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Welcome back everyone. 
Put your feet up, settle in, and

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get ready to hear real 
eyewitness reports of terrifying

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encounters with Bigfoot. 
In October of 2015, a Carpenter 

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staying at a remote cabin on 
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reported a night of pounding and
terror that left him convinced 

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something massive and 
intelligent had come to his 

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door. 
What began as a routine work 

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trip turned into an encounter 
with a creature he still 

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struggles to describe, a being 
that seemed determined to test 

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the walls between him and the 
wilderness outside. 

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The Kenai Peninsula is rugged 
country even by Alaskan 

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standards. 
Miles of spruce and Birch forest

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run uninterrupted across hills 
and valleys interspersed with 

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rivers and marshes. 
Moose and barren wolves roam 

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freely, and human settlement 
thinsed almost nothing the 

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deeper you go inland. 
In October of 2025, a 38 year 

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old Carpenter from Anchorage had
been hired to repair and 

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reinforce a private hunting 
cabin. 

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The cabin sat on the edge of a 
small clearing near a Creek, 

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accessible only by foot or ATV. 
His plan was to stay for five 

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days, completing repairs and 
adding a new porch before the 

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heavy winter snow set in. 
By his third night, he had 

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settled into a routine. 
He worked during daylight, 

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cutting and fitting boards, and 
retreated to the cabin after 

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dusk, eating meals on a small 
propane stove. 

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Outside, the forest fell into 
early darkness. 

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The first two nights were 
uneventful. 

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He heard the distant cries of 
owls and the occasional crunch 

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of moose moving through the 
brush. 

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But on the third night, October 
14th, he began to feel watched 

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while stacking lumber near the 
porch. 

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Just before dusk, he noticed the
forest had gone silent. 

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No bird calls, no small 
movements, just stillness. 

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He shrugged off the feeling, 
chalking it up to isolation, and

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kept glancing toward the tree 
line as he worked. 

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After dark, he sat at the small 
table inside the cabin, eating 

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dinner while reading from his 
phone. 

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The wind rattled the windows now
and then, but otherwise the 

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night was quiet. 
Around 9:30 PMA, Sudden heavy 

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thud shook the cabin. 
It sounded as if someone had 

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slapped the outer wall with a 
massive open hand. 

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Startled, the Carpenter set down
his fork and listened. 

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A second blow followed, louder, 
striking the back wall near the 

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bedroom. 
Dust sifted down from the 

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ceiling beams, then silence. 
His first thought was a bear. 

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Black bears are common in the 
area, and brown bears were not 

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unheard of. 
But this didn't sound like a paw

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swipe or the scratch of claws. 
It sounded like an impact, 

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deliberate and flat, like a 
hand. 

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He retrieved his flashlight and 
rifle east to the nearest window

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and shown the beam into the 
clearing. 

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The yard was empty, the ATV 
still parked beside the lumber 

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pile. 
Beyond the circle of light, the 

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forest was a wall of darkness. 
Minutes passed. 

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Then another blow came, this 
time to the opposite wall, as if

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whatever was outside had moved 
around the cabin. 

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The sound was so loud it rattled
the dishes in the cupboard. 

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The carpenter's heart raced. 
He clicked off his light, moved 

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to the centre of the room and 
listened. 

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He could hear faint movement, 
heavy steps in the leaf litter 

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circling the cabin. 
Then came a new sound, a deep 

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huff, like a huge set of lungs 
exhaling just outside the wall. 

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It wasn't the sound of a bear 
sniffing or grunting. 

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It was deeper, almost like a low
growl. 

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He crouched by the window, 
barely breathing, and peered out

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through a gap in the curtain. 
In the faint moonlight he saw 

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movement between the trees, 
something tall and broad moving 

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upright, its silhouette cutting 
across the pale tree trunks. 

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It paused at the edge of the 
clearing, partially obscured. 

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The height alone froze him. 
This was no bear. 

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On its hind legs it was far 
taller, bulkier with arms. 

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Its outline was ragged with 
hair, the head sloping into a 

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conical shape. 
He ducked back from the window, 

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clutching his rifle. 
For the next hour, pounding 

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continued sporadically. 
Sometimes it was a single blow 

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to a wall. 
Other times it was a series of 

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thuds. 
Twice the door rattled, as if 

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something had pushed against it.
The Carpenter sat in the dark, 

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back to the table, rifle across 
his knees. 

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His breathing was shallow, his 
ears strained for any sound. 

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Each impact vibrated through the
floor, reminding him how thin 

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the cabin walls were. 
The strangest moment came just 

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before midnight. 
A long, heavy scraping ran 

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across the back wall, followed 
by a loud crack as a tree 

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snapped near the corner of the 
porch. 

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The sound was unmistakable, a 
display of power. 

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Suddenly, the noises stopped. 
The night fell completely 

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silent, so still he could hear 
his own pulse. 

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He waited another hour before 
moving from his spot, still 

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gripping his rifle. 
When he finally dared to look 

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outside, the clearing was empty.
The moon cast pale light across 

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the lumber pile, the ATV, and 
the tree line. 

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Nothing moved. 
He slept a little that night, 

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but every creak of the cabin 
sent his heart racing. 

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At first light. 
He stepped outside cautiously. 

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Frost glittered on the grass, 
and around the cabin he found 

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evidence of the night's events. 
Two of his stacked boards 

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knocked over, 1 snapped nearly 
in half and impressions in the 

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damp soil where something heavy 
had stood. 

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The prints were indistinct, but 
they were very large, far larger

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than his own boot prints spaced 
at intervals suggesting a 

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bipedal stride. 
Several saplings near the porch 

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were bent and broken at heights 
too tall for him to reach. 

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No claw marks marred the walls, 
no teeth marks on the boards, 

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just impact dense where 
something had struck with force.

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He packed up his tools, loaded 
the ATV, and left the site by 

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mid morning. 
Though he returned later to 

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finish the job, he never stayed 
overnight again. 

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The carpenter's glimpse was 
brief, but the image stayed with

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him. 
The figure he saw was massive, 

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at least 8 1/2 feet tall, 
shoulders nearly 4 feet wide, 

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and the body was covered in 
dark, shaggy hair. 

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Its arms were long and muscular.
The head was conical, with a 

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sloping forehead and a heavy 
brow Ridge. 

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The outline of the face was 
broad. 

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These details were hard to see 
in the moonlight, but what 

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struck him most was its sheer 
size and upright posture, moving

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silently except when it wanted 
him to hear. 

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The night's events suggested 
more than random curiosity. 

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The creature circled the cabin, 
striking walls, scraping wood, 

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and snapping trees. 
Each action seemed designed to 

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intimidate, not harm. 
It never tried to break a window

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or force the door, though it 
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Instead, it demonstrated power 
from outside, making sure he 

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knew he was surrounded. 
This behavior fits a pattern 

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reported in other remote 
encounters loud impacts, 

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displays of strength, and 
prolonged presence without 

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direct attack. 
The Carpenter often replayed 

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that night in his mind. 
How long had the creature been 

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watching him before it started? 
Was it drawn by the noise of 

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construction or the scent of 
food? 

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He also wondered why it left so 
quickly. 

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Did it lose interest, or was it 
satisfied it had driven its 

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point home? 
Whatever its motive, the 

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experience ended his sense of 
security in Alaska's 

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Backcountry. 
Even years later, he admitted 

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the memory of those pounding 
fists and the silhouette in the 

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trees still haunted him. 
The October 2015 Kenai Peninsula

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incident stands out as a 
textbook example of intimidation

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behaviour. 
At a remote cabin, a lone 

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Carpenter deep in the Alaskan 
wilderness spent a night 

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listening to pounding fists on 
his walls, heavy steps circling 

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and a silhouette at the tree 
line that defied ordinary 

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explanation. 
For him, the event marked a 

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turning point. 
He had always considered himself

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at ease in remote settings. 
After that night, he understood 

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there were things in the forest 
larger, stronger and more 

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terrifying than any bear. 
The Allegheny National Forest 

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covers more than 1/2 a million 
acres in northwestern 

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Pennsylvania. 
It's dense hardwood ridges, deep

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hollows and miles of logging 
roads create an environment 

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where solitude comes easily and 
wildlife thrives. 

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On summer evenings, the forest 
often falls into a hush, broken 

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only by the calls of owls or the
rush of a nearby stream. 

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The couple, both in their early 
40s, often took drives into the 

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forest after work. 
They like to find quiet pull 

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offs, light a small grill and 
enjoy the peace of the woods. 

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On June 12th, they picked a spot
off a gravel forest road near 

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the Clarion River, where a small
clearing sat tucked against a 

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backdrop of thick timber. 
They parked their SUV near the 

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tree line, carried A folding 
table and chairs into the 

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clearing, and set up a portable 
propane grill. 

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The evening was mild, and the 
sound of insects filled the air 

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as dusk settled in. 
For the first hour, the outing 

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went as planned. 
They cooked hamburgers, talked 

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quietly, and watched the light 
fade through the trees. 

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A few deer grazed at the far 
edge of the clearing, barely 

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visible as shadows lengthened. 
As the woman later recalled, the

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forest felt unusually still, 
though at the time she thought 

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little of it. 
They laughed 8 and set aside a 

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few leftovers to cool on a plate
while they relaxed in their 

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chairs. 
Not long after full darkness 

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fell, they heard the first 
noise. 

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A heavy crack echoed from the 
trees beyond the clearing, like 

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a thick branch snapping. 
The man stood and shone a 

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flashlight toward the sound, but
the beam revealed nothing beyond

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the dense underbrush. 
A few minutes later, another 

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noise followed, this time a 
heavy thud, as though something 

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large had stepped down hard on 
the forest floor. 

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The woman grew uneasy. 
They whispered about bears, but 

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both admitted that the sound 
seemed heavier than any black 

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bear they had encountered. 
The man decided to pack up 

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early. 
He returned to the grill to shut

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off the propane, but as he bent 
over, a new sound stopped him 

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cold. 
A deep exhale from the darkness 

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behind them. 
Suddenly, a loud pounding struck

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the trees at the edge of the 
clearing. 3 rapid impacts 

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echoed, like someone hammering 
with enormous fists. 

