The FULL Story of the Monster at Enfield
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2021
- The saga of what has come to be known as the Enfield Monster, or Horror, took place in Enfield Illinois, in 1973. Like many of the musty corridors of Fortean lore, this particular flap leaves more questions than answers, and the explanations range from the likely, to the impossible.
If nothing else, this tale goes to show that sometimes, the accepted explanations are just as perplexing as the alternative.
We'll never know what happened here, but the events of Illinois in 73 are an essential piece of Americana's cryptid-lore.
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"If you're a self respecting 10 year old boy, and a policeman stops you to ask if you've seen a 3 legged monster, you just say yes. _Those are the rules..."_
*Rating: True.*
You are right. Similar proof of this can be observed in the old police interrogation trick of asking a child/young adult found in the area of an incident if they happened to see a couple of (insert the appropriate minority or sub culture members) running from the scene. The child, thinking there can be no harm in confirming what the cop “already knows” will probably say yes. The police then tell the child there actually was NOBODY seen in the area and begins to expose and exploit the child as a liar. The pressure, feelings of shame and guilt have been known to get the unsettled child/young adult to confess to something they didn’t do. It’s a terrible technique that ruined lives.
Fact check true.
_'Ray, when someone asks if you're a god, you say YES!'_
Made me remember that dolphin with a hat meme
We thought we had lost our puppy and ran out into the street, closing the door behind us. A boy of about 8 or 9 helpfully told us he had JUST seen it running down the street, and he pointed to where he saw it last. Off we ran, in pursuit. An hour later, we found the puppy hiding in a corner of the kitchen.
Hello friends,
For some reason or another, cold weather always piques my curiosity and intrigue into the world of Bigfoot. And the leaves are already beginning to turn. :)
You're pretty good, Bob. Prettttty good.
Thanks for uploading
I truly appreciate the work you put into your videos, I have a lot goin on in my life currently and every time a new video comes out I like to make some time to sit down and watch a video or even re watch old ones, it sure helps get away from the chaos for a minute. Keep up the awesome work!
Hey bob have you ever thought about doing a video on the giant python that Remy Van Lierde took photos of in the Congo?👀 Anyways always happy to see you upload a video, they always make my day.
Yes, it is the perfect time for Sasquatch sightings. The late summer and fall...for sure. Love your work good sir. My name is Hugh and I have been a Sasquatch enthusiast since I was a kid in the '70s and you sir have some of the most entertaining videos and content that one can find anywhere. I would recommend to anyone that is interested in Sasquatch/Bigfoot to get the last actual printed newsletter on the subject...The Bigfoot Times by legendary Sasquatch historian Daniel Perez. At any rate, always enjoy your videos Bob. Peace brother.
My wife is originally from Enfield. My in-laws recall this event with humor and a lot of skepticism. I'll share this with him.
Can we all just take a second to appreciate the name Rick Rainbow, the most 70's pimp name i've ever heard
Now I'm just picturing a pornstache-rocking, Ron Jeremy type guy out in the woods scared crapless when he runs into a bigfoot!!!
Makes me think of Rainbow Randolph (played by Robin Williams) in Death to Smoochy
Gotta give the more recent Dirk Digler his due.
@@specag31 Sometimes, I'll just randomly stop and chuckle at what a brilliant 70s porn name Dirk Digler is lol
Mine is superior, Cricket Ravenwood
I like how he introduces people to new and old monsters and breaks them apart
@peter hernandez no breaking the monsters, not people, you fool of a tuuk.
@@chancegivens9390
Bruh
The fact that the guy didn't call 911 doesn't really mean anything.
911 was first implemented in 1968, but even by 1979, only 26% of the US population had access to it.
50% of the US population had access only by 1987. And in 2000, still only 93% of America had access to 911 services.
Did this guy even have access in his area when this occurred?
Me 2
@@scottcantdance804
Thats right
"that they were just partying with guns," and monster or not, it sounds like a good way to spend a night....lol you sound like a fun guy to hang out with Bob.
I was about to say, "not weird in the Upper Midwest at all."
Hey Bob,
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@@scottbubb2946 lol wut
@@DatGitGhaz Nothing, it's a joke. Lol
I was telling Bob to be careful what he says on video because UA-cam is weird about stuff like that. I could see them getting mad. Lol
whoever does your art is epic. That drawing of the guy kicking back with the baby 'roos is awesome, and points out how the skeptics always seem to have an answer. You dont even need to have a question, but they got the answer every time. no mysteries for them. its all figured out. Jeez. that nuzzling with the kangaroo gets me, lol.
Bob does his own art.
@@scottbubb2946 No he doesn't, he credits his artist in the description.
Sorry, my bad. You are right. I got my channels mixed up. It says in the "About" section the artist is Fred Dunn. It gives a link to his UA-cam channel.
Yep those illustrations really make these videos come together quite nicely.
Dredd fun does it, I think his name is fred, play on words
If the Enfield Horror was around for over two weeks and was hiding out in the woods maybe the bigfoot saw it too? And was just as freaked out by it as McDaniel was
No doubt.
bigfoots like , listen, im a cryptid, but that guy over there? he gives me the willies
McDaniel shoots at the Horror and it flees, Sasquatch pop's his head around the corner and says "Is it gone?"
It's weird how a lot of bigfoot sightings are accompanied by sightings of other creatures/weird stuff.
@@blakeb9964 I think the reality is that our world is filled with things that have escaped official classification. Not necessarily paranormal or supernatural, but just thinks that have, for one reason or another, been deemed verboten by academia. It isn't that bigfoot sightings are mystically linked to other unexplained things, but that people talking about one unusual thing lets people be open about other unusual things they see.
No one has ever interviewed the kids. This would be interesting to hear their recollections 48 years later.
Illinois is 4th highest in Bigfoot reports.
