I found this video intriguing, since I served with the 1st Marine Division in that exact area (just North of DaNang) in the years of 1969 and 1970 with the 26th Marines. We spent much of out time trekking through virtually unexplored jungle, underbrush, razor-sharp grass and moisture soaked terrain that sucked the life out of us. Several times after returning to our small camp after a night ambush or listening post we would arrive to find our gear ransacked, stuff strewn about and oddly enough.... our sea rations bitten into and some partially eaten. Some cans of jelly and crackers were bitten into and actually had the tops ripped off with the insides missing, especially fruit (peaches mostly). Some meat cans looked like maybe a really big dog had bitten down on both ends causing K-9 type punctures.... they were left un opened. But the fruit cans were apparently (held on to) and literally "torn open". Remarkably it would take a reasonable "grip" to hold a good sized fruit can and a bite beyond comprehension and a lot of brute strength to tear off the lid of one of those tough old cans. They were heavy..... and hard enough to open with a tool meant for that purpose. But the culprits were elusive and even though we were in the jungle a lot. I never saw a "rock ape" with my own eyes. I know monkeys have a knack for opening fruit husks but only a big freaking baboon would make holes in a can big enough to slide an M&M through, no trouble at all. That's one impressive tooth hole let me tell you!! So what I am saying is that there really are "rock apes" in Nam. I talked to a Marine who found a baby one outside the perimeter on a hill his company was protecting and thought it was a lost chimpanzee. He picked it up, when out of nowhere, an ape the same size as him (he said), jumped on his back and bit him on his right shoulder, knocked him to the ground and grabbed the little one all in about 5 seconds. All he saw was something brownish, as big as he was and fast as hell heading into the underbrush, upright on it's feet. He said it had a flat ape like face but did not have those long dangling ape-like arms. The bite left 4 bruises from the K-9's but were not severe enough to puncture the cloth on his shirt or his skin. He thought maybe this thing meant him no real harm but wanted to send a message. He got it.... but never saw another sign of anything again. Stories like this are everywhere. I had a fellow Marine (new in country) light up a cigarette in the pitch black of night to find an ape eye-to-eye with him..... both let our a yell at the same time. So much for smoking under your poncho. Those are my stories and they are as fresh in my head as everything else that happened there 50 years ago. I do NOT believe in Big Foot or Moth Man or any other goblins, but there are ape-like creatures in the jungles of Vietnam ( living in tunnels I believe) that will never be identified or photographed. And..... I hope they are never again disturbed.

@jerryrichards8172

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your war stories. There is a typ of antelope I think that was just discovered in Vietnam in 1997 and that's a large animal. Troops where all over that country that people didn't normally go. The antelope is a good example how animals can be hidden away. Unfortunately after the scientific community announced there discovery hunters/poacher started hunting them to sell there exotic hides.

@machinegun3133

3 жыл бұрын

the cigarette part killed me LMFAO!

@neilanthony9288

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a truly gripping insight in to a world most of us are thankful we never have to experience. All the respect to you and fellows of your rare breed sir.💎

@theothersidenumber9307

3 жыл бұрын

Thank God the government released UFO footage because buddy bigfoot does exist and now they are declassifying UFOs big foot is next the native Americans call it sealatics a d they day they are men that are huge a d hairy more human than ape ba but hairy and huge! Thank God they declassifying because your ignorant asses are annoying thinking your it in the universe fk u.

@uncannyvalley2350

3 жыл бұрын

Guess we can dismiss all those vets who have seen bigfoot then

this is one of the most unbiased views on the matter that I've seen. Bravo to you sir for being truly objective.

@SammyAlt

4 жыл бұрын

@@SgtRoseUSMC How so? lmao.

@hannibalbarca9832

4 жыл бұрын

@@SgtRoseUSMC ok troll

@joehealy1477

4 жыл бұрын

hehe had to make it 69 likes

@bill2066

4 жыл бұрын

has there actually been any "views on this matter?"

@decem_sagittae

4 жыл бұрын

The man's got a PhD. He's a scholar.

Dear Mark, I am from Panjab India. My father had a farm hand who had fought in Burma/Malaysia during WW2. He used to tell that there were 'wild men' in jungles who would fold hands and gesture not to be shot at. These 'wild men' lived in the trees according to our farm hand. I sincerely believe that a lot of intelligent primates were killed by soldiers just out of fear in the jungles.

@gurmitsingh3120

2 жыл бұрын

I will try to find from which battalion our farm hand/help was from.

@shanegraham9077

Жыл бұрын

Did u get more information?

@ericdpeerik3928

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather fought in the same area in WW2 and he also complained of savage wild men, but he called them "Japs"

@kitten8699

7 ай бұрын

They’re all intelligent. I believe they are the Giant spoke of in the Bible.

@21LAZgoo

6 ай бұрын

@@kitten8699 idk man these rock apes were said to be 5-6 foot tall, theres tens of thousands of giant news reports but they are 7-12 foot reports not 5-6

My dad was in 1/1 USMC around da nang in 70-71, he was a bush marine and carried the m60. I've heard him talk of monkey and marble mountain many times. He had a story that he got to the top of the hill (I think hill 10, it might have been monkey mountain) and some of the marines there asked him if he had heard of a rockape, and my dad said no, so they said put your helmet on, and one of the marines picked up a big rock and threw it down the hill and into the jungle a long ways away. soon after, that rock came flying back up the hill like it got shot out of a cannon. My dad said there was no way a human could throw like that, and he was a scholarship pitcher in college so he knew how to throw. The base marines said that was from the rockape, anytime you throw something into the jungle it comes flying back. He would have loved to have seen this video, he unfortunately passed in September from agent orange related leukemia. Love ya Dad, semper fi.

@rubberneckinc.8937

Жыл бұрын

My best to you for your loss. Time heals all wounds but it's still your Dad. I thank him for his service. Would have loved to bend his ear on this subject.

@davidhyland9512

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to your dad. RIP

@dr.julianbashir9193

Жыл бұрын

Rock throwing is a common theme in big foot reports, even in the US! It was that part of the story that made it believable, but then again you could be someone familiar with Bigfoot reports. Could be a legit story otherwise.

@bldos5362

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you had an awesome dad. It's good you had the time you had with him. Great story & sorry for your loss.

@Frosty_tha_Snowman

Жыл бұрын

My grandpa also died from agent orange. He worked on a ship that was one of the very first to experiment with it - someone sprayed it on their boat and covered them all in it, every one of them died before they were 60.

It would have taken the History Channel twice as long to say half as much.

@GaryMcKinnonUFO

4 жыл бұрын

Yes the history channel is dumbed-down rubbish, with much of it's content unrelated to history!

@abbush2921

4 жыл бұрын

Or turned into some silly pseudo science programme .

@spencerskewes9370

4 жыл бұрын

History Channel would stretch Vietnam war Bigfoot into a 5 season long reality tv show

@bill2066

4 жыл бұрын

well, not sure about that one..............s\

@bill2066

4 жыл бұрын

Huh?

I was one of the few European soldiers to be sent to this God awful war. I was sent to the region outlined in this video, first under French command and then I was ordered to stay and serve under American leadership. I had been warned by other soldiers that strange Interactions had happened between the soldiers and apes but I had not experienced anything strange myself. Then one night I couldn’t sleep because the fighting had been so fierce during the day that I was worried a night assault was being planned by the Vietcong when I had my experience. I had gotten up to relieve myself in the middle of the night, I had been frustrated by my inability to sleep when it happened. I had brought my rifle and a flashlight with me and had warned the soldier next to me that I was going to relieve myself in case a Vietcong soldier attacked me. I stepped about a 25 meter walk away from where I had been laying and started to urinate when I heard a startled commotion coming from the forest from my 3 o’clock. I ducked terrified by the noise and clutched my rifle expecting someone was out there who was going to try to kill me. I waited for a few minutes still terrified before I decided to shine a light in the area I had heard the noise. When I turned my flashlight on I spotted a figure crouching by a tree and it gave me such a startle that I began to leave the area but I couldn’t turn my back to the figure so I moved away walking backwards (tripping on the underbrush as I moved). To my surprise 3 to 4 other figures stood and started to move to the east of me. I shined my light on one and saw an ape like man so clearly that the memory haunts me to this day. I tried to shoulder my rifle to put shots in them but I was so startled I fumbled with the rifle and they were no longer in my sight. I ran back to my comrade who I had warned before I had left and he looked startled and had told me he had heard the commotion but had not seen what was going on. I then tried to explain what I had seen, HE THEN cut me off before I could give my description and he was able to explain exactly what I had seen because he had seen them too. I never saw these apes again but I can say they exist and walk on 2 legs FOR SURE! I don’t know if they throw rocks but I can say they most certainly pay attention to what is going on in their surroundings and they are the size of a man and move faster than a man. To the maker of this video good job! These “Rock Apes” do exist. I can tell you that firsthand

@valhalla.technical

4 жыл бұрын

Boyd Cord it’s an unwritten military rule that you don’t piss in the bivouac site.. we paid for that a few times in basic

@gulfwarveteran8528

4 жыл бұрын

How much old are you

@davidt2291

4 жыл бұрын

If you turn on a light around me I would have had a real problem with you later.

