WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:09.240 I had a gentleman send me an email, and he 2 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:14.439 sent me a news clipping from a newspaper in East Texas. 3 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.679 It's called the Polk County Enterprise. And I don't really 4 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.800 know if me narrating these news articles is a copyright 5 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:25.039 issue or not, but I'm gonna go ahead and do that, 6 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.839 And if anyone from the Polk County Enterprise has anything 7 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.719 to say about they can email me. And I have 8 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:35.920 a problem with it, I'll take the video down. It's 9 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:39.600 not a big deal, but this event was reported to 10 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:44.079 happen in San Jacinto County. Here's the story. The story 11 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:47.600 is written by Andrea Whitley, but the title of the 12 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:51.320 story is Bigfoot Out and About in San Jacino. AMID 13 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.359 COVID COVID nineteen has covered the front page of the 14 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:59.759 newspapers across the country. It has, however, not stolen the 15 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:07.760 thumb under of one of San Jacinto County's most popular residents, Bigfoot, Yes, Bigfoot. Recently, 16 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.680 I was contacted by a good friend who also happens 17 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:15.200 to be a detective nearby. Normally, our conversations start out 18 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:19.920 with basic information and facts revolving around a crime or crash, 19 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:23.760 but not this time. I picked up my cell phone 20 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.920 to answer his call, which came at approximately two thirty am, 21 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:31.560 and I answered, still halfway asleep, to hear my detective 22 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:35.599 friend ask me what I was doing fishing? I was fishing, 23 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:39.519 equipped back, with more sarcasm than I intended, What do 24 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:41.920 you think I was doing? Is something wrong with you? 25 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.400 Are you okay? Wait? Did something happen to my kids, 26 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:49.200 my mother, sister, or husband or dog. I quickly did 27 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.359 a brief checklist in my head to insure myself that 28 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:56.400 all was right in my world. Moms at home, my 29 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.400 sister is somewhere with her new boyfriend, and my children 30 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.280 are sleep in my bed with me, which means my 31 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.319 husband is somewhere in the house after being booted out 32 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:09.439 of our bed by the children, who, although at eighteen 33 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.120 and nineteen years of age, insist on piling up in 34 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:16.199 my bed because it's more comfortable. I glanced down at 35 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:18.759 the floor and there was my dog, and beside him 36 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:21.960 was my husband, wrapped in my little pony blanket on 37 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.199 the floor. Side note, I need to take a photo 38 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:28.039 of him and the macho blanket he's covered with in 39 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:33.400 case anyone should ever doubt his manliness. Okay, mental checklists done, 40 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:37.080 and I caught my breath. No one had been hurt 41 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.919 or died or required any type of medical attention. So 42 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.639 what now, Why are you calling me this late? I asked. 43 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:49.719 The story he related to me could best be described as, well, 44 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:54.840 never mind, there's no description for something like this. Law 45 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:59.039 enforcement officers have a special place in my heart, and 46 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:02.319 I like the mind of an investigator. I like how 47 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.360 they look at the facts. I've always looked to the 48 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.919 police officers and the FBI agents and investigators when I 49 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.240 had things I could not make sense of. Have a 50 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.560 deep respect for them. Most of the time. My hero 51 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:18.680 officer began to tell me a story that I was 52 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.560 related to me by any other individual I would not 53 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:25.360 have believed. I will spare you the mundane details and 54 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.719 I'll get right to it. Apparently, two men that are 55 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:33.879 both high in authority within law enforcement circles decided to 56 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:37.479 take a drive down some country back roads. It was 57 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:40.080 a quiet night, and the two men just wanted to 58 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.639 enjoy a brief reprieve from the bad guys before beginning 59 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:47.800 their reports. Andrea listened to me. You know me, right, 60 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:52.199 he said, yes, I replied, you know I always tell 61 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:57.120 you the truth. Right. Uh huh, I replied no to self. 62 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:59.680 This is not going to be good. When a police 63 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:02.639 officer sure begins a conversation with you like the one above, 64 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:07.120 it is never good. The cliff Notes version of what 65 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:13.080 happened is as follows. Decorated veteran officers looking for a 66 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.199 peaceful ride in the country. Since there are no donut 67 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:21.000 shops nearby, decorated veteran officers grab a cup of coffee 68 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:23.399 and pile into one of the unmarked SUVs and they 69 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.519 hit the road. Officers hang a left turn off the 70 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.439 main road and take a drive down a dirt road nearby. 