A Mount St. Helens Story - Colonel Merl Gorton, Jr.

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  • Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
  • Colonel Merl Gorton, Jr. (retired) of the Washington Army National Guard shares the story of the National Guard's involvement before, during, and after the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption on May 18, 1980.

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  • @otisfreeman8766
    @otisfreeman8766 2 года назад +75

    Thank you Col.Gorton Jr. for your service. Thank you Spokane co. for preserving history.

  • @aloberdorf4579
    @aloberdorf4579 2 года назад +33

    @ Troy, extreme Western Montana, I brushed 3/4" to 1 1/8 " of ash off my pickup hood. I filled a quart jar for my Father in 4 swipes of my hand. Years later, falling timber near here, we discovered that on big trees, it was best to back bar carbunckles and knots from the bottom, as the .0003 coating on a chainsaw chain is ruined with just one cut, from cutting thru the ash settled on the top of the limbs....a never forget moment.

  • @joemorrow7691
    @joemorrow7691 2 года назад +74

    Not one mention of Bigfoot
    Thank you for your service and dedication for assisting your fellow American citizens to safely and security

  • @wolfganggugelweith8760
    @wolfganggugelweith8760 2 года назад +148

    Many dead and wounded Sasquatch were found around Mount Saint Helens by the army after the big explosion. Many Greetings from Linz-Austria 🇦🇹😎👍🏔⛷🛶🍺🥨💙🐺 Europe!

    • @theunspokentruth5987
      @theunspokentruth5987 2 года назад +24

      Found some dead leprechauns as well I heard

    • @MAGAMANPATRIOT
      @MAGAMANPATRIOT 2 года назад +14

      @@theunspokentruth5987, no no the Leprechauns weren't dead. They were actually the super rare leprechaun zombies.

    • @joanysohayda7233
      @joanysohayda7233 2 года назад +6

      Y'all be smoked. 34 years a living here n I have never heard anybody say such a thing. If that wers true poeple would be a talking about it. Pure silence and science. But sadly not one carcass to be ohhed n ahhed n excited bout. I reckon if big foot were real, the aftermath would have contained evidence.

    • @Veldtian1
      @Veldtian1 2 года назад +16

      @@joanysohayda7233 Yeah and which federal governmental employee bound by certain strict disclosure laws would dutifully inform the like of you or me about it?

    • @deomeslives
      @deomeslives 2 года назад +4

      @@corymcfall7977 bot

  • @motorhead2003
    @motorhead2003 2 года назад +59

    I want to thank you Col. For your help and dedication to our Great Nation. Also, to the men and women who were just doing their job, as they would put it.

    • @cathleencavanaugh8351
      @cathleencavanaugh8351 2 года назад +3

      I believe there were.no women serving when Carter was president . I was against women serving in hazardous duty & thought they would not be able to do the job . & when I figured there had been men saved due to women's natural intuition . I was sorry for my judging of women . soldiers who happened to be mothers had already done extreme acts of sacrifice by turning their children to others . God Bless every soldier . I am damned proud of them

    • @donkay7180
      @donkay7180 2 года назад

      !+?MMXI,H DA

    • @bcurtis363
      @bcurtis363 2 года назад

      This great nation uses bombs to enforce men having anal sex with other men around the world. Excuse me if I don’t support such things. The military became a welfare program after we bombed Dresden in ‘45

  • @thafmsnasty
    @thafmsnasty 2 года назад +42

    Thank You Sir. 🇺🇸❤️. If you know about the Sasquatch, which was in the Army’s field Guide in the 70s. And helping the Sasquatch and or seeing bodies, would really be appreciated. The public does deserve to know. Dispute what’s on TV, most ppl are ready for truth. We have had enough lies. Again, if you had encountered anything that is. Thank You again and God Bless.
    BTW- I live in Battleground WA. I’m very close to the Mountains and St. Helens.

    • @corrinaeastman368
      @corrinaeastman368 2 года назад +7

      I agree, we are tired of lies and half truths. We are ready for the truth and nothing but the truth!

    • @erichvonmolder9310
      @erichvonmolder9310 2 года назад +3

      The American Public deserves a lot more than whether Bigfoot's are real or not.

