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I'm Lynn Smith and welcome to 
the Bigfoot Project. 

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Grab a blanket, turn down the 
lights, and settle in for 

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another journey into the 
mysteries of the wilderness. 

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In August 2019, a family camping
trip in the Cascade foothills of

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Oregon turned into a terrifying 
experience when several people 

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heard what sounded like 
children's voices calling from 

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the surrounding forest, only to 
realise the sounds were not 

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human. 
The voices shifted locations, 

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mimicked familiar tones, and 
were followed by heavy movement 

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and strange vocalizations that 
continued through the night. 

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The family later reported the 
incident as one of the most 

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terrifying experiences of their 
lives. 

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The Witnesses were a family of 
four, two adults and their two 

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teenage children, joined by a 
close family friend. 

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They were experienced campers 
and had spent many summers 

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exploring Oregon's forest roads 
and lakes. 

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On this trip they camped at a 
small primitive site off an old 

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logging Rd. about 20 miles east 
of Sweet Home. 

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The area was remote, quiet, and 
surrounded by dense Douglas fir,

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cedar, and thick undergrowth. 
They arrived in the late 

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afternoon on August 10th. 
The weather was warm and clear. 

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After unloading their gear, they
built a fire, cooked dinner, and

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set up two tents. 
As the sun dropped behind the 

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Ridge, the forest grew quiet 
except for the constant sound of

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flowing water and the occasional
owl. 

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They described the first few 
hours as peaceful and normal, no

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sense of unease or anything 
unusual. 

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Around 9:30 PM, as darkness 
settled in, the two teenagers 

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were roasting marshmallows at 
the fire when one of them 

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thought they heard laughter 
coming from somewhere behind the

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tents. 
It was faint, almost like the 

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giggle of a child. 
The sound lasted only a second 

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or two, and when they turned it 
stopped. 

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Thinking it might be an echo 
from another campers 

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conversation, they ignored it. 
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laughter returned, louder and 
closer. 

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This time all five people heard 
it. 

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It came from the woods about 40 
yards away. 

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A distinct high pitched giggle 
followed by a short call that 

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sounded like someone saying hey 
in a playful tone. 

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The voice was strange, not quite
right. 

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The pitch and inflection sounded
human, but there was an 

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unnatural echo to it, like the 
sound had been pushed through a 

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hollow space or mimicked 
imperfectly. 

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The adults assumed at first that
someone else was camping nearby,

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and that maybe children were 
wandering too far from their own

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camp. 
One of them called back, 

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shouting. 
Hello. 

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You guys camping nearby? 
There was no reply, just 

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silence. 
A few seconds later, the same 

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hey call came again, this time 
from the opposite direction. 

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It was followed by a faint 
giggle. 

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The family turned toward the 
sound, shining flashlights into 

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the trees, but the beams only 
showed branches and shadows. 

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No movement, no eyeshine, no 
sign of anyone. 

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At that point, the unease began 
to set in. 

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The man got up and walked toward
the tree line, shining his light

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around, calling out again. 
Who's out there? 

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No response. 
He walked a few yards closer, 

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but stopped when the laughter 
sounded again. 

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Now behind him near the fire, 
his wife and friend both saw his

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head snap around in confusion. 
The sound had shifted positions 

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in seconds, too fast for anyone 
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that quickly and quietly. 
Everyone gathered closer to the 

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fire. 
The woods went completely still.

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Not even the crickets were 
making noise now. 

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Then another sound came, faint 
but clear. 

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A child's voice saying Mum. 
It came from deep in the trees 

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higher up the slope. 
The woman instinctively answered

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before realizing what she had 
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Her two children were sitting 
right beside her. 

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The youngest looked up at her, 
wide eyed and whispered. 

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That sounded like me. 
They described the next few 

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minutes as filled with tension 
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The voices continued to come 
from different spots around the 

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camp, sometimes far off, 
sometimes close enough to sound 

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like they were within a few 
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Each time the tone or word 
changed slightly. 

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Sometimes it was laughter, 
sometimes a single word like 

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hey, come or help. 
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one of the teenagers calling to 
their parents, but always just 

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slightly off the pitch too high 
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The family friend suggested it 
could be an echo or animal 

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mimicry, possibly coyotes, but 
everyone agreed it didn't sound 

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right. 
Coyotes can make strange noises,

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but these sounded like actual 
words, formed and clear. 

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Around 10:15 PM, movement began 
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They could hear something large 
walking on 2 legs, crunching 

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through the underbrush. 
The steps were heavy. 

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One step, a pause, then another.
Slow and steady. 

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The sound circled part way 
around the camp, then stopped. 

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A minute later, a faint hello 
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the footsteps. 
The voice sounded closer now, 

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maybe 30 yards away. 
The man yelled. 

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This isn't funny. 
Who's out there? 

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The reply was a long silence, 
followed by another giggle from 

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the opposite side of camp. 
Now frightened, they added more 

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wood to the fire to brighten the
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The teenagers stayed close to 
their parents and everyone kept 

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flashlights scanning the trees. 
The forest was thick enough that

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the light only penetrated a few 
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blackness. 
The sense of being watched was 

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strong. 
At about 10:40, one of the teens

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shined their flashlights uphill 
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They said they saw a tall shape 
move behind a large tree, a 

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vertical silhouette, dark and 
solid, that briefly blocked out 

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the lighter background of the 
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It wasn't a person with a 
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It was just a large, upright 
form that stepped sideways and 

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disappeared. 
Moments later, a new sound came,

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a long, low groan from the same 
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The sound was deep, vibrating 
through the air, followed by two

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distinct knocks, like someone 
hitting a tree trunk with a 

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thick piece of wood. 
The forest stayed silent 

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afterward for nearly 5 minutes. 
The family decided to put out 

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the fire and retreat into their 
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They sat quietly listening. 
For almost half an hour, the 

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woods remained calm. 
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think the event was over. 
The mimicry started again, this 

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time closer than before. 
It began with a faint whisper 

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that sounded like one of the 
kids saying Dad. 

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The father turned his head 
sharply toward the sound, 

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realizing it was coming from 
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He whispered to the others to 
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Seconds later, something brushed
against the side of the tent, a 

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faint dragging touch, like a 
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Everyone froze. 
A moment later, another sound 

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came from behind the tent. 
A slow, deep exhale followed by 

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a soft grunt. 
The father unzipped the tent 

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just enough to shine his 
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He saw nothing, only shadows and
fog forming above the nearby 

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stream, but he could hear a 
movement again, slow steps 

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receding into the trees. 
They stayed awake the rest of 

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the night, listening to noises, 
the occasional soft knocks, 

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faint whistles, and twice more 
the sound of voices coming from 

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different sides of camp. 
Each time it happened, the 

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pattern was the same. 
A voice or laugh, a short 

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silence, then movement in 
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At one point around 1:30 AM, 
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the nearby trees with enough 
force to make a dull thud that 

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they felt through the ground. 
The mother described it as like 

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a baseball bat hitting a tree. 
The sound was followed by a 

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faint vocalisation, a deep, 
drawn up moan that rose in pitch

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before fading away. 
That was the last major sound of

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the night. 
By dawn, the forest had returned

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to normal. 
Birds began chirping again, and 

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sunlight filtered through the 
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The family cautiously stepped 
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The air was damp and cool, and 
everything seemed peaceful 

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again. 
They inspected the perimeter of 

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the campsite and found several 
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Near the back of the tents, the 
grass and leaf litter had been 

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flattened in two spots, as if 
something heavy had knelt or 

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crouched there. 
The flattened areas were large, 

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around 3 feet across. 
Several feet away, a small log 

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had been moved and propped 
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There were also faint 
impressions in the soft soil 

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near the stream. 
Wide partial prints, roughly 15 

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to 17 inches long, spaced far 
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The father said they looked like
footprints but lacked clear 

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definition. 
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The family broke camp quickly 
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morning. 
As they packed, they noticed 

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something else odd. 
Their cooler, which had been set

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under the picnic table, was 
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Though it hadn't been opened, a 
small pile of pebbles had been 

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placed next to it in a neat 
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No one in the group had done it,
and it had not been there the 

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night before. 
When they reached cell service, 

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they called a friend who worked 
in forestry and told them what 

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happened. 
He told them that several 

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similar reports had been 
collected from that region over 

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the years. 
The family later looked up 

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Bigfoot reports in Oregon and 
were startled to find multiple 

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accounts describing identical 
experiences, Voices calling in 

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human like tones, laughter and 
the sound of children's voices 

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mimicking campers. 
The father later said that the 

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experience convinced him 
something intelligent was behind

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it. 
He didn't believe it was a prank

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because of how fast the sounds 
moved and the lack of light or 

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human tracks in the morning. 
He also ruled out coyotes or 

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owls because the voices were 
clearly speaking words and 

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seemed to respond to them 
deliberately. 

