Former FBI Agent Recalls 1992 Bigfoot Interrogation at Quantico

Posted Sunday, September 27, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

A wild story just surfaced on YouTube that has the Sasquatch community buzzing. The channel Cryptid's Den recently posted a video featuring a man claiming to be a retired FBI agent who says he interrogated a Sasquatch back in 1992—and what it supposedly told him about humanity was so disturbing it got immediately classified at the highest levels. The narrator, who goes by Daniel Cross, claims he was a senior special agent assigned to the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. According to his account, he got a mysterious phone call at 2:47 a.m. on September 18, 1992, directing him to a secret underground facility on the base he'd never seen during his five years stationed there. What he found was a full-on operation. Twelve people were gathered around a metal table—including a biologist from Johns Hopkins, a US Army Colonel, DARPA scientists, and what he strongly suspects were CIA operatives based on their demeanor. They showed him photographs of a Sasquatch captured three nights earlier by a National Guard unit during thermal imaging exercises in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. The description is pretty detailed: approximately 7.5 feet tall, covered in dark reddish-brown hair, with a pronounced brow ridge, flat nose, and a jaw that looked like it could crush bone. But here's the kicker—instead of fighting when surrounded, it raised its hands and knelt down. Like it understood what was happening. Like it was surrendering. Cross says the Sasquatch weighed around 650 pounds of almost pure muscle. Its footprints measured 17 inches long. Hair samples and dental impressions were already being analyzed. But what really got the scientists' attention was its behavior. In three days of captivity, it responded to spoken commands, showed problem-solving abilities, and used sticks to draw geometric patterns in the dirt of its holding cell. The military wanted to dissect it. Dr. Martinez and the scientists had a week to prove it was worth more alive than dead. That's when they brought in Cross to establish communication. The interrogation itself is where things get really interesting. Cross sat across a metal table from the Sasquatch, who he named "Kalin" after it managed to vocalize something close to a name. The Sasquatch's hands—yes, hands with opposable thumbs and calluses suggesting a lifetime of tool use—gripped the table hard enough to make it groan. And then it spoke. Not just grunts or growls, but actual broken English. When Cross identified himself as law enforcement, Kalin responded with "Law. You lawman." The story raises a lot of questions. If true, this would be one of the most significant events in Sasquatch research history. The idea that the government captured one of these beings back in 1992 and has been studying it for over three decades is exactly the kind of cover-up many researchers have suspected for years. The Cascade Mountains region has long been a hotspot for sightings, with countless reports coming out of Washington State over the decades. The idea that the military was conducting thermal imaging exercises there in the early 90s and stumbled upon one of these elusive beings isn't entirely far-fetched given the history of military operations in those areas. Cross claims the information from that interrogation was classified at the highest levels and that he's kept the secret for 33 years. Now, at 66 years old, he says some truths need to be told before they die with the people who know them. Whether you believe this story or not, it's definitely worth checking out the full video. The details Cross provides are incredibly specific—from the Nirvana song playing on his radio during the drive to Quantico, to the retinal scans and badge combinations required to access the holding area. It's the kind of first-hand account that either sounds like a very elaborate hoax or a genuine glimpse into a world most people never get to see. Head over to Cryptid's Den on YouTube to watch the full story. It's a wild ride from start to finish.