1 00:00:05,679 --> 00:00:08,359 Speaker 1: I came from an area in upstate New York where 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:12,279 there are a lot of different cryptids and anomalies. Most 3 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:15,320 people hear New York and they think the city. But 4 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:19,399 my part of New York is the Adirondack area. The 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,239 city folks scoff at us and they call us Hicks. 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,120 Because of that, I can sympathize with many Southerners who 7 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:31,559 get the same tag from the same people. I don't 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,479 know why that makes me laugh, because, you know what, 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,439 I've never had anybody you can hear my accent. You 10 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,920 can tell where I'm from. I've never had any I've 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,920 had people laugh at my accent. I have customers in 12 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,159 California and they like to They'll I'll call them and 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,119 be talking to a project manager about an issue. Sometimes 14 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,960 they'll all get in his office and put me on 15 00:00:53,039 --> 00:00:56,240 a speakerphone to hear me talk. They don't know I 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,799 do a podcast, and I want to tell them, Hey, 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,000 all you got to do is click on my YouTube channel. 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,640 You could hear me talk all day anyway. I just 19 00:01:03,679 --> 00:01:07,000 thought that was funny. So hit rednecks or rednecks anywhere. 20 00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:11,280 Back to the story. The Mohawk Valley where I grew 21 00:01:11,359 --> 00:01:14,159 up is best known for the Native American tribes in 22 00:01:14,239 --> 00:01:19,120 the general Herkimer h e r k I E R 23 00:01:19,239 --> 00:01:22,000 I don't know what that word is. Back in nineteen 24 00:01:22,079 --> 00:01:25,480 eighty two, when I was a typical teenager of about fourteen, 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,239 it became known for something else, entirely at least for me. 26 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,439 My mother and I were making our normal weekend trip 27 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,439 to visit my grandparents, who lived half an hour away. 28 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,200 The drive took us through farmland with lots of hills 29 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,120 and wooded areas. Like any teen I was sitting in 30 00:01:45,159 --> 00:01:48,400 the front seat with my head pressed against the passenger window, 31 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,200 and I was staring out at the passing countryside while 32 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,319 listening to the radio. We were only about halfway there 33 00:01:56,359 --> 00:02:00,599 when Mom slowed down and said, look at that, Sue. 34 00:02:00,879 --> 00:02:04,239 Mom was not the excitable tighte and if she raised 35 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:08,000 her voice or sounded alarmed, something had to be terribly wrong. 36 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,479 She was pointing up to the sky at the largest 37 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,639 bird I had ever seen. It was like something out 38 00:02:14,719 --> 00:02:16,879 of the Land of the Lost TV show that I 39 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,000 used to watch as a kid. It wasn't flapping its wings, 40 00:02:21,039 --> 00:02:24,960 but rather gliding across the sky. It was black with 41 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,919 bat like wings and had a crook in its neck, 42 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,039 and it reminded me of an atom's apple, And there 43 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,319 was something sticking out of the back of its head 44 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,719 that came to a point. It wasn't covered in black 45 00:02:36,759 --> 00:02:41,840 feathers like a thunderbird. It was well like a bat. 46 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,879 It's hard to say how high up this thing was, 47 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,240 but I guess it must have been one hundred feet. 48 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,520 Its wingspan was a lot wider than that of a 49 00:02:50,599 --> 00:02:55,840 Cessna airplane. I clearly remember my mom saying it looks 50 00:02:55,879 --> 00:02:59,280 like a pterodactyl. We watched it for a bit and 51 00:02:59,319 --> 00:03:02,280 then went about our travels. For the life of me, 52 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:05,240 I can't believe she did not sit there longer or 53 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,280 try to follow it. As a teenager, I was more 54 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:13,159 interested in music and roller skating and boys, and it 55 00:03:13,199 --> 00:03:15,759 wasn't until later that I began to think back on 56 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:21,199 it and really question what the heck did I see. Recently, 57 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,360 I raised the topic with a friend of mine who 58 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,840 lives in the area. Her husband is a hunter, and 59 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:29,199 he and his friends have often commented that there are 60 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:33,240 some unusually large birds in this area. He even claimed 61 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,479 to know where some of the nests used to be. 62 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,879 I plan