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The family refused to return to 
that specific area but continued

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to camp elsewhere in Oregon, 
always closer to established 

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campgrounds. 
They said the one detail that 

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stood out most was how perfectly
the voices mimic their children.

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The sounds weren't random. 
They were directed, almost 

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playful. 
The mother described the moment 

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she heard Mom from the woods as 
the most terrifying thing she'd 

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ever experienced outdoors. 
She said it wasn't just the 

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sound itself, but the 
realization that something 

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inhuman had learned to imitate 
human speech, to lure or 

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confuse. 
The August 2019 Oregon encounter

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remains one of the more chilling
examples of vocal mimicry 

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associated with Sasquatch type 
activity. 

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The combination of childlike 
voices, circling movement, tree 

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knocks and heavy bipedal 
footsteps fits a growing pattern

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of reports from the Pacific 
Northwest, especially in the 

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Cascade foothills. 
Witnesses often describe the 

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same eerie blend of human like 
sounds and predatory behaviour, 

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mimicking approaching then 
retreating just far enough to 

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stay unseen. 
The family has not gone camping 

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off grid since, even years 
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They say that sometimes when the
woods grow quiet and they hear 

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laughter or a voice in the 
distance, their first instinct 

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is to pack em and leave just in 
case whatever they heard that 

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night is still out there. 
In February 2017, a solo hiker 

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travelling along a remote 
section of the Tonto National 

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Forest in central Arizona 
reported a terrifying night time

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encounter with an unknown 
creature that followed him for 

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nearly a mile before charging 
from the darkness. 

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The man, an experienced 
outdoorsman, later provided A 

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detailed written account 
describing the incident, which 

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he said permanently changed the 
way he approached solo hiking. 

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The event took place along an 
isolated stretch of trail near 

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the Mazatsal Mountains, an area 
known for its rugged terrain, 

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thick juniper and Mesquite 
stands, and deep canyons. 

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The witness, in his mid 30s, had
planned a 2 day backpacking trip

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along one of the lesser used 
Ridge lines. 

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His goal was to hike in several 
miles before setting up camp, 

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spend the night, and finish the 
loop the following day. 

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He had hiked and camped alone 
many times before, including in 

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this general region, and 
considered himself familiar with

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the area's wildlife and sounds. 
He began the hike mid afternoon 

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on February 11th. 
The weather was cool and clear, 

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with light wind typical for the 
Arizona High desert for that 

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time of year. 
The trail was dry and the only 

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sign of other people he 
encountered that day were old 

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boot tracks near the trailhead. 
As daylight faded, he reached a 

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high plateau overlooking a deep 
drainage and decided to continue

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for another hour before setting 
up camp. 

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He had his headlamp, flashlight 
and GPS and said he wasn't 

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concerned about hiking after 
dark. 

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Around 630, he stopped to rest 
and take a drink of water. 

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The sun had set and twilight was
fading quickly. 

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The desert night was still, the 
only sounds being crickets and 

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an occasional breeze rustling 
through the brush. 

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He described the setting as calm
and quiet until he heard 

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something move behind him. 
At first it was faint, like the 

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sound of a single footstep, then
another, heavier and closer. 

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He turned, shining his 
flashlight into the brush, but 

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saw nothing. 
Thinking it might be a deer or a

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javelina, he waited and 
listened. 

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The sound stopped completely 
after about 30 seconds. 

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He shrugged it off and continued
hiking. 

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He got less than 50 yards when 
the footsteps started again, 

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clear and matching his pace. 
Each time he took a step, he 

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heard another behind him, 
slightly delayed, crunching on 

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gravel and breaking small twigs.
He stopped. 

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The sound stopped. 
He walked again. 

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The footsteps resumed. 
He described an immediate sense 

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of unease. 
Not fear at first, but a growing

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awareness that whatever was 
behind him was big and walking 

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upright. 
The rhythm and spacing didn't 

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match any 4 legged animal. 
It was methodical, 2 steps at a 

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time, slow and heavy. 
He turned again, this time 

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shining his light wider across 
the brush. 

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The desert was open enough that 
he should have been able to see 

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movement, but nothing was there.
The beam reached 50 yards in all

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directions, but the landscape 
was empty. 

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He began to speak out loud, 
saying things like hey, 

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whoever's over there, I can hear
you. 

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His voice sounded too loud in 
the still air. 

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The footsteps stopped once 
again. 

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He waited, scanning the 
darkness. 

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Then, from his right, something 
snapped, a thick branch. 

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The sound was distinct, not 
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His nerves tightened. 
He picked up his pace, deciding 

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to cover ground and reach a 
small rise ahead, where he could

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see the surrounding area better.
As he climbed, the sound 

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followed. 
The footsteps were faster now, 

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sometimes overlapping his own. 
He described them as thudding, 

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deep and heavy, like something 
dropping its full weight into 

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every step. 
By this point, it was fully 

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dark. 
The stars were out and the moon 

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hung low behind the clouds. 
The flashlight beam bounced with

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each movement as he climbed. 
Near the top of the Ridge, he 

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stopped again and turned 
quickly, sweeping his light in a

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full arc. 
For a split second, the light 

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caught something. 
A dark shape, large and upright,

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partially hidden behind a tree. 
The eyes reflected A faint red 

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color, not bright like an 
animal's typical shine, but dull

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and deep. 
Before he could focus, the shape

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shifted out of sight with 
startling speed. 

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He later said that moment ended 
all doubt that he was being 

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followed. 
The distance between them had 

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closed to maybe 40 yards. 
The realization that something 

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that large could move so quietly
unnerved him. 

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He decided to continue forward 
toward a section of rocky 

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outcropping where he knew there 
was a small clearing used by 

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hunters. 
He wanted open ground and better

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visibility. 
As he moved down the opposite 

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side of the Ridge, the sound of 
movement behind him became 

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louder. 
He said it was no longer pacing 

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him, but paralleling him to his 
right, just out of sight. 

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Occasionally he heard brush 
snapping, the sound of weight 

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shifting, and even what sounded 
like a deep, short exhale. 

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At one point he stopped again 
and aimed his flashlight into 

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the brush. 
The beam caught a faint outline 

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between 2 trees. 
A massive figure crouched low, 

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motionless. 
It wasn't a rock or a stump. 

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He could see the shape of the 
shoulders and head. 

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The moment the light touched it,
the figure dropped lower, as if 

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trying to hide. 
He froze, heart pounding, unable

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to move for several seconds. 
When he took a step backward, 

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the figure rose slightly and 
shifted its weight, the movement

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smooth. 
He didn't want to wait to see 

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more. 
He turned and started moving 

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quickly down the trail, not 
running but walking as fast as 

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he could while keeping his 
footing. 

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The sounds followed instantly, 
closing the distance again, loud

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steps, branches breaking, and 
what he described as a deep 

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dragging sound, like something 
brushing against the ground as 

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it moved. 
He reached the clearing about 10

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minutes later. 
The area was flat, open and 

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moonlit enough to see 50 yards 
around. 

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He stopped in the centre, 
breathing hard, and turned again

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with the flashlight. 
Silence. 

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Nothing moved. 
The air felt still and heavy. 

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Then came a sound from the tree 
line. 

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A single deep knock. 
Like wood striking wood. 

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It echoed across the Canyon. 
He stood completely still. 

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The knock was followed by a low 
guttural moan that seemed to 

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vibrate in his chest. 
Then another sound from his 

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left, a second, higher pitched 
moan overlapping the first. 

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It was clear there was more than
one of whatever was out there. 

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He drew his side arm, but didn't
raise it. 

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The noises stopped, followed by 
complete silence. 

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After several long seconds, 
something large burst from the 

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trees uphill to his right, 
moving directly toward him. 

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The sound was explosive, 
pounding footsteps, crashing 

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brush, and a roar that began low
and rose into a violent, 

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guttural scream. 
He described it as the most 

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powerful sound I've ever heard. 
Not like an animal, more like 

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something angry. 
The roar was followed by a deep,

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throaty growl that carried 
across the rocks. 

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He pointed his flashlight toward
the sound and caught the 

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briefest glimpse of movement. 
A towering shape, dark, fast and

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upright, crossing between 2 
trees about 30 yards away. 

