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(G.C.B.R.O.)

                                                                         Submitted by David Holley.

REPORT RECEIVED: From the field notes of David Holley.

DATE:May 1971
 

TIME:  Daytime
 

LOCATION:Oklahoma, McCurtain County, Broken Bow Reservoir, out of the Beaver Bend Reservoir area.
 

TERRAIN:Wooded, Mountains
 

OBSERVED:   In May of 1971,  while on a fishing/camping trip to Broken Bow Res., north of Broken Bow, Ok., I , and my friend A.C.(Name with held by request) encountered what I now believe was a Sasquatch/Bigfoot.  At this time in my life I was only 18 years old, and neither A.C. nor myself had ever heard of such a creature.

We were being rewarded by my father for our 12 years of hard work getting through high school.  A.C. had (along with
most of my other friends) enlisted in the Armed Forces.  I had bigger plans as I had been awarded a scholarship to attend college.

We arrived at our campsite around midday and began setting up our camp.  My father, Hugh Holley and a cousin of ours; Earl Varley set a tent up near the beach.  A.C., my brother-in-law Carl (Sonny) Walston, and I set our tent up approximately 50 yards from the rocky beach.  A variety of trees surrounded our tent.  The brush was thick.  (The reader should be made aware this was before there were any "established" camp sites on the Broken Bow Res.  Everything was primitive).

Following a light lunch of cheese and crackers, the four of us started out onto the lake in two separate boats to fish and set lines out.  My father and Earl were in one boat.  They would be setting out "trot lines".  Sonny, A.C. and myself were in another boat.  Our intention was to catch some Crappie or Channel Catfish for the evening meal with our poles.

As the day wore on, and as we were not catching anything with our poles, sonny suggested we call it a day and return to camp. We arrived ahead of Dad and Earl, so we decided to get things set up for the evening meal.  A.C. had never camped or fished in the 18 years I'd known him.  So, he wanted to have a camp fire.  (Now I don't ever go camping unless I have a camp fire.  It doesn't have to be big, just cheerful and small)  We gathered fire wood, and A.C. reflected that he thought there should be birds chirping, and squirrels running through the trees.  I didn't think anything about it, until that night after  it got dark.

Dad and Earl had left camp shortly before dark to run their lines.  Sonny had gotten sick during the evening meal and had retired to our tent to sleep.  A.C. and I had gotten close to the fire and had started congratulating each other for having survived 12 years of the Clarksville, Texas, school system.  We opened a couple cans of Coors beer and began toasting each other, and our futures together.  We sat close to the fire and A.C.. remarked, "Dave, it sure is quiet."  I stopped talking long enough to listen to the sounds of the night; but there were none.  No crickets, no owls, no frogs, nothing.  It was strange.  I'd been on enough trips with my Dad, Earl, Sonny and my uncle and cousins to know that you always heard sounds.  Especially on or near a lake surrounded by trees.

I think I told A.C.  it was strange, but not to worry about it.  I got us another beer and as we sat around the fire, I began to get an uncomfortable feeling.  The hair on the back of my neck began to stand up, I began to wipe my eyes which had begun to tear.  I turned to A.C. and asked him if he had the feeling we were being "watched".  He nodded his head yes, and we began to listen.  Just beyond the tree line, we could hear something large moving around our campsite.  We began to get worried about Sonny.  He was asleep in our tent, and whatever was circling our camp was also just behind our tent.

We began to walk around the fire, putting the fire behind us.  We both just figured with the campfire flames in front of us, we wouldn't be able to see whoever (and we did think it was a whoever) was trying to scare us.  We soon heard my Dads boat coming back towards the beach, and so gathered up a couple of weak flashlights and went down to the beach to meet them.  (Maybe not the bravest thing to do, but perhaps it was the smartest).

Dad and Earl told us we really needed to have been in bed, and that we should turn in for the night if we were going to fish the next day.  we looked at each other, and then looked back towards our tent.  Believe me, the night had suddenly become much darker...much more  menacing.  As we began our long walk towards the tent, Dad said, "You boys be sure to put out the fire."  Yeah...go ahead and laugh.  When the fire was put out, and we had to walk to the tent, the night was even darker.

Somehow, we fell asleep.  Maybe it was because we didn't hear anything or anyone walking around the tent after we turned in; but we slept.  The next morning, Sonny woke us up and told us he didn't appreciate A.C. and I walking around the tent the night before breathing hard and "growling".  A.C. and I just looked at each other and tried to tell him we hadn't been guilty of trying to frighten him.  (After all...my brother-in-law had been in Viet Nam and had been awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star.  Sonny wouldn't scare easy).

