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   December 28, 2009
• Eerie outpost unnerves US Marines with strange lights and whispers in the night
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  Corporal Jacob Lima, right, and another Marine at Observation Point Rock
• The Marines found the bone as they scraped a shallow trench. Long, dry and unmistakably once part of a human leg, it was followed by others.
• They reburied most of them but also found bodies.
• Three of the graves were close together; in another was a skeleton still wearing a pair of glasses.
• The Marines covered the grave and told their successors to stay away from it.
• Observation Point Rock sits a few hundred metres south east of Patrol Base Hassan Abad, where a company from 2/8 Marines has been stationed for the past seven months.
• It is a lonely and exposed outpost 20 metres (65ft) above the surrounding landscape, which has been in Nato hands since it was captured from the Taleban in 2008.
• Groups of Marines are posted to guard it, usually for a couple of months at a time,
• and “the Rock” has acquired a peculiar reputation. American troops widely refer to it as “the haunted Observation Point”.
• It is hard to say how much the 100F (38C) heat, round-the-clock guard shifts and months spent living in trenches and peering out of sandbagged firing points have gilded the legend of OP Rock.
• The only break from the tedium, apart from dog-eared magazines and an improvised gym, has been small-arms or rocket-propelled grenade attacks from the Taleban, usually on a Sunday morning.
• But as Sergeant Josh Brown, 22, briefed his successor when a detachment of men from Golf Company was swapped for an incoming contingent from Fox Company, he warned of the strange atmosphere and inexplicable phenomena that plagued OP Rock.
• “The local people say this is a cursed place,” he said. “You will definitely see weird-ass lights up here at night.”
• Others in the outgoing unit had reported odd sounds. “It is weird what you hear and don’t hear around here,” he added.
• Each successive detachment that guards the Rock appears to add its own layer to the legend, which has spread through the Marine units pushing into southern Helmand.
• There is talk of members of the Taleban entombed in caves below; the bodies buried on the summit are identified confidently as dead Russian soldiers from the ill-fated Soviet invasion.
• One night he was woken by the sound of screaming. It was Corporal Zolik, a Marine who has since been moved to a unit farther south.
• Corporal Jacob Lima’s story is the latest addition.
• “He was yelling and begging me to go up to the firing point he was guarding,” Corporal Lima, 22, told the men taking over from him.
• “When I got there he said that he was sitting there when he heard a voice whisper something in his ear. He said it sounded like Russian.
• He begged me to stay in there with him till he was relieved from guard duty. After that he really didn’t like standing post up there.”
• The Marines’ predecessors, a unit of Welsh Guards, also produced tales of the unexpected.
• “The Brits claimed to see weird things, hear noises,” Corporal Lima said.
• “Lots of them said it’s creepy at night, especially from midnight till 4am.
• You see a lot of unexplained lights through night-vision goggles.”
• Its elevation has clearly made the Rock a natural defensive position for centuries. It is not a rock, though it resembles one.
• Medieval arrow slits and the remains of fortified turrets on its eastern flank show that this was once a large mud fort that collapsed in on itself and was probably built upon in turn.
• The locals say that it dates back to Alexander the Great, and another similar structure is visible in the distance to the south,
• part of a supposed line of such forts built at some point in Afghanistan’s history of invasion and war.
• When US Marines seized the post last summer they dropped a 2,000lb (900kg) bomb on one side, collapsing part of the structure on to what its current occupants claim was a cave where Taleban fighters were sheltering.
• “This place really sucks,” said Lance Corporal Austin Hoyt, 20, putting his pack on to return to the main base.
• “The Afghans say it’s haunted. Stick a shovel in anywhere and you’ll find bones and bits of pottery. This place should be in National Geographic —
• in the front there are weird-looking windows for shooting arrows. You know, they say the Russians up here were executed by the Mujahidin.”
• He looked meaningfully at his successors and prepared to leave.
• James Fowler wrote:

  I can relate to the experience I was a miner and when you were alone and down old workings after a while you started to hear and see things.
• Add to that what these young lads are having to deal with being on edge, in a very dangerous situation, you pick up on any knock or glimmer thats how you stay alive
• Bill Peter wrote:

  Wes Craven or John Carpenter; Are you reading this?
• Andrea Milnes wrote:

  They call Afghanistan the "graveyard of empires" for a really good reason. We're just another empire that foolishly wandered in and got stuck. The geography alone pretty much defeats any invader, let alone the locals not always being that keen on getting mowed over by a foreign army.
  
