My dad was a deputy sheriff in warrick co Indiana he always patrolled at night ,and would always talk about seeing large black panthers crossing back roads in wooded areas, many of times for years 1978 to 1991.
My mom's dad saw one in a local park. There might have even been one near our house once, which is funny/ironic because I had a bout of OCD paranoia about being mauled by a large cat
I’m Indiana born and raised and love that you share the “not talked about” history of Indiana and locations so people can see for themselves. You have given me and my family some great new places to explore… thank you!
My pleasure indeed! My folks took us to many great places in Indiana, and I hope I can inspire families to do the same! Those memories are what made me whom I am! 🙂
People don’t tell these legends anymore for some reason. Maybe out of fear idk. Trust the science they say but some things science can’t explain in our world
@@Ghoosier Truth! Many older people don’t want to “sound crazy”, so don’t tell their stories. In southern Indiana in particular, many things happen that are hard to explain.
@@AdventureswithRoger At the time many of these occurred it was before tv so people had some good enthusiasm for entertainment. Now people lock themselves in their houses before dark and never go back outside, so they wouldn't see some of these animals if they were in their own yards! A couple of years ago that black bear roamed all the way across Southern Indiana and right on the land we used to live on. Neighbors saw it and took pictures.
I love how this is bringing Indiana residents from all over the state to share with each other. Even those out of state that has ties to Indiana. Even the stories from other states are awesome because we all can still relate to their experiences. Great job at bringing people together. This is much needed, you know how hard it is to keep these experiences inside with no one to share it with?
Your cinematography is just beyond beautiful. Also, the stories are engaging, very well spoken and fascinating. This could be on television and beat a lot of shows currently on the air.
Thank-you! I love wide angle shots and smooth transitions! Most TH-camrs use handheld stabilizers, but I usually use a heavy pro tripod, unless they aren’t allowed or are impractical.
I'm from south west Florida but I live in Indiana now for 9 years now, these are all new to me,I'm blackfoot, Cherokee and Irish mixed my heritage is rich in story's like this and all true, story telling is a way to pass down history and to be a one you must be able to remember everything and never lie or add to the history, thank you for sharing my new home with us, much love and appreciation God bless
@@AdventureswithRoger awesome, I really enjoy your videos, I'm in kokomo lol,thank you for all your hard work and energy that you put into each article thank you
I grew up in Central Indiana. Our folks would take us to Southern Indiana on weekends, and I thought it was the best place on earth! Rolling hills, valleys, hollows, scenic views, so much history and things to see! When I got the chance to move here, I took it and have never been sorry.
I also grew up in Indiana and I have raised my children here as well!! Indiana is a beautiful state!! I'm near south bend though. Once when mushroom hunting with my mom, we found a HUGE bear type footprint. Bigger than either of our shoes put together.. I have no idea what it could have been. I've never seen a animal that big here..
@@jenncoppes1260 I live northwest of New Albany, and we’ve had confirmed black bear sightings. A few pictures with cellphones, and one police report where a bear was hit by a car on rural highway 150. It scampered away and was not seen again. But I believe we have lots of big things in these woods, other than bears!
My dad grew up in Southern Indiana. He always told a story of him and his best friend going coon hunting at night in the 1950's. He talked about treeing the devil one of those nights. The story always scared me no matter how many times he told it. In the last several years, I've heard about the possibility of panthers being sited in the past. I believe this was the case in the experience my father had.
My wife and her sister saw one, near Columbus, Indiana, when they were kids, delivering papers. I saw a mountain lion northwest of New Albany, middle of the day. It had a deer carcass in its mouth and casually waited for my car to pass him or her. I definitely believe we have big cats in Indiana!
@@dihskursiv They are here. It could just be one that gets around though. I’ve read that big cats can have a 600 plus mile range, so if one person sees one near Madison, and another near Fort Wayne, it could be the same one.
@@dihskursiv I saw a Black panther run across the road on my way to work 7 years ago, it was Not a cat. Every detail was that of a Black Panther. Looked 40-50 lbs. North of highway 40 between Plainfield and Danville Indiana
I live in Indiana and the panther thing is true because a couple have been caught in some of the woods near where i currently live and a few years ago one attacked my friends dog when he was hunting.
Love this channel man, no one really looks into the interesting history of Indiana. It actually held the second largest freshwater swamp area in the US near the Kankakee River, before we dredged the river. It was a hunters paradise.
I live 9 miles from.the Kankakee wildlife area in northwest Indiana it's a really secluded place there's a road that goes thru it called ten mile road it's a big swampy area from the big Kankakee marsh
When I was a child the game warden let loose a black panther and a few mountain lions into the woods out by my parents house because of the overpopulation of deer. I was born in 94 so it would of been after your sighting
I just found your channel, and I can't wait to watch all of your videos! I live in Southern Indiana, and I love to hear stories about places on my side of the river instead of Kentucky 😁
Welcome to the adventure! Indiana has tons of hidden stories, and many nice people have been kind to tell them to me! So far, I’m 5 years in, and no end in sight! 🙂
I dated a woman in Elkhart around 2005 who claimed she saw one of the large black cats on The Dean Mock Expressway right next to a large field and forested area. It ran right by her car and was as tall as as her hood. I believe her.
Such a great video. I grew up in Indiana and loved these stories when I was a kid and teenager (especially the Beast of Busco and Champ!). I know live in Europe and watching this video with my wife is truly nostalgic! Thanks so much for this.
Thanks Rich! Yellowwood has become a fan favorite for strange stories. One family, that lives on the edge of Yellowwood, claims to have regular Bigfoot encounters, while others say they often hear strange howls in the night. When I was packing up the tripod and camera at Yellowwood, for the Bigfoot movie, I heard something unusual and couldn’t place it as something common.
My grandparents lived in Rochester on Lake Manitou for 30 years. From the age of 8 to the age of 18, every summer for 2 weeks I would go and stay with them. My grandpa was an avid fisherman, so almost every night I was there, we would go night fishing. We would SLAY crappie and cat fish. I've heard the tails of this monster. I must say the lake can be very eerie at night. Once a thunderstorm rolled in and we were caught in it. We shot around Party Island to get wind block, but it was so bad we just stopped at party island for a little while. During the storm lightning would light up everything, I thought I saw a horse swimming. I told my grandpa and he laughed and proclaimed: " Probably that damned monster everyone talks about." I didn't see where that horse looking figure went, but I swear to this day it was real.
Tales of the Pekin panther has been around since I was a kid over 3 decades ago. I'm amazed that you found so much information on it. Absolutely amazing 👏. Thanks for your hard work on everything. You sir have become my favorite channel. Edit-I have been sharing this with all my family and friends.
I live in northern Indiana and I have a true story I would like to share with you. We have a cabin about 300 miles NNW of Thunder Bay Ontario. We drive till the road stops then take a float plane in to our cabin. My Dad built our cabin in 68 and we go up 3 times a year. The end of May, mid July and early Sept. One fall trip maybe 15 or 20 years ago now, we wanted to portage to a different lake. In the spring and fall if the weather was cool we would go after some Lake Trout. If I had to take a guess, I have been on that lake 30 to 40 times now. We are the only cabin on our lake and there is no cabins on the Lake Trout lake. We have 3 small boats we just leave on that lake because we go there so often. We had 6 men in 3 Boats that day. We all kinda went our own way and started fishing. It was maybe 4 hours later (around 2 or 3 pm) all 3 boats meet back up in the middle of the lake and we all killed our engines and started to eat our lunch. It was a beautiful sunny day with no clouds and the lake went completely flat, no wind at all. Ok now this is the part where you are going to think I'm nuts, so here I go. The first sound came from our north (the way back to our lake) The best way I can describe it was someone holding a note on a freaking pipe organ. The notes were perfect, not flat or anything like that. The notes would last maybe 5 to 8 seconds, that's a long time to hold a perfect note. When the one would die out, another would start from a different shore at a higher or lower note but all just perfect and sounded like a pipe organ. All the sounds were just single notes, we never heard 2 different notes at the same time. This lasted for maybe 15 or 20 min. We all 6 were hearing 20 + pipe organs play single notes around a lake with no cabins in the Canadian wilderness. The notes were extremely loud (like feel it in your chest loud) and with no wind and land no more the 400 yards away in any direction the notes would echo around a bit. My brother did not want to make the portage so he stayed in our lake with one of my uncles. Later back in our cabin we all were telling my uncle and brother what we heard. They both said they could also hear the notes from our direction. We never saw a thing and I don't know what we heard. We didn't see anything on the ground nothing in the trees, or water and boy we all were looking. About the only thing I do know there is no pipe organs around that lake. Over the years we have been back to that many times and nothing. Over the years we have asked State biologist, they look at me like I'm nuts. I even have asked a First Nation friend from that area. At least he gave me a kinda answer. Are you ready, I sure was. He said some things in nature are best left unknown. lol What that is your answer, I was so ready to find out and that's what I got. I'm the last one of the 8 people still alive who heard the pipe organ notes around a lake in the Canadian wilderness. I'm not saying it was BF, I don't have a clue but something was making the sound and I'm just trying to find out what. Thank you. Greg P.S. I wrote this a few years ago now but I'm still looking for some answers.
There are several places in America where people have reported strange humming sounds. Sometimes everyone can hear it, sometimes only women, and other times, just the dogs. Theories range from aliens, deep oil drilling, whales, government experiments, to continental shelves rubbing each other. I’d loved to have seen what it did to electronic equipment.
@@AdventureswithRoger The notes were just so perfect. I really thought my Indian friend would give me some info. We have seen a few Ravens and I know they can make some strange sounds but we didn't see any that day. That was the last trip with all of my uncle's before they started to pass away and the lake going completely flat was kinda strange. Thank you. GREG.
You are very good at telling stories. Your videos are always visually beautiful. Thank you for all the work you put into these. You really must love it here in Indiana.
I live in northern Indiana. Elkhart county. I've talked to people who know others and have seen a black panther. My brother in law was even stalked by one. All the signs he saw later said it wasn't normal. All while deer hunting.
In 1872, up near Battleground, there were a string of black panther / human like muscular build reports. One of the beasts killed was 217 pounds, 6 feet 9 inches in height (scary they said height and not length), and did a number on the men that chased it down, bloodying them up pretty good. For a while, the skin was on display at a store in Bloomingsburg, but has since vanished. There was another such report around Avon, not to mention “dogmen” sightings that continue to this day.
I am from Elkhart also and back in 2008 maybe 2009 I seen the Silhouette of what looked like a panther sized cat on the edge of the woods that is behind the Walmart on C.R.6. They few people I did tell at the time thought I was seeing something else but I know WTH I saw.