71 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.120 And as they make their way down the dirt road, 72 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.759 traveling deeper into the thicket, the driver can see the 73 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:39.680 form of what appears to be something crossing the road, 74 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:44.079 and it was something big. My thoughts immediately went to 75 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.720 whoever was crossing the road. The officer who was driving said, 76 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.879 you don't have the luxury of thinking that the form 77 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.199 was anything good once you've been in this business long enough. 78 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:59.240 Immediately my thoughts went to drugs or kidnapping, a robbery, 79 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.240 or worse. There was no reason that anyone should be 80 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:05.639 out on that road at that time of night. And 81 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:10.000 alone at that With their radars and keen sense of 82 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.319 danger now high on alert, the two men looked at 83 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.120 each other and without saying a word, they both began 84 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:20.000 filing every detail of what they saw, heard, and felt 85 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:23.959 into a mental lock box. My partner and I have 86 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.240 worked together for over ten years, one officer told the 87 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:31.720 Sun was seen to news times. We know each other's 88 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.959 actions and even expressions. That when I looked at my partner, 89 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.879 I knew our evening was about to get crazy. And 90 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:43.439 crazy is putting it mildly. As they approached the area, 91 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:47.199 when they initially saw whoever or whatever it was crossing 92 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.000 the road, the hares on the back of their necks 93 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:54.120 stood up. I call it f b C or full 94 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.839 body chills. The partner, who was in the passenger side said, 95 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.920 it's a sixth sense that we all have. It is 96 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:05.040 a strange feeling of being on the edge and calculating 97 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:09.079 every step in every move. It is scary, and if 98 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:12.160 any member of law enforcement tells you that they don't 99 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:14.839 get scared, then they do not need to be in 100 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:20.079 this line of work, because fear keeps you alive. It 101 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:23.839 had been only approximately fifteen to twenty seconds prior when 102 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:26.480 the men had witnessed what they described as a really 103 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:30.600 tall man dart across the road into the woodline. As 104 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:34.639 they got closer, there was no sign of anything or anyone. 105 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.759 As both men began to take a collective deep breath 106 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.439 of relief, their error was once again stolen when they 107 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:44.920 stepped out of the suv. I feel like I should 108 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.720 give you a rundown of my education and training before 109 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:51.879 I tell you what happened next. I have seen a 110 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:55.639 lot in my time in law enforcement, as has my partner, 111 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.680 he said. We have always been able to connect the 112 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.800 dots and timeline of a crime or case based on evidence, 113 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.759 and that's what we rely on. But in this case, 114 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.360 I don't even know where or how to begin. The 115 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:13.680 investigator sat across from me in a conference room at 116 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.959 the station, and until this moment, they both had been 117 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:20.240 at ease, maybe a little apprehensive, but nothing out of 118 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.199 the ordinary. It was when they reached this point in 119 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:29.879 their tail that everything changed. Both officers began to show 120 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:35.199 unmistakable signs of anxiety and unrest. One began tapping his 121 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.920 leg up and down rapidly. His face turned that shade 122 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.199 of red that a person only gets when he or 123 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:46.480 she is facing a frightening or an embarrassing situation. The 124 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.839 second officer, up until a moment ago, was very relaxed, 125 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:53.360 began clicking his pen up and down, and eventually began 126 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:57.920 to pace around the conference room. Just like police's officers 127 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:02.199 are taught to read body language, journalists like myself were 128 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:06.399 trained in the same manner. It becomes second nature to 129 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:10.199 rely on a person's actions rather than their words, and 130 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:13.240 what I was witnessing in front of me was textbook 131 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:18.839 fear and anxiety. Up until this moment, I had been relaxed, 132 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.160 but as the officers began to tell me the rest 133 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:24.160 of this story, I too began to fall victim to 134 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:29.759 pen clicking and leg shaking. The seasoned officers began to 135 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.039 tell me how as they were getting back into the 136 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:35.519 cab of their SUV, they both heard what can only 137 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.840 be described as a primal scream. It gave me chills, 138 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.000 and for me to get chills, that's saying something, one 139 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:47.720 officer said. The two men explained that they began taking 140 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.120 steps backward toward the pickup and heard the scream even louder. 