  If we were smart we'd stop destroying the poppies and get the pharmaceutical companies to buy it for pain medications. All of a sudden lots of people would have a solid income and something to do, then we could get our men and women home safe.
• Kenneth Johns wrote:

  Muhib sarohi wrote:
  "US is also unnerved!!
  They have lost the war."
  
  Actually no, our fighting men and women have not lost either the war or the support of the American people. Only the left wing liberals bow down to scum like you, everyone else just wants to kill you. Never underestimate the American soldier, sailor, airman or Marine. They are always willing to face America's enemies.
• Steve Real wrote:

  Do honestly think we're(US)is going to leave Afghanistan anytime some?
  Think again friend.
  This thing will go on for generations.
• Robert Fisher wrote:

  must be an eerie Feeling for our Soldiers. sometimes i wish they were just a bit older. most of them look like teenagers that didn't know what they were getting in to. looki at the pictures of the fallen, what a shame. i hope Mr. Blair will be held accountable.

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• Sunday, December 27, 2009
• The Todd Sees Case: Alien Abduction, Murder and Coverup
• NOTE: this case, for the most part, has been suppressed from general knowledge.
• I have posted the NUFORC report and summary as well as a few local media reports.
• There is a very strong possibility of conspiracy.
• Read and forward your opinion...Lon
• Occurred : 8/4/2002 17:30 (Entered as : 8/2/2002 5:30 Pm)
  Reported: 8/29/2002 2:56:17 PM 14:56
  Posted: 2/14/2006
• Location: Northumberland, PA
  Shape: Disk
  Duration:20 min.
• ((NUFORC Note: We have contacted a local newspaper in Northumberland County, and to the police officer who served as investigator of the case.
• The newspaper confirms that the incident occurred, although the police officer stated that the decendant's remains had been returned to the family, contrary to the claims made by some regarding this case.
• The official report will be released in late September, according to the police officer, and we will attempt to obtain a copy of it. PD))
• A man named Todd Sees, was abducted and murdered by aliens on Montour Ridge ,in Northumberland County, near the town of Northumberland, Pa.
• This is a big sloppy coverup if there ever was one.
• Todd Sees the victim, lived at the foot of Montour Ridge,a mountain stretching over 20 miles east.
• Todd Sees went up the mountain to look for preseason deer. He told his wife that he would be home by noon.
• He rode his 4 wheeler up the powerline behind his home at a little after 5:00 in the morning.
• Noon came and no Todd, his wife and children became concerned,at 2:00 a search party was organized ,local police, state police , paramedics ,and 200 volunteers helped search for Todd Sees.
• The 4 wheeler was found on the top of the mountain near a powerline,tracking dogs could find nothing to go on around the 4 wheeler.
• The search went on for 2 days over 6 miles of mountain were covered ,from top to bottom. Todd vanished with out a trace,
• the 4 wheeler was keep in mind ,2 miles from his home at the foot of the mountain.
• A pond a few hundred yards from the house was even searched by skin divers just so they overlooked nothing . Dogs were over the whole area constantly no results, no trace,
• then in the evening of the 2nd day something white was spotted in a large brushy area 25 feet from the pond,police and rescue workers spent 20 minutes cutting and hacking, brush and small trees so they could reach what looked like a body.
• It was Todd Sees, he was wearing his underwear, he was emaciated, not, bloated, he was white, he had an expression of horror on his face.
• When he went up the mountain he was fully dressed, boots, camo vest, hat, socks and pants.
• The F.B.I. showed up with in 30 minutes, they took charge, they would not let the wife look at her dead husband, no matter how much she tried.
• The F.B.I. asked questions around the area, neighbors, mostly farmers,
• 3 farmers on one farm said they saw a large round bright object, just above the powerlines, at the time of the disappearance, it was silent, it did not move fora! bout 10 to 15 minutes.
• It suddenly went up and suddenly stopped,a light shined down and something was pulled up into the light.
• It then went straight up,hesitated again then went west over the Susquehanna River and out of sight.
• A police friend of mine said after 2 autopsies nothing was found a toxicology test revealed nothing,no visible cuts or bruises any where except from the brush.
• Now the body is at Allentown, from there it is going to Fort Indiantown Gap,Pa.
• A boot was found a mile from the 4 wheeler a few days ago at the top of a tree, it was his.
• The wife was told she can not have the body for 6 to 8 weeks.
• I notice military copters have been scouring the mountain ever since at least once a day.
• PRELIMINARY STATEMENT REGARDING THE DEATH OF MR. TODD SEES, OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY , PENNSYLVANIA , ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2002.
• I. PREFACE
• Because this report addresses the tragic and untimely death on August 4th, 2002 , of a young man, Mr. Todd Sees, of Northumberland County , Pennsylvania ,
• we preface by extending our sincere condolences to the family members who survive him. It has never been our intention to cause family members of the late Mr. Sees' any distress over this matter, although we understand that the information originating from our website, because of its nature, may have been upsetting to them.
