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February 8, 2024

HUGE BIPEDAL 'LIZARD MAN' Confronts & Communicates With Ukrainian Woman

A Ukrainian woman was lying by the beach sunning herself, and dozing off when she suddenly awoke she was terrified to see a huge bipedal lizard-like being near her.

"A young woman named Irina B, was living in a countryside cottage and was visiting a secluded beach on the banks of the Dnieper River in the Poltava region of Ukraine. She frequented the area often and knew it well. Her favorite area was an isolated small inlet covered with sandy beaches and bushes, the area had numerous gaping holes or crevices all around, some of them quite large, and possibly artificially made by locals.

On this day she was lying by the beach sunning herself, and dozing off when she suddenly awoke with the feeling that someone staring at her. She opened her eyes and was terrified to see a huge bipedal lizard-like being about 2 meters in height and covered with greenish scales standing very close to her.

Terrified she wasn’t able to scream and waited for the worse to happen. But suddenly she heard a voice inside her head, “Don’t be afraid, my rations do not include albumen (protein) I am not going to eat you”. The witness was not sure if the mysterious voice spoke in Russian but she distinctly understood everything that was said; the voice seemed to have correctly anticipated her apprehension. “How is this possible?” was her only thought, and the voice answered her immediately, “Nothing unusual, simple telepathy”. She sat on her towel looking at the huge lizard-like being looming over her.

The voice inside her head once again reacted to her thoughts and said, “You are afraid of my appearance. That can be corrected”. Then in a blink of an eye, she saw the most beautiful young man she had ever seen in her life. “How did you do that?” she asked in amazement, now feeling more curious than afraid, in a moment she received the answer, “Easily. You see what you want to see. I simply compel you to see what you want”. They both began communicating by using telepathically. The lizard man told an amazing story, apparently, he was a ‘criminal’ on his planet and other species on his planet had wanted to punish him, but he had succeeded in escaping and had been wandering all over the Galaxy for a long time, hiding from “bounty hunters” that were chasing him. For some time now one of these holes at the beach had become his shelter. But he was now tired of hiding and wanted to be found and “punished”. He had evidently been observing her every time she had come to the beach for a while. She reminded him of his home planet where the creatures also liked the sun and the water. He just wanted to chat with her since he had been an outcast from his planet for so long. At the end of the conversation the “lizard man” told Irina that he would erase her memory or her brain would not sustain such huge volumes of new information and would “explode”.

He promised that it wouldn’t be painful, suddenly everything around her was encased in a bluish light, and horrified she watched the body of the lizard being dissolved into nothingness. And next, she lost consciousness. She was briefly reported missing and a search was organized to find her, her parents and neighbors found her the next day on the beach. She was found lying on the sand bleeding from her nose and one ear. The doctors at the hospital were puzzled thinking that she might have had a brain hemorrhage. She was considered to be alive only by a miracle. The witness insists that she did not invent the story even though she is aware that it sounds like the ravings of a lunatic."

Source: Letter from the witness in: “Interesnaya Gazeta” - D block, Kyiv, Ukraine # 4, March 2006

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According to First Nations legend, the Thunderbird is said to have a wingspan the length of two canoes with the ability to deafen people with the sound of its flapping wings.
In March 2010, the late Jc Johnson of Crypto Four Corners contacted me about an incident where twenty-four sheep were mutilated at a farm near Hogback, New Mexico, on the Dine' Navajo Reservation. The livestock owner explained that there were large talon marks but very little blood and no evisceration. The prints on the ground were only seen in the corral, not anywhere else on the farm. Was this an attack by a large flying predator? Why were the carcasses left intact?
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Published on February 08, 2024 09:31

Researcher Details the LeFlore County, Oklahoma BIGFOOT WAR Story

This is an interesting tale of a group of Choctaw warriors and Anglo farmers who hunted down a marauding band of Bigfoot who had kidnapped native women and children from the encampment.

"This is a terrifying tale, the story of a Bigfoot War that allegedly took place in Eastern Oklahoma through the years. I finally decided to look into the matter, gather as much information as I could, and decide as to whether the tale might have some truth to it or was an outright fabrication. The following is what I was able to find out.