on looking into this further If I had 63 00:03:40,919 --> 00:03:43,439 seen this today, I would have dismissed it as some 64 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,479 electronic device like a drone. But back in nineteen eighty 65 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,960 two that would not have been an obvious option. The 66 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,159 military had drones at that time, but civilians didn't have 67 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,879 access for another twenty years or more. Therefore, I have 68 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:04,120 no answer that bizarre creature. Within a year of that sighting, 69 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,759 my mom and I had another strange experience five miles 70 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,719 from where we saw that ungodly bird. There've always been 71 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:16,279 stories surrounding the Mohawk Jordanville area about strange lights and 72 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,560 objects in the sky, but this time we were headed 73 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,839 home from my grandparents. It was a Sunday night and 74 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:28,120 already quite dark out. Again. Teenage me had my head 75 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,639 pressed against the window, watching the scenery pass and waiting 76 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,399 to get home. Oh my god, Sue, look at that, 77 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,240 Mom said, in that same slightly elevated tone that indicated 78 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:43,399 she meant business. She pulled over onto the side of 79 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:46,360 the road and put the car in part. Sitting in 80 00:04:46,399 --> 00:04:50,199 the sky above us was a large round object. The 81 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,720 top was barely visible, but tiny lights were blinking around 82 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,519 the edge of it. There was a circle in the 83 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,079 middle that had an orange hue to it, and the 84 00:04:59,079 --> 00:05:03,000 bottom was bright and therefore easier to see. It was 85 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,040 making absolutely no noise at all. It was at least 86 00:05:07,079 --> 00:05:10,079 one hundred feet up and a couple of football fields 87 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,480 in length. Mom said that she needed to call Griffith's 88 00:05:13,519 --> 00:05:16,639 Air Force Base, which was located half an hour away 89 00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:19,480 in Rome, New York at the time, and we sat 90 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:22,040 there for a little longer as she opened and closed 91 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,040 a glove box looking for a camera she knew was 92 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,920 not there. It was obvious that Mom was shook up 93 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,040 by what she was seeing. The next thing I knew, 94 00:05:32,319 --> 00:05:34,639 she threw the car in drive and floored it out 95 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:38,439 of there. Do not tell your friends about this, she said, 96 00:05:38,759 --> 00:05:42,920 they'll think you're crazy. Ten minutes later, we were home 97 00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:45,439 and I was doing exactly what she told me not 98 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:49,040 to do. After Mom hung up from the Air Force base, 99 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:51,360 I called my best friend and I told her the 100 00:05:51,399 --> 00:05:54,600 whole story, and then I listened while she related it 101 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:59,079 to her brothers. She's crazy. She didn't see anything. They 102 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,120 told her. Mom was right. I decided not to tell 103 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,720 anyone else about it after that. Still, I couldn't help 104 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:09,319 but wonder why Mom didn't grab her camera and head 105 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,600 back up there. She probably thought it would be gone 106 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:17,120 by then. After we both made our phone calls, Mom 107 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:20,120 reminded me of something that happened eight years earlier when 108 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,920 we were in Palatin, New York. I would have been 109 00:06:22,959 --> 00:06:26,120 around four or five at the time. We were on 110 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,319 our way to pick up my stepfather from work at midnight. 111 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:32,839 I brought my blanket and pillow, and I was curled 112 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,759 up in the back seat sleeping when I awoke to 113 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,600 the sound of voices. There were vehicles around us in 114 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,120 both lanes, and they were at a standstill. Mom was 115 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,519 talking to a man through the window about something up 116 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,000 in the sky. I naturally looked up to see what 117 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,519 they were talking about, and there in the sky was 118 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,439 a round, disk shaped object with flashing lights around it. 119 00:06:58,439 --> 00:07:01,199 It wasn't as large as the one Mom and I saw, 120 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,639 but I remember it having the same orange circle. I 121 00:07:05,639 --> 00:07:09,199 