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5 min readA Hunter Asked for a Sign. Then a Massive Hand Covered His Head
Mark Parker was bow hunting alone in the mountains between Austin Junction and Baker, Oregon in 2019 when he first noticed something off. For several mornings, an unfamiliar grunt sounded behind him at exactly 9:30 AM. He didn't think much of it at first—just another noise in the woods. But over the course of that trip, and the year that followed, Parker would have experiences that shifted his understanding of what he was dealing with from a simple animal to something far stranger.
The First Encounter: A Face Around a Tree
Parker had been elk hunting for several days when odd behavior began. While sitting over a wallow hole one evening, he heard something walk up behind him—close enough that the wind should have carried his scent to it. Any normal animal, he reasoned, would have bolted. Instead, whatever it was circled him, moving back and forth between trails on either side of his position, never stepping into view. After four or five passes, he heard a loud "boom boom boom" that he later learned was a tree knock.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:31) **Encounter Begins: Bow Hunting Alone in Eastern Oregon** - Mark Parker describes hunting alone near Austin Junction, Oregon, and the first strange signs that something is wrong.
- 2 (04:24) **The Tree Knock and the "Weird" Behavior** - Mark experiences a creature circling him at dusk, refusing to flee, and then delivering a loud tree knock.
- 3 (06:52) **The First Sighting: A Brown Face Peeking from a Tree** - Mark returns to the same area and gets a clear, close look at the creature's face and head.
- 4 (16:12) **Aftermath and Coping with the Encounter** - Mark discusses the psychological impact of the sighting and his initial steps to process it.
- 5 (20:44) **Connecting with Researcher Darrell Adams** - Mark gets linked up with veteran researcher Darrell Adams and begins investigating the infamous Al Moon Lab area in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
- 6 (24:34) **Evidence at Al Moon Lab: Tracks, Rocks, and Gifting Logs** - Mark describes the overwhelming physical evidence he encountered on his first trip to the Al Moon Lab.
- 7 (30:37) **Trail Cam Evidence and Unexplained Phenomena** - Mark's attempts to capture evidence on camera lead to bizarre, seemingly intelligent interference.
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Show Notes
That encounter led Mark into years of investigation with Darrell Adams near Cottage Grove and the mysterious Owl Moon Lab. He describes enormous tracks, rocks thrown from the timber, food disappearing between trail-camera photographs, unexplained lights, and a massive figure crossing a forest trail after dark.
Mark also shares the deeply unsettling experience that occurred when he returned to Eastern Oregon, slept beneath the open sky, and asked whatever was nearby to give him a sign.
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