I remember reading about another kangaroo sighting in Illinois farther north. It was not as definitive a sighting as this but its out there.
What really I live in Illinois and have never heard that statistic. I had to google it, found out it’s been moved down to fifth as of 2020.
An excellent point! What about the kids' eyewitness accounts?
I live in Australia sometimes there are kangaroos in my back yard looking for greenery to graze on. Never have they tried to gain access to my house through my air conditioner. Yet.
@R A Clark that part sounds like something I’ve heard a bear do to get at insolation like in a fridge. But bears aren’t known to be in Illinois ever so it’s hard to say.
Holy shit Illinois is the 4th highest in Bigfoot reports?
damn thats crazy I feel like I should have known that already
Sadly I have never seen anything only ghost
I opened a bottle of wine, just for this video.
@johnbrezinski348 if you would have phrased that better it would have been funny
The real question is did you finish it before the end? If you cared about Bob that's what you would have done.
And one after...and then in the morning
I just went a skateboarded 6 moles to the AM/PM in the town neaxt over to buy one, because you were talking about wine. I caught a wonder-pebble and fell off my board, I smacked my head really hard, because it's cold tonight, so my hands were snagged in my jacket pocket,? So I mainly landed on the left side of my upper-face, then because it was mostly downhill, when I crashed going that fast, I skidded off the pedestrian overpass into the creek. Now, I'm sweaty, creekwater-wet and the C.H.P. says I have to wait 45 minutes before Medi-Flight gets here, and County Sheriffs won't let the E.M.T. into the creekbed, because of all the blackberries down here. Sheriff's say if Medi-Flight has one of those U-Haul pads, they'll think about it. I'm so glad I mail-ordered that money order to Ecchs Vise-Preznit Odo, I don't think I have cash money if I pass out in the Medi-Copter. All them cats are tricky. 🎉
I can't believe I wrote a screenplay in reply to a 2 year old comment. Ehh.. this dang creekwater is making me shiver, I can't feel your toes, I'm awful sleepy, and them sheriff's are dicking around trying to get the backboard through the blackberry bushes and they say unless I have some kind of insurance, their going to send the Lifeflight back to Charles Schulz Airport. I can't reach my wallet, that's on my left back pocket, by my left shoulder is all bent up behind me. It's hard to concentrate to text with all the flashlights, and them shouting. How did these cats know my Last name?.
Ehhihhh, I heard something flighing near. I sleepy
Hey, good video, wot?
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Bob Gymlan is one of the most unappreciated UA-cam artist and crypted newsman! We appreciate your amazing channel and wonderful narration.
He's not an artist
He sounds like a robot you need to check out Mr. BALLEN
Yeah, he might want to try to take up some stand up comedy. He's funny
i agree 100%
8:08 (guy in the very back, with his mouth wide open): "Fock, we fuckin' saw a three-legged monster...it fuckin' tried to steal me bottle of ripple, so if we see it again, we'll fockin' blow it back to Maaars"...
I like how the father didn’t freak out and hide with his children in the bathroom or something. Instead he grabbed a trusty revolver and went back through the front door and shot at the creature like a all American raised bad ass.
Any good parent would die to protect their children.
@@nifflofair6685 Exactly, but consider this: Is it wise to open the front door while an unknown, savage creature is trying to get into your house where your kids are hiding? He could have fired his gun from a more defensive position like a half-open window. Opening the door to face the creature was indeed very brave of him but I think it wasn't the most clever thing to do. Lets say there's a lion or a tiger at your door. Would you open the door to shoot it?
Because that's what America WAS back then.
I wood open the door ,and if need be 20 rounds of 308 I will glad give the intruder at 3200 per second.you see ,I too am American, I would assess to see if the creature is FIRST a treat ,if not ,welcome to my planet ,tourist info on main Street, however you come to harm my family you will be met with some nasty human violence.we are capable of great compassion, but historicly a waring bunch! Wait till you see! See what ? ? What a man can do to another alien.lol.
I didn't envision a revolver, but something like a Ruger 22-45. That was a very common .22 pistol for the time.
Feels like we are hearing from you more regularly, I get so excited to see your name in my notifications. Happy Sunday Bob
Nah seems his upload schedule is mostly the same
Is it Sunday already?! 😮 Damn, it! I forgot to buy decorations!
I've found that when my mind "fills in the blanks" that it's something known. I've misheard words on many occasions, my mind fills in the blanks, but with English words that I know.
How could it be that your mind conjures something unknown, completely new and unique, so different than any other animal?
this is a really good point. when your mind fills in blanks like that, it searches for recognized objects and known patterns to do so.
Astute observation. Great point.
@@napatora Agree. And we will do this to a fault, even. It's even been told by people, like bigfoot witnesses for example, that even when they've had a clear view, with ample time to see details, and they KNOW that what they are looking at is something 'that isn't supposed to exist', that their minds will still try to somehow rationalize and go to something that you are taught is "real" and 'believable'. Like, people have said to the effect "I knew what I was looking at had to be the creature they call Sasquatch, or bigfoot", then they go on to say how their mind still kept trying to go back and somehow fit it into categories that are known, like that it still somehow was just a bear at an odd angle, or a deer or raccoon and the lighting was just bad... We are taught that there is so much mockery and stigma around the "unexplained" that even when we are by ourselves we fear admitting when we see the unusual, and feel like we are crazy or wrong or something of the sort.
Now that's a good point!! 👍
I once got a call from a woman who said she had snakes coming out of her wall. At the time I was relocating and rescuing reptiles so I immediately decided I would have to take my husband to the call with me because she sounded like she was hallucinating. Maybe she was dangerously mentally ill? I didn’t know but it concerned me. When I got there, I was amazed to see a brick wall with baby green tree snakes coming out of the weep holes like tendrils of ivy emerging and swaying slightly. The mother or even mother/s had laid their eggs within the foundation of the wall and the babies had hatched and sought their way out by climbing up the inside and come out the very small aeration holes. I didn’t know this woman but this strange and unlikely event caused me to consider her hallucinatory. My ignorance, not hers!