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The couple froze, eyes darting 
toward the sound. 

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The man swept his flashlight 
beam toward the trees. 

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For a second, two bright eyes 
reflected the light set high 

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above the ground. 
Far taller than a human, the 

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beam caught a massive outline. 
Then the figure moved, vanishing

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deeper into the trees. 
They backed toward the SUV, fear

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rising, but before they could 
reach it, the pounding started 

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again, closer this time, 
circling the clearing. 

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The next moment sealed the 
encounter in their memories. 

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From the shadows, the massive 
figure stepped into the 

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clearing, crossing the edge in 
two strides. 

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The flashlight beam caught it 
fully now, an enormous upright 

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creature covered in shaggy dark 
hair, shoulders extremely wide, 

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arms long enough to hang near 
its knees. 

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It ignored the couple at 1st. 
Instead, it moved straight 

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toward the folding table and 
grill. 

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With one motion, it struck the 
grill with its arm, overturning 

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it violently. 
The metal clattered against the 

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ground, scattering food, plates 
and the propane canister. 

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The woman screamed, clutching 
her husband's arm as he tried to

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keep the light steady. 
The creature stood over the 

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wreckage for a moment, chest 
heaving, and then let out a 

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growl so deep that they felt it 
vibrate through their bodies. 

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The man shouted And fumble for 
the keys. 

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The creature turned its head 
toward them, eyes glowing 

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faintly in the beam. 
For a few horrifying seconds, it

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seemed to consider closing the 
distance. 

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Then, with a sudden motion, it 
turned and strode back toward 

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the trees. 
In two or three long strides, it

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disappeared into the timber. 
The sound of heavy steps and 

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breaking branches echoed for 
several moments before fading 

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into silence. 
The couple scrambled into their 

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SUV, slammed the doors and 
quickly drove out of the 

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clearing. 
The couple both gave consistent 

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descriptions. 
The creature stood at least 8 

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1/2 feet tall, it's build 
massively muscular and a barrel 

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shaped chest and long arms. 
Dark brown hair covered his 

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body, hanging in shaggy mats. 
Its head was conical, the brow 

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Ridge heavy, casting deep 
shadows over its eyes. 

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The face itself was broad, with 
a wide, flat nose, thin lips, 

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and skin that appeared dark and 
leathery under the hair. 

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The eyes reflected brightly in 
the flashlight beam, appearing 

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reddish at times and white at 
others depending on the angle. 

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The growl it produced was unlike
any sound they had ever heard. 

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Deep and powerful enough to 
vibrate through their bodies, 

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the creature's actions appeared 
deliberate. 

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It circled the clearing, pounded
on trees and then entered only 

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to target the grille and table. 
It ignored the couple directly, 

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except for the moment it turned 
its eyes on them. 

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Its behaviour seemed focused on 
intimidation, destroying their 

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equipment and demonstrating its 
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them. 
The couple interpreted it as a 

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clear message they were not 
welcome there. 

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The encounter left a deep mark 
on both. 

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The woman refused to return to 
the forest for years, avoiding 

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even short walks. 
The man, once an avid 

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outdoorsman, admitted he never 
again felt at ease in the 

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Allegheny Woods. 
They confided the story only to 

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a handful of close friends, 
fearing ridicule. 

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But in private, they remained 
convinced of what they saw. 

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It was a massive, upright 
creature that deliberately 

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destroyed their campsite before 
retreating into the night. 

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It was a Bigfoot. 
In May of 2012, a fisherman 

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spending a quiet morning on Lake
Wichita in Central Arkansas 

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discovered his bait bucket 
smashed and emptied, only to 

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catch sight of a massive, 
upright creature walking away 

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from the shoreline. 
What began as a routine fishing 

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trip turned into an encounter he
has never been able to explain. 

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Lake Wichita is one of the 
largest reservoirs in Arkansas, 

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covering more than 40,000 acres.
Surrounded by the Ouachita 

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National Forest is a place of 
long coves, rocky shorelines, 

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and dense stands of pine and 
hardwood that run right down to 

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the water's edge. 
For anglers, it's both a 

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paradise and a place of 
solitude. 

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The fisherman, a 54 year old man
from Hot Springs, had been 

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visiting the lake for decades. 
On May 20th, 2012, he launched 

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his small aluminum boat from a 
public access ramp near a quiet 

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Cove. 
His plan was to fish for bass 

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most of the morning using live 
bait kept in a 5 gallon plastic 

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bucket fitted with a lid and 
aerator. 

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He reached a narrow inlet by 
sunrise, beached his boat on a 

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gravelly bank and set up his 
rods. 

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The morning was calm, the lake 
surface glassy, and the calls of

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birds echoed across the water. 
He fished steadily for two 

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hours, catching and releasing 
several small bass. 

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Around 8:00 AM, the fisherman 
took a break. 

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He set his rod down, placed his 
bait bucket near the water's 

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edge, and walked a short 
distance up the bank to relieve 

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himself. 
When he returned to the 

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shoreline, something immediately
caught his attention. 

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His bait bucket was no longer 
upright. 

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It was laying on its side in the
gravel. 

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The lid cracked and bent, the 
contents spilled. 

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Several shiners flopped 
helplessly in the dirt, while 

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others were gone entirely. 
His first thought was raccoon or

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Otter, but as he bent to inspect
the bucket, he realized the 

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damage didn't match. 
The lid had not been gnawed or 

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pawed at. 
It had been smashed with force. 

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A strange unease crept over him 
as he collected the surviving 

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bait. 
Then, from the woods behind him 

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came the sound of heavy 
footsteps. 

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The sound moved away from him, 
up the slope of the bank. 

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Heart pounding, he stood upright
and looked toward the tree line.

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There, about 40 yards away, he 
caught sight of it. 

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A massive figure was walking 
steadily uphill, back turned to 

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him. 
It was upright, broad shouldered

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and covered in dark, shaggy hair
that rippled as it moved, its 

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legs bent in a long, powerful 
gait. 

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The fisherman froze, his mind 
racing. 

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The figure was easily over 8 
feet tall, dwarfing the 

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surrounding brush. 
Its head was conical in shape, 

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sloping into a heavy brow Ridge,
though from the rear he could 

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see little of the face. 
The creature never turned or 

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paused. 
It moved with purpose, striding 

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toward the deeper forest, 
leaving broken branches in its 

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wake. 
The fisherman later described 

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the moment in detail. 
The creature's hair was dark 

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brown, almost black, with 
lighter patches near its 

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shoulders. 
The body was massively built, 

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barrel chested, with visible 
muscles even beneath the thick 

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hair. 
Its arm swung long and low, and 

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its hands, though not clearly 
visible, appeared broad enough 

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to wrap around the bucket 
easily. 

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Its stride length struck him 
most of all. 

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Each step covered more ground 
than any human could manage, and

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within seconds it had put 
distance between them, vanishing

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behind the trees. 
Though it had not turned on him 

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or made a sound, the fisherman 
felt overwhelming fear. 

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The smashed bucket at his feet 
was proof that it had been 

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close, closer than he ever 
wanted it to be. 

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He scrambled into his boat, 
shoved offshore, and went toward

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open water. 
Even as he fumble with the 

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motor, he kept glancing at the 
tree line, half expecting the 

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creature to reappear. 
Back at the ramp, he inspected 

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the bucket more closely. 
The lid bore a deep crack that 

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looked as though it had been 
pried or struck by immense 

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force. 
The aerator hose had been torn 

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loose, and the sides of the 
bucket were dented in a way no 

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small animal could manage. 
He told no one at first. 

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Only months later did he share 
the story with a fellow angler 

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he trusted, who admitted he had 
heard rumors of something big 

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around the back coves of Lake 
Wichita for years. 

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The incident suggested 
purposeful behaviour. 

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The creature had clearly 
examined or handled the bait 

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bucket. 
Smashing it open to get to the 

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shiners demonstrated both 
strength and intent. 

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Its decision to walk away calmly
rather than confront the 

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fisherman showed restraint. 
Yet the timing, taking the bait 

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while the man was only a short 
distance away, implied 

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confidence and boldness. 
The fisherman still wonders how 

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long it had been watching him 
before he left the shoreline. 

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Did it wait for the moment he 
walked away to take the bait? 

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Didn't know what was inside the 
bucket? 

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Or was it simply testing an 
object left by a human? 

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More troubling was the thought 
of proximity. 

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If it had the boldness to 
approach within yards of him to 

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take the bait, what stopped it 
from coming closer for him? 

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The event erased all doubt. 
The damage to the bucket, the 

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heavy steps, and the sight of 
the towering creature left no 

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other explanation. 
A Bigfoot came and took his live

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bait. 
In October of 2018, a seasoned 

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hunter in New York's Adirondack 
Mountains stumbled onto a scene 

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that still haunts him. 
While scouting for Black Bear 

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sign near Cranberry Lake, he 
discovered a massive hair 

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covered creature crouched over a
fresh kill. 

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What followed was a terrifying 
standoff in the autumn woods, 

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one that left him convinced he 
had come face to face with 

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something far beyond any known 
predator. 

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Cranberry Lake sits deep within 
the northwestern section of the 

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Adirondack Park, surrounded by 
thousands of acres of wild 

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forest. 
Logging roads, game trails, and 

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old fire lanes wind through 
mixed hardwood and pine where 

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moose and bear roam. 
The area is rugged and isolated,

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a place where a person can walk 
all day and not see another 

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soul. 
The hunter, a 47 year old man 

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from Plattsburgh, had been 
hunting the area for nearly two 

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decades. 
He knew the terrain intimately 

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and felt comfortable alone in 
the Backcountry. 

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On October 9th, 2018, he parked 
his truck at the end of a dirt 

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Rd. before sunset and hiked in 
with his three O 8 rifle to 

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check on a bait site he had 
prepared earlier in the season. 

