Does anyone know of any new sightings in N. W Arkansas? I know there were some a few years ago...

hey mountaintop nope i dont know any info about this arkansas sighting. but gcbro website resent sighting section has a resent arkansas report, but im sure other arkansas sasquatch researchers can help you here, oh welcome to the bigfoot forums. bill please keep us informed of sasquatch actvity & possible evidence in arkansas

Mountain Top and you other Arkansas Big Guy chasers, do not rule out Crawford County, wink wink!

I met a woman who saw one in October '05 on highway 45 past Pettigrew. She was in a jeep with no top and was very scared.

she was topless in a jeep? sorry I missed that


dav

hey astropoop wow its been awhile nice to see back here. thanks for telling us about that above update about arkansas sasquatch activity, the arkansas sasquatch creatures & wildlife must be moveing around more now becouse of the storms & looking for food resources. just a opinion. that above sighting does sound very interesting indeed. thanks bill

Been keeping an eye out on this myself. I've heard 'stories' of some and plan on checking them out this spring. I'll post my finding here.

Hi guys this is James here.I think about this Karen Demory stepped outside her front door, attempting to leash her two small dogs before heading out for a peaceful Friday afternoon walk.
James

James,

You lost me....???

If you see someone who has posted an inappropriate link such as the one James posted, please let us know by reporting the post and don't quote that post since it only adds the unrelated link a second time.

Thanks!
Teresa

I wasn't even thinking about that! Sorry!

no biggie... just thought I'd mention it.

hey wildernessguy yes please keep us posted for any new info & activity of arkansas sasquatch creatures. thanks. bill thanks for the above reply as well

STRANGE NIGHT SOUNDS

My wife and I recently purchased 16 acres of land in NW Arkansas not far from Eureka Springs. The site is only accessible by dirt roads and is very secluded. The site slopes from about elevation 1200 ft at the base to about elevation 1500 ft near the ridge and it is heavily wooded with small streams, many rock ledges and some large cliff faces. A very beautiful piece of Ozark Mountain Property.

During the late afternoon of August 24 2008, my wife and I visited our newly purchased property and set up camp with the intention of staying there a few nights to explore our land. Setting up camp was uneventful but did would get a whiff of something foul smelling every once in a while and it would soon just disappear. We never located the source of the smell and it only occurred once in a while. We had a camp fire that evening and kept it going until we went to bed for the night. As always, my wife cooked us up a great camp dinner that evening. During this first night of sleep, with the exception of some rustling noises in the woods behind our camp site (which I expected to hear as we ARE out in the woods) and a slight foul smell that quickly disappeared, the night was uneventful.

During the day of August 25, 2008, we explored the 16 acre site for a few hours just to get more familiar with it. We found three prominent ravines, some small streams coming from the various rock faces that ran into the ravines, various rock ridges, and we located a cave that appeared to have some type of wood access ladder inside of it. We knew that a cave existed on the site when we bought it, but it was difficult to find or even see because a lot of debris had piled up in front of it. We know right where it is located now and can find it easily. We also came across a skeleton which looked like the spine and ribs of a small deer. I thought it odd that a small deer traversed this deep into these steeply sloped and rocky woods and even stranger, the skull of this deer was found about 10 or 12 feet away from the spine propped up in the vee of a small tree. We surmised that one of the previous surveyors of the property picked up the deer skull and stuck it in the vee of the tree just for the fun of it. We went into Eureka Springs for a short trip and came back to the camp site that evening. It should be noted that my wife is a sound sleeper and I am a light sleeper. I awake immediately upon hearing noises during the night. During the night of August 25, 2008, I heard some rustling in the woods behind us and later that night I heard a loud crack like something large had stepped on a fallen branch about 30 feet away from the tent, right behind our camp site. I did not wake my wife to tell her what I heard but that kind of freaked me out and I slept the rest of the night with a loaded 45 semi auto in my right hand.