It is said that around 1855, Choctaw people, in what is now LeFlore County, Oklahoma, and farmers in what is now Arkansas, were experiencing some terrifying events. It all began in a rather benign way with the theft of vegetables, a few heads of livestock, and other foodstuff by stealthy bandits in the night. The thieves were quiet and never seen. They're also smart as somehow they never ventured into Choctaw encampments on nights when a watchman was in place. Neither did the bandits ever fall into the traps set for them by farmers outside of Indian territory. Those charged with finding and capturing these marauders began to develop a begrudging respect for the willingness of their adversaries as time went by and the petty thefts continued. While the thefts were annoying and did cause some hardships near the Choctaw or neighboring Anglo farmers were afraid.

However, things changed once women and children began to go missing. A group of 30 Choctaw cavalrymen was organized to hunt down the abductors. The group was led by Joshua LeFlore, a man of a mix of Choctaw and French blood who was deeply respected by his fellow tribesmen. Also joining the search party was a warrior named Mushulatubbee and his six sons. They were huge men, all approaching 7 feet in height and weighing more than 300 lbs each, and were regarded as fierce warriors and expert horsemen. The Tubbees were so effective in mountain warfare that despite their massive size they became known as the light horsemen.

The contingent of searchers, armed to the teeth, set out into the region known today as the McCurtain County Wilderness Area to search for the kidnappers. After riding all day the searchers finally arrived in the area they believed the bandits to be hiding. LeFlore brought his troops to a halt, stood up in his stirrups, and surveyed the area with a spyglass. It is unclear exactly what LeFlore saw but whatever it was he ordered his men to charge forward toward a stand of pines roughly 500 yards distant. LeFlore and the Tubbee men led the attack as the troops closed the distance between themselves and the stand of pines where the kidnappers were thought to be hiding. They were assaulted by a tremendous stench, the unmistakable odor of decay and decomposition. The horses of most of the men began to buck and rear tossing the riders. Only the mounts of LeFlore and Tubbee men were disciplined enough to remain composed allowing the eight men to continue through the pines.

As the men cleared the small wooded patch they came upon a large earthen mound. Scattered across the mound were the bodies of children and women in various stages of decomposition. LeFlore and the Tubbees caught a glimpse of a number of the murderers fleeing into the tree line on the opposite side of the mound. Only three of the killers stood their ground to meet the charge of the light horsemen. At this time the cavalrymen realized they were not going up against any human foe. Rather, standing before them, while snarling and beating their chests were three huge hair-covered creatures. Despite what must have been a shocking sight to him LeFlore drew his pistol and saber, spurred his mount, and charged.

As LeFlore approached the nearest ape it took a mighty swipe and struck his horse in the head killing it instantly. LeFlore managed to roll off of the fallen horse quickly, jumped to his feet, and fired multiple shots into the chest of the creature. Once his pistol was empty LeFlore attacked the ape with the saber opening up gaping wounds on the animal which roared in rage and pain. LeFlore's assault on the creature was so quick and the shock of seeing hair-covered monsters so great that the Tubbee men hesitated, completely stupified before entering the fray. This delay allowed one of the other two apes to get behind LeFlore who was intensely focused on the ape he had engaged. The second beast grabbed LeFlore's head with two huge hands and ripped it from his shoulders.

The horrible sight jolted the Tubbee warriors into action and they opened fire on the three Sasquatches with .50 caliber Sharps Buffalo rifles two of the beasts were killed instantly, dropping in their tracks. The third creature was wounded but turned and fled before the lethal shot could be fired. Robert Tubbee, only 18 years old but already 6'1" and well over 300 lbs, spurred his horse ran down the injured ape, and dispatched it with his hunting knife, as the rest of the troop joined them. The light horsemen surveyed the area the bodies of dead women and children, mostly partially devoured, littered the area. The smell of decay along with the terrible odor of the beasts' feces caused many of the men to vomit.

After composing themselves the men gathered the remains of the unfortunate women and children and buried them. They also buried their leader Joshua LeFlore. As for the three black ape monsters, their bodies were placed upon a huge bonfire and burned. With their hellish task complete the Choctaw warriors returned to Tuscahoma, Oklahoma where it is said even the mighty Tubbee men were plagued by terrible nightmares for years afterward.