I went to high school in Lincoln City Indiana in the early 80s. That's when 3wheelers were just getting popular. We ran all over the woods outside Gentryville and that whole area. Camping every weekend at Lincoln State Park. That was some of the best times of my life 💜
I’ve heard some deep woods hunters tell some strange stuff, either refusing to go back where it happened, or never going without a fair sized caliber. After something tracked me in Floyd County, and I later saw a mountain lion with a deer carcass in its mouth, just a few miles away, I never go without something.
So cool. I was telling my eldest about how my friend and I saw a black panther in Harrison co. as teens. It was just north of the Harrison-Crawford forestry at a camp we were allowed to stay at on Blue River.
There are numerous stories of the Ohio valley having panthers in the 18th century and before (1700’s) especially from the Shawnee tribe. They had a family called “panther” and it just so happens to be the family that Tecumseh is from.
I was born in Michigan City and grew up in Walkerton. My dad told me of black panther sightings north of Laporte when he was growing up. Around 1990 I was just west of Walkerton heading home when I saw one walking along the side of the road next to a swampy area heading in the opposite direction. The eye shine in my headlights made me slow down thinking it was a big dog. When we passed there was enough light that I could see it definitely was a cat. The body was about 4 feet long. Every hair on my body stood up. I told a few friends but no one believed me until a couple weeks later when one of them told me he had seen one in the same area. I don't know if he did but I know what I saw.
Oh my goodness-the alligators! 🐊 YIKES! 😳 Thinking back to my younger days and all the swimming we used to do in Blue River, Ohio River, Patoka Lake, Indian Creek, etc. I’m happy with my clear swimming pool now, lol! Nothing better than spooky historical folklore and legends! Great work as always Roger, enjoying your channel! 👏🏻 🏆
DNR in Monroe County told me as long as their nostril don't freeze over an alligator could survive Indiana. They can go in to a dormant state and reawaken when warmed.
On the White River in southern Daviess co. area known as High Rock my Great grandparents farmed there....Grandpa always took rifle with him to farm bottoms...They seen black panthers down there for years...That area was strip mined in the 80s ....Not as much woods as there used to be....Oh ya , John Dillinger used to hide out at High Rock also....
Pretty neat how many of you have experience with Indiana. Even though I was born in Rhode island, I grew up in New Albany. It was a crazy history being right next to Louisville. But I spent a lot of time in Jeffersonville and Evansville.
I started filming up at Lawrenceburg and hit every town along the Ohio River, all the way to Mount Vernon, where the Wabash merges with the Ohio and goes south. It was an awesome experience and met many nice people along the way.
Hey Roger I just found your channel or maybe it found me. I'm from the Dayton/Cincinnati, Ohio area but live in Florida now. I used to boat the Ohio and I love all the Indiana river towns below Cincinnati to the Louisville area. My two favorite places to cruise to on the Indiana side are Turtle Creek Marina at Florence and Madison which is a great small Ohio River city. Great stories about Indiana cryptids!
This channel is awesome Hey I had multiple experiences with a flying cryptid in 2018. Right outside Indianapolis in new Palestine. This huge flying bat creature was landing on our roof and one night I saw it up close it was terrifying. Me and my girlfriend at the time saw it it was absolutely traumatizing.
@Donkeypuncherello88 I grew up on the east side of Indy and now reside in New Pal. Where about did you see this thing? I live off Gem Rd between East Washington Street and 200 in an older neighborhood
I've lived in Northern Indiana all of my life and have seen some pretty strange things. It was my sophomore year at Goshen College and we would go hang out on moonlit nights at the Goshen Dam nearby. A friend of ours lived right next to the dam so we would usually walk and hang out in the dark and just watch the sky. One night in mid October we witnessed what we can only describe as a pterodactyl fly up from the area down where the dam runs off of. We approached the edge of the dam where you can look off into the water and heard some crazy commotion coming from down below. As soon as we got close to the edge this HUGE creature flys up in front of us .All we could remember was the wings and the wind and heat from them when they flapped. I've been in the woods all my life and it was NOT an Eagle or anything of that nature. It could have EASILY picked one of us off and flown off in the night. The shape of the wings were similar to that of a pterodactyl or what you would see in a museum. The head was also shaped like it and it had a strange smell as it flew by. It looked like something out Jurassic Park. That wasn't even the scary thing.... The scariest part was that prior to that we heard someone coming out of the trees behind us and then a large BOOM. Sounded like a shotgun, so someone was shooting at that creature. Someone knew that thing was there, we ended up running off to a friends house right by the dam. Not more than a few minutes later police arrived since it's a public park. We ended up going across the lake area the next day to see where it flew off to. We remember as we ran hearing a crash in the trees across the lake so we went to investigate. There was an old man picking up branches and sticks, and he turns to us and goes " You guys saw it too? There are things in this world that aren't supposed to exist, but they do, careful what you're looking for because you might just find it". We never went back at night but we've heard stories that the people are still seeing this creature in the area and around Southern Michigan..... .But even until this day my friends and I still wonder who the hell was out there shooting at that thing. I wish I could contact them in someway and find out more about it and why they were trying to shoot it. If it deemed us a threat it would have easily eaten all of us. The 2nd creepiest thing I've seen was also at night in a rural area next to some woods in Goshen. My girlfriend and I were taking a night hike when we saw a group of people about 100 feet in front of us near a street light. When we went to move to the other side of the street to get around them things got STRANGE! What we thought were people molded into a giant ball of blackness. It moved around a bit and jetted off into the woods nearby. We ened up turning around and going back the way we came. Needless to say we haven't walked that same stretch of road at night since then. Great video, I enjoyed every minute of it!
I love awesome stories like yours. Have you ever seen a giant blue heron? The reason I ask is that they’ve made a comeback to Indiana, stand 4 1/2 feet tall, and have a wingspan of over 6 feet! Crazy huge and look like pterodactyl’s, when in flight. I’ve seen a few of them and I always think dinosaurs! It might not be what you saw, but thought I’d throw that out there. I’ve not experienced shadow people, but know two people that have. Both saw them at Waverly Hills Sanitarium. I wouldn’t do that on purpose! 😧
@@AdventureswithRoger Yup I have on a few occasions and this thing was double that size. I got obsessed with this thing for a few years so I started investigating the largest birds in our area and the giant blue heron would have been a baby compared to it.... One of my friends who was with us that night was in the process of trying to become a conversation officer and also said it was something else....This thing was massive! We were a few feet away from its flight path coming from below. So when it went over head it was like something from a movie. My friend is 6'2 and it could have easily taken him if it wanted to. I wasn't a believer in all this kind of stuff prior to that, but one thing is for sure it really opened my eyes to ALL cryptid, ufo, etc type of stories....
@@TheStrengthHive I believe there’s much we don’t know, about animals living in our woods. There have been other pterodactyl sightings across America and it may be, we just don’t know where they call home, with so many places to hide!
Wow, I use to live in Goshen, also at the Indiana/Michigan line- ALOT of strange in that area ! But I'd never heard of this creature you speak about. And I use to spend alot of time in Mongo woods-yiks lol The shadow people I've seen, most of them are negative entities brought in with black magic, creepy to witness. Would love to share my experiences with you, no time right now but I will try to get back with you.
@@AdventureswithRoger Great blue herons are big but they couldnt carry a person off. Sandhill cranes are becoming more common these days too. And are large birds but in my opinion the dont look like they could carry a person away. I vaguely remember someone telling me they seen the same thing years ago. I propably asked "but did everybody see it"...
I am a native Hoosier, having lived here for 98% of my 69 years. I can assure you not all our "monsters" reside in/around lakes and such. Back in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, fifteen years of my youth were spent in the then-Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home just south of Knightstown. It was here I quickly learned monsters really do exist in the personages of staff, older/larger male students, and men from the American Legion alike, These monsters, under the protection of the State of IN, often violated/abused me and others at-will, all with the knowledge we could not tell anyone because those sanctionedmonsters to whom we should have been able to report the horrific abuse were often the very ones perpetrating it.
I'm so sorry you had to endure that. Monsters like them will spend an eternity in hell for what they did to children. God bless you. I'll pray for healing for you.
@@AdventureswithRoger I also am thankful for the work you put into this particular story. (It's my first story from you I've gotten to listen to.) I was, however, saying extra prayers for my 13-year-old son and his boy scout troop who traveled to Mitchell, IN over the weekend to hike, cave, and camp in Spring Mill State Park.
Awesome video. Native to Pekin, IN. Lots of stories of what we refer to as the Pekin Panther. A large Alligator Snapper in Jordan Lake with a shell the size of a dinner table. Cool to see someone making a film on our cryptids. Great work. Thank you
I grew up in Elkhart county, northern Indiana, and always heard tales of a swamp creature that lived in an area that used to be known as Cable Line Rd which is now a developed stretch of road on C.R. 26. I've never been able to really find anything on the internet about it. Would be interesting to see this channel cover it. Also I am new subscriber to your channel and can't wait to watch all your videos.
@Inspector Tragic the creature supposedly cause a motorcyclist to crash into a tree and left his imprint on the tree that would glow on the night it happened. I remember the tree and the "imprint " but it's gone now
Saw a Black Panther here in Indianapolis once. This was at Geist Reservoir in the Northeast corner of Marion County. In the late 1970s before it was developed into suburban sprawl. It was heavily wooded back then. The sighting took place on the jetty where the Marina still sits. It was back then a Boy Scout campgrounds and closed to the public. But people would hop the fence and go out onto the jetty, which was a fifteen-minute walk to the shore and great fishing spot. Anyway, we're coming back from fishing all day and heading back to the main road down a gravel road South to North (boy scout built road.) Came to an intersection with an old logging road. (East to West) And it came out of the underbrush and onto the logging road. West to us, 30 feet from us (a group of five of us) It was huge four foot body plus tail black and totally silent it stood there watching. Possibly even stalking us! We stood there facing it and it us for at least a good 3-4 minutes. We were un armed and decided to grab the nearest thick logs for protection. It turned around and ran back into bushes to our South. We never went back there unarmed after that. Didn't tell anyone, and we should have. But that entire jetty belong to the Boy Scouts and private property. Didn't want to get any trouble.
I have lived in Indianapolis my whole life. Its a massive city. So not many cryptids running around the city but Indiana over all is eerie. When i was a kid we seen a UFO over a cornfield in Pittsboro, IN. I grew up 5 mins from an airport so i was used to seeing planes every day all day. This was no plane. We also used to see multiple sets of red eyes at the edge cornfield not at the same night we seen the UFO. This cornfield had a very creepy feel to it, i got lost in it one time couldnt find my way back for an hour. I was 8 or 9.