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He moved slowly along a faint 
game trail, scanning for fresh 

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sign. 
Black bears were plentiful in 

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the area and he hoped to fill 
his tag before winter. 

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As he neared the bait site, a 
hollow where he had placed sweet

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feed and old fruit, he noticed 
the woods had gone unnaturally 

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quiet. 
No squirrels were chattering, no

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birds calling. 
The only sound was the faint 

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hiss of wind through the high 
branches. 

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His first thought was that a 
bear was already at the bait. 

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He slowed, easing the rifle into
his shoulder. 

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Through a gap in the trees he 
saw movement at the bait site, a

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large shape, hunched low to the 
ground. 

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At first he assumed it was a 
massive black bear, though the 

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shape seemed wrong. 
He edged closer, his boots 

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silent on the damp leaves. 
Then the shape shifted, and his 

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stomach clenched. 
This was no bear. 

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Crouched over the bait pile was 
a creature unlike anything he 

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had ever seen. 
It was enormous, its back broad 

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and shaggy, its arms long and 
muscular. 

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Dark hair covered its entire 
body. 

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The hunter froze, gripping the 
rifle, his pulse hammering in 

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his ears. 
It was only then he noticed the 

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carcass. 
A young deer, likely a yearling,

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lay sprawled near the bait pile,
its hind quarters torn open. 

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The creature was digging into it
with its hands, pulling chunks 

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of flesh free and lifting them 
to its mouth. 

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The smell hit him next, a thick,
musky odor mixed with blood and 

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decay. 
The scene was primal, almost 

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surreal. 
The creature crouched low, its 

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back humped, shoulders rolling 
as it tore at the meat. 

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Its massive hands worked with 
deliberate strength, fingers 

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slick with blood. 
The Hunter's mind raced. 

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He had heard stories of Bigfoot 
but had never believed them. 

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Yet here in front of him was 
something hair covered and 

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powerful, feeding on a kill like
an apex predator. 

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He later described the creature 
with remarkable clarity, despite

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his fear. 
It stood when it rose, at least 

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7 1/2 feet tall, its shoulders 
over 3 feet wide. 

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Its arms were massive, heavily 
muscled and extremely long. 

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Its hair was dark brown to 
black, thick and shaggy, with 

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patches matted across the chest 
and forearms from blood. 

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The head was conical, the brow 
Ridge heavy, giving it a 

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distinctly non human look. 
The face was broad, with a wide 

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flat nose, thin lips, and deep 
set eyes that seemed to shine in

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the dim light. 
The skin visible beneath the 

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hair was dark and leathery. 
As he watched, the creature 

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seemed to sense him. 
It lifted its head from the 

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carcass and sniffed the air. 
Then, slowly, it stood upright. 

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The full scale of it hit him. 
The creature loomed over the 

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deer carcass, its chest rising 
and falling, arms dangling at 

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its sides. 
Blood stained its forearms and 

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chest. 
Its eyes locked onto his 

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position through the brush. 
For a moment, they just stared 

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at each other. 
The hunter later said he had 

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never felt such raw, instinctive
fear. 

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He raised his rifle slightly, 
but did not aim directly at it. 

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His hands trembled. 
The creature gave a low, 

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guttural huff, a sound that 
vibrated through the trees. 

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It took one slow step toward 
him, then another. 

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The hunter stepped back, finger 
hovering over the trigger, but 

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some instinct told him not to 
shoot. 

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He knew a wounded bear could be 
deadly. 

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This thing was larger, faster, 
and far more intelligent. 

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The creature stopped about 20 
yards from the carcass. 

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It straightened to its full 
height, squared its shoulders 

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and let out a deep growl. 
The sound rolled through the 

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woods like distant Thunder. 
Then, in a single fluid motion, 

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it turned back to the kill, 
grabbed the deer by its hind 

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leg, and dragged it into the 
trees. 

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Branches snapped as it 
disappeared into the dense 

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undergrowth, the sound of its 
movement fading within seconds. 

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The hunter stood frozen, rifle 
still raised, heart pounding. 

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The clearing smelled of blood 
and Musk. 

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Only a smear of Crimson and 
scattered leaves marked where 

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the carcass had been. 
He backed away slowly, eyes 

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scanning the woods, then turned 
and walked quickly back to his 

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truck. 
By the time he reached the road,

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his legs were shaking so badly 
he could barely drive. 

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Later, when he returned with a 
friend, the bait site was empty.

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Large impressions marked the 
ground where the creature had 

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stood. 
Several trees were bent and 

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broken where the creature had 
dragged its kill into the brush.

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The encounter suggested 
deliberate behavior. 

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The creature had taken a deer, 
possibly haunted itself, and was

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feeding when the hunter arrived.
When it realized it was being 

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watched, it stood its ground, 
then chose to remove the kill 

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rather than attack. 
This restraint, combined with 

457
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,000
the low huff and growl, seemed 
to signal a warning rather than 

458
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,880
aggression. 
It was claiming its food, not 

459
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,040
inviting a fight. 
The way it handled the carcass 

460
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:26,160
also showed its strength. 
The hunter has replayed the 

461
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,560
events countless times, and the 
experience changed how he 

462
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,560
approached the woods. 
Once confident and comfortable, 

463
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,440
he now haunted only with 
partners. 

464
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,720
Even years later, he could 
recall the smell, the sound of 

465
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,920
the growl, and the sight of the 
creature's eyes shining through 

466
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:48,320
the trees. 
On a damp September night in 

467
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:52,200
2021, a man and his brother 
pulled off a lonely stretch of 

468
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:57,080
highway South of Soldotna, AK. 
They planned only to sleep for a

469
00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,520
few hours before continuing 
before continuing their fishing 

470
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,880
trip the next morning. 
What began as an uneventful 

471
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,680
roadside stop ended in a violent
shock that neither of them had 

472
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:12,240
been able to forget. 
The Kenai Peninsula Highway 

473
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,120
snakes through vast spruce 
forests, boggy muskeg and tidal 

474
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,760
flats. 
Beyond the glow of a few towns, 

475
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,000
the road feels like it cuts 
through a Black Sea of trees. 

476
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,560
That evening, the brothers had 
fished all day and driven until 

477
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,360
fatigue set in. 
Just after 11:30 PM, they turned

478
00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:32,560
onto a gravel pull off used by 
hunters and log trucks. 

479
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,640
They drove a dusty Suburban with
a roof box and fishing gear 

480
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,600
piled in the back. 
The night was mild but damp. 

481
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,960
Fog drifted low between the 
trees and wrapped the headlights

482
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:47,320
in Halos. 
They parked facing the forest, 

483
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,720
killed the engine, and set up a 
small camp beside the vehicle, 

484
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,320
folding chairs, a cooler and a 
Lantern. 

485
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,160
No other cars passed for nearly 
an hour. 

486
00:27:57,360 --> 00:27:59,920
They talked quietly and ate 
sandwiches, enjoying the 

487
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:02,840
stillness. 
Yet as the minutes passed, the 

488
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,920
younger brother noticed 
something unsettling. 

489
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,600
The occasional croak of frogs 
from the nearby sloughs stopped.

490
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,800
The woods had gone silent, as if
a curtain had dropped. 

491
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,040
He felt the hairs on his neck 
rise. 

492
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,520
The older brother laughed it 
off, but admitted later he felt 

493
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,800
it too, The sense of being 
watched. 

494
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,000
Around midnight, they heard a 
single heavy footfall in the 

495
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,800
dark forest, then another, 
slower, like someone trying to 

496
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,480
sneak, but too heavy to succeed.
Branches cracked. 

497
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,160
The younger brother swung the 
Lantern beam into the trees, but

498
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,720
saw only spruce trees and 
blackness beyond. 

499
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,440
The sound circled, faded, and 
then returned from another 

500
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,160
angle. 
Both men stood now, scanning the

501
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,720
tree line, hearts drumming. 
The older brother gripped A 

502
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,760
hatchet that they used to split 
kindling. 

503
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,000
It happened in a blur. 
A massive shape broke from the 

504
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,040
edge of the trees, closing the 
distance between the forest and 

505
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,400
the vehicle in seconds. 
Neither man saw it clearly at 

506
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,920
first, only movement, huge and 
dark. 

507
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:08,120
Then an enormous hand covered in
shaggy hair came down with a 

508
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,560
flat, explosive smack on the 
Suburban's hood. 

509
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,080
The metal rang out like a drum. 
The entire vehicle rocked on its

510
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,480
suspension. 
The younger brother stumbled 

511
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,440
back, nearly tripping over the 
cooler. 

512
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,240
He caught a glimpse in the 
Lantern glow, a towering upright

513
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,120
figure just beyond the 
headlights. 

514
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,200
Long arms, dark hair hanging in 
clumps, shoulders like a bull 

515
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,760
moose, and a head that rose into
a peak. 

516
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,280
Its face was broad and shadowed,
the eyes reflecting faintly red.

517
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,640
The creature let out a deep, 
chesty exhale and then stepped 

518
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,560
back into the darkness. 
Both men scrambled for the 

519
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,960
vehicle. 
The younger brother yanked open 

520
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,640
the driver's door while the 
older shoved gear aside in the 

521
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,440
back seat. 
As they fumble, the creature 

522
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,320
circled. 
They heard its weight on the 

523
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,760
gravel, then silence. 
Then a snap of wood on the other

524
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,240
side of the pull off. 
When the engine finally started,

525
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,000
the headlights caught a glimpse 
of it moving between trees. 

526
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,080
It was taller than any man, its 
arms swinging low, striding with

527
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,000
deliberate power. 
The older brother slammed the 

528
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,960
door locks like as if it would 
matter. 

529
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,560
The younger floored the gas, 
spraying gravel as they lurched 

530
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,960
back onto the highway. 
In interviews afterward, the 

531
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,880
younger brother estimated the 
creature at well over 8 feet 

532
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,880
tall. 
He said the shoulders looked 

533
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,040
wider than the hood of the truck
and the arms thick as fence 

534
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,440
posts. 
There. 