Now, was this story true, and were the details fact? According to a Bigfoot researcher named Jim King, the answer might be yes. King believes the LeFlore County story is based on an event that took place much farther west in Kaiwa Territory. That event was related to him by an Indian Elder. According to the story Kaiwa women were placed in a special teepee or tent on the edge of camp. When they started their menstrual cycle the women stayed there being tended to only by older women until their cycle was complete. The Elder told King that women were considered unclean during their cycles and Kaiwa warriors were forbidden any physical contact with the females during this time. They're not even to look upon them. This seems harsh but it's not too different than how many cultures treated menstruating women in the past.

The elders said that once long ago there had been trouble with ape-like creatures who were attracted by the scent and pheromones emanating from the tent where the menstruating women were housed. Since the tent was on the edge of the encampment it proved to be an easy target for renegade apes who are said to have entered and carried off women on several occasions. To make a long story short the Kaiwa leadership decided this was unacceptable and put together a group of warriors to hunt down the kidnappers. The searchers did manage to track an ape back to its lair and killed not only it but an entire family unit.

Could the LeFlore County story have its roots in the tale told to Jim King by the Kaiwa Elder. Is there any truth at all, even the smallest of grains in either tale? I've heard many people put their faith in the LeFlore County version simply due to the name of the unfortunate Joshua LeFlore, and they wouldn't have named the county after him if it wasn't true. I have not been able to find anything saying LeFlore County was named after Joshua LeFlore according to the the Oklahoma Historical Society's website. The name honors the prominent LeFlore family of the Choctaw Nation. Could JoshuaLeFlore have been one of the prominent LeFlore family? It is certainly possible but there does not seem to be any documentation singling out Joshua or his actions as the reason for the naming of the county."

Transcribed Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNi23OAOao

I also found the following sources:

The LeFlore Horror/Bear [Radio series episode]. (2018, April 18). In World Bigfoot Radio #53.

Swancer, B., & Seaburn, P. (2018, June 06). The Strange Case of the Human-Bigfoot War of 1855. Retrieved August 21, 2020, from https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/0...

Nashoba, D. T. (2002, January 6). The Legend of Sacred Baby Mountain [Scholarly project]. In Google Groups. Retrieved August 20, 2020, from https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bigfo...

Le Flore County: The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (n.d.). Retrieved August 20, 2020, from https://www.okhistory.org/publication...

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February 7, 2024

Silver & White UPRIGHT CANINE Enters Into Avery County, NC Campsite

A group of friends are hiking and camping in the mountains of Avery County, North Carolina. On their third night in the wilderness, they have an encounter that none of them ever imagined.

The following account was relayed to me by a friend of my relative who lives in Avery County, North Carolina:

On April 9, 2003, the witness said that whatever this creature was it was pure evil. This began when a group of friends decided to go camping and hiking. On the 3rd day of their hike, the witness said they had just started a fire and were cooking dinner when they started to hear something howling off in the distance. He and the rest of the party knew that it wasn't coyotes since these howls were deep and powerful, maybe wolves the witness said.

Everyone turned in for the night around 10:30 PM knowing that it was going to be a hard hike the next day. When they were all asleep the witness said that they all were woken by a very loud howl and movement in their camp. All seven of the party came out of the tent at about the same time. Two other members had brought handguns with them just in case they did run into a large animal like a bear or, as it seems, a large canine. They couldn't see anything at first but they could hear something very large moving just out of their sight. The witness says that even though they hadn't seen the creature he and the other members of the party could feel an evil presence. You could feel it in the air and it was really freaking everyone out. It was a heaviness like you get when you walk in on people that are fighting but it stops because they don't want anyone to know. A feeling of hate he thought.

Everyone else was talking and concerned about the strange feeling. They would hear large stick breaks, but still no sign of the creature. Then came another loud howl which made them jump out of their own skins. At that point, they all were starting to get scared with his two friends having their pistols drawn and ready to fire when one of the group members screamed out saying that she had just seen something huge and it was only on two legs. She was visibly shaking as she was telling what she had just seen. The flashlights were really starting to go to work shining all through the trees. Then from behind them came another loud howl which made the witness' chest vibrate he said. Then they could hear it moving once more as if it was hunting them.