@deutschland403o2

4 жыл бұрын

David T, not that I feel the need to defend my actions but it’s clear you have never been in a dense forest combat situation. What I will say is you wouldn’t do a damn thing to me even in my old age and I can promise you that. The other thing I will say is that if you are shooting blindly, you are either going to have to live with giving your men’s position away worse than a dim light does in those conditions or you are going to have to live with killing a fellow soldier (because you never fire unless you are sure you know who you are bearing down on) who was out relieving themself like you were. You’re a tough guy on the internet but I assure you, you aren’t a tough guy when you’re threatening me face to face

@bobbymancini9069

4 жыл бұрын

@@deutschland403o2 thank you for sharing your story. I've heard similar stories from my uncle about these rock apes and I believe. There's so many hidden and untouched areas on this earth that God knows what lives there. Most of these armchair keyboard warriors have never even left their mothers basements let alone seen a jungle, except for maybe a picture book or on KZread. So don't even pay them the time of day Thanks again for sharing.

As if the guerrilla attacks weren’t bad enough, here are some gorilla attacks.

@flainYT

4 жыл бұрын

Under-rated comment

@frodo322

4 жыл бұрын

😆

@joehealy1477

4 жыл бұрын

showed my mum this comment she didnt laugh she got no sense of humour

@hobbyhermit66

4 жыл бұрын

But did the gorillas attack the guerrillas?

@trippytigertony5520

3 жыл бұрын

Spiderman meme activates

I'm an american expat living in Danang Vietnam. I'm only 30 minutes by motorcycle from Monkey Mountain . If you are interested I will make a trip out there and check with the locals in the area. Danang is very built up now due to China Beach tourism. But once you get away from the beach area and into the Jungle, it's like stepping into a completely different world . I would love to put out some trail cameras and see what I can find.

@MrRugbylane

3 жыл бұрын

What brings an American to Vietnam? Im just curious. How did you end up there and how do you find living there?

@criticalmass6249

3 жыл бұрын

That would be very interesting sir. Im not sure about the trail cameras because that seems a bit invasive and rude but just to go there with intentions of respect and peace and speaking with the elders could be rewarding.

@daveacker7427

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRugbylane I understand the cost of living in Vietnam, Thailand and other SE Asian countries, at least outside of major cities, can be quite low, good for retirees.

@WayneBorean

3 жыл бұрын

That would be fantastic. Trail cams are the best non-invasive way of getting evidence.

@criticalmass6249

3 жыл бұрын

sure, less invasive than other means, but how would you like it if someone put cameras in your bedroom, your daughter's, and your bathroom? Just a question.

I remember when you "only" had about 100.000 subs and now you're nearly at 700.000. I'm glad to see that your hiqh quality content pays off :)

@vivaldi1ett

4 жыл бұрын

Moritz Tabor Tell all your friends and family to subscribe and see if we can’t get him to 700✝️💞😘🙏🏻🤘💕🤪

@Collectorfirearms

4 жыл бұрын

@@kstreet7438 I remember when he only had 10 videos

@jacobhayes9992

4 жыл бұрын

Same, grew quickly, as was deserved

@CastilloinaSpeedo

4 жыл бұрын

Not so long ago!

@mol588

2 жыл бұрын

December 2021, over one and a half million subscribers 👍 That's a great achievement !!

My dad was a Marine in Vietnam. He told me stories of the rock apes but, I always thought he was joking. He also described them as being 5-6 feet tall, aggressive and, threw rocks up to the size of a human head.

@DIVISIONINCISION

4 жыл бұрын

Why did you think he was joking?

@MyqOMatic

4 жыл бұрын

DIVISIONINCISION because as I got older, I never hear of rock apes. I’m fact, I stumbled across this video and the title grabbed my attention. This is the first I have ever heard of anyone else mention the term rock apes. Now, I’m sure he wasn’t joking.

@binasandin5723

3 жыл бұрын

@@MyqOMatic Not a joke, as a Vietnamese i can confirm. Many tribes live in the moutain have their story about this animal. They don't call it "ape" they call it "wild man" . Look like human but not human and also not ape. A lot bigger, very strong, smart and dangerous. They will catch and eat people going to the jungle alone. This is not a fake stories to scare the kids not to go to the jungle because they always teach the kids what to do if they see them, how to run away from them, never grill craft in the jungle. The funny thing is if you run away as a straight line, you die. Because their legs not like human.

@MyqOMatic

3 жыл бұрын

@@binasandin5723 thank you. I had no idea. Now even ever more curious than ever. Thank you for that information. 👍🏻

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

@@binasandin5723 And they don't even have one piece of tissue? If they've supposedly encountered those apes for a while, that's even more evidence that they don't exist. If they have supposedly killed people, that's even stronger evidence that they don't exist. Who refrains from even investigating animals that pose a lethal threat?

My dad, Ronald pryomski Vietnam 68 69. Told me about rock apes. The reason they were called rock apes because they were guerilla like throwing rocks down at you. Rip Dad.

@Aaron-zu3xn

3 жыл бұрын

idc what anyone who hasn't been there says or any scientist sitting in some school,quite a few veterans have said they encountered orangutans and they can't all be liars,why would they make it up?

@johnrambo5795

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aaron-zu3xn the Thing is, without real evidence like a photo or a corpse, we can't really believe them. I don't Say that those vets are lying. I belive them that something happened. But I don't know if they really encountered big Rock throwing apes.

@CAMSLAYER13

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aaron-zu3xn People say a lot of things happened and truly believe them. That doesn't mean they are all right.

@MrPanzerCatYT

3 жыл бұрын

@@CAMSLAYER13 i mean you have a point but why would so many make this up and why would this corrobrate so well with locals, French and americans. Besides who would come to a marine base numerous times to throw rocks in the middle of nowhere

@CAMSLAYER13

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrPanzerCatYT the info seems like it points there but we are getting it after its passed through many others. Human memories are bad and the mind can play tricks and extrapolate a bit too much especially in stressful situations. I'm not saying they definitely don't/didn't exist and its an interesting mystery but hearsay isn't going to make me a believer just due too the multitude of ways the info could have gotten skewed along the way assuming it was even legitimate in the first place.

As a 57 year old man I enjoyed this video on many levels. Thank you. I wish this war never happened. It would have been nice I think to grow up with a dad. The war deprived me of that and too many other children.

@petroglyph

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss darkstar. I can't imagine how hard that was.

Mark Felton: "Vietnam Rock Apes" History Channel: "Alien Rock Apes"

@MegaTriumph1

4 жыл бұрын

You hit the target, in the bullseye.

@LoneWolf051

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaTriumph1 the Alien Bullseye

@RemusKingOfRome

4 жыл бұрын

Progressives: "Toxic Ginger masculinity" Cartman: "Rock Gingers"

@stancarpenter8854

4 жыл бұрын

If I ever get over telling too many jokes on FACEBOOK, I hope I can devote SERIOUS STUDY of these History Channel matters. SRC 5/22/2020 Amen

@MaxPowers

4 жыл бұрын

Rock Apes can stand toe to toe with Bigfoot and Sasquatch.

Fascinating Vietnam War topic. I knew nothing of these reports!

@redcrown0694

4 жыл бұрын

CIA’s Secret Hmong Army in Laos have bedtime stories about these unexplained. They are known as “phim nyuj yais” the name is from either Thai or Lao. My dad said they are afraid of Tracers Ammunition. I carry enbloc-clip .30-06 Tracers in case I meet one on hunting trips.

@exJacktar

4 жыл бұрын

@Frogsquatch l agree. I heard something once that sounded very much like an alleged recording of one l heard in the cinema some time later. My cousin claims he bumped into a female Sasquatch while in the woods of British Columbia. Scared the life out of both of them, he said.

@LeviBulger

4 жыл бұрын

Have you been living under a rock ape?

@mrdiplomat9018

4 жыл бұрын

Captain Firepower - c’mon, that was a good one, mate ‼️

@David-yo5ws

4 жыл бұрын

@@LeviBulger He's been living under a 3D printed rock. ;-)

I served in Cavalry and Armor units in the 1970's and heard many stories of the "Rock Apes of Vietnam" from soldiers who had served there. I was told that the best way to deal with them if they were in your area was to leave them alone. If you bothered them they would come around at night and throw rocks and sticks and no one would get any sleep. I heard these stories from several individuals including my Platoon Sargent SFC Willie J. Larry. He had been in Vietnam early in the war and had served 3 tours there. He was on LRRP teams and spent a lot of time in the bush. He was the best soldier I had the honor to serve with and I believe the stories he told were the truth.

This is an anecdotal story My uncle told me: He was in a 101st Airborne L.R.R.P. unit working with a highlands Montagnard group. A night Recon. spotter using a photocathode (starlight device) spotted what looked like a large enemy movement covering a mountain side. These were man sized figures moving like units across the mountains. The next day as they did a spearhead probe, he said they found no enemy but saw brief glimpses of large dark monkeys moving through patchy clearings because of the dense tiered jungle.