• Because of the pain that information may have caused them, we apologize. It was never our intention to cause pain to the family, anymore that it is the intention of a newspaper to cause pain in the course of reporting on such a tragic, and unusual, event.
• II. BACKGROUND/CHRONOLOGY
• On Wednesday, August 28, 2002 , the National UFO Reporting Center ("NUFORC") received a brief, one-paragraph, report, criticizing our Center for not having covered an alleged "alien abduction,"
• which, the source asserted, had occurred in Lewisburg , Pennsylvania .
• Even though the report did not appear to be either serious, or carefully prepared, we responded, nevertheless, requesting more information from the person who had submitted it.
• he individual, who provided no telephone number, responded via e-mail, describing the death of Mr. Todd Sees, and further asserting that circumstances surrounding the death had been very unusual.
• The source asserted that the death itself was mysterious and unexplained; that certain facts surrounding the follow-up investigation were unusual;
• that federal authorities had been called into the investigation; that the family members of the decedent were not allowed to witness the victim's remains;
• The individual went on to assert that the death had been related to UFO, and/or alien, activity.
• Despite repeated attempts by NUFORC to obtain more information about the individual, we have not succeeded in talking directly with the person.
• NUFORC decided to follow up on the unsubstantiated report, and, on August 30th, we telephoned The Daily Item newspaper in Northumberland County , PA , in attempt to establish whether the initial report had any basis in fact.
• The staff member we spoke with there confirmed that such an incident had, in fact, occurred, and that the newspaper had published several articles about the death, and about the subsequent investigation.
• (Please see two of the articles at the end of this report.))
• The staff member apprised NUFORC that the investigation had been conducted by the Point Township police department, and she directed us to those offices for more detailed information about the continuing investigation.
• On that same date, we telephoned the Point Township police department and spoke with an officer, who identified himself as "Sgt. Cottner" (sp?), and who stated that he had been the investigating officer on the case.
• He added that the incident had been categorized by the police as an "unexplained death," but he made it clear that he could not, and would not, discuss the case.
• He stated that the police report would be available in "late September," and he suggested that we should wait for the official report to be released.
• That same day, NUFORC telephoned the office of Mr. James Kelley, County Coroner for Northumberland County , hoping to obtain more information about the cause of the victim's death.
• In a conversation several days later, Mr. Kelley apprised us that the death had occurred, that he had performed the autopsy on the victim, that no cause of death had been established, and that photographs had been taken of the victim's remains during autopsy.
• He added that autopsy photographs are "never released."
• Mr. Kelley, like Sgt. Cottner, made it clear that he could not discuss the case in any detail.
• Based on the information we had obtained by September 5th from these official sources, NUFORC decided to release the report originally submitted to our Center, even though we had not yet succeeded in obtaining the newspaper articles, or any other detailed information, about the death and subsequent investigation.
• At that the time of the posting on September 8th, we had not anticipated the effect that the release would have in the public forum.
• The case was commented on during a radio appearance on September 10th by Peter Davenport, NUFORC Director, on the Jeff Rense Radio Program, and the report that NUFORC had released was posted to the website.
• The next day, a relative of Mr. Sees telephoned NUFORC, apprising our offices that the family had been quite upset by some of the information contained in the original report, and that they had had no inkling that there might be such grossly unusual circumstances, as asserted in those reports, surrounding his death.
• At that time, we extended our apology to the family for any distress our actions might have caused them.
• In addition, we explained to the family member that we had spoken with the local authorities and with the newspaper, and that our information was based on our findings of fact.
• The family member, after she had heard our explanation of the actions we had taken in attempt to gain access to more, factual information from the authorities, stated that she understood our position in the matter.
• During the last two weeks of September, NUFORC has made numerous attempts to obtain more information, but unsuccessfully, to date.
• During a brief conversation with Chief Gary Steffen, Chief of Police for the Point Township police department, he apprised NUFORC that an investigation into the "unexplained death" was underway, and that he could not comment further.
• However, he did aver that he was familiar with the information on the NUFORC website, and that he was "following developments" there.
• Also, he confirmed that no family member had been summoned to identify Mr. Sees' remains, but added that it was not necessary to do so, since he, the Chief, had been personally acquainted with the victim, and he was able to identify the remains at the site where the body was found by volunteer searchers.
