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Title: Our White Rock Lake Paranormal Camp-out Report Sept. 14-16th 2018
Post by: AngelOfThyCosmos on September 28, 2018, 03:14:08 PM
Our White Rock Lake Paranormal Camp-out Report Sept. 14-16th 2018

It was the first paranormal camping trip of the year then again a year and half. Last year ago I spent my summer with quite a few hurdles. It was the first year in many years we did not camp. I find that when I camp somewhere it gives me the much needed time to conduct my paranormal research whether that is seeking out UFOs in our night sky or chasing Bigfoot the illusive king of the forest.

I was excited I had a brand new subzero sleeping bag, new lanterns and a bunch of other amenities I could enjoy on this trip. White Rock Lake is super secluded its difficult to get to so I wanted to make sure I was comfortable but also had good food for my wilderness trip. I am not into campgrounds or allot of folks so this trip would put me in the middle of the sierras where we would camp primitively along the shores of this beautiful lake permitting we could get here without rolling the truck or bottoming out.

These expeditions I plan are costly not just what I put my trucks through but food, supplies, gas etc so you know that I am committed to truth seeking. I see it all the time these folks call themselves paranormal investigators but those people will not climb cliffs risking it all to find the truth and most of them spend more time on social media then they do out in the field seeking out the unknown. The only folks who can tell my story is me and those that have been following us for nearly two decades. While some try to bury the things I bear witness to let me say before I go on with my report that this trip was unbelievable insane on every level with adventure, creatures, visitors from other worlds and some very intense moments.

I have spent quite a bit of time in the Tahoe National Forest but particularly working with this area surrounding White Rock Lake. I have visited Webber, Meadow, Independence, Fordyce, French and Stampede Lakes which surrounded White Rock. So this area is nothing new for me considering the bigfoot evidence I have found up here I knew White Rock would not let me down. This was the ultimate camping trip miles of dirt roads, years of bigfoot reports deriving from the area and just us vs the wilderness so I could not wait to get out here.

This is the real deal an area with bears, coyotes, deer, wolves, wolverines and many other forms of wildlife. Its kind of a world away from a world and despite all my investigations studying bigfoot all summer lets just say White Rock Lake gave me the evidence I needed much more then the other locations. It could be because of how deep in the sierras this place resides or the fact that where we were heading man would be absent from.

Every night would be bone chilling cold here that being in the middle of the Sierras this time of year can be like winter not many realize it though but its an entirely different world up here and sometimes this time of year its all under snow so definitely a remote weather changing type of location considering it sits at 8k. At anytime the weather can change up here you can get a sunny day and by evening its snowing up here. There is no cell phone signal, bathrooms, stores, gas stations etc once you take the miles of old wagon roads used by the pioneers your in for the long haul.

On Friday morning I would leave coffee in my hand, dogs ready to go, family coming along to relax and me all ready to seek out the unknown. I was excited first bigfoot camp out in over a year. The carrier was loaded, cooler packed, backpacks ready to go and what would seem to be a timeless adventure. I had no idea what I would see or where I would explore. I did not even know if I would find anything paranormal but boy this is an area that does NOT disappoint. I was in for a treat things maybe meant for my eyes and my eyes only as they put it. Our three day expedition was about to take on off.

White Rock Lake Paranormal Expedition
Day 1

We turned off on the Henness Pass Road this is one of the first wagon roads that crossed the sierra. It would connect the mother lode of California with the Comstock Lode of Nevada. So many famous pioneers took this road mainly at night via stage coach while during the day ox carts, freight wagons and mail runs kept the road busy. You could stop at the Webber Lake Hunting Lodge, Stage Stop and Saloon for a meal maybe shelter while on the way to and from Virginia City. Its a decent road you can take it as a scenic bi way which passes through various lakes and historic sites.

In this case once I turned onto the old wagon road a few miles up I would make a left down another wagon road. This route passes right by the old Webber Lake Lodge. The past few years crews have been trying to restore, build a trail around the lake, campground and make it available so the public can enjoy it. I am considering camping here eventually and conducting a ghost investigation of the old hotel someday. But we skirted around the lake went pass the old lodge not a car in site the place was a ghost town compared to two years ago when children were running around playing and a few dozen workers were actually renovating the site.

Eventually past the lake the road splits one way takes you to the ghost town of Meadow Lake back in the day called Excelsior. It was a large town had ferry boats, 80 saloons, thousands of residents, stores, cemetery etc. I visited Meadow Lake twice camped on it for a few days to found some cool things with my metal detector, got ghostly evidence in the cemetery, found a hermits den, mining camp and some good bigfoot evidence also up there. So I knew if Meadow Lake gave me good results White Rock should also since White Rock is a few miles to the east close by.

