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Journey into the dark woods, lonely roads, mysterious lakes, and haunted history of the Sooner State in UNEXPLAINED OKLAHOMA.
In this Phantoms & Monsters Radio presentation, we examine eight extraordinary eyewitness accounts from across Oklahoma:
A retired Special Forces veteran confronts a massive humanlike figure outside Maud. A teenager near Stillwater awakens to find red eyes watching through his bedroom window. An enormous bird attacks a rooster in McLoud. Three young witnesses in Tecumseh encounter a gigantic owl-like figure they associate with the Seminole Stikini tradition. A family preserves the story of a black, winged warning encountered near Mount Scott. Two witnesses report a mysterious light beneath Arcadia Lake—and possible contact with three tall, blond beings. Near Talihina, an upright canine creature emerges after nights of unidentified screams. Finally, a young child appears to see someone no one else can at the Oklahoma City Memorial Fence.
Were these encounters caused by known animals, mistaken perceptions, folklore, coincidence, or deliberate fabrication? Or do some point toward phenomena we still do not understand?
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>> Mhm.
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>> Hey folks, welcome to Phantoms and
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Monsters Radio.
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Oklahoma is a land of wide open plains,
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isolated lakes, heavily wooded
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mountains, and rural properties
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separated by miles of darkness.
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Now, most people travel uh through that
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landscape without experiencing anything
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they can't explain.
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Others report towering figures standing
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on beyond the reach of their lights,
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enormous birds moving beneath
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streetlights,
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um strange objects emerging from lakes,
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and silent visitors watching from the
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edge of the woods.
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Now, tonight's accounts include possible
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cryptids, unexplained aerial phenomena,
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indigenous traditions, and an apparition
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reported at one of Oklahoma's most
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solemn locations.
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Now, these stories are presented as they
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were reported.
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Uh some may have conventional
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explanations, others remain unsupported
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by physical evidence.
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But, each witness believed that
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something extraordinary had occurred.
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This is unexplained Oklahoma.
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Now, our our first report comes from a
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farm outside Maud, Oklahoma.
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The witness had been rabbit hunting on a
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clear, cold night
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beneath a quarter moon. He was carrying
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a pump-action tactical shotgun and a
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5-in Kimber
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uh .45 caliber pistol. Both weapons had
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powerful white lights.
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And at approximately 11:15 that night,
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he returned home and climbed onto his
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patio, which stood about 5 ft above the
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ground.
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That was when he saw the figure.
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Something enormous and human-like was
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standing nearby.
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Now, the witness immediately activated
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the light attached to his shotgun.
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Fog limited his visibility to
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approximately 25 ft, but the figure
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stood far enough into the open for him
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to distinguish its outline.
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It was larger than any human being they
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ever seen.
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Even before the encounter, unusual
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things have been happening around the
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property. His animals had begun behaving
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strangely after dark. And on several
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occasions, the witness had
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experienced an overwhelming
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sensation that something was watching
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him.
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Now, standing outside his home, he saw
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it.
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The figure was looking directly at him.
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Their eyes met.
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The witness estimated that the creature
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stood between 7 to 8 ft tall.
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It was extremely broad and stocky,
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possibly weighing more than 400 lb.
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He raised the shotgun and pointed it
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toward the figure.
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The creature did not retreat. Instead,
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it appeared irritated.
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It showed no fear of the witness, his
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firearm, or the animals surrounding the
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property.
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The reaction of his dog was equally
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disturbing. The animal had received
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military training and would ordinarily
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respond immediately to commands.
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But in the presence of the figure,
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the dog cowered and refused to obey.
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The witness later contacted a Bigfoot
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investigation team.
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Researchers arrived at the property
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within 72 hours, but their search
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produced no physical evidence.
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They found no footprints, hair, or other
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material that could identify what they
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had had been standing outside the house.
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Now, following the encounter, the
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witness reported experiencing
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unexplained lapses in their memory.
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He described himself as a retired
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special forces sniper with 10 years of
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experience and and three tours in Iraq.
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His service included the invasion of
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Iraq and the and the third infantry
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division.
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Because of that background and his
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former security clearance, he requested
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that his identity remain confidential.
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Now, he did not claim to know what the
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figure was. He simply wanted answers.
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Now, what disturbed him most was not
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nearly its its extraordinary size.
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It was the creature's complete lack of
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fear and the unexpected fear it produced
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in him.
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This was a man who believed that very
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little in his life could frighten him.
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But something outside Maud did.
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No physical evidence was recovered and
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the figure was never identified.
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Now, was it a bear, a trespasser,
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another familiar presence distorted by
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darkness and fog?
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Was it a creature commonly called
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Bigfoot?
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And what caused the witness's
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military-trained dog to cower before it?
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Whatever stood outside that farmhouse
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did not run from an armed and
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experienced soldier.