don't remember much beyond that, except for hearing Mom explaining 122 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,800 to my stepdad why we were late. Years later, crop 123 00:07:13,839 --> 00:07:17,480 circles were found in the general area on Vickerman Hill, 124 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:21,920 which is also Route twenty eight in Mohawk. I went 125 00:07:21,959 --> 00:07:24,800 to see them, like a lot of others did. Even 126 00:07:24,879 --> 00:07:27,439 got a taste of an elixir made from the down 127 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,040 crops in the circles. They were giving people drops of 128 00:07:31,079 --> 00:07:35,000 it at a local fair. I have other stories, but 129 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,040 I think this is enough for now. Thanks for reading 130 00:07:38,079 --> 00:07:45,680 my story. I can't stay silent for another day. I 131 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,079 have the right amount of booze in me to relive 132 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,000 this one more time, but not so much that I'm 133 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,720 in coherent. It was a summer of nineteen ninety two, 134 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,079 and I had decided to live the best summer of 135 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:02,600 my life before becoming a productive member of society. I 136 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:05,959 fished and camped and hiked throughout my entire youth, but 137 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,800 that was all about to come to an end with 138 00:08:07,879 --> 00:08:12,519 two simple words, I do. I left my parents' house 139 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,399 early that morning with my pistol on my hip. I 140 00:08:15,439 --> 00:08:18,519 had a rifle. The park I was headed to was 141 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,800 a couple of hours away and not often visited by anyone. 142 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,240 I had heard all the wild stories about it, and 143 00:08:25,319 --> 00:08:30,040 I was anxious to see it for myself. At first glance, 144 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,720 I was not disappointed. Off in the distance, I could 145 00:08:33,759 --> 00:08:36,360 see the open patches high up on the hills and 146 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,279 bordered by clusters of trees. To the left of the 147 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,480 road was a dry river bed, that would make an 148 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,720 easy trail for me toime stood still in this place, 149 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,840 old moss covered rock fences were the only evidence that 150 00:08:50,919 --> 00:08:54,320 human hands had ever been there. I was thrilled as 151 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,799 I took my first step, wondering what lay before me, 152 00:08:58,519 --> 00:09:03,080 if only I had known. After a couple of hours 153 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,320 and a few stops, I came to a spot where 154 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,720 the creek narrowed with a three foot bank. A cluster 155 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,399 of trees sat to the left, and to the right 156 00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:15,399 was an open field of wildflowers. The wind that I 157 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,080 had heard whistling through the trees all day was gone, 158 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:22,039 and I was suddenly aware of something dark. It was 159 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,879 a gut twisting feeling that came out of nowhere. I stopped, 160 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:30,080 and I held my breath, afraid even to exhale, though 161 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,279 I had no idea why. And then I saw it. 162 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,960 Up ahead one hundred yards to my right was something dark. 163 00:09:37,759 --> 00:09:41,240 It was as if that feeling had taken physical form. 164 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,559 There was no movement or sound, yet I felt it 165 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:49,360 demanded my attention, so slowly I reached for my binoculars, 166 00:09:49,759 --> 00:09:52,200 and immediately I was hit with a blast of don't 167 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:56,080 do that. I stopped dead for a single moment before 168 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,720 continuing to lift them to my eyes. Why didn't I 169 00:09:59,759 --> 00:10:04,000 listen into that inner voice? There up ahead in the bushes, 170 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,279 it was a thing, a massive, black, hairy thing. I 171 00:10:09,279 --> 00:10:11,519 tried to tell myself it was a bear, but I 172 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,120 couldn't lie that well. It was a little afternoon and 173 00:10:15,159 --> 00:10:18,360 the sun was high in the sky. The downward shadow 174 00:10:18,519 --> 00:10:22,799 it cast made the thing's face darker. Its eyes were 175 00:10:22,879 --> 00:10:25,960 cloaked under its massive brow, But somehow I knew it 176 00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:29,879 was glaring at me. I could see its fangs, Yes, 177 00:10:29,919 --> 00:10:33,679 it had fangs. It was contrasted against its black face. 178 00:10:34,799 --> 00:10:37,399 There was no definition to its chest, but it was 179 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:43,200 incredibly wide. I felt sick. My knees buckled, and my 180 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:46,279 head began to swim. Now I reached for the riverbank 181 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,519 to steady myself, and I saw the creature vanish somewhere 182 00:10:50,519 --> 00:10:53,159 inside me. I felt a bit of relief, thinking it 183 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,679 had left, and within seconds it popped its head up again. 