When the road split we probably drove another ten to twelve miles to get to White Rock Lake. The road going up for the first few miles was not to bad lots of sharp little rocks so if you do not have good tires you will get a flat here just warning you. The last couple miles of the road is intense roots, big rocks and boulders. There are times the road is so narrow I had one inch on both sides and I think how lucky I was not to slip on a rock bashing a tree or having something else worst happen here. This is not the place you want to get stuck this time of year not many folks come up here perhaps in the summer more but when it gets cold your going to find less folks camping up here.

When you nearly get to White Rock Lake you have a split in the road. The road to the right is rugged but doable in a Subaru the road to the left is just plain out dangerous and difficult. You definitely need four wheel drive and if anything a jeep. You can take an SUV but be warned its tedious requires rock crawling and its easy to roll the vehicle or worst. You will see an American Flag draped over a tree to the right and to the left a damaged brown sign that says white rock lake. Even the first couple of feet on this road there is a deep rut which someone had filled with a log and a rock so you do not bottom out descending down to the road that meanders through the forest as you make your way down to the east side of the lake.

 I took me about 45 minutes to reach the east side of the lake it starts off traversing this very narrow dirt road then more and more boulders begin to appear and granite slabs. I had to go up over the boulders then very slowly come down over them making sure all my tires were on top of them because if you slide off a boulder you could bottom out or worst damage the undercarriage of the vehicle.This road made me nervous with skill, patience and some luck its doable. But when you see boulders as large as your tire, deep two foot ruts that drop off from those boulders, steep edges and rugged narrow terrain you tend to wonder if you should have just taken the easier road near the Dam which also may have met more campers and I wanted primitive no people!

Eventually I came to this steep curved hill that went downhill there is nowhere to turn around you just do it. I climbed these boulders on the descent then it was a very soft sandy trek all the way down thought I was going to roll over because you come off the rocks then it just goes straight down and curves real sharp. I drive a huge sport suburban and because of its length its more difficult to off road on these type of roads. They will make me sweat bullets while trying to film, brake, concentrate and make sure its done where I wont get stuck.

My concern was that once I got the bottom of the hill would I have the horse power to go back up it and climb the boulders it was very steep and you need good traction so it was on my mind. You never want to go anywhere that you know you cant get back from that wisdom I also give to others when we talk about exploring even mines. This last mile was painful, slow and the trees on both sides of the road were so close that I had an inch on each side of my mirrors. You cannot turn around except the half way point which veers left and to the right is this open flat area so you have to be careful before taking the road.

The road is hell and although its not impossible I worry others may try to do what I do in my long standing career into offroading, adventuring and chasing the unknown. I get folks all the time who try to be like me and they just do not get that it has taken me years to get good at what I do. Because I cant be anything less then good or Id get stuck, stranded and when my family is with me I have to be there champion since they are only with me to camp. So with that being said we decided along the shoreline then the road became sandy and flat it was a miracle compared to a mile prior.

I kept driving along the lake and could see it in the forest to my right. Surprisingly there were a few primitive spots with fire rings which is good to have so that I did not have to build one out of stone. While I seen some stone rings I parked my truck walked the road for about ten minutes were I was able to find a dirt road to the right for about 75' and decided this is where we would camp. Our campsite was more then perfect there was a little lake trail coming through our camp, fire ring, someone had left a pile of firewood logs and near the NE shoreline. I pitched our tent on this grassy area surrounded by about six to ten trees. We had a few nice logs to sit on and a nice flat open beach. My tent was only about 12' from the water right along the tree line.

I had woods throughout our campsite and behind it was Mt. Lola which is an extinct volcano. The first time I laid my eyes on Lola Peak was a couple years ago when I hiked on Impendence Lake only difference is this time we were on the other side of this mountain. As a matter in  fact on the east side of White Rock you can hike through the canyon about a mile or two and reach Independence Lake. I thought about hiking up to it but I wanted to see some new locations to compile research thus I stayed on the western side of Lola Peak.

Camp went up fast in no time we had the grill set up, firewood in the pit, tent up with our windows facing the white cliffs, raft, fishing poles, chairs etc. I always make a bomb camp site even though its extra work I want to come comfortable my camp is a way to relax after exploring all day long and in between. Our first night up here we were the only people camping here I did not see anyone fishing, hiking or camping on the lake. The white cliffs or rocks across from the lake allows the mind to wander as to white could be hiding among them could it be bigfoot? caves? a family of bear? mountain lions leaping the rocks? While across from the lake may be very high cliffs for hundreds of feet my curiosity would get the best of me to see what they were truly like up close. I would fuel up we had fried chicken and potato salad for lunch I needed a meal like that because I had something in mind I wanted to do since I had plenty of daylight left in the itinerary.