Im a vietnamese myself and i can confirm these legend are true , the mountain tribe doesnt speak much about it but they wont let anyone wandered alone in the mountain during day or night

@DavidGarcia-oi5nt

4 жыл бұрын

Shut up round eye, there isn't a single vietcongenese person named 'christofuh' you're from New Jersey and your last name is Moltisanti. Probably are in the mafia and like to play with chemistry sets a little too much. (These are all soprano references)

@DavidGarcia-oi5nt

4 жыл бұрын

@Seth Scoggins look at this Boomer getting triggered, STFU pooseeeey

@shanghunter7697

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt Well now, the parents sure DID fail you skippy. A complete mess, it wasn't your fault though as you were just a little kid. Did you happen to procreate ?......Never mind.

@shanghunter7697

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt I knew it, you're just a tiny kid ! Be nice to people, you're better than this !!!

@roberts4411

4 жыл бұрын

Shang Hunter Lol Made me laugh out loud and woke the wife. Lol I gotta remember that.

I served in Hong Kong in 1986, on the Sino Hong Kong border, and was engaged in locating and capturing Illegal Immigrants (II’s) coming from China onto Crown Soil. We were told there were no tigers in the New Territories and yet we regularly saw them at night through our thermal imaging equipment. You could hear them, too, when out on foot so things can exist that aren’t ordinarily noticed.

@MarkFeltonProductions

4 жыл бұрын

That's interesting - the last official record of South China Tigers in the NT was in the 1970s. Having been there myself, I could imagine a small population still surviving.

@fvo911

4 жыл бұрын

Today, the nova terra is relatively occupied by HKners. Poachers must have had their business ran when those tigers were spotted.

@cesargonzalez4146

4 жыл бұрын

@@fvo911 Unfortunately. Let industrious and unscrupulous chinese citizens and a regime full of corrupt officials make their deed and Voila! you have a population of native tigers extinguished without the world even noticing. The industry of traditional chinese medicine, the chinese hunger for luxury items, the drive to urbanize and populate the border region with trustworthy mainland immigrants and the colonial unwillingness to even recognize the existence of vulnerable wildlife, much less declaring them a protected population, there's a powerful incentive for exploitation and profiteering. The same is happening across the world to elephants, rhinos, gorillas, big cats, sharks and many other species being exploited in an industrial scale to supply the growing chinese demand for exotic raw materials.

@WarMysteries

4 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder what else is out there, what animals or other creatures might exist that wouldn't be expected to inhabit these areas under normal conditions.

@wr6392

4 жыл бұрын

You could hear them? I thought tigers were extremely hard to hear when moving.

sat here for 15:49 watching the vid now i just spent over another 2 hours in comments reading all the stories of Nam to the all the guys who served and witnessed all this and the war you have my up most respect ✌✌

@hb-dc3170

2 жыл бұрын

Utmost respect

@philiplindsay225

5 ай бұрын

❤😮the comments are fascinating .

My friend who served in Vietnam, told me of weird looking apes that threw rocks at them. He said a soldier got angry and shot one. It charged their position and it took the whole platoon to stop it. He said it dropped right at their feet. He said no one ever shot another one. The rocks he said could really damage a person. Seeing this video made me think about what he really encountered. What an amazing world.

My dad was a marine (3-3-3) around the DMZ from 67-69. He died a long time ago and never mentioned much about Vietnam. But I do recall him talking about “rock apes” when I asked him if monkeys lived there. He didn’t convey the idea they were anything other than a monkey of some sort but I recall him saying “ They would raise hell all night long if you shot one”. Your title caught my eye because of that conversation. I truly wish he were here now to ask him more. (Thanks, Agent Orange😢)

@ptrekboxbreaks5198

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for his service!!

@badbrainsrock

3 жыл бұрын

Agent orange also took my uncle... not a good way to go. Sorry to hear about that.

@ElCid48

3 жыл бұрын

@@badbrainsrock I hear that their were other bio germ warfare as well that was in the range of agent orange. they called them different colors. sad that most of these men when they did come back died of cancer caused by these agents.

@vuelee5313

3 жыл бұрын

The locals say that if you kill one, they make scary as hell noises all night. But only to smite their own whom should've stayed away from us men... Other than that the locals also say that they used to eat us....

@quierodesign3958

Жыл бұрын

@@vuelee5313 I'd like to hear more.

I served two combat tours in Vietnam, first tour as a Marine machine gunner and 2nd tour as a platoon commander in the Combined Action program. I never saw an ape, tiger or an elephant in the total 26 months I was there. I served from Chu Lai north to the Rock Pile near the DMZ. I'm not saying that they weren't there, I'm just saying I never saw any. Tom Boyte, GY. Sgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 65-66/70-71 Bronze Star, Purple Heart

@dtalabs4744

4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE GUNNY

@jawa5669

4 жыл бұрын

This shows vietnam was really like haha fighting apes with rocks

@Desstrik

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@tk9839

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you survived...sounds like you have some stories of your own.

@BryantMoore87

4 жыл бұрын

Oorah, Gunnery Sergeant.

My dad was in the nam.68-69. it took along time to get him to talk about Nam. However when he did talk, he spoke about the rockapes. Thanks for bringing this back to light

I grew up with a story from my uncle who was native and served as a sniper in Vietnam. He told this story of being in a mission where he had to stay hidden at his location on top of a mountain waiting for his target. He waited for three nights, and every night in the pitch black he could hear shuffling coming towards him up the mountain. He was armed with his tomahawk and spent those nights fighting off rock apes in the dark and burying their bodies by sun light so the buzzards wouldn't give away his position. I was always obsessed with this story, so much so that I just created art from the burned in image I've had in my mind since childhood.

My dad did 2 tours in Nam,lost a leg boarding a chopper and he told his dad in the 60s about patrols encountering them.he was a master sergent,bronze,silver star,purple heart,no BS guy.when Bigfoot started getting attention in pierce county Washington in early seventies he said(quote)"must be a relative to rock apes in Nam"

@ffspablo8739

4 жыл бұрын

I smell 💩💩💩

@dbt7624

4 жыл бұрын

FFS Pablo tf

@jawa5669

4 жыл бұрын

Must be a female ape with rocks injuring marines

@mackmcdonald3890

4 жыл бұрын

not as tall but heavy muscle maybe 6 ft. tops...

@estebanmorales6568

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly how do you lose your leg boarding a chopper???

I had a Veteran of the Viet Nam War that worked for me in the 80"s .. He told me about seeing these "Apes" while on Patrol in the Deep Jungle. He was a LRRP very serious Guy who's story I had no reason to doubt. He said the Natives knew all about them and considered them a spiritual animal

@arnoldjack7956

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean spiritual animal?

@OwenMichtofen-rx5yz

4 жыл бұрын

arnold jack Native American culture see Sasquatch as a being that exists both in our world and the spirit world.

@arnoldjack7956

4 жыл бұрын

@@OwenMichtofen-rx5yz okay I see what you're saying now but do you really think that's true?

@SpitFactsAndThenDontReply

4 жыл бұрын

@@arnoldjack7956 primitive cultures always attach a spiritual meaning behind things they don't understand. There is a tribe today that worships crashed plane debris. So albeit may not be true it still gives credibility to the testimonies of these beings. Gorillas were considered hairy wild man beasts by the locals before they were a verified animal. In Asia the locals called orangutans tree people before they were a verified animal. To this day is is nearly impossible to track large primates that's why it's such a remarkable experience when primatologist get the opportunity to live amongst them and observe them. Roughly over a decade ago a new primate was discovered called the billi ape. A giant sub species of the chimpanzee. So a more illusive species of primate undiscovered is not far fetched in the slightest. It all starts with local testimonies of the native inhabitants.

@MisfitRecords

4 жыл бұрын

He lied to you because your dumb ..all those guns an mines an not one body brought back

Speaking as an American combat Vietnam Vet (US Army 505th PIR 82nd Airborne Div.) I completed 2 tours in the Republic Of South Vietnam (now known as the People's Republic Of Vietnam), I well remember talking with some fellow Airborne Troops that had two encounters with the "Rock Apes" Dr. Felton so accurately describes. These Troops were extremely serious about their experience with these scientifically unknown creatures. They made a point of how intelligent and crafty these, "Rock Apes" seemed to be. My sincere Thank You to Dr. Felton for his research of this enigmatic subject that became part of the Vietnam experience for many American, NVA, and Viet Cong military personnel. Kudos to you, Dr. Felton.

@Factchekka

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm...so they shot a killed many tigers but not one "rock-ape" that were known to attack them...? 🤔

In 1969 I was an Anthropology undergrad at a major university. A high school friend had just gotten out of the Marine Corp. and we were having a casual conversation when he mentioned "rock apes". The only possible apes in Vietnam were gibbons so I asked for a description. He said about 4 ft. tall, hairy, ground dwelling and seemed to be unimpressed and uninterested in what was fascinating to me. I asked him if these creatures had a tail or not (apes have no tail). He confirmed these creatures had no tail. But he was in I-Core section of Vietnam, in the north, not in the highlands.

Honestly, I’ve been on this site for 11 years now and you are by far my favorite Creator, although Forgotten weapons gives you a run for your money.