• Chief Steffen has failed to return our last four messages to his office, requesting a return telephone call.
• In a brief follow-up conversation with Sgt. Cottner, the latter stated that he could not reveal any more facts about the case, and that the Chief probably would not return our calls.
• He refused to respond to our question as to whether federal law enforcement officers had been involved in the follow-up investigation of the case.
• Finally, we have encouraged a number of members of the press, both local and national, to investigate the incident, hoping that they might be more successful in obtaining from authorities information that NUFORC was not able to obtain.
• In addition, as part of our investigation, we continue in our attempt to locate and interview members of the approximately 200-member search party that was involved in the 2-day search for Mr. Sees' body.
• Some of the questions we are attempting to resolve appear in the next section of this preliminary report.
• III. UNRESOLVED ISSUES
• We list below a few of the questions surrounding the death of Mr. Sees that we have attempted to answer, but which we feel remain unresolved, as of the date of this summary:
• 1. If the death of Mr. Sees is being investigated as an "unexplained death," and not a homicide, why are the local authorities involved in the investigation refusing to comment on the case?
• If the death, in fact, was the result of a snake bite, a bee sting, a diabetic coma, or exposure, all of which have been proposed as the cause of death, why are the police, the coroner, and the district attorney all refusing to comment on the case?
• 2. If the victim's remains were so badly decayed or disfigured that the family could not have an open casket funeral ceremony, why was no family member, or representative of the family, e.g. a family physician, summoned to establish positive identification of the body?
• Also, under what authority did officials act in their apparently informing the family of the decedent that the casket containing his remains should not be opened before its burial?
• In addition, how could a body become so badly decayed in 39 hours, or less, of exposure that it was unfit for viewing by the family, or at a funeral?
• 3. If, indeed, unconfirmed reports that special agents from the FBI, or from another federal law-enforcement agency, were summoned to the site where the victim's remains were found, why were they summoned, and by whom?
• What interest would federal authorities have in an allegedly accidental, or "unexplained," death, if there were not extenuating circumstances?
• Moreover, why would members of the Point Township police department refuse to comment on whether federal authorities had been involved in the investigation?
• 4. If tracking dogs were used during the search for Mr. Sees, it seems unusual to us that they would not be able to immediately track the path that the victim presumably took, as he walked, perhaps barefoot, from his vehicle to the location where his remains ultimately were found by searchers.
• Tracking dogs are very adept at following a scent, and it seems unusual that they could not locate remains that reportedly were badly decayed at the time the body was discovered.
• In addition to those questions outlined above, we feel there are many specific questions surrounding the death of Mr. Sees, which have yet to be resolved by any follow-up investigation.
• For example, the apparent absence of any apparent cause of death seems unusual, given that the decedent was a seemingly quite healthy and fit young man.
• In addition, it is unclear to us why an experienced outdoorsman, as Mr. Sees apparently was, would abandon his vehicle, shed his outer garments, doff his boots, and walk an estimated two miles toward his home, leaving his vehicle, still in good working condition, on top of the nearby mountain.
• There apparently are many other aspects surrounding the death, which seem unusual, and which we do not address here.
• IV. SUMMARY
• As of the date of this writing (September 30, 2002), we have no idea what caused the death of Mr. Sees, and we certainly have no evidence, aside from unsubstantiated assertions, several of them from anonymous sources, that there was anything "unworldly" associated with his tragic demise.
• However, in light of the many recent reports from South America that have come to our attention over recent months of allegedly strange deaths, and possible human mutilations, we feel that further investigation into this case is justified.
• We will pursue the case, to the best of our ability, and will attempt to bring some satisfactory resolution to this apparent mystery.
• Most of all, we hope to be able to obtain copies of the official reports pertaining to the death, if and when they are released, and we will report them here in a final report.
• We close by again expressing our condolences to the family of Mr. Sees over his death, and by apologizing if our paricipation in this matter has caused them over the tragic loss of their loved one.
• Report prepared by: Peter B. Davenport, Director, NUFORC (September 30, 2002)
• NORTHUMBERLAND -- A Northumberland man whose body was found in the woods here in August died because of cocaine, police said in a release Friday.
• While Northumberland County Coroner James Kelley would not qualify the death as an overdose, the press release listed Todd Sees' cause of death as "cocaine toxicity."
• Police said the manner of death is accidental.
• Kelley said he could not release the amount of cocaine in Sees' blood because his death was still under investigation.
  
