He Didn't Tell Todd Standing About the Recorders — Then This Happened
September 10, 2026
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5 min readOn a BFRO expedition in middle Tennessee, Frank Middleton was lying in his tent around 2:30 a.m. when a scream-howl erupted from maybe a hundred yards away. It vibrated through his left arm where it touched the tent fabric. He had heard coyotes and other animals his whole life. Nothing compared to this. Then came slow bipedal footsteps on the gravel outside. He yelled out a warning. No answer. No sound of retreat either. That moment, he says, sunk the hook.
Frank Middleton is a BFRO investigator, a veteran, and certified in track and sign through a U.S. organization that trains under some of the best trackers in the world. He came into Bigfoot research from the tracking side, not the other way around. He insists that Bigfoot should be the last thing an investigator narrows it down to — you rule out everything else first. For him, learning to read tracks and sign was a game changer because it forced him to understand what every other animal in a region does, how they move, what their tracks look like, and what kind of sign they leave. Most people, he says, have lost that knowledge as a society, and we are only moving further from it.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:18) **Guest Introduction: Frank Middleton** - Host Jeremiah Byron introduces Frank Middleton, a BFRO investigator, veteran, and certified tracker.
- 2 (07:25) **The Hook: First BFRO Expedition Scream** - Frank describes the pivotal audio encounter that pushed him over the edge into full belief.
- 3 (11:55) **Visual Encounter: Amber Eyes in Florida** - Frank recounts the closest visual sighting he’s had, with his children present.
- 4 (18:20) **Weird Tennessee Phenomena: Voices, Orbs, and Engine Sounds** - Frank shares the strangest non-visual experiences from his Tennessee expeditions.
- 5 (20:25) **Pond Knocks and Rock Throwing** - Frank details a night of intense interaction near a pond in Tennessee.
- 6 (22:40) **The Poo and Trail Camera Discovery** - A day-hike reveals unusual signs of possible Sasquatch activity.
- 7 (25:50) **Illuminated Eyes in Tennessee** - Frank describes a three-hour interaction with multiple sets of glowing eyes that changed color based on the group’s behavior.
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Show Notes
Frank Middleton joins Bigfoot Society to share years of field investigations across Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, and British Columbia.
Frank approaches the subject with a track-and-sign background and a simple rule: eliminate the ordinary explanations first.
That approach has taken him into some remarkable situations.
In Middle Tennessee, a massive scream wakes him in the middle of the night and is followed by slow footsteps moving across the gravel toward his tent.
In Florida’s Green Swamp, Frank and his sons watch large amber-colored eyes swaying behind a tree at the edge of the woods. Later that night, something begins walking around their tent.
In Southeast Tennessee, Frank describes multiple sets of apparently self-illuminating eyes appearing across a mountainside for hours. At one point, the group counts nine sets. Two of them later break away and appear to follow members of the group down the mountain.
Frank also shares reports involving unexplained voices, wood knocks, rocks thrown into a pond, possible tracks, thermal images, a frightening Kentucky scream, and an overpowering odor that arrives immediately afterward.
Then the conversation reaches British Columbia and Todd Standing.
Frank went there specifically because he wanted to see the location for himself.
What happened during that trip deserves to be heard in his own words.
This episode is packed with field reports, strange evidence, firsthand observations, and incidents Frank still cannot fully explain.
Resources:
https://bfro.net
https://squatchinfl.com
https://www.youtube.com/@SasquatchUN-Redacted
Email: [email protected]
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