A frightening video shows “Bigfoot” noises in the Kentucky woods amid a spate of unexplained sightings

A Bigfoot investigator has shared incredible new audio recordings of sounds he believes come from the mysterious beast roaming the Kentucky forests.

For more than three decades, 57-year-old Charlie Raymond of Florida has meticulously documented nearly 700 sightings of the elusive creatures in his new home state of Kentucky. After college, he founded the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization, and calls have been pouring in ever since.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, he said: “Sometimes I spent two hours on the phone with people thanking me for listening because their own families didn’t believe them,” he said. and “That’s when I realized there was something to it.”

While Raymond focuses primarily on analyzing other people’s Bigfoot reports, he has also collected his own recordings of mysterious sounds in the forest near his home at Pine Ridge.

In one clip, a loud gasp can be heard that Raymond says is identical to known recordings made by explorer Ron Moorehead in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

“It’s an exact match and not human.” “These cries of joy are almost 50 years apart and over 4,000 miles apart,” he said.

Raymond said he had been fascinated by Bigfoot since childhood, fueled by bedtime stories about the skunk ape and the iconic Patterson-Gimlin film – and that has now turned into a decades-long career.

He said the biggest challenge in reviewing the numerous eyewitness accounts was distinguishing between genuine sightings and false identifications and verifying the credibility of the witnesses.

He described how he uses various techniques to eliminate fake reports, including checking whether the report matches the original email or initial call, looking at sighting history in the area and comparing the details with other witness descriptions.

“When I have doubts, I throw it away,” he said. “As an investigative researcher, being associated with hoaxes or liars is a death sentence, so I’m very cautious about suspecting it’s not true,” Raymond said.

He also explained how he uses open-ended questions to obtain detailed descriptions from witnesses, focusing on physical characteristics.

Specific physical details such as a flat face and broad shoulders help rule out bears or other wildlife, he said. The description that most fascinates Raymond is when a witness describes seeing something “human-like.”

Verified footprints, hair samples and tracks collected over the years provide compelling evidence of Bigfoot’s existence.

In fact, casts of Bigfoot tracks made by Tom Shea in northern Kentucky have been studied by experts such as Dr. Jeff Meldrum, a leading scientist in Bigfoot research at Idaho State University.

However, the lack of a definitive DNA comparison is a sticking point.

“We don’t have a body and the world won’t accept that until we have a body. And I don’t want to kill anyone,” he said.

Raymond’s system of cross-referencing consistent witness reports and tracking clusters of sightings on Google Maps has taken him on expeditions deep into the forests.

Based on his research, he draws a picture of Bigfoot as being 7 to 8 feet tall, with a broad frame, long arms, a hooded nose, and a prominent eyebrow.

He claimed that they communicated by knocking on trees, whistling, clapping their hands, making mouth noises and saying “oops,” which he claims he recorded himself.

“They don’t knock on us. They knock on each other. “Sometimes we just happen to be in the right place at the right time,” he said.

Raymond said he believes he has decoded some of the tapping patterns used by Bigfoot, suggesting they serve as signals to alert other Bigfoot to the presence of humans.

“A loud knock, we call it a ‘home run knock.'” “It seems to be a warning that there are people in the area and everything is going quiet,” Raymond said.

“Ten quick knocks, really quick, quick knocks that I call emergency knocks, like ‘Come quick, I need help.’

“I believe a short, straight-line whistle, where one Bigfoot whistles on one side of the path and another whistles on the other side – that means they are alerting each other that people are present, as if saying: “Stay calm and be still.”‘

Despite attempts to decipher Bigfoot language, Raymond said their communication methods are largely unpredictable.

“I still don’t know what the three knocks mean.” I got three knocks back. I got a setback and I did it again and got her back. “It’s hard to achieve consistency,” he said.

He believes that Bigfoot exhibits higher intelligence than primates, suggesting a closer connection to humans.

“I tell people if this was a gorilla we would have him in a cage by now,” he said.

Raymond also observes regional differences in Bigfoot temperament. “While some reports show aggressive behavior, the Bigfoot population in Kentucky appears to be generally friendly,” he claimed.

He told the story of “Howdy,” a Bigfoot from Kentucky known for waving, which he said may be a learned behavior through human interaction.

“Howdy was seen in the ’60s leaving the tree line and raising his arm as if to wave, as if to say, ‘Howdy,'” he said.

The behavior of raising one arm upward as if waving was observed by several people, including two teenagers who had no prior knowledge of Bigfoot or Howdy in 2011.

In another case, a young boy told Raymond he saw a wave of Bigfoot while camping with his father in Illinois, suggesting that this behavior was not learned from local folklore or stories.

However, Raymond said he doesn’t believe it’s the same Sasquatch.

“They don’t migrate,” Raymond said. “According to my data, we see the same physical descriptions and the same behaviors over decades.” And we believe that Howdy remains in Kentucky based on the behavioral descriptions in these two counties.

“We do find large nests, mostly pine needles, prints, usually hidden under some trees or downstairs, but they don’t stay long.”

Raymond’s passion for Bigfoot extends beyond data collection to personal encounters.

A frightening experience occurred while hiking with a landowner in Kentucky, where he claimed they got clear answers from a tree-tapping experiment.

His friend noticed that the reaction was coming from further down the canyon, suggesting that a Bigfoot might be following them.

“I can’t believe there was a random person out there in the woods with the freezing rain chasing us and decided to come back to us,” he said.

Another encounter involved a fallen tree after someone attempted to communicate with the Bigfoot, illustrating their territorial nature.

“A team member heard growling and responded with a deep, threatening growl. “Immediately a tree fell right in front of us,” Raymond said. “Yes, trees are falling, but there was no wind that night.”

“We went there the next day and found the tree and it was green, meaning it was alive.”

For aspiring Bigfoot researchers, Raymond recommended thermal imaging cameras and high-sensitivity audio equipment. He made it a point to act naturally like a casual camper so as not to scare them off.

“They want to watch us. We are their television. We’re in her living room. “We are their entertainment,” Raymond said. “As long as we go out, we are not a threat.” We play music, we cook food, we camp, they come and watch us.

“Then we’ll try knocking noises, whistling noises and things like that to communicate with them.” But you can’t go out with camouflage, flashlights and weapons. “They know what hunters do, and they’re going to hit the ground running.”

But why would Big Foot settle in Kentucky of all places?

“It takes two things for a sighting.” “It takes a Bigfoot and a witness,” he said. “In Kentucky, we live in their backyards.” “We live right next to them, side by side, in these hills and screams, so we tend to get a lot of reports.”

Ultimately, Raymond said he believes Bigfoot’s intelligence and adaptability are the key to their elusiveness.

“They have adapted over thousands of years to elude us, to elude us, and they have far better senses than we do,” he said.

But despite three decades of dedicated hunting, Raymond has never seen a Bigfoot – but that hasn’t diminished his passion for research.

“That’s what excites me, putting all these things together, and that’s why I’m a believer, not a knower,” he said. “It’s all speculation based on years of experience I’ve gained.”