Down at Edinburgh there are strange lights all the time. One night I went to get carryout and saw maybe 10 or 12 green lights floating over a field. One by one they took off and I chased them, getting up to 90 miles an hour before they absolutely left me at an incredible speed. Locals call them “signal drones” and claim they are advanced military drones. But believe me, plenty of odd stuff happens in the woods, even around urban areas
Glad you brought that up. I've also witnessed ufo's. All the way from northern Indiana to mid Indiana, along with strange phenomenon. 2 of the ufo's interacted with me, both in different ways. I got pics of 1 of them. And had other witnesses with me almost every time one appeared. Dozens of sightings yet each one was a different craft. I still have sightings here just north of Indy, but I've become bored with watching the skies. I still like to hear everybody else's experiences.
My uncle and I observed a UFO for about 20-30 minutes when I was about 6 years old. In Morgantown, Indiana. He was out in the road and I was walking down the steps of the porch and we both seen it and froze and watched hover. Lights looked all different color and like they were moving in a circle. We sat and watched then it just took off, gone. So as an adult I was remembering this and I didnt know for sure if it really happened or if it was a crazy dream I had. So I asked my uncle. He confirmed it and told me about it just as I remembered it.
I dont hear of much Cryptid stories in Indiana, but we have our fair share of UFO sightings. There are also a lot of hauntings in the state. My father worked at Central State hospital in the mid 90s before it was shutdown. Its said to be one of biggest paranormal hotspots around.
I worked in a Top Secret outfit for a government agency at Peshawar Air Station in Pakistan. My advanced electronic equipment monitored the purplish light frequency seen on UFOs, its their power system for flight. We detected several of them coming out of the Himalayas, I am certain. Truth is stranger than fiction( I have no ready recollection of this event)....I will deny it.
Good afternood, Sir. I'm a hugh fan of your videos! I recently watched one of your videos where said you were from Greenwood, IN. I myself was a graduate of 1988. Nice to know I wasn't the only one from the down that had dreams of adventure, and exploration! Keep up the good work!
My brother was hunting in the Martin State Forest and while walking a fire lane a big cat stepped out and stained him down then left the trail and when he saw it’s long tail he new he had just came into contact with a big cougar.
I and a few others have seen at least one on Floyd County. Mine was on a clear day, around lunch time. It was carrying a deer carcass in its mouth, it was huge.
My dad owned a track of woods/fields that is now known as the university of southern Indiana in Evansville. It’s in those woods that I grew up. I remember me and dad finding huge human footprints. Didn’t think much of it then
Wow! I remember newspaper coverage of large human-like prints near Lake Monroe, back in the early 1980’s (if I recall correctly, it could have been earlier). They made huge plaster casts, and my Grandma was really spooked by it, as she lived in the area.
@@fasterman3 Tons more than what I covered! Just about anyone that’s lived in southern Indiana, for any length of time, either has a Bigfoot story or knows someone who does.
Hey James! I LOVE the Leavenworth and Cape Sandy, Indiana areas: two of the best high-up Ohio River views, this side of heaven! I live closer to New Albany, but have driven there, before work, many times, just to reset. I did a video about Leavenworth, Cape Sandy and Alton, a while back, just so I could “go there” anytime I wanted to. 🙂
Oxford was a fair drive from the Ohio River, where I live! I hit Anderson, Churubusco, Rochester, Battleground, Oxford and Williamsport on one long day, met some nice people along the trip.
I did a segment on Jeffersonville, have been filming New Albany, off and on, for several years. Hoping to assemble a New Albany film that’s worthy of its name!
Thanks! I enjoyed this. I was delighted to hear the first story of the large snake, being that I grew up in Oxford. ..though I was unaware of that story. Great video!👍
My pleasure! Oxfords ghoul snake is mentioned in several popular Indiana travel books, citing the old newspaper headlines. About the same time period, other Indiana towns were reporting similar, gigantic snakes with horns. None of us can verify the old, bizarre-sounding stories, but I sure wouldn’t want to meet up with one of these!
I've lived in Oxford my entire life, this is the first I'm hearing of a giant snake at the Oxford west cemetery. The only strange thing I have ever heard about the place is that Behind the cemetery across the railroad tracks is Slaughter's pond, a small supposedly bottomless pond and location of a Slaughter house way back in the day.
The Oxford Snake story goes way back, printed in a newspaper before any of us, alive today, were born. We’ll probably never know if it was based on a real event, or was simply made up to sell mausoleum space / newspapers. Just really fascinating that northern Indiana has this story, the lake monster and giant turtle to its credit!
I can confirm that there are Black Panthers in Indiana. I have seen one myself chasing a deer across Hwy 160 in Henryville years ago. I almost hit it with my car. It stopped in the middle of the road and looked straight at me before running away.
Just came across your videos and can't stop watching them! Great work reporting on stuff here in the state. Have you thought about doing one about UFO sightings in the state?
Welcome, Brian! Have not only considered a UFO video, but had footage I took about 12 years ago. And I cannot find the Hi8 tape to save my life! I’m betting I can pull more then enough UFO stories to make a film. Almost everyone I know has seen unusual lights in Indiana.
My grandfather always believed there was a mount loin in the woods near Mitchell, IN. He told a sorry of founding large panther like tracks in the snow. He said he could see marks of its belly dragging between the paw prints. We still look for signs of one, when we good dear hunting.
I've seen photos of what I assume is a cougar/mountain lion( I think they're the same thing lol) from a close friends trail cam. We both live near martin/Daviess county border close to crane base west of Mitchell.
I was so surprised that your first parts of the video talks all about both where I grew up and where I live now! I grew up on lake manitou. We never saw or heard anything, but it is creepy to think about! Now I live close to where the giant Churubusco turtle and where the 5 foot alligator was found in Whitley County last year! I now live on some of the small lakes that are all connected in noble county and im glad I watched this the day after we took our boat out of the water for the year! Lol! I hope to god I never see a giant serpent or an alligator while I’m swimming out here!!!
Back in the early 2000s I seen a big black cat roaming around Macy Indiana, I’ve seen cougars there too, so I assume it’s a rare melanistic cougar, also i firmly believe that wolves still live here as I believe I seen a wolf take down a deer outside of Rochester Indiana, it was huge and shaped like a shepherd and black with grey on its muzzle, I feel like there’s so much we don’t know about Indianas wildlife and it needs to be looked into more.
Down here by the Ohio river, there’s been many sightings of big cats. Some have been proven to be escapees of exotic animal refuges, including a caracal that my friends spotted in their backyard. They called the DNR and were able to capture it. Up in northern Indiana, there have been tons of big cat, and even dog men stories, going back to the 1800s. We just don’t know what’s lurking in the woods!
I enjoyed this video! Very cool about the turtle. A good friend of mine has seen a black panther on his farm. I need no convincing. A lady I worked with brought in a trail cam photo from her husband with a full sized mountain lion in a tree behind their house. I'm from AZ originally... Cats are elusive...most often they won't be seen unless they want to be seen
There are so many reports of mountain lions and black panthers in Indiana, even I saw one, that it’s an ongoing talk about government conspiracy and information suppression. But, someone provided a really good theory as to the why. If the DNR ever acknowledges them, it will have to do an expensive study. If any of these sightings are on forestry management land, all the logging has to stop until it’s proven, that no one is destroying the habitat of a rare animal.
I grew up in elkhart and we had big cat prints in our back yard in the snow. The neighbor said she saw it hop our chainlink fence and and go after her dog but the cat was to big for the doggie door. She said it the hopped the ditch behind our houses with ease. It was at least 8 feet to the other side.
There are mountain lions in southern Indiana. They migrate through. I have seen two of them already. Conservation officers like to deny a lot of things exist.
I can attest to the panthers... I grew up in southern Illinois in the late 70's and early 80's and I have seen a black panther many times. Things were different back then, if it was summer time and there was no school me and my neighbor would go out in the woods all day long. I had older brothers that did the same, and for years we have all seen giant cat prints in the creek banks. Numerous neighbors have seen the same, and actually saw the panther itself. My neighbor friend and I were out one day playing in the woods and i had to pee, so i put my gun against the tree by the creek, and did my business.... i looked up, and across the creek about 20 feet away was the panther... Just sitting there, didn't seem to be to interested in me, trust me, i was watching him like a hawk.... but he was just casually sitting there looking all around and occasionally at me. We moved away a few years later, after seeing him or her a few more times, but i will never forget that. The day we moved it was about 4am. and we were just getting in the car to move to florida... there was a very crazy scream coming from the field just west of our place, it sounded like a woman screaming... I will never forget that. it was that panther. I would like to think it was saying goodbye....
My wife and her sister both saw a black panther, and I saw a mountain lion. We definitely have them here in southern Indiana, and I’m sure they are in other states as well. I don’t hike anywhere without a sidearm.
I grew up in churubusco and always was told stories about Oscar the turtle and always did the turtle races at the fair so I love this video and the previous videos you have done sir
Thank-you kindly! I had heard of Oscar, and had wanted to head up there for a while. I couldn’t have picked a better day, had plenty of sun, and met some nice people up at the Churubusco museum. As I was putting the segment about Oscar together, I sat back and wondered if Gale had any idea, just how much his monster search did for the town. He probably felt a little defeated, selling the farm and not catching the beast, after all his trouble. But his efforts were not in vain, and he couldn’t count how many young kids, and kids at heart, have delighted from the festival and turtle races. 🙂
I was born in Evansville, Indiana. It is a beautiful state, and Evansville is a very nice town. I'm retired now in North Central, Florida. I remember my Dad taking us to "The Mounds". I am part Cherokee (on my Fathers side) He had a keen interest in all Native Americans. I certainly enjoy your informative, well spoken & edited video's! Thank you:)
I lived in Sullivan, Indiana in the 80,s on a farm and was on my way home about 1/4 mi from home and 2 cougars ran right out in front of my car. It freaked me out because my kids walked down our long lane to catch the bus everyday. I've heard about black Panthers in that area too
My little brother was fishing in the Lost River at his grandparents farm outside West Baden/Prospect summer of 1997. He came running as fast as he could out of the woods and up a large cleared hill looking terrified. He was about 12 yrs old and a country boy that didn't seem to ever get scared, but he looked terrified! I ran down the hill to meet him when he screamed "NO! GO BACK! THERE'S A BLACK PANTHER CHASING ME!!" We never saw the panther come out of the woods, but he said he saw it across the river watching him, and when it jumped into the river he took off and didn't look back!
