Arizona Sasquatch Team Reports Strange Activity on Mogollon Rim Camping Trip

Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

So, I just stumbled across this wild episode on The Eye of Jupiter channel, and honestly, I had to share it because the story Kevin Keaney tells is the kind of thing that makes you sit up and pay attention. Kevin runs Arizona 4 Sasquatch (also known as Arizona Squatch), and he's been spending serious time on the Mogollon Rim in central Arizona building relationships with multiple family groups of forest people. The man is a Desert Storm combat veteran, father of four, grandfather of sixteen, and he's been boots-on-the-ground in the field since 2017. That's not a casual hobby, that's a calling. The episode centers around a particular trip up to a spot they call Hilltop, where Kevin decided to camp out on a knoll a couple hundred yards from his usual setup. His buddy Chris Kramer couldn't make it because of vehicle issues, but Wayne Dylan came up for a day trip and stayed for a night sit. Rob Copeland, who's been camping in that exact area for about 30 years (yes, thirty), planned to sneak away from his family camp and join them. Here's where it gets interesting. The first night Kevin was alone, he had what he classifies as mild activity, and when Kevin says mild, he means knocks, twinkle lights, voices behind him, and bipedal footsteps. For most people that would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but for these guys, that's a one or two on their scale. The next night, with Wayne and eventually Rob joining him, things escalated. Kevin describes seeing wisps, and then something more. He caught a glimpse of something at ground level, on all fours, and the moment his eyes focused on it and he realized what he was seeing, it bolted. Gone in a blink. Then, while everyone was looking in one direction, Kevin turned around (he says he has a habit of checking the opposite direction when the group is focused) and heard Wayne and Rob exclaiming. He looked up and there it was, a craft directly above them, not at a 90-degree angle but close to it. The thing moved steadily across the sky without curving with the Earth, and Kevin watched it for a full minute as sunlight caught it and then it vanished. The Arizona 4 team is a fascinating group. Kevin, Rob (ex-Navy submarine service), Wayne (ex-Army infantry), and Chris Kramer make up the core. They're all veterans except Chris, and they hold each other accountable, testing and checking one another because they don't always agree on what's happening even when they're experiencing the same thing. That kind of internal vetting is rare and speaks to the credibility of what they're reporting. The Mogollon Rim is one of those locations that comes up again and again in Sasquatch reports. It's a 200-mile-long escarpment in central Arizona, transitioning from the high desert to forested terrain, and it's loaded with the kind of dense, rugged habitat that forest people seem to favor. Plenty of water, plenty of cover, and a long history of witness accounts. What makes this episode stand out is the combination of the encounter. It's not just a sighting, it's a layered experience where Sasquatch activity and something aerial happened in the same window of time. Kevin mentions that Rob had received "mind speak" the night before, being told he was supposed to come sit out with Kevin. That detail alone is worth chewing on. If you're into high-strangeness stories from credible witnesses who actually put in the field time, this one's worth the listen. Tom from The Eye of Jupiter does a solid job letting Kevin tell the story without too much interruption, and the photos Kevin mentions sharing are apparently jaw-droppers. Go check it out and let me know what you think, because this one has layers.