    • @peachsncream5808
      @peachsncream5808 2 года назад

      The public would have been ready on mass …for a great many truths. Ironically the CIA and a few other 3 letter agencies have been actively Dumming the heard down for decades. You can’t control the direction of the heard if the heard animals …( yes that’s how the controllers see the majority of the population ) are as smart as the shepherd 🤯 . This rabbit hole …..is multi dimensional . The old excuse that had been used for more than a century….saying the public Would fall apart if they new the truth ….is one of circular logic …. A statement that will always be true when applied to the majority of the population . The 👉 THEY 👈 have proven themselves To be untrustworthy on many occasion …..and despite the blatantly obvious Evidence. We didn’t bat an eye 👁 🤯when ‘ after decades of lie’s and deceptions Discrediting and threatening people into silence … If they told anyone that they saw A 👉 UFO 👈. But at some point around the year 2012 ? Give or take …. A Leaked Video , forced ….The military into admitting to decades of lies. Was there public outrage about being lied to 🤔 Nope ..not a peep Out of anyone 🤫…… was the world thrown into turmoil over the UFO 🛸 disclosure ? Nope 🤨 . That is more proof that the global leaders have been lying to Us all . Think about it ……in the face of so many lie’s … A normal rational thinking people , would have been outraged …..but Noooo not the 88% of the brainwashed Sheeple of earth . The other 11% of critical thinking people have been very cleverly dismissed as conspiracy theorist …. Or in our current global climate these 11% are likely to be labeled as selfish Anti vaxers . 😮 what a shock . All manipulations carried out bye the controlling 1% . The self righteous self entitled elitist ….. a wealth and power vacuum that can be traced backwards through modern history to a very select few families. Oh wait a minute 😂😅 do I sound like a conspiracy theorist 🤫🤫 do I sound like the type of crazy Nutter who believes In UFO’s or Sasquatch / cryiptids . Oh hell… I must be wrong then . I could be wrong …. I am after all a school dropout with dyslexic and have attention deficit disorder . What the heck would I know .

    • @stainshield
      @stainshield 2 года назад

      @@j.j.8741 plus, there is The Religious Right, those fuckers would have a hissy fit because they don't believe in Evolution and Bigfoot is said to be The Missing Link between Man and Ape.

    • @tiedyehobo
      @tiedyehobo Год назад +2

      ​@@corrinaeastman368read the Bible. Jesus is truth

  • @glendawest5957
    @glendawest5957 2 года назад +7

    Thank you Sir for your Service. We would not have Freedom if it wasn't for people who served like you. Thank you for your story. Greatly appreciated. God bless you.

  • @patrickd2013
    @patrickd2013 2 года назад +14

    Thanks to the folks at the Spokane County Library for producing this, and Thank You So Much, Colonel Gorton, for you wise and dedicated service throughout the years, and for telling your story of the response to the incredible event!

  • @ronniepirtlejr2606
    @ronniepirtlejr2606 2 года назад +15

    My uncle was one of the few allowed people (A Sheriff) allowed to fly a helicopter aaround Mount Saint Helens after the eruption to take pictures and film the damage.

  • @ZippyThePinhead
    @ZippyThePinhead 2 года назад +7

    First off, Thank You Col Gorton, and ALL our service men & women for protecting our country. Special thanks to all the National Guard folks who took part in the rescue of the Mount St Helens eruption.

  • @firewaterbydesign
    @firewaterbydesign 3 года назад +21

    I can remember it like it was yesterday. The ash was EVERYWHERE!! We had to put pantyhose on our carburetors to keep the ash from clogging it up. Daytime turned to night from all of the ash and you could not go outside for several days until the ash quit falling.

  • @terrysickels9348
    @terrysickels9348 2 года назад +14

    God bless
    Our national guardsmen ,,
    Our minute men
    At the ready ,,
    Sheriff,s ,police ,
    All who come to stand in the gap
    In emergencies
    God bless you all

  • @alystalboerger6197
    @alystalboerger6197 2 года назад +19

    Thank you for your service and all that you and your men did to aid all those in crisis during and after this horrific event. I was in Santa Maria, CA at the time and was 10 years old... I remember being shocked and terrified.. later in 1982 we visited Mt. St. Helens and it was extremely emotional for me, even as a 12 yo. Thanks again for all you and your guys did for everyone!!

  • @critters16
    @critters16 2 года назад +12

    Thank you for your service & thanks for telling us about the incident.

  • @rickpratt5115
    @rickpratt5115 2 года назад +65

    I watched this video for the information of the Bigfoot carcasses removed from the area after the event, I guess he wasn’t involved.

    • @timothyhyena3106
      @timothyhyena3106 2 года назад +14

      After they were discovered, only those in the know would have the ability
      to recognize what they were seeing. He would've been directed towards another area entirely while the "clean up crew" did their thing. To be mature about it....its For alien eyes only.
      They Live...
      (Gangstalking 101)

    • @robertspivey46
      @robertspivey46 2 года назад +8

      Same here

    • @antonkider7360
      @antonkider7360 2 года назад +8

      Me too...

    • @carolcamp4828
      @carolcamp4828 2 года назад +12

      Pretty sure that was a special forces black op. Don't think the national guard would be in that loop!