Yeah I love the backroads and hollers of western and southern Indiana. Always felt attached to the woods and lemme tell y’all the woods is the best wingman.
I lived in Whitehall as a teen. When I moved from there in the ‘70’s, I swore I would never spend the night there ever again! A couple of years ago we prepped a camper on the family farm in Whitehall that we were putting on a piece of property out of state. You know where I’m going with this. We wanted to get an early start so, yep….we spent the night. Let me just say not a thing has changed in all the years since I moved away. Never ever ever will I stay there after dark again. I really don’t care who thinks I’m crazy or being dramatic. I would walk out of there on foot if I had to before I would close my eyes in that valley.
My grandpa used to travel from Tennessee to Indiana for years bringing fruit to sell at his business. He said on night he had to stop and turnaround because a snake stretched across the road and he knew that huge snake would flip up his old head, neck and long tail and crush him in his truck! Boy that always scared me so ouch as a little girl and teen!
I believe it. Growing up in southeast central Indiana I'd always heard of this. In 1972 I was driving a country road at night east of Sexton in Rush County. A very large black cat with a long tail ran quickly in front of me, left to right, from one pasture to the other. I had my brights on, and no doubt what I saw.
my cousin caught an alligator fishing in Indiana back in the 60's. When I was a kid we were bow hunting snakes in a creek west of Brownsburg and what I thought was a big log in the water was a massive snake. Hard telling the size because I was around 12 or 13 at the time, but it was huge. It was big enough I thought it was a tree...lol It was as big around as I was
Live in southern Indiana. Lots of stuff to do down around morgan, brown and monroe county. Very pretty and great parks. Thanks for giving me locations to explore with the wife.
Growing up partly in southern Indiana and southwestern VA..My grandparents on my mother's side who were native Hoosiers told us many stories of the paranormal and supernatural everything from strange fire balls and UFOs to ghost and other dark entities other tales such as Katie's lane and the Pekin panther we learned from school teachers..southern Indiana is full of many strange and mysterious tales..thank you for Sharing these tales
@@cainmathewson1857 I’ve published three segments on New Albany, and have a ton of great footage for a comprehensive film, hoping to edit that next month. I’ll put the links to the finished segments, below. Carnegie Center for Art and History (New Albany, Indiana) th-cam.com/video/1IUlNCt0GPs/w-d-xo.html Yenawine Dioramas (New Albany, Indiana) th-cam.com/video/O1P_JHU3Jac/w-d-xo.html Division Street School Museum (New Albany, Indiana) th-cam.com/video/DyjQaDvG1sg/w-d-xo.html
I live in Southern Indiana and grew up on most of these stories. Thank you for sharing these stories. Can you do a most haunted places of Southern Indiana?
My pleasure! Have thought about it, but have put it off. I already have all the haunted mansion interiors filmed, and have their stories. Not to mention, I captured the Tunnelton phantom lantern in the tunnel! That was super creepy. Tunnelton Tunnel th-cam.com/video/f6sfS3snBDA/w-d-xo.html
This is awsome I just found u on here and started listening I like it. I to live in Southern Indiana for 38 years just south of bloomfeild Indiana by crain navy base but anyway just wanted to say I like listening to this thank u👍
When my family lived in Allen county in 2018, my son told me about seeing black cougar like big cats when he'd take our dogs out for evening walks. According to my mom, there's sighting of them all throughout Indiana as she's heard about them for decades.
Too numerous, and by too many reliable witnesses. I saw a mountain lion just west of New Albany. My wife and her sister both saw large black cats, outside Columbus.
@@AdventureswithRoger That's cool! I just found your channel earlier today, and I want to say Thank you. I've lived here my whole life, but didn't know a lot about my state.
I spotted one in broad daylight, northwest of New Albany, with a deer carcass in its mouth. I passed it, stopped the car, and tried to get a picture, but it casually crossed the road and jumped into the woods!
The weird thing about Boswell, and much of northern Indiana, are the lack of large woods for a habitat. Fields are lousy places to hide, and they roll for miles. Someone mentioned that many sightings are near rivers and creeks, as if they are followed long distances.
@@AdventureswithRoger I agree. My friend that had the encounter said it was in a corn field, so perhaps they are not permanent residents here and maybe just pass through and use the tall corn to their advantage. He used to work at a pig farm there in Boswell, which is where he was heading when it happened, and he had stated that he thought the creature was taking pigs from the farm as sustenance.
@@weezycoochy1034 They do seem like omnivores, from all I’ve read. Below is a link to sightings, by Indiana county. Northern Indiana definitely has encounters, I just wonder where they live. I know Michigan has a lot of encounters, it could be they’re traveling to or from there. www.bfro.net/GDB/state_listing.asp?state=in
@@AdventureswithRoger I have been on the bfro website and it is an amazing source of information. I have a feeling many encounters or sightings go undocumented, as neither of my friends reported what they saw. I will also add, they did not see “Sasquatch “, they said they saw a “werewolf”. One instance was involving the creature watching children, and in the other it jumped out from the corn and onto the gravel road on all fours before standing on two legs. I understand every story must be taken with a grain of salt, but I absolutely trust and believe their accounts. There are things that official sources do not want the public knowing for some reason
I've seen picture proof of a mountain lion laying in a corn field behind my buddies' house in Scott County Indiana. I personally never go in the woods unarmed.
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My dad was a deputy sheriff in warrick co Indiana he always patrolled at night ,and would always talk about seeing large black panthers crossing back roads in wooded areas, many of times for years 1978 to 1991.
My mom's dad saw one in a local park. There might have even been one near our house once, which is funny/ironic because I had a bout of OCD paranoia about being mauled by a large cat
My great-grandfather was the second Dr. In Churubusco In.
Dr. Ernest Alan Hershey sr.
There's a lot more than just black panthers in those woods
I’m Indiana born and raised and love that you share the “not talked about” history of Indiana and locations so people can see for themselves. You have given me and my family some great new places to explore… thank you!
My pleasure indeed! My folks took us to many great places in Indiana, and I hope I can inspire families to do the same! Those memories are what made me whom I am! 🙂
People don’t tell these legends anymore for some reason. Maybe out of fear idk. Trust the science they say but some things science can’t explain in our world
@@Ghoosier Truth! Many older people don’t want to “sound crazy”, so don’t tell their stories. In southern Indiana in particular, many things happen that are hard to explain.
@@AdventureswithRoger At the time many of these occurred it was before tv so people had some good enthusiasm for entertainment. Now people lock themselves in their houses before dark and never go back outside, so they wouldn't see some of these animals if they were in their own yards! A couple of years ago that black bear roamed all the way across Southern Indiana and right on the land we used to live on. Neighbors saw it and took pictures.
As a matter of fact, one black bear was hit by a car in Floyd County, not far from my house. He scampered off. There’s been several on trail cams.
I love how this is bringing Indiana residents from all over the state to share with each other. Even those out of state that has ties to Indiana.
Even the stories from other states are awesome because we all can still relate to their experiences.
Great job at bringing people together.
This is much needed, you know how hard it is to keep these experiences inside with no one to share it with?
I’ve really enjoyed all the sharing, that people have provided! It has made all the travel and editing worthwhile! 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger I, for one, thank you for opening this outlet.
You make a difference 💫
Your cinematography is just beyond beautiful. Also, the stories are engaging, very well spoken and fascinating. This could be on television and beat a lot of shows currently on the air.
Thank-you! I love wide angle shots and smooth transitions! Most TH-camrs use handheld stabilizers, but I usually use a heavy pro tripod, unless they aren’t allowed or are impractical.
I'm from south west Florida but I live in Indiana now for 9 years now, these are all new to me,I'm blackfoot, Cherokee and Irish mixed my heritage is rich in story's like this and all true, story telling is a way to pass down history and to be a one you must be able to remember everything and never lie or add to the history, thank you for sharing my new home with us, much love and appreciation God bless
My pleasure! My speciality is southern Indiana, but will be making videos further north this year.
@@AdventureswithRoger awesome, I really enjoy your videos, I'm in kokomo lol,thank you for all your hard work and energy that you put into each article thank you
I've grown up in Southern Indiana. low key its one of the most beautiful places in america
I grew up in Central Indiana. Our folks would take us to Southern Indiana on weekends, and I thought it was the best place on earth! Rolling hills, valleys, hollows, scenic views, so much history and things to see! When I got the chance to move here, I took it and have never been sorry.
I also grew up in Indiana and I have raised my children here as well!!
Indiana is a beautiful state!!
I'm near south bend though.
Once when mushroom hunting with my mom, we found a HUGE bear type footprint. Bigger than either of our shoes put together.. I have no idea what it could have been. I've never seen a animal that big here..
@@jenncoppes1260 I live northwest of New Albany, and we’ve had confirmed black bear sightings. A few pictures with cellphones, and one police report where a bear was hit by a car on rural highway 150. It scampered away and was not seen again. But I believe we have lots of big things in these woods, other than bears!
I was born and raised in southern Indiana and still call it home
I'm from Madison Indiana so , i have to agree !
My dad grew up in Southern Indiana. He always told a story of him and his best friend going coon hunting at night in the 1950's. He talked about treeing the devil one of those nights. The story always scared me no matter how many times he told it. In the last several years, I've heard about the possibility of panthers being sited in the past. I believe this was the case in the experience my father had.
My wife and her sister saw one, near Columbus, Indiana, when they were kids, delivering papers.
I saw a mountain lion northwest of New Albany, middle of the day. It had a deer carcass in its mouth and casually waited for my car to pass him or her. I definitely believe we have big cats in Indiana!
I witnessed a black panther crossing Bond Road in south east Indiana nearly twenty years ago. I was in a pickup truck and was within forty feet of it.
@@dihskursiv They are here. It could just be one that gets around though. I’ve read that big cats can have a 600 plus mile range, so if one person sees one near Madison, and another near Fort Wayne, it could be the same one.
@@dihskursiv I saw a Black panther run across the road on my way to work 7 years ago, it was Not a cat. Every detail was that of a Black Panther. Looked 40-50 lbs. North of highway 40 between Plainfield and Danville Indiana
I live in Indiana and the panther thing is true because a couple have been caught in some of the woods near where i currently live and a few years ago one attacked my friends dog when he was hunting.
Love this channel man, no one really looks into the interesting history of Indiana. It actually held the second largest freshwater swamp area in the US near the Kankakee River, before we dredged the river. It was a hunters paradise.
