Still frame from the video.

Sometimes, I randomly scan the internet for reports/videos of our hairy friend, Bigfoot. Well, during my recent snooping around I ran across a video that on the surface appeared pretty interesting. The video comes from Russia and appears to have been uploaded several months ago.

In a nutshell, this guy starts filming what appears to be a bigfoot. He attempts to follow it and captures it a few more times on video. The above pictures is a still frame from the video as the figure passes between two trees. The video is in Russian, so I don't know what he is saying.

Before I get into more about the video, it would probably be good if the readers watched it. I want to see if you come to the same conclusions as me.

Here is the video. 

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General area of the sightings.

Over the last few days I received two separate reports of a possible thunderbird sighting in Oakland county Michigan. The two people submitting the reports could be connected or know one another, but at this time I do not know. The two sightings describe a very similar creature. I'm fairly familiar with the area as this is where my wife grew up. I have been in this area many times over the years.

Before I get to the actual reports, I want to offer some general information about Thunderbirds and Oakland county.

Thunderbirds are described as large, bird-like creatures. Sighting of Thunderbirds go back for centuries and there are some fossil records that show a bird with a 12 to 18 foot wingspan did exist. But sadly Thunderbirds are mostly thought of as myths nowadays even though there are a growing number of sightings.

Oakland county is a rather large area with lots of water. In fact, there are 387 lakes in Oakland county. Cass lake, which I have been to several times, is the largest and deepest lake in Oakland county. Oakland county is located in the northwest of the Detroit metropolitan area. Even thought the area is flat and heavily populated, there are still areas with good sized forests. West Bloomfield Woods Nature Preserve is a 162 acre preserve that is frequented by over 100 bird species as well as white-tail deer, ref fox, coyote, weasel, mink and salamanders.So, this area is a viable habitat for possible Thunderbirds.


Now that we got some general information about the area, lets look at the report.

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This interview, #23 in the series, is with Debbie Hatswell. Debbie is from the United Kingdom and I got to know her thanks to bigfoot. Debbie created an awesome map of reported "British Wildman" sightings. I invite you to check out her map by Clicking Here.

Here is out interview.

- Start Interview -

TM: How long have you been researching/studying bigfoot?
DCH: Since 1982 so 34yrs.

TM: What got you interested in Bigfoot, Was there a particular event that got you started?
DCH: Seeing a strange man/ape like creature as a young girl of 15. (Report Here)

TM: During your research/studying of Bigfoot, have you ever encountered aggressive behavior or felt in danger from a bigfoot?
DCH: No, the only "aggressive behavior" reported in the UK is usually a bluff charge or a large noisy display to divert you away, most reports state "he/it just walked away calmly.

TM: It seems Skeptics are always ready to attack bigfoot research, How do you deal with it?
DCH: For years now I have encountered ridicule and skeptical eye rolling, I just learned that I can't help what I saw and millions will disbelieve, but you can not unsee something and you just have to deal with it

TM: Would you like to see Bigfoot accepted and/or proven to the general public?
DCH: On this one I am split, I would love to see land put aside for the forest folk, but the worry is the 1000's that would hunt them and disturb them if they were proven.

TM: What is your favorite time of year to research/study bigfoot, When do you have your most success?
DCH: For me it would be autumn, I have had success with qifting, usually in the autumn months from September to mid December, strangely a lot of the UK sightings happen around this time also, are they on the move more at this time of year? more food around or moving to winter grounds.

TM: Do you have a favorite Bigfoot story or report?
DCH: Yes, Jas Smiths account from sevenoaks: Found Here.