    • @kraigcochran9995
      @kraigcochran9995 2 года назад +15

      I’ll bet he knows everything about that buddy

  • @cbass2755
    @cbass2755 2 года назад +10

    Thank you Sir for your service…God Bless you….

  • @stephenjones6500
    @stephenjones6500 2 года назад +7

    I was 16 years old in 1980 ,Remember mount st Helens going off we had one of the worst winters that year lots of snow as I recall
    I live in the English midlands a vast distance from Washington state .. Very interesting listening to the colonel. .

    • @pommiebears
      @pommiebears 2 года назад

      I’m English too. I was 6 years old, and I remember it very well. My parents were devastated for the people there.

  • @ryangaskin5056
    @ryangaskin5056 2 года назад +23

    Thank you so much for sharing this history with us that could have been left forgotten by so many but was one of the most significant events in many peoples lives-Incredible edit, thank you!

  • @williamthompson8343
    @williamthompson8343 2 года назад +4

    I remember as a kid we fished in spirit lake. I also remember an old guy at the lodge...I believe now that was Truman who was eventually buried under tons of the mountain. The lake was so clear and clean you could see fish 20 ft down in the lake.

  • @johngrissom9147
    @johngrissom9147 2 года назад +6

    Thanks you Col. Gorton for your help and Dedication, and EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THE CATASTROPHIC EVENT!!!!! I HOPE THAT ALL THE BLOWN DOWN TREES WERE HAVESTED AND MILLED AND THE MOUNTAIN WAS REPLANTED INSTEAD OF WASTED LIKE SO MUCH IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!! AMAZING WORK!!!!

  • @germaineprien7691
    @germaineprien7691 2 года назад +12

    Very AMAZING story thank you for sharing!!!

  • @s.w.s.7154
    @s.w.s.7154 Год назад

    Thankyou for all of your help and many many others! We can't thankyou enough. God bless the beautiful souls that we lost. Thankyou especially for the enlightenment of the time. Bless you sir!

  • @lorenheard2561
    @lorenheard2561 2 года назад +5

    God Bless You And All Who Serve!!💖💖💖☘☘☘🕊🕊🕊🌞

  • @garydionne1357
    @garydionne1357 2 года назад +5

    Thank you for your service and blessings to you and Harry Truman

    • @Dena-fg3zx
      @Dena-fg3zx 2 года назад

      Mr. Truman was a firecracker his self.

  • @thomasmacginnes100
    @thomasmacginnes100 2 года назад +31

    why would this story of heroic Guardsmen ‘not’ be published ? did think ! you might have said something of the [primitives] killed and even those that were rescued and relocated , seems that part of the (story) might have been the’ why for putting it off or on hold. Thank you just the same sir ‘ and wish you and yours health & happiness.

    • @cathleencavanaugh8351
      @cathleencavanaugh8351 2 года назад

      He was being a good soldier as there are things you must never mention .

    • @bfreeman8786
      @bfreeman8786 2 года назад

      @@cathleencavanaugh8351 sure. There are also some things that absolutely need mentioning. It's a careful balance, I guess.

    • @patrickd2013
      @patrickd2013 2 года назад +1

      @@bfreeman8786 So true!

  • @jimwednt1229
    @jimwednt1229 2 года назад +3

    That's nice that this guy got to give credit where credit was due , in an official record .

  • @conniestockland395
    @conniestockland395 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for your service.

  • @joejones8003
    @joejones8003 2 года назад +6

    Wow, incredible. Wish they would acknowledge bigfoot exists already. Thank you for your service and salute to you..

    • @bfreeman8786
      @bfreeman8786 2 года назад

      No one should need a "they" to tell them what is and isn't.
      We have to look to eachother for truths. It's just the way the ball bounced, and if you take a couple hours, you'll find out what is...
      If you're looking to legacy media, there's not much hope for you- old dog, old tricks, nothing new.

  • @randallsnell5767
    @randallsnell5767 2 года назад +8

    I recall snowplows removing mud from the I-5 bridge, and logs on the railroad bridge next to it, on Monday the 19th.

  • @MyCheriAnolani
    @MyCheriAnolani 2 года назад +3

    My Family lived in Garden Grove, California and I remember our Christmas Tree that year had Ash all over it.

  • @jimwednt1229
    @jimwednt1229 2 года назад +4

    Geologist say the Mountain grew in height in the year leading up to the eruption.
    Awesome video

  • @supreme3-6-94
    @supreme3-6-94 2 года назад +14

    Ive heard about this once before they found dead and alive bigfoot wondering around even juvenile bigfoot one bigfoot even looked for help from a Army soldier for help. Then the bigfoot were supposedly given treatment and let go.