184 00:10:57,639 --> 00:11:01,279 Now it was seventy yards away, and it stared its dark, 185 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:06,080 evil intent at me through black, vacant eye sockets. It 186 00:11:06,159 --> 00:11:09,240 seemed to be saying, in my mind, if only you 187 00:11:09,399 --> 00:11:14,120 hadn't looked. It stretched up and over as if it 188 00:11:14,159 --> 00:11:16,799 was getting a better look, and then it vanished again. 189 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,360 I stumbled backwards, fighting the urge to turn and run, 190 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,399 and my mind raced. And some will tell you that 191 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:26,960 they think of their loved ones, or they might save 192 00:11:27,039 --> 00:11:29,440 the idea becoming a part of a missing four one 193 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:33,879 one phenomenon uncrossed their minds. Well, that wasn't the case 194 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,320 for me. I thought about how this thing might attack me, 195 00:11:37,399 --> 00:11:40,200 and how bad it would hurt, and how long it 196 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,399 would take to die. And I wondered if it would 197 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,200 rip me apart or eat me while I still struggled 198 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,039 to get away. Every thought was a horror, worse than 199 00:11:50,039 --> 00:11:54,480 the last. Now I heard it making noise, as if 200 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,960 it wanted me to be scared. I had heard that 201 00:11:58,279 --> 00:12:01,440 blood was sweeter when a dren one was dumped into it, 202 00:12:01,799 --> 00:12:04,240 so I wondered if this was what the thing was doing. 203 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,120 It stomped and broke branches and huffed as it moved 204 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,559 through the brush, and again it raised its head, only 205 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:17,320 forty yards away. Its details were now more defined. It 206 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,840 was more disgusting than I imagine, its face glistening in 207 00:12:20,879 --> 00:12:24,240 the sun. A patch on its chest also shimmered as 208 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,000 silvery strings ran from the corners of its mouth. That 209 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,919 mouth slid its face in two. It was wide and 210 00:12:32,039 --> 00:12:37,080 slightly parted, giving it an almost grinning effect. Its head 211 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,200 and body were all one. If it had a neck, 212 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,159 it was surrounded by pure muscle. If I were describe 213 00:12:44,159 --> 00:12:46,639 it honestly, I would only be able to say that 214 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,360 it was big, it was black, and it was horrific. 215 00:12:50,799 --> 00:12:53,960 Again it vanished, and each time it did, it moved 216 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,559 so fast that it blurred out of sight. It seemed 217 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:02,639 unnatural in its movement. This sick game of peekaboo was 218 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,879 more than my mind could take in. And I struggled, 219 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:09,159 and part of me was resigned to death, while another part, 220 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,679 a more primal part, wanted to run. Still, another part 221 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:17,600 of me said I need to fight. These emotions combined 222 00:13:17,639 --> 00:13:21,720 to create a mind of warping, stomach churning mess. I 223 00:13:21,759 --> 00:13:24,399 slowly began to back up, afraid to look behind me 224 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:28,159 or even turn ahead. And the noises were getting louder 225 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,840 and closer, and I began to say the Lord's prayer. 226 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,200 It popped his head up again from twenty feet away. 227 00:13:36,039 --> 00:13:39,399 It was emboldened, and it stood erect, craning to see me. 228 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,679 It rose well above the bushes that I guessed were 229 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,440 probably six feet tall. It was running out of brush 230 00:13:46,519 --> 00:13:48,879 and soon it would be in the clearing across from me, 231 00:13:49,919 --> 00:13:53,559 and I began to cry. I knew this was the end. 232 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,360 There was nothing I could do to avoid it, and 233 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,360 I snapped out of myself pity as the thing disappeared 234 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,519 once again to the foliage. Then it stepped out of 235 00:14:03,519 --> 00:14:07,000 the brust, slightly bent at the waist, its arms hanging 236 00:14:07,039 --> 00:14:09,840 at its sides. They were tipped with claws that I 237 00:14:09,879 --> 00:14:14,039 couldn't stop staring at. Its body. Heaved with each breath 238 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,000 that grew increasingly faster as it seemed to be working 239 00:14:17,039 --> 00:14:21,360 itself into a frenzy, and it wheezed when it inhaled 240 00:14:22,159 --> 00:14:25,519 faster and faster it huffed in and out. Then it 241 00:14:25,559 --> 00:14:30,120 went silent in slow motion. I watched it as it 242 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,399 bent its knees and leaned forward and threw its arms back, 243 00:14:33,519 --> 00:14:36,799 ready to jump, and I was falling backwards when all 244 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:42,440 help broke loose. The silence was shattered by something exploding 245 00:14:42,519 --> 00:14:45,720 to my left, and it showered the creek bed with shrapnel. 