141 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.240 Being a career law enforcement officer, I knew no one 142 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:57.919 was going to believe me. So I grabbed my phone 143 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:00.799 and I hit record, and I was able to capture 144 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.840 whatever the heck this thing was on audio as it screamed, 145 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:08.519 he said. The officer allowed me to listen to whoever 146 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:12.039 or whatever was making the sound. And as long as 147 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:14.720 I have been in this business, there isn't a lot 148 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:18.600 I haven't heard that I could not pinpoint the source. Well, 149 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:25.159 make that journalist zero something scarier than fiction one. As 150 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:29.039 we continued talking and trying to find a rational explanation 151 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:32.120 of what could make that kind of sound, the officers 152 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:36.440 continued their story. We had made it back to the vehicle, 153 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.320 and by this time we had one goal, get the 154 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:42.759 heck out of there. We both climbed into our seats 155 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:44.919 and were preparing to get out of dodge when we 156 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:48.519 heard that scream again, and this time it was louder, 157 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:51.320 and it was closer, and it sounded as if it 158 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:55.919 would shattered glass. I began to back up and turn around. 159 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:59.120 The road we were traveling was narrow, and it took 160 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:02.159 some skill from me maneuver without ending up in a ditch. 161 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.320 As I backed up and got us going in the 162 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:09.159 right direction, I saw it, We saw it. The detective said. 163 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:12.720 Both men agreed. As they were trying to turn around 164 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.639 and leave, the headlights of their vehicles shined on what 165 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:19.000 can only be called a si squatch, or better known 166 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:23.080 as bigfoot. Yes, I know it sounds crazy, and if 167 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:25.639 you print my name in this article, I'll have no 168 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:29.360 choice but to call you a liar, the detective laughed uneasily. 169 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.600 The partner, who had not said much up until this point, 170 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:37.360 made eye contact with me and described the creature as 171 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:41.879 being approximately seven feet tall, with long arms and broad 172 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:46.919 shoulders and strong. Doesn't sound too bad, that is, until 173 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:51.440 he proceeded with his description of the creature. He was hairy, 174 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:54.120 he was covered from head to toe with dark grayish 175 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.759 colored hair. His features looked like they had been etched 176 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:01.799 out with a chisel, had a sharp jawline, and he 177 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:06.000 was just so big. I've seen criminals, and I've seen guerrillas, 178 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:09.120 and I've seen everything in between, but I cannot say 179 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:13.200 that I ever encountered anything like this before, explained the 180 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:18.360 second officer. The two men both recall that one of 181 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:21.440 the most fearful traits of the creature was that he 182 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:26.480 had yellow eyes. His eyes just poured into you, one said, 183 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:30.080 that's the only way I know to describe it. It 184 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:32.960 took only seconds for the creature to disappear into the 185 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:36.480 thick wilderness. He was there and then he was gone, 186 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:39.919 just like that. You would think something as large as 187 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:42.840 this thing would not be able to move quickly, but 188 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:46.279 he literally soared. I watched him take no more than 189 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:49.960 two or three steps, and he was gone. After hearing 190 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.279 the officer's tail and listening to it again, I began 191 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.639 to dig into a little history of San Jacinto County, 192 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:01.360 and it's an elusive primate. Over the past seventy years, 193 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:04.639 I have come across numerous articles of residents who have 194 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:09.240 come face to face with this creature. Although each collection 195 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:14.720 differs slightly in detail, I'm certain of one thing. Sanwacinto 196 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.799 County is home to some of the best people around, 197 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:22.519 and it is also home to bigfoot doubt. As you may, 198 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.039 and I can completely understand the inclination to do so, 199 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:30.279 it is my belief that there is something beyond the pines. 