    • @oifsgtj7909
      @oifsgtj7909 2 года назад

      crickets, crickets, crickets

  • @yimboninja7415
    @yimboninja7415 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for your service! Living in western mt we had an inch of ash at our place

  • @Sal.Manila
    @Sal.Manila Месяц назад +1

    This is a great retelling the events which happened during the eruption, but I was expecting to hear about encounters with the Sasquatch bodies! Goddamnit!

  • @marypatten9655
    @marypatten9655 2 года назад

    Thank you for your service to our country. AMERICA.
    with live in Southern Ca. Bough St Helen's ash from guy going through on way to Vegas.
    God bless

  • @ogichidaawag3244
    @ogichidaawag3244 2 года назад +1

    I lived in either Moses lake or Yakima, age 5 when it happened. I don't remember which bc we moved sooo often.. We had a jar from it's Ashes for years after but my parents lost it sometime ago during a move. I remember it being dark out in mid day and having a couple inches of ash everywhere. It was awesome experience for an adventurous kid, not understanding the actual toll or magnitude of the event.

  • @marybrennan7341
    @marybrennan7341 2 года назад +21

    I was waiting for the Bigfoot body's to be mentioned, I guess he wasn't involved in that recovery.

    • @stevereichert1292
      @stevereichert1292 2 года назад

      No mention . . . because they don't exist . . . If you believe this crap I would suggest you have your doctor redo your meds!

  • @jamesmurray8558
    @jamesmurray8558 2 года назад +2

    I was at Mt.St.Helens and I never hear about this.I am ranger James Murray.U.S.N.P.S.- Y.A.C.C. from Cle Elm ranger station when at 8:30 a.m. Mt.St.Helens has erupted! We heard the young die.Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it.And static. It was an end run pulling people out from the park.I spent a day picking flowers from the Devils Garden.I shall never forget.I pray every Sunday at 8:30 & 11:30 as I am from Birmingham, Alabama. By the way I am BLACk..by God!

  • @DSToNe19and83
    @DSToNe19and83 2 года назад +10

    Harry Truman and spirit lake...
    A man who chose his fate!
    🍻

    • @Molly-cl5pd
      @Molly-cl5pd 2 года назад +8

      When I was very young my parents spent a couple weeks at Harry's resort on spirit lake. He always bragged about the case of jack Daniels he had stashed in a "cave' where he would hide. From what I have no idea. He knew something!!.

    • @moe42o
      @moe42o 2 года назад +8

      I was eight years old when she erupted. My dad had an airplane in Bellevue Washington. We flew over the crater many, many times in the following months. I was obsessed! My poor Dad wasn't that into it. But he loved to fly. I would beg him every Sunday morning until he said ok! Maybe he was nervous flying over an active volcano. Lol.... Thanks pops!

  • @BradPitbull
    @BradPitbull 2 года назад +8

    What happened to the sasquatch bodies found???

  • @carolfeichko3231
    @carolfeichko3231 2 года назад +8

    Turn of the background noise. Its you we want to hear

  • @yazming1720
    @yazming1720 2 года назад +19

    How many Sasquatch bodies did they remove?
    Wish he would of at least mentioned that.

    • @theunspokentruth5987
      @theunspokentruth5987 2 года назад +1

      My guess is 0

    • @climatepurification
      @climatepurification 2 года назад +16

      @@theunspokentruth5987 fortunately your guess doesn't mean shit.

    • @stringbender247
      @stringbender247 2 года назад +8

      @The Unspoken Truth how about taking your guess and your comments somewhere the hell else.

    • @marknieuwejaar1075
      @marknieuwejaar1075 2 года назад

      Pretty sure the critters were on all fours doing 75 mph down the mountain to safety...out ran lava

    • @americanpatriot7247
      @americanpatriot7247 2 года назад +7

      There is an eye witness account from someone who was there doing the "clean up & relocation" during that time who no longer works for the U.S. He indicated that there were dozens of dead and injured. He said it was an awful yet stunning sight to see. They feel, just as we do. Sad.

  • @kmart6026
    @kmart6026 2 года назад

    A friend of mine had a front row seat to the show. Astonishing

  • @mhlol151
    @mhlol151 2 года назад

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

  • @lorettahill5001
    @lorettahill5001 2 года назад

    Thank U for your service.

  • @derrickallen2054
    @derrickallen2054 2 года назад

    Thank you for your service Col. Gorton. Wow a lot of that mountain is missing.

  • @pjcranberry4912
    @pjcranberry4912 2 года назад

    Thanks for your service and good work.

  • @WereHere2Stay
    @WereHere2Stay 2 месяца назад

    I vaguely recall a news story about an injured BF being found during one of the California fires. Military took it and the article disappeared the next day.

  • @marclaprairie5472
    @marclaprairie5472 2 года назад

    🇺🇲Thx. Col. And to all the Unsung Heros of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption.