246 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,559 I felt a gust of wind as a reddish brown 247 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:51,039 blur flew out of the chaos and hit the creature's 248 00:14:51,039 --> 00:14:55,559 square on only an empty space loomed before me. Now 249 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,240 then I was hit by a sound wave that came 250 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:00,679 from the other side of the brush, and it vibrated 251 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,360 me to my core. It was followed by deep thumps 252 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:08,320 that shook the ground and rattled my teeth. I rolled 253 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,879 and tried to force my body to move, but I couldn't. 254 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:14,639 I could only lie there, feeling and hearing what sounded 255 00:15:14,679 --> 00:15:17,759 like a freight train and bombs bursting all around me. 256 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,519 I'm not sure how long it was before I could 257 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,519 move again, to my horror. When I finally did, I 258 00:15:25,639 --> 00:15:29,399 was moving toward the source of the noise, almost transl like. 259 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,639 I inched to the edge of the creek and peered 260 00:15:31,679 --> 00:15:36,720 over the side. Thirty feet away. Two monsters were fighting 261 00:15:37,159 --> 00:15:40,039 that were biting and clawing and clubbing and tearing at 262 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:43,679 each other. It was a dog fight. Each was twisting 263 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,639 and turning to get the upper hand, and jaws snapped 264 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:50,039 and heads bobbed and weaved. It was primal and it 265 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,159 was vicious, and I clamped my hands over my ears 266 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,480 to block out the screaming that was emitting from each bite. 267 00:15:57,679 --> 00:16:01,519 Finally I realized what had saved me. It was a sasquatch. 268 00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:04,519 I had watched all the shows and seen all the 269 00:16:04,559 --> 00:16:08,799 trail cam footage. As I was beginning to understand, it 270 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,879 became distracted for a moment, which allowed the other creature 271 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,039 to get its feet up against the bigfoot's chest, and 272 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,279 with a massive push, it flipped the sasquatch onto its 273 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,679 back and leapt on him, biting down on his upper thigh. 274 00:16:22,759 --> 00:16:25,320 The scream of pain was so much louder than the 275 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,600 other sounds I had heard, and once again I fell 276 00:16:28,639 --> 00:16:32,240 to the ground and I covered my ears. The tables 277 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,399 had turned. The young sasquatch was now in trouble. He 278 00:16:36,559 --> 00:16:40,159 was the one fending off the clubbing blows. He was losing. 279 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,159 I knew I had to do something, but I didn't 280 00:16:43,159 --> 00:16:47,120 know what. If that creature won, I would be dinner again. 281 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,559 Then I remembered my gun. I knew I couldn't kill it, 282 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,039 but maybe I could distract that thing long enough to 283 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:57,000 give the sasquatch a chance. And I took a deep 284 00:16:57,039 --> 00:17:00,679 breath and I raised my rifle. The monsters was moving 285 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,639 too fast to get a clean shot. Most of its 286 00:17:03,679 --> 00:17:07,559 body was moving too fast, and then with an almost 287 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,319 perverse pleasure. I realized the only part of it that 288 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,839 wasn't moving too fast was its backside. Almost snickered at 289 00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:18,759 the thought of shooting it there. I started to pull 290 00:17:18,799 --> 00:17:21,839 the trigger, and a massive scream, louder than anything I 291 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,200 had heard so far, burst through the air from my 292 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:27,720 far right, and spinning around, I saw an even larger 293 00:17:27,759 --> 00:17:30,480 beast break through the tree line and rush headlong into 294 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,720 the fray. The monster straightened up and braced for the attack, 295 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:38,559 but it was too late. The larger squatch had already 296 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:41,680 reached it, hitting it in its back so hard that 297 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,960 the top of its head snapped back and bounced off 298 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,720 its massive back with a resounding crack, and it crumpled 299 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:53,200 forward to its face. Seconds passed like hours as the 300 00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:57,039 two watched, waiting for a movement that never came, and 301 00:17:57,079 --> 00:17:59,559 a kick to the side confirmed that the monster would 302 00:17:59,599 --> 00:18:03,000 never move again. The victor raised his head and sniffed 303 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:05,880 the air and screamed a victory roar before grabbing the 304 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:11,200 monster's ankle, dragging it off into the trees. The first 305 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:15,039 bigfoot now turned its focus