@lt.lasereyez8891

4 жыл бұрын

@Dan Automation_Man He often does

@Ltblitzful

4 жыл бұрын

@Dan Automation_Man he shoots 2 gun with 20th century and 19th century weaponry what more do you want

@thatsmrharley2u2

3 жыл бұрын

"Gun Jesus" rocks

My cousin was a US Marine in the Vietnam War. He said the Rock Apes had a wickedly accurate side-arm throw. Monkey Mountain was contested indeed.

@mackmcdonald3890

4 жыл бұрын

more like powerful underhand as I recall....

@tylerfoss3346

3 жыл бұрын

@@mackmcdonald3890 some pro fast pitch softball scouts tried recruiting them to play in the USA but none of them would leave Vietnam.

@thatsmrharley2u2

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerfoss3346 Idiot

@JohnDobak

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerfoss3346 Nonsense they got Rosie O'Donnell stateside.

@patrickd2013

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDobak Aw, now you're just insulting the Rock Apes!

I heard that one Marine got captured in a net by these creatures and yelled "Get your hands off me you damn dirty apes!"

I knew a vet by the name of Don back in the 1980's. A very serious fellow not given to talking much and when he did I never got a sense that he exaggerated. He taught me how to make chicken with a can of orange soda as a glaze. The one story he told me of Vietnam was of his camp's perimeter alarms being set off and his, whatever they were called, platoon?, opened fire. The next morning they found several rock apes which had set the alarms off and now were shot to pieces. I just assumed they were some well known simian of the area, not a myth.

"Few serious attempts have been made to look into these stories, aside from some rather poor documentaries on mainstream TV." Mark even knows he's the best.

@RonSafreed

4 жыл бұрын

Tom, I have come across blogs of folk saying how their Vietnam vet grandfathers, uncles e.c.t. have told them about encounters of these rock apes & they were a 'third party' in the Vietnam war throwing rocks at soldiers during battle & even attacking troops during battle! One story of sleeping soldiers being attacked as they slept! However they were told to never talk about these cryptid creatures or else loose veteran benefits & be put into federal prison!!!!! This may very well be a reason so many veterans had drug/alcohol addictions & emotional/psychological problems after coming home!!!!! Some stories are quit bizzarre to say the least!!!!!

@taylorc2542

4 жыл бұрын

He shouldn't devote time to ghost stories.

@PoeLemic

3 жыл бұрын

​@@taylorc2542 No, I think you are wrong -- this is not some stupid "ghost story". I don't know whether rock apes exist or not. However, this was a VERY FINE DOCUMENTARY exploring the topic. I only wish that more documentarians would create content like this, which explores the topic and educates us. I'd heard stories of this -- like the Chopper Pilot seeing one of these in a tree and shaking it. But, I didn't know much more than that. Yet, this documentary helped me to learn more about the potential of these elusive creatures.

@ptrekboxbreaks5198

3 жыл бұрын

@@RonSafreed they're just gorillas mate. Nothing more

@ptrekboxbreaks5198

3 жыл бұрын

@@taylorc2542 it's not a ghost story but I dont believe it's a bigfoot. Most likely a type of gorilla never seen much before besides the locals living in the region

As a student of and person who stuidies the Vietnam War I am so impressed with your reaserch on this subject. Thank you, I have come across many stories regarding the Rock Apes, This is the best piece of research on the subject I have seen. Thank you for posting this Sir.

@nolaanderson8770

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Felton is an absolute badass - check out his other history lessons!

@6point8esspcee68

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree.

@joesurfer9754

4 жыл бұрын

@@jafo766 I have read about every first person non fiction Vietnam book ever published in English and most all of them mention rock apes. Especially the LRRP books. So, I don't know exactly what you have been studying. Are you saying you are the expert and the LRRPS who wrote the non fiction books about their first hand experience are all liers?

@thatsmrharley2u2

3 жыл бұрын

@@joesurfer9754 Claiming to be such a great reader, you'd think you'd know how to spell liars.

@joesurfer9754

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatsmrharley2u2 You correcting my spelling, you'd think you are a 13 yo school girl.

What's super interesting is that we know a guy from Vietnam who barely spoke English. My wife was whistling and walking with him and he told her not to whistle. He couldn't explain why. Now I understand, he was of mountain folk.

Hey, all I know is, a couple combat vets told me about these things, back around '72. They said it took a full magazine to put one down. I was told they could throw rocks with incredible accuracy.

About 1980 I worked with a fellow Phoenix Police officer who had done his tour of duty in Vietnam. He told me that, while on patrol, a Rock Ape had jumped out of a tree and knocked him down then sat on his chest and with big fists began hitting the man about the head. Another soldier shot the ape and it gave a terrifying scream and ran off into the jungle. Until then I had never heard of a Rock Ape, but I worked with that fellow for several years and he was rather drab and not given to exaggeration.

And the rock apes still tell the grandchildren stories about when the big pale men with guns came to visit.

@sbarronmd

4 жыл бұрын

at least with the American army a disproportionate number were not pale.

@seanseanston

4 жыл бұрын

@@sbarronmd Isn't that a complete misconception though? I remember reading that actually African-Americans were very slightly less than proportionally represented in the US military in Vietnam compared to the overall US population. I think it based it on casualty figures, same as the evidence against the average combat soldier being 19 which also sure doesn't seem to make sense considering how few potential soldiers would be available under 19 versus from 19 to 25 or so even.

@Droowtube

4 жыл бұрын

@sbarronmd- what you just said is actually more of a myth than the Loch Ness monster. Absolutely not true.

@sliceofbread2611

4 жыл бұрын

"they described the gun wielding men as savages, sometimes even killing their own kind.."

@Page-Hendryx

4 жыл бұрын

@@seanseanston The book "Stolen Valor" gets into that; minorities and whites were proportionate.

It kills me every time I hear scientists tell people an animal like this can't exist. Most of these scientists barely leave their laboratories.

My dad who served in 69-70 in the central highlands at Phan Rang Airbase. Said that he would hear them, hear rocks thrown towards him. When we watched a bigfoot documentary he heard the bigfoot whistle and make sounds he said "sounds like a rock ape".

My dad was over there 67/68 with the Marines,they were up north. He said there were places they went that their grenades were collected so they wouldn't throw them! They were given back after passing through the areas. Dad finally asked about it,and the older guys said the rock apes would throw the grenades back at them,so no grenades! He has several different stories about the rock apes.

@coltm4a186

4 жыл бұрын

That’s terrifying!

@eastcoastgrandison4855

4 жыл бұрын

@@bravo20vet12 😂

@roberts4411

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Is your dad still alive ? If so can you ask him what unit he was with ? If that was made known it may be possible to get others to collaborate Hope you respond

@tarot-karma-online

4 жыл бұрын

What about the other stories of your dad. Can u share them. thanku

@DeltaEchoGolf

4 жыл бұрын

@Roy Futrell I assume they would also be firing their AK's also.

My dad was in Vietnam in the marines, only served 1 tour I think actually in Nam. He wouldn't tell me much about his time there but he did speak about these. He never mentioned them being human like, just apes. He said his guys would throw rocks at them to drive them away because they would give away their position and the apes would throw the rocks back, the guys hated them. I was so surprised to see this video, excellent.

@happyg5647

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO theyd throw them back hahaha

@45auto82

3 жыл бұрын

I know! Probly not too funny at the time....but I can picture the GI’s throwing rocks at the things trying to drive them off from giving their position away to the VC.....and then the damn apes throwing the rocks back! 😂🤣😆 Just the way stuff happens, too!

@user-mg7wh8zq6v

3 жыл бұрын

they probably thought they were playing catch!

@AA-ke5cu

3 жыл бұрын

They invaded their home and wanted those intruders out of there territory probably after they killed a boat load of them.

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

@@AA-ke5cu Killed a boat load of them, but didn't take even one body...

About 7 years ago, just across the border in Laos, I found a piece of jawbone with three large teeth (the longest about 3 inches, exposed about the jawbone). I sent a photo to the Science Ministry in Vientiane and they had no idea. I didn’t take it with me as they’re hot on people smuggling animals in this region. It had skin and dark fur attached. The region is sparsely populated and very difficult to navigate in places, so it wouldn’t surprise me if these apes existed.

A lot of similarities to “Big Hairy Man” legends of western Alaska: 6’ tall, reddish brown hair, bipedal, angry hollers, and throws large rocks at people with amazing accuracy.

@AmanKhan-oi5if

3 жыл бұрын

Barmanaou or alma in indian and pakistan legends also describes a creature 6 feet tall , covered with hair , bipedal and living in deep jungles

This story reminds me of the death of Australian soldier LCPL Paul Denehey on Borneo, in 1965, after being gored by a bull elephant on the Indonesian side of the island during the Confrontation Emergency. No known elephant populations were ever known in that region of the island until this tragic event, which required medic LCPL Bloomfield being left for 3 days with the injured soldier, while the rest of the SAS patrol sought help.

@KingArthur5000

4 жыл бұрын

These animals come from us. They are found everywhere, even in Australia. I saw one north of Mansfield Victoria in a remote region of bush that Ned Kelly used to hide out in. They represent a de-evolution of man where man looses his eternal spirit and becomes like the animals with just a soul and Body.

