Finding the truth? Researchers launch multi-state investigation after viral video shows ‘Bigfoot sighting’ in Colorado

• A viral video captured a compelling ‘bigfoot sighting’ in Colorado last week
• Now, Indiana and Oklahoma have launched their own Sasquatch investigations 
• A bigfoot expert shared his top rules of thumb for bigfoot expeditions 

A multi-state investigation was launched after a compelling ‘bigfoot sighting’ in Colorado energized other US states to step up their search efforts.

Indiana and Oklahoma have initiated recent expeditions to find bigfoot after the hopes of Sasquatch believers were energized following Colorado’s viral video evidence of a ‘sighting’.

Last week during a Narrow Gauge train ride from Durango to Silverton a passenger looking for elk with her husband was distracted by a hairy creature instead. Shannon Parker from Cheyenne, Wyoming was with her husband Stetson Tyler when Tyler said, ‘I think I saw Bigfoot’. Another passenger named Brandon saw the couple react and decided to pull out his phone to record the mythical beast.

The Native Oklahoma Bigfoot Research Organization launched an investigation in McAlester, Oklahoma, after several reports of ‘bigfoot sightings’ popped up in September and the groundbreaking train-sighting in the neighboring state of Colorado.

Despite being further away from the recent action, Indiana Bigfoot Research Organization kicked off their autumn campout on October 12 with around 40 ‘squatchers’ camping out over the weekend to connect with other believers and try their luck at catching a glimpse of the creature.

Despite being further away from the recent action, Indiana Bigfoot Research Organization kicked off their autumn campout on October 12 with around 40 ‘squatchers’ camping out over the weekend to connect with other believers and try their luck at catching a glimpse of the creature

Colorado, Oklahoma and Indiana are increasing their bigfoot-searching efforts despite the fact that none of the areas rank in the top 10 most likely states to ‘find bigfoot’ 

The Native Oklahoma Bigfoot Research Organization launched an investigation in McAlester, Oklahoma, after several reports of ‘bigfoot sightings’ popped up in September and the groundbreaking train-sighting in the neighboring state of Colorado (pictured: ‘bigfoot’ in San Jose, California)

Colorado, Oklahoma and Indiana are increasing their bigfoot-searching efforts despite the fact that none of the areas rank in the top 10 most likely states to ‘find bigfoot’.

Washington takes first place – with 713 bigfoot sightings reported and the other West coast states of California (461) and Oregon (257) both rank highly. 

Indiana’s neighbors, Ohio (321) and Illinois (303), come in fourth and fifth place respectively but Indiana falls far behind its surrounding states in sightings of the hairy creature. 

Nine out of ten bigfoot sightings are never reported because people don’t want to be ridiculed for claiming that they saw a sasquatch, according to bigfoot expert Brian Terrell.

‘When people see things that are not supposed to exist, there’s a shock factor that happens. Different people deal with it different ways; some people shut down, but some people dig in, some people get interested and start looking for answers,’ said Terrell, a Cryptid Field Investigator for the Native Oklahoma Bigfoot Research Organization said.

Nonetheless, spirits remained high at the IBRO’s autumn campout – which took place in the Morgan Monroe State Forest campsite. 

Leroy Nail, IBRO’s leader, told the Kokomo Tribune that he was initially skeptical of sasquatch presence in the Morgan Monroe State Forest – where he grew up and frequently hunted. 

Nail told DailyMail.com that for IBRO, squatching is ‘kind of like fishing’ because you don’t always find something but you keep going out until you do. He said that no groundbreaking discoveries were made during their recent campout – but that he wasn’t disappointed by this because it’s about the experience of coming together with like-minded people.

He said that 45 people joined the autumn campout – including 15 people who were brand new to IBRO. According to Nail, the campout is a good opportunity for newcomers to see what they get up to during their sasquatch searching.

Nail shared with DailyMail.com that Morgan Monroe State Forest as a hot-spot fo rbig foot sightings. He said they have been spotted and heard walking around the campsites. One distinct feature of a ‘bigfoot’ is their ‘eye glow’ – which Nail described as when the creatures make their own eyes illuminate.

The IBRO squatchers don’t take out their phones for pictures when they have a alleged sighting because they want to build trust with the sasquatches and they don’t want the creatures to leave. 

There are more ‘bigfoot’ reported sightings in Spring because more people are out hunting – but, according to Nail, their presence is consistent year-round.

NOBRO bigfoot expert Brian Terrell told Fox 25 that Oklahoma Sasquatches are usually 8 feet tall. He said their expeditions have found huge footprints from towering creatures (pictured: ‘bigfoot’ in Eureka, California)

Nail shared some of his rules of thumb for bigfoot investigators. He suggests people don’t bring white lights on their search because they scare off Sasquatches – although red-tinted lights appear to be okay (pictured: October 2023 Colorado train sighting of ‘bigfoot’)

After attending a bigfoot expedition with the seasoned squatcher Steve Abney – Nail was compelled by the snapped tree branches in the area, certain sounds and even alleged tracks from the creature that they found during the trip.

Between all the signs that his mentor Abney told him to watch out for and the reports of Bigfoot sightings in those same areas, Nail has become a believer.

‘I’ve learned over the years that everything he (Abney) was telling me was true.’ Nail, who is yet to come face to face with bigfoot, said, ‘I don’t need that because I’ve experienced so much other stuff. I know that he’s there.’

Nail shared some of his rules of thumb for bigfoot investigators. He suggests people don’t bring white lights on their search because they scare off Sasquatches – although red-tinted lights appear to be okay.

He doesn’t allow firearms on ventures into the forest to search for Sasquatch because he doesn’t want the creature – or someone in the search party – to get shot. Sasquatches also avoid the smell of metal and gunpowder, he added.

IBRO doesn’t suggest looking for bigfoot if all you want is photo/video evidence. Nail wants to encourage people to get to know the forest. 

Lastly, he recommends bringing dental stone on hikes to preserve Bigfoot tracks because it’s cheaper than plaster and dries faster. 

NOBRO bigfoot expert Brian Terrell said that Oklahoma Sasquatches are usually 8 feet tall. He said their expeditions have found huge footprints from towering creatures

Meanwhile in Oklahoma, the Native Oklahoma Bigfoot Research Organization are in the middle of an investigation in McAlester – one of the four that they host on an annual basis.

NOBRO bigfoot expert Brian Terrell told Fox 25 that Oklahoma Sasquatches are usually 8 feet tall. He said their expeditions have found huge footprints from towering creatures.

‘The biggest ones that we’ve had reported here in Oklahoma…I think the guys from the Southern Bigfoot Alliance, Brian Hooland and Shane Church, acquired some that were over 20 inches long,’ 

‘My personal opinion is that they are a relict hominoid that has not been discovered. I guess to put it simply, it’s kind of a different type of cave man, if that makes it simpler,’ Terrell said. 

Alaska – which also didn’t rank in the top 10 states for most bigfoot sightings – has been linked to the mysterious creature due to speculation about the ‘Alaska Triangle’.

The Alaska Triangle – A sparsely populated area home to hundreds of UFO and ‘bigfoot’ style sightings – has also seen 20,000 people disappear since 1970.

Located between Juneau, Anchorage and the small town of Barrow, the area is reportedly a hotbed of paranormal activity.

Local legends refer to a ‘sasquatch’ creature terrorizing towns. This includes one settlement called Portlock on the southern edge of the Kenai Peninsula which was abandoned in the 1950s after villagers were ‘attacked and killed’ by an unknown creature they called the Nantinaq. 

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