One of his friends said that this is not good. Everyone needs to get close to the fire and it needs to be built up fast. So they started placing more firewood, eventually giving off a good glow throughout their camp. Now this is when they all say that they saw this creature. The witnesses said it was standing at least seven and a half feet tall with it having a wolf's head. It was silver with white markings while standing on just its hind legs. It was only 20 to 25 feet away from them just staring with greenish-yellow glowing eyes, which made their blood run cold. It t stood there for a good 15 to 20 seconds just staring with its arms down by its side. it did look like it had hands but was tipped with long claws that looked to be at least two and a half inches. The torso was human-like through its shoulders and chest area, but its belly looked to be sunken. The legs could be seen only above the knees with bushes covering its lower legs.

The witness said that this creature is out there, but he doesn't know if it's a werewolf or what. As this creature was standing there the witness' friends had their pistols out, starting to fire at the feet of this creature, causing it to growl and show its long canine teeth. Then the creature bolted off to the left while making a howling noise once again. The sounds of the limbs and twigs breaking were fading as the creature moved off. They didn't hear the creature for the rest of the night. Regardless, after their encounter, none of the parties were going back to sleep." E

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Published on February 07, 2024 10:46

Unknown Bird-Size Flying Beings FLASHING BLUE LIGHT in Tennessee

A Tennessee witness describes a flashing blue light emanating from a bird-sized being. She and her friend later watch the same phenomenon from a distant tree. What were these beings?

"A few years back, around the end of May, I was taking my dog out a little after midnight and I saw something fly past me. It was a beautiful, glowing blue light that was "flashing" on and off like a firefly, in the same fashion (getting brighter and then dimming at about the same rate, in the same, organic, gradual beautiful way). It was invisible to me when it wasn't lit up, also like a firefly in the dark. Although it wasn't completely dark, there were streetlights and enough environmental light to see everything around me. And instead of being the size of an insect, this was more the size of a bird. It whooshed past me, flying in an organic, imperfect path, and in a hurried way that made me feel strongly that it was some kind of animal/creature/being.

It also seemed "intelligent" somehow, though I can't logically explain why. I had my eyes on it for about ten seconds straight, so I know I didn't imagine it or mistake something else. It flew right past me and up toward the window where my light was on and I had been working by the window that night. This was an exciting, magical moment for me but I didn't know what to think of it, and pretty much just went about my night and my life.

A few nights later, my boyfriend came to stay over, and in the middle of the night. I got up to use the bathroom. From the bathroom window in the dark, I could see a huge, tall tree in the distance (we were on the second floor) that seemed to be full of glowing blue lights that were flashing on and off in that same, firefly pattern. But these were bigger than fireflies. They were blue with a slight green hue mixed in. I called him to the window to look, and we stood watching together and then got back into bed and watched from there for quite a while until we couldn't stay awake anymore. We were both seeing it and we were both in awe and disbelief.

This tree was far away, and I very much doubt that anything as small as a firefly would have been so visible or so bright or so big in our field of vision at that distance. They seemed to be lighting up in these synchronous patterns. Not all at once but as if in a chain of communication. It would go completely dark at times and then we would see one again, then two then three then ten. There were some flying in the air too, they weren't all in the tree.

I never saw these again that spring/summer or since. We are in middle Tennessee. Not a rural area, but enough space and land around us then that it was a quiet, peaceful place. Have never seen or heard of blue fireflies or anything like that in our area. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts about what these incidents might have been or if anyone has experienced anything similar." W

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Published on February 07, 2024 09:39

Somerset County, PA Deer Hunter Encounters 'WHOOPING' BIGFOOT

A Somerset County, Pennsylvania deer hunter is making his way to his deer stand outside of Meyersdale. He hears a nearby 'whoop' sound, then later observes a bipedal being running into the woods.

"My encounter was during firearms deer season in the late Fall outside of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. My friend and I were hunting on his aunt's property. After we parked we started up a hill that gets very steep. Where the woodbine starts we split up. He goes off to the left and I went all the way to the top of the hill to a deer stand that's in the woods about 40 yards from the field. This was our 3rd day there.