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The branches shook as it passed.
He fired a single warning shot 

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into the air. 
The gun's echo rolled across the

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Canyon, followed by silence. 
The creature stopped 

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immediately. 
For a few seconds there was only

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the faint crackle of settling 
debris, then slowly the sound of

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footsteps retreating into the 
distance, still heavy, but 

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moving away. 
The roars did not return. 

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He stayed in the clearing for 
nearly half an hour, listening 

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and scanning several times. 
He thought he heard faint 

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movement far off, but couldn't 
be sure. 

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The feeling of being watched 
never fully went away. 

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He considered hiking out, but 
decided instead to stay where he

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was until first light. 
He built a small fire from dried

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brush and sat with his back to a
large boulder, gun resting 

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across his lap. 
He said that throughout the 

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night he occasionally heard 
distant knocks, sometimes one, 

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sometimes 2IN succession, 
echoing from different 

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locations. 
Around 2:00 AM, he caught a 

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faint whiff of a strong, musky 
odor drifting on the breeze. 

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It was earthy, pungent and 
slightly rotten. 

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The smell came and went in waves
until dawn. 

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At first light, he hiked quickly
back toward his truck. 

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Along the way, in the section 
where the charge had occurred, 

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he found several large 
impressions in the soil, too 

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wide and too long to be human. 
The ground was hard packed, so 

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the prints weren't clear, but 
the spacing suggested a stride 

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far larger than his own. 
Several broken branches and a 

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few overturned rocks marked the 
route where the creature had 

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come down through the trees. 
He left the area immediately and

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didn't stop until he reached the
main road. 

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Later that day, he reported the 
encounter to a friend. 

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The friend told him there had 
been occasional reports from 

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hunters and cambers in the same 
general region. 

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Strange howls, wood knocks, and 
sightings of a big dark thing 

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moving through the trees. 
The witness later submitted his 

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full written account to a 
regional researcher. 

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He emphasized that what struck 
him most wasn't the sighting 

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itself, but the intelligence 
behind the movement. 

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He said the creature stayed out 
of you intentionally, circling, 

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pacing and finally using a bluff
charge to drive him away. 

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It didn't act like a startled 
animal, it acted like something 

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that knew he didn't belong 
there. 

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He said the physical size of the
figure was impossible to forget.

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Based on the distance and how 
high it stood relative to the 

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trees, He estimated its height 
at between 8:00 and 9:00 feet. 

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The arms were long, the movement
smooth and powerful, and the 

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noise it made was unlike any 
known animal in the area. 

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Since the encounter, the man has
continued to hike, but never 

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alone or after dark. 
He described lasting anxiety 

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about the experience, saying 
that the sound of heavy 

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footsteps on gravel or breaking 
branches at night now triggers 

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an instant reaction of fear. 
The February 2017 Tonto National

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Forest incident remains one of 
the most unnerving Arizona 

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reports, involving direct 
pursuit and an apparent charge. 

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The combination of deliberate 
pacing, vocalizations, wood 

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knocks and sudden aggression 
mirrors other high intensity 

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encounters in remote regions 
across North America. 

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This report stands out for its 
level of detail and the 

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witnesses calm, consistent 
recollection. 

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He never claimed to know exactly
what he saw, only that it wasn't

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human and it wasn't behaving 
like any animal. 

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In his final statement, he 
wrote. 

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It's easy to tell yourself that 
Bigfoot stories are just 

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campfire talk until something 
walks behind you in the dark 

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that you can't see but can feel 
every step, every breath. 

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When it finally charged, I knew 
it wasn't bluffing for fun. 

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It wanted me gone and I didn't 
argue. 

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In June 2019, a solo backpacker 
exploring the Kenai Peninsula in

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southern Alaska reported one of 
the most disturbing and detailed

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encounters ever documented in 
the region. 

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The incident involved the 
discovery of unusually large 

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tracks, followed later that same
evening by a direct visual 

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sighting of an enormous, 
aggressive creature that 

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appeared to deliberately 
intimidate him. 

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The witness managed to 
photograph several of the 

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footprints before the encounter 
escalated, and his written 

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account provides a clear factual
record of what happened that day

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deep in the Alaskan Backcountry.
The Witness, a 39 year old 

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outdoor photographer from 
Anchorage, had planned a four 

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day solo trek through a remote 
area near the Kenai Mountains, 

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several miles from any 
maintained trail. 

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He was familiar with Alaska's 
terrain and wildlife, having 

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spent over a decade hunting and 
camping throughout the state. 

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His main goal for the trip was 
to photograph wildlife and 

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landscape scenes in early summer
light. 

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He carried A lightweight camera,
set up a tent, and bear 

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protection including spray and a
sidearm, standard gear for 

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anyone travelling alone in bear 
country. 

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The first two days of the trip 
went as planned. 

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The weather was mild, with long 
daylight hours, temperatures in 

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the low 60s, and calm winds. 
He followed a game trail that 

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wound through spruce and Alder 
forest, leaning toward a series 

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of ridges overlooking a wide 
valley. 

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The terrain was uneven but open 
enough to allow good visibility.

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On the morning of June 14th, he 
broke camp and began hiking 

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toward a small stream about 5 
miles east of his last overnight

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sight. 
He planned to refill on water 

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and set up camp near the Creek 
before sunset. 

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Along the way, he noticed a set 
of large impressions in the 

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muddy ground beside the trail. 
At first glance, he assumed they

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belonged to a bear, but as he 
looked closer, he realized the 

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shape was wrong. 
The prints were elongated much 

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longer than they were wide, with
a defined heel and what appeared

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to be individual toe marks. 
He crouched down and 

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photographed several of the 
impressions. 

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Each print measured roughly 18 
inches in length and nearly 8 

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inches wide at the ball of the 
foot. 

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The stride was immense, 
approximately 5 to 6 feet 

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between steps, and the tracks 
ran in a straight line across 

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the trail and down toward a 
small drainage. 

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He noted that the depth of the 
impressions was significant. 

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Whatever made them was heavy. 
He pressed his own boot beside 

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one of the prints and found his 
own mark barely sank into the 

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mud at all. 
By comparison, he followed the 

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trail of Prince for about 100 
yards, watching how they crossed

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a shallow Creek and climbed the 
opposite bank. 

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There were no claw Marks and no 
signs of handprints or knuckle 

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impressions. 
The gate was consistent, upright

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and linear, not like a bear 
moving in all fours, he said. 

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The sense of unease came over 
him quickly. 

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The area was quiet, almost 
unnaturally so. 

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No bird calls and no wind. 
After photographing the tracks, 

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00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,560
he decided to continue toward 
his intended campsite but 

464
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,800
remained on alert. 
The rest of the afternoon passed

465
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,000
without incident, though he 
admitted filling watched several

466
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,120
times as he moved through thick 
brush. 

467
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,800
The sound of his own footsteps 
seemed unusually loud in the 

468
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:59,960
silence. 
He reached the Creek just after 

469
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:03,400
6:00 PM and set up camp on a 
flat clearing about 50 yards 

470
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,080
from the water. 
The area was surrounded by 

471
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,400
spruce forest, with a ridgeline 
rising to the north and the 

472
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,080
valley stretching out behind 
him. 

473
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,000
He cooked dinner, filtered water
and spent time reviewing the 

474
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,240
photographs of the footprints on
his camera. 

475
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,400
He was certain that what he had 
seen was number hoax or natural 

476
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,480
erosion. 
The spacing, shape and clarity 

477
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:29,280
were too precise. 
Around 8:30, the sun was still 

478
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,760
above the horizon, though the 
light had softened. 

479
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,840
He was sitting near his tent 
writing notes when he heard a 

480
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,480
sound from across the Creek. 
A heavy thud followed by 

481
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,680
another. 
The Creek was only about 40 feet

482
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,080
wide at that point, and the 
sound seemed to come from 

483
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,080
directly opposite his camp. 
He stood up and scanned the tree

484
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,080
line. 
The shadows were long, and 

485
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,680
visibility across the Creek was 
limited by thick Alder and 

486
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,800
Willow growth. 
Still, the sound of movement was

487
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,400
unmistakable. 
A slow progression of heavy 

488
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,160
steps, then a pause. 
He called out loudly, thinking 

489
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,960
it might be another person. 
There was no answer. 

490
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,920
A few moments later, a loud 
crack echoed from the same 

491
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,640
direction, a branch breaking 
under pressure. 

