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Edwards AFB - the story is, or at least was, on the Bigfoot Encounters site. Coonbo - What is your personal opinion on the stories told of the Beast of LBL (Jan what's her name has several)? UPDATE - Jan Thompson and some of her stories can be found here: http://www.searchingforbigfoot.com/The_Beast_Of_LBL Finally, while not a conspiracy as such, it is another small piece in the puzzle. The following is an old report that used to be on the BFRO. I do not know why they removed it. Unfortunately, it is not on the Wayback Machine either. So this may be the only internet record of it. I was copying some old paper reports into electronic form and came across this recently. It is interesting and does indicate that park rangers do know what they are dealing with. This occurred in December 1998 on Chincoteague Island, VA: It was the third week of December and the first week of Sika deer hunting. My brother and I were scheduled to hunt Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday during our one hour orientation the group of hunters were given the standard orientation not to shoot squirrels, turkey, whitetail deer, be cautious of the miniature horses, etc. The only game allowed to hunt is Sika deer. In closing the orientation we were also told that there was a sighting on the island and not to be alarmed or shoot at it. I asked, "Shoot at what?" They responded that it was sighted several times and it was black and the matter was under investigation. My brother asked if it was a bear or possibly a wild hog. The park rangers said no, but they could not speculate on what it was. Now one thing I know is these people are very thorough and they are open about giving information. Hunters in VA are not afraid of bears or hogs because we hunt them. I asked if the animal that they were referring to can stand on hind legs or be seen upright. You could hear a pin drop when I said that and I got an eerie chill that I hit the nail on the head. They said no, but the look on their faces told otherwise. I heard a hunter say after the orientation in the parking lot that the Monday/Tuesday group of hunters were uneasy leaving the park and one said that he was glad to be out of there. Most hunters love this hunt and I know that even when we have not bagged a deer in the two days we still have fun. This was the start of a two day hunt that my excitement turned into a cautious, uneasy trek. On the island somewhere along the marshes near the dense pine forest edge. Not sure of the exact location. I will never forget the next day as we were in the woods ½ hour before light. That is the legal time to be in the woods. I do not know if I was fully concentrating on deer because I felt like I was being constantly watched. Maybe I have seen one too many scary movies, but I really think people can sense these things. Although I never spotted anything, I did come across a bedding area that was very unpleasant to my nose and I cannot explain that. My brother said that he did spot something black going into the edge of the woods but it was too dark to tell. I believe that there were possibly a ½ dozen reported sightings by anywhere from four to eight hunters and a couple of tourists. There are people constantly coming to the island to see the miniature horses. I know the park rangers are not telling us everything they know. I have never seen such a thing in my life.