Lots of hidden history and legends! I thought I’d complete everything Indiana in a few months: it’s been 5 years! 😀
I live 9 miles from.the Kankakee wildlife area in northwest Indiana it's a really secluded place there's a road that goes thru it called ten mile road it's a big swampy area from the big Kankakee marsh
I grew up in southern Indiana and around 1994, I saw a black panther running across a field. Definitely a strange sight!
Both my wife and her sister saw one near Columbus, Indiana. They are here!
When I was a child the game warden let loose a black panther and a few mountain lions into the woods out by my parents house because of the overpopulation of deer. I was born in 94 so it would of been after your sighting
Whereabouts ? I almost hit one with my car in Guthrie in 1992 !
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English, IN
I just found your channel, and I can't wait to watch all of your videos! I live in Southern Indiana, and I love to hear stories about places on my side of the river instead of Kentucky 😁
Welcome to the adventure! Indiana has tons of hidden stories, and many nice people have been kind to tell them to me! So far, I’m 5 years in, and no end in sight! 🙂
I dated a woman in Elkhart around 2005 who claimed she saw one of the large black cats on The Dean Mock Expressway right next to a large field and forested area. It ran right by her car and was as tall as as her hood. I believe her.
Can remember if she was driving a car or a truck just to try and work how tall it was. I would be very grateful if you could get back to me.
Such a great video. I grew up in Indiana and loved these stories when I was a kid and teenager (especially the Beast of Busco and Champ!). I know live in Europe and watching this video with my wife is truly nostalgic! Thanks so much for this.
My pleasure, Jordan!
Fantastic work Roger. I am a fan! Ever since I had a strange experience in the Yellowwood Forest I have been intrigued by such stories.
Thanks Rich! Yellowwood has become a fan favorite for strange stories. One family, that lives on the edge of Yellowwood, claims to have regular Bigfoot encounters, while others say they often hear strange howls in the night. When I was packing up the tripod and camera at Yellowwood, for the Bigfoot movie, I heard something unusual and couldn’t place it as something common.
Care to share that experience?
Im from just south of fort Wayne Indiana. Im really enjoying this station & the history with backstory. Well done sir✨
Thank-you!
Another outstanding job! Loved every second of this. Thank you for all of your hard work and taking us on the adventure.
My pleasure, Pat!
My grandparents lived in Rochester on Lake Manitou for 30 years. From the age of 8 to the age of 18, every summer for 2 weeks I would go and stay with them. My grandpa was an avid fisherman, so almost every night I was there, we would go night fishing. We would SLAY crappie and cat fish. I've heard the tails of this monster. I must say the lake can be very eerie at night. Once a thunderstorm rolled in and we were caught in it. We shot around Party Island to get wind block, but it was so bad we just stopped at party island for a little while. During the storm lightning would light up everything, I thought I saw a horse swimming. I told my grandpa and he laughed and proclaimed: " Probably that damned monster everyone talks about." I didn't see where that horse looking figure went, but I swear to this day it was real.
That would’ve been a scary night! Awesome story. Other people in modern times have also said they saw that horse head.
I went by that lake so many times and always looked out to the water. I could have been looking for that monster the entire time! 😂
Tales of the Pekin panther has been around since I was a kid over 3 decades ago. I'm amazed that you found so much information on it. Absolutely amazing 👏. Thanks for your hard work on everything. You sir have become my favorite channel.
Edit-I have been sharing this with all my family and friends.
Thank-you for your kind words, and spreading the word, Chuck! I enjoy finding a good story, and sharing it. 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger You do you do a great job to the point I have been binge watching your videos for the last few days. You do such a great job.
Ya still hear stories about the panther i live outside of pekin right by deams lake
Keep up the good work Roger, your programs just keep getting better & better
Thanks Gerald!
Great story. Thanks. I don't think your nuts.
@@chrisblack8390 Well, you’ve obviously never spoke to my wife! 😀 Kidding.
I live in northern Indiana and I have a true story I would like to share with you. We have a cabin about 300 miles NNW of Thunder Bay Ontario. We drive till the road stops then take a float plane in to our cabin. My Dad built our cabin in 68 and we go up 3 times a year. The end of May, mid July and early Sept. One fall trip maybe 15 or 20 years ago now, we wanted to portage to a different lake. In the spring and fall if the weather was cool we would go after some Lake Trout. If I had to take a guess, I have been on that lake 30 to 40 times now. We are the only cabin on our lake and there is no cabins on the Lake Trout lake. We have 3 small boats we just leave on that lake because we go there so often. We had 6 men in 3 Boats that day. We all kinda went our own way and started fishing. It was maybe 4 hours later (around 2 or 3 pm) all 3 boats meet back up in the middle of the lake and we all killed our engines and started to eat our lunch. It was a beautiful sunny day with no clouds and the lake went completely flat, no wind at all. Ok now this is the part where you are going to think I'm nuts, so here I go. The first sound came from our north (the way back to our lake) The best way I can describe it was someone holding a note on a freaking pipe organ. The notes were perfect, not flat or anything like that. The notes would last maybe 5 to 8 seconds, that's a long time to hold a perfect note. When the one would die out, another would start from a different shore at a higher or lower note but all just perfect and sounded like a pipe organ. All the sounds were just single notes, we never heard 2 different notes at the same time. This lasted for maybe 15 or 20 min. We all 6 were hearing 20 + pipe organs play single notes around a lake with no cabins in the Canadian wilderness. The notes were extremely loud (like feel it in your chest loud) and with no wind and land no more the 400 yards away in any direction the notes would echo around a bit. My brother did not want to make the portage so he stayed in our lake with one of my uncles. Later back in our cabin we all were telling my uncle and brother what we heard. They both said they could also hear the notes from our direction. We never saw a thing and I don't know what we heard. We didn't see anything on the ground nothing in the trees, or water and boy we all were looking. About the only thing I do know there is no pipe organs around that lake. Over the years we have been back to that many times and nothing. Over the years we have asked State biologist, they look at me like I'm nuts. I even have asked a First Nation friend from that area. At least he gave me a kinda answer. Are you ready, I sure was. He said some things in nature are best left unknown. lol What that is your answer, I was so ready to find out and that's what I got. I'm the last one of the 8 people still alive who heard the pipe organ notes around a lake in the Canadian wilderness. I'm not saying it was BF, I don't have a clue but something was making the sound and I'm just trying to find out what. Thank you. Greg P.S. I wrote this a few years ago now but I'm still looking for some answers.
There are several places in America where people have reported strange humming sounds. Sometimes everyone can hear it, sometimes only women, and other times, just the dogs. Theories range from aliens, deep oil drilling, whales, government experiments, to continental shelves rubbing each other. I’d loved to have seen what it did to electronic equipment.
@@AdventureswithRoger The notes were just so perfect. I really thought my Indian friend would give me some info. We have seen a few Ravens and I know they can make some strange sounds but we didn't see any that day. That was the last trip with all of my uncle's before they started to pass away and the lake going completely flat was kinda strange. Thank you. GREG.
@@gbro8822 You are certainly not alone:
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@@AdventureswithRoger Thank you.
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Yay! Love your work! Love monsters. So excited to watch and listen :) Best-Mary
Thank-you kindly!
Love the stories Roger. Thanks so much.
You are very good at telling stories. Your videos are always visually beautiful. Thank you for all the work you put into these. You really must love it here in Indiana.
Thank-you, Tony! Our parents took us on day trips, all over Indiana, and I’ve always had a love for this land. 🙂
I live in northern Indiana. Elkhart county. I've talked to people who know others and have seen a black panther. My brother in law was even stalked by one. All the signs he saw later said it wasn't normal. All while deer hunting.
In 1872, up near Battleground, there were a string of black panther / human like muscular build reports. One of the beasts killed was 217 pounds, 6 feet 9 inches in height (scary they said height and not length), and did a number on the men that chased it down, bloodying them up pretty good. For a while, the skin was on display at a store in Bloomingsburg, but has since vanished.
There was another such report around Avon, not to mention “dogmen” sightings that continue to this day.
I am from Elkhart also and back in 2008 maybe 2009 I seen the Silhouette of what looked like a panther sized cat on the edge of the woods that is behind the Walmart on C.R.6. They few people I did tell at the time thought I was seeing something else but I know WTH I saw.
Both my wife and her sister saw one. They are here.
I went to high school in Lincoln City Indiana in the early 80s. That's when 3wheelers were just getting popular. We ran all over the woods outside Gentryville and that whole area. Camping every weekend at Lincoln State Park. That was some of the best times of my life 💜
Sounds like great memories!
Been a avid outdoorsman my whole life here in the Hoosier state and have had numerous very strange occurrences.
I’ve heard some deep woods hunters tell some strange stuff, either refusing to go back where it happened, or never going without a fair sized caliber. After something tracked me in Floyd County, and I later saw a mountain lion with a deer carcass in its mouth, just a few miles away, I never go without something.
So cool. I was telling my eldest about how my friend and I saw a black panther in Harrison co. as teens. It was just north of the Harrison-Crawford forestry at a camp we were allowed to stay at on Blue River.
There are numerous stories of the Ohio valley having panthers in the 18th century and before (1700’s) especially from the Shawnee tribe. They had a family called “panther” and it just so happens to be the family that Tecumseh is from.
I’d read that even Tecumseh’s name (“Tecumtha” in Shawnee) meant “celestial panther lying in wait”.
I was born in Michigan City and grew up in Walkerton. My dad told me of black panther sightings north of Laporte when he was growing up. Around 1990 I was just west of Walkerton heading home when I saw one walking along the side of the road next to a swampy area heading in the opposite direction. The eye shine in my headlights made me slow down thinking it was a big dog. When we passed there was enough light that I could see it definitely was a cat. The body was about 4 feet long. Every hair on my body stood up. I told a few friends but no one believed me until a couple weeks later when one of them told me he had seen one in the same area. I don't know if he did but I know what I saw.
Saw it in Westville, live on county line porter/La porte
Oh my goodness-the alligators! 🐊 YIKES! 😳 Thinking back to my younger days and all the swimming we used to do in Blue River, Ohio River, Patoka Lake, Indian Creek, etc. I’m happy with my clear swimming pool now, lol!
Nothing better than spooky historical folklore and legends! Great work as always Roger, enjoying your channel! 👏🏻 🏆
Thanks, Michelle! This crazy story took me on a 500 mile adventure, but it was a really fun day! 🙂
@@AdventureswithRoger yes, I was thinking their was a lot of miles and research that went into this! It’s much appreciated! Very interesting!
Hoosier here. Lots of stories from almost anyone from the countryside. Even officers. Thank you for this.
