This is the transcript for the above video. The interview is of Richard Mason of Colchester, Illinois in 2021 discussing Bigfoot. It was conducted by Dr. Michael Lorenzen, University Archivist at Western Illinois University with the assistance of Bruce Ackers.
Transcript:
I ended up talking to her on the phone for three hours because I wasn’t going to go down there that night. That was also the night her daughter drew the picture you have—I think you got a copy of it. A few days later, I went down there for the first time.
When I arrived, I noticed muddy marks below the bathroom wall. They looked like fingerprints, but there were about four of them smeared down over an area roughly a foot wide. There was no way a human hand could have made them. The yard hadn’t been mowed, so everything was overgrown. There were tracks around the trailer, including two that led back into the timber. In some spots, it looked like something had bedded down and watched the trailer.
I started looking around in the tall grass. There wasn’t really any way to leave a clear track there, but she had planted asparagus. Some of the plants had been bitten off. Near one of them, there was a muddy spot about the size of a softball. I bent down and saw a single toe impression in the mud, so I made a cast of it. That’s the cast you have now—it’s just one big toe.
After speaking with Wes and reviewing her drawing and the pictures we’d collected, we came to the conclusion that these were dogmen. The images showed pointed ears like a dog’s. From what we’ve seen during four or five investigations, I believe there are five of them. The trail cameras captured partial images—a shoulder, what looked like buttocks, and a male and female standing side by side. I believe there are two twins among them. I think one of the twins stepped on the asparagus and left the toe print. There’s also another juvenile that’s about six to six and a half feet tall, which I’ve seen myself. I’ve seen both the large one and the juvenile.
Typically, the big one will circle around and draw attention, while what I believe is the mother stays on the other side of the trailer, near the timber and out in the field. They whistle back and forth to each other. One night, I was there using an infrared app on my phone. We spotted the male standing behind some trees near the creek. I had him clearly in the camera view, but I didn’t realize at the time that I could take pictures with the app, so I didn’t capture the image.
There were four or five of us there, all watching him. He never moved. Eventually, we turned a Q-beam spotlight on him. He stayed visible for a moment, then disappeared into the brush. I turned around and told everyone to look in the opposite direction. About 50 yards out in the open field stood the juvenile. Tammy asked why I had turned around, and I told her it was because they’re never alone. One draws your attention while another sneaks up on you.
From what I’ve gathered, these dogmen are evil. I believe Bigfoot keep them in check and prevent them from killing people. The residents living there were terrified. They bought high-powered rifles and large handguns because they were afraid the creatures would break into their trailer. The doors and walls had been beaten on, and at night the trailer would shake. They were seriously considering shooting them.
I convinced them not to. I told them that if they did, the creatures would just come back for revenge. I advised them to leave them alone. I contacted Wes for advice and asked what we should do to get them to leave. He recommended mowing the area and setting up trail cameras.
So we set up five trail cameras and cleared about 40 yards around the trailer. After that, the creatures stopped coming up close. The residents could still hear whistling at night, but they didn’t see them anymore.
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