During the day of August 26, 2008, we explored the property again. This time we took a magellan with us with the hopes of plotting the location of the three main ravines, the prominent cliffs and the cave as well as the 4 main corner markers for the property. We documented their coordinates and elevations. The coordinates seemed to make some sense to me but the elevations being reported did not. So much for that idea. We went into town again later in the day and returned to the campsite before night fall. My wife cooked us up another fantastic meal and we went to bed. As I said, my wife is a heavy sleeper and not easily waked but I am a light sleeper. From this point on I decided to keep my gun at my side at night, always. This evening my eyes and mind played some tricks on me. I could see a bright light in the woods not far from our camp - very freaky. All kinds of things ran through my mind at that point, then I finally I determined I was seeing light from the moon breaking through the dense forest and tried to get some sleep. Later that night I woke to some very strange and distinct sounds that I could not identify. There were two sources, one very near us (from the direction of the cave) and one about ¼ of a mile away. The distance source would make this 4 or 5 time repeating wooping sound that got to a higher pitch with each woop then ended with a single high pitched scream-like woop, then the closer source would repeat exactly the same but higher pitched with more emphasis on each of the woops, especially the last one. This volley of calls happened about 6 times. I just stayed in the tent awake with my 45 in hand. Then about an hour later something came close to the tent, about 2 feet from my head and growled, huffed and sniffed for a few moments, then went away. I told my wife about the previous nights events and we agreed that if something like that occurred again the next night I would wake her so that she could hear it too. I finally got a couple of hours sleep later that night.

During the day of August 27, 2008, we explored the property again. This time we took the camera with us and took snaps shots of all of the interesting features of the site. Later that day we went into town again and later that evening we returned to the camp for another great dinner. This evening got very strange. My wife was sound asleep as always and I was awakened by the sound of something hitting the tent. I figured it was a branch or acorn falling from the trees above us, but it did make enough of a noise to startle and wake me. Then a few minutes later I heard something either touch or run up the side of the tent, then run across the top of the tent and suddenly stop. That was a bit freaky too. I had no idea what would have done that. I couldn't see anything in the way of shadows on the tent itself. I sat there awake for a while then the wooping started up again. As with the night before, there were two sources. One was fairly close to the camp site and one was probably as much as a ½ mile away this time - fainter than the night before but still quite easy to hear. The sounds of the previous night were repeated about 7 or 8 times. I woke my wife so she could hear them too. There were a series of woops that ended on a high note and as before, the closer call was always at a higher pitch and more intense than the one that was farther away. After about 7 series of this call and response effort, the closer whooper broke down into a very strange mix of screams, grunts & groans on the 8th response - the very last part of it almost sounded like something was angry and swearing in a strange language. Then it just stopped. My wife heard the last four of the series and couldn't think of what it could be either. It did not sound like a bird or coyote - it did sound very primate to me. Needless to say I did not sleep very well for the rest of the night.

Things to note:

1. During our whole stay our cheapo white styrofoam cooler of food was never disturbed - not at night and not even during the day when we were exploring the site or in town.
2. The whole time we stayed there and visited our land we expected to at least see a few small animals - a raccoon, a skunk, a snake, a squirrel, anything but strangely we did not see any live small animals on our whole 16 acre site day or night. I even peered around the property with a flashlight at night trying to find a pair of small eyes or two staring back at me, but I saw nothing.
3. During the night of August 26 we accidentally left about a pound of camp fire cooked salmon (in a zipped plastic bag) sitting on top of the cooler all night and it was still there, undisturbed in the morning. One would think that a raccoon or something would have smelled that and had a great meal that night, but it didn't happen.
4. As soon as I got to a computer I started researching and listening to the sounds of primates. I determined that the wooping sounds I heard were much like that of a chimpanzee and the growling and huffing sounds I heard one night were much like that of a gorilla.
5. I then came across this sound bite which is supposedly a recording from a bigfoot encounter in California in the 70's... We heard no knocking sounds but the whoops are very similar except that ours would get higher pitched with each woop.

http://www.bfro.net/avevid/sierrasounds/Whoop.mp3

I really have to wonder - Could a bigfoot be living on our land or possibly even be living in our cave?

Thanks for the history of those days on your property. Pretty odd, guess you'll be doing some sound recording from now on hopefully.
You could probably get together with some TBRC people if they get that far up into Arkansas, if not, maybe check with AIBR or SRI to see
if there are any researcher's nearby. Or start up your own research effort. Begin by making subtle changes to significant parts of the landscape,
photograph them. Pile up some stick in a formation, stack rocks, do anything just to see what happens and if anything notices. Check on them as often as you can. Can't believe your wife is that heavy of a sleeper? Huh?