535
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,400
The hair appeared dark brown to 
black, wet and matted with light

536
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,480
streaks on the forearms. 
The head tapered up with a 

537
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,480
pronounced brow Ridge and very 
little visible neck. 

538
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,280
The older brother added that the
handprint left on the hood 

539
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,880
measured nearly twice the span 
of his own. 

540
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,960
Both men agreed on its 
behaviour. 

541
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,080
It did not rush them or try to 
open the vehicle, but chose 

542
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,160
instead to hit the hood hard, as
if to make a point. 

543
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,800
The brothers debated the 
creature's intent for weeks. 

544
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,000
One thought it was a warning to 
leave, like a bluff charge from 

545
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,920
a bear. 
The other believed it was 

546
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,120
already curious about their camp
and escalated when they didn't 

547
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,800
retreat. 
The slap on the hood was not 

548
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,960
random. 
It was a deliberate, powerful 

549
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,400
act. 
The sound and vibration alone 

550
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,760
were enough to terrify them. 
Combined with the circling steps

551
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,120
and the breathy exhale, it came 
across as an intimidation 

552
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,280
display. 
They drove nearly 20 miles 

553
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,000
before stopping. 
Neither spoke for a long time. 

554
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,120
The younger brother's hands 
shook so badly he could barely 

555
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,960
keep the vehicle on the road. 
At dawn, in a gas station 

556
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,920
parking lot, they examined the 
hood. 

557
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,960
A faint palm shape showed where 
dust had been swept aside. 

558
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,560
The surface bore too shallow 
dance where the metal had bowed 

559
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,320
under the impact. 
What makes the Kenai Peninsula 

560
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,840
incident stand out is the 
combination of stealth, power 

561
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,800
and restraint. 
The creature approached silently

562
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,160
enough to catch two alert men 
off guard, then struck the hood 

563
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,680
once rather than launching a 
direct attack. 

564
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,320
The handprint suggests a primate
like structure, larger than any 

565
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,520
known bear's paw and without 
claws. 

566
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,480
The circling movement, heavy 
footfalls and deliberate step 

567
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,440
back after the slap to a high 
level of awareness and control. 

568
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,720
Unlike fleeting Rd. crossing 
sightings, this was a direct 

569
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,680
interaction at close range. 
The smell, sound and physical 

570
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:29,360
evidence all anchor it firmly in
the brother's memory years 

571
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,320
later. 
Both men speak of the incident 

572
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,360
with a kind of awe mixed with 
dread. 

573
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:37,280
The younger brother keeps the 
suburban hood as a souvenir in 

574
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,760
his garage. 
The older brother avoids a night

575
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:44,200
driving alone in the peninsula. 
They described Notch's fear but 

576
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,520
a sense of trespassing, as if 
the pull off was not theirs to 

577
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,400
use. 
The slap felt like a claim, a 

578
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,040
territorial warning. 
The brothers consistent, 

579
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:58,040
detailed descriptions match 
other remote area reports, but 

580
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,440
with A twist of direct physical 
contact. 

581
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,000
For them, it was more than a 
sighting. 

582
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,480
It was a confrontation, A 
wordless command to leave. 

583
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,080
They did, and they've never 
camped on a roadside since. 

584
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,440
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585
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586
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589
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,840
On November 24th, 2015, I was 
hunting deer during firearm 

590
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,920
season near the edge of 
Clearwater National Forest, not 

591
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,920
far from Elk River, ID. 
I was behind my property up on a

592
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,840
wooded. 
Hill I had haunted for years. 

593
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,680
The ground was dammed from rain 
earlier, leaves were stuck to 

594
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,760
the dirt and every step was 
quiet. 

595
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,400
I was walking up an old logging 
path that cuts through a steep 

596
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,520
section of the hillside. 
I stopped at a spot where the 

597
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,160
ground levelled off and gave me 
a good view into the forest 

598
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,760
below. 
I raised my binoculars and 

599
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,160
scanned the woods. 
There was something moving in a 

600
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,080
small patch of sunlight about 70
yards down slope. 

601
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,679
At first I thought it was a 
small black bear. 

602
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,080
It was hunched down behind a 
fallen tree. 

603
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,400
I couldn't see its face, just 
the back and shoulders. 

604
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,280
Right away I noticed something 
strange. 

605
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,199
There was a thin white line 
running straight down the middle

606
00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:24,760
of its back. 
It looked like a stripe, but 

607
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,400
very narrow. 
I remember thinking that was an 

608
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,360
unusual marking for a bear. 
I kept walking, expecting it to 

609
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,600
turn and show more of its shape.
It stayed in place for several 

610
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,719
minutes. 
The fur was dull black. 

611
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,159
The sunlight showed a bit of 
texture to it. 

612
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,960
It was smooth. 
It also looked smaller than a 

613
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,280
full grown bear, more narrow 
through the back. 

614
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,360
Then it turned its head. 
I saw its face clearly through 

615
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,960
the binoculars. 
It was not a bear. 

616
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,400
The face was solid black, darker
than the fur. 

617
00:34:55,639 --> 00:34:58,600
The skin looked tight and shiny,
like black leather. 

618
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,600
The nose was broad with large 
nostrils. 

619
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,040
It didn't have a snout. 
The face was flat and there was 

620
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,880
no fur on it. 
The shape of the jaw, the 

621
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,760
forehead, even the ears, they 
all looked human, just larger 

622
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,160
and darker. 
Its ears were shaped like mine 

623
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,920
but sat lower on the head. 
They were also black. 

624
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,640
I kept the binoculars on its 
face the whole time. 

625
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,480
I didn't want to look away. 
I didn't see arms or legs, just 

626
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,000
the upper body and head. 
As it crouched behind the dead 

627
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,280
log, its eyes looked in my 
direction. 

628
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,240
I couldn't see the colour of 
them, but it was clearly looking

629
00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:36,120
up toward me. 
It didn't move, it didn't shift 

630
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,600
around, it just stayed locked in
that position. 

631
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,520
While I was watching it, I 
started hearing small rocks 

632
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:46,560
rolling down the slope above me.
At first I ignored it, I assumed

633
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:50,120
it was chipmunks or squirrels. 
But the rocks kept coming down 

634
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,160
slow and spaced out. 
They didn't bounce far, they 

635
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,760
just dropped and slid a little. 
I didn't want to turn around and

636
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,080
take my eyes off the creature, 
but after a few more rocks came 

637
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,960
down, I finally looked. 
There was nothing there. 

638
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,160
No movement, no sound. 
I scanned the slope and trees 

639
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,400
above the path. 
Nothing was insight. 

640
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,120
I turned back to the creature, 
but it was. 

641
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,640
Gone. 
It had vanished without a sound.

642
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:17,080
No cracking branches, no leaves 
rustling, nothing. 

643
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,320
I stayed there a while, trying 
to figure out what had just 

644
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,480
happened. 
I thought maybe the noise from 

645
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,880
above was a distraction. 
Whatever was behind me, he may 

646
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,480
have been trying to get me to 
look away. 

647
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,560
I don't know for sure. 
A few people I mentioned it to 

648
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:34,120
tried to explain it away, but I 
know what I saw. 

649
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,160
This wasn't someone in 
camouflage. 

650
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,240
It wasn't a man in a ghillie 
suit or a strange outfit. 

651
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,880
Nobody dresses up like that and 
crouches behind a tree in the 

652
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,840
middle of hunting season when 
everyone is out there carrying 

653
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,920
high-powered rifles. 
That would be dangerous and 

654
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,480
completely out of line with how 
hunters behave. 

655
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,040
The creature's body looks 
similar in shape to a small 

656
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,360
bear, but the face wasn't even 
close. 

657
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,320
It was human shaped. 
I know what I saw was a 

658
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,960
Sasquatch. 
What I didn't mention earlier is

659
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,960
that during bow season that same
year, throughout October and 

660
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,080
into early November, I heard 
strange sounds while hunting 

661
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,520
that same hill. 
The sounds came on three 

662
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,480
different days, always in the 
morning or late afternoon. 

663
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,560
They were loud vocalizations 
that I couldn't place. 

664
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,080
The noises reminded me of 
something wild but not native to

665
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,360
Idaho. 
They were not owl calls or 

666
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,840
coyote howls. 
They didn't match the rhythm or 

667
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,720
tone of any animal I've tracked.
Before I wrote. 

668
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:34,000
Them off at the time as strange 
bird calls or maybe echoes 

669
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,720
farther off in the Canyon, but 
now after what I saw I think 

670
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:41,120
they were connected. 
This happened in broad daylight.

671
00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:44,160
I had full visibility and I was 
using binoculars. 

672
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,400
From a short distance. 
I had time to focus and take in 

673
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,080
the details. 
The light, the posture, the 

674
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,080
structure of the face, 
everything was. 

675
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,640
Clear. 
That Ridge has always had elk, 

676
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,600
deer and black bear. 
The same trail that runs just 

677
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,480
below where I saw the creature 
cuts through a patch of dense. 

678
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,840
Forest and comes out by a small 
clearing. 

679
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,680
That's where the fallen tree 
was. 

680
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,840
I know the area well and I 
checked that same spot from a 

681
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,960
distance several times 
afterwards. 

682
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,480
I didn't go back to the exact 
location, but I kept an eye on 

683
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,160
it. 
I didn't hear any more 

684
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,440
vocalizations after that week. 
Since that day, I've been more 

685
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,400
careful up there. 
I don't leave at dark anymore, 

686
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,320
and I check the slope above and 
behind me more often when I 

687
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,000
stop. 
I haven't told many people since

688
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,520
most wouldn't take it seriously,
but I know what I saw and I know

689
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,120
it wasn't something that fits 
with the rest of the wildlife up

690
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,560
there. 
It was a Sasquatch, and it was 

691
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:45,120
real. 
On August 15th, 2016, just after

692
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,560
midnight, 12:03 AM to be exact, 
I was driving home from visiting

693
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,840
some family who had been camping
near the Selway River in the Nez

694
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,600
Perce Clearwater National 
Forest. 

