Family Reunions and a UFO Story (Bedford, Indiana)

[@grandmawrinkles795]

you are a great story teller Roger, having lived in or near Bedford for many years i love the stories of the area

[@scotttrent5916]

New subscriber. I know this is an older video but I have a story to tell. When I was a young child in the early 70s I lived in Selma Indiana my mom and dad my brothers and sister were outside close to darkness and there was an oval shaped light in the sky and it started to move around in different directions, my dad got us in the car and we started to follow it, it led us to the north side of Muncie to a gravel pit, went down into it and disappeared. There were people in there cars all around the gravel pit. Not sure what it was but I believed all my life that it was a UFO. Then I learned that close encounters of the third kind was based upon this sighting. Several people I have talked to my age have similar stories.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Welcome to the channel, Scott! I was living near a military base next to Edinburgh, Indiana. One night, I headed toward nearby Columbus, to get a carry-out order, and took a country road that has no lights. On the right side of the road, in a field, were a formation of at least 10 green lights, hovering. I stopped the car to take a look, but as soon as I did, each of them started peeling off and following each other, toward the base. They were quiet. I took after them, and got up to about 90 mph before they absolutely left me. I mean blink gone. Locals call them military signal drones. I saw them two other times when I lived there. Probably not what you saw, but I always share that to see if there’s anything common in the stories

[@stuartphillips4438]

Do you know any Phillips from around there? My dad told me a few stories from around the same time. They were living in Albany when my aunt, uncles and dad were playing hiding go seek. And my aunt was hiding by the shed and there was a ufo hovering around 50ft about her. They said that the trees were blowing around along with my aunts dress but absolutely no sound. They said the whole neighborhood saw it including the sheriff that my grandma called. I had a really close encounter in Dunkirk about 15 years ago that was pretty intense. That whole is a Hotspot for sure.

[@kimberlyrupp5643]

Here's to your great, great grandfather and other's like him✨ May we all take the time and truly benefit from their knowledge and experience. Loved this video my friend. May the light of the universe accompany you always

[@scotttrent5916]

Thank you for putting so much effort into your videos.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Sharing my love of Indiana is a pleasure!

[@bricemenaugh4828]

Thank you for highlighting Bedford! My hometown

[@AdventureswithRoger]

6 generations of my family have lived in Lawrence County, and I wanted to pay my respects. I ended up doing 28 films, with at least one more to come! 🙂 Below is a playlist you might enjoy: Lawrence County Indiana kzbin.info/aero/PLs79BVReZPlRXYUiIQKrCKrlRzOGYV2AZ

[@lgoodeill22]

Thank you for making these videos. They are a joy to watch! I grew up in Lawrence co. (Bedford). I’ve lived in Alabama 20 years, and Indiana is still the only place I call home. So homesick for reunions at the park shelter house

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Six generations of my family lived in Lawrence County. I once did a short film about how it’ll always be home, even though I never lived there. So many fond memories of family that are no longer with us.

[@richardrogerson2383]

I love and cherish first hand accounts of events. It's true history this is at the very least a true story.

[@ginamaria2579]

Wonderful stories, a little choked up there ☺️💕

[@AdventureswithRoger]

As I was importing the old footage, I marveled at all the people that were now gone: literally half of the room. Some of them I’d only known a few years, had met them at the reunion. Yet, it seemed like I’d known them my entire life. Really sweet people, all of them.

[@ginamaria2579]

@@AdventureswithRoger I know right, so often hearing wonderful stories from loved ones it makes us miss em all over again .. My daughter and I sorta into genealogy, we both work in education so Summers are the best time to search archives, just really cool . As we searched this article came across this child that seemed to be orphaned or we just got stuck, we kept going back day after day trying to find out about her we had the census, papers with who she lived with obviously family members but then it stalled, we were just determined to find out who was she, so after about month with no luck we just sitting with my mom talking and mentioned this child’s name and my mom looked at me slapped her knee with the surprise on her face, oh honey I’ve been to her house she lived until her late 90 s 😳🤣🤣 .