@hafizjoe583

4 жыл бұрын

This is the first time i heard about this and i'm living in Malaysia. Fascinating.

@joyphobic

4 жыл бұрын

@@hafizjoe583 same

@FlyxPat

4 жыл бұрын

KingArthur5000 - Loses his eternal spirit but still has a soul? That’s confusing.

@paulhope3401

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlyxPat Indeed.. but take an LSD tab or smoke some strong weed and it will all make sense.. :D

This is exactly why Mark Felton is the best in town

@taylorc2542

4 жыл бұрын

I hope he doesn't go off the deep end with this stuff.

My uncle always said the only wound he got in Vietnam was from a big monkey throwing a rock at him when a group of them ambushed them at night. I always thought he was full of BS but maybe it wasn't so far fetched.

Doubt men who have seen there friends die r gonna think Oh yeah lets make up a story about big rock people

@birdstraw7690

3 жыл бұрын

anyone can lie mate

@seniorscouse3346

3 жыл бұрын

@@birdstraw7690 yes anyone can lie but men who have been through hell n back are nothing but the truth the sorry sorry truth

@45auto82

3 жыл бұрын

Too many GI & Vietnamese first hand accounts of encounters for there not to be some fact to this issue. And these people didn’t know each other or ever talk, so how could their descriptions of what they saw all be so exact and the same? Even the accounts from 1820 were the same.

@thegrayyernaut

3 жыл бұрын

@@seniorscouse3346 Not saying that this particular case of "rock apes" is a lie, but men who have been through hell can lie. They can lie to their families, their friends, and themselves, just to hide away the pain. PTSD is tragic.

@dannyh8288

3 жыл бұрын

@@birdstraw7690 especially democrats

This actually just blew my mind. My dad served in Vietnam and was stationed in Plieku in the central highlands. He rarely talked about the war. He had a photo album from his time there and I wanted to take it to show & tell in 5th grade for history class. I remember asking him about the pictures and he pointed out a mountain that was in a bunch if the pictures. He said that's monkey mountain. We used to have to go up on that mountain everyday and kill the monkeys because they would attack the troops. Said they were like big gorillas. So in my 9 year old mind I thought the gorillas at the zoo. As I said my dad never really talked much about the war, and i knew better than to pry by asking a bunch of questions. We knew it was just something that wasn't discussed. I always remembered him telling me about monkey mountain though. As I got older I always thought he was just shielding his innocent 9 year old from the true horrors of war and was actually meaning they went up on that mountain to kill guerilla fighters. This video just completely changed my entire life! Maybe my thoughts have always been right... maybe he was really talking about THIS! Sadly he passed away in 2013 and this story went to the grave with him.

@petercarmody4897

4 жыл бұрын

These creatures are real. Best wishes to you. Blessings to you and your family.

@gregd360

4 жыл бұрын

Any photos?

@franciscoaguilar5194

4 жыл бұрын

Can we see the pictures. ?

@franciscoaguilar5194

4 жыл бұрын

Just a fairy tale.

@KittSpiken

4 жыл бұрын

@@franciscoaguilar5194 you gave up quick

I know a Recon Marine who swears he saw Bigfoot in the highlands of Vietnam in the late 60s. Back then few had a camera with them. Even if they did, a film type camera wouldn't survive long in a jungle.

@honeybadger6348

4 жыл бұрын

All these AMERICAN soldiers saw it and no one shot it? In the video one of the apes even charges a group

@David-yo5ws

4 жыл бұрын

@@honeybadger6348 Well OBVIOUSLY their training taught them to identify the enemy before engaging. Apes weren't on the list. You also don't want to give away your position unnecessarily. It's also not sporting to shoot an unarmed, unidentified 'enemy' in case it's a 'friendly'. And when faced with a situation like that, your brain goes into 'search mode' trying to match what it sees to what it knows. A kind of 'Freeze' condition.

@brucelee-wo5ge

4 жыл бұрын

@@David-yo5ws If this response is sarcasm then its funny.....if its serious then its hilarious!

@David-yo5ws

4 жыл бұрын

@@brucelee-wo5ge Love your poetry bruce. It's a bit of both. A dig at the thought you would just shoot at something that looked different. When people say 'My whole life flashed past my eyes', it's their brain 'scanning' for a situation they have had before, to help deal with the emergency they are experiencing. This causes them to 'freeze' in the moment.

As a Marine on top of the Rock Pile at night, other Marines on the perimeter detected movement and opened fire on figures they thought were the enemy. It was determined they were “rock apes” of a large size weighing an estimated 140 lbs and five feet tall. 1966-67

@bryangeake5826

2 жыл бұрын

Was the military totally uninterested in biology? I mean, was it not very obvious from the bodies that this was a species unknown to science? I find that strange!

@m.w.wilson234

10 ай бұрын

Interesting comment. I had a relative on the Rock Pile about that time; he told me that one night a growling tiger prowling downhill kept them awake, never mentioned rock apes, but he never said much about any of his service time - he just stowed it after he came back; he was USMC, First Radio Battalion, III MAF, operated the radio for the F.O. on the Rock Pile; he descriibed the resupply - one helicoper wheel was balanced on the platform while unloading took place during hovering; perhaps you knew him: Seth Taylor; said they barely had enough water to drink on the Rock Pile, so he had to let his beard grow and was nicknamed "the beard" as his was very dark and thick.

I attended the Naval War College in the mid 2000’s and attended a small group lecture by retired US Special Forces Sergeant Jon Robert Cavaiani who received the Medal of Honor during Vietnam. Among the many fascinating anecdotes he told our group was one of an ambush his patrol was on in Vietnam where one of his soldiers had attempted to knife what he thought was a Vietnamese man on an open trail. Cavaiani said that he watched his team member run up to the “man” from behind with his knife just before the soldier abruptly turned around and attempted to run away and retreat. The “man” whom, everyone assumed was Vietnamese, turned and ran after the soldier and jumped on his back biting into him. Cavaiani and others ended up shooting the “man” and killing him only to find out it was a large (man sized) orangish “orangutan” covered in reddish long hair. The Special Forces solider who was attacked survived but I recall him saying they had to sever the dead apes head to get it off the soldier. We all laughed at the story at the time and assumed it was an orangutan as Cavaiani said. However years later two things now come to my mind; these Vietnam Rock Ape accounts and the fact that there are NO known large primates in Indochina! I now wonder what they had run into and killed in Vietnam. And sadly Sergeant Cavaiani died in 2014.

@1mmickk

Жыл бұрын

AHA this is an embellishment of a story told previously in here, so these stories do the rounds, who knows what the real truth was.

@bryangeake5826

Жыл бұрын

@@1mmickk Or an entirely separate incident that is superficially similar!!

My dad told us this story when we were kids... i aways thought that he made up the story as a way to cope with the nastiness of the war. He was in the 1/9 Calvery US Army. Love your channel thumbs up stay awesome and have a great day.

@BOB-wx3fq

4 жыл бұрын

Your dad just happen to be in the exact company from apocalypse now

@autocashin

4 жыл бұрын

@@BOB-wx3fq c

@intermenater

4 жыл бұрын

Gorilla warfare takes on real meaning.

@roberthill3207

4 жыл бұрын

@@BOB-wx3fq sure wouldn't know about that one... butt he was in the battle that was portrayed in We were soldiers once and young General Moore story. 1/9 Calvery as i know it where air mobile backup or battlefield replenishment. Three tours in Vietnam very few stories about actual combat most where R&R living in base camp and what they did to entertain themselves.

@jacquesstrapp3219

4 жыл бұрын

robert hill Your old man was in an elite outfit. The 1/9 Air Cav was the only true Air Cav squadron deployed to Viet Nam. The other so-called Air Cav units were airmobile infantry battalions. The 1/9 was responsible for finding more enemy troops than any other unit in Viet Nam. Their motto was "Sorry about that".

My father in law was there on the mountain. He really suffered. From agent orange. He was just not well in many way I guess from what he went through in Vietnam. When my husband and I talked about Bigfoot my father in law would agree that they were real. Made me wonder if the solders had to fight them. Would not be the only time if that happened. I’m just sorry he suffered so much. He went on to be with the lord last summer. We were blessed by him living with us the last year of his life. I miss him. I pray we get to see him in heaven one day. Thank you for a great video, Leslye

@DevotedDisciple-x

4 жыл бұрын

You're such a great lady to be good with him living with y'all. So many people look at it negatively to have parents or parents in law, living with them. It's sad.

@pinchevulpes

4 жыл бұрын

This was deep thank you

@chipsthedog1

4 жыл бұрын

Bless him and you, may he rest in peace

@christophertrout6826

3 жыл бұрын

@@DevotedDisciple-x it is! My aunt and my uncle moved my grandma all the way across the state to live with them. She sold her house then they took control of her bank account and now she is in some form of nursing home and they will not let me contact her. Some people are so disgusting and pathetic!