As I was climbing up the deer stand I heard a distinct, drawn-out "Whoop." I would estimate 100 yards ahead of me. I decided I didn't want to be a sitting duck in the deer stand so I climbed down and went back into the field where I sat. Once the sun began going down I decided to walk back down the hill. Now inside the woods was pitch black but there was still some light in the field.

Once I got to the bottom where the woodbine curves I heard footsteps. I looked up and saw a silhouette walking on the other side of the brush where the woodbine curves. I figured it was my friend who decided to walk up to meet up with me since it was getting dark.

I said, "Hey, did you see any deer?" And all of a sudden this thing tore into the woods and made its way up the hill. I know this was no person as it was pitch black in the woods and there was so much debris that there was no way a person could move at the speed this thing was. I clearly could make out the bipedal footsteps.

My friend came out of the woods about 60 yards away. I saw his light before I saw him. He said he heard someone walking around and also questioned me about the "Whoop" as he thought it was me who did it. It was then that I introduced him to the Bigfoot world and he said "I never thought about all the weird stuff I heard up there until you brought it up." Apparently, he has heard things up there before. Needless to say, we didn't go hunting up there again." N

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Published on February 07, 2024 08:56

FLYING MANTA RAY Observed Over Great Falls, Montana

In response to one of my flying manta ray cryptid reports, a reader responded with a sighting she had in 2015 above the Missouri River in Great Falls, Montana.

"Hi, Lon. I saw a flying manta ray also. It was magical and I rarely talk about it because I don’t want anyone to say I’m crazy. It had an electric pulsing blue outline which is the only thing that made it distinguishable from the night sky. Appearing to be swimming but in the sky. It looked as if it swam through a black hole or a time warp or something. It slowly started to disappear as if walking through a door and pieces of its body would be invisible.

It was in the Fall of 2015 in Great Falls, Montana where Malmstrom Air Force Base is located, above the Missouri River. It was seen between midnight and 3 AM. But it was WELL above the height a plane would be flying and was MASSIVE! Incredible!

It didn’t look like it was flying. It looked as if it was underwater swimming based on the way the outline of it moved. It slowly disappeared as if it was going into a portal or something." LKA

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Published on February 07, 2024 07:49

February 6, 2024

DEMON-WINGED CREATURE Seen in Sons' Bedroom in Cicero, Illinois

A Cicero, Illinois resident was walking past her son's bedroom when a huge dark entity with demon-like wings and a brief flash of bright red color. Was this sighting related to the Chicago Mothman?

I recently received the following account:

"I'm not even sure if I'm explaining this right because I don't have the right words but I am gonna try. I have 3 kids, and they're pretty active. It was a summer evening in 2020. The boys asked to go outside into the yard so I said yes and they headed into the back. I had to go to the bathroom so I had to walk passed my boy's room to get there. They had left the dresser light on which was against the wall shared with the bathroom wall. When I walked passed the door, something huge flew passed the light making a shadow that had wings. Not like bird wings or insects but like those cartoons or drawings of demons where they have like pointy edges in the flaps? It also saw a brief flash of bright red color for a second.

It literally scared me so much that I jumped back and hesitated walking by the door, but I heard some toys shift and the dresser being closed. But, there is no one else inside the house. My kids are outside with my husband and I'm alone (or was I, so I thought?) So what the hell would make that shadow? I walked into the room and everything was normal looking except my son's Gundams, which are these Japanese build-your-self toys of giant robots that vary in size. The one that normally is up on the shelf, too high for my kids to reach, was down on the dresser away from the other 3 that are on the shelf above.

Now normally I would just assume that my son was fixing it or something but it just didn't add up as I had been inside doing laundry, putting clothes in that same dresser just a few minutes before. My son hadn't been in his room, and my other son could not reach them and would break them if he grabbed them.

When I went outside I asked everyone if they had been moving the Gundams or fixing them and instantly my oldest was concerned someone broke it and had to go check, saying he hadn't touched it since we put them on the shelf. Now, when he returned from their room, he was annoyed asking me why I was making stuff up about the Gundams because they're all in their places. I asked about the one on the dresser and he said, "No, you put it back just fine, thank you for being gentle." I cannot reach the shelf without a chair or step ladder and neither of those things are in their room, so whatever moved that thing made me look crazy or like I was playing some prank.