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It watched him, met his gaze, and
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appeared annoyed when he raised his
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weapon.
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Now, the encounter outside Maud produced
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no tracks or physical evidence.
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Our next witness also found nothing that
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could exclude conclusively identify what
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he saw.
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But after the figure disappeared, it
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left a path through the vegetation.
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And unlike the first encounter, this
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witness was only 15 years old when
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something approached his childhood home
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near Stillwater.
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>> [snorts]
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>> Now, our next report comes from Payne
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County, Oklahoma.
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The witness identified as M was 15 years
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old
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when the encounter occurred. More than
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three decades later, he still remembers
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it clearly.
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On a cold school night, sometime between
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2:00 and 3:00 in the morning, M awoke
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with an extremely dry mouth.
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After getting water from the bathroom,
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he returned to his bedroom and found
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himself facing the west window.
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Now, his family lived on 16 acres. Only
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the area immediately surrounding the
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house was mowed.
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Beyond the yard, tall grass and dense
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brush covered the property.
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Now, looking through the window, M
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noticed two muted red eyes reflecting in
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the darkness.
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They were not shining like electric
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lights. The color more closely resembled
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reflected eye shine.
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M moved near to the window.
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A motionless figure was standing where
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the maintained yard met the wild
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vegetation.
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Its body was turned slightly sideways,
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allowing him to see what appeared to be
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one arm hanging down.
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Its head, however, was turned toward the
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house.
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The figure was staring directly into his
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eyes.
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Deer regularly crossed the family's
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property. M knew
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how they looked and moved, including
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when they briefly stood on their hind
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legs.
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He was convinced that this was not a
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deer.
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An overwhelming fear passed through him.
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The sensation was so intense that he
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struggled to breathe.
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The night was cold enough for him to see
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clouds of condensation forming around
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the figure's face each time it exhaled.
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Whatever stood outside appeared to be
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alive and breathing.
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>> [clears throat]
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>> Now, other than those visible breaths,
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it didn't move.
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And for what M estimated to be five full
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minutes, the figure remained completely
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still, staring out the bedroom window.
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M cautiously stepped to one side. He
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hoped to keep watching the creature
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without letting it see him.
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The figure's gaze remained fixed on the
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glass.
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Eventually turned away and entered the
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tall brush. Now, according to M,
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it did not bounce, double, or move like
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a deer attempted to walk on two legs. It
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proceeded upright with steady gait of a
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human being.
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Terrified and shaking, M left the
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bedroom and spent the remainder of the
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night in his older brother's room.
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The following morning, he described what
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had happened. After getting ready for
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school, the brothers went outside to
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examine the area.
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They discovered a path of flattened and
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parted vegetation leading away from the
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house.
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They found no identifiable footprints
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because the brush was too thick to
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examine the ground clearly.
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Now, the vegetation stood approximately
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5-ft high, nearly level with M's head.
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Yet, he had
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yet been able to see the creature's
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chest and and head above it as it walked
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away.
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Now, the based on that comparison, he
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estimates the figure stood close to 7-ft
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tall.
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Now, many years later, M asked his
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brother what he still remembered that
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morning. And his brother [snorts]
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replied that he remembered it vividly.
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M never encountered the creature or the
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figure again.
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Was a familiar animal distorted by
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darkness and the fear the teenager
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suddenly awakened during the night?
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Could reflected light uh reflected eyes
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and shadows have created the illusion of
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a human-like body?
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Or did something tall and upright emerge
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from the Oklahoma wilderness, only to
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stand silently
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outside a bedroom window and stare back?
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Now, those first two accounts describe
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enormous upright figures encountered
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after dark.
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But, Oklahoma's unexplained creatures
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are not always found standing in forests
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or outside bedroom windows.
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Some witnesses tell of immense wings
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crossing the sky.
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Our next incident occurred in broad
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daylight and began as an attack
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on a family's rooster.
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Now, this report comes from a Cloud,
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Oklahoma, where a woman encountered an
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enormous bird inside her chicken
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enclosure.
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The incident occurred shortly after
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Thanksgiving and the witness and her
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husband had recently constructed a
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fenced outdoor area for the 2-month-old
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chicks.
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Now, after let letting the birds
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outside, she returned to the house and
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began washing dishes.
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Looking through the window, she suddenly
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saw something thrashing near the
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enclosure.
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Wings were beating violently and they
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appeared much larger than she expected.
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The witness ran from the house and found
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a massive bird standing over her
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rooster.
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Its talons were wrapped around or nearly
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around the rooster's body.
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She began shouting at the predator.
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Her husband came outside carrying a BB
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gun, but she immediately told him that
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that would not be powerful enough.
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She called for him to retrieve the .22
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caliber gun, a rifle.
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Before he he could do so, the bird saw
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the witness and released the rooster.
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She was standing only about 5 ft away
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when it took flight.