Lots and lots of Indiana sightings
DNR in Monroe County told me as long as their nostril don't freeze over an alligator could survive Indiana. They can go in to a dormant state and reawaken when warmed.
On the White River in southern Daviess co. area known as High Rock my Great grandparents farmed there....Grandpa always took rifle with him to farm bottoms...They seen black panthers down there for years...That area was strip mined in the 80s ....Not as much woods as there used to be....Oh ya , John Dillinger used to hide out at High Rock also....
Pretty neat how many of you have experience with Indiana. Even though I was born in Rhode island, I grew up in New Albany. It was a crazy history being right next to Louisville. But I spent a lot of time in Jeffersonville and Evansville.
I started filming up at Lawrenceburg and hit every town along the Ohio River, all the way to Mount Vernon, where the Wabash merges with the Ohio and goes south. It was an awesome experience and met many nice people along the way.
Hey Roger I just found your channel or maybe it found me. I'm from the Dayton/Cincinnati, Ohio area but live in Florida now. I used to boat the Ohio and I love all the Indiana river towns below Cincinnati to the Louisville area. My two favorite places to cruise to on the Indiana side are Turtle Creek Marina at Florence and Madison which is a great small Ohio River city. Great stories about Indiana cryptids!
@@michaelgarrity6090 Welcome to the adventure! I love the backroads, riverboat towns and nice people I’ve met. 🙂
Real happy I found your channel. It's the state I grew up in. Although I left it to go back to the sea I visit frequently.
I’m in Evansville now and since 3 years ago! The things I’ve experienced here are nuts!
WOW Loved this !
This channel is awesome
Hey I had multiple experiences with a flying cryptid in 2018. Right outside Indianapolis in new Palestine. This huge flying bat creature was landing on our roof and one night I saw it up close it was terrifying. Me and my girlfriend at the time saw it it was absolutely traumatizing.
New Pal!
Do you think it was a great Herron or truly something else?
@Donkeypuncherello88 I grew up on the east side of Indy and now reside in New Pal. Where about did you see this thing? I live off Gem Rd between East Washington Street and 200 in an older neighborhood
I've lived in Northern Indiana all of my life and have seen some pretty strange things. It was my sophomore year at Goshen College and we would go hang out on moonlit nights at the Goshen Dam nearby. A friend of ours lived right next to the dam so we would usually walk and hang out in the dark and just watch the sky. One night in mid October we witnessed what we can only describe as a pterodactyl fly up from the area down where the dam runs off of.
We approached the edge of the dam where you can look off into the water and heard some crazy commotion coming from down below. As soon as we got close to the edge this HUGE creature flys up in front of us .All we could remember was the wings and the wind and heat from them when they flapped. I've been in the woods all my life and it was NOT an Eagle or anything of that nature. It could have EASILY picked one of us off and flown off in the night. The shape of the wings were similar to that of a pterodactyl or what you would see in a museum. The head was also shaped like it and it had a strange smell as it flew by.
It looked like something out Jurassic Park. That wasn't even the scary thing.... The scariest part was that prior to that we heard someone coming out of the trees behind us and then a large BOOM. Sounded like a shotgun, so someone was shooting at that creature. Someone knew that thing was there, we ended up running off to a friends house right by the dam. Not more than a few minutes later police arrived since it's a public park.
We ended up going across the lake area the next day to see where it flew off to. We remember as we ran hearing a crash in the trees across the lake so we went to investigate. There was an old man picking up branches and sticks, and he turns to us and goes " You guys saw it too? There are things in this world that aren't supposed to exist, but they do, careful what you're looking for because you might just find it".
We never went back at night but we've heard stories that the people are still seeing this creature in the area and around Southern Michigan..... .But even until this day my friends and I still wonder who the hell was out there shooting at that thing. I wish I could contact them in someway and find out more about it and why they were trying to shoot it. If it deemed us a threat it would have easily eaten all of us.
The 2nd creepiest thing I've seen was also at night in a rural area next to some woods in Goshen. My girlfriend and I were taking a night hike when we saw a group of people about 100 feet in front of us near a street light. When we went to move to the other side of the street to get around them things got STRANGE! What we thought were people molded into a giant ball of blackness. It moved around a bit and jetted off into the woods nearby. We ened up turning around and going back the way we came. Needless to say we haven't walked that same stretch of road at night since then.
Great video, I enjoyed every minute of it!
I love awesome stories like yours. Have you ever seen a giant blue heron? The reason I ask is that they’ve made a comeback to Indiana, stand 4 1/2 feet tall, and have a wingspan of over 6 feet! Crazy huge and look like pterodactyl’s, when in flight. I’ve seen a few of them and I always think dinosaurs! It might not be what you saw, but thought I’d throw that out there.
I’ve not experienced shadow people, but know two people that have. Both saw them at Waverly Hills Sanitarium. I wouldn’t do that on purpose! 😧
@@AdventureswithRoger Yup I have on a few occasions and this thing was double that size. I got obsessed with this thing for a few years so I started investigating the largest birds in our area and the giant blue heron would have been a baby compared to it.... One of my friends who was with us that night was in the process of trying to become a conversation officer and also said it was something else....This thing was massive! We were a few feet away from its flight path coming from below. So when it went over head it was like something from a movie. My friend is 6'2 and it could have easily taken him if it wanted to.
I wasn't a believer in all this kind of stuff prior to that, but one thing is for sure it really opened my eyes to ALL cryptid, ufo, etc type of stories....
@@TheStrengthHive I believe there’s much we don’t know, about animals living in our woods. There have been other pterodactyl sightings across America and it may be, we just don’t know where they call home, with so many places to hide!
Wow, I use to live in Goshen, also at the Indiana/Michigan line- ALOT of strange in that area !
But I'd never heard of this creature you speak about. And I use to spend alot of time in Mongo woods-yiks lol
The shadow people I've seen, most of them are negative entities brought in with black magic, creepy to witness.
Would love to share my experiences with you, no time right now but I will try to get back with you.
@@AdventureswithRoger Great blue herons are big but they couldnt carry a person off. Sandhill cranes are becoming more common these days too. And are large birds but in my opinion the dont look like they could carry a person away. I vaguely remember someone telling me they seen the same thing years ago. I propably asked "but did everybody see it"...
I am a native Hoosier, having lived here for 98% of my 69 years. I can assure you not all our "monsters" reside in/around lakes and such. Back in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, fifteen years of my youth were spent in the then-Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home just south of Knightstown. It was here I quickly learned monsters really do exist in the personages of staff, older/larger male students, and men from the American Legion alike, These monsters, under the protection of the State of IN, often violated/abused me and others at-will, all with the knowledge we could not tell anyone because those sanctionedmonsters to whom we should have been able to report the horrific abuse were often the very ones perpetrating it.
I'm so sorry you had to endure that. Monsters like them will spend an eternity in hell for what they did to children. God bless you. I'll pray for healing for you.
Thats not the monsters this is talking about. Visit the imagination podcast to tell that story. You'll find alot of like minded people there.
Sorry this happened to you. Very sad.😢✌
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I’m so sorry you had to endure that. They will have to answer for what they did.
This was brilliant! I’ve not heard most of them... so thank you!
My pleasure!
@@AdventureswithRoger I also am thankful for the work you put into this particular story. (It's my first story from you I've gotten to listen to.) I was, however, saying extra prayers for my 13-year-old son and his boy scout troop who traveled to Mitchell, IN over the weekend to hike, cave, and camp in Spring Mill State Park.
@@gimmebackthatcookbook Spring Mill is simply awesome. With good cave guides, it’s pretty safe.
Awesome video. Native to Pekin, IN. Lots of stories of what we refer to as the Pekin Panther. A large Alligator Snapper in Jordan Lake with a shell the size of a dinner table. Cool to see someone making a film on our cryptids. Great work. Thank you
My pleasure, Justin! I’d heard many tales over the years, but didn’t see anyone telling comprehensive stories. Some legends are true!
I grew up in Elkhart county, northern Indiana, and always heard tales of a swamp creature that lived in an area that used to be known as Cable Line Rd which is now a developed stretch of road on C.R. 26. I've never been able to really find anything on the internet about it. Would be interesting to see this channel cover it. Also I am new subscriber to your channel and can't wait to watch all your videos.
i always hear about crazy meth head zombies in Elkhart!
I'm gonna have to look that up. I've only lived here in Elkhart for 2 1/2 yrs
@Inspector Tragic the creature supposedly cause a motorcyclist to crash into a tree and left his imprint on the tree that would glow on the night it happened. I remember the tree and the "imprint " but it's gone now
Saw a Black Panther here in Indianapolis once. This was at Geist Reservoir in the Northeast corner of Marion County. In the late 1970s before it was developed into suburban sprawl. It was heavily wooded back then. The sighting took place on the jetty where the Marina still sits. It was back then a Boy Scout campgrounds and closed to the public. But people would hop the fence and go out onto the jetty, which was a fifteen-minute walk to the shore and great fishing spot. Anyway, we're coming back from fishing all day and heading back to the main road down a gravel road South to North (boy scout built road.) Came to an intersection with an old logging road. (East to West) And it came out of the underbrush and onto the logging road. West to us, 30 feet from us (a group of five of us) It was huge four foot body plus tail black and totally silent it stood there watching. Possibly even stalking us! We stood there facing it and it us for at least a good 3-4 minutes. We were un armed and decided to grab the nearest thick logs for protection. It turned around and ran back into bushes to our South. We never went back there unarmed after that. Didn't tell anyone, and we should have. But that entire jetty belong to the Boy Scouts and private property. Didn't want to get any trouble.
They say these cats have a huge range: around 600 miles! The one that my wife and her sister saw, outside of Columbus, Indiana, could be the same one.
I cant belive I just now found this channel! Im a new subscriber and spending my entire day with you! Much respect sir!
Welcome to the adventure, Becky! 🙂
I have lived in Indianapolis my whole life. Its a massive city. So not many cryptids running around the city but Indiana over all is eerie. When i was a kid we seen a UFO over a cornfield in Pittsboro, IN. I grew up 5 mins from an airport so i was used to seeing planes every day all day. This was no plane. We also used to see multiple sets of red eyes at the edge cornfield not at the same night we seen the UFO. This cornfield had a very creepy feel to it, i got lost in it one time couldnt find my way back for an hour. I was 8 or 9.
Down at Edinburgh there are strange lights all the time. One night I went to get carryout and saw maybe 10 or 12 green lights floating over a field. One by one they took off and I chased them, getting up to 90 miles an hour before they absolutely left me at an incredible speed. Locals call them “signal drones” and claim they are advanced military drones.
