The Caddo Creatures

If you are going to look for Bigfoot, well, at least make the location an atmospheric one!

And, maybe, there's few better such places than Caddo Lake (which borders Texas and Louisiana), on which I took a boat-trip (and a Sasquatch-seeking trek) back in 2005.

Caddo Lake happens to be the largest natural freshwater lake in the south, covering approximately 26,800 acres.

Originally home to the Caddo Indians, the lake’s murky depths and incredibly dense black cypress trees today help to create a truly spooky atmosphere within which Bigfoot is said to firmly thrive.

Every now and again, I get reports of people encountering huge, ape-like animals in the area, including - very interestingly - several I have on-file of people seeing the beasts actually swimming in the lake!

Well, I guess even Bigfoot needs to cool off when the southern weather reaches 100 degrees-plus!

Pier 39 And A Texan Zebra!

Nope: there's nothing even remotely paranormal, supernatural or Fortean about these two pictures.

But, I figured: Why not post them?

They are, after all, and in their own way, kind of odd.

The first shows a zebra.

So, you may well ask, what's so odd about that?

Well, I happened to see this stripey chap standing in a field in - of all places! - West Texas about 12 years ago when I was driving to Roswell, New Mexico.

I guess if Britain can have big cats on the loose, and there are alligators in the sewers of New York (perhaps...), then why shouldn't the wilds of the Lone Star State be home to a zebra or several?

As for this second picture, taken by me in the summer of 2001, it shows the resident sea-lion population at San Francisco's now-famous Pier 39.

Indeed, it's quite a sight - and a very weird one too! - to see so many large and lumbering animals sprawled mere feet from you!

Back in Black - Again!

On a couple of occasions at this blog (specifically here and here) I have commented on the regular overflights of our house by military and unmarked helicopters. Well I just now - literally - took the accompanying photo, of yet another craft on one of its regular visitations...

Maybe one day they will parachute in for a cup of tea, or a beer or several...

A Brtitish Hangar 18?

The buzzword that has been bubbling quietly-but-continuously within certain factions of the British UFO research community since at least the late 1970s is that the relatively innocuous-looking base known as Royal Air Force Rudloe Manor – which is situated within the English county of Wiltshire (Crop Circle country, as it's better known!) - sits atop a large, futuristic, underground installation, deep inside of which resides the holiest of all ufological prizes: alien bodies from a crashed UFO.

British authorities have long asserted that the stories are all arrant nonsense and little more than modern day folklore and mythology in the making. Needless to say, determining the truth of this seemingly endless affair has proven to be just about as problematic as the base is deep. Isn't it always, in such situations?

What we do know for sure is that until 1998, the Royal Air Force’s elite Provost and Security Services (P&SS) had their headquarters at Rudloe (a section of which is shown in the photo above), and their duties included the investigation of crime and disciplinary matters involving RAF personnel, the security vetting of employees, and the issuing of identity cards, passes and permits. Far more significant, investigators attached to the P&SS are also trained in the field of counter-intelligence (C / I).

Such training is undertaken at the RAF Police School. Prospective candidates for counter-intelligence work are required to take specialized courses in subjects such as computer security and surveillance. Before being considered for C/I work, personnel have to attain the rank of corporal within the RAF Police. C/I investigators are responsible for issues affecting the security of the RAF, which can include the loss and theft of classified documents, matters pertaining to espionage cases, and the protection of royalty and VIP’s when visiting RAF stations. Also situated within the headquarters of the P&SS is a division known as the Flying Complaints Flight, which primarily investigates complaints of low-flying military aircraft in Britain.