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According to her description, the bird's
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wingspan was considerably wider than the
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outstretched arms and her outstretched
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arms easily exceeding 55 in.
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The undersides of the wing appeared
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white while gray and brown feathers
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covered its back.
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She recalled seeing very little tail.
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Because of its size and apparent weight,
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the the bird remained close to the
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ground as it flew away.
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It seemed unable to rise as quickly or
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easily as a smaller bird.
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The incident unfolded so rapidly that
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the witness never obtained a clear view
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of its head.
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At first, she believed it was unusually
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large hawk.
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After reconsidering the encounter,
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however, she began to wonder whether it
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may have been an owl.
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Now, her husband also watched the bird
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depart and commented on its
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extraordinary size.
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The predator never returned, but the
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attack apparently changed the young
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chickens' behavior.
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Afterward, they refused to venture
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outside unless the witness accompanied
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them.
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At the slightest sound or the passing of
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a shadow overhead, they retreated to the
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safety of the porch.
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Now, Oklahoma supports several large
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birds of prey, including golden eagles
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and great horned owls. Large vultures
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also inhabit the state.
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A wingspan greater than 55 inches would
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not by itself place the animal beyond
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the known size of a range of Oklahoma
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raptors.
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However, its white underwings,
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gray-brown back, and limited tail,
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unusual manner flight, and the
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willingness to attack the rooster may
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make a precise identification difficult
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from available description.
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The state also has its share of
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so-called Thunderbird reports and
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stories of other gigantic flying
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creatures.
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The witness, however, described nothing
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prehistoric or overtly
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supernatural.
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Was it simply a large native predator
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seen at extremely close range during a
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violent attack?
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Or did something less familiar descend
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upon the chicken enclosure outside in
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McLoud?
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The McLoud witness believed she had
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encountered a physical predator,
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possibly an unusually large hawk or owl.
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Now, our next witness also reported an
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enormous owl,
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but their interpretation reached beyond
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zoology and into one of the darker
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figures associated with the seminal
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folklore.
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Now, this encounter
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takes
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uh takes us to Tecumseh, Oklahoma, where
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three young witnesses claimed to have
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encountered an enormous owl-like figure.
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The incident reportedly occurred around
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2006. Now, the primary witness,
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identified by the initial EM,
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was 14 years old.
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His 17-year-old uncle was visiting, and
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the two were home with EM's
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7-year-old brother.
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Now, the family lived in a residential
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subdivision.
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A side street ran in front of the house,
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illuminated by street light positioned
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just beyond the middle of the block.
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At approximately 8:00 to 9:00 that
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evening, the three decided to ride their
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bicycles.
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Now, EM's uncle brought his bicycle
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outside first and started riding up the
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side street. EM re- remained near the
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house, helping his younger brother with
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his own bicycle.
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Moments later, his uncle turned around
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abruptly.
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He raced back toward the house and
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shouted for the others to get inside.
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EM and his brother followed him. Once
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all three were safe in the indoors,
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with the door locked, the uncle told
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them that he believed that what he
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believed he had seen.
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He called it a skatini.
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It comes from Seminole folklore, and
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it's sometimes described as a man-owl.
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In various retellings, the skati- the
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skatini is portrayed as a dangerous
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witch or supernatural being that can
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assume the form of an enormous owl.
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Some versions contain particularly dark
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details. The witch is said to expel its
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soul and internal organs before
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transforming into an undead
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owl creature that haunt hunts human
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victims.
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Beliefs and storytelling customs vary
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among the Seminal communities.
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In some traditions, even s-
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speaking the creature's name is
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considered dangerous.
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Elsewhere, it has been discussed more
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casually as a frightened figure
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frightening figure used to warn
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children.
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Now, back inside the house, the witness
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still wanted to know what was outside.
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The uncle had brought a cassette-based
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video camera equipped with night vision.
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Unfortunately, there was no recording
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cassette inside it.
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The three positioned themselves near a
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window and aimed the camera toward the
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street. Using its night vision display,
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the uncle zoomed in as far as the lens
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would allow. And after several seconds,
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something emerged beneath the
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streetlight. It appeared to be an owl,
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but an extraordinarily large one.
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Rather than immediately taking flight,
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the creature hopped into the illuminated
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area.
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For approximately 1 minute, it continued
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hopping and looking around as though
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searching the street or examining its
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surroundings.
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Then it turned away from the house.
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The witnesses watched as the owl-like
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figure extended its wings and lifted
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into the night. According to EM, its its
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wings appeared to cover the entire width
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of the road.
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For perspective, he claimed the street
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was wide enough for approximately three
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cars to stand side by side
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between the curbs.
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Between because no cassette had been
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placed inside the camera, the witness
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captured no recording. The night vision
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equipment may have provided a clear
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clearer view in this darkness, but
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it left
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behind no evidence that could later be
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measured or examined.
