Airman Comes Forward Mt St. Helens Burnt Bigfoot

[Rockape]

So, he saw two tall people wearing robes and ski caps? Not much to believe or dis-believe about this one.

[Guest]

I think this would make a passable movie of the week on Sci-Fi channel subplot, and that may very well have been where it originated. these low budget movies use cloak and dagger urban myths a lot I think they just spin a wheel and pick one lol. I think, this though, like the Dahlonega chopper crash story where several bigfoots were fired upon by M.P.s will be found to have never happened as told.

[VAfooter]

I don't feel there is a shred of truth in this story.

WRONG!!!!!

"We were Air Force not Marines. I knew more about a 5 iron than a M16."

[Guest poignant]

Almost cool story, bro.

[TimB]

What makes it almost cool? Charity?

Tim B.

[Guest]

One thing that makes me question and call total BS. The first aircraft I was assigned to was the C-141. Being a primary aircrew member we NEVER carried parachutes unless the mission was designated airdrop. The reason we didn't is we would suffer the same fate as the passengers..otherwise no parachutes onboard...period. Also, they would deplane pax/passengers if there was maintenance situation however not always. His knowledge of the status of the hydraulics...puhlease, of course if he was C-141 maint. not F4 the crew might have used him to help the engineer. Also, IIRC didn't they have to modify engines on helicopters to fly in the area and almost if not all air traffic near Helens was prohibited let alone fly right over the top as he states (due to the cloud and ingestion in the engines) this was before my flying time in the AF but I recall something like that.

L

Edited September 21, 2012 by Nightstalker

[Drew]

Yes, ash in a turbine engine on a plane is not recommended. Remember the rerouting of the planes during the recent Iceland Volcano ash cloud?

[Incorrigible1]

We awoke a few days after the eruption, here in eastern Nebraska, with a fine layer of volcanic dust/ash coating everything outdoors. Like Drew states, aircraft cannot fly through or over that.

[Guest BFSleuth]

Several days after the major eruption there were flights in the near vicinity of St. Helens, especially approaching from the west side (upwind). The prevailing winds are from west to east or from southwest to northeast, so everything north and east of the mountain would have been subject to any post explosion ongoing eruptions. If the site of the purported camp was to the northwest side, then it will have been covered in ash from the big eruption, but would not have ongoing ash deposits. I know that small aircraft and helicopters were used in the days following the eruption for search and rescue and news crews were busy doing flyovers as well.

That being said, I think flying helicopters into a landing zone that is covered in ash would be dicey, as the rotor wash would certainly kick up clouds of ash that would be sucked into the intakes. My friends that were stuck on Mt. Rainier's south side the morning of the eruption we inundated in ash on their way down the mountain, and their car was pretty thrashed by the time they cleared the ash cloud as they left the west side of the park. Mt. Rainier is almost directly north of St. Helens by about 40 miles.

[Guest Coonbo]

Nightstalker's observation on the crewman wearing a parachute is an accurate one. I've flown in a lot of military cargo and other large aircraft as well as rotary wing, and I've only seen one guy that had a chute. He was a highly trained electronics specialist (or EWO) that flew on one of our RC-135's out of Shemya in the Aleutian Islands. When he was in-flight, but off-duty, he would sometimes don a chute while snoozing. He took a lot of flak for it, but he did it anyway. Other than that one exception, I've never seen a flight crewman wearing a chute. As Nightstalker pointed out they were flatly not allowed. We would often have survival gear onboard, to be used after an extreme emergency landing (i.e.: crash) in hostile area or environmental conditions.

Also, the observation of staying well clear of volcanoes is accurate, except you can approach closer from the upwind side. However, the fact remains that military personnel are very often assigned to weird duty or given orders without knowing what's going on. You are told only the bare essentials of what you "need to know". At the very end of the first Gulf War, we were directed to fire missiles at two different targets, close together, but were given only firing coordinates and no further details other than warhead selection. About six weeks later we were finally informed that we had destroyed both targets and that the first one was a large bridge and the second target was an anti-aircraft emplacement that had downed some coalition aircraft.

Edited September 21, 2012 by Coonbo

[Midnight Owl]

Truth or not, I have a strong opinion that portions of the government do have knowledge of the Bigfoot and for what ever reasons and intents, go to great lengths to keep this information from the public. My take is that if a body is ever recovered by private concerns, government agencies-state or federal-will swoop in and aggressively take custody of it never to be seen again.....

[Guest Coonbo]

Midnight Owl: Right you are - on both accounts.

[Guest]

No chutes issued (or noticed) on the C5 Galaxy flights I was aboard, during the same time period. Doesn't mean the story is all BS, though. How would anyone ever really know ?

[HOLDMYBEER]

I don't feel there is a shred of truth in this story. Sounds much like a $2 novel I downloaded on my Nook.

Agreed. Handed an M16 with a magazine and don't know if the bullets are real?...or if the gun will work? Top secret stuff alright.

[Guest Fanofsquatch]

After reading this I think the "Bigfoot community" has been over thinking this. No need for trail cams, call blasting, BFRO trips, and all the nonsense and hoops that have been jumped through. Just escort them out of the woods!