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Awesome stories and insights from the people that lived through it. I used to love taking my Mother to historical sites. There’d usually be this young girl or guy, telling how things used to be, and my Mother would tell them “how it was actually done”. 🙂

[@Baggageclaimarea]

Love this story and this channel!! I went to school with a Turpen or two during my few short years at BNL. I lived out in Buddha and yes it was very strange out there at times my “unexplained sighting” was in the mid 90s in Middletown IN. Ps, those bibs your GGGpa were wearing in that last picture are very sharp for the day!! Wonderful picture!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Someone a few days ago, said that they’d lived in Lawrence County many years, and couldn’t get over how much strange stuff happens there! GG Grandpa was a real character! Lied about his age to fight in the civil war, twice! His first deployment was at only 16 years old. He had 4 wives, only one outlived him, producing a total of 13 kids. Soooooo, 13 kids multiplied by at least 5 generations: lots of Turpen’s! 🙂

[@ASFMitchelProductions]

oh man this brings back so many memories. the Roots Wrays and Abel's would have reunions there. thanks

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots of good memories here too! Many of them now, bittersweet.

[@mrbr549]

Very interesting Roger! Yes, we need to ask our questions while our relatives are alive. Life is short, and sometimes it's hard to remember to take the time to talk to people about the events they remember from the past. There is a wealth of knowledge to be had if we take time to listen.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I wish I’d asked more questions and spent more time.

[@anndinoto]

I'm 74 now and really wished I had asked my parents about what life was like in the 1930's, during the war, where my grandparents came from in Germany and when they came to the United States. These are all questions all of us seem to have forgotten to ask in our younger days when there was people who could answer them. Friends of mine are using ancestry web sites, but there's nothing like hearing a story from the source.

[@anndinoto]

@Barry Wyatt We get so busy with day to day life that we don't stop to think about where we came from and what others have done before and with us. As I wrote this comment, I thought back about our fathers and WWII. My dad was a medic and followed Patton through Italy and Germany,

[@anndinoto]

@Barry Wyatt Keep asking relatives and friends about their lives and you'll be amazed by what you learn and find you have in common. Keep healthy and safe and enjoy your time with the kids.

[@richardrogerson2383]

@@anndinotoYour father most likely (without hesitation or reservation) did his duty. My grandfather was a boiler technician aboard the USS Bassett. Second ship to pick up survivors from the USS Indianapolis sinking. In 1970's I personally met one of the rescued survivors my grandfather personally took a shining to. My grandfather,at my request told me of picking up survivors from a ship wreck. They were covered with oil they couldn't discern the nationality. I could tell more, but I'm trying to make a point.

[@chrisblack8390]

Cool family reunion. Nice building too. My Great grandpa did the same thing as yours! He was 16 too. He had my grandma when he was 60. He was in a Ohio calvary. We have all his records because my grandma ordered them. My parents have them now an i still haven't got to read them. Good story. Thanks

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I wish I’d had more time, but I guess we all do. 🙂

[@The_Phill_A_Blunt]

I loved meet ups like this because I'm a history nerd

[@香料國境]

Excellent.

[@michaelgreenslade7260]

Roger, you need to meet Allen Bishop the distiller at Spirits of French lick. He is a great source of historical information about the distilling history of Southern Indiana period. You won’t be disappointed.

[@scruffy281]

This sounds like so much fun!!! I wish my family was like this!!❤

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Someone had to start it and maintain it. It’s not easy! Kids need things to do, adults need interesting reasons to come, mailing lists need maintained. Shelters need rented, so either someone has to provide the money or people bring items for auctions, that will pay for next year and any mailings.

[@taianifong2203]

Had a similar experience with my dad uncle and brother just south of Anderson in the early 90s! My father was in the Airforce said there was no aircraft that he knew of that made no sound or turn at such sharp turns. It followed us and my dad stopped and turned the headlights off and on as it was stopped also it flash us back and went straight up and disappeared!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Sooner or later, I’ll publish a segment on my military base UFO encounter. I’ll bet it will sound very familiar to you!

[@elizabethmckenzie3033]

Well done!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Elizabeth!

[@Jamie-om2iz]

At one time my Grandparents owned a large part of the property on the right hand side of the road that you & Mr Turpin traveled. Very interesting story . Thank you for sharing.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I sure do miss Beryl. He was good people and had a youthful spirit to the very end!

[@slade7354]

Nice! Great one!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thanks, Roman!