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Could an ordinary owl have appeared far
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larger because of magnification, low
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light distortion, or its position
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beneath the street lamp? Darkness,
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surprise, and absence of familiar
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objects at the same distance can make
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the animal size
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extremely difficult to judge.
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But the uncle believed something was
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wrong even before the others saw the
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creature through the camera.
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Whatever he observed further down the
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street frightened him enough to order
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both children into the house.
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And all three later watched the immense
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figure beneath the light.
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Accounts of
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Stikini have occasionally been compared
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with shape-shifting beings found in
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other indigenous traditions.
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Such comparison should be made
19:59
carefully. Now, the Seminole accounts
20:03
belong to their own cultural tradition
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and should be
20:06
uh should not be reduced to other
20:08
versions of beliefs belonging to the
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Navajo, Ute, and other native peoples.
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Did these three young witnesses
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encounter an unusually large owl, its
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dimensions exaggerated by darkness and
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fear?
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Did uh Stikini tradition influence how
20:24
they interpreted the experience?
20:26
Or did something from Oklahoma's oldest
20:28
stories briefly step beneath that
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Tecumseh streetlight
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before spreading its enormous wings and
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disappearing into the night?
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Now, the young witnesses in Tecumseh
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gave the creature uh
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a name drawn from Seminole folklore.
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The woman in our next account used no
20:47
special name.
20:49
She simply called it the owl. For her,
20:51
however, the owl
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encountered on a sacred mountain road
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was not merely an animal. It was a
20:58
warning.
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Now, this account was passed down
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through a native Oklahoma family.
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>> [clears throat]
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[snorts]
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>> The person who submitted it explained
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that their grandmother had died in
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recent years.
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Now, during her lifetime, she shared
21:14
many stories involving the supernatural.
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Most were not told as frightening ghost
21:20
stories. They were treated as part of
21:22
the family
21:23
living tribal memory.
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Realities that existed alongside
21:27
ordinary life.
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She and the witness's father sometimes
21:31
spoke about beings described in English
21:34
as little people. Although the family
21:36
was uncertain of the proper Kiowa Tanoan
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uh
21:42
spelling for name they used.
21:45
Those stories felt old, familiar, and
21:47
almost expected, but one account was
21:49
different.
21:51
Whenever the family traveled the old
21:52
road around Mount Scott and Lake Latonka
21:56
near Medicine Park, the grandmother
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would tell them what happened there
21:59
during the late 1960s.
22:02
This was before the witness's father was
22:04
born.
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Now, at the time, the grandmother lived
22:07
closer to Medicine Park, although she
22:09
maintained close connections with the
22:11
tribe in Carnegie.
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She usually traveled to Carnegie for
22:15
groceries. Occasionally, however, she
22:18
needed something late at night and had
22:20
to make the drive toward Medicine Park.
22:23
The grandmother considered the mountain
22:25
sacred.
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She told her family that the government
22:28
had once promised that no road would be
22:30
constructed there, but roads were
22:32
eventually built through the area.
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Now, in her mind,
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that decision carried spiritual
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consequences. She believed the land had
22:39
been disturbed and that something
22:41
aggressive remained around the mountain,
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particularly after dark.
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Now, one night she was traveling the
22:46
road beneath the heavy cloud cover.
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The moon and stars were hidden, making
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the landscape darker than usual.
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She could see enough to follow the
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roadway, but very little beyond it.
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About halfway through the journey, her
22:59
car suddenly died. The engine did not
23:02
sputter or gradually lose power, it just
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simply stopped.
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She turned the key, but the engine would
23:08
not restart. She tried a second time.
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Immediately afterwards, she heard
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something rush over the roof of the car
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and a heavy whoosh pass
23:18
passing close above her.
23:20
The sound was so near to what she
23:22
she seemed to feel as much as she heard
23:25
it.
23:26
She turned the key a third time. This
23:28
time the engine started.
23:30
At that exact moment, the headlights
23:32
revealed something standing only a few
23:34
feet ahead of the vehicle.
23:35
A large black figure occupied the center
23:38
of the road.
23:39
Now, the grandmother said it was too
23:41
large and had appeared too suddenly to
23:43
be mistaken for anything ordinary.
23:45
And when the headlights struck it, the
23:46
figure reacted immediately. It snapped
23:49
its head toward the light as though it
23:51
had been startled.
23:52
That was when she saw its eyes.
23:55
They were enormous and glowing,
23:57
more intense than reflected eyes of any
24:00
animal observed in the distance.
24:03
The eyes remained fixed on her.
24:05
Then the dark figure lifted into the air
24:08
and disappeared.
24:09
She always referred to it simply as the
24:12
owl.
24:13
Now, her grandchildren later joked about
24:16
the story and called the creature owl
24:17
man, but she never used that name.
24:20
To her,
24:22
the sighting carried a serious meaning.