695
00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:58,160
I decided to take a shortcut 
through a remote stretch that 

696
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,040
cuts through a Ridge just north 
of Red River Hot Springs. 

697
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,040
That road is narrow, winding and
barely maintained, but I knew it

698
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,600
well. 
I was almost to the county line 

699
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,200
when it came around to bend and 
saw something standing in the 

700
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,760
middle of the road. 
At first glance I thought it 

701
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,920
might be someone messing around 
in a costume. 

702
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,280
The headlights hit it dead on 
and it looked like a person in a

703
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,360
full body monkey suit. 
I tapped the horn once. 

704
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,680
It didn't jump or run off like a
person would. 

705
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,800
Instead it took off running fast
up the road in front of me. 

706
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,880
That's when I realized it wasn't
a person at all. 

707
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,280
The creature ran with long 
strides. 

708
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,760
Its arms were swinging. 
It was moving fast. 

709
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,640
It was covered head to toe in 
reddish brown hair. 

710
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,240
The hair was even in length, 
maybe 3 or 4 inches long across 

711
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:44,400
the whole body. 
It wasn't massive, probably 

712
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,520
around 6 feet tall, but its 
frame looked really solid. 

713
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,760
Its feet were bare and clearly 
visible under the headlights. 

714
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:52,880
They looked wide and covered in 
hair. 

715
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,040
It ran for a bit straight uphill
on the road, then cut into a 

716
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,160
patch of bushes and disappeared 
off the edge. 

717
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,880
The plants tore and bent as it 
crashed through. 

718
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,760
Then everything went quiet. 
I slowed my car to a crawl as I 

719
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,200
came up the hill. 
My high beams lit up the torn 

720
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,560
bushes along the roadside where 
it had entered. 

721
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,000
That's when I noticed it again, 
just off the shoulder down in 

722
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,680
the ditch. 
It was crouched low and watching

723
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,280
me from below the grade of the 
road. 

724
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,240
The eyes reflected A faint red 
from the lights. 

725
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,120
Then it moved its arm and I saw 
a rock fly up and hit the edge 

726
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,760
of the road near my front tire. 
Another one came a second later,

727
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,520
bouncing off the gravel ahead of
me. 

728
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,800
I didn't stick around. 
I hit the gas and drove past 

729
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,920
quickly, keeping an eye on the 
rearview mirror. 

730
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,800
I didn't see it stand up again. 
It stayed low, hidden just over 

731
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,920
the drop off. 
The next day I drove back 

732
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,640
through that same spot during 
daylight. 

733
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,520
I stopped where the creature had
entered the bushes and saw 

734
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,320
several branches, bent and 
broken where it had pushed 

735
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,840
through. 
In the soft dirt along the road,

736
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,120
I found Prince clearly larger 
than a man's and shaped 

737
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,560
differently, with more width 
across the toes. 

738
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,600
They were pressed into the edges
of shallow mud holes that had 

739
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,680
dried along the shoulder. 
I told my grandfather about it. 

740
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,840
He has lived in Idaho his whole 
life and used to run logging 

741
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:12,000
crews out in those mountains. 
He said people used to talk 

742
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,680
about strange creatures up in 
that area back in the day. 

743
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,840
He told me some of the old 
hunters called them woods people

744
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,280
or Ridge walkers. 
He also said there was one older

745
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,560
woman who taught at a small 
schoolhouse nearby decades ago, 

746
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,160
and she told my grandfather that
she once saw one standing on her

747
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,560
porch early one morning. 
Said it was around 7 feet tall 

748
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,200
and covered in dark brown hair. 
She said it stood there looking 

749
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,080
in through the front window for 
several minutes before walking 

750
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,360
off into the woods. 
Some people call that Ridge of 

751
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,280
Backcountry Whistle Ridge 
because of the strange sounds 

752
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,160
heard there, long whooping calls
or short bursts of 

753
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,720
vocalizations. 
That's not from any familiar 

754
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:52,960
animal. 
I only got a brief look at the 

755
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,880
creature's face during the road 
encounter, and it wasn't enough 

756
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,080
to give a full description. 
It was too fast and too far in 

757
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:00,640
front of the lights to see 
clearly. 

758
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,200
But the body and the behaviour 
told me enough. 

759
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,680
There's no doubt in my mind that
I saw a Bigfoot that night. 

760
00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:13,640
In the summer of 2007, I went 
out to a swimming hole with two 

761
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,960
friends. 
We spend the day at a spot along

762
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,280
the Salmon River. 
We've been there many times 

763
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,760
before. 
It's quiet, remote and a good 

764
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,440
place to relax. 
We brought our fishing gear, 

765
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,400
some food, and the dogs. 
The water was low and the rock 

766
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,440
ledges by the river were wide 
and dry. 

767
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,080
We fished for a while, swam in 
the deeper spots, and then 

768
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,480
stretched out on one of the 
large flat rocks beside the 

769
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,720
water. 
The dogs were playing nearby. 

770
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,680
They ran along the edge of the 
river, barking, wrestling and 

771
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,800
splashing through the water. 
For a while, the only sounds we 

772
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,840
heard were the dogs, the river, 
and a few birds in the trees. 

773
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,760
After some time passed, the 
sound of the dog stopped. 

774
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:53,040
It became completely quiet. 
I noticed it right away. 

775
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,040
There was no barking, no 
splashing, and no movement. 

776
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,840
Even the birds had gone silent. 
I sat up and looked around to 

777
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,760
see what was going on across the
river from us. 

778
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,640
There was a small open space 
just beside the tree line and 

779
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,400
that's where I saw a creature. 
Standing in the clearing was a 

780
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,640
large upright Bigfoot. 
It was covered in dark brown 

781
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,520
hair. 
It faced our direction and did 

782
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,400
not move. 
I could tell that it was 

783
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,120
watching us. 
The dog stood still. 

784
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,480
They didn't make a sound. 
They were frozen in place, 

785
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,920
staring at the same spot where 
the creature stood. 

786
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,200
They didn't growl or bark. 
They didn't move toward it or 

787
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,680
back away. 
They were completely still. 

788
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,400
The creature stood in the 
clearing for about two minutes. 

789
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,640
It didn't step forward. 
It didn't move. 

790
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,560
It kept watching us without 
showing any reaction. 

791
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,840
Then it turned away and walked 
up the slope. 

792
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,640
Behind it we could hear the 
sound of it moving through the 

793
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,720
undergrowth. 
As it went up the hill, the 

794
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:47,720
sounds became fainter until they
stopped. 

795
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:52,280
After that it was gone. 
The next day we came back and 

796
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,920
crossed the river to the same 
spot where it had been standing.

797
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:58,000
We looked around the area. 
The grass and plants were pushed

798
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,240
down where it had stood. 
Some branches on a nearby tree 

799
00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:04,400
were broken and bent, and based 
on how high the branches were, 

800
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,600
we estimated the creature had to
be at least 7 feet tall. 

801
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,720
We didn't find any clear 
footprints. 

802
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,360
I will always remember how still
the woods became that day. 

803
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,720
The silence was immediate and 
complete, like everything had 

804
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:20,040
stopped at once, and I had never
seen the dogs act like that 

805
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,880
either. 
The two friends I was with never

806
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,400
wanted to talk about what we 
saw. 

807
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,880
They did not deny it, but they 
made it clear they didn't want 

808
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,120
to be involved in any 
conversation about it. 

809
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,920
They didn't want to tell anyone,
and they did not want their 

810
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,840
names connected to it. 
I haven't spoken to either of 

811
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,480
them in years, but I'm sure they
remember what happened. 

812
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,240
My father used to sit around 
with his hunting buddies and 

813
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:44,720
talk about strange things they 
had seen in those woods. 

814
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,760
They spent a lot of time in the 
mountains and along the rivers, 

815
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,480
and they often told stories of 
odd sounds, strange smells or 

816
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,840
shapes they couldn't identify. 
Most people dismiss those 

817
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,840
stories, but after what I saw, I
believe they were telling the 

818
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,800
truth. 
I also had classmates in high 

819
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,200
school who haunted in the hills 
above Elk City. 

820
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,800
Some of them described strange 
events such as loud whooping 

821
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,360
sounds, powerful smells, and 
unusually large footprints. 

822
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:13,480
None of them claimed to see a 
creature like I did, but their 

823
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:15,760
stories sounded similar in many 
ways. 

824
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:19,800
I know what I saw that day. 
It was a large Bigfoot covered 

825
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:23,440
in dark brown hair. 
It stood without fear or concern

826
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,920
and watched us closely before 
walking away. 

827
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:34,000
In January 2018, me and my 
family were living in a house 

828
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,400
outside of Sandpoint, ID. 
The house sat on the edge of the

829
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:39,520
wooded Ridge that led into heavy
forest. 

830
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,160
Behind the house was a hill that
rose sharply, and that hill was 

831
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,000
covered in thick Pines and 
brush. 

832
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:49,480
It felt isolated, especially in 
winter when snow shut down most 

833
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,200
of the roads. 
We had lived there for years and

834
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:55,880
over that time we had heard some
strange sounds, loud calls from 

835
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,920
the hills, knocking in the 
woods, and noises that were not 

836
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:02,480
easy to explain. 
My father told me once he saw 

837
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,360
something strange out there 
years ago and I believed him. 

838
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:08,800
It was about 1:00 in the morning
on a cold night. 

839
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,240
I got up to check on the 
children like I usually do, just

840
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:14,520
to make sure they were sleeping 
soundly and warm. 

841
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,640
Their bedroom was on the 2nd 
floor at the back of the house 

842
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:20,560
near the hillside. 
There was a small wooden porch 

843
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,640
outside that room that jutted 
into the trees with stairs 

844
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,680
leading down into the yard. 
The hill rose up just beyond 

845
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,600
that. 
As I stepped into their room, 

846
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,240
the motion light on that back 
porch switched on. 

