Modoc National Forest Bigfoot Sighting - 1980s - Northern California
I received this fascinating story in email a few days ago. The contributor wants to remain anonymous.
“I have a good story I’d like to contribute, file under anonymous. I can’t be sure if everyone is familiar with Teddy Roosevelt’s story from the Pacific northwest but it has some similarities. . . .
“My story begins with a friend a few years older than me. He has a brother approx. some 10 yrs. older and this took place in the early 80s. He was from Redding and his older brother always wanted to be a Marine. His older brother had 2 close friends who went into the Marines with him; these guys didn’t see combat and were in the Marines primarily for training and soon (couple years later) were back home. They promised each other for the rest of their lives they would venture into the deep forest for approx 10 days a year, packing everything they needed. 4 days in, 2 days rest, 4 days back, give or take. This was the 3rd year and they chose different places each time.
“This story takes place in Modoc Forest. They drove their jeep as far as they could, camoed it out of sight and went in dressed like marines, carrying assault rifles and were looking for something to unleash fire on. They said they had a strange feeling they couldn’t explain, like they weren’t alone and were being watched. They pressed on for a day or two and the feeling got stronger. They report an eerie lack of wildlife or sounds. In fact they didn’t hear or see anything (alive).
“On approx. the third day they all came to the same conclusion, they wanted to leave. That’s strange in and of itself; these guys don’t quit and run from anything and none objected to the idea. They double timed it back to the jeep, uncovered it and started to drive. For the entirety of their trip no animals were seen or heard.
“Just as they get under way in the jeep, one man in back with an assault rifle and also passenger heavily armed, they notice something just inside the brush/tree line making pace with the vehicle. Whatever it was is reported to be at least 7-8 feet tall, looking only at them, and not where it’s going for 1/3 mile, obviously on 2 legs and doing about 15mph in the bush. They all made eye contact with it although the driver only briefly. All report a sinking feeling, mortified and demoralized. The thought of being offensive or throwing down any fire wasn’t there, actually their rationale was lost during the encounter.
“This is the best part: they all report huge red glowing eyes that pierce your soul. Shortly after it vanished back into the woods. They didn’t speak for weeks after, they don’t tell this story to anyone. My friend hounded his brother for weeks to tell him what was wrong, i feel privileged to know. I’ve only told this story a hand full of times. What was it i wonder, big foot, chupacabra, predator, a fawn, mothman, a skunk monkey?
“Fact, after the incident these marines seem to be dealing with some PTSD; did it take their souls? They don’t go into the woods anymore, they’re not who they once were and I’d say scared of the dark is an understatement, although the driver isn’t quite as bad off. There are things in this world no man should know lest he learn the hard way and there’s no going back.”
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I don’t believe in bigfoot, if their is a bigfoot. then why haven’t I ever seen it? Theirs no such thing as a bigfoot, aliens, ufos, etc… Stop believeing things if you don’t know if its real!
Until the day that I see a flying ufo or a bigfoot or an alien or whatever, then I will believe it.
For now, its fake, not reeeeeeeal!
Comment by Eca — September 1, 2008 @ 6:47 am
The problem with that take, Eca, is that one day, you MAY have a close encounter of the kind just described here, and you wont want to face a world full of people who have that kind of attitude.
Re: Bigfoot-at least keep an open mind. Many thousands of people have seen these things over hundreds of years, and Native American tribes have accepted them as a “part of the landscape” for centuries before the white man got here.
Comment by Keith — September 15, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
Why is something that you haven’t experienced considered fake, or not real? Have you asked yourself that? You know we have achieved a form of traveling in space, is it such a stretch to believe that people on other planets have also been flying in space to other planets?
Let’s deal with what you can handle, simple things. You know that there are Mexicans, people that live in Mexico. Would you have the same opinion of them if you hadn’t seen one yourself? They are also considered aliens, because they don’t live in the USA. Right? But you know they exist and they are real, not fake.
OK that is one point. So now you know, aliens are just people that don’t happen to live where you do. They are not fake, they are just as real as you are. Agreed.
Now consider that if you went to France, maybe on an exchange student program, you would be the one that is considered the alien. You would need a passport, shots, a viable history, and no weapons!! So you can get through security! How would you feel if the people over there treated you like an alien? That is exactly what you’d be in their country.
Let’s take this a step further. Given the fact that we have achieved space travel, it is not beyond rational thought to assume that in, say, 50 years, you could travel in space to another planet. How would you feel if they treated you like can alien? Would you be upset if they rejected you, wanted you to leave because you proved to be too violent? They’d have the right to do that, because you were the alien.
So, have you changed your take on what alien means? It means, simply, you don’t live here. That doesn’t make you a bad person. That doesn’t make you someone who should be shot on sight, just because you are different.
You need to stop thinking like this planet is the only one that is inhabited by sentient beings. (smart people) You also need to stop thinking that humans like you are the ruling people of this planet. On other planets, we are the teenagers just getting ready to graduate from high school, and we have a whole lot to learn about other people, who are millions of years past us in knowledge.
Look at what we have accomplished. We teach our kids to love war and violence. We even have a ‘war president’, self proclaimed. We have polluted this planet badly, even though it is the one we live on, and we have nowhere else to go! We have raped and pillaged this planet until she reels in pain. We kill animals with no thought to what they are going through. And we torture others. We seem to have a death wish to most other peaceful planets.
I ask you, is that logical??? Be honest.
Living peacefully is the only way to survive. That has been proven. The other way you die, either as a person, or as a race, or even as a planet. I hope you choose wisely how you intend to live.
Then maybe, someday, you will be lucky enough to meet an alien, or a Sasquatch.
Tianca
Comment by Tianca — October 10, 2008 @ 3:01 pm