I mean is it really ignorance after hearing such a ludicrous claim from someone? I doubt many would believe it fully unless they saw it for themselves. It just makes me shiver though, the idea of snakes coming out of your walls.
Ignorant or not, we need more people that hone up to their mistakes/prejudice and correct them. Thank you.
I owned a home remodeling business and sent my exterior crew who normally did roofing and siding to a kitchen remodel job. To keep things moving I had planned for that crew to demo the existing kitchen while my kitchen crew finished another job. I got a call from the homeowner that "snakes were everywhere and my guy won't stop shooting them". Of course I hauled over there and sure enough I found the leader of the crew very very upset that snakes fell on him and yes he shot a few of them. I learned his biggest fear we're snakes and somehow snakes were living in the "fascia" (sort of a fake rectangle box on the ceiling that acted as a divider to the dining room). Thankfully they were great customers who got a laugh and a great story to tell.
@@allenrussell6135 I would be terrified that a worker had a gun on them! Not scared of the snakes but the worker, Oh Yes, I would be terrified of him.
@@58Kymhe was very fortunate that everyone liked him. He knew that he was in the wrong. If the Customer had wanted him fired, I would have had no choice but to fire him. Thankfully it worked out.
The other incident that comes to mind is when my other crew went to start a roofing job and knocked it out in one day. The customer got home as they were finishing and .... Wrong house..,. The homeowners were very nice and needed that roof but explained they couldn't afford it. What choices did I really have? They got a free roof and became lifelong customers.
I grew up in Kokomo, IN, and am well familiar with WWKI. I worked for the founder and owner of WWKI, James Gregg for a few years( 2003-2005). I believe he sold off the station to a larger conglomerate of radio stations sometime in the 80's, and started other businesses. When I worked for him he was running a video production company. Point is, he was meticulous about backing up and making copies of audio and video recordings. He had a room that was FILLED with recordings from his tenure owning WWKI, many on reel to reel, or these large clunky tapes. Most were of the call in shows to the radio station, and there had to be a few decades worth on the shelves. At the time I had no interest or reason to go digging through the archives of the recorded shows, but had I known about this case, I would have certainly tried to locate the recordings of Rick Rainbow interviewing McDaniel. Sadly, James Gregg passed away several years ago, and I am sure much of his "Archive Room" wound up in a dumpster.
Oh nooo that's a tragedy! All that footage
That's very sad
Dang I really hope that didn't happen.
wo an amazingly long and boring story
Best story teller (of the crypto sort) on YT.
And Bobby G doesnt get nearly enough credit for his hand drawn slides - I fuckin love the signature art style, and how they always help tell the story beautifully.
he doesn't do the artwork, a guy named Fred Dunn does
check out his channel, he shows off the originals
Your name is awesome
@@mrhydrogen7459 I thought I caught a samsquanch once, but it was just Julian 😩
@@martinprince7773
Lol
Top channel 👍
Far better than the fiction portrayed as fact channels that are rife on UA-cam.
There's always someone, who of course wasn't even there for the event, yet can always tell you exactly what it was someone else saw.
@justin, it's a grumpy Gnome nothing more. Many Gnones moonlight at Wendy's and when they get off work, they're pissed.
I mean you'd be surprised how often people are right about someone seeing something else. My girlfriend is a scaredy cat, so her imagination is pretty active, if she gets spooked she sees shit all the time. The likelihood that he saw some unidentified 3 legged creature that has never been seen by anybody else in history, is absolutely dwarved by the likelihood that he simply saw it wrong, or is straight up lying. Idgaf if some other random guys from his town that I don't know say he's honest, they can be lying too ffs. Who knows, maybe he's used to seeing a certain type of kangaroo and this one was different, maybe had some deformation or disease and lost it's hair, could look like a completely different creature to him, especially if the lighting isn't the best.
@@colecampbell1906 although I agree with you that this is the most reasonable explanation more often than not I also want to point out that the opposite is almost as likely. I think that it`s a natural reaction for people to disbelief stories of this sort even if they`ve witnessed it themselves. And when it comes from some person you never met the most sane conclusion would be that they are full of s**t. However when you actually think about it 99% of the time there is no reason anyone would do this. The most common line of reasoning is that someone made up a story in order to make some financial gain or become famous but it`s really kinda weird that this is such a usual concept since it almost never results in this apart from a handful of cases (can`t even think of such). By telling stories about paranormal/supernatural stuff you basically doom yourself to a lifelong of mockery and being outcast socially - you can not only loose your lifelong job but also risk to be shunned by your closest friends and even your family. Getting into legal trouble is also very likely. I just don`t see how anyone with more than average intelligence may think that this is a good idea.
And in regards to misidentifying something - speaking from the position of someone who has witnessed stuff that is arguably equally unusual as the creature in this story - when you see s***t like that if it`s the "real" deal there wont be any room for doubt. Your brain instantly sets your body into panic mode so to say. It`s not exactly fight or flight mode but you just KNOW that you are seeing something that is not natural.
I`m not claiming this particular story is legit tho but as I said I`m just pointing out that the possibility of stuff like this being true is actually more likely that we`d usually think.
There is always someone, who even though they were not there, believes every word of a story even though there is no evidence.
Not as much as there are people who just believe this stuff at face value, despite the lack of corroborating evidence to support it. When such claims are asserted without evidence, there's nothing left to do but speculate.
Bob is so good at these presentations, there should be an award for his dialog and being able to make these encounters plausible! Hats off Bob!