  • @beebester4106
    @beebester4106 2 года назад +1

    Wow I love this kind of stuff!!

  • @theariesexperiment4642
    @theariesexperiment4642 2 года назад +3

    My brother-in-law was there that fateful day. He said that something extremely strange was going on. He said the troops that he interacted with said the military was there to round up the surviving sasquatch.😳 He told me this many years ago,... and how the military personnel were hiding the operations they were doing. They were pointing their rifles at people trying to access a particular road that the locals lived on. Also he said the military had hundreds of cameramen running around everywhere in helicopters and vehicles. I didn't know what to think about it when he first told me. But since then his story seems to hold some validity. I've seen several documentary movies pertaining directly to this being true. Bob Gymlan's channel has a wonderful take on this subject. How they had an injured sasquatch riding around with a guy who understood there language,....riding around checking caves for surviving sasquatch. Crazy I know. But I gotta say I think I believe it.

    • @spirit13the1st6
      @spirit13the1st6 2 года назад

      So what happened to the sasquach?

    • @theariesexperiment4642
      @theariesexperiment4642 2 года назад +3

      @@spirit13the1st6 I was told that they were relocated to Colorado somewhere but due to some "complications",...they were taken to British Columbia. The issue with them being relocated is a territorial problem with others like them. I believe they are similar to us in that respect. You know,....when you see some seedy looking neighbors moving in. Your probably not going to be very welcoming. Well,...some people people might be,....but apparently sasquatch IS NOT. What's really interesting was what he told me they said during the debrief.
      " Firstly we'd like to thank you for your service and help with our gentle giant friends. Just so you know,...we watch over them very closely. What you saw today is to never be uttered to anyone. If you do,..you will be court marshalled. From here on out,....you'll feel a connection to these beings no matter where you are. Just remember,....not all of them are loving and peaceful. There is a criminal element in all societies. Here's your reports to fill out. Be thorough,....and make it sound good."
      I find it pretty cool that they are protected and watched over. However that criminal element they speak of ??? That I believe the public should be made aware of somehow. I found it very interesting they said "societies". He also told me that they were given homing beacons. Easier to find I guess?? Very cool nonetheless. Hope that answered your question. Its everything I know. To the best of my memory at least. You dont just forget being told something like that I assure you.

  • @Blando7887
    @Blando7887 2 года назад +4

    Background noise needs to be turned down

  • @hardpass9855
    @hardpass9855 2 года назад +4

    A day I’ll never forget 🥺

    • @user-bd5md5cm2j
      @user-bd5md5cm2j 2 года назад

      I was in idaho. It snowed here all day...ash.

    • @magapickle01
      @magapickle01 2 года назад +1

      Where where you and how old ? I was 6 and on west hills of Portland watched it go up

    • @hardpass9855
      @hardpass9855 2 года назад

      I was in Portland suburbs my aunt said to my sister and I; if you girls go out on the deck you can see Saint Helen’s. So we excitedly went out and were looking at it when it blew. Three huge mushroom clouds. I’ve only ever seen pictures of it with two though. They whole house shook so violently my aunt grabbed us and brought us back inside. We watched from the sliding glass door. I was 12 and my sister was 18.

    • @hardpass9855
      @hardpass9855 2 года назад

      @@magapickle01 sorry read above 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @vondahartsock-oneil3343
    @vondahartsock-oneil3343 2 года назад +2

    Thank You for you service and I don't want to sound cliche, so I'll leave it at that. However, lol, I read a few comments. Seems some of us were expecting to hear you were involved with the rescuing of a Bigfoot, or had a story to tell about it. I apologize for that, it doesn't take away from your service ok? I live in the midwest and I remember ash from this volcanic explosion being all over my dad's motorcycle and the vehicles every morning for at least a week if not longer. A friend of the family, for whatever reason just happened to be out that way when it happened and she brought home several jars of ash, gave my folks one. I assume mom still has it. I'll have to ask. My brother sees it and it'll be in the trash lol. He goes over to clean and care for her since dad passed. Dang, I bet he's already found it. I didn't even think about it until NOW. I'm asking later today lol. Anyway, ya I too was looking to see if the BF story was real and this guy was part of it because I always called BS on that. Everyone seems to think they are so intelligent, then why would it need rescued. You know the animals sense this stuff, and flee the area. I know a lot of wildlife died. I just think a BF might have gotten away and not needed "help" if it's real, then it's lived and survived and reproduced for thousands of yrs. It's been just fine.

  • @cahg3871
    @cahg3871 2 года назад

    Every time I watch the eruption on RUclips,I still find the amount of devastation startling.

  • @nancysloan3731
    @nancysloan3731 2 года назад

    We had a layer of ash in Brookings, OR after the eruption. Also found an ash layer in the soil after moving to Portland years later.

