Back in 1983 when I was a young infantry officer stationed at Fort Lewis Washington I had the unique opportunity to be present when a young sergeant from the Ranger Battalion at the post explained to a group of officers (all my friends) why he'd called for an emergency extraction of his patrol in the middle of an extended Field Training Exercise. I am not at liberty to give the details of the exchange because I gave my word that I would never do so, but the account was blood chilling. If it were coming from my own troops at the time, I'd say there were drugs involved. But from an airborne ranger, part of an outfit whose creed is to never lie to any officer or another ranger...I became a believer. I wonder how many of our special ops folks whose duty is to train deep in the wilderness have had similar encounters? They'd be the most likely to have them since part of the job description is to slip thru the forest silently and recon for the enemy. You wanna call those guys hoaxers or dupes, be my guest. But I know better. I've not seen any of the critters but I have had some chilling encounters deep in the woods of the pacific northwest that I can't explain. My platoon sergeant at the time was a combat veteran from vietnam was also present and he'd say it creeped him out too. I didn't call for an extraction by Blackhawk, but I did link up and stay with another platoon operating nearby.
And thanks for your service.
They all made the same promise at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, but they all eventually talked. (One example)
C'mon, enough time has passed. Dont have to name names. Just tell us what happened. :-)