Welcome and it's nice to see another Arkie here, I'm located in the Ouachita's. Maybe next time you and your wife do a camp out you can have a tape or digital recorder handy to capture the vocals. Also if you have or know of someone that can lend you a few game cams to set out around and near your camp site would be great, maybe even set one out at the cave location. I'm a couple hours southwest of you. "If" you continue to have these events occur during your stays, I may be able to get up your way and set up a cam and leave you a recorder.

Hi

Welcome : Samurai

Looks like you have a good amount of interesting and very desired habitat for many animals, Please keep us up to speed on what you find in the area, Is there any history on the cave ?

Peace
Tim

Tim, still think I need that email of yours, my PM inbox is overflowing (old stuff, I'm not THAT popular) and I prob. had to cut out some of my old
messages and OOPS, there goes Tim's email. Just PM it to me if my inbox can handle it.

Thanks for the welcome!

The cave is fairly large but a bit difficult to access. The opening is very well hidden. In fact if I didn't know it was there I would never have found it for quite some time. It's been there for ages and was water formed. There is still a water source within it, too. In fact there is a very old concrete spring box about 35 ft below the cave - it's all broken up now but looks to be around 150 years old. The spring box is hard to find too, down in the bottom of a ravine. Water trickles slowly out from below the cave right past the old spring box but the ravine is infused with tons of debris that I'm sure is holding back the flow of water. There are at least 2 other water sources on the site, too. Maybe more. We want to open things up, open up the rock crevaces at their source, clear the debris out as best we can and get the water running better. Maybe set up a little dam and create a pool down stream if possible. We plan on returning this spring for a couple of weeks to cut a driveway through to the home site we selected. Then in the summer we plan on moving there, live out of an RV for a bit while we build our first 2 story barn. It will have living quarters on the second floor.

If there really is a bigfoot on our land we'll probably be able to confirm it this spring. If the howls persist I may start recording them. But we don't plan to hunt it down or harm it as long as it doesn't get agressive toward us or our dogs. We'll have a couple of large dogs with us when we move there in the summer. We'll fence off the homesite to keep the dogs in and anything else out - hopefully. We hope it doesn't mind the sound of loud motorcycles and we'll be well armed if things get out of hand.

That's the plan today but plans change... I'll try to keep you guys informed when I can get to a computer.

hey sam wow those are very informative above replys indeed. welcome to bigfoot forums. do you have photos of possible evidence or locations that you can post here. keep us posted ok. thanks bill

Let me start by saying this. I have spent my entire life in the woods. Be it the ranges of northern california, the hills of kentucky, virgnia deep woods or arkansas ozarks. I have also served 2 terms in the US ARMY in a recon unit. I am educated on the subjects of survival and have hunted my entire life. Spent my youth in the ozarks of arkansas with my trusted dasiy pellet rifle where i disposed of a many of critters on regular basis.....needless to say im more at home in the woods....so that being said.....here is what took place.

This took place on 1/1/09. Me and my GF decided it was time to spend some time in the woods with her young ones so they could get out some and see what the world of outdoors have to offer. My family owns 20 acres tucked away in ozarks that we have always talked of camping on. The property has a small fresh water stream, some natural caves and lots of pecans and wild garlic and such in the area. all of this bordering national forest one side of the property that leads to BFE and a large mountain with sheer cliffs that can be seen from afar. great place for camping right?

We decided on building a tree house about 8 foot up in some trees. Within the tree line to stay out of the breeze, and 30 yards from the stream. All day hammering and cutting. Around 5pm (dusk) i was hammering and stopped for a smoke. Sitting in the treehouse i heard a very distinct wood knock about 1/2 mile to the east.....downstream. This streams snakes into the national forest. I remember thinking to myself "who the hell?" It made no sense to me. But anytime in the woods you sometimes have to dismiss such things to "just a critter" or "whatever". During this time my GF was getting water in 5 gal bucket from the stream so we could boil it later. (after this event she told me she felt like she was being watched and heard things as well)

Water and wood gathered, fire stoked. Time to eat!!! We gathered around the fire for some camp grub she whipped together and cooked in tin foil over the fire....very good indeed. I was enjoying the food and the sound of the stream in the distance....the smell of old pine in the fire and the breeze so gentle..................then i heard it, we all heard it.