Nothing happened that day, or that night.  Everything changed, however, on Sunday, May 16,1971 .A.C. and myself had
decided to climb to the top of one of the islands in the middle of the Res.  We had spotted the island we wanted to "conquer" the day before.  We told my Dad, Earl, and Sonny we would meet them back at camp.  They were going to take their lines up.

I was running the outboard motor.  Everything was fine.  We moved across the water and circled one island and then we saw our island in front of us.  I eased off the gas, turned the motor off and we slip effortlessly to a stop on the islands rocky beach.  A.C. pulled the boat up farther onto the beach, secured the boat and I climbed out.  We noticed a rather large game trail a short distance away from us, and we decided we'd use it to make our way to the top of the island.  As we walked up the trail it began to get steeper and harder to climb without grabbing a sapping, or a bush along the way.  We persevered, however, and gained the top of the island.

We were amazed with what we saw.  A clearing of about 50-60 yards wide had been packed down.  There was no tall
grass.  The grass had not been grazed by deer, wild cattle, etc.  No, it had been flattened by something, or someone who was very heavy.  Near the edges of the clearing were several trees; all around us which had been snapped off approximately 9-10 feet .  The tops of these trees (mostly Pine saplings) hung down lifeless towards the ground.  I commented to A.C. that a skunk must be near because the wind was bringing its scent towards us, and it was sure stout.

We had brought a small Confederate flag with us, and I put it in the break of one of the broken saplings.  We agreed we
should do our class yell.  "WE RAISE HELL...WE HAVE FUN...WE'RE THE CLASS OF '71!"  We left the flag and began our trip back down the hill.

At some point, we became aware we weren't alone.  Just beyond our vision we could hear something, or someone walking.  When we walked, it walked.  When we stopped, it stopped.  The worse smell odor either of us had ever smelled was nearly overpowering.

A.C. said he caught the glimpse of someone watching us as we stopped for a rest, but he couldn't make any features out.  Suddenly we heard it moving towards us.  The stench was bad!  We began to run, and I realized we were not on the game trail.  We panicked!  After 28 years I'm not ashamed to say I was scared.  We found ourselves standing on the edge of a drop off of about ten feet from the forest floor, and whatever was pursuing us was coming closer.  I screamed to A.C. to jump!  We landed on our feet and tried to catch our breath.  That strange sensation washed over me, and I became very still and very quiet.  The forest was still.  Not even a breeze.  Then we heard it.  A grunting/growl, heavy breathing.  We both turned our heads upwards and looked into the face of what I at first thought was a  gorilla!  "F#@kin'A!"  shouted A.C.  All I could do was say "Run!"

Run we did!  We ran through thorn bushes.  We crashed through trees and brush a sane man would have gone around, and all the time we could hear this "gorilla" crashing through the same brush and trees.  Only it sounded like a freight train coming after us.

To this day I don't know how we made it to the beach, but we made it.  However, our escort was still coming, and it didn't sound to pleased.  Fortune smiled upon  us in the fact we came out only yards away fro our boat.  I raced for the boat, untied it and jumped in!  I started the motor and shouted for AC. to come on.  He was about to climb into the boat when he spied a triangular rock.  Grabbing the rock he planted it in the middle of the game trail we had originally followed up the hillside.  I was still screaming at him when he pushed the boat into the water and jumped into it.

As I put the boat in reverse and was moving away from the island, "IT" burst out of the brush and onto the beach.  It made a scream I will never forget.  (I have heard screams of a similar type on many of the BIGFOOT WEB SITES.)

What did this creature look like,  I honestly can't say I looked at his/its feet, so I'm not going to be foolish enough to
comment upon this point.  However, as it entered the lake after us, swinging its long arms, splashing water, I had the impression it was about 8-9 feet tall.  Heavily built, covered in redish-brown hair which covered its entire body except around the eyes, nose and mouth.  I also had the impression its head was conical in shape, and I can't remember seeing much of a neck.  I do know it was very aggressive.

A.C. and I agreed not to speak about what happened to our buddies.  We were afraid of being branded as "Nuts".  We
never did speak of it.

It was about a year later while sitting in a doctors office I happened to run across a Readers Digest, which carried an article on a creature called Sasquatch, or more commonly known as Bigfoot.

It didn't take me long to figure this is what A.C. and I saw.  Since that day...I've been a hunter of sorts.  Forget deer.  Forget big game.  I search for Bigfoot.

Activities of Witness:  Camping, exploring island
 

Description of Creature: 8-9 feet tall.  Heavily built, covered in redish-brown hair which covered its entire body except around the eyes, nose and mouth.  I also had the impression its head was conical in shape, and I can't remember seeing much of a neck.  I do know it was very aggressive.

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