24:23
Owls were considered taboo within her
24:25
tradition, and she believed an encounter
24:28
of that nature warned
24:31
that someone close to the witness
24:34
would die.
24:35
Now, approximately 1 year later, while
24:37
her son was still an infant, the
24:39
grandmother's husband was diagnosed with
24:41
cancer.
24:42
He survived for more than a decade after
24:44
the diagnosis, but she never believed
24:45
the illness and the appearance on the
24:47
road were unrelated.
24:49
The family believes her account.
24:51
She did not present it as an
24:53
entertainment or as a fictional campfire
24:56
stories.
24:57
Her son believed her as well. He
25:00
reportedly experienced unexplained
25:01
events of his own and often said the the
25:04
people reject certain realities only
25:06
because they never personally
25:08
encountered them.
25:10
Now, the witness also emphasized that
25:12
native paranormal experiences
25:14
should not automatically be labeled as
25:16
stories about skinwalkers.
25:19
Different nations, communities, and
25:20
families carry distinct traditions,
25:22
warnings, and interpretations.
25:25
Flattening all of them into a single
25:27
popular term strips away the meaning
25:30
those experiences hold for the people
25:31
telling them.
25:33
Now, was this black figure simply a
25:35
large owl that landed on the roadway as
25:37
the car stalled?
25:39
And did the darkness, isolation, the
25:41
sudden return of the headlights magnify
25:43
an ordinary animal?
25:44
Or did the grandmother encounter
25:46
something that her family's tradition
25:48
had prepared her to recognize? A warning
25:51
waiting on the road beneath Mount Scott.
25:56
Now, three consecutive reports have
25:57
carried us from a physical bird
25:59
attacking livestock to an enormous
26:01
owl-like figures tied to older
26:03
traditions.
26:04
But the skies over Oklahoma contain
26:06
other mysteries.
26:08
In our next case, the unexplained light
26:10
did not begin in the sky. It appeared
26:12
beneath the surface of Arcadia Lake.
26:17
>> [snorts]
26:18
>> Now, this account concerns an alleged
26:21
UFO and humanoid encounter at Arcadia
26:23
Lake on the far eastern side of Edmond.
26:27
The original report came from an
26:29
unidentified young man described as a
26:31
fraternity member presumably attending
26:33
the University of Central Oklahoma.
26:36
Now, according to his story, something
26:38
extraordinarily occurred at the lake in
26:40
late August 2013.
26:44
He claimed to have to seen an
26:46
unidentified craft beneath and later
26:49
above the water.
26:52
Even more remarkably, he said three tall
26:55
blonde beings, two females and one male,
26:58
approached him and asked for his help.
27:01
Did this encounter really take place?
27:04
The truth remains uncertain.
27:06
After the story became public, the
27:08
Mutual UFO Network, better known as
27:09
MUFON, took an interest in the the case.
27:13
Investigators soon learned that a second
27:15
report had been filed.
27:17
It described an incident occurring at
27:19
Arcadian Lake during the same period and
27:21
contains details that appear to support
27:23
the fraternity member's account.
27:26
In the early morning hours of uh
27:28
Saturday, August 24th, 2013,
27:32
a second unidentified witness was
27:35
fishing for catfish in the lake.
27:38
The fisherman recalled seeing people
27:40
gathered at the campsite along the shore
27:43
where the original witnesses were
27:45
believed to have been staying.
27:48
Then something appeared beneath the
27:50
water. The fisherman described it as a
27:53
giant, brightly glowing light below the
27:56
lake surface.
27:57
It appeared light green and was
27:59
accompanied by red and blue lights
28:01
flashing in a rhythmic pattern.
28:04
Now, according to his report, the object
28:06
traveled from one side of Arcadian Lake
28:08
to the other before shooting out of the
28:09
water and into the sky.
28:13
A short time later, the light allegedly
28:15
reappeared hovering directly above the
28:17
campsite.
28:18
It vanished, appeared one more time, and
28:21
then disappeared for good.
28:23
Now, curious about what they had
28:25
witnessed, the fisherman went to
28:26
investigate.
28:27
Now, at the campsite, he noticed a truck
28:29
and several bags of trash,
28:32
details also mentioned in the fraternity
28:34
member's story.
28:36
But he found no one near the truck or
28:38
anywhere in the immediate area. Now, was
28:41
the fraternity member absent because of
28:43
the two reports were fabricated, or was
28:45
the miss was he missing during the
28:47
period in which he claimed to have
28:49
encountered the strange beings?
28:52
Now, attempts were made to verify
28:53
whether the fraternity gathering had
28:55
occurred at Arcadia Lake that weekend.
29:00
Adrian Nobles, a spokesperson for the
29:03
University of Central Oklahoma, said no
29:06
event had been registered with the
29:07
university's fraternity or sorority
29:09
office.