I remember seeing a KZread video where a Vietnam veteran had mistaken an orangutan attacking him when it had just grabbed him and he ended shooting a couple rounds of his 1911 into it

In the middle to late 1960s the 82nd airborn troops rotating to and from Vietnam would come up to Trinity NC to jump with us at Tar Heel Sport Parachute Center. These guys would speak of the Rock apes in idle conversation of their own experiences with them. You could tell by their voice inflections that rock apes were a common problem in their jungle experiences.

I saw the title and thought "A video about grunting, hairy, smelly animals in Vietnam. Didn't realize the RAF Regiment served there". Imagine my surprise at the actual content. Excellent video!

@Matt_The_Hugenot

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@Wallyworld30

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Eagles I thought to myself is it April folds day? Lmao, I did just wake up?

@andrewjohnston4127

4 жыл бұрын

No naafi's needed guarding in Vietnam 😂

I spent 21 1/2 months flying in south Vietnam as a crewchief/scout. Our job as aero scouts was to fly treetop level,very slow,and to purposely draw enemy fire. On one such mission we indeed came upon the "rock apes",about 7 or 8 of them,and they tried to shoot us down with rocks,to no avail,and then they ran off into the jungle. If I had a map of where the dmz was I could still pinpoint where I seen them. In fact,they were not far from the Ba Long river,across from Vandergriff,and a mile or so south. They were on the west side of the river. First and only time I came in contact with them,and no,I didn't open up on them in case some cupcake is about to explode.

@nathanshervin4851

2 жыл бұрын

What did they look like? How did they compare up known apes, particularly orangutans, chimpanzees and Gorillas? Which ones did they look like? What were the differences? If you were to guess what animal they were related to, which one would it be? What did their face look like and did they walk on two legs like humans or knuckle walk like chimpanzees? How big were they? Height, weight?

@gotchagoing8843

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanshervin4851 First, they were scared to death of my light observation helicopter that I was in, at around 75 ft. agl. My job was to fly low and slow. Having said that, there were around 5 or 6 of them, all were a shaggy dirty gray, and they threw rocks and sticks at my aircraft. And they were jumping up and down. That's all I can remember, it was 51 years ago, and at the time I thought nothing of it.

@guittarwizzrd

Жыл бұрын

@@gotchagoing8843 is it fair to say from that height it could be hard to distinguish the exact height of some thing that's on the ground and it could have been a group of orangutans that was mentioned in the documentry that had been discovered in the area ?

@rondodson5736

Жыл бұрын

I am planning another trip back to Vietnam to try and make contact with these creatures. Can you give me more info on where you saw them ?

@tavish4699

Жыл бұрын

@@rondodson5736 ahahahaa

My uncle was in Vietnam, he would talk about how a couple of gorillas jumped out in front of them out of nowhere in the jungle one day on a patrol and make this noise towards them like a belch and ran off, this is probably what he was talking about

I spent many years as a youth around the Eastern Highlands of Cambodia and the locals always talked about the Rock Apes that attacked humans. Many villagers avoided certain areas due to the apemen.

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

If there was an actual animal that attacked humans, one would think that they would at least try to catch one. Or that they would have at least a strand of hair.

@benkeller6027

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrCmon113 many from remote villages are susceptible to superstitious beliefs. Myth is handed down verbally, rarely written in the more remote sections of Indochina and elaborated upon as time goes on. It could be a troop of Monkeys that are more aggressive than normal or they could be larger than human as they admit. Who are we to question them, neither you nor I have seen what they believe they saw, I am merely passing on a story from my travels.

@bingramtube

Жыл бұрын

@@benkeller6027

@julioalbertoherrera1339

10 ай бұрын

​@@MrCmon113Have you tried to capture a chimpanzee?

Thank you mark to raise the story, I also heard stories of my belated grandfather about "orang pendek" when he was young and lived in a remote village near the forest in the chain of ridges in South Sumatra. He said those creatures actually would not do any violent things as long as people did not disturb them. And he said it was not an orang utan or ape creature, but something "humanoid" and quite "intelligent". He told me those orang pendek were very shy creatures and tend to avoid human, that's the reason why there are no concrete evidence of these creatures until now.

@DIVISIONINCISION

4 жыл бұрын

They sound like a descendant of the orangutans. As human as they were to become.

During my Junior College days in the mid 1970s, I went to school with Vietnam Vets on the GI Bill. In a Anthropology class there was a Vet who said he had encountered the rock throwing apes. He seemed pretty authentic in his description. The instructor of the class had also heard of the rock throwing apes in Vietnam.

My father worked for Shell Oil in Borneo between 1947 and 1968. He said he was deep in the jungle and saw a humanoid creature. He said it was larger than a man and appeared to be starving. He only ever saw one the whole time he was there. Almost all of Borneo was covered in thick jungle and I believe his story. There are snakes big enough to swallow a man in Asia so why not big rock throwing apes?

My neighbor was a marine and he was over there. He told me the rock apes would throw rocks at them when they were out on patrol.

I joined the army in the mid-80s and there were still lots of war stories about these being told.

@tomthompson7400

4 жыл бұрын

which army would that be ,,,

@spacecowboy1438

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomthompson7400 why the US I'd guess. The internet is American.

@kyedamant1323

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomthompson7400 he's part of the US Marines as you can see by his profile pic

@Scalihoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomthompson7400 KISS army

@garettdoornwaard4822

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Ahhhhhh.....no.

You have to give it to Dr. Felton. Telling us about history we had no idea about.

@CS-zn6pp

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you need to step off the well worn track of knowledge once in a while and go down a rabbit hole or two. You be amazed at how much you didn't know.

@preetibishnoi6238

4 жыл бұрын

@Jock McMerry yup, he has a P.hd in history

@preetibishnoi6238

4 жыл бұрын

@@CS-zn6pp Got any suggestions?

@stevekathylane1808

4 жыл бұрын

I was surprised with his tackling this topic and the number of viewers who had never heard of it. I am from the Viet nam war era and heard the stories of these apes. I am also retired from teaching with my final position being in history at university. He must be tenured! For those of us who have looked into this he has presented known facts with excellent research.

@KermitFrazierdotcom

4 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering how much new ethnological research can open up using night vision in the remote jungles & mountains of the workd?

My dad was in that area in 69-70. He never mentioned apes but he said there were huge snakes that seemed to be the length of a freight train as they passed by.

Coming back from a Cobra run at low level.I thought it was a GI in trouble waving his arms as he was well away from the others like 800 meters & thinking it also could be a POW that had escaped, so I turned the chopper around, came in near ground level to help in case the NVA was up his tail pipe & holy heavens this thing I thought was a man was a big foot, around 7 foot tall, he was not waving but throwing rocks. one hit the 30 screen at the front and pushed it back like a dent in a vehicle. it scared the hell out of me. i just pulled up and got the hell out of there... i reported it and it should be recorded as i made a massive detail about it..

@bl00dline360

4 жыл бұрын

????proof????

@striderwhiston9897

4 жыл бұрын

Lol fake

@Fox-86

4 жыл бұрын

@@striderwhiston9897 who the hell are you to say it's fake?! There's hundreds of eyewitnesses testimony. Crap that's a dumb remark

@striderwhiston9897

4 жыл бұрын

@@Fox-86 like proof that was ACTUALLY in the army and not just a fat 14 year old on a chair lying

@Fox-86

4 жыл бұрын

@@striderwhiston9897 🤣🤣🤣 Well I always give the benefit of the doubt. It's true that there's a lot of fakers out there but I think you shouldn't let the anominity of internet put you off : you're bound to miss some great nuggets like that. For what it's worth I don't think it was 14 year old that wrote that 😉

Love everything you do, but more videos on Vietnam would be awesome. Such a clusterfuck of a war, i can't even imagine what else we haven't heard yet that Mark Felton will dig up!

First off, well done sir, this is easily the most professional presentation of this phenomenon. Second, I am pretty sure Mark Felton solved in 15 minutes what all other things I’ve seen on this subject have tried hours to solve.

I was in Vietnam in 1968 to 1969. This happened in Sept. 1968. I don't know if you can call it a Vietnam Bigfoot but I wouldn't call it a Fraud. I was in a unit that stopped over at a place called The Rock Pile. There was a rock pillar that was over 75 feet tall. Each night the Army would send a team as a watch to check the surrounding area at night. I was there when we heard screaming and shouting and weapons firing. As we looked up we saw some of the Army men fall or thrown from the top of the pillar. We heard from the surviver's say they were thrown from the top by hairy creatures they thought were some type of Ape. It started with them throwing sticks at the creatures and it got up to rocks and finally they shot at they to get away. They killed a few of them but there were to many of them and they were over run. some of his men were killed and some were thrown off the top. We left early morning so I don't know what happened after that.

@mackmcdonald3890

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of radio traffic from the rock pile 66-68..I think this would be classified and hear very little....

@patmiddleton3947

3 жыл бұрын

I am not disbelieving,but you say that the army sent a team at night and you saw some of them fall or thrown from the rock pillar. How did you see this in the dark?I’ve had strange experiences myself and am just trying to get a clear picture of what happened.

@SIC66SIC66

3 жыл бұрын

@@mackmcdonald3890 I find it hard to believe this is something that would be classified.

@rondodson5736

Жыл бұрын

Can you tell me where this occurred ? I would like to go check it out and see if i can make contact with these creatures.