So what was in the room and how was it big enough to cast a shadow that darkened the whole room? Maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on itself. But my dog hasn't gone into the boy's room since and both of my boys slept in the living room last night, saying they kept hearing scraping and scratches in the wall behind the dresser." C

NOTE: The witness got back to me by email and told me that they live in Cicero, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. I mentioned the winged humanoid sightings in the Chicagoland region. She was not aware of the phenomenon. Was it the Mothman? A winged humanoid? A brief flash of bright red and bat-like wings? She refused to give me her address, only that they live a few blocks north of Chicago Midway International Airport. Hopefully, she will eventually allow me to talk to her by telephone. Lon

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In March 2010, the late Jc Johnson of Crypto Four Corners contacted me about an incident where twenty-four sheep were mutilated at a farm near Hogback, New Mexico, on the Dine' Navajo Reservation. The livestock owner explained that there were large talon marks but very little blood and no evisceration. The prints on the ground were only seen in the corral, not anywhere else on the farm. Was this an attack by a large flying predator? Why were the carcasses left intact?
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Homeless Couple Freaked by UNKNOWN CREATURE in New Jersey's Pine Barrens

A homeless woman and her boyfriend are camping in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. A series of strange events, including an unknown tall creature and maniacal laughter freaks her out.

The following account was forwarded to me:

"Could it have been the Jersey Devil?

I was homeless for a few years from 2018-2021, and I used to stay in a tent with my ex-boyfriend in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. I always had to end up moving my tent spot eventually because the cops would find us. Either way I had spent a lot of the time in the woods at night.

One night when walking back to my tent, I heard something down the trail a bit. I shined my light in the direction of the sound to be met with glowing eyes reflecting my flashlight. However, where the eyes were made it so whatever I was looking at was taller than me and I'm 5'8". There is no animal that tall in the area. I turn to my ex and tell him to start going to the tent faster. He could tell something was off, so he asked If I was alright. I told him I'll tell him when we get to the tent because I have always been told not to acknowledge such creatures/spirits as it gives them more power.

Then some nights there would be smacking on our tent. It would hit all the sides of the tent. We would look out the tent windows and check outside the tent but we would never find anything or hear any footsteps.

Another night, during the summer, we decided to go for a small hike at night because it was way more of a tolerable temperature. About 15 minutes into the hike I started feeling paranoid, like I was being watched. About 5 minutes later, I heard a maniacal laugh coming from somewhere in the woods. I couldn't pinpoint which direction though. My ex asked what was that, and I loudly said, "I don't know but whatever it is needs to stop." As soon as I said this, multiple maniacal laughs now started. My ex and I turned around and walked back for what felt like the longest 20 minutes.

Another time I found a severed Coyote head with something hung in the tree beside it, that had a tooth in it.

And lastly, one time I was with my friend parked on the road far into the woods, so we could smoke. The passenger window was down, which is where I was sitting. The woods were right next to me. Again the feeling of being watched overwhelmed me. 2 minutes or so later I heard a "Hello?" and then "John?" coming from the woods. I tell my friend to turn around and we need to leave, I didn't tell her why because like I said I don't like to acknowledge these things until I'm far away from them." A

NOTE: The Paine Barrens are also known for a large host of cryptids and anomalous activity, including Bigfoot. Lon

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Was the USS Stein Attacked by a KRAKEN?

On her maiden voyage out of San Diego, CA, the U.S. Navy Frigate Stein also had a weird encounter. The Stein's anti-submarine sonar gear suddenly went unserviceable.

The USS Stein sailed home. Once the family reunions were over and the ship was in dry dock.

Petty Officer Ira Carpenter went down to examine the underwater dome and noticed that there were some quite long scratches starting from the front and the side and down underneath the dome itself. The longest one I would say was about four feet long at the bottom of each one of these cuts or at least 90 percent of the cuts were something embedded underneath the rubber coating itself.