But believe me, plenty of odd stuff happens in the woods, even around urban areas
Glad you brought that up.
I've also witnessed ufo's. All the way from northern Indiana to mid Indiana, along with strange phenomenon.
2 of the ufo's interacted with me, both in different ways. I got pics of 1 of them. And had other witnesses with me almost every time one appeared.
Dozens of sightings yet each one was a different craft.
I still have sightings here just north of Indy, but I've become bored with watching the skies.
I still like to hear everybody else's experiences.
My uncle and I observed a UFO for about 20-30 minutes when I was about 6 years old. In Morgantown, Indiana. He was out in the road and I was walking down the steps of the porch and we both seen it and froze and watched hover. Lights looked all different color and like they were moving in a circle. We sat and watched then it just took off, gone. So as an adult I was remembering this and I didnt know for sure if it really happened or if it was a crazy dream I had. So I asked my uncle. He confirmed it and told me about it just as I remembered it.
I dont hear of much Cryptid stories in Indiana, but we have our fair share of UFO sightings. There are also a lot of hauntings in the state. My father worked at Central State hospital in the mid 90s before it was shutdown. Its said to be one of biggest paranormal hotspots around.
I worked in a Top Secret outfit for a government agency at Peshawar Air Station in Pakistan. My advanced electronic equipment monitored the purplish light frequency seen on UFOs, its their power system for flight. We detected several of them coming out of the Himalayas, I am certain. Truth is stranger than fiction( I have no ready recollection of this event)....I will deny it.
Good afternood, Sir. I'm a hugh fan of your videos! I recently watched one of your videos where said you were from Greenwood, IN. I myself was a graduate of 1988. Nice to know I wasn't the only one from the down that had dreams of adventure, and exploration! Keep up the good work!
I graduated in 1986, we likely passed each other in the hall! 🙂
I seen a black panther 20 years ago at terre haute County Club when i was leaving from work. The security guard and I saw it at the edge of the trees.
My brother was hunting in the Martin State Forest and while walking a fire lane a big cat stepped out and stained him down then left the trail and when he saw it’s long tail he new he had just came into contact with a big cougar.
I and a few others have seen at least one on Floyd County. Mine was on a clear day, around lunch time. It was carrying a deer carcass in its mouth, it was huge.
My dad owned a track of woods/fields that is now known as the university of southern Indiana in Evansville. It’s in those woods that I grew up. I remember me and dad finding huge human footprints. Didn’t think much of it then
Wow! I remember newspaper coverage of large human-like prints near Lake Monroe, back in the early 1980’s (if I recall correctly, it could have been earlier). They made huge plaster casts, and my Grandma was really spooked by it, as she lived in the area.
@@AdventureswithRoger There are a lot of Bigfoot sightings in southern Indiana. Especially the Hoosier national Forest
@@fasterman3 Tons more than what I covered! Just about anyone that’s lived in southern Indiana, for any length of time, either has a Bigfoot story or knows someone who does.
Hey Roger, I just found your channel. I live in Leavenworth, IN. Great video! Blessings!
Hey James! I LOVE the Leavenworth and Cape Sandy, Indiana areas: two of the best high-up Ohio River views, this side of heaven! I live closer to New Albany, but have driven there, before work, many times, just to reset. I did a video about Leavenworth, Cape Sandy and Alton, a while back, just so I could “go there” anytime I wanted to. 🙂
Down by Cataract Falls, I always heard loud roaring while fishing at night. That was in the 1990s.
Lafayette native here. Used to cut grass in Oxford 👍 love the channel. Thanks
Oxford was a fair drive from the Ohio River, where I live! I hit Anderson, Churubusco, Rochester, Battleground, Oxford and Williamsport on one long day, met some nice people along the trip.
@@AdventureswithRoger battleground was another area where I did lawn care. Awesome brother! God bless
I was born in Jeffersonville ( 1961) & raised in New Albany. I've been in Fla for 30 years. Appreciate the videos, miss home.
I did a segment on Jeffersonville, have been filming New Albany, off and on, for several years. Hoping to assemble a New Albany film that’s worthy of its name!
Just found your channel..love it
Welcome, Vickie!
You just gained a viewer. I love adventuring in Indiana and am looking forward to checking these places out
Welcome to the adventure! I don’t know if you’ve checked out Hemlock Cliffs, Messamore Cliffs, or Clifty Falls State Park, but all three are epic!
Will do
Thanks! I enjoyed this. I was delighted to hear the first story of the large snake, being that I grew up in Oxford. ..though I was unaware of that story. Great video!👍
My pleasure! Oxfords ghoul snake is mentioned in several popular Indiana travel books, citing the old newspaper headlines. About the same time period, other Indiana towns were reporting similar, gigantic snakes with horns. None of us can verify the old, bizarre-sounding stories, but I sure wouldn’t want to meet up with one of these!
@@AdventureswithRoger me either😂
I've lived in Oxford my entire life, this is the first I'm hearing of a giant snake at the Oxford west cemetery. The only strange thing I have ever heard about the place is that Behind the cemetery across the railroad tracks is Slaughter's pond, a small supposedly bottomless pond and location of a Slaughter house way back in the day.
The Oxford Snake story goes way back, printed in a newspaper before any of us, alive today, were born. We’ll probably never know if it was based on a real event, or was simply made up to sell mausoleum space / newspapers. Just really fascinating that northern Indiana has this story, the lake monster and giant turtle to its credit!
Thanks TH-cam algorithm. I can’t stop watching ❤️ vigo county here
Welcome to the adventure!
My dad was born and raised in Oxford Indiana. I haven't heard the snake story before. Thank you. My dad and mom are buried next to the mosulium.
Since I published the segment, I’ve had three people say they either had family there, or some connection: the world gets smaller by the day! 🙂
I can confirm that there are Black Panthers in Indiana. I have seen one myself chasing a deer across Hwy 160 in Henryville years ago. I almost hit it with my car. It stopped in the middle of the road and looked straight at me before running away.
I believe it. My wife and her sister both saw one near Columbus
Just came across your videos and can't stop watching them! Great work reporting on stuff here in the state. Have you thought about doing one about UFO sightings in the state?
Welcome, Brian! Have not only considered a UFO video, but had footage I took about 12 years ago. And I cannot find the Hi8 tape to save my life! I’m betting I can pull more then enough UFO stories to make a film. Almost everyone I know has seen unusual lights in Indiana.
My grandfather always believed there was a mount loin in the woods near Mitchell, IN. He told a sorry of founding large panther like tracks in the snow. He said he could see marks of its belly dragging between the paw prints. We still look for signs of one, when we good dear hunting.
I saw a mountain lion, northwest of New Albany, with a deer carcass in its mouth. Big cats are definitely here.
Everybody knows bout that damn mountain lion.
@@sdivine13 I saw one. My wife and her sister saw one. We know people that have seen them. Obviously, we’re all crazy!
I've seen photos of what I assume is a cougar/mountain lion( I think they're the same thing lol) from a close friends trail cam. We both live near martin/Daviess county border close to crane base west of Mitchell.
@@brytonrobinson6894 Same thing and way too many sightings to not be real.
I was so surprised that your first parts of the video talks all about both where I grew up and where I live now! I grew up on lake manitou. We never saw or heard anything, but it is creepy to think about! Now I live close to where the giant Churubusco turtle and where the 5 foot alligator was found in Whitley County last year! I now live on some of the small lakes that are all connected in noble county and im glad I watched this the day after we took our boat out of the water for the year! Lol! I hope to god I never see a giant serpent or an alligator while I’m swimming out here!!!
If you’re in the water, and hear the Jaws theme song: get out quick! 😀
@@AdventureswithRoger no kidding!! Haha 😂
My grandma seen a black panther back in 63 in Indiana
Interesting stories! We had not heard of any of those.
It was a very long drive, to do locations on this one! Was able to see many places for the first time.
Back in the early 2000s I seen a big black cat roaming around Macy Indiana, I’ve seen cougars there too, so I assume it’s a rare melanistic cougar, also i firmly believe that wolves still live here as I believe I seen a wolf take down a deer outside of Rochester Indiana, it was huge and shaped like a shepherd and black with grey on its muzzle, I feel like there’s so much we don’t know about Indianas wildlife and it needs to be looked into more.
Down here by the Ohio river, there’s been many sightings of big cats. Some have been proven to be escapees of exotic animal refuges, including a caracal that my friends spotted in their backyard. They called the DNR and were able to capture it.
Up in northern Indiana, there have been tons of big cat, and even dog men stories, going back to the 1800s. We just don’t know what’s lurking in the woods!
I enjoyed this video!
Very cool about the turtle.
A good friend of mine has seen a black panther on his farm.
I need no convincing. A lady I worked with brought in a trail cam photo from her husband with a full sized mountain lion in a tree behind their house.
I'm from AZ originally...
Cats are elusive...most often they won't be seen unless they want to be seen
There are so many reports of mountain lions and black panthers in Indiana, even I saw one, that it’s an ongoing talk about government conspiracy and information suppression. But, someone provided a really good theory as to the why. If the DNR ever acknowledges them, it will have to do an expensive study. If any of these sightings are on forestry management land, all the logging has to stop until it’s proven, that no one is destroying the habitat of a rare animal.
@@AdventureswithRoger makes sense.
I say keep it the way it is and people get your information from people you trust
@@jonathanhoover6142 I trust my relatives, and my own eyes, more than the people saying “there is no such thing.” 🙂
I grew up in elkhart and we had big cat prints in our back yard in the snow. The neighbor said she saw it hop our chainlink fence and and go after her dog but the cat was to big for the doggie door. She said it the hopped the ditch behind our houses with ease. It was at least 8 feet to the other side.
There are mountain lions in southern Indiana. They migrate through. I have seen two of them already. Conservation officers like to deny a lot of things exist.
I had a DNR guy tell me that there were no copperhead snakes north of southern Indiana... a month after I'd seen one north of Geist reservoir.
@TheJorgSacul They’ve found cottonmouths in Perry County. DNR claimed “they must have been pets, released into the wild.”
Great narration, very well written.
Thank you kindly!
