Interview With a Witness to Prolonged Bigfoot Habitation--Founder of Midwest Bigfoot Researchers

My Introduction: 0:00
Cameras Rolling: 0:56
Interview Start: 3:25
My Analysis of Randy’s BF description: 45:03

This is good chunk of my interview with Randy, the Founder of Midwest Bigfoot Researchers. In 1977, when he was ten years old, Randy had an incredible encounter with a juvenile sasquatch. The ensuing events inspired a life long search for these magnificent creatures.

I highly encourage you to watch this video on the narrative itself first.
You can find that here:

I'm still not really sure what to make of this saga, as is the case with most of the topics I cover, but fortunately, I recorded our discussions so that you can judge for yourself.

Against my better judgement, I decided not to edit the interview down to the 'good parts.' Whenever I watch an interview that is highly edited, I always wish they would've let it alone. That's why it is in it's unabridged form. Plus, I think it's important to get the whole story and see what Randy is like.

One note on the technical end, the microphone I had on Randy made the squeaking of his chair sound like the bugels of the undead elk, so I only used the audio from my microphone and therefore, I isolate his audio, so you hear all of my little contributions. Sorry about that.

This is incredible.

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[mid-westbigfootresearchers]

So sorry about the noisy chair! I've since learned a few more details, found witnesses, and did more art to fill in gaps. ~thanks, Bob!

[BobGymlan]

My Introduction: 0:00
Cameras Rolling: 0:56
Interview Start: 3:25
My Analysis of Randy’s BF description: 45:03

I have a few more notes.

First, I went back and forth on whether or not to edit this down to the ‘gems.’ Or whether or not to pause the interview and insert my commentary. But I decided to just play the whole thing and then give my break down at the end. Because that’s always how I prefer to watch an interview.

Second, for all the commenters who are upset that I would cover such a ‘ridiculous’ story, I cover all stories and let the viewer decide. I’m not exactly sure what to make of this tale myself. It saddens me that so many viewers are upset that my last video exists, I appreciate all opinions, but your opinion shouldn’t abolish all opposing views.

Third, many comments have accused Randy of just trying to sell his t-shirts… The t-shirts in the background are bigfoot paraphernalia he has collected over the years. They are not for sale. Randy does not sell merchandise. I never took a dime from him nor did he take one from me. If this is all some kind of ‘get rich quick scheme’ on Randy’s part, he’s doing a very bad job at it.

Thank you,

BG

[lizardkeeper]

I can honestly say that this seems like the most believable and unbelievable story I have ever heard. everything makes sense and I completely believe him but it is also hard to wrap my head around which makes me love the story.

[reeverfalls]

Awesome video as always. I'd like to give my take on Randy rather than his story. As someone who has a deep and abundant background as a body behaviorist and psychologist.

First off, I don't want to claim Randy's story is real or fake. I want to focus on his behavior during the interview. And my conclusion is; he isn't lying. When he talks, his body posture is matter of fact rather than looking for confirmation. When people lie, they tend to have a trending upward inflection in their voice. At the end of the sentence they'll look directly at the person they're trying to get confirmation that they beleive their story.

When someone lies there's a whole range of voice and body changes throughout the discussion. They'll at one point be excited while moving their hands in gestures to "sell their story harder". Or they'll be more timid and withdrawn if they think something they said didn't land.

Randy stayed consistent although uncomfortable. He didn't seem uncomfortable because he was lying. He genuinely seemed uncomfortable because of the topic at hand. You can see at a few points when talking that he rubs his arm and shoulder. That's usually a sign of stress and being uncomfortable from remembering a past traumatic event. Everyone does something different. Some people blink a lot, scratch their face, cross their legs. There's a myriad of things.

Secondly, his voice pattern. He isn't stumbling over words in order to "think of something". He doesn't stumble at all in fact. He clearly and precisely knows how to articulate what he's thinking. And I believe it's because he's remembering. Remembering is a much stronger cognitive function than "creating". As in creating a story. It's either that, or this guy is an absolute master at formulating and remembering said formulated stories. And if that were true, this man would easily be in the top of the CIA undercover division.

With that said, there isn't one action that defines wether a person is lying or telling the truth. But everything garnered from this short interview tells me that something did happen. And the scary part is there are THOUSANDS of people with the same story. Saying the same thing. Divided by cultures, language, even periods of time. If nothing else it was a very interesting account. Apologies for the essay.

[kaipacifica]

Being an artist I keep going back to his drawings. They are at once basic and complex, amateur yet accomplished. The musculature and movement is amazing... and the slightly fanciful and exaggerated tone nears that of a dream. Wow. I find it hard to believe he'd never drawn prior. Mesmerizing.

