407 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,440 the mile to a quiet sandy beach where they set up camp, built a 408 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,560 fire and settled in for the evening. 409 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,800 As darkness fell, they roasted hot dogs over the fire and tried 410 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,920 their luck at fishing, but with no success. 411 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,040 By midnight, the peacefulness of the night was interrupted when 412 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,760 the girlfriend mentioned that she needed to leave for work the 413 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,240 next morning. As she and her boyfriend began 414 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,560 gathering their gear to head back to the car, an eerie sound 415 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,040 shattered the stillness of the night. 416 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:21,040 From the nearby woods, they heard a series of grunting and 417 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,880 howling noises, each one repeated in the same pattern 418 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,720 about five times. The unsettling sound carried 419 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,120 through the trees, deep and guttural, unlike anything they 420 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:34,160 had heard before. The 3rd member of the group, an 421 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,720 experienced camper and Eagle Scout, felt a chill run down his 422 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,480 spine. He wasn't one to be easily 423 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,920 spooked, but this noise was different, unnerving enough to 424 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,800 make him abandoned the idea of staying at the campsite alone. 425 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,200 So he decided to kayak back with his friends, leaving the fire 426 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,240 burning in their absence. They returned to the cars, 427 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,360 dropped off the girlfriend, and made their way back to the 428 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:59,640 island. Around 1:30 AM, the two friends 429 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:04,000 rekindled the fire and decided to try their luck fishing again, 430 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,680 this time near a wooded area that had been submerged by the 431 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,360 rising water just 50 feet from their beach. 432 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,480 For about 30 minutes they feasted in silence, the only 433 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,400 sounds the soft lapping of water against their kayaks. 434 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,080 But as they made their way back to shore, something happened 435 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,000 that would change the entire mood of the night. 436 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,040 Passing through a low area with Willow trees, a massive rock, 437 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,440 far too large for a human to lift suddenly came hurtling from 438 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,120 the shore, landing with a thunderous splash just feet away 439 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:37,000 from one of the kayaks. Startled the men, shining their 440 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,520 flashlights toward the shore, straining to see through the 441 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,920 dense trees. The low hanging branches of the 442 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,240 willows obscured their view, but whatever had thrown the rock was 443 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,120 still out there, hidden in the shadows. 444 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,080 They paused, tried to process what had just happened, when 445 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,960 moments later a second rock, this one even larger than the 446 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,080 first, crashed into the water near them, sending ripples 447 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,480 through the lake. Fear gripped them both, unsure 448 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:02,960 of what was looking in the darkness. 449 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,240 They paddled backward, putting distance between themselves in a 450 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,320 shore. One of the men remembered 451 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,160 something from ATV show about Bigfoot, how these creatures 452 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,680 were known to throw rocks and make strange guttural noises 453 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,640 similar to the ones they had heard earlier. 454 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,560 His heart raced as he shared his suspicion with his friend. 455 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,560 Could it be? The decision was made swiftly? 456 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,480 They were not going to stay for another moment on that island. 457 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,480 With nerves on edge, they paddled back to their campsite 458 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,880 and hurriedly packed up their gear. 459 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,720 Each took turns keeping a flashlight trained on the woods 460 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,160 while the other packed, both feeling as though something or 461 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,080 someone was watching them from the trees. 462 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,320 As they kayaked away from the island. 463 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,160 They made one final pass around Perimeter, looking for any signs 464 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,360 of boats or campers, but the island was deserted. 465 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,880 They were alone, or so they thought. 466 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,400 The eerie silence followed them as they made their way back to 467 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,800 shore, the night's strange events leaving them shaken for a 468 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,120 season. Camp, who had spent countless 469 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:04,280 nights in the wilderness. This was the first time he had 470 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,480 ever fled a campsite in the middle of the night. 471 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,480 What had thrown those rocks? What had made those disturbing 472 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,720 noises? The answers remained elusive, 473 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 but one thing was certain. Something was on that island and 474 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,400 it wasn't humid. What a frightening situation in 475 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,720 there. Well, I hope you like these 476 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,160 stories. I did the podcast in a little 477 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,160 bit of a different format today because it's Saturday. 478 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,720 Saturday's kind of a slow day for the podcast, so I thought 479 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,640 it'd be fun just to kind of mix it up a little bit. 480 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,200 You can let me know what you think in the comments section. 481 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,520 Until next time, this is UFO WARNING over and out.