About 50 yards to the east again.....it was the most loud "woop" i have heard in my life. I immedialy thought coyote at the onset of the call...i have dealt with this before....but as the call continued in for about 2 secs in was something else...it was a WOOP!! the woop was followed by some tapering off chatter of sorts..... I remained calm for everyone there and told them it was just a coyote....but i knew different. I have faced grizzlys in the northern rockies with my father and was scared...but this sound evoked a fight or flee rush that a grizzly nor combat in Iraq could bring.....it was scary....very scary. I deceided to keep my machette close and heat the blade in the fire for maximum effect of the, what the hell is it animal. My GF noticed my change in stance i guess and was on alert as well...all the while kids still chatting and playing...... I tryed to tell myself it was this animal or that.....but i could not for my own sanity place it.

Roughly 20 mins later.....the call again but this time it was so close there was no distance....it had to be 15-20 feet beyond the light of our fire to the southeast this time............very very close. and loud. I decided that with little children present that a battle charge would only make it worse....it seemed to be testing us. "Time to go." things gathered and we walked back to my truck in the clearing of the trees near our camp. I hung back to see if i could hide in the shadows while the chirping bunch continued...i was going to get this SOB. But my GF noticed i wasnt trailing and shined the light back on the trail right on me and blew my cover.....i decided to just load up and go......


I do plan on going to that mountain alone or with my GF if i can get her in the woods again and bag one of these suckers. I never believed. I would call you crazy if you suggested bigfoot was real. I now relize that santa is fake and the yetti is real. I have never been so scared yet curios in my life. I will get one of these or die trying. I believe i have the skills and smarts to get it done....if anyone is intrested in going to these spots with me with no light, fire, or tents........let me know. i need some more rough and tumble woods folk that can handle the elements and level our advantage here. I do believe that they travel in packs.....dont ask me why it just makes sense if you read and think about a humaniod type culture that has remained hidden and hunts........till then, be safe and remember 90% of the northern united states is still "wild".

OzarkMan.

hey ozarkman welcome to bigfoot forums WOW..... ty for telling us about your experiences here. keep us posted on future stuff. good evening. bill.

I just listened to the 1970's call. It is dead on. I will get my own recordings soon if i can call one out. I am going to set up a camp site of my own with recording of ME AND MY FAMILY and put it in the treehouse. Light the fire cook some food and hang back about 1/2 mile and belly crawl slowy at dusk back to my site with the recording of us playing in the treehouse all the while....i have my night vision goggles handy...............thought i would mention as well im in logan county. my name is Tim Turner. Just thought i should put that here before i go.

Good luck, Tim. I hope you see one. I also hope nobody gets hurt (including sas.)



If you see one, I'll be glad to go if you promise not to kill it.

Ditto. I'm on the NO-KILL side.

I will sacrifice one to save many. Photos and recordings are not enough to prove anything. i plan on chopping its head off and getting the hell out of dodge before the scent of the kill lingers or its buds decide to retaliate. I do not underestimate these "people". It takes a very smart thing to stay hidden this long. Many missing people in the woods....how many bear attacks? How many from starvation? I dont know....but i think some if not alot are due to this hidden world of BF. They are smart. There is a decrease in arkansas of all natural predator populations.....why? glogal warming? maybe. but even if it is climate change it has created an opening for a new predator. or an old one that now feels the pressures and is forced to deal with us on a more personal level. I will get a head. Then we can show the world they are real and get some real funds to protect them.

Go for it. Maybe those "people" won't decide to sacrifice you for sacrificing their friend for the better good of the species.

It's been suggested that instead of taking the head, to take a hand or foot (something that has a duplicate.) This way science will have the opportunity to study the only set of whatever will be destroyed if the head was removed. Of course, that depends on whether or not the body will still be there when you get back with help (if you make it out in the first place.)

that is a good point. I also appreciate your opinion. Even though you dont agree with my tactics you are trying to be helpful. Much respect friend. I will take this aproach. Head, hands and feet.