[@kristenkern4247]

I’m from Bedford, Indiana. I lived across from the airport off Tunnelton Rd. My whole family and I have ufo stories too. Something about Lawrence County is different. I can’t put my finger on it. Also had a strange encounter with something out at the Tunnelton Tunnel.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots of theories about why Lawrence County has a spooky vibe, and people see things like Bigfoot and UFO’s. Some are pretty “out there”, from an underground alien base, with Bigfoot being a type of alien, to ancient cultures that continue to come back home. Or, that the immense amount of limestone acts as a radio telescope, to receive cosmic energy. All I know is that Lawrence County feels special to me. Lots of relatives have lived there, but it just seems solid as the limestone bedrock, and that’s hard to explain any other way! 🙂 Below is my spooky footage from Tunnelton kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGfWl4ZpqNN1eqM

[@fortuitousthings8606]

Thanks for this

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure!

[@martinamassey5379]

Ball lightning happened in my family's home, I watched it come through the window and showed my dad next thing we we're all on the floor, my brother, grandad, dad and I. It was only 4feet away from my head then shot up and out of the window.. I was only 6 but I still remember it.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’ve had people tell me they often pop and make an explosion. Gladly that didn’t happen near your head! 🙂 Scientists say they are super rare, but I tend to believe they happen more often than people talk about. It’s so odd, and other worldly, that I believe some people might fear being labeled crazy, so don’t talk about it.

[@indianamichelle7216]

Lesson to those of us living now-if you have elderly relatives who are willing to be recorded and like to tell stories about the “old days” do so now before it’s too late! And, yep, I do believe it’s quite possible that we’re not alone on this planet! 👽 God made a universe so vast and incomprehensible, how could it not be a possibility that he made others! Great story and video as always 🩵🩶🩵🩶

[@hoosiersquatch6850]

Enjoyed the vid!👍

[@addieandkaysenfamilyadvent1418]

Enjoyed hearing the story. From Corydon so not far from there. UFO and aliens are exciting. New subscriber and follower.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Welcome to the adventure! I love small towns, history and unusual stories. I just published one about Bigfoot sightings in southern Indiana, with one specific case in Harrison county: your neck of the woods. Too many stories to all be hoaxes!

[@RetiredLovingIt]

Wow! What an interesting story!

[@The_Phill_A_Blunt]

I love this story

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Beryl was a really cool guy. I miss him.

[@MagneticUniverse]

My grandfather had a similar story about ball lightning or spherical UFO while working on the railroad near Westpoint, Indiana in the 70s. It was zipping around the train pacing and racing it. Roger I don't think you've done one on this, but in 2008 I drove down to Bedford to see the half-moon crop circle formations that had made the news. By the time I got there they had been somewhat destroyed. The locals told me that 'white vans' showed up with guys dressed in something like hazmat suits and had done the damage. There were still very strange energies there. My friend took a photo of me and that revealed an orb that enveloped my entire body. Bedford is a magical place!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Bedford covers up many things! I vividly remember a Lawrence county Bigfoot footprint, that made the news, when I was a kid. I even saw a news clipping at the old history library, that was in the courthouse basement. The new history museum has no record of it, and the online archive is missing! Would be interested in the half moon location!

[@MagneticUniverse]

@@AdventureswithRoger Here's an interesting video that shows the location off of Sandpit Road: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqCrpaV7pL6XnMk

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Several decades ago, I was intrigued by the crop circles in Great Britain. It was a huge sensation on the paranormal interest circuit. “Finally, aliens are trying to communicate with us!” Every mainstream news outlet was covering it. Then two guys came forward and showed how they did it: two sticks, two pieces of rope. They demonstrated how they made the elaborate designs, in just one evening. It was kind of a letdown. Then someone said, “Those guys work for the government, it’s just a big coverup. Crop circles are a real phenomenon.” I didn’t know what to think, but noticed crop circles pretty much went away after the two guys showed how to make them. I’d love to see a non time elapse film of them being created, without humans, to settle it! Older reports of “alien landings” had radioactivity that was measurable. I’m very intrigued by all of it!

[@MagneticUniverse]

@@AdventureswithRoger There were other pictures on the web showing more definitive and uniform formations of the half moons in Bedford, but I can't seem to find them. I think those guys built some of them, but were also disinfo agents. People can easily create cropcircles using that plank method, but there are instances where some of the more elaborate ones were created within at least few hours and in multiple locations. Here's some old footage of one being created: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX2ZqXqcmsSUZ9U

[@bige8269]

I live off of ufo content idk why I’m so drawn to it. History on aliens ancient Egyptians all that, I could watch it for hours.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

If I go to the Weird History channel, I will be consumed for hours! Egyptology, advanced ancient technologies, unexplained phenomena, cryptozoology, I love it all! 🙂

[@gus29361]

If you're related to the turpen family we're likely distant cousins. I was at the most recent turpen reunion and have been to most over the last 15 years. was totally blown away when I saw the shelter house and family reunion in the title. I dont know if you remember a jerry rainey he is turning 80 this year. He is my grandfather. Crazy seeing all of this video of my own family popping up on my recommendations

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Hey cousin! I know Jerry, met Reba (your great grandmother of course) when she was alive, along with Bruce and Beryl. I was at the same reunion, asking everyone to get a group photo. I didn’t get to speak with everyone, as I was copying genealogy info for anyone with a flash drive. Just missed you!