492
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,560
Then silence. 
He backed slowly toward his 

493
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,200
tent, scanning the woods. 
The next sound made his heart 

494
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,560
race. 
A deep, guttural exhale, loud 

495
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,000
enough that it carried clearly 
across the Creek. 

496
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,760
It wasn't a bear's huff or 
snort. 

497
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,680
It was longer, lower, and it 
vibrated in his chest. 

498
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,760
He grabbed his bear spray in 
flashlight and stood still, 

499
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,600
listening. 
The sound came again, closer 

500
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,320
now. 
Then, without warning, a rock 

501
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,640
roughly the size of a fist 
landed in the shallow water near

502
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,400
the bank. 
A second rock followed moments 

503
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,040
later, thrown from somewhere 
behind the trees. 

504
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,800
The man said that realisation 
that something was throwing 

505
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,240
rocks is what triggered his 
fear. 

506
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,080
He shouted again, louder this 
time. 

507
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:03,600
The response was immediate. 
A loud, deep growl erupted from 

508
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,760
the tree line, not brief but 
long and drawn out, growing 

509
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,400
louder as it went. 
It was powerful enough to carry 

510
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,960
over the Creek and echo off the 
valley walls. 

511
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,600
He described it as the kind of 
sound that makes your stomach 

512
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,680
drop, not from an animal but 
from something intelligent and 

513
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,320
angry. 
Seconds later came a violent 

514
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,600
crash of brushes, followed by a 
rhythmic pounding of footsteps 

515
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,000
moving fast through the trees. 
The creature was coming down the

516
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,320
slope toward the Creek. 
He aimed his flashlight toward 

517
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:39,160
the sound and the beam caught 
movement, a massive dark shape 

518
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,840
breaking through the brush. 
He described it as enormous, at 

519
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,320
least 8 1/2 feet tall and built 
like a wall of muscle. 

520
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,440
The shoulders were incredibly 
wide, the head low and forward 

521
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,720
set with no neck. 
The hair was dark brown, with 

522
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,200
lighter patches around the upper
arms and chest. 

523
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,920
The creature stopped at the edge
of the Creek, partly hidden by 

524
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,720
willows. 
The hiker stood frozen, weapons 

525
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,400
still holstered, bear spray 
ready in his hand. 

526
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,640
The creature leaned forward 
slightly, emitting a sound 

527
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,680
halfway between a grunt and a 
roar. 

528
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,320
Its eyes caught the light from 
the flashlight, glowing faintly.

529
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,200
He could see the outline of its 
face, flat, broad, with a wide 

530
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,240
jaw and a pronounced brow Ridge.
The mouth was closed but tense, 

531
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,320
and the nostrils flared as it 
exhaled forcefully. 

532
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:32,040
Then, in one abrupt motion, the 
creature stepped into the Creek.

533
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:36,400
Water splashed around its knees 
as it waded directly toward him.

534
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,200
Each step sent ripples across 
the surface, and the sound of 

535
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,240
its weight in the water was 
immense. 

536
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,160
The hiker backed away, shouting,
trying to make himself seem 

537
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,680
larger. 
But the creature did not slow. 

538
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,280
When it reached the middle of 
the Creek, about 20 feet from 

539
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,880
his camp, it stopped. 
For several seconds it stood 

540
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,320
motionless, chest rising and 
falling. 

541
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,040
Then it let out a roar so 
powerful he felt it vibrate 

542
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,800
through the ground. 
The sound lasted several 

543
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:09,160
seconds, deep and guttural, 
ending in a bark like exhale. 

544
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,720
The hiker raised his flashlight 
higher, fully illuminating the 

545
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,760
creature. 
The creature reacted instantly, 

546
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,840
throwing its head back and 
slamming its hand into the water

547
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,960
with tremendous force, sending a
spray several feet into the air.

548
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:28,040
It let out another roar, louder 
than before, and took one more 

549
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,960
step forward. 
The man fired a warning shot 

550
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,480
into the air from his side arm. 
The gunshot echoed. 

551
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,880
The creature froze, then let out
a shorter rasping vocalization, 

552
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,800
something between a growl and a 
hiss, before turning abruptly 

553
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,800
and retreating back toward the 
trees. 

554
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,320
The sound of its steps in the 
water was rapid, and within 

555
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,920
seconds it disappeared into the 
vegetation. 

556
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:55,000
The crashing noises continued 
for several more seconds before 

557
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:59,520
fading into the distance. 
The hiker stood motionless for 

558
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,600
nearly a minute, his flashlight 
trembling in his hand. 

559
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,600
He could still hear faint 
movement uphill, but it was 

560
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,960
retreating fast. 
The silence that followed was 

561
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,400
total. 
The only sound left was the 

562
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,600
gentle flow of the Creek. 
He packed his essentials within 

563
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,000
minutes, deciding not to stay 
another night. 

564
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,160
He moved quickly but carefully, 
keeping his light on the 

565
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,080
surrounding forest. 
He said the sense of being 

566
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,360
watched persisted the entire 
time. 

567
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,720
Several times he caught faint 
movement behind him, distant but

568
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,800
steady, as if something was 
pacing him from the tree line. 

569
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,920
He reached a flat, open area 
about a mile from camp just 

570
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,440
before midnight and decided to 
stay there until daylight rather

571
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,080
than risk navigating rough 
terrain in the dark. 

572
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,880
At dawn, he returned briefly to 
the site to retrieve what he had

573
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,680
left behind, his tent, cookware,
and a small camera tripod. 

574
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,520
The area was undisturbed except 
for large tracks along the 

575
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,320
Creek. 
Some were fresh, deeper and 

576
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,160
sharper than the ones he had 
photographed earlier in the day.

577
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,520
The prints were spaced wide 
apart, each clearly showing toes

578
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,640
and a deep heel impression. 
He took more photos, noting that

579
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,040
one print in the water showed 
where the creature had turned 

580
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:17,320
abruptly during its retreat. 
He said the smell lingered 

581
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,280
faintly in the area, a heavy, 
musky odor like wet hair and 

582
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:25,400
decay mixed with sulphur. 
Several trees near the Creek had

583
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,640
been snapped about waist height 
and the vegetation on the 

584
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,280
opposite bank was flattened in a
wide path leading up the slope. 

585
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,040
The mud was churned up where the
creature had stood mid Creek. 

586
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,360
He left the site immediately 
after photographing the damage 

587
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,960
and returned to his vehicle by 
late afternoon. 

588
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,640
Over the next several days he 
reviewed the photos and wrote a 

589
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,760
detailed report of the 
encounter, including GPS 

590
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,440
coordinates, timestamps and 
terrain notes. 

591
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,160
The images of the tracks were 
clear and distinct, showing 

592
00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,880
wide, flat feet with well 
defined toes and long stride 

593
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,960
spacing. 
The local wildlife experts he 

594
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,800
shared them with later were 
unable to identify them. 

595
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,560
When asked to describe the 
creature's behaviour, he said it

596
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:16,159
was not curious, it was angry. 
He felt strongly that the roar, 

597
00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:18,920
the charge and the show of 
strength were meant as 

598
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,080
intimidation. 
He emphasized that nothing about

599
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,320
the event suggested random 
aggression. 

600
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:30,639
It was calculated territorial 
behaviour he described. 

601
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:35,400
Its size was overwhelming, even 
standing mid Creek with water up

602
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,880
to its knees. 
It towered above the brush on 

603
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,920
both banks. 
He estimated its height between 

604
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:44,800
8:00 and 9:00 feet with 
shoulders easily 4 feet across. 

605
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,320
Its movements were fluid but 
powerful, every step deliberate.

606
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,320
The hands were visible briefly 
in the light, large and human 

607
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,560
like, but longer in proportion 
with noticeable thickness 

608
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,200
through the fingers. 
He submitted the report to a 

609
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,360
national Cryptid research 
organization along with his 

610
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,240
photographs. 
The analysis confirmed that the 

611
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:09,440
prints showed consistent 
morphology with other alleged 

612
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:14,000
Sasquatch tracks, wide toe 
spread, deep midfoot pressure 

613
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,880
and consistent stride. 
The locations remoteness and 

614
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,200
lack of human traffic added 
credibility to the report. 

615
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,240
In the weeks that followed, the 
witness said he experienced 

616
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,040
recurring anxiety when thinking 
about the event. 

617
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,280
Though he continued to hike 
afterward, he avoided solo trips

618
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,600
and refused to return to that 
part of the Kenai Peninsula. 