• Point Township police could not be contacted Friday for further comment about what they were investigating.
• The family of Sees, 39, reported him missing on Aug. 4. Searchers found his body in the evening of the next day.
• In the past month, while police were waiting for the results of toxicology tests, a group of UFO Web sites published anonymous reports that a UFO may have been involved in the death. Officials called the reports "ridiculous."
• Kelley, along with Point Township Police Chief Gary Steffen and Sgt. Seth Cotner, met with the Sees family Thursday night to inform them of the toxicology results, police said.
• ___
  
  NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. -- The unexplained death of a man near here has become fodder for UFO enthusiasts, who have made it into a tale of alien attack and spread it around the world via the Internet.
• The bizarre interest in the death of Todd Sees has aggravated investigators trying to determine the cause of his death, who also worry the tales will deepen the anguish the Sees family is feeling.
• Sees, 39, a Little League coach and father of two, was found dead in the woods near here in August.
• The anonymous Internet postings blame his death on a UFO.
• Officials dismiss the stories as ridiculous. But they don't yet know how or why he died, and they have no way of preventing story-tellers from filling that vacuum with speculation.
• Searchers found the body of Sees about 150 yards from his Northumberland home along Route 147 in a heavily wooded area Aug. 5.
• He had taken out his all-terrain vehicle the day before, planning to track deer. After a 30-hour search by more than 250 people, his family found his body.
• An autopsy the next day failed to establish a cause of death, said Northumberland County Coroner James Kelley.
• A toxicology report, which could detect the presence of drugs, poisons or other substances at the microscopic level, is expected by mid-October, he said.
• But even before August was over, some Web sites began featuring anonymous tales that Sees had died in an encounter with extraterrestrials.
• Here's what they say:
• A farmer who did not give his name said he saw a round disk over Montour Ridge. It moved quickly, stopped and shot a light to the ground. The farmer then saw a man being pulled up the light head first into the bottom of the craft.
• Seconds later, the disk flew away.
• When searchers found the man's body, some of these anonymous reports say, it was partially clothed and had a look of horror on its face.
• Some claim federal agents soon showed up to take over the investigation and didn't let the family see Sees' emaciated body.
• 'Ridiculous'
• "They're so ridiculous and far-fetched," said the investigating officer, Sgt. Seth Cotner of the Point Township Police.
• Cotner said he's seen a number of the Internet stories, and his department has taken "several" calls from UFO organizations.
  
  None of the reports he has read was accurate, Cotner said. No police report on Sees' death has yet been issued.
• Cotner said police "all certainly hope" the toxicology report will clear up the mystery of Sees' death.
  