Every single time Bob Gymlan posts, my day is made a little better.
The Enfield Horror is such a sparse story it's hard to rally to either side. I wish Mr Coleman would make public his evidence
There are quite a few times I’ve thought that last sentence to myself. Not that I find Loren Coleman an abomination, it’s just that every now and then he raises questions he most likely set out to answer.
To closed minds, yes.
Me too! 🙂👍
always a good day when Bobby G uploads
that's why they call these encounters periods of "high strangeness," because that's exactly what it is.
I listen to these and always kinda wish my own experiences with the strange were less mundane, as in more likely to be something actual strange and not just a timid young boy hearing noises in the woods and thinking "bigfoot" before thinking "deer" or "squirrel." But at the same time, I'm glad I haven't experienced any cryptids because I like living.
My life has been a complete and total misery ever since Bigfoot stole my precious girlfriend in the middle of the night.😒 He even took all her clothes and the T.V.
The coolest thing I ever saw was a glowing green ball silently fly about 100 ft above my head it was low enough that I could cleary see it was a round shape, it was so fast that it wasncompletely gone in 1 seconds, I was lucky to catch it at the exact right moment
This was a great surprise today. It's funny because I've only seen accounts of this briefly mentioned and I've never seen someone break it down so thoroughly. I even remember laughing because I read an article one time that basically said how a kangaroo horrified a small town or some such. This is a fantastic breakdown of the facts, and why this is one of my favorite channels
Just the best damned channel for this stuff. Wonder if,given it's recent popularity, you'll ever do an essay on the Skinwalker phenomenon?
Right after he does a video on the disneyland mickey the mouse cryptid. Most are just guys wearing a suit, but one of them is the real mickey the mouse.
@@johnnyfed9102 what?
@@maxcrathern9640 he's either being pithy or sarcastic.
@@johnnyfed9102 - anything is possible but my response is 😆😂🤣
@@johnnyfed9102 ehh.... The study of a phenomenon is often more enlightening about human behavior than anything else. Bob does a pretty good job at illustrating that in his essays, I think.
This channel, by far, is the very best that UA-cam has to offer. Bob, I am sure that you could recite a phone book and with the addition of creepy adjectives, keep the attention of your listeners. Never feel that your work is under appreciated. I would demand a heart attack to pause just so that I could watch one of your latest releases with immense anticipation. Cheers 🍻 to you Sir.
I lived in Enfield for a couple of years in the early 80's. When the "monster" is mentioned it elicits laughter among the townspeople, but, let an out of towner bring it up and everyone goes into monster storyteller mode and then laugh at them behind their backs.
I've been very fascinated by this story for a long time. I'm so glad you covered it. Creatures like the Enfield monster, chupacabra, Mothman and others that don't fit into our normal view of biology are some of the most interesting to me.
What I find weird is they are always in America no where else I've puzzled over this for years
Aren't there Bigfoot sightings worldwide?
@@renegadezen7841 I didn't mean big foot as a monster to me he's something like a big ape what I meant by monster was the anomalous sightings such as moth man 6foot smoking frogs the dog man you don't hear of these things with such a frequent occurance as the u.s I'm not saying it only happens there just the frequency I cannot understand why
@@jasonsweet1868 but do you live in America? Because if so I bet you're heading more about American sightings purely due to location. I doubt you are scouring obscure local news stations of countries worldwide. For example, news of a monster sighting in Malaysia may not make it to your news feeds
@@renegadezen7841 I don't live in America and I have access to exactly the same news feeds as everyone else on here what I am talking about isn't possible rare animal sightings such as a dinosaur in African rivers a new primate found in America or the himalayas all countries probably have 1 monster myth America has hundreds if you understand what I'm attempting to say have you an opinion why this should be I would love to hear someone else's opinion
The kangaroo theory is really good tbh until he mentioned he was stationed down under still quite an odd encounter and series of events I truly do question the second sighting of the creature but I often think about how many small homesteads over the years of human history have experienced something close to these encounters, humans reliance on there structures is a great strength and weakness
I agree. When he first mentioned the kangaroo theory I thought that sounded very reasonable. Kangaroos can have gray fur--although it is often a reddish-brown. Plus the tail can look like a third leg in the dark, its arms look short and their eyes can reflect light. (Although I don't think they would look pink but I am not sure.) So my first thought was that is was an escaped kangaroo. But, like you said, the witness had been to Australia and had seen kangaroos in the wild. So how could he mistake a kangaroo with the hideous creature he claimed he saw? That makes no sense. Plus he said he shot it at almost point blank range and the creature just turned and bounded away. Kangaroos are not bullet-proof! So who knows what that thing was?
Also there was a kangaroo flap and the wisconsin wallabies around the same time
@@Octoberfurst Mutant kangaroo? Also, depending on the trajectory, a .22 cal bullet can glance off of a skull.
A kangaroo in the US is not very common.
@@stefanjakubowski8222 my family found a dead one on the side of the rode while in Florida.
The narration and illustrations really bring the story to life.
Bob Gymlan, anytime you make a video, and it pops up on my feed, I smile. Because I know right before I go to bed, I have a nice creepy video to watch.
Lol, I just got finished watching 'The Enfield Haunting', about the the Enfield Polt- Is EVERY "Enfield" some weird nexus of spooky, other-worldly beings?!?
Yes.
Enfield NH is a half hour away from me and I’ve never heard of anything weird from there
@@rektnation6986 What about the Cornish Fair ? That attracts some rather odd individuals.
@@stephenpmurphy591 you’re not wrong there 😂
Etymology is fascinating like that, enfield/ End-field? / In-field?/ Who knows. Probably better to find out what the natives called the place.
Everytime Mr Gymlan does a New upload about New and Underacknowledged Cryptids Entities and Extraterrestrials my heart fills with Joy!