847
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,960
It was bright and the shadows it
threw reached all the way across

848
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:39,240
the wall inside. 
The window next to the porch 

849
00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:41,320
door had blinds made from woven 
straw. 

850
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,480
They were lowered halfway so you
could see some of the outside 

851
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,480
light through the weave. 
I turned toward the window out 

852
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,040
of habit, just wanting to see 
what had set off the light. 

853
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,840
When I looked, I froze. 
There was something standing on 

854
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,640
the porch. 
It was facing the woods. 

855
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,040
Its body blocked out most of the
light coming from behind it, but

856
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:03,000
I could see the outline clearly.
It was massive. 

857
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:05,440
The fur was black, thick, and 
matted. 

858
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,080
The legs were heavily muscled. 
The thighs were especially 

859
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:12,120
large, and the rear end was 
built up with thick muscle. 

860
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:15,360
The hair was long in some 
places, clumped together in 

861
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,240
others. 
It wasn't neat or even. 

862
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:20,080
It looked natural and rough. 
The light from behind the 

863
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,960
creature cast its outline 
clearly through the woven blind.

864
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,280
I couldn't see its face or arms 
from the angle I was standing, 

865
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,240
but the top of his body was tall
enough to rise far above the 

866
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:32,160
window. 
I'm 5 feet tall and the top of 

867
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:33,920
that window frame is over my 
head. 

868
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:37,320
The creature's shoulders and 
upper back extended well above 

869
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:40,000
it. 
It had to be around 8 feet tall.

870
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:42,560
It turned to face the house 
directly. 

871
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,600
It was no more than six feet 
away from my children's beds. 

872
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:48,120
I was terrified. 
I didn't move. 

873
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,640
The creature then turned and 
walked off the porch toward the 

874
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,200
trees. 
It stepped off in a steady way 

875
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,440
and disappeared into the dark. 
Beyond the light, I could hear 

876
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:00,000
nothing. 
There was no sound of feet, no 

877
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,120
grunts, no cracking branches. 
It was just gone. 

878
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,240
I didn't go close to that 
window. 

879
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,640
I picked up my children and 
brought them into my room. 

880
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:10,440
I stayed up the rest of the 
night. 

881
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:13,640
Every time I heard the house 
creak or the wind blow, I 

882
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,320
thought it was that creature 
coming back. 

883
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,280
I kept replaying the sight of 
those thick heavy legs and the 

884
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:22,840
wide build of its body. 
The fur especially stood out. 

885
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:26,240
It was coal black and had no 
shine where the light hit it 

886
00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:28,920
from behind. 
The shape was easy to see 

887
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,440
through the blind. 
The next morning I went outside.

888
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,880
I walked carefully around the 
edge of the hill behind the 

889
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,600
porch. 
The slope was slick with mud and

890
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,120
near the bottom I found 2 long 
slide marks. 

891
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,880
They looked like something heavy
had come down the hill and 

892
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,600
braced itself. 
There were no clear tracks or 

893
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,160
impressions, but the slides were
long and smooth. 

894
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:51,040
This is where the creature had 
come down the hill and lost some

895
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,320
footing in the mud before 
stepping onto the porch. 

896
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,960
There was no smell in the air 
and there had been no sound the 

897
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:59,400
night before. 
When it left, it moved away as 

898
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,720
silently as it had come. 
An animal that size should have 

899
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:07,400
made more noise, but it didn't. 
I thought back to other events 

900
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,760
over the years. 
My family has heard strange 

901
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:13,400
noises at night more than once. 
Whooping sounds, wood knocks, 

902
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:17,360
and deep vocalizations that 
don't match coyotes, owls or any

903
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:20,320
known wildlife. 
We never saw anything before 

904
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:23,200
that night, but the sounds that 
happened often, especially in 

905
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:27,120
late fall and early winter. 
Years earlier, my father had 

906
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:29,320
claimed he saw something strange
on this property. 

907
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,760
He never got a clear look at it,
but he described something big 

908
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:34,720
walking upright near the same 
slope. 

909
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,160
At the time we didn't talk much 
about it. 

910
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:41,400
Now it all seemed to line up. 
For the next few nights I kept 

911
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:43,760
the motion light on and checked 
every few hours. 

912
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:46,960
The creature never came back and
there was no more noise. 

913
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:50,720
The creature was real. 
It was on the porch only a few 

914
00:49:50,720 --> 00:49:54,280
feet from my children. 
Its size, the hair, and the way 

915
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:56,800
it moved told me everything I 
needed to know. 

916
00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:00,160
It was a Sasquatch. 
No one could convince me 

917
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:08,840
otherwise. 
In July of 2022, I went camping 

918
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,520
with my family in the Sawtooth 
National Forest. 

919
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:14,840
We own land near the forest 
boundary and go there often for 

920
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,840
holidays. 
That 4th of July weekend we 

921
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,800
spent most of our time hiking, 
swimming, and cooking over the 

922
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,840
fire. 1 morning we drove out to 
hike some of the ridges that led

923
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:26,480
into the deeper parts of the 
forest. 

924
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,440
It was sunny and warm and 
everything felt normal. 

925
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,600
We hiked to a rocky overlook 
that had views in every 

926
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,600
direction. 
On the way back down, I decided 

927
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,560
to take a shortcut by myself. 
Instead of staying on the marked

928
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:41,760
trail with the rest of the 
group, I wanted to move a little

929
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:43,320
quicker and meet them at the 
bottom. 

930
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:46,200
The shortcut I chose looked like
an old footpath. 

931
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,520
It was easy to follow at first, 
but started to fade quickly the 

932
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:52,640
further I went. 
Soon I was off the trail 

933
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:55,280
completely, moving downhill 
through rough ground. 

934
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:59,040
The terrain was steep, full of 
large rocks, fallen trees, and 

935
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:01,760
thick brush. 
There were animal trails here 

936
00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:03,400
and there, but no signs of 
people. 

937
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:07,040
I kept moving downhill, figuring
I would cross another main path.

938
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:11,000
Eventually, After about 15 
minutes, I stopped to catch my 

939
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,920
breath. 
Then I heard the sound of 

940
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:14,720
something heavy moving through 
the trees. 

941
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:18,600
It came from uphill behind me. 
There were steady thumps, like 

942
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:20,800
deep footsteps and cracking 
branches. 

943
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,240
The sound was clear and came 
from something large walking 

944
00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:26,960
through the brush. 
I stood still. 

945
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:30,520
The hair on my neck went up 
about 30 yards to the east at a 

946
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:33,960
45° angle uphill. 
I saw something move through the

947
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:36,240
trees. 
The shape was clear through the 

948
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:39,440
gaps in the Pines. 
It was walking upright, broad 

949
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:42,280
and tall. 
It moved fast across the slope 

950
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,680
without stopping. 
The creature was covered in long

951
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:48,680
orange brown hair. 
Its arms were long and the hands

952
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:50,680
and feet were dark, almost 
black. 

953
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:55,400
It was tall, at least 6 1/2 
feet, maybe closer to 7. 

954
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:59,200
It didn't run, but it moved 
quickly, climbing over rocks and

955
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,160
brush like nothing was in its 
way. 

956
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:05,040
I only saw the back and side of 
it for a few seconds before it 

957
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,680
disappeared behind the trees. 
I waited, listening. 

958
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:12,800
The sound stopped completely. 
I didn't hear birds or insects 

959
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,160
either. 
Everything around me was quiet. 

960
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,520
I moved slowly toward where I 
had seen it, but there was no 

961
00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:21,040
sign of anything. 
The brush was too thick to see 

962
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:24,840
more than 20 feet ahead. 
Then the sound started again, 

963
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:28,720
branches snapping and something 
large moving, this time behind 

964
00:52:28,720 --> 00:52:31,280
me, back in the direction I had 
come from. 

965
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:34,240
I turned around and began 
heading downhill. 

966
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:38,600
As I moved, the sound followed. 
It stayed behind me, but never 

967
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,920
got closer. 
It would move when I moved, 

968
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,840
crack a branch and fall quiet 
when I stopped, and never broke 

969
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:46,800
into a run or crashed through 
the forest. 

970
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:50,040
It stayed at a steady pace, 
matching mine from a distance, 

971
00:52:50,240 --> 00:52:52,360
but it was like it was pushing 
me out of the area. 

972
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:56,440
I started moving faster. 
Every time I stopped to check my

973
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,120
bearings or listen, I could 
still hear it out there, 

974
00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:02,040
breaking branches, heavy steps 
on the dry ground. 

975
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:05,160
I never saw it again, but I knew
it was there. 

976
00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:08,840
After about 30 minutes, I found 
a faint path. 

977
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:11,880
I followed it down the slope and
eventually came out on the main 

978
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,480
trail. 
The sound stopped once I got 

979
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,400
there. 
I stood still for a minute and 

980
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,400
listened, but there was nothing.
I walked back down to the 

981
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:22,800
campsite and found my family. 
I didn't tell them everything 

982
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,280
right away, but later I 
explained what happened. 

983
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:28,560
They didn't believe me. 
I know what I saw and what 

984
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,240
followed me. 
It wasn't a regular animal from 

985
00:53:31,240 --> 00:53:33,600
these woods. 
It was upright, covered in 

986
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,400
reddish brown hair. 
It made its presence clear but 

987
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,640
kept its distance. 
I believe that it was a 

988
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:41,160
Sasquatch pushing me out of its 
territory. 

989
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:50,680
On November 19th, 2012, I was 
hunting with my stepfather near 

990
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:53,320
Yellow Pine, Idaho. 
It was the first day of the 

991
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,040
season and we were in the 
mountains West of town where the

992
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,760
ridges are steep and the timber 
gets thick fast. 

993
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:02,040
We had parked the truck just 
after 5:00 AM and made our way 

994
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:04,880
into the woods. 
We split up to hunt opposite 

995
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:06,960
sides of a Ridge that ran 
through the area. 

