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Researchers: Parker and Charlie

Location: undisclosed at this time

Date: 1/10/10

Time: 12:20pm

Report: Upon arrival, we established a baseline. We walked around for about 30 mins and heard absolutely nothing, not a single animal or noise. It was sunny and about 40 degrees with no wind. We made our first tree knock, from on a ridge, at approximately 12:50pm. We then proceeded to hear multiple return knocks (at least 4 loud and 2 small knocks) from each side of this bottomland, each getting closer and closer to our location. This interaction went on between us and "them" for about 20 mins. During this transaction we witnessed a large black coyote, which was hiding in a thicket at the tree line, jump up and run deep into the woods. Because only one of us only caught a glimpse of the "coyote", we decided to go down to it's location and verify it's tracks. It was in fact a coyote. While at this location we heard a low moan/growl a few hundred yards from our location, where we had just crossed the creek. As we walked closer to where we heard the growl, one of us caught a brief smell of something fowl. At this new location we surveyed the area and then did another tree knock. No response was received. While driving away from this location we noticed a deer on the dirt road coming up from the very location where we just had all this activity. The deer was seen approximately at 1:45pm and had obviously been moved off its bed.

This was a prime location, a bottom surrounded by thick trees on all boarders and a wide creek on two sides --an ideal place for a group of bigfeet and coyotes to observe deer from any side and coordinate an attack. There has been a history of reports in this area. We think, due to the coyote and deer, tree knocks, growl and smell, that had we stumbled into a hunt in progress.

Follow-up: Received a call from 2 witnesses on 1-15-09. While hunting in a similar area, only about a mile away from the report above, a large 6-7 ft black, upright creature was viewed in a tall grassy field. The witness's had been call blasting a distressed rabbit call from their truck up on a hill. When finished, around 8:00pm, they drove down the hill and around a corner. It was at this time the truck lights caught this creature standing in a meadow approximately 200 yards away. It turned it's head, took 5 or 6 steps, then slowly began crouching down as it made it's way to the tree line. We were fortunate to interview the witnesses 2 days later on camera. We did not tell them we were going to interview them on camera until we arrived at the location. We interviewed both witnesses simultaneously and separately, using two camcorders. Both of their accounts were strikingly similar and without embellishment. We found these witnesses to be truly credible and are very thankful for sharing their story. Neither witness received any method of compensation for their time.

After searching the area we were able to find to two footprints and attempted to cast them. Unfortunately a heavy rain hit the area the night before and the area we found these prints was directly across the street in a small clearing which was made up mostly of wood chips. Weighing 250 lbs myself, I tried to make an impression next to one of the prints and my print was only half as deep as the print we found. Photos of the prints / casts will be posted here soon. The reason we could not find prints where the creature was spotted was do to the tall grass which was "full" of game trails crisscrossing in every direction! The grass was matted down in every direction due to the heavy amount of game trails. We could not even see our own tracks, or paths due to these conditions. Also noted: deer and coyote feces throughout these trails.

Witness A

Witness B ("audio" interview coming soon)

2-10-10 UPDATE: Contacted the one and only Dr. Jeff Meldrum and he wants us to sent him the cast, including the many hairs we found embedded in it, for analysis. We will post the results soon!

Roll your mouse over each image. This is not the actual cast, just an overlay to show you the size. The wood chips and these pictures don't do it justice. Again, when I stepped next to the print, weighing 250lbs, my print was not even half as deep as this print.

According to the statistical analysis from this article, we are dealing with an 18 year old, 658lb male. It was traveling around 16mph (according to step length --not shown here).