Thus, I would set off with my dog Rascal we would head east and about 250' from my camp in a patch of soft earth heading into some high grass through the woods and towards Mount Lola I found my first track which measured nearly 22". Also let me note that the track was wider then my foot and there was a bit of a slide mark. But if you took away a few inches caused from something slipping in the mud you still come up with an 18" track right near our campsite. I did log the track this has been my hardest year to find bigfoot tracks because forest fires, intense wet winters and more people pouring into the area has caused these creatures to mass migrate. So were not getting the evidence like we use to it does not mean I do not bust my ass it just means that these creatures are much lower in numbers then my first five years of living out here in the sierra mountains.

I thought the track was very strange lets face it the track was massive its as if something got a drink from the lake then went right back up into the woods. The strange thing is I only found one track in this area that could be because most of the lake shore is gravel with some patches of soft grass and earth. Its not the best lake to record tracks but it appeared that whatever made this left a decent track because it went right through a very soft wet area and this could be because or recent rain and the fact that it was pure mud not gravel in this area. When I say gravel I mean decomposed granite since these are granite lakes in the sierras just something to note for our readers.

I backpacked about a half mile when I came across a creek which meandered. I said this was the headwaters in my videos of the Little Truckee River but its not. Its actually Independence Creek on the eastern flank of the lake while the western flank is White Rock Creek. No less many of the creeks do connect and just north of it is Webber Lake where the Little Truckee begins then drains into the Truckee River. The delta for White Rock Lake on the eastern end is amazing with coves, peninsulas, tree stumps, giant granite rocks and its very deep. Its probably a good area to fish my only regret is I did not go back grab my fishing pole since we seen a fish jump out of the water right where the creek and lake meet. Let me also make you aware its super deep right here probably 8' which is unusual for a little mountain creek but you could see its depth just standing on the banks.

Keep in mind their is a trail that goes around the entire lake its one of the finest trails I have hiked with scenery, hills, rock formations, meadows, woods etc. But I would veer away from the trail and shoreline where I would follow this creek for almost a half mile making my way deeper into Independence Canyon. There was no trails I was pushing through brush, between massive rock formations and in some dense forest. Some of the rocks were two stories high just resting on the forest floor. I mean you talk about remote their is nobody that is going to find you let alone see you back here. Eventually I cut right towards the white cliffs which surround the entire south side of White Rock Lake.

Rascal and I begin to climb with each series of rocks we climbed it just got steeper and steeper till it was almost straight up. This is great rock climbing as you eventually climb above the lake but it was hard to see because the cliffs are composed of giant white rocks, dense brush and forest all the way to the top of the cliffs and ridge line. At the top of the cliffs is a hidden lake I know of but the last .2 miles is very dangerous were talking straight up and my dog could not make it so we had to just be happy that we came 75' from the very top which btw is still quite a feat and if you do not believe me I filmed a one hour video of the climb. Its all steep up hill rock formations everywhere and trees growing between them all. Their were times I had to leap from one rock to the next or climb off of the rocks. My dog had no issues but he almost fell 20' because he leaped between some rocks lading on a pile of tree limbs and could not get his footing.

The climb is very dangerous plus I was finding signs of mountain lion evidence everywhere which means that they could be in dens, sunbathing on rocks or hiding in the thick brush that grows all the way up along these cliffs. It was like a maze but made out of natures rocks and trees. I heard some branches break to so I know their may have been a bear or mountain lion probably watching us before I could see it. But I managed to get high enough to look across the lake at Lola Peak and some unnamed peak which has no name on maps so who knows but its shaped like your typical extinct volcano if anything its almost a perfect triangular/cone shaped.

 I had no path in mind though I would cut diagonally for about 20 minutes then shoot up 50' then cut diagonally a bit climbing rocks or leaping. I think what was the hardest is having to rock climb down without falling as some rocks dropped off 20' and at times id have to jump to a rock that I knew I could climb down off of and well jumping on cliffs is dangerous especially when you have a knee an ankle which gives out randomly so I had to make sure I was on top of my game.

This was a very strenuous exploration but I was hoping to maybe see a bigfoot like creature among the rocks and when I say rocks were talking thousands of them making up these white cliffs. Amazingly from across the lake at camp these cliffs look straight up and down but when you get to them its a very diverse terrain. I did fall once slid down a steep embankment about 20' but I was fine its just steep and sometimes loose earth, leaves etc get the best of you so look out. On this trek I was only . 6 miles from Independence Lake which offers its visitors free boat rentals and is also a wildlife sanctuary. So much of the wildlife found at this lake often makes its way to White Rock Lake being how close in proximity they are from here

I eventually made my way back to camp I seen a couple with four kids they must have arrived during my climb. They were camping about 350' from us near a primitive camp as well in a wooded section. I was a bit disappointed because I wanted to do bigfoot calls but I do not want to scare a bunch of little kids so I just decided not to the entire trip which bums me out. But I am not in the business of scaring families camping so I decided just to do more hands on work for this trip which I did do and this was only day 1.