996
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:10,960
There was a long narrow saddle 
with steep slopes on both sides.

997
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:14,320
I took the east. 
He moved off to the West at 

998
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,400
around 6:00 AM, before daylight 
broke. 

999
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:19,680
I was sitting just off a logging
path when I heard a loud sound 

1000
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:22,560
echo through the dark. 
It came from somewhere across 

1001
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:25,200
the Ridge. 
It was a single whooping call, 

1002
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:28,800
deep, loud, and long. 
It didn't sound like a coyote, 

1003
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:32,240
owl, or elk, and it wasn't a 
bear vocalizing. 

1004
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:35,560
It was more powerful and 
projected across the trees, like

1005
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:38,480
it came through a speaker. 
It wasn't repeated. 

1006
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:41,120
It happened once and then 
everything went quiet. 

1007
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,880
A few minutes later my 
stepfather radioed me he had 

1008
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:47,080
heard it too. 
Neither of us knew what to say 

1009
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:49,280
about it and we just moved on 
with the morning. 

1010
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:53,440
We haunted until mid morning and
then returned to the truck for 

1011
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:56,240
lunch. 
Around 1:30 we headed back in. 

1012
00:54:56,240 --> 00:54:59,240
Splitting up again. 
I decided to try a different 

1013
00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:02,920
stand 1 I had set up a few weeks
earlier in a thicker area. 

1014
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:06,320
The stand overlooked A narrow 
game trail with some large 

1015
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:09,480
boulders behind it. 
The rock sat on a slope that 

1016
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,200
climbed up into heavy brush and 
younger pine trees. 

1017
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:16,920
That section of woods always 
felt heavier, darker, and 

1018
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,800
quieter than the rest. 
It was a place where we had seen

1019
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,920
bear sign in the past and where 
elk sometimes passed through in 

1020
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:26,160
the early hours. 
I reached the stand and started 

1021
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:29,520
climbing the ladder. 
As I got halfway up, I heard a 

1022
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:31,760
deep, aggressive growl from 
behind me. 

1023
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:35,920
It was followed by a loud crack,
two rocks slamming together. 

1024
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:38,240
The sound bounced through the 
trees. 

1025
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:41,520
The growl had come from the 
direction of the boulders less 

1026
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:45,120
than 30 feet behind me. 
The noise and suddenness of it 

1027
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:48,320
stopped me cold. 
I turned quickly and looked 

1028
00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:51,080
back. 
At first I didn't see anything. 

1029
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:53,760
Then I saw movement. 
Something ducked behind the 

1030
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:57,160
largest of the boulders. 
I caught a glimpse of a head and

1031
00:55:57,160 --> 00:56:00,480
part of a shoulder. 
The head was large and slightly 

1032
00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:03,640
pointed at the top. 
The shoulders were broad and the

1033
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:06,080
hair looked thick, either black 
or dark brown. 

1034
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:09,000
I couldn't make out the face 
clearly because it was in the 

1035
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,480
shadows. 
The light in the trees was 

1036
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,880
uneven, and the spot behind the 
rock was dark. 

1037
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,960
It moved fast. 
It didn't run away, It crouched 

1038
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,480
behind cover. 
The moment I turned to look, I 

1039
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,640
didn't see a full body. 
I saw the upper portion, but the

1040
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,600
size of the shoulders and the 
speed at which it moved were 

1041
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:28,040
enough to tell me it was large 
and strong. 

1042
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:31,160
I immediately climbed back down 
the ladder. 

1043
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:34,800
I didn't run, but I backed away 
from the area slowly, keeping my

1044
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:38,000
eyes on the boulder. 
I put some space between myself 

1045
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:40,360
and that spot while keeping the 
area in view. 

1046
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:42,680
As I moved further down the 
trail. 

1047
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:45,520
About 100 yards out, I stopped 
again and looked back. 

1048
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,240
That's when it peeked out again.
I saw the head and shoulder 

1049
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:52,560
shift out from behind the rock. 
It looked directly at me. 

1050
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:55,720
The moment it saw that I was 
still watching, it pulled back 

1051
00:56:55,720 --> 00:56:57,760
out of sight just as quickly as 
before. 

1052
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:01,600
There was no sound, no movement 
in the brush, Just silence. 

1053
00:57:02,520 --> 00:57:04,040
I didn't stick around any 
longer. 

1054
00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:07,160
I moved fast down the trail and 
made my way to the old logging 

1055
00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:11,040
path that led toward the truck. 
The entire time I kept checking 

1056
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:13,000
behind me, but I didn't see it 
again. 

1057
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,520
I never heard it move off. 
Whatever it was, it stayed 

1058
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:19,880
quiet. 
When I met up with my stepfather

1059
00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:22,000
that evening, I told him about 
what happened. 

1060
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:24,520
He looked surprised but didn't 
question it. 

1061
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,520
Later that night, after we 
packed up and were sitting at 

1062
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:29,640
camp, we started talking more 
about it. 

1063
00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:33,080
That's when he told me that two 
other hunters from our group had

1064
00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:35,000
seen something just a few weeks 
earlier. 

1065
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,560
They had been near a food plot 
close to the road not far from 

1066
00:57:38,560 --> 00:57:40,880
Yellow Pine. 
According to him, they had 

1067
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:44,360
pulled in just after dark and 
saw something tall and black run

1068
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:47,600
across the edge of the field and
disappear into the woods on 2 

1069
00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:51,520
legs. 
What I saw was black and white 

1070
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:54,000
through the shoulders. 
It ducked quickly when it 

1071
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:57,520
realized I was watching. 
Most wild animals don't hide 

1072
00:57:57,520 --> 00:58:00,120
like that. 
When spotted they run or freeze.

1073
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,840
But this creature hid. 
It was watching before I turned 

1074
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:05,720
and it knew to move out of 
sight. 

1075
00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,760
That tells me it was aware of 
what I was doing. 

1076
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:13,080
The sound it made, the growl was
deep and rough. 

1077
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:16,480
It didn't last long, but it was 
enough to freeze me in place. 

1078
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:19,320
Then came the sound of rocks 
being slammed together. 

1079
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:22,440
I didn't see the rocks in its 
hands, but the noise was 

1080
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:26,520
unmistakable. 2 heavy stones hit
hard, like someone smacking them

1081
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:29,360
with both hands. 
It didn't happen again, just 

1082
00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:33,000
that one time. 
The spot where I saw a duck down

1083
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:35,200
was clear. 
The boulders stood taller than a

1084
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:38,560
man and the base of it was 
pressed in with broken twigs and

1085
00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:41,680
disturbed leaves. 
I didn't go looking for Prince, 

1086
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:43,280
and I didn't go back to the 
stand. 

1087
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:47,400
The size of the creature's head 
and shoulders made it clear this

1088
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,840
was no common animal. 
It was too big. 

1089
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:53,000
I couldn't see the face, but the
top of the head was rounded and 

1090
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:54,840
narrowed into a point at the 
crown. 

1091
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:58,400
It didn't have ears sticking 
out, and the neck looked short 

1092
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:01,640
and hidden by muscle. 
I believe what I saw was a 

1093
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:03,560
Bigfoot. 
There's nothing else in these 

1094
00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:05,640
woods that match what I saw and 
heard. 

1095
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:08,800
The whooping sound in the 
morning, the growl, the rock 

1096
00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:12,280
smashing, the way it hid, the 
way it watched me, all of it 

1097
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:15,400
points to something intelligent 
and large living out there. 

1098
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:19,080
Since that day, I haven't 
returned to that tree stand. 

1099
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:22,600
I still hunt the general area, 
but I stay to more open ground 

1100
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:24,480
where I can see in every 
direction. 

1101
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:27,760
I haven't had another sighting, 
and I haven't heard the whooping

1102
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:30,640
sound again either. 
But I know what I saw, and I 

1103
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:32,360
know it's probably still out 
there. 

1104
00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:40,360
In early May 2015, I went on a 
Turkey hunting trip in the 

1105
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:43,920
mountains near McCall, ID. 
I had read that area was known 

1106
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:47,080
for good game activity and 
decided to try it for a weekend 

1107
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:49,400
hunt. 
The plan was to park at a 

1108
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:52,480
campground and hike several 
miles into the woods to set up 

1109
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:54,760
camp. 
My brother and friend came 

1110
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:56,760
along. 
We reached the campground late 

1111
00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:59,160
in the afternoon. 
Only one other camper was there,

1112
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:02,040
parked in an RV. 
We geared up and started the 

1113
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:04,440
hike into the Backcountry around
5:00 PM. 

1114
01:00:05,320 --> 01:00:08,160
The trail was steep and rough 
with rocky slopes and thick 

1115
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:10,280
brush. 
There were no animal sounds. 

1116
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:13,720
It was quiet in the way that 
made us stop and notice the air 

1117
01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:16,160
felt still, like the woods were 
holding their breath. 

1118
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:20,000
About 3 miles in, we stopped 
along the trail that led to a 

1119
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,640
high Ridge. 
There was a flat spot beside the

1120
01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:26,160
path with room for a tent. 
We set up camp, had a quick 

1121
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,560
meal, and turned in for the 
night around 10. 

1122
01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:33,680
Around midnight, my brother and 
I both woke up after hearing a 

1123
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:35,800
howl. 
It was long and drawn out, 

1124
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:39,560
lasting close to 10 seconds. 
It came from somewhere down the 

1125
01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:42,080
slope. 
It wasn't a wolf, a dog, or a 

1126
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,240
bear. 
It didn't match any sound we had

1127
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:47,080
heard before. 
I told my brother not to worry, 

1128
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:51,840
but deep down it bothered me. 
By 2:00 AM we were all awake. 

1129
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:54,200
My friend nudged me and pointed 
at his ear. 

