Location: Oklahoma and Arkansas
Case Type: Witness Accounts of Encounter (US Military)
Time Frame: 1996, 1999, 2004, and 2012
Investigator: Troy Hudson, Sasquatch Genome Project
This investigator has known both individuals that are connected to this investigation personally. One is retired and one is still serving on active duty with the US Army. Both serve in what as referred to as the Special Operations community. They both request that unit designations and other pertinent military facility and locations be kept confidential. This investigator has attended several training functions with both of these witnesses. One originally is from Oklahoma and the other was born and raised in Florida. The first witness (the retired one) will be nicknamed "Adam" and the other will be nicknamed "Stan" for the sake of confidentiality. Adam served in numerous capacities and while attending a training course at a location in Eastern Oklahoma (1996) he was at the moment operating as a "lookout" during a training exercise. He and another soldier observed a large bi-pedal (person as he described it) walk across a wide trail just inside a tree line just before dark. Their mission/purpose was to observe an area looking for students during a training exercise, Adam and the other soldier were completely camouflage and was unable to be seen with a quick glance. Adam said what he observed was very large, man-like upright person, no weapon, no rucksack (military backpack), and stepped across a 7 ft wide trail with one step. In addition during the exercise he remembers several soldiers complaining of hearing bi-pedal foot steps around them during the night time. He recalls that one soldier even heard a small branch break immediately behind him and when he utilized his PVS-14 (3rd Gen night vision) he could see no one in the immediate area. Descriptions of feelings of being watched and small sticks thrown at other soldiers were all remembered by Adam.
Adam was assigned to a "Special Unit" in the last years of his career and attended training at a facility in NW Arkansas. During this training (1999) this particular unit Adam was assigned to was conducting field exercises with approximately 20-25 personnel. During the first night of training several members of his team could hear someone walking around their position and could not see anything with their very powerful and sophisticated military night vision. This stumped his team mates, he shared with them in confidence his encounter in 1996. On the 2nd night of the exercise Adam and two other soldiers observed something running through the underbrush nearly 30 feet from their position. The night was no moon, heavy overcast and temperatures well into the low 20s. He describes what or whoever it was seem to be breaking every branch and determined to make sure they knew it was there. One of the soldiers told Adam "that was a Bigfoot" however Adam said he utilized words he wouldn't describe to me as they were inappropriate.
Stan has served in the Special Operations community for more than 15 years. Stan has never believed in Bigfoot and even coming from Florida said that "he never believed in the swamp ape". He was at a location in North Carolina (2004) when he and several of his unit members had a encounter with something as he would describe "very large, powerful, and not afraid of them" Stan said they had a stand-off with something they could not see with either their naked eyes or their thermal units that were attached to their weapons. Stan said he was just feet away from them, they were all amazed that whatever it was had them stopped dead in their tracks and were unable to continue until it left the area. They vowed not tell anyone due to the fact that they are highly trained specialty members of the US Military and didn't want to chance their careers on being labeled as crazy or mentally unstable. Stan told this investigator during a phone conversation recently that he also remembers that there was an incident in 2012 at a military training facility in Oklahoma. Stan was serving as an instructor during a winter training course when he was informed by several students of the course of something following them in the woods but they could never see what it was. Stan said their description was similar to what he experienced in 2004. He silently asked around and found to his surprise that for more than 30 years members of the military that attend training at this facility have had encounters and unexplained experiences that are related to Bigfoot activity. It is also interesting to note that this investigator has visited this exact military facility during his youth years as a member of the Civil Air Patrol.
There has been several internet reports from various Bigfoot research groups throughout the US that give indications of Bigfoot experiences with Special Forces/Special Operations groups that operate in the US and abroad. One story that has circulated is the story of Tier One Unit (Tier One is a term best used to describe highly trained national asset to the US Government that carries out highly classified missions) this particular Tier One Unit was operating somewhere in a jungle and came upon a group of small people like creatures that were having some type of battle. It is not known that if the Tier One Unit eliminated the creatures or they moved on with out being observed by the creatures. However this witness that is a acquaintance to Stan told him "I was not there but I know someone who was, he will not talk about it and just know our world is not what it seems". Since these events have taken place it has been Stan's hobby to research these types of events that are witnessed by Special Operations members of the US Military. So far in his 2 years of research, Stan has learned that several members of several different branches of the US military have been witnessed to man-like creatures, paranormal events, and unexplained supernatural incidents. None of which will go on record to give their accounts and experiences. Tier One Unit members, are highly trained individuals that are responsible for conducting highly classified missions, the mere speak of paranormal experience to outside organizations or non-unit members is highly discouraged. It seems that there is a great number of people on US military bases and installations that have witnessed several events that can not be explained, related to Bigfoot it is just suggested that all over North America US Military Installations that there is more than 5 locations that Bigfoot/Sasquatch activity has been reported and still is being observed today.
Investigators Notes: There is an ongoing debate on several fronts related to US military commanders at each of these bases on how to handle stories and witness accounts of Bigfoot/Sasquatch incidents. 100% of them however elect to keep all events confidential and explain disciplinary action if anyone is discovered giving any information to anyone about Bigfoot at their particular military installation. This investigator as case files from previous investigations over the past 8 years. Several former military members have given their experiences that are so similar to Stan and Adam's it is only fair to say that there will be continued experiences and sightings well into the future.
Case Status: Open
Insert: US Army patch that is designated to the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center in Ft. Bragg North Carolina. This is where major portions of the US Military Special Operations and certain US Government personnel are trained that operate in Tier One. (Only for Display Purposes) We support our US Military serving and those who have served. God Bless America.
