Open Case File 015-2014
Location: SE Oklahoma, Pushmataha County, Sardis Lake
Case Type: Interesting Incident at Sardis Lake
Time Frame: 03-15-2014
Investigator: Troy Hudson, Sasquatch Genome Project
On 07-02-2014 this investigator was contacted by a co-worker that he knows a retired federal law enforcement officer (L.E.O) that had a interesting incident at Sardis Lake last spring while scouting some hunting areas. I was contacted by the retired LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) and we talked for more than an hour. He is former military and federal law enforcement, he does have vast experience and formal education in covert and overt surveillance. This being said, gives the indication that this witness is an expert in identifying targets, observing human behavior and actions. On this particular date in March of this year, the witness was camping with two family members on the North side of Sardis Lake near Bolen Hollow Public Hunting Area. They had set up camp on that Friday (14th) and no unusual activity to recall. The next day (15th) went without any strange things to report. Later in the late afternoon, during the trip out of the public hunting area his cousin was walking behind him and his other cousin stopped and lightly whistled at them both, the LEO said he paused turned and saw that his cousin was looking off to the right of the small trail they where walking on. He said his cousin was making the motion with his left hand indicating that he was hearing something walking next to them. Whatever was walking near them, it had stopped. They continued on to the trail head and stopped at their pickup. The cousin said that he could hear something that sounded bipedal walking off to the side of the trail, he just couldn't see into the woods to identify what or who it was. He did indicated that he felt that he was being watched by another person, he said that both of his cousins seemed concerned that they both had several decades of being in the woods and said that it seemed it was a person walking near them, whoever it was stopped when they stopped.
They stood near their vehicle and observed the trail, up and down the tree line hoping someone would step out. LEO said they waited about 15 minutes and then he became overwhelmed with a urge to leave and felt as if someone was watching them from the tree line. One of his cousins also said that he felt as if something was watching them from the safety of the woods. They all agreed to depart and head back to the camp. The camp was little over 3 miles away from where they had parked. They made dinner and by this time the sun had gone down and the temperature had gotten somewhat chilly. The 16th of March was a full moon, so their camp area was very well illuminated. The LEO said later they all agreed that it was around midnight when they heard a loud coyote type yelp from the direction of where they had been scouting the public hunting land, it was described as a coyote on steroids. That the yelp was so loud that they all agreed that it seemed far away but yet it was so powerful and had strength behind it. They discussed among each other that they all had spent hundreds if not thousands of hours in the woods and laughed that none of them had ever seen a Bigfoot. They all had heard that this part of Oklahoma is well known for the reports of sightings of Bigfoot. Their campfire discussions turned to "what if it was a Bigfoot" that had been stalking them earlier this evening? Some time around 1:00 AM, they agreed of the time frame that something had broke a very large branch just to the west of their campsite. They immediately grabbed flashlights and started to search the area as well as a 360 degrees around their campsite.
One cousin said , excitingly, that he swore his flashlight came across a leg with dark hair stepped back behind a large oak tree that later they estimated to be no less than 50 yards inside the woods from where the cousin was standing. He was so excited that when he yelled out, "I see a hairy leg, I see something" the LEO figured he was seeing a portion of a deer leg walking in the woods. When they started talking more about what he had seen, they started to turn off their flashlights that is when they heard (from the same areas as he saw the hairy leg) they heard a very deep grunt, followed with a branch breaking under heavy weight. The LEO said his cousin described the leg as he saw what he thought would have been from the right knee down, reason why he knows it would have been the right knee, the portion of the tree was to the left of the leg. He went onto described the leg was very thick, with dark brownish short hair, he said that the brief second he observed the leg it seemed human like to him. They all retrieved handguns for protection. They discussed staying the night, getting no sleep, and worrying about if they would have to set up some type of military style security for the camp. (Meaning they take turns staying up keeping the fire going and over watching the campsite) They all agreed they couldn't handle the stress if it was a Bigfoot and they had to be on guard all night long, they broke down camp and set out for home, this was approximately 4:00 AM. The LEO said just as they were starting their vehicle they all heard a very loud mountain lion style scream come from the east of their campsite. After they had returned home and was interested in researching the internet on Bigfoot sounds and behavior. They came across several websites and came to a conclusion, they agreed on that it would be more than a 100% chance that it was a Bigfoot that they had encountered on the trail and back at their campsite.
The LEO describes that both of his cousins, as well as himself are now much more attentive in the woods. He went onto say that they all agreed that if they camp anywhere in the Kiamichi Mountains that they should camp with no less than 3 people and be heavily armed. He did say that he would never shoot at one, but he would defend himself and his family if they are threatened. He also indicated that he didn't feel threatened, more of feeling the mystery of who or what is in the woods near them, however he did say that the only thing that kept running through his mind was "What the heck is out there" One of the other cousins said he felt as if what ever was out there didn't want them there and he had the uncontrollable urge to leave.
Coming to a conclusion that after talking with the witness and hearing all the key factors, very strong indication that they did have a encounter with a Bigfoot, all of the descriptions of behavior is indicative of a Bigfoot. Same type of report can be found on just about any Bigfoot Research site on the net. This investigator has heard dozens of reports from the Sardis Lake area dating back well into the late 80s.
Case Status: Closed
Insert: Map of Sardis Lake (Their campsite was near the far west end of the lake)
Insert: Excellent photo of Sardis Lake that gives visual of what the area looks like around the lake.