1130
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:56,960
We all listened. 
There were footsteps outside the

1131
01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:59,560
tent. 
They were heavy, spaced out, and

1132
01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:03,000
came slowly, like whoever or 
whatever it was chose where to 

1133
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:05,280
step. 
The sound moved closer to the 

1134
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:07,440
tent. 
My brother told me to grab the 

1135
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:09,880
shotgun. 
He said it aloud, not in a 

1136
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:12,760
whisper. 
Right after he said it, the step

1137
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:14,640
stopped. 
Everything went quiet. 

1138
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:18,520
Then we heard a deep grunt. 
A few seconds later, something 

1139
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:21,640
touched the side of the tent. 
It pushed the nylon wall just 

1140
01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:24,480
enough to move the fabric. 
We stayed frozen in place. 

1141
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,040
The breathing outside was low 
and deep. 

1142
01:01:27,320 --> 01:01:30,520
Then the sound of movement began
again, this time fading as the 

1143
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:34,320
steps moved away from our camp. 
I got out of the tent with the 

1144
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:36,640
light and looked around. 
I saw nothing. 

1145
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:40,400
It was too dark and quiet. 
Again we stayed alert for the 

1146
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:42,720
rest of the night, none of us 
sleeping much. 

1147
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,640
The next morning we broke camp 
and continued uphill. 

1148
01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:50,280
About 1/2 mile from where we had
camped, we found a large pile of

1149
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:52,320
scat. 
It could have been a bear, but 

1150
01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:55,680
we couldn't be sure. 
We hiked a short distance and 

1151
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:58,400
set up a new camp in a flat 
clearing near a patch of dense 

1152
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:00,880
pine. 
That night it all happened 

1153
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:03,960
again, around the same time the 
howling started. 

1154
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:07,200
It sounded nearly identical to 
the one from the night before. 

1155
01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:09,400
It came from the trees beyond 
the camp. 

1156
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:13,480
Then The Walking began. 
Just like before, slow, heavy 

1157
01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:16,600
steps circled the tent. 
The grunting came deeper and 

1158
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:20,120
closer than the night before. 
Then it touched the tent again, 

1159
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:23,200
showing an outline of a hand 
bigger than a dinner plate. 

1160
01:02:23,920 --> 01:02:26,840
I reached for the flashlight and
unzipped a small section of the 

1161
01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:29,200
tent flap. 
I looked out and froze in 

1162
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:31,360
terror. 
The creature was standing about 

1163
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:35,720
four feet away, facing the tent.
I looked up and it looked down 

1164
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:37,640
at me. 
It was massive. 

1165
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:40,800
The top of the head was nearly 
level with the lower branches of

1166
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:43,320
the trees. 
Its hair was dark brown with 

1167
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,160
some lighter strands, and the 
hair was thick and matted in 

1168
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:49,040
some places. 
I didn't dare shine my 

1169
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:52,480
flashlight directly on it, but 
the face was visible under the 

1170
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:55,320
moonlight. 
It had a broad nose, deep set 

1171
01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:59,240
eyes, and no hair on its face. 
The skin was greyish and rough, 

1172
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:02,840
like worn leather. 
The shoulders were huge and its 

1173
01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:04,560
arms hung lower than a man's 
would. 

1174
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:07,680
The eyes were dark. 
It didn't move, it just stood 

1175
01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:11,760
there, looking down at me. 
I zipped A flap and backed away 

1176
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:13,640
quickly. 
Nobody spoke. 

1177
01:03:14,080 --> 01:03:17,160
Then we heard heavy footsteps 
fading away into the trees. 

1178
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:21,040
We waited until first light, and
as soon as the sun started 

1179
01:03:21,040 --> 01:03:23,240
coming up, we packed as fast as 
we could. 

1180
01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:25,480
We hiked back down without 
stopping. 

1181
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:28,960
We never went back, not to that 
spot or anywhere near it. 

1182
01:03:32,040 --> 01:03:35,920
In November of 2001, I went on 
my first deer hunting trip with 

1183
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:40,120
my Winchester 3030, which I had 
received for my 11th birthday 

1184
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:43,240
earlier that year. 
My father and I had travelled to

1185
01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:46,840
the mountains near Kuskia to 
camp and hunt on private land we

1186
01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:50,080
had access to. 
The land included a large 

1187
01:03:50,080 --> 01:03:52,760
orchard and was bordered by a 
stretch of river known for its 

1188
01:03:52,760 --> 01:03:55,040
trout. 
We had camped there many times 

1189
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:57,360
before. 
It was a place I knew well and 

1190
01:03:57,360 --> 01:04:01,120
still remember in detail. 
We didn't head out until after 

1191
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:03,360
sunrise, around 7:30 in the 
morning. 

1192
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:06,680
My dad wasn't one for early 
starts, especially on private 

1193
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:09,080
land where he knew there was no 
competition. 

1194
01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:11,720
The air was cold and the sky was
clear. 

1195
01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:14,800
We left the camp house and 
walked down a narrow dirt Rd. 

1196
01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:18,280
After passing a small pasture, 
we came to a long wooden fence 

1197
01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:21,320
that bordered a hay field. 
The field ran from the road to 

1198
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:23,600
the river about 300 yards 
across. 

1199
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:27,240
We walked along the fence until 
we reached a corner post. 

1200
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:30,200
My dad suddenly stopped and told
me to kneel down. 

1201
01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:33,040
He said he saw a bear at the far
edge of the field. 

1202
01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:35,360
I got excited and knelt beside 
him. 

1203
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:39,240
He raised his scoped 30 ought 6 
and looked through it for a long

1204
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:41,280
moment. 
Then he lowered it and told me 

1205
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:43,840
it wasn't a bear. 
He didn't know what it was. 

1206
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:47,360
That caught me off guard. 
My dad knew every animal that 

1207
01:04:47,360 --> 01:04:50,080
lived in the woods and he had 
taught me about them since I was

1208
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:52,520
little. 
He handed me the binoculars and 

1209
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:55,640
told me to take a look. 
I slowly stood up and scanned 

1210
01:04:55,640 --> 01:04:58,840
the far end of the field. 
It didn't take long to find it 

1211
01:04:59,360 --> 01:05:01,360
There. 
Standing by the far fence was 

1212
01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:03,360
something I had never seen 
before. 

1213
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:07,800
It was tall, about 8 feet, with 
long arms and wide shoulders. 

1214
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:11,400
It was standing upright and 
still facing in our direction. 

1215
01:05:11,920 --> 01:05:15,480
Its hair was a mix of brown and 
reddish strands and its face was

1216
01:05:15,480 --> 01:05:18,120
mostly bare with dark, leathery 
looking skin. 

1217
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:20,720
Its eyes were large and deep 
set. 

1218
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:24,360
The nose was broad and flat. 
The creature wasn't moving. 

1219
01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:27,440
The hair on its body hung evenly
and looked clean. 

1220
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:30,520
I stood there watching it 
through the binoculars for about

1221
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:32,480
a minute, then I knelt back 
down. 

1222
01:05:33,120 --> 01:05:34,760
My dad and I looked at each 
other. 

1223
01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:37,440
Then we stood up again and 
watched the creature for another

1224
01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:40,080
30 seconds. 
It still hadn't moved. 

1225
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:42,840
My dad finally said we should go
back to camp. 

1226
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:45,840
We didn't rush. 
We kept an eye on the field as 

1227
01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:48,760
we walked back. 
When we reached the camp house, 

1228
01:05:48,840 --> 01:05:51,320
my dad took my rifle and loaded 
it completely. 

1229
01:05:51,640 --> 01:05:55,800
He then loaded his 12 gauge with
slugs and pulled out his 300 HR 

1230
01:05:55,800 --> 01:05:59,920
magnum from the gun case. 
Well, we ate breakfast. 

1231
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:03,160
He asked me again what I saw. 
I told him and he said he saw 

1232
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:05,320
the same thing. 
He said we should keep it 

1233
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:07,680
between US, and for many years 
we did. 

1234
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:11,280
That afternoon, while we were 
still at the cabin, I happened 

1235
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:14,120
to glance out the window. 
The creature had followed us 

1236
01:06:14,120 --> 01:06:16,120
back. 
It was standing partially behind

1237
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:18,440
a tree about 70 yards from the 
cabin. 

1238
01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:20,760
It stayed in that spot for 
hours. 

1239
01:06:21,240 --> 01:06:23,640
It didn't move much. 
It just stayed there, half 

1240
01:06:23,640 --> 01:06:26,480
hidden, barely visible if you 
didn't know where to look. 

1241
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:29,040
We watched it off and on through
the windows. 

1242
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:33,400
Dad kept his guns close. 
As night fell, the temperature 

1243
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:35,520
dropped. 
We built a fire in the stove and

1244
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,920
sat quietly, not sure what to 
expect. 

1245
01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:42,400
Around 9:30 PM we heard a soft 
tap on the cabin wall, then a 

1246
01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:44,800
grunt. 
It wasn't loud, but it was 

1247
01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:47,160
close. 
I went to the window and saw the

1248
01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:49,400
creature. 
It was standing just a few feet 

1249
01:06:49,400 --> 01:06:52,480
away, looking in. 
The glow from the lamp inside of

1250
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:54,320
the cabin lit up part of its 
face. 

1251
01:06:54,520 --> 01:06:57,600
Its eyes were dark and steady. 
It looked at me for a few 

1252
01:06:57,600 --> 01:07:00,280
seconds, then turned and walked 
off into the trees. 

1253
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:03,920
It didn't come back during the 
night, and at first light, Dad 

1254
01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:06,480
packed our things. 
We loaded the truck and left. 

1255
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:08,920
We never went back to that 
property again. 

1256
01:07:09,320 --> 01:07:11,280
Dad never said much about it 
afterward. 

1257
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:14,640
I only told my sons the story 
after Dad passed away. 

1258
01:07:15,120 --> 01:07:17,880
It was the only time I ever saw 
him nervous and that's said 

1259
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:22,400
enough for me. 
Thanks for listening everyone. 

1260
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:26,040
Don't forget my books are all 
for sale, audio and written. 

1261
01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:28,080
The links are in the description
below. 

1262
01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:30,240
Thanks again. 
Take care.