TM: What would you be doing if you wasn't researching/studying bigfoot?
DCH: Honestly I would probably still be considered the women who sees monsters, I would still be looking through old newspaper reports and forums looking for other witnesses, if i hadn't seen him I would probably just been a normal housewife and mum, the validating moment for me (apart from the other 370 accounts) was when a lady called Brenda came forward to you Thomas and explained she had seen "him" too, just two years later. (That report can be found by Clicking Here. )

- End Interview -

A big thanks to Debbie for taking part in the interview. It is fascinating to read researchers thoughts about bigfoot and to see what got them interested in the subjects. Of course, almost all of us face skeptics and ridicule but we come to understand that that is just part of the enigma of Bigfoot. I would assume, that most people, do not even realize that there is a significant number of British Wildman, aka Bigfoot, sightings from the United Kingdom, but there are a lot. Reports of similar behavior and appearance, I think that is awesome.



Thanks
~Tom~

This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.




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I got the following report in a couple days ago and wanted to share it. It is an interesting report of an unknown object in the evening sky.

Here is the report.

-Start Report-

Name: Christine *******

Email Address: On file

State: WI

County: Waushara

Date of Sighting: Nov 17 2004

Time of Day: approx 7:15pm

Nearest Town: Borth...actual sighting in Borth

Length of Sighting: approx 1 min

How many Witnesses: just myself

Any Photos/Videos: no

Describe sighting in detail:
We have a 5 acre horse farm in a very small unincorporated town. That evening I had gone out to feed the horses. I didn't turn on the barn isle lights that night because the moonlight was shining bright at the end and provided me with enough light to make my way. I went down the isle and stopped to cut open a bale of hay. I grabbed about half of it putting it on my right shoulder and walked out the doorway of the isle. I walked towards the left and was about to toss the hay over the fence when I realized I could hear the horses eating (my husband had fed them before he left for a meeting, not telling me he had) So I turned to my right to go back into the barn, I was looking down at first watching my step as it was dark and I hadn't turned the lights on. As I came almost full around to my right I caught the lights out of the corner of my eye.
I stopped walking and turned my head, then my body and took several steps forward looking at these lights trying to comprehend what I was seeing. I got to the other fence line and had to stop walking, still with the hay on my shoulder. It took a few seconds for me to think...no way, it cant be...I was looking at these orangeish balls of light that at first appeared to be in a straight line, with 2 additional balls of light slightly smaller and to the upper left of the others in the line...the lights had a pulse to them..or movement..its hard to describe...if you've ever seen that sort of heat vapor the rises off hot black top, that's the closest way to describe the movement in the lights..and orange ish is the best color choice, it wasn't like any color orange I have seen though.

This is where it got super weird for me...I spoke out loud to myself in just above a whisper...I said..WTF is that..and no sooner did the words leave my mouth those lights started to go out one by one in rapid succession from right to left...that's when I realized it was circular shape and not a straight line. I could see as it came around from the backside right. I'm going to guess it was a couple hundred yards away and maybe 30 to 40 off the ground..the length of the lights was about 7-8 inches in my line of sight..my son tells me that mathematically that many inches in my sight would either make it very large and far away or smaller and very close by...I will go with the close by as it absolutely heard me speak to myself in just above a whisper tone. I dropped the hay on the ground and took off running back up the isle and into the house.

My 15 yr old daughter was the only other person home at the time. I was stumbling over my words trying to tell her what had just happened. I grabbed a piece of paper and drew out the shape of the lights..she looked at me and said holy sh*t that's exactly what I saw...she and a friend had told me back in Sept that they had seen a UFO in the field behind our barn in broad daylight..I thought they were just pulling my leg and I teased them all night about it. Apparently they were telling the truth.

-End Report-

I have emailed to Christine in hopes of obtaining the sketch she made. If I can acquire it , I will update this post.
A special thanks to Christine for submitting her sighting to us.

If anyone else seen this object or had another sightings, please use the link at the top of the page and file it with us.

Thanks
~Tom~

This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.


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A country road in WV

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest.West Virginia has a landscape much like my state of Kentucky. It is an ideal area for bigfoot. Meadow Bridge, WV is much like the small area I live in. It was or is a coal town that has only a handful of people living in it. These types of areas seem to provide a good place for bigfoot to live.

The following report was sent in to me from David.

