About this episode

Brian and Rick discuss recent Bigfoot research experiences and encounters.

Brian welcomes back North Carolina BFRO researcher Rick for a wide-ranging conversation filled with field reports, strange activity, and thoughtful discussion about the ever-evolving world of Bigfoot research. Rick begins by revisiting his own 2010 road-crossing encounter before taking listeners into recent BFRO expeditions in southeastern Tennessee and South Carolina’s Sumter National Forest, where investigators experienced a series of intense and unexplained nighttime events. During these outings, Rick describes loud impacts against a metal building, rocks being thrown near the group, unusual eye shine or glowing eyes appearing 7 to 9 feet off the ground, and colors that seemed to shift between red, yellow-green, and white. He also discusses reports of “zapping” sensations, aggressive bull rushes when participants moved too close, and a large tree or log being thrown through the woods with enough force to convince the group it was time to leave the area. The conversation also explores the stranger edges of field research, including occasional paranormal claims connected to investigation sites, such as reports of a “white lady” entity and voice-box messages that appeared to…

People in this episode

Host: Brian

Guest: Rick

Topics covered

• Bigfoot research
• field reports
• paranormal claims
• nighttime events
• skepticism

Keywords

• Bigfoot
• BFRO
• eye shine
• field research
• paranormal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BFRO

Places: North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, South Carolina, Sumter National Forest

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