 I would make it back to camp the winds had not died down sad to say but it was windy all day really bad. It was a bit chilly and brisk to. That Friday was the coldest day of our camp out. I figured by the time I had hiked id come back to silence instead the winds were just ripping through our camp. I can deal with many things while camping but the wind was annoying. It was so bad I could not even have a fire our first night. I had cooked on both my grills burgers with a nice rice and vegetables. Since we had no fire and the winds were so high it got down in the 30s so not only did we eat in my truck but we turned in early. This is a scary place at night its so pitch dark out. I  backed in so my lights looked through the forest up the hillside of Mt. Lola. After we blew out the oil lanterns we played some board games in the tent I had a very early morning coming up which ended up not going to well.

Tammy and Jarrod did not tell me which night it was I believe it was the second night. But when they were in my truck they both seen this strange white foggy mass roll along the ground right past the truck. I did not see it I may have been busy tending to camp while my family stayed in the truck to get out of the wind. But from what they told me is this fog or mist came out of nowhere and went right past the truck. There was no fog out folks yeah it was chilly out but the front that brought these high winds through did not bring any moisture. Also Tammy thought she seen something standing near my truck in the woods and trust me she is a skeptic but she seen something a few feet off the ground with long grayish hair just staring at her. It was not a bear, dog, mountain lion or anything she could even pin point and she has no idea what it is. I told her could it be a adolescent Sasquatch and I say that because on Day 2 I found something very strange which ill get into in a bit.

It was a long eerie night winds nearly blew the tent down it was really ripping all night long. I was not sure what our second day would hold or what would happen their was not one sign the winds would even let up so I had to sleep on it because we had plans to go hike up to Paradise and Devil's Oven Lakes. Just two more gorgeous hidden lakes you can hike out to in the high sierras with no roads to get to them  let alone trails just hard earned backpacking.

Day 2

When I woke up it was raining, lightening and thundering out. Not a hardcore rain but some sprinkles, dark clouds and the winds were even worst that morning. I ended up going to sleep a couple more hours and canceling my hike up to Paradise and Devil's Oven Lakes. I did not want to get caught in a thunderstorm in 60mph gust all day long. I figured if anything I could just do my research along the lake, fish and spend time with my family if anything. I am not one to cancel and trust me I felt sad because I spent awhile mapping this trek only to not get to go really sucked.

I woke up eventually made coffee sun was coming out clouds passed but winds still a factor. But I knew what I would do instead which was to hike fully around the lake this included every cove, muddy bank and inlet surrounding this gorgeous lake. I mean you have to look at the fact that if I found one good track near the lake their probably is more to find because something big not a bear but something with a big foot was visiting this lake shore for a drink. I wanted to see if I could build my case off of that factor based on the day priors evidence.

Day 2 would even get more exciting at least for me I seen some really awesome things non paranormal and paranormal which ill get into more below. I started off though hiking with Rascal around the lake. I decided instead of taking the lake trail which follows the shore about 15 to 20' at times I would just follow the shoreline. That way if I came across any soft earth I could search those areas for any credible tracks. But their are parts of the shoreline which are very primitive which means rocks, fallen trees etc so it took us awhile but our first location would be this cove which also is the site of the dam. This is a granite dam coated with cement I believe. Its a couple hundred feet long so you can kind of see it from our campsite to the west.

I had to rock climb around a couple inlets to get up onto the dam when I came face to face with a big German Shepherd. We both stopped stared at one another for about 15 seconds then we slowly moved towards one another and this dog turned out to be friendly. He just wanted me to scratch him on the head then of course I seen my dog running with his tail tucked as the other dog followed him through the woods wanting to play. Generally my dog is always wanted to play with other dogs or hump them not this time this dog was bigger and more powerful so my dog kind of was scared haha and I own a big ole American Bulldog.

I seen a couple of campers some dude and a few chicks dream come true right? So the dog must had been his but he was giving me dirty looks because I had to go through the camp kind of to get to the dam. There are camp sites they sit behind the dam with maybe a 30' walk down to the lake. I prefer where I camped because at least I was on the lake but at the same time because of it we had gotten all the winds coming from the SW blowing NE therefore by the time I had gotten to the dam we were blocked by rocks, woods and this massive ridge line so yeah no wind. A part of me wishes we had camped here but if I did I would not have gotten to see what I did later that night so read on.

I sat on the dam a half hour maybe 45 minutes to break with a drink, smoked a bowl and set up my tripod for some photography. The cove the dam sits in is gorgeous as it meanders with the dam. The cove is full of big rocks, little islands and behind the dam is a creek with tons of wildflowers growing on both sides of it. I climbed all around the dam including the backside in hopes of finding tracks. I also found this small inlet which went back into the woods but the water was very mucked up. The views from the dam of Mt. Lola are nice that is the difference on one side of the lake you get to see white cliffs but on the dam side you get nice views of this peak which is a gorgeous extinct volcano and trust me it towers over the lake.