  There are no federal agencies involved in the investigation, he added.
• Linda Vizi, a spokeswoman for the FBI, said she had not heard of the case. "But I know that Congress does not mandate us to investigate UFOs," Vizi said.
• Very traumatic'
• Kelley, the coroner, said he saw the body, and the Internet reports he had read were inaccurate.
  
  He said he couldn't go into the details, since the case is still under investigation.
• The family had been asked not to open the casket when they received Sees' remains, he said.
• "Letting them see it would have been very traumatic for them," Kelley said.
• Todd Sees' family declined comment through relative Traci Sees.
• The naked eye examination of the body during the autopsy turned up no evidence of trauma, heart attack or any other obvious cause of death, Kelley said.
• "We're still following every possible avenue," he said, including the possibility of a snakebite or bee sting. But there was no visible sign of either of those, he said.
  
• UFO groups have contacted Kelley looking for information. But since the investigation is still under way, he said he cannot get into details.
• I want the facts out'
• To Peter Davenport, it's not about belief, it's about facts. Davenport is director of the National UFO Reporting Center, the Web site on which the first Sees reports appeared.
  
  "I want the facts out," Davenport said.
• He was not comfortable saying there was UFO involvement in Todd Sees' death. More facts must be gathered, he said.
• Davenport said he became interested in the case when he received the first report of a UFO sighting Aug. 18, before he knew Sees had died.
  
• He said in that anonymous report someone stated that a farmer and three fishermen had seen a flying disk.
• It wasn't until the end of the month, when another person said they had seen a person drawn up into the disk, that Davenport said he got interested.
• He said he spoke briefly with Kelley and Point Township police, but they stopped returning his calls.
• Davenport's site, at www.nuforc.org/index.html, posts five to 25 reports of UFO sightings per day, he said.
  
  Those that make it to the site are only those that "warrant attention," he said.
  
  Davenport said he screens out those that are obvious hoaxes.
• Sources:
  www.nuforc.org/
  www.rense.com/
  www.pressenterpriseonline.com/
  www.unknowncountry.com/

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      Cryptid Sighting - Garrett County, Maryland - 12/16/09   

      

   

   

  

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• NOTE: I received the following account this morning. I have no idea what this cryptid is and was hoping to get some suggestions from the readers...Lon
• Early morning, December 16, 2009 at approximately 1:30 AM, I witnessed a strange creature as I drove home from a holiday party.
• I live in western Maryland a few miles outside of Grantsville, MD.
• The sighting occurred only 1 mile from my house.
• I was completely sober since I cannot drink alcohol for medical reasons. As well, I was not tired since I had slept several hours before I went to the party.
• I was alone, though I had given a friend a ride to her home. I was traveling at the posted speed limit, maybe a bit less since I always watch for wildlife crossing the road after dark.
• I slowed down because there appeared to be an animal digging in some trash next to the right sight of the road.
• It was 20 feet or so from my car. I slowed down to get a better look and noticed that the creature was too tall and bulky to be any animal that I have ever seen locally.
• I'd say about 4 ft. tall and about 80 lbs. It was dark gray in color with long straight, coarse hair.
• Then it turned and stared at me with it's large eyes set forward on it's face that appeared bright red in the headlight.
• The paws were very unusual, almost like human hands with long fingers.
• It acted surprised that I was there but remained motionless staring back at me.
• The face was shaped a lot like a large rat but had a flat face. I didn't notice a tail.
• After several seconds it crouched down on all fours and scampered off in a long gait towards the woods nearby.
• I decided not to chase after it since I had a bad feeling about this thing.
• I told a police officer friend who told me that there was a similar sighting the winter before after a homeowner witnessed it feeding on a deer in their backyard.
• He said that I should file a report with state wildlife officials but I wanted to see if anyone could suggest an identity of the creature before I file the report.
• Thanks for your site. I hope you can post this. I'll watch for opinions. Darlene, Garrett Co. MD