Not head, (knothead!) Taking the head will destroy vocal cords etc... stuff that will be very interesting to science regarding vocalization abilities, speech abilities, and such.

I aim to prove that they exist. I will chop as low as i can into the breastbone. But the point of existence is important.
i dont think the body will be around long after i leave it so................

May I suggest aiming a couple of game cams at the body before you leave. Also tracking devices on the cameras will be important to locate them should the rest of the bf clan decide to do away with them. Might as well put some tracking devices on the body, too. That way we can (possibly) learn what they do with their dead.

Hi

Welcome to the BFF " Ozarkman "

Peace
Tim

thanks for the warm welcome.

and yes. talked to my father and he is gettin me some game cams . im going to locate some tracking devices as well. Turns out my father has an untold story of BF when you used to pan for gold in the rockies with his now dead buddy. Seems like he never wanted to talk about it until i showed my genuine fear and intrest of my own. Scary my dad. hehe.

Welcome to the forum Ozarkman. I'm in the SW corner of Arkansas and a member of AIBR. There are several of us in Arkansas should you want to put something together, perhaps we can help. I'm not no-kill BTW. Like you, I think it's going to take a specimen to get the ball rolling on conservation of the species. After lopping off hands, feet put them in bags to conserve the contents. Paper bags if you have them I think is best. Get in touch with some of the law enforcement and see how to conserve the scene and evidence should you be successful in your hunt.

As always, be safe.

Teresa

Welcome also to Samurai. Forgot my manners there for a minute. Sounds like you bought a beautiful piece of real estate with some added critters you didn't bargain for.

hey teresa good morning interesting above reply. thanks bill

Well, we went there again about 2 weeks ago to deliver our motorhome to the property. We didn't have a lot of time so we could only stay there for 1 day and 1 night. It was cold that night and snow/ice on the morning we had to leave. There were no strange smells, no strange sounds, no feeling of being watched either. About the only strange thing we saw was the remains of an eaten skunk. Can't tell how old the carcass was but all that was left was some fur & bones - virtually no flesh. I suppose the buzzards could have picked it clean but I wonder what killed it in the first place. I don't think too many animals will mess with a skunk!

I plan on heading back to the site for a few days in a couple or three weeks to start working on our barn.

I don't recall any sightings from NW AR from the books I've read and it surprises me because I've been thru the Ozarks several times and it looks like very inviting habitat and the black bears seem to like it. Reminds me a little of a miniature Cascades. It's really scenic and beautiful. I didn't read the above reports tho, but am going to now.

I'm new to the forum and can't believe I haven't found it sooner with all the bigfoot info I check out on the web. Anyway, I moved to Honobia Oklahoma last year from Plano Tx. and man has it been life changing. My property is very close to the Humphreys residence. This is the place thats been on several programs related to bigfoot. I just wanted to see how many people around SW Arkansas and SE Oklahoma would be willing to meet and do camping excursions. Believe me, they're for real. Mark

There are some interesting Arkansas Reports at: http://www.alabamabigfoot.com/bigfoot/repo...reportother.htm

There are many more reports from NW Arkansas that have been obtained from credible residents, although they are being reserved for print publication.

Many areas in Arkansas south of the Ozarks also contain populations of these animals.

As far as shooting one, cutting off it heads and expecting to be treated as a hero and become rich as one member planned; that is a fantasy.

If a person has land in a remote area of the Ozarks, the odds are the land is within the forage range of one or more of the animals. It takes some time consuming, routine night-time initiatives, but it is not difficult to determine if the animals inhabit or pass through the particular area. Or, local residents can probably tell the new land owner if they are approached properly.

For you guys up in Arizona I would suggest that you go up on the Rim and campout in some of the campgrounds around Woods Lake. Also try going all the way over to Apache County and go camp in one of the campsite to the East of the White Mountain Rez. Just remember do not go on rez property cause they will take everything you got and you cant do a thing about it. I used to work at the Hon-Dah Casino and the police for the tribe can be real a-holes. There have been sightings in the area. My wife had a sighting a few years back in Apache County. And also BFRO did a investigation up in the White Mountains and the Rim area. Good luck.