200 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:34.879 I followed the facts, and I interviewed and reinterviewed witnesses 201 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:38.440 trying to come to a logical conclusion, and after hours 202 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:42.159 of study and research, the only thing I can confirm 203 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:46.320 with certainty is that San Jacinto County is home to 204 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:52.840 something quite unusual. It was a cold Halloween evening in 205 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.799 the desert. Two gentlemen had just traveled halfway across the 206 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:00.279 country to join me on an outing they hopefully would 207 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:04.240 never forget. In the end, it would be a life 208 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:08.919 changing evening for both of them. They were both in 209 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:12.960 their late twenties and were lifelong friends. Though they had 210 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.000 grown up and done everything together, only one of them 211 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:20.279 was a believer. Because of their strong friendship, I didn't 212 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:24.080 understand how their beliefs about aliens and bigfoot could be 213 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:28.600 so different, you know, as our beliefs are largely determined 214 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:32.360 from our experience as an environment, so without always being 215 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:37.480 the same with them, you could call me surprised. It 216 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.840 was nine pm and our destination was twenty miles into 217 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.440 the middle of the desert, so we climbed into my 218 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:47.840 vehicle and set off through town. During the drive, I 219 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:50.279 asked them both questions to help me get to know 220 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:53.879 them a bit better. Mostly I was curious about why 221 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.919 the skeptic agreed to the expense of flying across the 222 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:01.879 country on his buddy's quest into the un I never 223 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.480 really got a straight answer, so I left it at that. 224 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:07.960 I did learn that it took a lot of convincing 225 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.559 for the skeptic to come along with us. That night, 226 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.360 the moon was full and bright, lighting up the driveway 227 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:19.679 in front of us. Okay, we're here, I said. My 228 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:23.360 two guests opened their doors and looked around outside. So 229 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:28.039 this is the famous ranch, asked the skeptic. Yep, I replied, 230 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:32.080 it's been abandoned for many years now. I was at 231 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.360 the back of the truck going through bens of equipment 232 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:37.240 for items that we'd need, and I called them over 233 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:40.840 and handed them warm winter jackets. Put these on. It's 234 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.840 only going to get colder tonight, I said. I also 235 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.480 handed each of them granola bars and a bottle of water, 236 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:52.840 as well as a flashlight. Okay, you guys ready, I asked. 237 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:57.840 They both nodded their heads. I proceeded to lead them 238 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:00.759 up the dirt road to an old lock gate bearing 239 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:04.159 a no trespassing sign, where I proceeded to give them 240 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:06.159 a lay of the land and go over what I 241 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:09.759 plan for them before I lead you to the back 242 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.279 of the property, I said, I want to share some 243 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:17.759 stories with you. Take this gate, for instance, it's always locked. 244 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.559 One evening, a young couple noticed from a distance it 245 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:24.600 appeared to be unlocked, and as they approached to get 246 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:27.720 a better look, the gate mysteriously opened wide, as if 247 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:32.639 inviting them in. During another visit, a man rested up 248 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:35.360 against the gate while the group he was with talked, 249 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:38.519 and suddenly he was thrown back away from the gate, 250 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:41.440 as if someone pushed the gate with a tremendous force 251 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.440 from the other side. Understandably, he didn't go near the 252 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:49.960 gate again. Both men stepped back away from the gate 253 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.879 and looked it over. I'm sure they were wondering if 254 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.639 I was trying to pull their leg. It's also not 255 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:59.960 uncommon to hear footsteps approaching the gate from the other side, 256 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.960 but you cannot see anyone. We've also had those invisible 257 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:10.120 people out here walking around our groups and vehicles. Just then, 258 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:12.559 all three of us felt a cold chill as the 259 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:16.320 wind picked up. We zipped up our coats even higher, 260 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:18.639 and they commented on how they were glad to have 261 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.919 the jackets. They never thought it got so cold in 262 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:26.240 the desert. The believer asked, is there something special we 263 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.080 need to do to make contact? I mean, I've been 264 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:32.000 asking my thoughts for a sign or something that they're 265 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.320 here with us, But I'm not getting an answer. I 266 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:38.679 believe something will happen, but I'm not picking up on anything. 