I decided to go south around the dam cut through the woods there was some granite rocks the size of houses back here. Eventually though we intersected with the lake trail and soon we were hiking below the white cliffs. This is a nice trail on the back side of the lake its so diverse as at times it ascends above the lake other times level with it. There are massive rocks everywhere along the trail, steep cliffs at some points along it and at times the trail gets a few hundred feet away from the lake in some dense forest full of older trees untouched by man  I would only take the trail for about a half mile till I had reached the SE portion of the lake.

The SW portion of the lake has a cove, inlets, muddy patches of lakeshore and large granite rocky slabs  in between bits of shoreline. I fell on the trail not sure what happened maybe some wet grass but we seen a opportunity to go down a hill through a meadow then cut past some woods where I ended up on some shoreline. I spent a couple hours taking my time examining each muddy wet portion of the shoreline for tracks. I seen a few animal tracks but nothing that stood out. You might have 25' of soft earthy shoreline then 50' of granite rocky slabs. So I would examine some shoreline then rock climb then descent off the rocks onto more shoreline this was tedious work for me.

The winds still were nonexistent at the SE portion of the lake but just across the lake I could see my tent blowing in the wind. Our campsite was just in the way of the wind currents for this trip. We found this hidden cove as a matter in fact there are a few places nestled between the granite rocks and shoreline that contain primitive camp sites people have made. These sites are more for backpackers there is no road back here and its rugged getting here as well as obscured from the other side of the lake. But if I were backpacking these homemade stone firepits, flat soft shady areas and proximity to the lake are really nice spots to rest at.

I found this granite rock in this little inlet that had a memorial on it and plaque. It had a husband and wife's name that said together again. One was born in 1919 the other 1921. Its very well hidden but I just thought that was an awesome find Someone must had really loved this place even to hike around the lake is really amazing. But I was now primitive and could not see what lays on the other side of each massive granite slab. I found this little area between a few granite slabs where the shoreline was very soft. With it  I also found a strange set of tracks.

The tracks were not very bit yeah it was a human looking foot but smaller then mine. It looked like a child's foot keep in mind no tread and the one thing that stuck out is the toe spread towards the top of the foot which was wider then my foot which first off is very strange. Second off the big toe was enormous and very very long. Third off this was a little swampy area on the other side of a bunch of granite slabs. I thought it was strange to see a few tracks come down from the granite rocks then loop around right back up them. If this was a child what parent is going to let that child go primitive rock climbing on the opposite shoreline a half mile to mile away alone? I say alone because the tracks were solo you did not se e other impressions where maybe a parent was letting there kid pitter patter in the mud and on the lake so my thought was or at least theory is this may have been a set of adolescent bigfoot tracks.

I just found the tracks to be odd whatever this was did have an unusually weird foot and track it left behind. I did film and photograph it of course at the time I just figured maybe this was a person. But the more I thought about it all night the more it ate away at me. I kind of thought to myself how odd it was that whoever or whatever made it took a few steps down off the rocks then goes almost out to the lake then turns around and goes back. Maybe whatever made this was afraid of being spotted by campers even those canoeing or perhaps kayaking so its hard to know. I was not there but its fun to at least speculate a little but wow that big toe was gigantic and the toe spread woooo do not know any kid or female that leaves a track like this.

Eventually we made our way to the east end of the lake this time we were on the other side of Independence Creek. The first time I crossed it twice in the forest on Friday this time around was not sure where to cross it to get to the other side of it so I could continue around the lake back to camp. But while on the east end of the lake the water had receded so many tree stumps were exposed, grassy soft earth and some muddy areas where my foot had sank into the mud causing my foot to get saturated. Its obvious then before they dammed off the lake they cut some trees down perhaps enlarging it which is common with reservoirs in the sierras. Also not far from here is this cute little rocky island with a single tree growing on it. If the water was not choppy id loved to have rafted to it and sat on it but the water was so choppy with the winds.

I finally made my way back to camp its amazing how much time flies when your off exploring and having fun. Then again it takes time to make an effort to climb massive granite slabs and rocks which cover half of the lake at least. So when I had gotten back I decided to do some fishing this lake has rainbow trout and bullhead catfish along with this other fish species here. The water was so choppy it was hard to fish but my bait was stolen a few times so ill assume some of those fish were probably pretty small and just grabbed the worm right off it. I was glad to be back in time to fish and also cook dinner. Dinner was awesome this included herb n butter red potatoes, bourbon and Chicago style steaks and a stir fry mix of veggies. A real lean but healthy dinner no less!

