Indiana County: Morgan County

Reported / Investigated
Summer evening with several researchers and vehicles parked in a group. An Individual walked around the vehicles and encountered Bigfoot approximately 7 to 8 ft tall with long flowing black shiny hair falling over very broad shoulders. There were about 8 feet between Bigfoot and the individual. BF was looking down as the individual looked up at him. Eye sockets were apparent but eyes were not visible due to the proximity to each other and height of BF. The duration of the encounter is unknown as the individual was basically mesmerized by the encounter and eventually walked away.

I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 1982. THERE WAS A KID IN MY ACCOUNTING CLASS THAT WAS A JUNIOR. I DON’T KNOW HOW WE GOT ON THE SUBJECT, BUT HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT A BLACK BEAR THAT WAS RAIDING TRASH CANS ON HIS ROAD. THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THE STORY WAS THAT HE TOLD ME THAT THIS BEAR WALKED ON TWO FEET LIKE A HUMAN AND HE DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS A BEAR BUT MAYBE A BIG MONKEY. AT FIRST I TOOK IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT BUT EVERY WEEK HE SEEMED TO HAVE SOME STORY ABOUT THIS BEAR/MONKEY. I GUESS THAT HE GOT THE FEELING THAT I WASN’T TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY SO HE INVITED ME TO COME TO HIS HOUSE “ANYTIME” AND HE COULD CALL IT IN WITH A COYOTE CALL. I SAID HOW ABOUT TONITE! I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT WAS A FRIDAY LATE SEPTEMBER ABOUT 8:30 PM. I HAD ASKED ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE TO GO ALONG WITH ME. I TOOK A RECURVE BOW AND A BOWIE KNIFE AND HE TOOK A 22.CAL RIFLE. WE WENT TO MY CLASSMATES HOUSE THAT WAS AJACENT TO MORGAN MONROE STATE FOREST. WE WALKED ABOUT A QUARTER MILE TO A FENCE THAT MARKED THE STATE PARK ABOUT 40 YARDS INTO THE WOODS(THE STATE PARK) MY CLASS MATE HAD BUILT A HUGE TREE PLATFORM THAT WAS ABOUT 8FTX8FT AND ABOUT 12FT. TALL. THE AREA AROUND THE STAND WAS COVERED WITH SAPLING TREES SO THICK THAT YOU COULDN’T SWING A BASEBALL BAT. WE CLIMBED UP INTO THE STAND AND MY CLASSMATE BEGAN BLOWING THE COYOTE CALL (THAT SIMULATES A WOUNDED RABBIT).THE NITE WAS WARM WITH A LITTLE BREEZE AND QUITE PEACEFUL. THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT THIRTY TO FORTY MINUTES WITHOUT A RESPONSE. WE WERE ABOUT TO CALL IT QUITS WHEN WE HEARD SOMETHING WALKING IN THE UNDERBRUSH. I THOUGHT IT WAS A RACOON/DEER BUT IT STARTED TO CIRCLE THE PLATFORM AND THE FOOTSTEPS WERE MUCH LOUDER THEN A RACOON, AND A DEER WOULD HAVE SMELLED US AND RUN AWAY. IT SEEMED TO BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING (THE RABBIT) AND WE HAD REMAINED SILENT. THEN I NOTICED EVERYTHING AROUND US WAS SILENT EXCEPT THE BREEZE . THEN IT STARTED GRUNTING! THE GRUNT WAS VERY UNIQUE AND VERY POWERFUL VERY DEEP CHESTED! A SOUND I HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE, AND NEVER HAVE AGAIN. WE TRIED TO SHINE A FLASHLIGHT ON IT BUT IT WAS ALWAYS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE LIGHT WE NEVER SAW WHAT WAS CIRCLING US. THE CIRCLING FINALLY STOPPED AND WE ALL HAD TO GET HOME BUT THE AREA AROUND US WAS STILL QUIET, ONLY THE BREEZE AND THE RUFFLING OF THE LEAVES IN THE TREES. THE THREE OF US WERE SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT GETTING DOWN FROM THE PLATEFORM! WE HAD CALLED IT IN AND IT WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING! WE FLIPPED A COIN TO SEE WHO WENT DOWN FIRST. I LOST AND MY BOW WAS WORTHLESS IN THE SAPPLING COVER SO ALL I HAD WAS MY KNIFE. DROPPING DOWN INTO BLACKNESS(AND IT WAS BLACK) NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WAS THE SCARIEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE! BOTH OF THEM CAME DOWN RIGHT AFTER ME AND WE ALL RAN FROM THE WOODS AND ACROSS THE FIELD TO MY CLASSMATES HOUSE. MY FRIEND AND I JUMPED IN HIS TRUCK AND THANKED MY CLASSMATE AND WENT HOME AND NEVER TALKED ABOUT AGAIN. I HAVEN’T REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO ANYONE EXCEPT A FEW CHOICE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I KNOW THIS ISN’T A CLASS “A” REPORT BUT I THOUGHT THE USE OF COYOTE CALLS MIGHT BE OF SOME HELP. I TRULY BELIEVE “AND ALWAYS WILL” THAT WHAT CIRCLED US AND GRUNTED SEVERAL TIMES WASN”T A BEAR, COW (MY FAMILY RAISED 45 HEAD OF CATTLE YEARLY), OR A PRANK . WE WERE ARMED AND COULD HAVE STARTED SHOOTING ANYTIME IF WE WANTED TOO.