267 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:43.519 I said. I know most people feel seeing as believing, 268 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:46.759 and therefore they always want to see a sign. But 269 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:49.720 then I suggested that they not rely on their sense 270 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:53.399 of vision. Instead, they should be open to other senses 271 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:57.799 like touch, smell, and hearing. For the next ten minutes, 272 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:00.240 they ask about all the things they had heard about 273 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.960 the ranch and if they'd really happened. As I pointed 274 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:07.640 out where each of those events took place, an unexpected 275 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.920 feeling came over me. Did you guys feel that? I asked? 276 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:15.839 What do you mean? One said, well, are you still colder? 277 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:20.240 Do you feel like it's suddenly seventy degrees? They laughed, Yeah, 278 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.839 you're right. I laughed with them, and the three of 279 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.119 us unzipped our heavy jackets, and it was no longer 280 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:31.119 in the thirties, and we welcomed the change. There's something 281 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.440 else happening, I added. Do you feel comfortable like we 282 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:37.319 could stand here talking all night? You don't need to 283 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:40.920 sit down or go to the bathroom. Yeah, said the believer. 284 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:44.599 My legs aren't feeling so stiff, and my back feels relaxed. 285 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:49.559 Mine too, said the unbeliever. At that point, I said, 286 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.599 you guys, stay here for a minute. They watched as 287 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:56.240 I walked slowly back up the road towards the vehicle, 288 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:00.160 then stopped and took a few steps backward and a 289 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.200 few steps forward, a few steps back, and then extended 290 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:07.160 my arm out in front of me. When I returned, 291 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:10.119 I said, I'll explain that in a minute, but first 292 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.440 I want each of you, one at a time, to 293 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:16.319 do what I just did. Walked slowly, being very aware 294 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:19.960 of the temperature, the silence, and that there is currently 295 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:23.920 zero wind blowing on us. As you walk, do so 296 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:27.200 until you feel the wind and cold, and then stepped 297 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:30.079 backwards out of that cold, and then forward into the cold. 298 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:33.960 They looked at each other and then back at me 299 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.440 as if I were crazy. Trust me, I said, with 300 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:42.559 a smile. The believer went first his friend and I 301 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:45.599 stayed at the gate and watched as he did as instructed. 302 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:49.359 He came back smiling. I put my finger up to 303 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:53.119 my lips as if asking him not to say anything. Okay, 304 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.960 it's your turn, I said to the skeptic. He walked 305 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.200 past his friend and ended up stopping at the same point. 306 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.960 Is us some thirty feet away? What is this? He asked? 307 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:07.480 While walking back. I pointed up at the sky and 308 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:10.599 asked them if they could see any airplanes flying overhead 309 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:15.279 or any satellites. Can you hear anything such as wind, insects, 310 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:19.119 or coyotes, I asked them. They both said no and 311 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:23.519 asked what that meant. I answered with a question, have 312 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.559 you heard of people that have had bigfoot encounters saying 313 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:31.480 that everything around them went suddenly quiet? First, yeah, they 314 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:36.039 both answered, I replied, that's what is happening right now, 315 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:40.599 only you're noticing more of the finer details. And then 316 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:44.480 I continued, For example, when some people report the strange 317 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:48.480 in sudden silence, it's oftentimes followed up by an equally 318 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.039 sudden but terrifying scream or crash of a tree knock, 319 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:56.279 forcing them to quickly leave the area. They may even 320 00:19:56.319 --> 00:20:00.720 see the creature at that moment in their life concern 321 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:03.160 with their safety, and they don't really pay attention to 322 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:07.720 the finer details like you just experienced. Neither of you 323 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:12.160 are in that fight or flight mode. This phenomenon happens 324 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:15.799 so often out here you might even expect it, I finished, 325 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:21.000 Has it really happened to you before, asked the skeptic, Yeah, 326 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:26.119 many times, in fact, now, I continued. However, the details vary. 327 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:29.880 For instance, it's typically reported as a prelude to a 328 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:33.680 Bigfoot encounter, but I've had it happen during other activities, 329 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:38.079 not just with Bigfoot. While people report the sudden silence 330 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:40.559 as if the wind and all living things in the 331 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:43.960 forest collude to go quiet at the same time, my 332 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:47.799 experience has been that it's more like a giant, invisible 333 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:52.480 bubble which descends upon us, and within that bubble reality 334 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:56.200 can be different for the people inside it. Well what 335 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.240 do you mean exactly, asked the believer. Well, it's are 336 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.279 to explain, but you both have to just experience what 337 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:05.960 I did. That you walked over there and found the 338 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:10.440 edge of something. Here within the something, it is currently 339 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:14.480 warm and comfortable. Now outside the invisible something, we all 340 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:18.799 felt the same cold and wind, didn't we? They nodded 341 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.640 in agreement. Think about this for a moment, I added. 