The winds did die down not completely but gust were less frequent and the breeze was not as strong so I decided for our second night we would have a fire. It was so nice to have a fire lit up camp and the moon was reflecting off the lake. It definitely was a much nicer evening out there. We actually had smores over an open fire. All the stars were visible all in all it was a nice night I even had to run through the woods with my werewolf mask on I just bought give it a test run lol. My son had mentioned to me at the campfire that when he went for a hike he climbed the white cliffs more or less he got mad at me laying down rules and ran away. The story of my life he rebels around every turn but he told me up on the east side of the lake he seen two large bucks and something was following him when he rock climbed to the top of the cliffs. He said it was breaking branches and tree limbs but every time he stopped it stopped which weeds out it being a bear or some animal.

When I was sitting at the campfire I look to my right and towards the SW end of the lake and a light caught my eye. Their was an object hovering over the forest just past the lake about 500 maybe a 1000' above the treetops. At first I thought maybe its a helicopter boy was I wrong. I ignored it for a bit then walked up to the lake zoomed in and captured this object transitioning between red and orange or rather pulsating. Not twinkling but more like something that was giving off light and transitioning between a few colors. All of sudden three more objects appeared out of nowhere then a fourth object.

After awhile all five objects were giving off a bright red and white light it was strange. At first yeah I said plane or helicopter till I seen five objects hovering all near one another. Then two of the object met up in midair it was the strangest thing. The first object we seen eventually moved slowly over the lake from west to east over the white cliffs no noise at all completely silent and moving fairly slow. Then a few minutes later two more objects passed over the white cliffs of the lake slow with no sound and these pulsating red and white lights. There was no wings, propellers and it was not an aircraft. It had no wings and the colors blended a little. My son was just as shocked he said dad what kind of aircraft flies by us making no sound my answer is a UFO. It does not mean its alien it could be some test aircraft, military test craft or maybe it is little green men who knows.

But when the fleet of UFOs appeared I could hear a couple dogs barking in the distance other campers of course and across the lake some campers turned on there spotlights near the dam. I think others were aware of this going on or at least were alarmed by how the dogs started acting weird. I did try to film and photograph them but its so dark each time I followed my cam across the sky the UFOs would just go NE right out in front of my campsite on the lake towards Mt. Lola and so I kept running into the trees blinding me as I tried to follow each object on cam. The fifth object begin to rise from the trees higher and higher but it did not pass in front of us and it appeared to ascend into the night sky. I had my son try to film the fifth object to teach him how to become a better UFOLOGIST not sure he had any luck but everyone has to start somewhere and when things like this occur in life they do make a lifetime impact.

After sitting around the fire and the UFO light show we turned in. I am not sure if Tammy and Jarrod seen the strange mass of fog and this shaggy creature my first or second night but I am almost sure it was the first because we spent most of our first night in the truck eating and hiding because we had no fire. With the fire it seemed to repel anything to strange from coming around camp. I stayed up late to do some reading in the tent yeah some electronic gaming monthly on new games coming out for my xbox and ps4. I also decided what my next move would be for our final day and well lets just say we were about to stand on top of the world.

Day 3

I made breakfast then gathered some gear in my pack and had hot coffee. I brought with me marijuana butter so I could put some in my coffee which gave it nice flavor. My dog was exhausted so I took Tammy's dog he may only be 30lbs but he is a great hiker, climber and has an awesome sense of smell. My goal would be to climb one of Mount Lola's sister peaks and visit a lake that is not known to many. This would be my mountain climb part of the expedition that way I could check out anything strange above camp and get tons of awesome scenic shots that our viewers truly adore. Its one thing to hike around the lake and another thing to see it from up above to its entirety.

I walked across the dirt road up a bare hill or rather the side of the mountain no trails or anything. There was a bunch of dry brush but absolutely no trees this was a volcano and today its still rather vacant of foliage. The side of Mount Lola is quite steep I did not switchback it nor was on any trail. But I can tell you that you can shave miles off your hike here if you just go straight up the side of the mountain from White Rock Lake which is pretty awesome.

I had no plans on getting to the summit but there are lower summits each separated by a saddle or canyon. Its a rather large mountain that has many vantage points. I set my eyes on a plateau just below the peak. This was a massive plateau flat on top with giant 75' to 100' cliffs facing White Rock Lake. Its this massive crown which means once I got to the bottom of it I would have to climb the cliffs or rather sharp volcanic rock. With each push forward I was making progress soon above the trees then I cut diagonal to the right where I was just below this black volcanic cliffs.

The cliffs were a bit dangerous the volcanic rock cuts up your hands and there was dropoffs everywhere around me as I made sure I did not let go of any rocks. Of course Rocky had no issue jumping to various rocks and pulling himself up. But this is not something you do if you hate heights because you turn left or right it drops off even if you are climbing cliffs and rocks you let go you fall which means you die or break quite a few bones. But with diligence I was able to get to top of the Plateau where there was this 120' flat area. I set up my tripod on the cliffs which at this point the cliffs facing the lake are straight up and down lucky for me I climbed them from an angle from the less steep side.