@feelyoung79

Жыл бұрын

​@@rondodson5736 people say the stupidest sh*t these days.. you think a cryptid is going to give you a high five?? Take a selfie with you?? 😂😂😂

in the 1990s I worked and became friends with 2 men that served in Vietnam in the late 1960s. One man was a Marine that did one tour in the Hue area, the other was an Army Ranger that did 2 tours in areas I do not recall. They both had a few stories of rock apes, but curiously neither one ever said they clearly saw one but did hear them chattering grunting type noises and could see shadows moving in the undergrowth. They did tell me that the first time the ape threw a rock the unit they were with hit the deck thinking a VC had thrown a grenade at them. I never thought to question them deeper about these stories and since the 2 did not like each other I never got to hear the reminiscing of similar stories together.

Some detractors wonder about Felton's covering a "bigfoot", but he is not trying to prove the conspiracy/myth, but rather he is apparently accurately covering the history of this myth. Consider the difference between the Alien Guy on History Channel and Walter Cronkite's broadcasts. Enough of that criticism.

@user-uh6fd3wr1b

4 жыл бұрын

Mith? Obvious you've never encountered a Bigfoot in the forest. While running a 20 man fire crew I've encountered Bigfoot, 3 time in the Pacific Northwest. Not a mith.

@Combatwombat-sn7ng

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-uh6fd3wr1b no, it isnt a "mith" 😂😂😂 whatever that is 😂😂

@Bolt99K

4 жыл бұрын

People who deny everything and are 100% skeptics are just as ridiculous as people that believe everything and are 100% conspiracy theorists.

@trygveskogsholm5963

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bolt99K Damn truth.

@tonybarnes9194

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-uh6fd3wr1b Smoky was wrong about all forest fires being bad. Too bad they were all fought (and that too many people had to live there once the wilderness was tamed, making fire control necessary). But, since that was the model, it's interesting that you saw what you saw (no pun intended).

I was with the 4th Marines in 1969. One day on a patrol in the mountains near the DMZ (what we called the Dead Marine Zone.) the point man saw what he thought was a rock ape. We had not eaten for 3 days and radioed for permission to kill it for food. The reply was, "Negative on the shooting but if it's a female capture it alive and bring it back." It did not hang around ling enough for us to find out.

I know a guy in the Pacific Northwest who spends over 200 days a year for over 25 years in the woods hunting and guiding and he's had some pretty crazy experiences. He doesn't care if people believe him or not but he swears there's something huge in the woods up there. They've stalked him, whistling back and forth to each other, crashing big trees down. I personally haven't experienced it, so I can't believe for sure, but I do believe there's a possibility. If they're smart and don't want to be seen, it's totally possible. Its a big world out there

When I was in the 3rd grade a friend of mine told me a story that his older brother who served in Vietnam was attack by gorillas that threw large rocks at them, I thought-he meant guerrillas not gorillas, as the years went by I caulked the story up to 3rd grade BS!!! But maybe not!!!Dr. Felton your stories always amaze and entertain, thanks for the great work, as always

Mark Felton, discussing Bigfoot? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

@kalaharisurfer1994

4 жыл бұрын

Dang, your profile picture, thought I was high or something

@kittenastrophy5951

4 жыл бұрын

I 'm not surprised. I had a clue of something since he presented the clip tiger attack in Vietnam that it might led to something even more interesting.

@MrJoebrooklyn1969

4 жыл бұрын

Thank God he did and its welcomed.

@Willigula

4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh..... Palpatine....

@MrJoebrooklyn1969

4 жыл бұрын

@@Willigula ???

I've recently finished reading "Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War" by Ed Kugler and he describes one encounter with a Rock Ape with out making a fuzz about it like it's another skirmish with the enemy.

@CS-zn6pp

4 жыл бұрын

That's kind of the thing. There are hundreds of these accounts from different units and most telling both sides in the war. That guys book didn't need to be spiced up with a rock ape sighting but he put it in. He has no reason to lie.

@anotherpeasant

4 жыл бұрын

I own that book as well, I remember the encounter story

@Schnipah

4 жыл бұрын

I have always had my doubts about the accuracy of said book, but upon reflection later after reading it, I figured that many of the seemingly impossible events timing wise could have just been a result of him writing this years down the road and misplacing some events in relation to each other. That and also the rock apes, but seeing as there is a good chance they are real, I have changed my opinion a bit.

@GunnerAsch1

4 жыл бұрын

Ive seen them. I found one that had been killed in an arty strike. Was on the move..made a report later..never heard anything about it. About 72..in the Highlands. My 'yards considered them to be special people.

@1995martin

4 жыл бұрын

Gunner Asch what did it look like?

My dad was stationed at Da Nang in 1965-66 and remembers Monkey Mountain and some of the stories but questioned the authenticity because none were captured, shot (killed) or even had any pictures taken of these "Rock Apes".

@stupidminotaur9735

4 жыл бұрын

they did kill alot of them in a famous 1965 battle and there one photo of one (dead) it was identified as a rare money. but apriotly its 2-4 different species some with tails some without the one with a tail is in the photo

@BipoIarbear

4 жыл бұрын

@@stupidminotaur9735 do u know what the battle was called ?

@dannyh8288

3 жыл бұрын

@@BipoIarbear Duh!!! The Vietnam War.

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

@@stupidminotaur9735 >they did kill alot of them And didn't collect even one strand of hair from them? >there one photo of one (dead) it was identified as a rare money Are you schizophrenic or something? If it was identified as a rare monkey, it's not one of the cryptids.

I heard from a few friends who were in Nam that the "rock apes" were real, all right, and it required a full magazine to put one down.

@thatoneguy5244

2 жыл бұрын

And that's only IF all the bullets in the mag hits these rock apes.

Interesting topic. Only someone with Dr. Mark Felton's credibility can cover this topic with the accuracy of a documentary for such a critical audience! Congratulations on an unexpected, well researched , entertaining and very interesting documentary about a curiosity in Vietnam.

@taylorc2542

4 жыл бұрын

This sort of stuff really hurts his credibility as a scientific historian. Maybe he's trolling?

I love the smell of bigfoot in the morning.

@victorbonilla4634

4 жыл бұрын

It smells like victory...or poo..😂

@gabrielbradley6214

4 жыл бұрын

Thousands of them. Hootin and hollerin. The whole hill.

@rolladice8739

4 жыл бұрын

When you wake up in his crack?

@MaxPowers

4 жыл бұрын

……..smells like...sasquatch

@hobbie100

4 жыл бұрын

Bigfoot don't surf

I was in Iraq in 2004 an spotted a hyena through my NVGs and thermals. This was out in the Western desert in a small outpost named ASP Wolf. I used to see foxes and dogs as well but a hyena just walks different. I'd heard about the rock apes from reading books about Vietnam especially those of special forces guys who did deep jungle penetration. I thought it was common knowledge...

@tavish4699

Жыл бұрын

it was a dog that was hurt on its leg

My Dad and all 5 of his brothers were Marines and served in Vietnam. My Dad was a Marine Aviator but all of his brothers were in infantry units. And all of them have talked about the Rock Apes and my Uncle Jeff (RIP ) told me a tiger killed a Marine from his unit during a combat patrol. Said it attacked him in the dark and killed him before dragging him into the jungle where it began to feed on the Marine. He said the guy never had a chance to even scream and nobody near him heard anything but some grunting type sounds and some rustling of the jungle foliage during the night

@Factchekka

Жыл бұрын

The tiger story is scary as hell! Bad enough having to patrol at night worrying about the VC. Add to that not knowing if you are going to end up dinner for some wild animal. No thanks!!!

When I was a young child I was very upset one night when they announced on the news that us forces had killed dozens of viet cong gorillas. My mum did her best to explain to a 4 year old that they meant guerrillas. Mmmm. Maybe I was right.

@largesoda1729

4 жыл бұрын

I had worse. I thought guerrillas were men dressed in gorilla suits with guns pretending to be Viet Congs.

@nickirmen6671

4 жыл бұрын

My dad basically said growing up all Terrorists, hoodlums, vietcong, soviets, basically anyone who uses an ak were monsters, guerillas, enemies

@joselaw6669

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickirmen6671 he was right, tho

@nickirmen6671

4 жыл бұрын

José Ancapdolf Hidler yeah basically lmfao

@jason8923

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao, I had trouble explaining to my little brother as well. He was very upset when he heard on TV a "gorilla" base was bombed.

Rock Apes were very real according to my brother who served in the Da Nang area from '67-'68 with the Marines. Once he told me while he was on a recon patrol, my brother heard a long, loud howl as one suddenly swung down from a tree, punching the guy right next to him in the face, shattering his jaw! Then more screaming/howls from the jungle as about a dozen or so huge basketball-sized rocks came raining down all around them. My brother and the rest of the patrol immediately took cover and started shooting, but it was all over in a matter of seconds. Except for the troop with the broken jaw, no one was seriously injured. Since his immediate concern was to tend to his buddy's safety by pulling him off the trail, he said he only got a glimpse at the "puncher" creature, but it was about as tall as a man, like 5'-6', definitely had a primate face, long arm hair (he was unsure of the color), and he was pretty sure it ran away upright at a very fast clip. That was my brother's only personal experience, but he had heard of several more similar "ambush" encounters from quite a few others.