On October 29 or 30 of 2007 my girlfriend and I were outside enjoying the evening. What we saw next would change our lives. We live in Mt. Home, Ar. and at the time we lived on the outskirts of town. It was about 9:30 pm when a large creature crossed the road. It stood about 6 feet tall but it was hunched over. I believe if it was fully erect it would have been close to 7 feet. It stood on two feet but they appeared to be bent heavily at the knees. It had long hair, probably 5 to 6 inches long. Its feature looked to be a cross between a dog, bear, and man. Its limbs appeared to be thin and sinewy. Its hairwas dark in color. We have never in our life seen any animal that this could have been. I have hiked my whole life and know classified animal well. This was an unknown. We both saw it and our description is the same. What makes this even more concrete is that about 1 hour later our neighbor returned for a trip from eastern Oklahoma. Before we could relate our story he came rushing over and told us that about 15 to 20 miles away while driving he saw what he descibed as a chupacabra like creature crossing a field. He described exactly what we saw. To this day we dont know what we saw, but its nothing you will find in any zoo in the world. We are firm believers here in north central Ar.

Hi

Welcome to the BFF ~ arkanfoot ~

About how far away was the creature, Have you been out there looking for another since then ?

Peace
Tim

I would say it was about 25 yards away. It went from an open field, across the road and into thick ozark woods and disapeared. No other sightings to date. But i am on the lookout.

hey arkanfoot wow interesting above reply regarding your sighting. do you have photo of the sighting location that you post here. can you draw a sketch of the creature you saw post it here if possible. welcome to bigfoot forums. thanks bill

Welcome to the new members who posted in this thread!

I had a student tell me the other day that a family member of his encountered a Bigfoot. The sighting was
on the west side of Fayetteville in the Wedington Woods area.

I asked if the family member had sent a report in and the student said they didn't like to talk about it.

It makes me wonder just how many reports would be filed if people in NW Arkansas (the world for that matter)
would come forward with their encounters!

hey mountaintop gm WOW... YW for new update reply regarding possible activity keep us updated ok please.. ty bill g

Exactly. If there are BF, they are being seen. I have always maintained that the average witness has little or no interest in the subject and is very unlikely to dial up law enforcement or a game ranger to say they saw a "monster" or a large hairy thing walking on two legs. The vast majority are unaware and don't care that there are BF communities online which would welcome the incident report. The tales are only shared with trusted family/friends. I wouldn't slap a percentage on this, but if they exist, I'm certain the vast majority are unreported to anyone where they would receive print or widespread notoriety.

I live in NW Arkansas, just joined the board..

It does bring up a good point about not reporting a sighting. I know of two sightings that haven't been reported, one told directly to me and no one else, and one I heard eavesdropping on a conversation between my mother and her friend in the 70's.

The one directly to me was not alcohol induced, just two friends talking and he tells me about when he was hunting with his cousin and seeing a bigfoot on a mountain near where we grew up. He very matter of fact and quite calm about. It was "He and his cousin saw this when hunting and were more surprised then scared, but left the area quickly". As far as I know he never brought it up to anyone else.

The second was I overheard my moms friend talking about her husband fishing and seeing large manlike footprints, not a bear either, in the creek where he was at. She said he was a little scared, which didn't seem like him. I grew with the family and kids and grandkids and as far as I know that story was never passed on either. This story was related long before Bigfoot became a popular phenomenon.

If anyone wants to know the exact areas, I would be more then happy to share.

Patrick

I'd venture a lot of reports never get passed on any further than a close friend or family member.

I'm about 100 miles S of the Ozarks, here in
the Ouachita Mts of Central, AR.
We also have had some sightings
all over Central and South Arkansas.
A friend of mine who is an avid lifelong
deer hunter and turkey hunter saw something
cross highway 9 about 30 miles South of Malvern
one night. He says " I've been in the woods ever since
I was little, and I've never seen one of these creatures before"....
It was a big and dark creature, on two feet, crossing the highway in front of his
truck , at around dusk, and he says it moved very fast in crossing, making his sighting
only for a few seconds duration.
With forest's in this area, the creature was long-gone after leaving the highway.
He was a former non-believer in BF's and that crazy story about the Fouke monster,
until he saw this thing. Maybe he will re-consider.
Nowadays, he is just more curious about what he saw.


yes.... they're in these parts, and we know it...