  • @mrj10101
    @mrj10101 Год назад

    Thx Boss!

  • @Spapito
    @Spapito 2 года назад +1

    We're there any sasquatch bodies recovered???? Just curious!!

  • @efrintorres7283
    @efrintorres7283 2 года назад +1

    I was 9 years old when mt st Helens blew it's top off here Yakima. Washington. Seahawkz for life

  • @jumpingeneral
    @jumpingeneral Год назад

    Is Col. merl still alive and well? Great video

  • @chicosuave2966
    @chicosuave2966 2 года назад +2

    SpokaneCountyLibrary you should have asked the Colonel about the Bigfoot people they helped during the eruption. Now that would have been a great story! Supposedly the National Guard helped a few Bigfoot with a Indian guide that got burned severely during the eruption. Go back and ask him about that

  • @neilanthony9288
    @neilanthony9288 2 года назад +7

    No Bigfoot? Why the absence of truth Mac? No truth better than the whole truth Mac.Enjoy retirement brave sir. 😏

    • @WhiteDwarfVR4
      @WhiteDwarfVR4 2 года назад

      Probably edited out, or he wasn't involved in that recovery effort

  • @thethinker5284
    @thethinker5284 2 года назад

    what an amazing story and what an amazing man.

  • @JoeyPinter
    @JoeyPinter 2 года назад +5

    this would have been great except the music ts too loud.

  • @Murrangurk2
    @Murrangurk2 2 года назад +1

    How do I turn the ridiculous music off so I can listen to what he is saying?????

  • @johnmotzenbecker1268
    @johnmotzenbecker1268 2 года назад +23

    Spokane County Library ; Colonel Gorton , I only have one question : Did you , or the National Gard help in evacuating , any [ dead bigfoot ] ? The thing is if you , or any one under your Command were told to keep it [ HUSH HUSH------ SHhhhhhhhhh ] ? Now you have to forgive my asking you , I had the chance so I've asked . Jack

    • @tatersalad9798
      @tatersalad9798 2 года назад +10

      Its my understanding several dead and alive bigfoot were recovered after eruption.

    • @johnmotzenbecker1268
      @johnmotzenbecker1268 2 года назад +1

      @@tatersalad9798 I'm not sure about that , in the interview given , by Colonel Gorton , he in no way indicated that . Jack

    • @tatersalad9798
      @tatersalad9798 2 года назад +2

      @@johnmotzenbecker1268 ruclips.net/video/cKe4UaEMUac/видео.html SKIP TO 11:43

    • @jennycallaghan1914
      @jennycallaghan1914 2 года назад +8

      The ARMY RECOVERED NINE SASQUATCH BODIES, sent three of them to Russia and one of the Bigfoot actually climbed into a jeep and directed them to the deceased Sasquatch.

    • @GorillaCookies
      @GorillaCookies 2 года назад +4

      My cousin who was a Washington state National Guardsman was a crew chief on a CH 47 and helped evacuate several people from the area. I asked him if there was any truth to the claim that several Bigfoot corpses had been removed from the area after the eruption and he laughed and said " Not that I'm aware of . If there was I would have known about it " . He said he had seen multiple human corpses that had been evacuated and that they were all in " Bad shape " from the debris and heat . None were of a size larger than could be expected.

  • @59Alaskan
    @59Alaskan Год назад

    This was neat!!

  • @cuz129
    @cuz129 2 года назад +1

    Respect!

  • @thesoultransferprotocol721
    @thesoultransferprotocol721 2 года назад +2

    Wasn't one, a Sasquatch found half dead in the washout at the Kalama River by Meeker Dr. after the pyroclastic flow ended? That's what I heard from a drunk cook at the Fireside Cafe....WHO KNOWS?

  • @gregwilcox8681
    @gregwilcox8681 2 года назад +9

    I would love to know when the govts of these countries who have these wild inhabitants are going to let the people know they are real because I’m already 99.9% a believer but what and why are they hiding these amazing animals

    • @Billy_Bob101
      @Billy_Bob101 2 года назад +1

      on the series terror in the woods there is a doctor who had a sighting and spent the next 10 years habituating . he had another sighting of 10,s of them and a space craft.... no shit... he says he knows why they are here. the episode on youtube is unwatchable and f,s up when the craft comes.. i have to look through terror in the woods to see what happened.

    • @williamwatkins7079
      @williamwatkins7079 2 года назад +1

      Beware don't think these creatures are friendly half are cannibals. That's why all the people go missing in national parks. They love youngsters and women and defiantly have a shoe fetish.