619
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:42,200
What makes this case especially 
compelling is the combination of

620
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,640
physical documentation and 
behaviour, the deliberate 

621
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,240
intimidation, the rock throwing 
and the direct reaction to the 

622
00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:52,400
witnesses presence. 
It suggested a level of 

623
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,000
intelligence and control that 
goes beyond instinctive animal 

624
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:02,080
behaviour. 
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625
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,880
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626
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627
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,480
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628
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629
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:21,240
Thank you. 
Guernsey County, Ohio I took a 

630
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,960
report from a fellow who didn't 
want his name used about his 

631
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,840
October 1990 Bigfoot sighting 
just north of Old Washington, 

632
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,880
OH. 
Bob, not his real name, had 

633
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,720
permission to hunt some private 
land adjacent to state land 

634
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:37,400
north of town. 
As the Camwood hunter sat in a 

635
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:41,240
tree watching over a pasture 
field near Norris Rd., he saw a 

636
00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:44,640
dark hair covered animal walk 
out of the tree line on 2 legs 

637
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,920
and proceed across the open 
field until it turned and walked

638
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:52,080
N up to a barbed wire fence. 
When the beast reached the fence

639
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:55,480
the wide eyed bow hunter 
witnessed it smoothly step over 

640
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,160
the obstacle and disappear into 
a jungle of multi floor rows 

641
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,600
without breaking stride. 
Even at a distance of 300 yards 

642
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,400
the creature appeared huge. 
Being able to easily step over a

643
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,120
four foot high fence certainly 
adds credibility to Bob's claim.

644
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,120
He sat there for a few minutes 
digesting what he had just seen 

645
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,360
until reality set in and he 
quickly climbed down out of the 

646
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:22,240
tree and left the area. 
He said that he was very spooked

647
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,600
after the incident and didn't 
hunt anymore for a month or so. 

648
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,480
Years later, Bob got involved 
with fishing for Flathead 

649
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,440
catfish and spent many nights 
plying salt forks nearly 3000 

650
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:37,240
acres for the Battle Scar 
Giants, some reaching 50 lbs or 

651
00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:40,040
more. 
It was common for Bob and his 

652
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,080
friend to pull the bow of the 
boat ashore and sit in lawn 

653
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,320
chairs after midnight at several
favorite spots along the 

654
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,080
shoreline. 
More than a few times the men 

655
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,880
would hear knocks coming from up
in the woods above the water. 

656
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,960
Sometimes they would hear whoops
as well and Bob often wondered 

657
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,280
if those sounds were from actual
bigfoots or from some human 

658
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,640
trying to entice a response from
one of the beasts. 

659
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,840
There is no doubt what made a 
scream 1 summer night in 2010 

660
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,600
when Bob and his friend had 
beached their boat in the T 

661
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,800
shaped Cove of the east side of 
the lake just beyond the campers

662
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,600
beach. 
As the two men sat in their lawn

663
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,480
chairs fishing, the serenity of 
the evening was suddenly 

664
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,600
vanquished by a piercing scream 
that was followed by a 

665
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,520
chattering sound that resembled 
Japanese language. 

666
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,760
The fishermen promptly packed up
and left. 

667
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,280
When I inquired as to whether 
the screaming chatter was 

668
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,600
followed by a response from 
another location, Bob replied 

669
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,720
no. 
He felt the outburst was 

670
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:38,880
directed at them by something 
that wasn't pleased by them 

671
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:45,400
being there. 
Monroe County, Ohio Victor 

672
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,200
Roberts shut off the mower and 
climbed from his machine while 

673
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,840
wiping his brow. 
He took a long drink from his 

674
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,880
water bottle and heard a 
distinct thud of another half 

675
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,760
dollar size rock hitting the 
ground. 

676
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,880
He didn't even look towards the 
hill up behind the house, 

677
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,400
knowing full well that's where 
it came from and who, or rather 

678
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,000
what had thrown it. 
The yard as well as the roof was

679
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,480
full of them. 
He had had it happened before 

680
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,760
almost every time he came to mow
the grass at the house in which 

681
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:17,200
his father had once lived. 
Situated off Route 556 E of 

682
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,920
Bealsville, Ohio, the Cats Run 
Rd. property consisted of the 

683
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,880
old house, a barn and some 300 
acres now owned by Victor and 

684
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,520
his family. 
His dad had lived there for many

685
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:31,040
years before his passing and now
the old house sits empty with 

686
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,200
Victor only rarely coming down 
to mow the grass or maybe do a 

687
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,400
little hunting. 
He remembers his first encounter

688
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,800
very well, although it took 
place back in 1975. 

689
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,480
Victor was deer hunting in 
December up in the hills behind 

690
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,800
the house. 
He had sat down against a big 

691
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,640
Cherry Tree to break up his 
outline and blend in with his 

692
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,480
surroundings. 
This was either before you had 

693
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,560
to wear some hunter orange 
clothing or possibly the man 

694
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,480
didn't adhere to the state 
regulation. 

695
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,880
Anyway, he had gotten a little 
too comfortable and had fallen 

696
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,720
asleep while sitting against the
tree. 

697
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,000
When he woke up, the sun had 
already set and the woods were 

698
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,800
quickly darkening. 
He had no flashlight with him, 

699
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,640
but he knew he needed to head 
downhill to reach the house. 

700
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,280
He got up and proceeded to make 
his way downward, trying not to 

701
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,160
run into any obstacles in his 
way. 

702
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,880
He ended up in the bottom of a 
ravine and quickly discovered 

703
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,080
that something else was in it 
besides him. 

704
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:28,400
He ran into a warm hair covered 
body that he thought must have 

705
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,560
been a cow. 
After the initial contact, he 

706
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,200
suspected that the cow would 
simply walk off. 

707
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:38,400
However, the beast stood up 
taller than he was and he could 

708
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,280
feel and smell its hot, stinky 
breath on his face. 

709
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,640
He said that the animal smelled 
like crap. 

710
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,960
It simply walked off into the 
darkness, leaving Victor to 

711
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,320
think that the cow was instead a
bear that was walking away on 2 

712
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,600
legs. 
Another time, he and his brother

713
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,240
Andy were deer hunting together 
in the hills up behind the 

714
00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:59,960
house. 
The 2 hunters had both sat in 

715
00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:03,160
separate locations waiting 
unsuccessfully for some deer to 

716
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,960
come through. 
Darkness set in and they needed 

717
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,520
to get down off the hill 
quickly. 

718
00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:11,560
As soon as Victor stood up, he 
heard someone else get up not 

719
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:13,080
far from where he had been 
sitting. 

720
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,080
It ran like the wind through the
woods away from him. 

721
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,200
Thinking that it was his 
brother, he went after it 

722
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:24,280
yelling Andy, stop, stop. 
But it kept going very fast and 

723
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,200
very smoothly. 
He watched it go until he saw 

724
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,400
the real Andy stand up. 
He too observed this thing 

725
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,480
running through the dark woods 
gracefully and as quickly as a 

726
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,240
cat. 
Andy thought that it was a bear,

727
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,040
but I don't think Victor 
believed him. 

728
00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:42,160
It had been two years since 
Victor had been to the old house

729
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,360
to cut the grass due to a bridge
being out and some vehicle 

730
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,360
problems, but he plans to go 
back. 

731
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,480
He has invited me to meet him 
there so he can show me the 

732
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:53,320
house and property. 
He said that he once watched a 

733
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,160
Bigfoot at night through a 
thermal scope that was sitting 

734
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,200
up on a log up the hill behind 
the house. 

735
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,200
He watched the creature who was 
watching him back for 10 to 15 

736
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,520
minutes until his hair started 
to stand up on the back of his 

737
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,200
neck and head. 
Then he retreated to the house. 

738
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,120
He said that the thing was very 
large and it spooked him. 

739
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,800
I might just take him up on his 
offer to meet him there someday.

740
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,600
It might be difficult to locate 
down in the Hills and Haulers of

741
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,920
Monroe County, but I know how to
find it. 

742
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,480
Just look for an old house on 
Cats Run Rd. with half dollar 

743
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,560
size rocks in the yard and on 
the roof. 

744
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,560
Catawba River, South Carolina 
While fishing at the Catawba 

745
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:40,760
River near Great Falls, SC in 
February of 2016, Lindsay Rakes 

746
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,880
and her husband had just moved 
downstream a short ways closer 

747
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:48,280
to the dam when they both heard 
and saw a 10 to 12 inch rock hit

748
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:49,880
the ground close to where they 
stood. 