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• Image provided by BFRO.net
• The 'creature' appears in the film at the 9:20 mark in the video.
• Matt Moneymaker makes an excellent synopsis at In Search of 'Great North' Camera Crew. The introduction is posted below:
• The film explores the natural history of two regions -- Northern Quebec and Northern Scandinavia -- with a focus on caribou/reindeer herds.
• This particular clip of caribou migration was obtained at a remote location in either Quebec or Labrador (the film doesn't specify).
• The clip was shot from a great distance with a telescopic lens. It shows droves of caribou crossing an unnamed body of water (either a river, or a lake arm, or a fjord arm).
• As a pack of caribou exits the water, an upright figure pops up out of a ditch and scrambles toward the moving herd, then quickly hunkers down again out of view. The darting figure is visible only for a few seconds.
• For the sake of simplicity, and objectivity, we'll call this dark figure the "Great North Figure" or "GNF".
• We first heard about the GNF a few weeks ago, after some eagle-eyed person noticed it while watching Great North on HULU.
• That person re-watched the clip a few times and became more intrigued.
• Subsequently he/she posted something about it on an Internet message board. That board posting encouraged a few other people to send us emails about it. Then we watched the film on HULU ourselves.
• You may think it's too quick and too small to distinguish conclusively from a human form -- one of many "maybe" clips out there obtained from a distance. ...
• But there's an interesting twist here: This dark figure was filmed with an IMAX camera.
• Normally it doesn't take long to determine how much detail there might be on a distant figure when enlarged. But we're not looking at the original IMAX images here. We're looking at images with a much lower resolution than the original IMAX images.
• Even in the best scans of the original IMAX images, the facial features of this figure may not be defined, but undoubtedly more details of the body will be discernable.
• The figure may appear more sasquatch-like, and less human-like, when enlarged in the highest possible resolution. ...
• Or it may appear more human-like, and less sasquatch-like. It's certainly sasquatch-like enough right now to justify a re-scan of those frames, whereever they may be.
• NOTE: My theory is that this was a photographer attempting to get still shots during the filming. I have witnessed documentaries being filmed and there are usually photographers positioned in various areas. I really don't think this was a deliberate hoax but simply someone caught during the filming of the sequence...Lon

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      Alaskan Cryptid: The 'Hairy Man' 
• The Urayuli or “Hairy Man” is a famous Cryptid located in Southwest Alaska.
• It has several other names, such as Arulataq, Bushman, Big Man, Tent Monster, Nant’ina, and Woodsman.
• The Urayuli, as described, stands about 6 to 10 feet tall and is covered with shaggy, coarse hair or fur of approximately 2 to 4 inches long.
• It has glowing eyes and is said to look somewhat like the extinct primates.
• Its arms are elongated enough that the creature can reach its ankles.
• The Urayuli lives in the wide tundra areas near Lake Iliamna.
• This quick and agile Alaskan Cryptid is oftentimes seen traveling at night and is a fast swimmer.
• It is often blamed for stealing fish and dogs, as well as destroying the tents of nearby campers. Many people from that particular region have their stories of encounters with the creature.
• In 1956, a fisherman spotted the Urayuli as he was anchoring his fishing boat on the beach at night. A biologist from Ketchikan had later found and took a photograph of huge human-like footprints on the same beach.
• In 1982, in the city of Dillingham, a hunting guide showed a picture that he had taken of the Urayuli standing on a mountain ridge. It had an approximate height of 10 feet and a weight of around 750 pounds, with long reddish brown fur.
• In July of 1999, along the banks of the Kiseralik River in Alaska, a group was able to take a photo of a pair of huge wedge-shaped footprints that they had noticed in the mud. The footprints were estimated to be about 12 to 14 inches long and 3 inches deep, and were approximated to be at least 6 feet apart.
• In the same year, a black-haired huge creature was seen standing on two legs in the Cold Bay of Belkofski. It stood about 14 feet tall and had the appearance of an Ape, with very long arms and legs.
• Legendary accounts say that children who go out of the house at night get lost in the woods and are transformed into the Urayuli.
• Perhaps, this tale was told to children so they would be afraid to go out at night and stay at home instead.
• Encounters with the Urayuli are mostly harmless and undisruptive. But, like any other beings or creatures, it will surely defend itself if it feels that its life is being threatened.
• Nantiinaq: Half Man, Half Beast
  
  

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