    • @WigglebiggleShortOFF
      @WigglebiggleShortOFF 2 года назад

      I don't think these beings related to anything on earth. Must be a separate extraterrestial species with supernatural abilities and obviously a lot more advanced, bigger, faster, more resourceful smarter than us, and sounds like they can read minds, communicate via telepathy and make us sick by just looking at us. I believe that's why govt keeps them away. Otherwise there'd be no human left if they left the forests ad hunted us down making us all sick (doesn't sound like it's in their nature to do this otherwise they would have done this ages ago). If they were dangerous, harmful or had bad intentions and knew their power over us they cld easily imprison or enslave us.. I think these beings built pyramids and all these massive structures but something either scared them off to the forests or wiped most out (I wldnt say the ice age) maybe what we're seeing are the surviviors.

    • @inhiscare1
      @inhiscare1 2 года назад +1

      Doubt you can call them animals. Scientist have said they have some human DNA

    • @carv5playa
      @carv5playa Год назад

      leading Ketchum and her team to theorize that so-called Bigfoot is in fact the offspring of human females with as-yet-unidentified primates. The team have denied any chance of contamination within the samples.
      “While the three Sasquatch nuclear genomes aligned well with one another and showed significant homology to human chromosome 11, the Sasquatch genomes were novel and fell well outside of known ancient hominin as well as ape sequences,” says Ketchum. “Because some of the mtDNA haplogroups found in our Sasquatch samples originated as late as 13,000 years ago, we are hypothesizing that the Sasquatch are human hybrids, the result of males of an unknown hominin species crossing with female Homo sapiens.”

  • @atv55803
    @atv55803 2 года назад +2

    did you see the sasquatch that were injured and dead ??

  • @ronniebishop2496
    @ronniebishop2496 2 года назад

    I was in Salam Oregon just after this event and ash was all around on people’s cars etc.

  • @camsmeltzer9388
    @camsmeltzer9388 2 года назад

    I can remember the thin layer of ash all over the car and yard the next morning and we were living in Southern California!

  • @tamelascholl679
    @tamelascholl679 2 года назад +10

    You know your covering up the fact that a lot of Sasquatch lost their lives that day!!!!!!

  • @kevindepriest8536
    @kevindepriest8536 2 года назад +6

    And not one word about
    Bigfoot...nice cover story though.

  • @briandavid5434
    @briandavid5434 2 года назад

    He’s obviously reading his story and the background music is too loud

  • @JoshDogMoto
    @JoshDogMoto 2 года назад +2

    No offence but this would’ve been way better if you would’ve let that gentleman speak without playing the silly music over top of him

  • @rushslayer8647
    @rushslayer8647 2 года назад +1

    And wow almost all the comments are about Sasquatch and yet he said nothing about it, he's either part of the problem or just wasn't involved in that part of the operation which you should have been if he says who he is. Either way thank you for your service, it would just be nice if you are a little more truthful

    • @stevereichert1292
      @stevereichert1292 2 года назад

      He was being truthful - Bigfoot is total BS. No bodies found because they don't exist!!

    • @patrickd2013
      @patrickd2013 2 года назад

      @@stevereichert1292 And for that I'm sure you have definitive proof? Yeah, I thought not. You just have your emotional needs.

  • @rowgun5212
    @rowgun5212 2 года назад +1

    Background theme at the beginning is annoying i keep on expecting to hear the hit THRILLER !

  • @kevinfile3690
    @kevinfile3690 Год назад

    I wanted to listen to the whole account but the background music was annoying.

  • @rickgroth3430
    @rickgroth3430 2 года назад +3

    I was there. I seen five dead Bigfoot and two injured.

    • @stevereichert1292
      @stevereichert1292 2 года назад +1

      Show us the pictures you would have taken when you discovered Bigfoot. No pictures . . . then your story is just that . . . a story

    • @WhiteDwarfVR4
      @WhiteDwarfVR4 2 года назад

      @@stevereichert1292 This was in a time when everyone didn't have a camera on them at all times. Further I've seen some weird stuff and taking a photo was the last thing on my mind in the moment. Wouldn't have had time anyway even if I had notice it was about to happen. And finally, if you need proof of a being about which Tales have been told for centuries around the world, from all cultures. Perhaps you should stop criticising others, Escape the little world in you head and realize just how immense and diverse this reality actually is.
      Unless of course criticizing and demeaning others is all you can do. In which case, karma is a b!tch and I feel pity for you. Best of luck, enjoy the ride, cheers!

    • @derekmatthew750
      @derekmatthew750 2 года назад +1

      Several witnesses said they saw American special forces helicopters with huge hairy figures two or three in a large cargo net slung beneath the helicopter 🚁

  • @IsmaelEYEINTHESKY
    @IsmaelEYEINTHESKY 2 года назад +1

    Well when i read the comments before watching the video of no mention of the badly burned and rescued sasquatch i went no further.

