Organization for Researching Bigfoot
ORB
Bigfoot is real. We're proving it.
Science-driven. Open-minded. Field-tested.
Bigfoot is real. We're proving it.
Science-driven. Open-minded. Field-tested.
Co-Founded by Chuck Walden & Dirk Wilson
The Organization for Researching Bigfoot — known as ORB — was co-founded by Chuck Walden and Dirk Wilson with a singular purpose: to investigate, document, and ultimately prove the existence of Bigfoot/Sasquatch through rigorous field research, open-minded scientific inquiry, and structured expedition methodology.
Bigfoot has been a part of human experience long before European contact with North America. Native American traditions across the continent reference a large, bipedal, forest-dwelling being — described consistently across cultures separated by thousands of miles. We take this history seriously.
At ORB, we believe Bigfoot is a real creature — one that may possess biological features we do not yet fully understand, including possible behaviors that blur the line between the physical and the paranormal. We are open-minded to ALL theories, from the biological to the interdimensional, and we welcome researchers and enthusiasts of every perspective.
"Bigfoot/Sasquatch has been around for many years dating back to before Europeans came to these shores. Bigfoot is a real creature with some mystical or paranormal features. We are open-minded to ALL theories and will listen to anyone's ideas."
— Organization for Researching Bigfoot | ORB
We employ structured field methodology: passive surveillance, active contact protocols, physical evidence collection, and biometric data logging across every investigation.
Our team deploys on multi-day and single-day expeditions across high-probability habitats in the eastern and southern United States — conducting systematic, repeatable investigations.
We welcome all theories — biological, paranormal, interdimensional. No idea is off the table. Every researcher's voice matters. Evidence drives our conclusions.
"Be like Bigfoot. Believe in yourself."
Chuck & Dirk Expedition Series — Three Operations
📍 Fort Mountain State Park, GA
📅 August 6–9, 2026
🌲 3,600 acres
Fort Mountain State Park in Murray County, Georgia sits atop the Cohutta Mountains — one of the most consistently reported Bigfoot corridors in the Southeast. The park's remote ridge trails, stone wall feature, and dense Appalachian hardwood create exceptional investigation terrain.
📍 Coshocton County, OH
📅 May 1, 2027
👥 4-Person Team: Chuck Walden, Dirk Wilson + 2 Additional Investigators
Coshocton County, Ohio sits within one of the most consistently reported Bigfoot activity corridors in the eastern United States. The region's dense mixed hardwood, creek bottomlands, and remote interior terrain create ideal habitat conditions. ORB's largest deployment to date — a four-person investigative team conducting coordinated multi-terrain field operations.
📍 Sam Houston National Forest, TX
📅 2027 — Various Day Expeditions
🌲 163,037 acres
Sam Houston National Forest — 163,037 acres of East Texas Piney Woods — is the site of a 2014 video footage capture and triple-track discovery, a 2006 confirmed barefoot impression on the Richards Loop trail, and multiple Class A sightings. Six structured one-day expeditions are planned.
Compiled from BFRO reports, field investigation, and direct encounter documentation
A father and son hiking the Richards Loop of the Lone Star Hiking Trail discovered a clear barefoot impression in soft post-burn ash. The impression displayed visible toe outlines, non-human arch morphology, and measured larger than a size 13.5 4E boot. BFRO investigators confirmed the report as credible. This site is a primary target of Operation Lone Star Shadow.
A hog hunter operating in a forest compartment off Osborne Road captured video footage of a large, black bipedal creature running at the tree line. Three separately-sized track impressions with clear toe detail were located on the adjacent pipeline corridor west of Lake Conroe — suggesting group rather than solitary activity.
Coshocton County and the surrounding eastern Ohio corridor have generated multiple BFRO Class A and Class B encounter reports over several decades. Reports include dusk sightings of large upright figures near woodland boundaries, wood knock exchanges reported by campers, and encounter series suggesting resident rather than transient activity. ORB's Operation Coshocton Shadow will conduct the first structured investigation of this corridor.
The Cohutta Mountains corridor of northwest Georgia has one of the longest documented encounter histories in the Southeast. Fort Mountain's ridgeline systems and creek drainages are consistent with long-term habitat use. Multiple Class B reports reference bipedal sounds on ridgelines at night and strong unidentified odors in creek bottoms.
Chuck Walden & Dirk Wilson, Team Leads
"Pre-dawn operations at the pipeline corridor are the highest-priority window. The clearing acts as a natural travel route — any large animal moving between forest blocks is funneled through this open ground. We confirmed three separate track sizes at this site. We're going back with a full team."
Operation Coshocton Shadow — Pre-Mission Notes
"Coshocton County is our most ambitious Ohio deployment yet. Four investigators in the field simultaneously allows us to cover multiple terrain features in a single day — ridge systems, creek drainages, and interior hollows. This is exactly the kind of coordinated pressure we need to document consistent activity patterns. May 1, 2027."
ORB Research Note
"The Little Lake Creek Wilderness is the most genuinely undisturbed terrain we've worked in Texas. No motors, no mechanized equipment permitted. Three creek drainages converge in the interior. Twin Ponds is our primary base of operations. The cane thickets along these drainages have never been systematically surveyed. That changes in 2027."
ORB welcomes researchers, field investigators, enthusiasts, and open-minded skeptics of every background.
Whether you're a seasoned field investigator with years of expedition experience or someone who had an encounter you've never been able to explain — there's a place for you at ORB. We believe in open inquiry, respectful dialogue, and serious fieldwork. All theories welcome. All voices heard.
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