Last week, Tim Peeler, a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina, got more than he bargained for while calling coyotes at his mountain top home near Casar. Expecting coyotes to emerge from the woods, Peeler was shocked when a 10 foot tall creature with yellowish hair and a yellow beard came into view and started to approach. Peeler, yelled at the creature and was able to turn it back before he called the local authorities. In his calls to Cleveland County 911, Peeler sounds disoriented, though it is hard to tell if it is because of the shock of his sighting or from intoxication. Audio from those calls is available here. For comparison, here is an interview of Peeler from a local news report of the encounter:

While I am not sure if alcohol or another substance may have played a role in the sighting, Mr. Peeler stands by his story and asks that everyone keep an open mind. Adding some credibility to the report is the fact that there is no obvious benefit from the sighting to Mr. Peeler (in fact, saying that he was drunk and that he must have imagined the whole incident would probably be the easier course).

Bigfoot sightings are nothing new for Cleveland County, with reports of a Sasquatch-like creature locals dubbed Knobby dating back to the 1970′s, though county authorities say they have not received a report in years. Do you think this new sighting is genuine, or is it just a tall tale fueled by a mind altering substance?

NC man claims to have come face-to-face with Bigfoot
911 calls released from Sasquatch sighting in NC

Here is an interesting video out of Yokohama, Japan that was supposedly shot earlier this month that shows a rotating object hovering in the sky. While some have posited that the object may be a balloon, I am not sure that is the answer. While a balloon would possibly tumble like the object in the clip after it was initially launched, a ballon it would eventually find equilibrium and steady itself – especially by the time it reached the apparent altitude that the UFO appears to be floating at. I thought it may be a kite, but there doesn’t appear to be any evidence that the object is tethered to anything. What do you think, is there a simple explanation for this mysterious object’s appearance over Yokohama or is it destined to remain a UFO?

UFO daytime footage over Yokohama – Japan [via Phantoms & Monsters]

I am not really sure what to make of this video that was reportedly shot in Columbia last month. It shows two objects, that appear to possibly be spherical, passing overhead. As I started watching the video, my first gut reaction was that this footage is of balloons floating in the sky but as the clip played on I became less sure. I can’t exactly put my finger on it, but there is something about this video that makes the balloon explanation not seem to fit. What do you think? Is my first reaction that this is just footage of balloons in the sky correct, or does this video show something else entirely?

UFO Sighting In South America (Colombia) May 2010