on me as it stood up. 306 00:18:15,079 --> 00:18:17,759 The sight of its nine foot frames and a shudder 307 00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:22,319 through me. It was studying me as it cautiously inched forward, 308 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,359 and when I realized that I was pointing my rifle 309 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,119 at it with my finger on the trigger, I lowered 310 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,480 my rifle and that appeared to give it some relief. However, 311 00:18:31,519 --> 00:18:35,960 it began to move faster toward me. Maybe it was fear, 312 00:18:36,039 --> 00:18:39,839 and maybe it was the crash after such an adrenaline rush. 313 00:18:40,039 --> 00:18:43,519 I couldn't say. All I know is that the edges 314 00:18:43,559 --> 00:18:45,920 of my vision began to darken in the earth was 315 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,319 beginning to spin, and the last thing I saw was 316 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:53,359 the ground flying up to meet my face. When I awoke, 317 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:57,359 my head was pounding and I felt ill. I rested 318 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,720 my head between my knees and then hailed through my 319 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:03,160 mind and exhaled through my mouth, fighting the urge to 320 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,200 go up the cool night air. And then I looked around. 321 00:19:07,039 --> 00:19:09,559 I was propped up against my truck with my rifle 322 00:19:09,599 --> 00:19:13,440 at my side. Had this been a nightmare? Had I 323 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:17,519 never left my parking spot? Had I nodded off instead 324 00:19:17,599 --> 00:19:21,839 and had a bad dream. I began to question myself mentally, 325 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,720 replaying the events that led up to this moment. It 326 00:19:25,799 --> 00:19:30,119 had to have been a dream. I convinced myself that 327 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,440 I had never left my truck, and I got myself 328 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,039 off the ground and turned to get in, wanting nothing 329 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,440 more than to get home. That was when I saw 330 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,559 the huge handprint on the hood of my truck, placed 331 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:45,960 exactly where someone would have placed their hand to steady 332 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,119 themselves while setting something on the ground. My froze and 333 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,119 suddenly aware the cold wet spot in my pants where 334 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:57,279 I had soiled myself, had to face the truth. I 335 00:19:57,279 --> 00:20:02,359 have never moved so fast in my life. I never 336 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:07,119 looked back, nor have I ever told this story to anyone. 337 00:20:07,279 --> 00:20:11,440 For years, that thing stalked my dreams. Sometimes it caught me. 338 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,960 On those occasions, I would wake up screaming and flailing 339 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,799 my arms. Those dreams dropped a year ago, so I 340 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:22,279 figured it was time to share my story, only hope 341 00:20:22,279 --> 00:20:25,440 that telling it doesn't invite that creature to make a 342 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:33,319 nocturnal comeback. I had recently relocated back to New Mexico 343 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,640 from the East Coast in twenty and fifteen after thirty 344 00:20:37,759 --> 00:20:42,240 years of being away. Reconnecting with old friends and chatting 345 00:20:42,319 --> 00:20:46,119 over high school memories was great. I noticed in our 346 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,480 time together that everyone seemed to discuss what I deemed 347 00:20:49,559 --> 00:20:53,799 conspiracy theories. I was never one to judge, but I 348 00:20:53,839 --> 00:20:57,119 would listen. On the inside. I would find humor in 349 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,839 what was being said. That was how I approached things 350 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,720 back then. Not one to go too far on being real, 351 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,920 I entertained it with my wit. I was not one 352 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,759 who did the sci fi thing either, or watch Star 353 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,839 Trek type shows. We all know what New Mexico is 354 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:20,200 known for, but that was not my thing. Then four 355 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,240 months of settling back into desert life, and I was 356 00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:25,920 outside at night and I saw these two lights off 357 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,079 in the sky moving around each other, almost like the 358 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:32,960 two were playing. Is how I took it. I watched 359 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,599 for a few minutes and decided to grab some pictures 360 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,440 in a video so I could show my conspiracy theory 361 00:21:38,559 --> 00:21:42,039 friends as I chuckled, but I wanted the inclusion to 362 00:21:42,079 --> 00:21:45,799 be honest. I went inside to see what I had 363 00:21:45,839 --> 00:21:48,839 captured on film, and the two dots in the sky 364 00:21:49,039 --> 00:21:52,759 far off weren't worthy of sharing, and in trying to edit, 365 00:21:52,839 --> 00:21:56,559 I must have turned on my flash accidentally. I wanted 366 00:21:56,599 --> 00:21:58,759 to try again, so I headed back out to get 367 00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:03,079 more evidence. Luckily they were still out there and still 368 00:22:03,279 --> 00:22:06,640 well what I called playing, moving around each other and 369 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,359 chasing each other, but it was apparent two lights separated 370 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,559 from each were moving. I pointed my phone at the 371 00:22:14,559 --> 00:22:16,480 sky and I went to snap a photo and my 372 00:22:16,599 --> 00:22:20,359 flash went off pointing at these lights, and then they stopped. 