Here is the report.

-Start Report-

Name: David ****

Email Address: On File

State: West Virginia

County: Fayette

Date of Sighting: 2009-2013

Time of Day: Night

Nearest Town: Meadow Bridge, WV

Length of Sighting: Most nights from 2009-2013

How many Witnesses: 4 family members

Any Photos/Videos: no

Describe sighting in detail: 

NIGHT WATCHER

In 2009, my mother, father, brother, and I moved from NC to a cottage in the mountains of WV, where we are originally from. There were no street lights and very few neighbors as the house was very secluded. Some late evenings we could look across a gravel road near our house and see a very tall figure standing under a tree, just staring at our house. Then late one night my mother had the bathroom window open, looking out to see if she could spot any deer or other wildlife. There was a large flat rock up from our house. It had been placed on its side as a marker, it stood about 4 ½ feet tall. On the other side my mother could see a pair of bright red eyes several feet above the rock.

As she watched trying to figure out what she was seeing, a dark figure stepped out from behind the rock and started walking towards the house. My mother shut the window quickly and moved into another part of the house. In the 4 years we lived there, we heard tree knocks and packs of coyotes howling.

-End Report-

First, a big thanks to David for submitting his report, and second...I have read various other reports of bigfoot just standing and watching people and/or houses. I wonder if this behavior is just a curiosity factor or there is some other reasons.  I know around here sometimes people throw out leftovers and various animals will eat it, I wonder if this is sometimes in play when bigfoot are seen watching a house. It could be an easy way for a bigfoot to get a meal.



Thanks
~Tom~

This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.


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General Area

I got this report submitted a few days ago. I hope they can manage to get a recording of the sounds.

Here is the report.

- Start Report -

Name: Brenda
Email Address: On File
State: WV
County: Gilmer
Date of Sighting: April 1 2015
Time of Day: Between 10:30 and 12:00 midnight
Nearest Town: Sand fork
Length of Sighting: 3-4 minutes
How many Witnesses: 4
Any Photos/Videos: no
Describe sighting in detail:

My daughter and I went outside to smoke and we heard something like we never heard before. We really didn't know what it was. We just looked at each other and said did you hear that and we heard it again.

The blood in my body ran cold. I wanted to call the police fearing someone up in the woods was hurt, but being new to the area was afraid they would think I was crazy. Still to this day I pray no one was up there.

Anyways we just stood there trying to figure out what we heard. I text my other daughter and told her to make sure all her doors and windows were locked. Oh course it being April fools day she thought we were playing.

The next morning we informed our neighbors and come to our surprise one of them had heard it to . He told us they went for a walk in the woods earlier that day 4-1-15 and he dropped his knife and went back later that evening to look for it and heard what he said may have been a coyote. At this point what I heard was not a coyote. this sound was something I could never forget. Last night I was watching - for the first time a show called Mountain Monsters.

Now during that show they were in Washington county pa. they caught on tape the same sound I heard that night on 4-1-15.

Truth be told I'm 99.9% afraid to go outside now because there is no doubt in my mind that what I heard was a Bigfoot or dustman. On 4-2-15 I went down to my daughters to explain it was no April fools joke. She knew in my face what I had told her was true. I still get choked up about it, remembering and hoping no one was up there.

Later that day my daughter informs me that her neighbor lady heard something horrifying too. See now I really had wished I would have call the police. But here I am now letting you all know.
Please help. Just come and look in the woods were we heard the sound. Thanks  sincerely Brenda

- End Report -

Unfortunately, this area is over 260 miles away from me in one direction and I don't have a team member close to the area. So, I can't come to the area and check it out. I do know that West Virginia is a very good location for Bigfoot and that there has been many reports from there.

I would like to encourage Brenda to attempt to get a sound recording of these unknown howls. Maybe, then we can rules out some different animals and maybe see if this indeed could be a Bigfoot.

A big thanks to Brenda for submitting the report.


Thanks
~Tom~


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.



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