"Of course, I was interested to determine what that was it was I had never seen anything like this before this type of damage was brand new to me so I used my knife to pick out one of the foreign objects underneath the coating. It looked to me like it was a claw and I quipped to my ASW Officer at the time." I said, "Look here. It looks like we have been attacked by a bunch of small alligators."

Navy Biologist FG Woods stated, "This is a small piece of the no foul covering that was taken from the sonar dome of this ship. In many of these cuts were found teeth or claws such as this one and it was apparent that whatever did this damage grasped the dome and ripped all the way through this rubber covering to the metal. Below the claw, it looked like it had been rinsed out of whatever had put it there. I think that it must be from a squid because do has claws or hooks similar to this. Nothing else is known in the ocean that has structures of this kind. This doesn't rule out something that we haven't found yet."

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Possible BIGFOOT Seen on Property Near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

A woman living south of Gettysburg, PA along RT. 15 notices a foul fishy odor and other strange anomalies on her property. She also sees a 6-foot-tall black creature at night.

I received the following account. It does sound somewhat familiar, though I'm not sure if I had received it previously.

"It was May 2001 around 11:30 PM. We live south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I saw a 6-foot-tall black creature move back beside my garage. I smelled a rotten fish/garbage odor mixed while exiting my vehicle in the driveway.

Many times when I am alone by my living room window, I often feel like something is watching me. My husband and I are nature buffs and we often see hawks and other small creatures.

The plants under my bedroom window had been trampled on severely as if something were looking through the window at us. We wondered if there was a large dog in the yard. Occasionally we have found what looks like dog feces in our backyard garden. Over the years we have heard noises outside our window and evidence of what appears to be a great animal of weight. Our small evergreen bushes have also been compressed as if someone was sitting on top of them, especially those under the bedroom window.

On the night of May 15, 2001, I drove home late from a church meeting with friends. It was 11:30 AM. We have a huge blue spruce tree in our front yard. I got out of my car in the driveway, which was 2 feet away from the blue spruce, and the next thing I knew I was overcome with the most nauseating odor. I had never experienced this before here and wondered if someone had dropped garbage on our lawn. It was rather late so I hastily looked around the ground and did not approach the tree where it emanated from the strongest. I walked towards the garage and the odor diminished so I knew it was coming from the tree. I did see a black figure by the garage when I pulled up but it shrank back towards the garage. I wondered what it was but was too afraid to investigate. Since I am a female I did not pursue on foot. This time I did not bother my husband but hastily walked towards the door. We live less than a mile from a part of Rock Creek and I was wondering if this creature had eaten fish from the creek recently.

The next morning I was curious about this event from the previous night. I went out to water my garden and around the house. We have two identical red maples in our backyard and the one had no twigs down around the bottom. We had cut our grass and meticulously I had picked up every twig in the backyard. Imagine my surprise when I noticed a perfect circle of fallen small end-of-branch twigs lying completely around the red maple at the left of the house nearest the blue spruce and, then, no twigs around the other red maple? I went in to tell my husband. The twigs were broken at least 9 feet above my head around the tree. Each twig was very thin. They looked as if they were snapped off and not cut by a precision instrument. My garage is open at night and I went in to check my pruner. It was behind another tool and appeared to be unused. I went out to check the blue spruce.

This time, on the side where my son had sawed a few branches, I saw several broken twigs and branches above my head appearing to extend about 9 feet above the ground. If this thing was a Bigfoot, which I think it is. There may have been two for the one I saw by the garage was about 6' at the most. Could this have been an offspring?

Two weeks later we put large items on our back porch that is usually clear at other times. During the evening of that day, we moved the items, at about midnight, there was a loud noise that came from the back porch where the items were placed. I thought at the time that something must have had a routine for coming onto our back porch and did not know that we had just put some large items out. When I turned on the light I saw nothing. On other occasions, there have been sounds and when I turn on the light and look I am always wondering why I don't see a large dog or skunk in the vicinity to justify the sounds because I do go out and check immediately in the yard for about 20' with a flashlight.

After that, there had been no further activity. We have since moved to another property." Name Withheld

NOTE: The area is known for Bigfoot sightings, including on the Gettysburg Battlefield. I have received a few reports along Rock Creek over the years. Lon

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