  • @daviddrane6643
    @daviddrane6643 2 года назад +1

    We got ash on our cars in Edmonton Alberta from that volcano..

  • @rushmull9789
    @rushmull9789 2 года назад +1

    I was in reno jct. Wyoming wrote my initials in ash Rush Mull

  • @kellytourigny4228
    @kellytourigny4228 2 года назад +1

    This never aired because of the fact that all these men took part in evacuating many dead and injured Sasquatch and would not shut up about it in these intervies.. This is now safe to play bevause its being heavily Edited and many of the men dead by now.

  • @mainlinemitch
    @mainlinemitch 2 года назад +1

    Everyones here for Sabe

  • @Trad-Am
    @Trad-Am Год назад

    All the helicopter assistance came from the Yakima national guard, how did they ignore that?

  • @bmaluginthevanishingman6034
    @bmaluginthevanishingman6034 2 года назад +2

    Yes this is when the government started taking the whole Sasquatch / Bigfoot seriously and separating it. from folklore. Eyewitness and a firefighter ,said hey everybody look here comes a bear as it got closer they realized it wasn't a bear Itwas walking on two legs badly burnt and could hardly walk but it kept walking towards them not caring that they were humans looking for help. It held out its hand that's th e signal help and collapse they went over there to give it CPR and called in a helicopter. It soon later died

    • @bmaluginthevanishingman6034
      @bmaluginthevanishingman6034 2 года назад

      @Tonya Harmon I won't lie when I heard the story I had tears in my eyes cuz it was probably somebody smoking or had a fire pit going when it was drought time
      If you're a Sasquatch, you're doing that it's like basically just giving up it's walking towards humans with his hands out or if they see how we treat other animals not just when they hunt them but you know we have a compassion for animals

    • @clownindan
      @clownindan 2 года назад

      @@j.j.8741 secret ingredient of the mcrib

  • @lorettahill5001
    @lorettahill5001 2 года назад

    So true Wolfgang. At lot of big foot

  • @Trad-Am
    @Trad-Am Год назад

    Man the maintenance on those helicopters must have sucked! All that ash going right into the turbine engines, had to just be eating bearings!

  • @fredbrooks957
    @fredbrooks957 2 года назад +7

    And people trust The government. Lol. What s joke. I was in the army also

  • @jeffhammond7499
    @jeffhammond7499 2 года назад

    What happened to the sasquatch people ❓

  • @JeffCarsboatsatvs
    @JeffCarsboatsatvs 2 года назад +1

    Did he see the bigfoots ?

  • @noelk6606
    @noelk6606 2 года назад +1

    But what about Bigfoot

  • @andrewd6754
    @andrewd6754 2 года назад

    The video comes up as the #1 result for "sasquatch cover up" yet doesn't mention it at all. No "Mt St Helens" or any variants of that in the search, just sasquatch cover up.

    • @tonyyacullo
      @tonyyacullo Год назад

      this is not the same video that was posted before - - this video just doesnt match the dubbing - - -

  • @pauldeatherage6112
    @pauldeatherage6112 2 года назад +5

    It would be cool if we could pipe in to a volcano and use its energy some how

    • @lindadechiazza2924
      @lindadechiazza2924 2 года назад +1

      Geo thermal energy is use from volcanic sources to produce energy all over Iceland , it fine for iceland needs.... now there is some use in U. S. So. Yeah it is use, as far. As lava, they threw some old tires in a volcano lake if that you like?

    • @pauldeatherage6112
      @pauldeatherage6112 2 года назад

      Thanks didnt know

  • @erichvonmolder9310
    @erichvonmolder9310 2 года назад

    You would think that if there were allegedly dead, injured Bigfoots, the Colonel would know about it and be actively involved? That would be a great question to ask the Colonel (Spokane County Library, can you ask him?). Also, didn't that farmer who was shaking that tree wear a mask?

    • @erichvonmolder9310
      @erichvonmolder9310 2 года назад

      I just looked him up, he died in August of 2020 - Condolences to his family.

  • @sancho8521
    @sancho8521 2 года назад +2

    ... what happened to the Bigfoots?!

    • @patrickd2013
      @patrickd2013 2 года назад +1

      Many were killed. Some few were rescued, treated and allowed to return to the wild.

  • @MarriedToTheKGB
    @MarriedToTheKGB 2 года назад +1

    i couldn't understand a word. maybe accent but he mumbles and the audio is crap and you needlessly add music over the top too to make it impossible to understand what he's talking about

  • @kentchiprissel8525
    @kentchiprissel8525 2 года назад

    It's funny they at the time said they could put a man on the moon but couldn't predict the volcanos time to blow, well that's not entirely true ,at all