749
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,920
The rock had not rolled down the
hill behind them, but had been 

750
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:56,800
thrown by someone or something. 
They began to hear something 

751
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,080
above them running on the hill 
and ruled out humans due to the 

752
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,080
extreme steepness of the bank 
and the difficulty in reaching 

753
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,560
the location above them. 
A few seconds later, they heard 

754
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,560
a noise that sounded vaguely 
like an owl, yet they both 

755
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,280
thought that it was something 
else trying to imitate 1. 

756
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,760
This sound was followed by a 
knocking or clacking noise 

757
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,400
coming again from up above and 
behind them. 

758
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,440
Another rock was thrown, landing
near the first one, and then the

759
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,280
whole sequence was repeated 
again. 

760
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,080
The couple fled to their vehicle
after the third rock was thrown,

761
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,400
and Lindsay's husband shone a 
flashlight up a hill in an 

762
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,880
unsuccessful attempt to see the 
perpetrator. 

763
00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:42,160
Highland County, Ohio Kim Cahill
Estep and her sister Susie had 

764
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,520
been shopping in Hillsborough 
and we're now on their way home 

765
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:48,440
to Mowrystown, Ohio. 
They travelled S on Route 62 

766
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,720
until they made a right turn and
proceeded down Taylorsville Rd. 

767
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,840
The two sisters chatted about 
what they had purchased and 

768
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,040
their plans for the next day, 
when suddenly their idle small 

769
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:02,240
talk was replaced with gasps and
screams when the car finally 

770
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:05,240
slid to a halt. 
There, standing not 2 feet in 

771
00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:08,480
front of it, was a giant beast 
that neither of them had ever 

772
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:11,920
seen before. 
It was at least 7 feet tall with

773
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,920
a lanky build but nonetheless 
still muscular. 

774
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,840
The creature displayed a look of
concern, if not shock at almost 

775
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,040
having been hit by the vehicle. 
The headlights revealed the 

776
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,440
animal standing on 2 legs like a
human, but covered in reddish 

777
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:27,760
brown hair around 6 to 8 inches 
long. 

778
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:31,520
Its eyes, huge from the 
excitement, shone red from the 

779
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:35,360
reflection of the headlamps. 
After a 5 second stare down 

780
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,440
between the sisters and the 
creature, it calmly continued on

781
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,200
its merry way across 
Taylorsville Rd. until it 

782
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,880
reached a four foot high fence 
along the side of the roadway. 

783
00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,920
This flimsy obstacle proved no 
problem for the beast as it 

784
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:51,000
simply stepped over the barrier 
and continued on its way into 

785
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,720
the woods and out of sight on 
the West side of the road. 

786
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,880
Kim remembers that the animal 
displayed arm swing as it walked

787
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,480
away. 
After telling a few family 

788
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,040
members and friends of the 
incident and getting laughter 

789
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,480
and insults, Kim kept the 10:00 
PM. 

790
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,680
November of 82 encounter to 
herself until now. 

791
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:13,240
She was pleased to learn that 
she and her sister weren't alone

792
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,440
as others have also seen the 
beasts in Highland County and 

793
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:22,840
have reported their sightings to
me, Jackson and Gallia Counties,

794
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:26,120
Ohio. 
It was near the end of July in 

795
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,520
2003. 
Okie Fortner and his buddy James

796
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,600
were driving the back roads of 
Jackson and Gallia County 

797
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,600
scouting for deer. 
It was around 4:00 in the 

798
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,840
afternoon and the pair was 
travelling down Jimes Emery Rd. 

799
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,480
when Okie saw something reddish 
brown out in the pasture nearby.

800
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,040
They stopped the car in a wide 
spot in the road and waited for 

801
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,680
the animal to reappear from one 
of the dips in the rolling 

802
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,760
pasture field that had caused it
to momentarily drop out of 

803
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,400
sight. 
When it finally reappeared a few

804
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,960
seconds later, the two men were 
shocked to not see a deer, but a

805
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,360
giant of a beast on 2 legs 
walking toward the tree line 

806
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,320
about 100 yards from their 
vehicle. 

807
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,120
Okie's first guess at the height
of the creature, which he put at

808
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:11,000
around 8 feet, proved to be a 
foot or two short upon further 

809
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,160
investigation when they went 
back later and measured a tree 

810
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,120
that the Bigfoot had grabbed 
with one of its powerful hands. 

811
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,320
When the bee stepped over A5 
strand barbed wire fence, it 

812
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,600
turned its body enough to see 
Oaky's vehicle stopped 100 yards

813
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,440
away, with the two occupants 
inside watching it. 

814
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,240
Once across the fence and into 
the trees, the animal hunkered 

815
00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:33,840
down and looked back at them, 
then started to sneak through 

816
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:36,200
the woods back toward the road 
where they were parked. 

817
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,520
They watched it for about 5 
minutes until it stealthily 

818
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,680
advanced toward them. 
Momentarily, it disappeared in 

819
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,760
the foliage, only to reappear 
much closer than where they had 

820
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,880
last seen it. 
Finally, when the beast was a 

821
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,800
mere 40 yards away, it revealed 
its location by bravely stepping

822
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,680
out of the forest and into the 
tree line next to the pasture 

823
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,240
field. 
As the Bigfoot stared back at 

824
00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:01,160
the wide eyed men in the car, it
grabbed a branch on the tree 

825
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:04,240
next to which was standing. 
That was the branch that Okie 

826
00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:06,720
and his son later measured to 
determine the height of the 

827
00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:09,320
creature. 
It was learned then that the 

828
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:13,200
animal had to have been 9 feet 
tall at least, maybe even more. 

829
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:17,000
Oki got a very good look at the 
being, and he said that the 

830
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,360
creature had an oddity in his 
upper lip and a very concerned 

831
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:23,200
expression on its face as it 
watched the men in the car. 

832
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,040
The occupants of that vehicle 
began to fear for their safety 

833
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:30,160
and fled the scene at once. 
They had to back their car about

834
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,840
100 feet down the road, all the 
while watching for and half 

835
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,120
expecting the animal to come 
after them, until they came to a

836
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,800
spot where they could turn the 
car around and get out of there.

837
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,080
Okie remembers that while the 
Bigfoot stood observing them, 

838
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:46,680
the coat of the animal appeared 
to have been bleached by the 

839
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,520
sunlight while still having a 
reddish tint to it. 

840
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:53,320
Nothing more of the event took 
place except for the behaviour 

841
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,760
of Okie's good friend James, 
who, undoubtedly shaken by the 

842
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,920
encounter, quit coming around 
and refused to talk about it to 

843
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:02,040
Okie or anyone else for that 
matter. 

844
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,400
Okie no longer hears from his 
one time best friend. 

845
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,600
All was quiet until Bow season 8
or 9 years later when Oki 

846
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,680
experienced another Bigfoot 
creature. 

847
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:16,360
Although not as big as the 
earlier red one, this animal was

848
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:20,200
still 7 1/2 to 8 feet tall and 
much, much closer. 

849
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:24,240
This is what I would describe as
not a sighting or encounter, but

850
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:28,360
a full blown confrontation. 
Although the first incident was 

851
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,720
frightening for Oki, it pales in
comparison to his second 

852
00:48:31,720 --> 00:48:34,960
experience. 
The next encounter happened in 

853
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:39,240
October of 2011 or 12 in the 
woods behind Okie's home in 

854
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:43,040
Centreville, Ohio. 
His friend Dwayne had never 

855
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:44,640
killed a buck with a bow and 
arrow. 

856
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,080
Therefore, Okie was letting him 
hunt behind his home because he 

857
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,640
had been watching a couple of 
bucks on the property and knew 

858
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,920
their habits, including where 
they fed and bedded down. 

859
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,560
Sure enough, with Okie's 
tutelage, Dwayne was successful 

860
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:02,440
in killing an 8 point buck. 
The two friends gutted the deer 

861
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:05,360
and took turns dragging the buck
back towards the house, which 

862
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:08,920
was a good mile and a half away.
When they finally got to a point

863
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,880
where Dewayne's 4 wheel drive 
truck could be driven back in 

864
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,040
across a field to access the 
deer, the two men left the buck 

865
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:16,720
there behind a large pile of 
brush. 

866
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,360
They tried to conceal it so the 
coyotes wouldn't find it until 

867
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,200
they could walk the rest of the 
way back to Okie's house and 

868
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,720
retrieve Dewayne's truck. 
When they finally made it there,

869
00:49:26,720 --> 00:49:29,840
his wife informed him that 
Dwayne had received an emergency

870
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:32,960
phone call at their home about 
his father being in an accident.

