Out on Foot: Nightly Patrols and Ghostly Tales of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent

I heard one of the stories from this book related by the author, a former Border Patrol agent who worked mostly the overnight shift in the Otay Mountains between San Diego and Mexico, on "Spooked," a podcast that can be heard at NPR's Snap Judgment starting in August and going to Halloween. The story I heard was told by the author, a ranger who worked the overnight shift high in the wilds of the Otay mountains in the pitch black of night, searching out illegal immigrants being shepherded by "coyotes," coming through the Otay Mountains, including a very rough "coyote" who knew the area quite well and would trick rangers into running off a cliff if they were new and didn't really know the area well. This new ranger fell to his "death," but he didn't leave Earth, not until HE came back and got his guy... that's not all.. there are stories of haunted ruined homesteads that had been attacked by Indians, with sightings of orbs floating in the area around the ruins, Sasquatches seen climbing the hills and visualized on night vision cameras and a little "girl" seen floating along the trails and roads as well floating face-down in local streams, then appearing "alive," right next to you, standing right by your vehicle... wild and weird for sure!

I just have to share how much fun I’m having reading Rocky Elmore’s “Out on Foot”!While known for his spine-tingling ghost encounters in places no one in their right minds would work at night, especially in the pitch darkness of Marron Valley, the best part of the book is the way he relays the work and traffic experiences.From the academy, to the training unit to becoming a seasoned senior agent, he triggers so many memories, sights, sounds and smells that jump off the pages and drag you right back into the unit and out to the field!Working at the El Cajon Station most of my career, I have driven all the same roads, opened all the same gates, hiked all the same canyons and ravines and worked the same traffic in all the areas this book talks about. It brought back a flood of memories.While I haven’t had any personal encounters with the supernatural or paranormal (to my knowledge!) I can tell you I have seen lights in the sky and in the brush I can’t explain, heard the most bone-chilling sounds in the darkness while hours into the wilderness and away from any other human being, and many other situations I simply cannot explain while patrolling the southern border.What a great read and thrill ride this is. I highly recommend it! (And yes, I have also been stalked by a mountain lion a couple of times according to scope operators in the same exact areas Rocky talks about!)Thanks Rocky, for the guided tour of Border Patrol Operations along the Southern Border and all the sights, sounds and smells, and the details and nuances that go with it! Honor First!Buy the book, turn off the lights, grab a beer, and wait for whatever is stalking you to come get ya!

Rocky Elmore has a great, engaging way of telling the tales of his time with the Border Patrol, and of really putting you right in the middle of the Otay Mountains in the dark. It seems a place where few should go, dangerous and far away from any help, a d yet so many risk their lives in the desert every night.I respect Elmore's work while in the Border Patrol, without sharing some of the ideological beliefs he presents in this book. I didn't like the recurring terms "illegals" and "illegal aliens" when referring to migrants, but Elmore's compassion for the women, children and other desperate people crossing the border still makes itself known.All in all, he knows how to tell some spooky and outrageous stories, and kept me engaged throughout the book. I will be recommending this to others.

This book offers the reader an extraordinary journey into a world so far removed from normal that it almost respresents a different reality. I had very little knowledge of our border patrol officers and even less about those individuals whose mission it is to successfully cross the border into the US, some apparently two or three times the very same night! The dangers, the physical demands, the emotional stress and the drama of confronting the unknown in the black of night make the job of our border patrol agents one of the most challenging of any profession in the world.To be honest I was completely hooked long before the author began to discuss some of the paranormal events he and other fellow border patrol agents had experienced over the years. Many of these paranormal experiences were unlike any I've ever read before and I've been reading and researching the paranormal for more than a half century. These stories are not just scary, some are downright terrifying. One of the things I think make them even more intense is the knowledge this writer is telling you true stories he either personally experienced or were related to him from other patrol agents he knew were of impeccable honesty and integrity. As frightening as these stories are, they're made even more so because you know they are not fabricated or embellished.One of the most dramatic events related was of a fellow border patrol agent who lost his life while on duty one night, and then began to be seen on numerous occasions, apparently still doing his job as a border patrol guard. This included the specter of the dead agent actually confronting groups trying to make it across the border and assisting his still-living fellow agents in bringing these individuals into custody.The fact that all these dangerous and other-worldly confrontations occur in the dead of night in an area of total isolation and desolation in pitch black darkness makes them even more blood-curdling and frightening. One of the most gripping and entertaining books on the paranormal I've ever read. As some others have commented, one of my only disappointments about this book was reaching the final page.A definite must-read for those who are interested in reading true stories of ghosts and the paranormal. I heartily recommend it and I plan on reading it again cover to cover very soon.

I was a little sad when I’d finished this book, it gives great insight into the role of the Border patrol and the stories are told with obvious integrity, it’s an excellent read, I thoroughly enjoyed it

Lovely read, couldn’t put it down.

Intriguing and chilling encounters which will certainly speed up my hikes across the mountains

Very good condition good value for moneyWendy

Mexican border patrols, a really good read.