342 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:27.200 If the forest goes silent during a Bigfoot encounter, how 343 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:30.640 far does that experience extend? I mean, does it go 344 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:33.960 out over the entire planet or to the nearest city, 345 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:37.559 and why is that? It's like one of those things 346 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.920 people don't think about. So what if all that activity 347 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:45.440 happens under a sort of invisible dome or a bubble, 348 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.240 so that only those who are supposed to experience it do. 349 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:53.000 It's like we had this experience here at the gate, 350 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:56.079 and people over the vehicle didn't. How can that be? 351 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:01.599 Just then, the invisible something which descended over us began 352 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:05.480 to lift, and the cold wind returned. We all felt it, 353 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:08.359 and we looked up and we could once more see 354 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:12.039 airplanes flying overhead, and we heard Coda is shipping in 355 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:15.279 the distance. You see what I mean? I told them. 356 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:18.720 Do you believe that warmth and comfort we were just 357 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:22.319 experiencing was felt by everyone in town? Or was it 358 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:25.839 just us? And I bet people in town could see 359 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:28.720 and hear those airplanes overhead while standing here under this 360 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:34.720 invisible something we couldn't, that is until it lifted. Well, 361 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:37.559 I guess that makes sense that it was just over us, 362 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:40.599 said the believer, As it was like it came and went. 363 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:44.359 The skeptic added, and we found the edge of it 364 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:49.200 over there exactly, I replied. The people who used to 365 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:52.119 live here once said that while in the yard behind 366 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:55.640 the house. One person saw two dinosaurs back there by 367 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:58.640 the trees, and when she yelled to the other person, 368 00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:01.799 who was standing about twenty feet away, they didn't hear 369 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:06.119 her yelling their name or see anything unusual. The bubbles 370 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:09.960 can be as small or large as needed. I've even 371 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:12.839 felt the edge of something like this much larger around 372 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:15.400 in a city where I drove through it to get 373 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:18.680 inside as it were, from north, and then again while 374 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.720 leaving to the west. But that story's for another time. 375 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:26.319 We've got more to do tonight, I told them. Let's 376 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:29.599 head around back, I said, while illuminating a trail with 377 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:34.519 my flashlight. Five minutes later, we crested the top of 378 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:37.519 the hill, which allowed us to view the abandoned home. 379 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:40.799 Before we reached the backyard, and we were stopped in 380 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.839 our tracks by the sound of something very large stomping 381 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:47.039 on the ground, and it was grunting and breaking branches 382 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:50.119 in the trees ahead of us. It was almost like 383 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:52.799 something large was stuck in the trees and was trying 384 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:57.160 to get out. Adding to that strangeness, not one of 385 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.640 the trees moved or swayed. With all the racket take place. 386 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:03.519 This is turning out to be a fun Halloween for 387 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:06.640 you guys, isn't it, I asked, What is it? Said 388 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:09.519 the skeptic. Let's wait and see if it makes its 389 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:14.200 way into the openaar replied. Normally we wouldn't be able 390 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:17.200 to see much at night, even from the elevation of 391 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:19.480 the hill, but the moon was full and lit up 392 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:24.920 the entire desert below. The crashing and branch snapping sounds 393 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:28.880 continued for a minute, and then they stopped. And that's 394 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:31.000 when the three of us hiked down the hill toward 395 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:34.319 the grove of trees. But as we walked around to 396 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:37.519 the backside, we could tell that was where the sounds 397 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:41.720 had originated, but nothing was there. In fact, there were 398 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:44.559 no broken branches or tree limbs on the ground anywhere. 399 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:48.920 So what just happened, asked the believer. The only thing 400 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:51.279 I can think of is that a sasquatch might have 401 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:56.519