Rendlesham Forest revisited: what we know and what we're missing

Not strictly Bigfoot territory, I know, but Rendlesham's been on my mind lately. For anyone who doesn't know the location: it's this massive forest on the Suffolk-Norfolk border that had a famous UFO incident in 1980, but long before that it had reports of a large, bipedal creature moving through the woods.

The forest is absolutely enormous - over 4,000 acres of managed woodland. Perfect habitat for something large and shy to hide. We know large primates aren't native to Britain, but what if something got loose decades ago and established a population? It's not scientifically plausible, but it's not impossible either.

I'm planning an investigation there in the autumn when the forest is quieter and the nights are longer. Looking for people interested in joining - proper work, not tourism. We'll be doing thermal imaging, audio recording, and looking for physical evidence. Would need at least 4-5 people and we'd be camping overnight.

Anyone with direct experience at Rendlesham? Any thoughts on what might be moving through that forest?

Rendlesham's fascinating because it sits on that weird intersection of UFO reports and cryptid reports. The fact that the area has documented sightings of something unusual over decades - regardless of what it is - makes it worth investigating properly. I'd be interested in joining something like this.

I'm sceptical about the whole thing, but I'll be honest: Rendlesham's got enough documented reports that dismissing it entirely would be unscientific. That said, have you considered that people are more likely to interpret ambiguous forest sounds as something unusual once you've primed them with stories of strange creatures? Confirmation bias is powerful.

what if something got loose decades ago and established a population?

Where exactly did this hypothetical something come from? A zoo? An illegal private collection? And how would it survive British winters for decades without leaving any skeletal remains? There are real predators in British forests - lynx, wolverine - and we know where they are because of bone finds, scat analysis, camera trap footage. A large primate population wouldn't hide that neatly.

I've been to Rendlesham twice. Incredible place. Got some interesting thermal images but nothing I could definitively say was a large animal rather than just woodland conditions. Definitely worth a proper investigation though. If you're organising something serious, I'm in.

The forest's been extensively studied due to the UFO incident. If there was a breeding population of large apes, wouldn't someone have documented it by now? Foresters, hikers, locals? The absence of evidence is pretty strong evidence of absence in this case.