373 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,400 I was busted and I ran inside, laughing to myself 374 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,400 that I had been caught. But really, in my mind, 375 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,480 I guess I didn't think anything more than just a 376 00:22:30,519 --> 00:22:34,559 coincidence that they had stopped. It wasn't more than a 377 00:22:34,599 --> 00:22:36,759 few minutes, and I mustard up the nerve to go 378 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,559 back out and try again. After turning off the flash 379 00:22:39,559 --> 00:22:42,880 on my phone's camera and I walked outside and under 380 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,960 the street light, I saw something strange. It looked like 381 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:50,519 there were five baseball size shining objects under the light. 382 00:22:51,559 --> 00:22:53,799 I rubbed my eyes, thinking that I was just seeing 383 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,319 starburst of metal, and I quickly dismissed that idea so 384 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,160 I could get more pictures. I no longer saw the 385 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,000 objects in the sky, and as I was looking, I 386 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,160 used my phone zoom option with the video recording on, 387 00:23:08,319 --> 00:23:11,440 and proceeded to search the sky, hoping to find the 388 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,880 two objects again. I was recording for five seconds when 389 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,680 a gold, metallic baseball sized orb thing popped up from 390 00:23:19,759 --> 00:23:24,200 underneath and was directly in front of my phone. It 391 00:23:24,279 --> 00:23:26,920 scared me so bad I jumped and I ran into 392 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,720 the door, stopping to see clearly five of the same 393 00:23:29,839 --> 00:23:34,640 gold orbs that were floating under my street light. Those 394 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,519 were the lights I had spotted earlier, and blew off 395 00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:41,680 with a laugh. I was inside within seconds, praying the 396 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,079 blood of Jesus over my home. It was no longer 397 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,680 a funny joke, but very real, and I felt like 398 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:50,720 my heart was going to explode from beating so fast. 399 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,759 My life changed in an instant that night. My awareness 400 00:23:55,799 --> 00:23:58,640 and following your podcast should tell you that I have 401 00:23:58,759 --> 00:24:02,319 since changed my entire mindset on what is really going 402 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,480 on in the world, and I no longer make jokes 403 00:24:05,519 --> 00:24:09,440 and take these things lightly. I have that five second 404 00:24:09,519 --> 00:24:11,880 video storage somewhere and I will afford it to you 405 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,279 once I locate it. But since that night, I have 406 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,039 seen and documented more things in the sky than I 407 00:24:18,079 --> 00:24:21,880 can count. And I experienced a lot of strangeness for 408 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,079 the next year following my first sighting, and it was 409 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,839 a difficult time in my life. I must admit that 410 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,079 my phone was my only proof I had so as 411 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,839 not to appear crazy or on some mind altering drug, 412 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,359 and I guess I had to prove it to myself 413 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,799 as well. I learned later that I could not tell 414 00:24:41,839 --> 00:24:45,400 those closest to me about this event because forty years 415 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:50,440 of solid, well respected and sound minded friendship became distance 416 00:24:50,799 --> 00:24:54,640 and a doubting of credibility took its place. I learned 417 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,200 it was best to keep silent. That night changed me, 418 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,799 and my life has never been the same. Things settled 419 00:25:01,839 --> 00:25:04,440 down after that year, and I committed myself to learning 420 00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:07,200 all I could regarding these things that we have been 421 00:25:07,319 --> 00:25:11,240 told that do not exist. I learned that the military 422 00:25:11,279 --> 00:25:14,960 base in my areas where Eisenhower was reported to have 423 00:25:15,039 --> 00:25:18,400 had secret meetings with aliens and made a trade agreement 424 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,279 with them in nineteen fifty four, it's easy to find 425 00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:26,599 if you do a search. Witnesses are available. The point 426 00:25:26,599 --> 00:25:28,640 of it all is to let people know not to 427 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,799 doubt or make light of what you think doesn't exist, 428 00:25:32,039 --> 00:25:34,799 because the wake up call is not anything you could 429 00:25:34,839 --> 00:25:36,200 ever be prepared for.