In addition, on October 17, 1996, the late Member of the British Parliament, Martin Redmond, who had a personal interest in the UFO puzzle and who was fully aware of the rumors linking Rudloe with aliens, asked a number of questions in Parliament that revealed further data on the workings of the Rudloe installation. Eleven days later, Redmond was informed by then Defense Minister Nicholas Soames that, RAF Rudloe Manor was home to a parent unit and five lodger units. Specifically these were:

(a) The Detachment of 1001 Signals Unit, which operated the British military’s communications satellite system;
(b) No. 1 Signals Unit, which provided voice and data communications for the entire RAF, Royal Navy, Army and Ministry of Defense;
(c) The HQ of the P&SS;
(d) The HQ of the P&SS Western Region;
(e) And the Controller Defense Communications Network, a tri-service unit controlling worldwide communications for the military. Not only that but the DCN was situated 120 feet underground and was capable of housing no fewer than 55,000 people in the event of a national emergency.

Soames very carefully refrained from mentioning anything specifically relative to UFOs.

In 2000, Rudloe Manor was placed under the control of the Defense Communications Service Agency – which was later replaced by the Information Systems and Services, itself a part of the Ministry of Defense’s Defense Equipment and Support organization.

A few of its underground areas have since been sold off, while some are now decommissioned. Notably, other areas, extending to very significant depths, remain solidly in the hands of officialdom, and are out-of-bounds to just about everyone else.

A British Hangar 18? Some say "Yes!" Others say: "No way!" The truth...maybe...is not "out there" but "under there."

Maybe...

Behind Closed Doors...

No, it's not the entrance point to Hangar 18! Not so much Fortean in nature, but a minor bit of secrecy and cover-up.

This photo shows my dad, Frank, pointing at one of a number of large, thick, tall doors at the Cannock Leisure Center in the town of Cannock, Staffordshire, England (which has since been dramatically refurbished - this photo was taken back in 2000).

You may wonder, why on earth would a center dedicated to simply providing the people of Cannock access to exercise machines, a swimming pool, etc need such vast and powerful doors made of solid, thick wood?

They look like they might be able to withstand an earth-shattering explosion, right?

Yes...exactly!

Before his retirement at 65, my dad worked for his entire life as a carpenter (aside from a three year period in the British Royal Air Force, which he served when National Service - the Draft in the U.S. - was still in place).

And, being based in Cannock, the company he worked for got the contract to build and install these very doors. In fact, my dad helped put this particular door into place.

But, why?

Well, I'll tell you!

Unknown to the vast majority of the good folk of Cannock, back in the 80s, and in the event of a national emergency (such as a confrontation with the Soviets that might have escalated into a full-blown nuclear exchange between the super-powers), the lower-level of the leisure center was secretly singled out by officialdom to act as a refuge area that could allow for some continuation of local/regional government (while the rest of us would be left to fry in the above-surface radioactive nightmare...).

Hence the curious-looking, super-tough doors.

Of course, in reality, in an all-out nuclear war, such a place would have offered very little - if, indeed, any - real protection from the mighty power of the atom. And the doors, designed to provide some degree of protection to those behind them, would likely have been vaporized in an instant.

But, what I find interesting is that this was a Cold War secret that for years, and for all intents and purposes, was right under people's noses. Very few, however, ever realized the center's big secret and the reason behind the construction of those huge doors!

Well, now you do!

The Redfern Critter Collection!

One of the reasons I enjoy living where I do, is the massive presence of a wide and varied body of strange and over-sized critters of a type that I just never found back in England.

From blue-eyed toads to fat cats, and from mean-looking spiders to winged whatsits, it's all good! Well, aside for my wife, Dana, who recoils in horror every time I bring to her attention that latest beast on which I have stumbled!

Strangest of all was the severed possum head...and the nature of whatever had severed it during the night...

And here's a few photos of them, taken by me over the last couple of years:

The Truth Behind Cattle Mutilations...

After years of searching, I have finally uncovered the terrible truth behind the cattle-mutilation puzzle: it's all part of a diabolical and nefarious government plot to create monstrous, hybrid entities that are part-cattle and part-machine.

After all, doesn't this photo of me and my dad, Frank, taken in 2009 at Fort Worth, Texas's famous Stockyards - about 20-minutes' drive from where me and Dana live - provide the undeniable, shocking evidence? Surely, it does!