871
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,160
He had been taken to the 
hospital and Dwayne was to go 

872
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:39,880
there ASAP. 
Okey assured his friend that he 

873
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,960
would go himself to bring in the
buck and told Dwayne to go to 

874
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:46,760
the hospital. 
Now Okey was left with the task 

875
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,400
of going back to where they had 
left the deer and dragging it 

876
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,560
all the way back to the house. 
He only had his car and it 

877
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,240
wasn't suitable for driving back
across the muddy field. 

878
00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:57,720
He didn't leave the house right 
away. 

879
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:01,120
Instead he got something to eat 
and rested up a bit before going

880
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:04,200
to retrieve Buddy's buck. 
When he finally made his way 

881
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,800
back across the open field 
heading toward the big brush 

882
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:11,120
pile, it was after midnight. 
He carried no light as there was

883
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,120
enough moonlight to see out in 
the open field. 

884
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,560
He had no weapon of any kind 
either so there was nothing to 

885
00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:19,240
hamper him as he would have his 
hands full dragging the deer 

886
00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:22,280
out. 
He could now make out the large 

887
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,920
brush pile up ahead in the 
moonlight and as he neared his 

888
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,920
target he began to hear noises 
coming from behind it. 

889
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:31,960
Thinking that a coyote had found
the buck and was eating it, Okie

890
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,720
hurried around the obstacle only
to walk up on a Bigfoot down on 

891
00:50:35,720 --> 00:50:37,880
one knee inspecting the deer 
carcass. 

892
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,840
It had one hand wrapped around 
one of the deer's back legs and 

893
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:44,760
was lifting it off the ground 
and looking up inside the now 

894
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:48,280
empty chest cavity. 
As startling as the encounter 

895
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,400
was to Okie, the Bigfoot was 
also alarmed as it suddenly 

896
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,680
stood up on its hind legs and 
confronted the man who at this 

897
00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:59,680
point was a mere 3 feet away. 
The top of Okie's 5 foot 10 inch

898
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:03,040
frame came right about to the 
navel of the hairy beast that 

899
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:06,200
towered over him. 
The creature swung its empty 

900
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:09,440
hand, striking the brush pile 
next to it with a loud crash. 

901
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:13,240
Then it stomped its foot on the 
ground, getting no response from

902
00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:15,960
Okie, who was frozen to the spot
and couldn't move. 

903
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,880
The beast next resorted to 
unleashing a barrage of inhuman,

904
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:22,880
guttural grunts toward the 
captive audience in front of it.

905
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:26,720
Okie could see the eyes of the 
creature in the moonlight and 

906
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:29,440
could tell that it was losing 
its patience because he had not 

907
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,480
fled immediately and left the 
deer for it. 

908
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,960
Unable to move his feet because 
of fright, the only thing he 

909
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:37,760
could think to do was grunt 
loudly back at the beast. 

910
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:42,480
So that's exactly what he did. 
Upon hearing what this puny, 

911
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:46,200
hairless human did, the Bigfoot 
acted as if it was shocked and 

912
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:47,520
couldn't believe what had 
happened. 

913
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:50,920
It turned its head somewhat to 
the side, dropped the deer, and 

914
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,000
started walking away. 
Oaky could hear it grunting and 

915
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,280
snarling when it entered the 
wooded area. 

916
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,600
It commenced to throwing a 
tantrum, smashing, twisting and 

917
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,640
breaking trees like some spoiled
prima donner Major League 

918
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,320
Baseball player who had got 
ejected from the ball game and 

919
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:08,760
then went on a rampage throwing 
bats, batting helmets and 

920
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:11,160
anything else that wasn't nailed
down onto the field. 

921
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:15,360
By this time, Okie had fallen to
his knees on the ground and was 

922
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,640
thanking God, overcome with 
emotion. 

923
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:21,040
After the Bigfoot had moved on, 
it was quiet again. 

924
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,560
The shakes and adrenaline had 
left and Okie was well enough to

925
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,800
get back on his feet. 
He fulfilled his obligation and 

926
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,400
grabbed the deer, dragging it 
the rest of the way back to the 

927
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,400
house. 
The seriousness of the situation

928
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:36,640
didn't really hit Okie until 
sometime later when he began to 

929
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:38,800
relive the incident over again 
in his head. 

930
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,200
He started having nightmares 
about it. 

931
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,760
It was a truly near death 
situation. 

932
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:47,520
The Bigfoot could have easily 
killed Okie if it had wanted to.

933
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,800
Something kept it from 
escalating the situation and 

934
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,000
forced it to stand down and 
leave the area. 

935
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:57,400
Surprisingly, Okie still goes 
hunting even in the same spot. 

936
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,760
Although he is in the house 
before dark, his nightmares have

937
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:03,200
stopped and he can now talk 
about the encounter. 

938
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:08,160
Guernsey County. 
Adams Township. 

939
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:12,160
Thursday night was Christie's 
uncle's bowling night. 

940
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,720
Someone had told him that they 
wanted to buy some of his 

941
00:53:14,720 --> 00:53:17,800
firewood, so after he got home 
from the bowling alley, he went 

942
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,240
out back behind his trailer to 
check on his wood supply. 

943
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,240
What he saw surprised and 
confused him, to say the least. 

944
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,080
Dozens and dozens of barefoot 
tracks all over his yard. 

945
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,880
Who in the hell, he thought to 
himself, was tramping all over 

946
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:35,240
my place in their bare feet in 
the ice and snow of January. 

947
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:39,640
January 10th to be exact. 
The event was quickly put on a 

948
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:42,520
social media site and Christy 
and a friend of her uncle, 

949
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:45,560
Charles Bell, went to the scene 
and took several excellent 

950
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,800
pictures. 
They followed the tracks from 

951
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,040
where they entered the yard, 
which would have been the Route 

952
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:55,160
209 and Route 658 junction. 
The creature left a trail of 12 

953
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:58,920
to 13 inch tracks all over his 
backyard, even going down into 

954
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:02,600
the icy cold Creek at least 
twice and then exiting again. 

955
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:04,720
Once. 
It even left a handprint on the 

956
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:08,160
Creek bank when it climbed out. 
It appears to have been possibly

957
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:11,120
chasing after deer which come 
into the yard nightly to feed on

958
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:13,280
the corn that the landowner puts
down for them. 

959
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,040
The distance between the 
straight line of footprints 

960
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:19,680
increased to over 3 feet as the 
creature speed up in his attempt

961
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:23,760
to run one of the deer down. 
We surmised numerous deer tracks

962
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:27,000
were also evident, at least 
until an unusual warm, rainy 

963
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,280
front came through on Friday the
11th and melted and washed them 

964
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:33,440
all away. 
As luck would have it, bad luck,

965
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,400
of course, I couldn't make it to
the location until Saturday 

966
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:39,000
because of work. 
I spoke at length with the 

967
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,760
landowner, his niece Christy and
Charles Bell, and we think that 

968
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:45,560
a juvenile Bigfoot visited the 
property on the night of 

969
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:49,080
Thursday, January 10th, 2012, 
looking for food. 

970
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:53,000
It's only 5 miles or so from 
this location to the Ringer Farm

971
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:55,960
that I wrote about in my first 
book, Standing in the Shadows, 

972
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:58,280
Bigfoot Stories from 
Southeastern Ohio. 

973
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,640
They had never had any kind of 
Bigfoot activity at this address

974
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:04,160
before that night. 
It didn't appear that the 

975
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:07,280
creature was successful in its 
attempt to kill a deer, at least

976
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:09,920
in this spot that night, as 
Charles told me that they 

977
00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:12,760
followed the tracks to where it 
went and it was noted that it 

978
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:19,080
left the way it came. 
Chuck's Story I met Chuck's 

979
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:21,920
Story about 10 years ago at a 
Bigfoot conference and made 

980
00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:24,240
friends with him and his 
bigfooting partner, Linda 

981
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:26,440
Weigel. 
Chuck and I have shared many 

982
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,560
trips into the woods together in
search of evidence of our mutual

983
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,280
interest. 
He's a quiet man, but if you get

984
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:34,840
him to open up and tell you some
Bigfoot stories, you'll 

985
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:37,960
understand how much he has 
learned in over 35 years of 

986
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:39,760
pursuing the secretive 
creatures. 

987
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,600
One of my favorite stories that 
Chuck related to me involved 

988
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:47,360
none other than John Green Chuck
and three others from Ohio 

989
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:50,240
travelled to John's British 
Columbia home and stayed with 

990
00:55:50,240 --> 00:55:53,840
John and his wife. 
In 1998, Chuck had apparently 

991
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:57,240
asked John what event or events 
he had witnessed or heard about 

992
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,560
that convinced him that 
sasquatches are real. 