There also is on the plateau a pile of rocks further back which gives you another 25' in elevation and the views are awesome up here. You can see White Rock Lake to its entirety which includes a hidden cove you cant really see while on the shoreline. There was also about give or six other prominent peaks only if they were snow covered sometimes they are this time of year. One one side of the Plateau is this woodsy canyon I am sure very few men been in that lush canyon between the summit and plateau.

 On the other side of these cliffs is a small saddle it goes maybe a half of mile between Mt. Lola and this other unnamed peak which is coned shaped covered in patches of forest. I could also see the hidden lake in the saddle from afar through the trees that surround it so that lake would be my next destination. Also may I add from the top of this plateau to the north you can see many miles in the distance afar one of the largest alpine valleys in North American here where the historic ranching town of Sierraville resides just another tidbit of history for our readers. So lots of great views but you do not see them by not putting in the effort there are no trails to these locations you make your own trail and assume all risk which often come also with big rewards especially if your looking for Bigfoot evidence.

Anyhow, I made my way diagonally off the cliffs then descended to the bottom of the saddle which believe it or not is flat, grassy, trees here and there and another interesting geological feature is the cooled lava rock. Their was walls and walls of lava rock which you could make out these were lava vent flows. Just piles of black rocks in some cases walls of them that I had to hike around or over. The rocks feel like glass they are sharp and you could tell these were where lava had cooled. Mount Lola was a monster volcano there is so many parts to this mountain to see including its sister peaks. I could see the  main peak we were not that far below it if I was not heading home I may have taken an extra hour or two to get up there I was not far.

Once we had gotten to the lake I was amazed because this lake really is hidden yet it resides right above my campsite by a mile perhaps. The lake sits down in this bowl surrounded by trees and lava rock therefore there was no wind as a matter in fact the water was very warm here and this was the highest the temp felt on my skin the entire trip perhaps mid 70s. We were pretty cold most of the weekend so this felt really good. There was a small creek exiting the lake and the water was so pure. You could see right out in the middle of the lake and it had a nice sandy bottom no rocks or algae even.

There was these brownish or black cliffs strewn with cooled lava which looks like streaks or even drapery its pretty awesome as I seen them through the trees. I could look up seen this cone shaped peak while Mt. Lola was to my back. Half of this lake was rocky or had smaller rocks like gravel surrounding it the other half was soft muddy earth with patches of grass. Their was butterflies everywhere, frogs, flowers, dragon flies and it was like a lost world here. I mean lets face it this time of year flowers, butterflies etc are not very abundant because in Sept. the Sierras do get snow flurries so the change of seasons is different thus winter does come early up here.

The one thing I noticed about this lake is that their were hundreds of animal tracks birds, coyotes, mountain lions, fox and yes even bear. The lake has a kidney shape to it and it was obvious that animals preferred to drink from here rather then make the trek down to White Rock Lake below and that could be because of human activity who knows. Near a fallen log I found massive bear tracks if I showed you the photo in comparison to my foot you would agree that the track looks like it came from a grizzly not a black bear.

Whatever made the track probably was 800 or more pounds. I did not see any wildlife at this hidden lake but you knew it was near or anything could lumber through the woods on the back side of the lake and claim this watering hole for themselves. While the bear tracks may not be paranormal it does show that this area can support such a large mammal therefore it can support a bigfoot like creature.Its weird this track came from a very monolithic grand sized bear and I would not want to come face to face with it. So after a half hour I got out because you could clearly see this bear was drinking the water here while the other side of this lake was more for smaller animals or non predators really.

I followed the saddle out above my camp its so pretty in this saddle you have peaks on both sides, patches of trees, piles of black lava rock and meadows. To think I was at about 8.5 k just short of Mount Lola's Peak but it was time to descend down and with great accuracy I followed the saddle to a hill that ran four to five hundred feet down then we were back on the dirt road. I followed the dirt road for about five minutes and alas camp. Tammy had some things packed up to alleviate me that way I could start a late lunch. I made sausage grilled, flavorful green beans with potato salad. I wanted to fuel up before it was time to leave also wanted to get out before it had gotten dark because this road out of here is a no joker.

While packing up camp we did some archery and I tried to do some fishing too. It was just to windy for horseshoes. But I ate while packing up my truck and man I stood for about ten minutes on the shoreline hating to leave. Their is just something special about this place not sure if its the remoteness or all the nature here. I mean above camp I found every type of animal track that roams this area unfortunately on my third day no bigfoot tracks yes but between UFO Sightings and possible bigfoot tracks on both sides of the lake id say that is a great weekend. If you want to throw in other weird stuff like the mysterious white mist surrounding my truck traversing the forest floor or that shaggy like creature that spooked Tammy id say their was experiences to be had at some point by all of us. No less this area deems and deserves respect its evident there are some very large bear and mountain lion that call this place home so you do not want to get in their way.