Same
Bob, I believe I found footage of this thing, everything and I mean just about everything lines up except there was no mention of smell in this story. At first I thought maybe I was looking at the Denver demon because this footage is from denver, but no matter how much I wanted it to be the Denver demon I couldn’t get over the fact that this thing appeared to either have a tale or some kind of grass hopper back legs, but I kept looking for the other back leg and it never showed up in the footage so I assumed it was a tail. Then I found your amazing channel and boom I almost fell out of my chair. The girl I spoke with said the thing was constantly scratching at her door, so she grabbed her night vision camera. She was ballsy enough to check outside for it and to everyone’s surprise it was gone in an instant. This lines up with this account of the creatures ability to jump and cover huge distances. Judging from the creature standing by the door she estimated it was roughly 4 ft. Only major differences I see when compared to Denver demon is that this thing has no visible mouth with sharp teeth or eyes the size of flashlights. If you see this message please contact me I want to send u the footage. Btw I’m also an artist/animator which is partially how I’ve become fascinated with cryptids and your channel.
Awesome. Love to see that footage or have Bob cover the info you require
@@mq9893 you have an email I can send it to you see your thoughts.
This is not my footage btw its not my footage, but I am in contact with her probing, asking questions. when I say this its not to insult her but she really didn't know what she was looking at so the video gained some traction but no one really with this level of information or interest caught the subtleties which I feel ads to the credibility. if someone wanted to fake a Denver demon, rake, or monster at enfield they had absolutely no idea these stories even existed
Never seen this channel before, came here from the Japanese bear story, which you managed to present with added drama, no exaggeration or undue fictionalization.
That story had a steady and subdued subtext of honor and heroism, and this one a steady and equally subdued dry humor. IOW, your storytellin' jib seems pretty dang well-cut to me, son.
Also, the graphic elements are really well-done.
The whole "mistaken identity" BS is bothersome to me because most of the time, at least when it comes to sasquatch, the skeptics are like "Oh, you just saw a bear." Sorry, but bears do NOT match the descriptions given by people who've managed to get a glimpse of a sasquatch that is out in the open. If it was 90% concealed and all you could see was hair on something that was big hidden in the forest brush, then sure, mistaken identity can be had there. But out in the open with a clear view of the thing's face? No way in hell you're mistaking that.
That is assuming witnesses are telling the truth about what they saw, if they saw anything... and I'm inclined to believe at least some of them actually did.
As always, your content is superb, Bob. :) Glad you're still around!
Nah man it was a owl and some swamp gas
When you really think about it skeptics always try to gaslight you into believing that they think you saw
Sometimes it explains it all, but most of the time they're just explaining it away.
@@notthebest2968 Don't forget all the weather balloons😂
I remember seeing an interview with a sasquatch witness, the guy and his family were bear hunters, so he's seen bears for most of his life. He clearly stated that what he saw didn't look, act, move or sound like a bear, so naturally he believed that what he saw wasn't a bear. But despite his knowledge and experiences with bears, the skeptics wrote it off as being nothing more than a misidentified bear, even implying that the guy was "too stupid to know what he was looking at". Yes, the professional bear hunter somehow doesn't know what a bear is...🤦🏻♂️
Bob, I have been following you for years and you have never disappointed. From your candor to your production I'm always hooked from the moment you say, "Hi". As a 34 year old man who's been around high strangeness his whole life, Thank you.
I myself just crossed into my thirties.
It feels an awful lot like 29, except now I loudly exhale whenever I sit down.
Thank you.
@@BobGymlan I have wanted to make a channel for 10 years but I'm just not a creative and my voice, while deep, is annoying to me. So if I'm annoyed so would listeners. I have been haunted by ghosts that were hexxed upon me by a Wiccan witch, stalked by a bigfoot, saw a lake monster and have been followed by UFOs since I was a kid. I recently moved to work in Holloman Air Force base so I can investigate the UFO phenomenon that surrounds the White Sands Missle Range.
@@HansDester I hope that you start your own channel. I'd be very interested in hearing of your experiences. I've seen some very strange things during my life as well.
Please don't let your voice hold you back. We all sound weird to ourselves when we hear our own voice on a recording. It'd be a shame if we all sounded the same, and very boring, as well. Variety is a good thing.
Take care.
@@BobGymlan I just crossed into my 40's and now I exhale loudly when I even think about sitting down
@@HansDester I cringe at my voice to this day.
I just love how you present these stories, you’re by far the best cryptid channel on UA-cam
It's one thing to be sceptical but another thing entirely to be a sceptic.
Or skepdick!! 😏
Or Spedicey
When young I encountered an Emu escaped from a farm.
1. I had never seen an Emu before
2. I had no idea about the farm
So my description of the encounter was laughed at out of hand.
See, there are no Emu in Georgia swamps.. except there actually are.
So how did you describe it?
@@PtrkHrnk I asked if Ostrich were in Georgia. Pops said no, I said.. Well nobody told the Ostrich. Big ugly brown thing. Pops said Ostrich are black and white. I was confused, until I saw a picture of a Juvenile Emu.
I can relate. As early one morning I saw one , from the neck up go past my bedroom window. I jumped out of bed for a better look and sure enough it was an Emu. I found out later that it was "gifted" to a local farmer and it had escaped. Only thing that initially flashed through my mind was "Am I actually awake!?" That was a lot tamer than my mother seeing sasquatch run past the kitchen window.
@@Manco65 Ooooooooo I don't peep through windows anymore. I use my phone instead
@@CaucAsianSasquatch lol
You may be the only YT channel that makes vids I actively wait for. Sometime ill send you an email about the high strangeness I have happen up here in Alaska's wilderness..
Yes! Please do!
What part of AK?
What did you see??
