UFO / Cryptid Research.

[Karl12]

Pretty relevant chat with author Ronnie Le Blanc about an area of very high activity around Leominster near Lancaster, Massachusetts.







From 27:30

Learn about the history of UFO sightings in Massachusetts as well as Bigfoot encounters that continue to this day in and around Leominster State Forest. What Ronny suggests...is controversial. What if all of these phenomena is connected? 

There are sightings of UFOS, Bigfoot and Orange Orbs. They have been coming and going for years. But where are they coming from? Why are they here? It seems that the state of Massachusetts has had a long history of sightings and encounters with these mysterious entities and they are occurring in the present day.

[Raptured]

I'm not familiar with the Marley Woods case.  Can't wait to read up.  Thanks all!

P.S.  The Sierra Sounds still give me goosebumps

[Karl12]

I'm not familiar with the Marley Woods case.  Can't wait to read up.  Thanks all!

P.S.  The Sierra Sounds still give me goosebumps

Yes some very freakishly disturbing goings on in Marley Woods mate and Ted goes into more detail in this interview - around '1:13:00' he also describes a prize horse being found in a barn (what was left of it anyway).

The Sierra Sounds also get my neck hair standing up as well lol.

Regarding the Abair Bigfoot (and UFO) flap spread over one week in 1976 there's the full version of Seth Breedlove's 'cult status' documentary linked below - it features some pretty fascinating cryptid eyewitness testimony from town residents (including police officers) - burnt rubber smell and glowing red eyes also reported.

Also accounts of police officers being ordered never to discuss their experiences by superiors, missing police log books and UFO activity around the same time and area.

In 2016, Small Town Monsters released "Beast of Whitehall"; a modestly budgeted documentary about a renowned 1976 series of of Bigfoot sightings near the town of Whitehall, NY.

The film would gain a cult status and would help push director, Seth Breedlove, to further explore the genre of paranormal documentaries.

Relevant article (excerpts) :

The 1976 Whitehall, NY Bigfoot Sightings in Conjunction with UFO Activity

Private Notes By Richard Bonenfant, Ph.D.

At the time I was interested in a flurry of UFO activity taking place in upstate New York and on my free time would investigate some of the UFO sightings that came to my attention in my immediate vicinity. On August 25, 1976 I received a telephone call from Ray Fowler, a well known UFO investigation and author living near Boston. Ray informed me that the FAA had received reports of UFO activity near Whitehall, NY some two hours or so north of where I lived in Delmar. He asked if I would follow-up on these sighting reports. When I agreed to do so, he directed me to initiate the investigation by contacting a NY State trooper in Whitehall by the name of Donovan.

I contacted Trooper Donovan as requested. He verified the sighting of large object accompanied by two smaller red ones at Scott Lake near Whitehall by some 15 witnesses. In passing he then added that strange reports were also coming in of a “big hairy animal” around Whitehall. For further information, I was referred to a Whitehall police patrolman by the name of Brian Gosselin.

Unfortunately, I was unable to reach Patrolman Gosselin that day but left my name and telephone number for further contact. On the following day I received a call from a Whitehall Police Department desk sergeant who told me (off-the-record) that they had in fact received several reports from reliable witnesses of a large, 8 foot tall, hairy ape creature in the countryside surrounding Whitehall. He further informed me that photos and even a plaster cast of the creature’s footprints had been made. I was further told to see witness Darin Lamphere about the affair and referred to the Washington County Sherriff’s Department. When I asked if I could examine their log book for further additional references to the unusual creature, the sergeant told me that I would need clearance from Chief Williams to order do so. Unfortunately, I was never able to reach the man.

That same day, August 26, 1976, I spoke to Deputy Walter Kruger of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Kruger was only able to tell me about the UFOs sighting they had received and who to contact about these sighting but nothing was forthcoming about the hairy creature sightings in Whitehall.

On Friday, August 27, 1988, I received two collect calls from Officer Brian Gosselin. The officer confirmed the local UFO sightings but then also volunteered that he himself had encountered the strange hairy animal everyone was talking about from a distance of only 20 feet. The creature was described as being unusually tall, stood on two legs, and must have weighed about 350 pounds. Furthermore, it had large red eyes, long arms and was covered with dark brown hair.

Officer Gosselin said he came upon the creature one night while on patrol. He first detected the creature when illuminated by his headlights as it crossed the road ahead of his patrol car. When he came upon it, the creature “screamed like a woman,” flung its arm over its eyes, and ran into a nearby field. When he turned his spotlight in the area where it had departed, he saw large, reflective, nocturnal eyes off in the distance. The officer also mentioned that the creature moved as if heavy weights were attached to arms and legs. A state police patrol car happen to arrived at the scene moments later and the troopers within also spotted the creature before it departed into the deeper woods.

When questioned about a possible association of the creature with UFO sightings in the area, Officer Gosselin reported that he felt the sightings were independent of one another and went on to say that there have been several historical reports of such a creature around the area; sightings that many silent witnesses refuse to make known.

On Saturday, September 4, 1976 I went to Whitehall accompanied by my father-in-law to investigate UFO sighting in the region. While there visited Officer Gosselin at home where he filled sighting questionnaire both about UFOs and his bigfoot sighting. It was then that I learned the he had observed the bigfoot creature from his patrol car on two occasion on the night of Wednesday, August 24th. It was observed at the almost the same locating of a similar sighting the previous evening by another witness named Marty Paddock.

During the interview I learned that the creatures hair appeared to be longer about the head. Officer Gosselin also added that the creatures movements were “slow and deliberate.” He then led us to the sites where he had encountered the hairy creature. The second site was about a mile further away than the first one. While there I told by Officer Gosselin that a local man in the area had even taken a shot at the creature. This time the Officer admitted that UFOs sightings had occurred in the same general location as these bigfoot sightings..
 
I offer this summary because of occasional reports of bigfoot-like creatures reported in concert with, or in proximity to, UFO sightings. It is not my intention to advance the hypothesis that these two phenomena are related. Rather I feel that I would be remiss by not reporting the sighting because of personal discomfort in doing so. I hope my account and the accompanying sketch will prove useful to other researches investigating this particularly aspect of the UFO phenomenon.

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[Karl12]

Forgot to add these two to the OP.



Regarding other freaky cryptids the bizarre goings on in the Wisconsin town of Elkhorn are described by the late journalist Linda Godfrey below - she first became interested after receiving a huge amount of strange 'upright canine humanoid' reports from the public and seeing a thick report file marked 'werewolf' at the County Animal Control Office - she then went on to collect lots more 'dogman' eyewitness testimony.and the area is also known for strange 'UFO like light activity' and animal mutilations.







From 4:30



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Likewise Paul Sinclair's investigations into a small localised area of North Yorkshire contain similar parallels (including ancient earthworks) and lots of modern day 'upright canine humanoid' reports, not to mention historical accounts going back 100's of years - the area is also rather notorious for UFO light forms, MIB encounters, underground noises and animal mute activity.









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Some incredibly strange eyewitness testimonies being discussed in those two videos.

[Karl12]

John Keel initially went to Point Pleasant to investigate the huge UFO flap.. it then became Mothman central.

Apparently lots of strange UFO activity (and animal mutilations) were being reported.