~~College student attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana was living a small house that’s property line bordered Morgan- Monroe state forest. Since he had moved in he spent little time there during the day and basically it was a place to sleep. But sleep was getting difficult because of the sounds that would awaken him that came from the forest. The high piercing screams would usually send him out of his bed and running for the nearest light.
Friends that would visit on the weekends said that they saw something running across his driveway behind their cars in their rearview mirrors. Rocks were being thrown on his roof at night and the constant pelting sound made it impossible to sleep.
Many times he could hear the sound of something walking around his home accompanied by the sound of loud breathing. He would walk outside look into the darkness but he saw nothing. So he decided to order a pair of night vision glasses from army surplus.
Every time he would try to use them the sounds he was hearing would stop. It was getting obvious whatever he was hearing could see the beam from the night vision glasses.
Then one night he got home very late and he had the night vision glasses in his backseat, for some reason he picked them up turned them on and started looking through them.
The first thing he saw was standing in his driveway about twenty feet away and was staring directly at him. It was at least 7 feet tall, large head, no neck and covered with long dark hair or fur. Its arms hung to its knees at its sides and it stood motionless. What he described as a ‘ diamond shape pupil’ that he could see thru the glasses, shined in the light of the one outside security light. He just stared at it and he did not move, then it turned around took two steps and stepped behind a tree, and it did not move. What he noticed was the color of the hair was darker between its shoulder blades and down its back. The young man could still see the side of it. It seemed to be waiting to see if it was being followed. The man backed up and walked into his house not taking his eyes off of the hairy shoulder that could still be seen from behind the tree.

Indiana 1991
Morgan Monroe State Forest, Martinsville, Indiana
Hidden in the wilds of Morgan Monroe State Forest is a body of water called Lost Lake. Even the locals have trouble finding it , there is no road to it.
A group of three men coon hunted this area regularly and had for over 25 years. They drove in so far and hiked the final half mile to the lake. Their coon dogs seemed to get very excited as they approached the hidden lake and the men figured there has to be coons everywhere.
One of the men that had one of the dogs pulling very hard on its lead kept thinking that something in the forest was following him.
Finally the men decided it was time to let the dogs go before they went crazy. The moment the dogs were released there was a loud crack that came out of the forest right behind them.
When they turned around to see what had made the noise they were about fifteen feet away from what had to be the largest man they had ever seen . Covered with hair the “man” was about nine feet tall and was staring them down and it was not at all afraid of the three men. The men stood motionless and watched as it simply turned around and walked in to the darkness of the forest. The men finally got their dogs called in and very quickly hiked back to their trucks.
They never hunted this area again an said they would never return to Lost Lake day or night..