Bob, I just love your take on things and your wonderful story telling. So happy when I see you’ve posted a new one! Thank you ❤️
Welcome back Bob, we missed you!!!
Im like:
"There's no way he gonna investigate the case of the Enfield Monster, its too fictional,even for my standards"
And then he drop this. At this point, I considered everything possible.
Thank you for giving me hope about the unknow again Bob, I almost lose it with too much depressive cotidianity.
he's done things more obscure than this
I'm surprised he's never done a video on the Jersey Devil
If you can't take joy in that which is real you're setting yourself up for complete failure and unhappiness in life
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 no wonder.
@@Viking_Luchador Jersey Devil have more chance in my opinion since NEW Jersey forest are a good place for a flying dino like creature.
@@SkarsnikofdaCrookedMoon0013 Yeah the Pine Barrens are really dense. While I'm pretty sure the Devil doesn't exist simply because NJ is too densely populated for there to not be more sightings, I wouldn't put it at 100%. I was just driving through the Pines the other day and even though I was only 5-10 minutes outside of the nearest town it felt like the middle of nowhere. The thick Pine forest has that kind of effect, I guess.
This also reminds me of the "Dover Demon"
A one-off alien-looking creature that doesn't fit into any "Earthly" clade
Same here!
I remember that Lost Tapes episode scaring the bejezus out of me when I was a kid.
@@aquifer9480 dude I loved lost tapes even though as a kid scared the crap outta me
Your telling of these encounters are second to none Bob. Thank you and stay safe!
What strikes me about this one is how unique and unusual the creature was. If someone wanted to make up a sighting for attention, they probably wouldn't have been so specific about how unlike anything anyone has ever reported was. They would have just had a typical bigfoot sighting, or a ghost, or a grey alien, etc if they were making it up, because there would be no reason to make the creature more complex if you were just lying about the whole thing. But this thing is so disturbingly weird and described so specifically, that it really feels like a real sighting just on that alone.
Nice channel!
hmmmm yes and no... squint your eyes a little, turn ya head and you could mistake it for the ID monster from Forbidden Planet XD Not to debunk it at all, I like the case but just throwing that out there lol.
Lol wow. All it takes is a slight imagination and you can get people to believe anything.
@@americanoligarchy8825 did you not watch the video?
@@halonostalgiatheater7440 yes I did. Thanks for asking.
You're a fantastic story teller Bob, I truly enjoy each and every video.
This notification just woke me up, good thing to wake up to in the morning
“Impossible” is just something that hasn’t been reckoned yet. We all know impossible things that became possible with proper reckoning.
Wow dude, you do an incredible job on these videos. I'm hooked on them.
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
Can confirm. Grew up outside of Mount Vernon on an isolated farm. The Enfield ape like figure also occurred after The Boggy Creek film had been in the theaters. I was 9. Illinois is thick with squatchy beings.
While I didn’t grow up near Mt. Vernon, my father was from a tiny town nearby called Ina. He used to tell stories about “the Spring Garden Ape” and though he never claimed to see it, I felt the fear that he described that was rampant in the community.
@@OldSchoolHacker Ina was our mailing address. Route 1😜. Spring Garden was a couple miles away. I know your family name 😊
@Leah Kirkpatrick Small world. My uncle Tommy Sweeten was pretty well known in Mt. Vernon. Ironically, half of us were Sweetins and the other half were Sweetens due to some confusion on the part of the local doctor when he wrote my dad’s birth certificate. My grandmother Leota Sweeten was the Postmaster in Ina for a while in the 70’s. My great grandparents were Taylors and also lived in Ina by the elementary school. My brother and I spent time there in the summertime in the late ‘60s through the late 70’s and during that time heard the stories about the Spring Garden Ape, another mysterious creature that was spotted in Sesser, etc. Simpler times…
LSD is a hell uva drug
I always get a kick out of these skeptics. A lot of encounters seem to happen with hunters with cryptids. A lot of these hunters know virtually every sound, track and animal that is in a certain area. These hunters are experts in the field that they enjoy doing. But for some reason, these hunters have no idea what a bear is. Something screams a weird scream or leaves an unrecognizable print yet somehow it is still a bear.
It would be the same thing if I went to these skeptics places of work and told them that what they physically held in their hand was not a pencil, but a stapler. That they must have been confused and rattled to think that stapler was a pencil. Some of these skeptics seem to be nuts and have no common sense.
Shitty hunters in that case. None have ever been able to shoot a cryptid ever. How convenient with no evidence except a wild story.
@@SonofTheMorningStar666 where is your evidence that they never shot one? I'll need just as much proof on your side.
@@dc1397 that's not how that works. The burden of proof is on your hand, since you're the one trying to claim somethings existence. I could just as easily state that I say a white 100 foot elephant with purple dots, and claim you would need to prove it doesn't exist. That's not how the world works buddy. Maybe educate yourself? :)
@@totallynotacop9728 exactly...you have all the evidence you need but you refuse to listen or acknowledge. There is air all around you but you refuse to believe it. It is stunning and childish to say the least.
What you're proposing is that thousands of hunters and people that have physically seen these thing are collectively making it up. Your delusional thoughts are truly astounding.
@@dc1397 Wild stories is not evidence. Bring one back dead or alive and the world will belive you.
Wasn't expecting that to be hilarious thanks Bob
There’s not too many channels where I like the videos before even clicking play, but this is DEFINITELY one of them! Keep up the great work Bob
Always great to see you again Bob, this monster has puzzled me ever since I heard of it.
If you’re still out there 58 year old Greg from Indiana I believe you. 🧨
“You can say there's no such thing as Santa
But as for me and Gymlan, we believe” 🎵🎶
My dad's side of the family spoke about something like this in the early 70s that would hang around their house and the woods around the house and nearby at night (Not enough time or space to talk about all of the details I was told). My grandparents wouldn't speak of it, mainly because I was young when this story was told to me. The weird thing is that we live in Western Indiana about 200 miles north of this. This story has me thinking a little now that I have learned about it. I liked the shoutout to Kokomo, 30 miles from where we all grew up on my dad's side!
