Mark Felton Productions writes “Many American GIs during the Vietnam War reported encounters with large unknown primates they nicknamed ‘Rock Apes’. Were they lying or mistaken – this video presents evidence dating back to the early 19th century for the existence of the Rock Ape, encountered many times during the French colonial period, and also includes more recent physical evidence discovered by Vietnamese scientists.”
Richard W
Mark Eaton, read all the encounters the GI’s had in Vietnam. They killed quite a few of them, after they were attacked by these creatures. Even the North Vietnamese sent people to investigate the reports coming from their troops.
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My husband is a Vietnam war veteran 1970-71.
I ask him about rock apes? He hadn’t heard of them while on tour.
But has read about them much later after the war.
He doesn’t know if the stories are fact or fiction.
Lisa B
They’re everywhere! They’re everywhere!
Rob T
Mark Felton does exceptional military documentaries, looking forward to watching this one.
Gary C
Oh I was going to recommend this video, for those interested in WW2 and other conflicts this guy makes amazing short videos, great for any Bolt Action (Warlord Games) players
Steven W
I attended the Naval War College in the mid 2000’s and attended a small group lecture by retired US Special Forces Sergeant Jon Robert Cavaiani who received the Medal of Honor during Vietnam. Among the many fascinating anecdotes he told our group was one of an ambush his patrol was on in Vietnam where one of his soldiers had attempted to knife what he thought was a Vietnamese man on an open trail. Cavaiani said that he watched his team member run up to the “man” from behind with his knife just before the soldier abruptly turned around and attempted to run away and retreat. The “man” whom, everyone assumed was Vietnamese, turned and ran after the soldier and jumped on his back biting into him. Cavaiani and others ended up shooting the “man” and killing him only to find out it was a large (man sized) orangish “orangutan” covered in reddish long hair. The Special Forces solider who was attacked survived but I recall him saying they had to sever the dead apes head to get it off the soldier. We all laughed at the story at the time and assumes it was an orangutan as Cavaiani said. However years later two things now come to my mind; these Vietnam Rock Ape accounts and the fact that there are NO known large primates in Indochina! I now wonder what they had run into and killed in Vietnam. And sadly Sergeant Cavaiani died in 2014.