29:10
The office also heard nothing about an
29:13
an unofficial event that weekend.
29:16
That did not prove a private gathering
29:18
had not occurred, but it offered no
29:20
support for the part of the story.
29:22
Now, Rick Gardner, a lead investigator
29:25
for Oklahoma MUFON, attempted to contact
29:27
both witnesses.
29:29
Neither effort produced such much
29:31
success.
29:33
Their lack of cooperation raised
29:35
additional questions, particularly
29:37
because the two unidentified witnesses
29:39
had submitted accounts containing such
29:41
curiously similar details.
29:44
Now, investigators later visited the
29:46
north side of Arcadia Lake, accessible
29:48
from historic Route 66.
29:51
There they spoke with Rex DeMoss, an
29:55
officer assigned to the Edmond Police
29:56
Department's Arcadia Lake office.
29:59
Now, DeMoss said he was unaware of
30:02
anything unusual occurring at the lake
30:04
and was unfamiliar with either report.
30:06
The shoreline of Edmond Park appeared to
30:09
be a frequently used campsite.
30:12
Grills showed signs of recent use, while
30:15
crushed beer cans and other debris were
30:17
scattered around the area.
30:19
It was clearly the kind of location
30:21
where lakeside gatherings might occur.
30:23
But was this the campsite described by
30:25
the witnesses?
30:27
There was no way to be certain.
30:30
Now, investigators also spoke with
30:31
Nicole Offit
30:33
at the Arcadia Lake project office. She
30:36
said she had heard nothing about UFO or
30:38
alien encounter at the lake.
30:39
Now, one detail made the original
30:41
account
30:42
especially unusual, the appearance of
30:44
the three beings.
30:46
Now that fraternity member described
30:49
them as exceptionally tall with blue
30:50
eyes and blonde hair so pale that it
30:52
appeared almost white.
30:54
The description resembles beings
30:56
commonly called tall blondes or Nordics
30:58
in UFO literature.
31:00
>> [snorts]
31:01
>> Now a comparable description appeared in
31:04
an unrelated account from a man using
31:06
the name Tyler Jones who had claimed to
31:07
have experienced an abduction in his
31:09
family's Alabama farm.
31:12
Jones recalled awakening on the
31:14
examination table and screaming in
31:15
terror.
31:16
He said an entity touched his forehead
31:18
and immediately calmed him.
31:20
He described the figures as
31:22
approximately 7-ft tall with pale
31:24
glowing skin, blue eyes, and sharply
31:27
squared jaws, and nearly white hair
31:30
hanging straight to its shoulders.
31:33
Now resemblance to the Arcadia Lake
31:35
description is striking, but resemblance
31:37
is not proof.
31:39
We are left with two unidentifiable
31:42
witnesses, two closely corresponding
31:44
reports, a mysterious light beneath the
31:47
water, an abandoned campsite, and three
31:49
alleged visitors matching a familiar
31:51
figure from UFO lore.
31:54
Was this an elaborate hoax?
31:57
Did the witness misinterpret an ordinary
31:59
event? Or did something emerge from
32:01
Arcadia Lake that August night and take
32:04
that young fraternity member somewhere
32:06
beyond the campsite?
32:09
>> [snorts]
32:10
>> Now the credibility of the Arcadia Lake
32:12
reports remains difficult to determine
32:14
because neither witness cooperated fully
32:16
with investigators.
32:18
Now the woman in our next account did
32:20
agree to a follow-up interview.
32:22
Her experience also began near a lake in
32:25
Oklahoma.
32:27
First came a series of
32:29
unidentifiable five viable screams. Then
32:33
something emerged from the woods.
32:39
Now, the following account uh comes from
32:42
a long-time residence of rural
32:43
southeastern Oklahoma living a few miles
32:46
outside uh
32:47
Talihina.
32:50
For 48 years, she had never experienced
32:52
anything in the area she considered
32:54
unusual. Then, over 2 weeks in early
32:56
June, something began visiting the woods
32:58
behind her home.
33:01
Her back porch faced a dense tree line
33:03
approximately 50 ft away.
33:05
Beyond those woods, about 800 ft from
33:08
the house, was a lake.
33:10
On Jan 1st at approximately 10:30 at
33:13
night, the witness was sitting on the
33:14
porch reading the newspaper.
33:17
Her husband said goodbye and left for
33:18
work.
33:20
Moments after his truck pulled away, a
33:21
loud piercing cry came from the
33:23
direction of the lake.
33:25
She described it as resembling the
33:27
squeal of a pig, but much louder,
33:29
sharper, and far more frightening.
33:32
Several minutes later, she heard
33:34
something heavy move through the woods.
33:36
Now, judging by the rhythm of the
33:38
footsteps, she became convinced that it
33:41
was walking on two legs.
33:43
The night was too dark for her to see
33:45
what was making the sound.