Fantastic upload today Bob. This was a very interesting events that happened in that Illinois Town. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
The best for an indepth breakdown of cryptid related events.
Bob is really working hard and giving us fans a lot of great content! Thanks Bob.
Your writing and delivery are dryly hilarious and the artwork is really good too.
Absolutely love your content, and the intelligent, humorous way you deliver it!
This channel along with Mr Ballen’s channel are the two that when new videos drop, I’ll stop what I’m doing to watch them. Always interesting.
Same here! I watched this two's content up and down already ^^ Especially at badtime i ned one of them talking to me to set the mood for the night! Lol
Do you know a third channel in this manner? I can recommend to you one! It is called shrouded hand (red symbole) but his last couple uploads about seriel killers where a bit too sick for my taste tbh!
Anyway i am sure you will like his his other uploads at least!
Cheers
Bedtime Stories is fantastic too. You might dig them.
Beyond Creepy and Paranormal Junkie too.
Bigfoot Case Files with Lynn and Buckeye Bigfoot with Nance who was just in Gatlinburg at the Bigfoot conference with David Paulides from Missing 411.... those are 3 great chanels
I just can't get enough of your videos. Your voice matches the art style perfectly (or rather the other way round, I suppose).
An upload by both Bedtime Stories and Bob on the same day? Sign me up.
Right the eff on, Mr. Gymlan!! Well phrased, and well done!
Damn it Bob! Don't let your videos sneak up on me like that! Gonna have heart palpitations from joy
Thank you Bob for always uploading top notch material. You're truly the best. Very much appreciated
I absolutely love and adore the way that you word, and tell your stories. You're one of the few gems that you can listen to on the internet. You sound like a professional orator, and write like you're a very well accomplished literature major from Princeton University (or somewhere smart- Lol.) Your stories are wild, but so well composed, broken down, and elaborate! You could write for any one.. on any topic I'm sure of it. How you received, or learned, or were just blessed to be able to write like that is beyond me dude!
A new Bob video! Reason enough to stay in bed and get swept up in a tantalising tale from the fringes of folklore.
This has some Skinwalker ranch vibes… that would be a good one to do Bob
I would’ve said the same about seeing things that aren’t there until I experienced it. I shot at a big buck when I was 16. It was a standing neck shot at about 90 yards and I thought I hit him. As I walked through the old clear cut I saw my deer, antlers and all. Until I got within 6 feet of the deer it slowly morphed into a on oblong granite boulder that was kinda deer shaped. It must’ve been buck fever cause I hadn’t ever done any drugs in my life at the time. It was just bizarre, so I don’t discount it happening too others. Hasn’t ever happened since.
I might not believe all these incidents actually happened but the narration is great and the art is amazing and you put out reasonable Arguments for it
Thank you for sharing Bob. Once again, outstanding work.
“Peer-reviewed prestigious pedestals.” I love your love of alliteration!
I personally think that Bobby here would be better suited to occupy one of those pedestals lol. You need to have logic to be a scientist, yes. But you also still have to have an open mind, and be willing to listen, learn, and admit when you are wrong. They could all learn some things from our resident brainiac Mr. Gymlan!!
Would love for you to do an episode on The Polaroid Ghost Writer, it’s about a spirit that figured out a way to talk to the living through a camera, happened at a house in California,it’s an amazing story that has never been debunked , the home owners are on Facebook and you can talk w them if you need info
I’m going to take a look now so thanks for sharing.
YES!!! This one has been such an anomaly in the paranormal community, nothing like it has been documented so extensively as far as this type of ghost writing.
I read about that one! 🙂👍 It was on the old TV series, Sightings, wasn't it?? (Which I sadly never saw as I live in the UK.)
And the ghost "wrote" partially in Latin, didn't he?!
I really like that Dreadfun is so flattering with how the subjects are drawn. Makes it feel like a comic book.
It's a good day when Bob loads up a new video. I enjoyed it much Mr. Gymlan.
Awesome. :) I love the design your artist did for the monster. Very cool looking. Top notch narration as always man. I usually pop one of your videos on the phone and work when I do the night shift. Keeps the night pretty entertaining :)
I've never heard of this one before but I'm glad to hear of lesser know creatures and sightings. I very much like that you gave it the same respect every other sighting should get regardless of how out there it might be considered.
Babe wake up, new Bob Gymlan upload
Always a good day when you get greeted with "Hi, I'm Bob Gymlan". Another great video, this (cryptid) one was new to me so I found it particularly fascinating. Thank's for your hard work.
Most high strangeness goes unreported, I suspect. Over the years, I've seen several flavors of weird, and I've never reported anything. I don't need hours and hours talking to cops who will use polite code words to say I'm nutty, or drunk, or both.
And in the end, it's still not reproducible to scientific inquiry, so it's time better spent playing Mumbly Peg.
I totally agree. I know a man who experienced exactly what you have described when he saw a strange figure running across a road years ago (police interrogation and obvious contempt, becoming the butt of many jokes) and it put me off reporting my own sighting of a UFO.
Though you can always speak to a UFO group such as MUFON; or (depending on your experience) to a Bigfoot group; or to your local ghost hunting group; or, in the UK, to the Ghost Club...or what's that other one called?? Anyway. To paranormal societies! 🙂👍
@@oneoflokis What's the point? Most people that don't sleepwalk through life have noticed high strangeness on more than one occasion, so it isn't a warning they need. Practical advice maybe, but if they don't know the game is afoot by now, they never will.