[@austingulley8563]

Me and a good friend of mine were huntin around ol buddha road along guthrie creek one super cold night in December back in highschool and seen a ball of light in the distance we reckoned it was just someone with a led lantern by the color of it but then it floated right on by us fairly close never made a sound or bounced it just steadily moved on outta sight I’d guess it was 3 or 4 feet off the ground I’d say it was just a bit smaller then a basket ball never seen one since it was very spooky once we realized it wasn’t a person with a light

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Ball lightning is rare but real. Scientists don’t really know what it is. Some people have even theorized that it’s a spirit. All I know is that my elderly cousin, and his two siblings, definitely saw something, and they remembered it for life! As an interesting note, where we were on Groundhog road, is not far from a transformer. I don’t know if that’s relevant or not.

[@edwardh1591]

Most of my aunts and uncles on my dad’s side were from Great Depression and ww2 era. I grew up in the old world ways.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My Parents were born in 1933 and 1938, so they and their parents were in the thick of the depression. I know we didn’t waste anything, and lights were turned off when we left a room. We cleared out plates. We shared what we had. There was always an emphasis of being prepared.

[@nicholaspender2544]

My father was from Bedford and lived in Leesville and him and his cousin saw bigfoot and shortly after they saw it. It was spotted in Bedford

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’ve heard many stories about Lawrence County Bigfoot sightings. They all seem to be very legit.

[@dean828]

I have seldom told people this event... when I was 13, in the summer of 1983... I witnessed a silver disc that materialized in the sky and wobbled for approximately 5 seconds... this occurred in Floyd county, Indiana... the disc was a typical "UFO shape", it was silver gray in color... I was walking up the street of my subdivision... I had a sensation that I was not supposed to have seen this object, but that it had mistakenly appeared... yes, a strange thing to feel, but I did... the disc wobbled in one location and then simply vanished... that is the only such experience with a "UFO" I have ever had... Now decades later, I have developed theories and beliefs based on my research into such phenomena about what these things are... all filtered thru my Christian faith.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’ve seen the hovering lights over by Atterbury, everyone sees them, and I caught them on my old video camera. Those are supposedly military drones, but I’ve never known a drone that could leave me in the dust at 90 miles an hour! But I came down to the Ohio river with my cousins, and saw something really puzzling. I was down by the old Rocky’s restaurant, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw what looked like a huge, floating, rusty brown colored object floating in the sky above the water. It honestly looked like the vehicle the Jawas drove in the first Star Wars. I did a double take, thinking, “I did NOT just see what I saw.” And it was gone. Obviously it was an optical illusion, maybe something reflecting off the water and into fine water particles in the sky. Right? But I was somewhere and mentioned it, and a lady acted like I’d released a heavy weight off her back. “You saw it too! I knew I wasn’t crazy! It was huge, quiet, rusty red and just floated there in the sky!” I still don’t know what I saw, but apparently, I wasn’t the only one!

[@dean828]

@@AdventureswithRoger many unexplained things in this world... let alone Indiana... I really enjoy your channel, keep up the good work. I'll comment on other videos soon!

[@MrJrsdts]

I think Ball lightning is spirits, and they can be bad spirits too!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I believe in spirits, not sure what I think about ball lightning though. You’ll see orbs in cemetery pictures, pretty often. That’s happened to me. Ball lightning seems to happen anywhere, no precipitating spiritual event / death or something. Has happened inside of airplanes.

[@brutalityinbuddha9428]

Love the story of Ball lighting, it was ELECTRIC. i hope you interview some 1990 bedford tornado people. Check out my demented songs and stories i create in Buddha and Tunnelton, someday legendary, yet musically ear penetrateing to say the least lol

[@berthalopez9625]

Podrás poner los subtítulos por favor,,, Español. Gracias