[chancelambert]

One thing is for sure and must be taken into account...

Even Sasquatch adults, as the same with Human adults, sometimes have no idea how to handle their unruly children.

You can tell them to stay away from humans as much as possible but even a human child has a problem keeping their hand off the hot stove just to see what would happen.

[ldawg]

I say it nearly every video, but this really is my absolute favorite channel on here. Sometimes a few months in-between videos.. but it's the perfect example of quality, over quantity. It's especially awesome when we get videos like this, that are almost an hour long. You the man, Bob!

[sayeager]

Mr. Gymlan - I can't thank you enough for the previous video on this topic and this interview. You are a gifted storyteller and a very competent interviewer. Keep searching and keep sharing - your work matters!

[Mikefoxx]

The fact that it doesn’t always make perfect sense lends credence to his story in an oxymoronic kind of way. If he had made it all up, he would have had time to go over it and make sure that it made complete sense. The strangeness of it all lends itself to the blurring of real memory over time to my mind. Just my ten pence. Thank you Bob, I love your channel my friend.

[h_rmless]

I’ve never bothered with patreon, but for this it’s worth it. I need to hear this whole story, and supporting you and your content is 1000% worth every penny

[zakpaine]

I’ve been waiting for this interview all week! Found you with the first half of Randy’s story Bob and your channel is great. I’ve been having a great time going through your back catalog in the meantime. Randy’s experience is an incredible tale of high strangeness and so detailed it’s difficult to dismiss. Thanks to you both.

[charlottejay]

Bob, this is and has always been my favorite YouTube channel. You, in my opinion, the best Bigfoot “personality”, I found your channel just after you posted the Skookum cast video. I was looking for more detail about the cast and I fell in love immediately with your channel. I love to listen back to the old videos and the new. You fit so much information into them, and not just Bigfoot stuff. Just little “nuggets” and the humor is amazing. Thank you so much for all your hard work sir, this fan truly appreciates it!

[drop]

Even if the secret police came in and wiped everyone's memory of the main Sasquatch encounter. There has to be some kind of old new articles about that mike kid being taken. "John Redcorn" is also a native American character in the animated show "King of the Hill". Not sure how popular that name is in First Nation circles.

[LosDoyerss]

The same thing happened to me as a kid. I was with my family at our cabin in Big Bear, Ca in the early 90's. Our cabin was the last one on the block and sat right next to miles and miles of deep forest. My little brother and I were goofing around near the tree line and we saw something on all fours walking. We both charged at it yelling to scare what we thought was a black bear. Well it stood up on two legs quickly and walked off incredibly fast. My brother and I ran all the way home as fast as we could. Of course no one believed us....

[AlS-durt]

Rest In Peace Mike. I honestly get the impression he and maybe his parents had no idea what they were getting into. He was only a child.

[kristivaught]

This is the most awesome Squatch story I have ever heard!!! It is so upsetting that Mike was exterminated...but probably better off than what would have happened to him had authorities captured him. You are very brave to tell your story. Hopefully this will encourage other people who have had "paranormal" experiences share their stories. Regardless of whether or not people believe these stories, the ones sharing their experiences should not be ridiculed.

[ghxst_fr]

I just like found your channel yesterday and i have been obsessed, the amount of effort you put in each videos its great and thank you .
Keep up the good work Bob

[SolomonLandscaping]

Bob, please don’t let people’s comments discourage you from presenting other interviews going forward. You did an amazing job as always and that is what counts . I understand completely how peoples comments at times could drive you nuts. I’ve learned to let them roll off my shoulder more with age as I’m now in my early forties and you appear to be in your twenties. 🙏 thank you so much for presenting this and please present more case interviews in the future. It hurts to see people like timbergiantbigfoot whom I know is not lying about his recordings stop posting much because of people not believing him. You are one of a kind and great at what you do .

[danielmarshall]

Noisy chair worries, and it's lovely to put a face to your voice Mr Gymlan. Thank you both for your time a effort bringing us this video.

[JohnDoe-xhuc]

Quite a tale . . . one thing that stands out to me is the amazing memory this guy has. I'm younger than him and trying to remember something specific from my own life around that age. Big difference in details recalled. He's recalling, " . . . I met him on a Wednesday . . . latch on the door to the east . . . talking to a reporter from ABC channel 14 (or whatever it was) . . . had a conversation about a Pontiac . . . it was August about 10:00PM . . . we wanted to do something with our bikes and I'm the one who convinced them". If that were me, it would be, "School was out so sometime during the summer . . . some kid I knew from church . . . TV lady . . . station wagon type car . . . getting dark . . . outside playing".