I can attest to the panthers... I grew up in southern Illinois in the late 70's and early 80's and I have seen a black panther many times. Things were different back then, if it was summer time and there was no school me and my neighbor would go out in the woods all day long. I had older brothers that did the same, and for years we have all seen giant cat prints in the creek banks. Numerous neighbors have seen the same, and actually saw the panther itself. My neighbor friend and I were out one day playing in the woods and i had to pee, so i put my gun against the tree by the creek, and did my business.... i looked up, and across the creek about 20 feet away was the panther... Just sitting there, didn't seem to be to interested in me, trust me, i was watching him like a hawk.... but he was just casually sitting there looking all around and occasionally at me. We moved away a few years later, after seeing him or her a few more times, but i will never forget that. The day we moved it was about 4am. and we were just getting in the car to move to florida... there was a very crazy scream coming from the field just west of our place, it sounded like a woman screaming... I will never forget that. it was that panther. I would like to think it was saying goodbye....
My wife and her sister both saw a black panther, and I saw a mountain lion. We definitely have them here in southern Indiana, and I’m sure they are in other states as well. I don’t hike anywhere without a sidearm.
Wow I had no idea very cool and interesting. Thank you for sharing this.
My pleasure, Edith!
I grew up in churubusco and always was told stories about Oscar the turtle and always did the turtle races at the fair so I love this video and the previous videos you have done sir
Thank-you kindly! I had heard of Oscar, and had wanted to head up there for a while. I couldn’t have picked a better day, had plenty of sun, and met some nice people up at the Churubusco museum.
As I was putting the segment about Oscar together, I sat back and wondered if Gale had any idea, just how much his monster search did for the town. He probably felt a little defeated, selling the farm and not catching the beast, after all his trouble. But his efforts were not in vain, and he couldn’t count how many young kids, and kids at heart, have delighted from the festival and turtle races. 🙂
Grew up there as well!
I live and grew up in Southern Indiana. Thanks for the video.
I saw a thing that pretended to be a dog on the road and then stood up to the point it was as tall as my truck, and it walked off.
I was born in Evansville, Indiana. It is a beautiful state, and Evansville is a very nice town. I'm retired now in North Central, Florida. I remember my Dad taking us to "The Mounds". I am part Cherokee (on my Fathers side) He had a keen interest in all Native Americans. I certainly enjoy your informative, well spoken & edited video's! Thank you:)
Evansville is a great town, I’ve done several videos around town.
I lived in Sullivan, Indiana in the 80,s on a farm and was on my way home about 1/4 mi from home and 2 cougars ran right out in front of my car. It freaked me out because my kids walked down our long lane to catch the bus everyday. I've heard about black Panthers in that area too
I believe you! I saw one northwest of New Albany
Live in southern Clay County and have seen multiple cougars just the past couple years
@@AdventureswithRoger I had a cougar run across the road in front of me in southern Hendricks County about 5 years ago
My little brother was fishing in the Lost River at his grandparents farm outside West Baden/Prospect summer of 1997. He came running as fast as he could out of the woods and up a large cleared hill looking terrified. He was about 12 yrs old and a country boy that didn't seem to ever get scared, but he looked terrified! I ran down the hill to meet him when he screamed "NO! GO BACK! THERE'S A BLACK PANTHER CHASING ME!!" We never saw the panther come out of the woods, but he said he saw it across the river watching him, and when it jumped into the river he took off and didn't look back!
We have black bear as well.
Yeah I love the backroads and hollers of western and southern Indiana. Always felt attached to the woods and lemme tell y’all the woods is the best wingman.
I’ve found a ton of peace, just disappearing into the woods for half a day.
I lived in Whitehall as a teen. When I moved from there in the ‘70’s, I swore I would never spend the night there ever again! A couple of years ago we prepped a camper on the family farm in Whitehall that we were putting on a piece of property out of state. You know where I’m going with this. We wanted to get an early start so, yep….we spent the night. Let me just say not a thing has changed in all the years since I moved away. Never ever ever will I stay there after dark again. I really don’t care who thinks I’m crazy or being dramatic. I would walk out of there on foot if I had to before I would close my eyes in that valley.
Very intriguing to read this...Should you ever care to describe what happened, I'm sure most everyone would listen.
Excellent content! ❤
My buddy lives in Brown County and swears he saw a black panther in his yard that made his Mastiff look small!
My wife and her sister saw one
Excellent video an interesting comments too. I used to go tubing Kankake river an I'm happy i never saw any creatures! Thank you
My pleasure! I’d heard many of these growing up, especially big cat stories. I’ve been amazed at how many have come forth with their own sightings!
My grandpa used to travel from Tennessee to Indiana for years bringing fruit to sell at his business. He said on night he had to stop and turnaround because a snake stretched across the road and he knew that huge snake would flip up his old head, neck and long tail and crush him in his truck! Boy that always scared me so ouch as a little girl and teen!
😧Whoa! I’ll bet!
I believe it. Growing up in southeast central Indiana I'd always heard of this.
In 1972 I was driving a country road at night east of Sexton in Rush County. A very large black cat with a long tail ran quickly in front of me, left to right, from one pasture to the other. I had my brights on, and no doubt what I saw.
my cousin caught an alligator fishing in Indiana back in the 60's. When I was a kid we were bow hunting snakes in a creek west of Brownsburg and what I thought was a big log in the water was a massive snake. Hard telling the size because I was around 12 or 13 at the time, but it was huge. It was big enough I thought it was a tree...lol It was as big around as I was
Live in southern Indiana. Lots of stuff to do down around morgan, brown and monroe county. Very pretty and great parks. Thanks for giving me locations to explore with the wife.
My pleasure!
Growing up partly in southern Indiana
and southwestern VA..My grandparents on my mother's side who were native Hoosiers told us many stories of the paranormal and supernatural everything from strange fire balls and UFOs to ghost and other dark entities other tales
such as Katie's lane and the Pekin panther we learned from school teachers..southern Indiana is full of many strange and mysterious tales..thank you for
Sharing these tales
My pleasure, Charlie. I heard a lot of them growing up, too!
I live up in Anderson IN but I was born in southwest Virginia in the town of Big Stone Gap.
Ever been to New Albany?
@@cainmathewson1857 I’ve published three segments on New Albany, and have a ton of great footage for a comprehensive film, hoping to edit that next month. I’ll put the links to the finished segments, below.
Carnegie Center for Art and History (New Albany, Indiana)
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Yenawine Dioramas (New Albany, Indiana)
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Division Street School Museum (New Albany, Indiana)
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@@AdventureswithRoger Neat! I'll have the check them out! I just stumbled on this one by accident
I live in Southern Indiana and grew up on most of these stories. Thank you for sharing these stories. Can you do a most haunted places of Southern Indiana?
My pleasure! Have thought about it, but have put it off. I already have all the haunted mansion interiors filmed, and have their stories. Not to mention, I captured the Tunnelton phantom lantern in the tunnel! That was super creepy.
Tunnelton Tunnel
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In the late 80's in Darke Co. Ohio, I was just a boy, but we had our own panther sighting.
I’m on the fence if these are ordinary escapees, migrated from the southwest (jaguars exist in the lower west), or are their own species.
This is awsome I just found u on here and started listening I like it. I to live in Southern Indiana for 38 years just south of bloomfeild Indiana by crain navy base but anyway just wanted to say I like listening to this thank u👍
My pleasure, Chad! I’d heard many of these stories, growing up, and wanted to find out if there was any proof! 🙂
Hoosier National Forest is 203 thousand acres. ANYTHING could be living in there. Hell, there could be an Indian tribe and we would never know. Lol
Wow that is huge! Where is it?
😂 True! I sure wouldn't be going deep into any woods!
I love Indiana. Good job 👍 thank you
My pleasure, Jerel!
When my family lived in Allen county in 2018, my son told me about seeing black cougar like big cats when he'd take our dogs out for evening walks. According to my mom, there's sighting of them all throughout Indiana as she's heard about them for decades.
Too numerous, and by too many reliable witnesses. I saw a mountain lion just west of New Albany. My wife and her sister both saw large black cats, outside Columbus.
@@AdventureswithRoger That's cool! I just found your channel earlier today, and I want to say Thank you. I've lived here my whole life, but didn't know a lot about my state.
There’s a ton here, for sure! I thought I would be all done in three months: I’m going on seven years! 🙂
@@cheekyrabbit any chance you are in northeast allen county? Me and a friend saw one south of Grabill late at night in the early 2000's.
In Greene County, IDNR cameras have spotted a cougar, one big cat.
I spotted one in broad daylight, northwest of New Albany, with a deer carcass in its mouth. I passed it, stopped the car, and tried to get a picture, but it casually crossed the road and jumped into the woods!
Ive been to Evansville a couple of times for a mini vaca and just love it there! Nice place, friendly people.
For a fairly large city, it’s very laid back. There’s a very peaceful place to sit, on the second floor of the Pagoda visitor center.
I know two people who have seen large bipedal beings around the Boswell area. Might be a good place to investigate
The weird thing about Boswell, and much of northern Indiana, are the lack of large woods for a habitat. Fields are lousy places to hide, and they roll for miles. Someone mentioned that many sightings are near rivers and creeks, as if they are followed long distances.
@@AdventureswithRoger I agree. My friend that had the encounter said it was in a corn field, so perhaps they are not permanent residents here and maybe just pass through and use the tall corn to their advantage. He used to work at a pig farm there in Boswell, which is where he was heading when it happened, and he had stated that he thought the creature was taking pigs from the farm as sustenance.
@@weezycoochy1034 They do seem like omnivores, from all I’ve read.
Below is a link to sightings, by Indiana county. Northern Indiana definitely has encounters, I just wonder where they live. I know Michigan has a lot of encounters, it could be they’re traveling to or from there.
www.bfro.net/GDB/state_listing.asp?state=in
@@AdventureswithRoger I have been on the bfro website and it is an amazing source of information. I have a feeling many encounters or sightings go undocumented, as neither of my friends reported what they saw. I will also add, they did not see “Sasquatch “, they said they saw a “werewolf”. One instance was involving the creature watching children, and in the other it jumped out from the corn and onto the gravel road on all fours before standing on two legs. I understand every story must be taken with a grain of salt, but I absolutely trust and believe their accounts. There are things that official sources do not want the public knowing for some reason
@@weezycoochy1034 There are many werewolf stories, some categorized as “dogmen”. One was characterized as a very large cat with human features.
I live in logansport my entire life and I've never heard this first story. Thnx for the info.
My pleasure! I sifted through a ton of bizarre reports, for the northern part of Indiana. Fun reads!
I’m from Crawford county Indiana and my uncle always talked about black panthers running out there
So many sightings, from credible witnesses, to ignore! I believe.
I've seen picture proof of a mountain lion laying in a corn field behind my buddies' house in Scott County Indiana. I personally never go in the woods unarmed.
That makes two of us!
Alligators have been documented in frozen lakes with their noses above water in full hibernation.
The Lake Manatou Monster sounds exactly like a Cadborosaurus!