33:47
Then, without warning, three deer burst
33:49
from the tree line and raced past the
33:51
house.
33:52
Now, believing the deer might have
33:53
caused the disturbance, the witness went
33:55
inside and attempted to dismiss the
33:58
incident.
34:01
But, the strange cries continued.
34:04
On four separate nights, the same shrill
34:07
sound echoed through the woods.
34:10
Her husband joined her on the porch for
34:11
some of them.
34:12
Although he had been a hunter throughout
34:14
his adult life, he couldn't identify the
34:16
animal producing the calls.
34:19
But, then came the encounter.
34:21
On a Tuesday night at approximately
34:23
10:45, the witness was sitting on the
34:25
porch speaking with her daughter by
34:26
telephone.
34:28
Her husband was at work again. The
34:30
witness had felt uneasy throughout the
34:32
evening and repeatedly found herself
34:33
staring uh toward the woods.
34:36
Now after ending the call, she's about
34:38
to go inside when she noticed two
34:40
brilliant yellow eyes watching her from
34:43
just inside the tree line.
34:45
The eyes appeared to be at least 7 ft
34:48
above the ground.
34:49
Terrified, she rushed into the kitchen,
34:51
locked the door,
34:52
and turned off the interior lights.
34:55
>> [snorts]
34:55
>> The porch light remained on casting a
34:58
faint glow across the edge of the woods.
35:01
Looking through the window above this
35:03
kitchen sink, she saw an enormous dark
35:05
figure standing at the rear of the yard.
35:08
Its glowing eyes remained fixed on the
35:10
house, and as her vision adjusted in the
35:13
dark, more of the figure came into view.
35:15
It had long thick arms, visible fingers
35:18
tipped with long nails, an extended
35:20
snout, and tall pointed ears.
35:24
Then it suddenly turned and ran upright
35:27
into the woods. Within seconds, it was
35:29
gone.
35:31
The witness was trembling.
35:33
She immediately called her daughter
35:36
who arrived who arrived with her husband
35:38
and remained at the house overnight.
35:41
Her son-in-law brought a rifle with him.
35:44
The following morning, the witness
35:46
described the creature to her husband.
35:49
She [snorts] said that because of the
35:50
use of his Osage Osage heritage and
35:54
[clears throat] personal belief in
35:55
animal spirits, he wondered whether it
35:57
might have been some type of trickster
35:59
spirit.
36:00
Something best ignored.
36:03
The witness was unconvinced.
36:06
>> [snorts]
36:06
>> To her, the figure had not appeared
36:08
ghostly or insubstantial. It looked
36:10
physical, like an enormous dark-colored
36:12
coyote walk walking on two legs.
36:15
A follow-up telephone interview produced
36:17
no physical evidence.
36:20
The couple found no tracks, hair, or
36:22
other traces around the property.
36:25
The strange cry, however, continued.
36:28
The witness reported hearing it again
36:30
two nights before the follow-up
36:31
conversation.
36:33
Her husband contacted local authorities
36:35
and asked whether similar incidents have
36:38
been reported, but they apparently
36:39
declined to provide any information. A
36:42
nearby residence had noticed nothing
36:44
unusual.
36:45
The witness explained, however, that her
36:47
closest neighbors were elderly and
36:49
rarely ventured outside at night.
36:52
She was asked to document any further
36:54
activity and report additional
36:55
encounters.
36:58
What watched this woman from the woods
36:59
near Tallequah?
37:02
Was it an unusually large animal
37:04
distorted by darkness and fear? A bear
37:06
briefly standing upright? A creature
37:08
associated with native tradition? Or
37:11
something resembling the upright canine
37:13
entities reported in other parts of the
37:15
country?
37:16
Whatever it was, it appeared night after
37:18
night, first announcing itself with the
37:20
unidentified scream, and finally
37:23
emerging from the Oklahoma woods to
37:24
stare directly at the house.
37:29
Now, most of tonight's witnesses looked
37:31
into the darkness and saw something
37:33
frightening looking back.
37:35
Our final account is different.
37:37
It does not take place on an isolated
37:39
farm, a mountain road, or
37:41
beside a dark lake.
37:43
It appeared at a public memorial created
37:45
after one of the most painful events in
37:48
Oklahoma's history.
37:50
This account is presented with respect
37:52
for the victims, survivors, and family
37:55
of the first and first responders
37:56
affected by the Oklahoma City bombings.
38:07
Now,
38:08
on April 19th, 1995, the bombing of the
38:12
Alfred P. Murrah
38:14
Federal Building took 168 lives,
38:16
including those of 19 children.
38:19
The witness in this account, identified
38:21
as P,
38:22
worked for a law enforcement agency in
38:24
the Oklahoma City area.
38:26
She spent many hours participating in
38:28
the rescue and recovery efforts.
