Wounded 10-Foot Bigfoot Emerges From Mine, Military Holds Fire

A military unit in West Virginia set up a perimeter around an abandoned mine entrance in November 2018, expecting to encounter Dogmen based on thermal footage captured over several nights. What stepped out into the headlights instead was something nobody was prepared for—a massive, nearly 10-foot-tall Sasquatch, bloodied and clearly wounded from some kind of violent confrontation inside the mountain. The scene unfolded around 1:54 AM on November 17th, 2018, near Morrow Ridge. Soldiers had been tracking reports of tall, bipedal figures in the area, with thermal cameras capturing four large heat signatures entering the same mine entrance the evening before. The unit had been calling it a "Dogman Den," though nobody could confirm what actually lived inside those tunnels. The mine itself was old, partially collapsed, and poorly documented on military maps—hardly the kind of place anyone wanted to venture into blindly. Eighteen soldiers formed an open arc around the entrance, deliberately leaving a wide gap toward a ravine on the right side. The reasoning was simple: if something came out in a panic, there needed to be a clear path for it to leave without forcing a confrontation. Two combat engineer vehicles had their headlights aimed directly at the portal, cutting through the damp air and illuminating the moisture drifting out of the tunnel. A soldier named Holt coordinated the operation, with Lena monitoring a thermal camera nearby and Rowan handling the generator and lighting. The night was tense but controlled—until heavy impacts began echoing from deep inside the mountain. The sounds were low, brief, and powerful, like something enormous slamming into timber supports or rock walls. Breathing and sharp, distorted noises followed, and the thermal screen began showing overlapping shapes moving behind the entrance. Then the creature emerged. It stepped into the light slowly, and every person present realized in that moment that this was no Dogman. The figure stood nearly 10 feet tall with extraordinarily broad shoulders, a short nose, and a body structure resembling an enormous primate. Its fur was a matted mix of yellow, gray, and brown, caked with mud from the knees down. Blood covered parts of its chest, shoulder, and one side of its face. Three long claw marks ran from its temple down the left side of its head, and the left shoulder was covered in puncture wounds and tears. Perhaps most striking was what the Sasquatch clutched in its right hand—long clumps of black hair that clearly did not belong to it. Several strands fell into the mud as the creature shifted its weight. Rifle barrels came up almost simultaneously. Holt heard a safety click into position on his right. But he had already made his decision. "Hold your fire," came the order over the radios, cutting through the moment before it could escalate. The Sasquatch moved through the gap in the formation, more than 20 yards from the nearest soldier. Its limp made every step uneven, and at one point its left leg buckled, forcing it to brace a hand against its knee before regaining balance. The creature traveled about 40 yards down the slope before stopping beside a large tree, lowering its head as if gathering strength. What makes this account particularly compelling is the implication of what happened inside that mine. The injuries on the Sasquatch—those claw marks, bite wounds, and the black hair clutched in its hand—suggest it had been in a serious fight with something else. Given the thermal footage of four creatures entering the same mine, it's hard not to wonder what kind of confrontation took place in those tunnels. The Dogman den theory may have been more accurate than anyone realized, just not in the way they expected. The full story is worth watching for yourself. The way the encounter unfolds, the restraint shown by Holt, and the haunting image of an injured Sasquatch carrying evidence of a battle with an unknown adversary makes this one of the more thought-provoking military encounter accounts to surface in recent years.