And I have zero need for some form of validation; I know the reality of my experiences, what I've seen and felt. I'm not frightened or in need of consolation or protection. And another story or two from some 70 yo geezer isn't going to tip the scales.
Besides, I've watched this escalate from a few hysterical reports on the third page of some weekly paper to National Inquirer and then to serious research. This isn't going away.
Because it's growing bolder every day, logic says the bubble will burst from the strain at any moment. Even at my age, I think I'll be around to see it happen, that's how close it feels and appears to actually be. These things aren't even trying to be stealthy any more. The dark and lonely road has become a Phoenix freeway.
My main curiosity is to the how. Exactly what protocols govern such a thing as two civilizations meeting? Will we show up with armed soldiers like the old Japanese Godzilla movies? Will we appoint Cheech and Chong as Terrestrial Ambassadors, to soften our image a little bit? Would Bill Nye the Science Guy be able to understand them better, or maybe Max Tedmark?
And if they are here for slaves and sex kittens, instead of conversation, Arnold has already left in the "Choppa", and Segorny Weaver can't even use an exoskeleton anymore, so what the hell could we do about it?
Me, I'm buying shares in Orville Redenbocker and getting a better recliner. This may be a hell of a show. My only problem is which group to root for.
@@JohnSmith-ft2tw You say "why bother?" I say, "Why not?"
It's through the experiences of experiencers who have been bold enough to relate them, to people who took them seriously enough to record them, that the fields of paranormal research, cryptozoology, and this channel among others, even exist!!
You're obviously interested in such fields/channels: or you would not be here on the comments! 🙂
Don't be so lazy...
As to "sleep-walking". I am both a believer in, and a long time student of the paranormal. Plus, I am a Neopagan.But I can honestly say, *I have never yet personally experienced anything of true high strangeness* , despite being a believer.
But then: *I haven't spent much time wandering around the woods of America* ; nor any woods. 😏 I haven't spent time overnight at haunted houses, nor on ghost hunts at old castles. I used to belong to CUFORG, my local UFO research group in Cornwall, UK.. But financial problems and then health problems in the early 2000s put paid to my going out on skywatches.
These days, I don't even have a car: I don't travel, and am strictly armchair.
But one day, that may change... 🙂
Until then, I rely on the submissions of others to sustain me..🙂👍
@@oneoflokis I would be "aw shucks" humbled at my stingy ways, if I weren't a practicing curmudgeon.
And yes, I'm a Fringer. That's someone who lives on the fringes of society without feeling impelled to swim in cesspool. As a 70 yo Native American, I doubt I'll change.
But occasionally I surf and comment, because I'm temporarily home bound by a body that keeps reminding me that it's mortal. No, not Covid, hell, I haven't seen a neighbor or been anywhere since the 1st of July, so my social distancing is working. (Yes, I got both shots, I said I was a curmudgeon, not an idiot.)
But strangeness loses too much in the retelling. How to explain a forest trail that has subtly changed from the last time, and now WANTS you come down into the valley? Or the the time a light as bright as a freight train shines down on your little cabin in the wee hours of the morning. And it's a wilderness where there are no vehicles allowed, or roads, plus this light is stabbing out from the middle of a 200 acre rock slide you can't even walk across?
It's like sex, you had to be there.
Hey Bob, I love your content. It's Legendary.
Thanks Bob. Your voice and the way you present the information in consistently excellent!
Hello Bob, I just discovered your channel today and I must say I love your videos! I've always had a fascination with cryptids and the unknown so your channel is perfect for me. You've got a new subscriber. Please keep them coming 😊
Another one of those instances where the “common” explanation is nearly as, if not more weird than the original report. That’s why I think in some of these cases there _must’ve_ been something strange going on, because even the alternative theories are ridiculous. Sometimes truly odd things happen. It’s a strange world, isn’t it?
I love how the illustrations of most human subjects are done in very flattering way. Nothing but sexy looking people involved with the paranormal.
Skinny people save ink.
@@BobGymlan Careful Bob, don't let the Fat Acceptance activists hear you implying that only skinny people are sexy...because according to them, morbid obesity is hawt shite!
Thank you, Bob!👍 Great video. I always enjoy your research and analysis for each of the cases on your channel. You bring a rational voice to a field of study which is often dismissed as irrational, and/or "bending the truth," in order to extract the most sensational version of events. You do none of that.
As always, I look forward to seeing your next one. 😊❤️
I've been waiting for this video to cone out for a while, im from Illinois near endfeild and have known about this story for many years and I love when I see it gain attention!!
Anyone else get the strong feeling that whatever it was, was seeking shelter?
Love these kinds of channels. Like 'bedtime storys' and numerous others
Definitely not a kangaroo. Even though they can be dangerous you wouldn't know it by looking at one. From "down under". Great review.
The legend has returned
Goddamn, your content is sooo damn good.
Sometimes skeptics are more unbelievable than the story.
They have their worldview to protect. At all costs.
Mulder: Dana, after all you've seen, after all the evidence, why can't you believe?
Scully: I'm afraid. I'm afraid to believe...
What every skeptic won't admit...🤔
@@dawa7267 two small differences between skeptics and Skully...
1 Im a real person who isn't written to think whatever the author needs me to.
2. Skully (the fictional character lol) comes face to face with evidence every episode.
I know this is a shock. But real life isn't written like bad sci-fi. And I'm not fighting aliens, and monsters every weekend.
I'm not afraid of believing in something. I just want proof before I believe. Because I don't want to believe wrong things for dumb reasons. What's wrong with that?
I'll believe the second I see that proof.
@@americanoligarchy8825 "Because I don't want to believe wrong things for dumb reasons." More like I don't want to be wrong and simply can't think of other potential situations. Nice faux knowledge your trying to show off there.
Great video as always and best illustrator on YT!
Another great video Bob. Thanks!