CreekDevil Episode Explores Indiana Bigfoot Tracks and Titmas's Patterson-Gimlin Role

So there's this video that popped up on the CreekDevil channel that's got some really compelling stuff in it. Host William Jebning sits down with two guests—Cody and Larry Batson—and the conversation gets into some fascinating territory. Cody shares some exciting updates from his fieldwork in a state forest in southern Indiana. He's been tracking what he believes is a small family group near a body of water, and just the day before the interview, he found a 9-inch footprint impression along with hair samples and various trackways. That's solid evidence right there. But the most interesting part? He had a rock thrown at him while sitting out at night with some other researchers who were playing a distressed rabbit call. Here's how it went down: the group was playing the call as it got dark, and toward the end of it, something came through the trees and landed a rock right next to him. His cousin and his cousin's girlfriend both witnessed it too. Cody's interpretation was that it was more of a warning than an attempt to hit him—the creature apparently didn't appreciate the rabbit call being played in its territory. The rock was about the size of a large grape, so more of a pebble really, but still. That's a direct interaction during an investigation, and he managed to capture the whole thing on his audio recorder. He's got a friend enhancing the audio, so hopefully there's something cool to come out of that. Unfortunately, a group of ATV riders came barreling down the access road about five minutes later and kind of ruined the evening. But that's fieldwork for you. The second half of the video shifts to Larry Batson, who has some incredible stories to share about Bob Titmas. For those who don't know, Bob Titmas was a significant figure in Bigfoot research. Larry met him in his later years while working on an outdoor exhibit about Bigfoot and Sasquatch. He called Al Hodges at Hodges's Variety Store in Willow Creek, California—basically the Bigfoot capital of the world—looking for souvenirs, and Hodges ended up giving him two numbers: Bob Titmas and John Green from Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia. John Green is often referred to as the godfather of Bigfoot research, so that's quite a connection. Larry got Titmas to open up about his encounters, and they're remarkable. Titmas saw his first one in 1941 along the Wrangell Narrows in Southeast Alaska while he was in the Navy. He was up on deck taking in the scenery at dusk and saw this creature walking along the shoreline and up into the bush. He described it as having a large head, large shoulders, long arms, and chestnut brown hair. In his own words, he had killed just about every animal native to Alaska except one of those things, and he decided when he got out of the Navy that pursuing the Sasquatch would be his mission. His second sighting was in 1963 outside of Kamat, British Columbia, where he observed three of them—a large one, a medium-sized one, and a baby—freestyle rock climbing a huge rock wall. He said it took them about 20-25 minutes to get over the wall, and he was amazed at how quickly they did it. But here's the part that really got me: Titmas is the one who told Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin about the Bluff Creek area. This was about three years before the famous Patterson-Gimlin film was shot in 1967. Titmas had been in the area tracking, got wrapped up in following sign, and realized it was almost dark. In those rainforests, wandering around at night is a bad idea—people have gotten lost in there and never been found. So he dug a pit to lay in, covered himself with leaves and debris, and around 1:30 or 2:00 in the morning, he heard something coming through the forest. At first he thought it might be elk, and he was worried because elk hooves are like razor blades and a herd could have trampled him. But he listened closer and realized it was walking on two legs. As it got closer, it stopped and smelled the air—it could smell him, but the discussion cuts off right there. The Bluff Creek area has a long history with Bigfoot research. The Patterson-Gimlin film was shot there in October 1967, and it's still considered one of the most important pieces of evidence in Bigfoot research. The fact that Titmas was in that same area years before and had his own close encounter there adds another layer to the history of that location. This video is definitely worth checking out if you're interested in firsthand accounts and historical research. The combination of Cody's active fieldwork with the rock-throwing incident and Larry's stories about Titmas makes for a really compelling watch. CreekDevil always puts out interesting content, and this one doesn't disappoint.