@crownprincesebastianjohano7069

3 жыл бұрын

Goodness.

@quierodesign3958

Жыл бұрын

Anymore details you could share?

@dylannunes9925

Жыл бұрын

Mans got snuck by a monkey 🤣🤣🤣

Hi Mark, I'm also from the UK & I really enjoy your channel. A huge TY for covering this story, as I know its not your usual kindof topic to report on. I have heard snippets of what was encountered by U.S, forces on the ground in Vietnam, but you have given a lot more details here going back to 1820. Thanks again & keep up the great work.

Amazing depth of research Mark, and an excellent narration voice. Makes it very enjoyable. Keep up the good work.

Who’d a thought it, RAF Policemen wandering the Hills of Vietnam

@heinkle1

4 жыл бұрын

Aren’t RAF police called “snow drops” because of the hat colour, and the RAF Regiment known as “rock apes”?

@trumpy7309

4 жыл бұрын

@@heinkle1 Yep, Rock Apes are the Regiment

@daniel7767

4 жыл бұрын

rockapes are regiment gunners not MPs

@alasdairmackenzie905

4 жыл бұрын

@@trumpy7309 Just don't call one that to his face and expect to live 💀

@trumpy7309

4 жыл бұрын

@@alasdairmackenzie905 Ha! was going to join them in my youth... but saw the light (I think) and joined the army

Wow! I once met a Vietnam vet about 25 years ago and he told me the one thing he hated the most, was at night when his platoon was trying to bunker down large apes would throw rocks at them.

@DIVISIONINCISION

4 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they shoot them?

@RonSafreed

4 жыл бұрын

There were times these rock apes would attack & kill sleeping soldiers!!!!!

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

@@DIVISIONINCISION And bring even a single sample...

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

@@RonSafreed At other times, the rock apes helped against the Vietcong, providing the Americans with machine gun fire from helicopters.

@steveguse4481

Жыл бұрын

@@MrCmon113 You're the guy the platoon fragged

Yes I remember a friend back from Nam 1976 told me when he was there his platoon encountered Rock . He said they would through rocks at them. When asked rocks he said like 10 lbs. rocks would tossed at them from as far as a 100ft. concealed by jungel conopy. They would open fire on them but no one would dare go look for dead apes. He saw them and described them like the video 6ft tall brown or red. He said nobody dared messed with them. Only guy I know to ever mention them. Their real.

@bradleyjohnson3068

3 жыл бұрын

Must've been earlier. The US pulled out in the early 70s

@thatsmrharley2u2

3 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyjohnson3068 Officially 1975. There was still an embassy in Saigon then.

@rneoman

2 жыл бұрын

Orangutans simple

@nathanshervin4851

2 жыл бұрын

@@rneoman maybe but Orangutans are only known to live on the island nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. If they were orangutans, it would be a major discovery and they would likely be a new species of orangutan.

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

>but no one would dare go look for dead apes How convenient. Not a single strand of hair, although they allegedly fought them. Not even a picture.

It seems that virtually every group or population of people who spent any significant time in the jungle in significant numbers, reports the same findings the same way. That's pretty convincing to me.

Bigfoot & Satchsquach: _Gets drafted & sent to Vietnam_ Bigfoot: _makes a joke_ Satchsquach: _laughs_ Moi rock ape, hidden in the jungle bushes nearby: _Also laughs_ Bigfoot: *Get the goddamn Napalm!*

@petebrian2841

4 жыл бұрын

@John Doe I thought sasquatch were bigfoot who went to Canada to avoid the draft.

@muffinguy25

4 жыл бұрын

@@petebrian2841 lmao

@brittakriep2938

4 жыл бұрын

You have forgotten the Yeti.

@arkadeepkundu4729

4 жыл бұрын

@@brittakriep2938 Nah, Yeti was busy fighting a insurgency in Tibet against the Chinese Red Army invasion after the Dalai Lama fled to India.

@petebrian2841

4 жыл бұрын

@@brittakriep2938 That's why they've never been found, they have mind control. You take a picture of them and then forgot you did.

3:44 am here in the U.S. I can’t sleep. I guess I won’t go to sleep until after this new gem.

@erika002

4 жыл бұрын

Close, it's 3:54 PM in my place, I'm in the opposite side of the planet

@raramcgee4982

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheWedabest I'm in Cincy. Idk why I'm up lmao

@Hiker63

4 жыл бұрын

Jericho Paita I type slowly 😉

@erika002

4 жыл бұрын

-@UCUAPFKWCy9jBurv4R87Ft0A me? yeah I guess? I honestly don't know everything these time notations but I just know my place is at GMT +8 Timezone- I just realized that the guy I'm replying to deleted his comment

@ragganyc

4 жыл бұрын

Roaming Gnome Same here but watch the video first and now in the comment section😹

Once again you tackle a subject with great finesse! I really enjoy your videos. They are informative, balanced and without unneeded drama!

It's true. My dad (US ARMY) was in central highlands A-sha valley area on defoliated hill firebase. Died from agent orange. He explained to me seriously several times about what he called rock apes and it was known around that they existed around their position. He mentioned before that they did and could throw objects. One fella on watch was eating sea rations and one of these rock apes beat him up and stole his sea rations he was eating. More than once they had come under attack from these creatures. I have photos of locations where my dad served and it's very hilly mountainous and thick unless it got defoliated. He was quite serious that these rock apes were real and they were not enemy combatants nor were they smaller monkeys they were larger type primates. So it seem that it really was a thing they dealt with there in the highlands and along the Cambodia Vietnam border.

@Ekstrax

Жыл бұрын

i believe it's called "C-Rations"

Thank you Professor Felton. It is important that we do keep an open mind on subjects such as this one, that are difficult to substantiate, and not reject them, nor ridicule them. As is often the case in the post-Darwinian culture of the west. Intellectual arrogance is the bane of continual discovery. I have heard it said that humility is the seat of wisdom. The universe is vast, and still filled with mystery.

@MrCmon113

2 жыл бұрын

I see absolutely zero humility in 90% of those comments, who confidently proclaim the existence of this cryptid, despite not having a single strand of hair, nor even a picture. The abundance of stories becomes evidence against the cryptid, because if even half were true, the evidence should really be everywhere.

@peecee1384

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrCmon113 Boo! Calling eyewitnesses liars out of ignorance and doubt. Shame on you.

@feelyoung79

Жыл бұрын

​@@MrCmon113 lil buddy I see you constantly contesting eye witness accounts of people who were there.. go out and be somebody and leave this to us..

I worked with a guy that was in the 4th ID in Vietnam. He operated a Ground Surveillance Radar System. He told me of a time one night when he thought he was picking up a small group of Viet Cong moving through his AO on his equipment when all of a sudden he started getting bombarded by stones and screeches from the subjects he was monitoring. He said apparently the creatures could smell him because he was well camouflaged and their throws were very accurate.

@ianofliverpool7701

4 жыл бұрын

They may have been French men lol

@RonSafreed

4 жыл бұрын

There was jungle in Vietnam that the Viet-Cong, NVA, & SVA never went into but Americans did & they saw all kinds of spooks & strange things especially at night & now wonder why so many were messed up after coming home & they were told not to say anything about these rock ape encounters or else lose veteran benefits & even worse be thrown in a federal prison!!!!!

@RonSafreed

4 жыл бұрын

​@Boom Diggaty , I have noticed those who are atheists generally do not believe there are other intelligent beings out there as well as no God or evil entities & satan! I am a Hebraic/Messianic Christian & in addition to belief in a God, angels & evil satan, there are grey aliens, cryptids & other humanoid like beings out there! We are not alone!!!!!

@tattoojack1969

4 жыл бұрын

Boom Diggaty, no. If I were making it up it’d have been a tribe of well endowed female creatures and they would’ve kidnapped him to use as a breeder.

@sarceexplores

4 жыл бұрын

@@tattoojack1969 What a fantastic reply! 😂

My buddy served in the Central Highlands during the Vietnam war. His unit was attacked by rock apes throwing boulders at them. One Marine in his unit started blowing the apes away with a M-79 grenade launcher. Another Marine open fire on the apes with a MA Duce.

My father was a Vietnam veteran in the marines. Growing up I'd always ask him to tell me war stories but would only really tell me the same 3 stories. One of which was about a marine he knew that would walk his patrol route and see what he described as a "Rock Ape" . The Marine would save his fruitcakes from his MRE and throw it to the ape everytime he walked his route. The marine was eventually replaced by another marine and walked the same patrol route not knowing about the ape and fruitcakes. He said the ape became angry when he didn't have the cakes and attacked him by punching the new marine repeatedly and each punched shattered his bones. He told me this story multiple times, my father was being serious and matter of fact when he told the story. I've never known him to lie either. My dad passed away back in 2007. I'm almost positive they exist . I wish he was still alive, I'd ask him to be detailed and travel to where he was to try and find the elusive ape.

@herbseinburg449

3 жыл бұрын

Dude that’s wild

@quierodesign3958

Жыл бұрын

Can I document this?