38:32
Now, nearly 1 year later, before the
38:34
present memorial had been constructed,
38:37
friends of visiting from New Mexico
38:39
asked to see the temporary memorial
38:41
fence.
38:43
Now, P brought along her oldest son, who
38:45
had also who was almost 3 years old.
38:49
As the group walked beside the fence,
38:52
they passed photographs, ribbons, toys,
38:54
and personal messages left in the memory
38:56
of the victims.
38:57
And at one point, a teddy bear attached
38:59
to the fence suddenly began speaking in
39:01
a voice of a small child.
39:04
Now, P assumed the toy contained a
39:05
motion-activated recording.
39:08
She repeatedly attempted to make it
39:10
speak again, but the bear remained
39:12
silent.
39:13
Now, the group continued down the
39:15
sidewalk.
39:16
A short distance later, P's son drew his
39:19
attention to something else.
39:21
"Mommy, look at the baby," he said.
39:23
Now, P assumed he had noticed a baby
39:25
doll among the memorial items. And when
39:28
she examined that section of the fence,
39:30
however, she could not find one.
39:33
The boy continued and insisted the baby
39:35
that a baby was nearby.
39:39
Finally, P asked him to show her exactly
39:42
where he was looking.
39:44
The child approached the fence, placed
39:46
his small hand through one of its
39:48
openings, and pointed toward an
39:50
apparently empty area on the other side.
39:53
"Mommy," he said, "that baby girl is
39:55
right over there."
39:58
P could not see could not see a child
40:00
standing where her son had pointed.
40:03
Because 19 children were among those
40:05
killed in the bombing, P
40:07
came to believe that her son may have
40:09
seen the apparition of one of the young
40:11
victims.
40:13
Now, the incident at the memorial fence
40:14
was not the only unusual experience he
40:16
reported he reported at least had as a
40:19
child.
40:21
For several years he spoke about
40:23
guardian angels and claimed to know how
40:25
many that how many watched over
40:28
each family member.
40:30
He sometimes identified them as people
40:32
who had died when he was still an
40:34
infant.
40:35
As he grew older, the apparent ability
40:37
to see these figures gradually faded.
40:40
Now, according to P, unusual dreams
40:42
continued. At times he seemed to know
40:44
when someone had recently died or was
40:47
approaching death.
40:49
Her son is now 31 years old. He served
40:52
in Afghanistan and says that since
40:54
returning home
40:55
the visions and unusual dreams have
40:56
stopped completely.
40:58
The talking teddy bear may have
41:00
experienced a brief mechanical
41:01
malfunction. A child not yet 3 years old
41:05
could have also mistaken an object,
41:07
photograph, or reflection of another
41:09
child.
41:11
But P remembers how confidently her son
41:13
approached the memorial fence, reaching
41:15
his hand through it, and pointed towards
41:17
someone no one else could see.
41:20
Was it simply the imagination of a very
41:22
young boy?
41:24
Or at a place covered with grief,
41:27
memory, and love,
41:29
did one child briefly see another child
41:31
waiting on the other side?
41:35
Now, tonight's journey through the
41:37
through across Oklahoma began with an
41:39
enormous figure confronting an armed
41:41
military veteran outside of Maud.
41:44
We heard about red eyes watching a
41:45
teenager through his bedroom in
41:47
Stillwater.
41:49
We encountered immense wings above
41:50
McCloud beneath the Tecumseh
41:52
streetlight.
41:54
And on the dark road near Mount Scott
41:56
at Arcadia Lake a fisherman reported a
41:59
mysterious light traveling across the
42:01
water before rising into the sky.
42:05
Near Talihina, the repeated screams from
42:07
the woods were followed by the
42:09
appearance of a towering upright canine
42:11
figure.
42:12
In an Oklahoma City memorial fence,
42:15
a child pointing toward a little girl no
42:18
one else could see.
42:19
Now, these accounts do not offer a
42:21
single explanation. Some may involve
42:24
known animals seen under unusual
42:25
conditions.
42:27
Others may have been shaped by fear,
42:28
memory, expectation, or cultural
42:31
tradition.
42:32
The Arcadia Lake reports have been in a
42:35
lot
42:36
The Arcadia reports may have been an
42:38
elaborate fabrication.
42:40
But, there is also the possibility of
42:41
some experiences remain unexplained
42:44
because we still don't understand
42:46
everything sharing our landscape or
42:48
everything that may exist just beyond
42:50
our ordinary perception.
42:53
Oklahoma's highways, forests, mountains,
42:55
lakes, and quiet rural properties
42:57
contain countless stories.
43:00
Most are never officially recorded.
43:02
They survived because eyewitnesses
43:05
remember what happened
43:07
and eventually decide that remaining
43:08
silent provides no answers.
43:12
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43:15
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44:14
[snorts]
44:22
>> Anybody got questions?
44:25
>> [snorts]
44:33
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44:50
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44:56
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44:57
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45:01
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