I had left right before the sun went down you need horsepower to ascend from the bottom of the lake out of here while climbing over boulders and ruts two feet deep. Then when you squeeze between the trees while rock crawling you have to be careful if you slide off a rock you may hit the side of your vehicle on  a tree. My truck is not so narrow its a suburban so its long and wide but I made it work because of my suspension system if I did not have that who knows. I had one mishap where I was almost sideways on some boulders then my tire slid off and I hit one of my risers bottoming out. I really should take those off but my shorter friends need them to climb into the truck and well this one is already bent so no biggy if I banged it but we did make it out of here I had to gas it at some points or we were not going anywhere and honestly you should have a jeep if you want to offroad on this side of the lake but you can do it with 4wd as long as you know what your getting into.

I stopped near the cross roads just to take a breather honestly I needed a break I was drinking a grape hard soda and smoking a tropical cigar. I needed both especially once I made it onto the Henness Pass Road. This is a long, slow and rugged series of dirt roads to get out of here and its very easy to get lost or make a wrong turn. I have read a couple bigfoot reports and generally those that got lost up here had encounters because they took roads they probably should not have been on but got lost near here or could not turn around. Different splits lead to different lakes you can hit at least four or five on dirt roads here but some are so rugged you would need a really good jeep for them and I know because I have taken quite a few of these roads. Even though the road gets better there is a few miles where its just smaller sharper rocks for a few miles and a very bumpy ride. So its tedious and this is the type of place you work for it does not get handed to you there is no signal, pavement or anybody to hear you scream back here.

I was relieved that I had no flats, damage to the truck and we were not lost. Its easy to get lost when road after dirt road splits. When I passed by Webber Lake I just had a couple miles to go till I was on the Henness Pass Road where I would end up eating dinner later on while heading home at Long John's Silvers where I had onion rings, fish fries, shrimp and hushpuppies. It was nice being cooked and catered for rather then me having to do it in 60mph out gust lol so I was just grateful to be heading home because this was one hell of a trip.

I mean in 2016 I camped multiple times we had great success with bigfoot to which ill post those to our site in the near future. So I am glad that we put out one of our best trips this year especially pertaining to the whole UFOs and Bigfoot phenomena. The truth is out there if your willing to seek it out or make a few sacrifices. I put so much on the line but I had to do something because our summers bigfoot expeditions revealed so little and this place revealed so much all because I had a chance to stay up here for a few days where I could explore and conduct proper research. I work hard at what I do and I journey more then often alone in this case with my dogs. I wish my son could have journeyed with me but he is suffering from major behavioral issues so I did not spend much time at camp with him especially after he was throwing dirt in my face, pranking me and being mischevious.

Sometimes I wonder if what I see and experience is meant for my eyes only. But most of you will be happy to know that I spent hours up here filming and taking gorgeous scenic photos. I put together a rock solid paranormal trip and I got what I asked for which is the strange. Both my dogs are getting old this may be there last year to journey and experience such freedom. But I know that a part of them had to b e happier then any other canine in the world just journeying with me at the top of the sierras chasing the next adventure. That freedom we often take for granted therefore I feel lucky to have that opportunity to see the places I had gotten to see with or without my dogs. This is an adventure that ill soon never forget as a matter in fact either will my dogs.

My teen was upset he had no signal and he did not want to be there the wind made things miserable but we stuck it out and finished Sunday leaving this place with good weather in the palm of our hands. Its Murphy's Law to bad I could not stayed awhile longer to do more fishing, exploring and relaxing. Their never is enough time to do nor to see it all and I mean that with all due sincerity. So I made sure I seen as much as I could see and hopefully ill camp out here again next year but this time near the dam so I can make the jaunt up to Paradise and Devil's Oven Lakes. Such lakes will prove to be long and difficult plus if I camp near the dam it shaves off some distance which also may help when I go back up here.

This was an awesome place its one of those places you hate going home from. I believe that its so primitive here that anything could be back here especially Bigfoot. I mean they have 200 something species of bird here and even a rare wolverine. This is the wilderness not some campground only true hikers and campers come back here. Some backpackers skirt past the lake who are on the Pacific Crest Trail but other then that its not a happening place because it sits on miles of rugged dirt roads. When I had gotten home I watched Fear The Walking Dead but despite my chronic pain I was ready to hike a 4th day and here I was back home. This is such a unique place and I can legally say beyond a shadow of a doubt a major paranormal hotspot found within this mountain range. We had good food the entire trip, fun activities, awesome adventure and overall some time away from the daily grind. I absolutely adore the High Sierras its just virtually endless.
Peace,
Lord Rick

PS This report is a rough draft thus final renditions will transpire or changes once we indict this location on our site. thanks