993
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:03,800
John related the Ruby Creek 
Sasquatch story from September 

994
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:07,600
of 1941, when a Sasquatch came 
down the mountain and into the 

995
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:10,800
yard of a terrified Jeannie 
Chapman and her three young 

996
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,640
children. 
They abandoned their home and 

997
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:16,680
ran from their property to the 
town of Ruby Creek where Mr. 

998
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:19,920
Chapman was working. 
Mr. Chapman and some other men 

999
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:23,800
returned to his home to find 16 
to 17 inch tracks all over his 

1000
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:27,280
yard and potato patch. 
A heavy barrel of salted fish 

1001
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,080
had been dumped out. 
When they checked the tracks 

1002
00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:32,720
that went through the potato 
patch, they dug up the ground 

1003
00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:35,840
around some of the tracks and 
were astonished to find that the

1004
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:39,440
massive weight from the creature
walking above ground had crushed

1005
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,960
potatoes underneath. 
The men were convinced that 

1006
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:46,040
something extremely heavy had 
walked through causing this to 

1007
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,560
happen. 
They followed the set of tracks 

1008
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,280
that the creature had left for a
long way until they came to a 

1009
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:54,520
very steep Cliff and it became 
evident that the creature had 

1010
00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:57,440
climbed down the steep incline, 
something that would have been 

1011
00:56:57,440 --> 00:56:59,400
humanly impossible for man to 
do. 

1012
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:03,000
After learning of this, John 
became a Bigfoot believer. 

1013
00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:07,480
Another story that Chuck told 
involved a sighting from Ohio 

1014
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:10,000
that he and Linda Weigel had 
investigated. 

1015
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:14,400
They were notified by a man from
Canton who had a sighting of two

1016
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:18,040
Bigfoots while fishing at the 
spillway of Wills Creek Dam in 

1017
00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:21,400
Coshocton County. 
This location holds a special 

1018
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:24,400
interest to me because I have 
personally fished there myself 

1019
00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,280
and you may recall also that 
this was the site of one of the 

1020
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:31,400
murders committed by Thomas Lee 
Dillon in March of 1992. 

1021
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:35,720
Claude Hawkins of Mansfield was 
the 4th of five murders 

1022
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:38,800
committed by Dillon as he fished
along the spillway of the 

1023
00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:42,760
Coshocton County location. 
Dylan was later apprehended, 

1024
00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:47,400
tried and convicted and died in 
custody of October 2011 while 

1025
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:49,360
serving five life terms in 
prison. 

1026
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:53,920
Chuck and Linda received a call 
from the man from Canton who 

1027
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:56,560
reported to them that he had 
been fishing alone after dark 

1028
00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:00,080
along the bank at the spillway. 
He was playing music on a 

1029
00:58:00,080 --> 00:58:02,920
portable radio that he had taken
with him and sat on the ground. 

1030
00:58:03,440 --> 00:58:06,040
He became aware of some other 
loud sounds that he could hear 

1031
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:08,520
over his radio so he shut it off
and listened. 

1032
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:11,560
He heard screaming and 
screeching and saw that the 

1033
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:15,360
sounds were coming from 2 dark 
hair covered ape like creatures 

1034
00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:18,120
that were standing above him on 
the top of the dam under a 

1035
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,920
light. 
Their behaviour was anything but

1036
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:24,200
Bigfoot like as the pair 
screamed and screeched and even 

1037
00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,760
jumped and waved their arms at 
the frightened fisherman. 

1038
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:30,280
The man was so unnerved at 
seeing the two 8 to 9 foot 

1039
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:32,840
creatures that he didn't even 
wind in his lure or fishing 

1040
00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:35,040
line. 
He just grabbed up his radio and

1041
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:38,120
equipment and ran for his car 
parked in the parking lot, threw

1042
00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:41,240
open the door, tossed in his 
gear, jumped in and took off. 

1043
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:44,680
He was so shaken up with the 
ordeal he wouldn't even return 

1044
00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:47,520
at a later date to meet with 
Chuck and Linda, preferring to 

1045
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:50,960
only do a telephone interview 
and vowing to never return to 

1046
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:54,440
that spot. 
Chuck thinks that the behaviour 

1047
00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:56,880
of the squatches indicated that 
they were trying to get the 

1048
00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:59,920
man's attention so that he would
be frightened off and they could

1049
00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:02,600
go through the trash barrels in 
the parking lot where the man's 

1050
00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:05,600
car was parked. 
There was also a trash can on 

1051
00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:08,120
top of the dam where the two 
squatches were seen under the 

1052
00:59:08,120 --> 00:59:10,400
light. 
Chuck thinks that the two 

1053
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:13,320
Sasquatches probably would check
through these trash barrels on a

1054
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:16,760
regular basis for anything 
edible left behind by fishermen 

1055
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:23,560
and hikers. 
Athens County, Ohio These are a 

1056
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:26,600
couple of events that happened 
in the Doanville area of Athens 

1057
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:28,600
County. 
Part of the Wayne National 

1058
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:32,400
Forest, an area known as Utah 
Ridge, lies midway between 

1059
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:36,600
Nelsonville and Chauncey, Ohio. 
Jerry and two friends were Coon 

1060
00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:39,760
hunting one night there and the 
hounds started behaving badly. 

1061
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:43,040
They were acting really nervous 
and not wanting to proceed any 

1062
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:46,320
further into the woods, Jerry 
recalled. 

1063
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,480
There was a large clear cut in 
front of us and we heard heavy 

1064
00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:52,120
breathing from it. 
The dogs started crying and 

1065
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:54,720
lying on their bellies and even 
urinated themselves. 

1066
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:57,760
They had never been afraid of 
anything before so we couldn't 

1067
00:59:57,760 --> 00:59:59,680
understand what made them act 
this way. 

1068
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,640
We walked up closer to the brush
and the breathing sound was 

1069
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:07,680
about at my height, 6 feet, and 
as we came closer it went up to 

1070
01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:11,400
about another 3 feet. 
That's when we decided to scram.

1071
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:14,720
Whatever it was, it followed us 
all the way back to the road. 

1072
01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:17,240
It would not get close enough 
for us to look at it. 

1073
01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:22,120
Another event that took place 
close by at an earlier time in 

1074
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:23,800
Jerry's life was reported by 
him. 

1075
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,360
A bunch of us guys were camping 
along the power lines that run 

1076
01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:30,600
from Doanville and Utah Ridge. 
We were just hanging around the 

1077
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:33,560
campfire and we started to hear 
stuff being tossed at us. 

1078
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:36,560
Next we started hearing 
something breaking limbs and 

1079
01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:39,280
branches in the woods. 
All we had were little 

1080
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:41,760
flashlights that wouldn't 
penetrate into the darkness. 

1081
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:45,680
The noises started to get louder
and whatever it was, it started 

1082
01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:48,480
really busting its way through 
the brush towards our camp. 

1083
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:52,000
Then it would stop. 
It did that for a long time. 

1084
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:56,120
Some of the younger guys were 
getting really scared the thing 

1085
01:00:56,120 --> 01:00:57,760
would charge at us and then 
stop. 

1086
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:02,480
We decided it was best to leave.
The thing false charged us all 

1087
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:09,400
the way out of the woods. 
Knox County, Ohio, Jerry Klein 

1088
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:11,120
was going through a period of 
bad luck. 

1089
01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:15,000
The 44 year old single diesel 
tractor trailer mechanic had 

1090
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,480
just recently had back surgery, 
lost his job and his mother had 

1091
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:20,840
passed away. 
He was living in a camping 

1092
01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:24,200
trailer at the Norris Claim on 
the Kokosing River near Mount 

1093
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:27,440
Vernon, OH. 
Jerry had been a member of the 

1094
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:31,040
Ohio State Prospectors 
Association for around six years

1095
01:01:31,240 --> 01:01:34,240
and John Norris, who owned the 
property, gave Jerry some odd 

1096
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:37,760
jobs on the site, mechanic work 
and anything else that came up 

1097
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:40,920
and let Jerry live in his camper
until he got his life back on 

1098
01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:43,400
track. 
Sometimes there were others on 

1099
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:47,320
the grounds with Jerry, all 
members of the OSPA, all looking

1100
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:49,080
for the same thing. 
Gold. 

1101
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:53,760
Well, flower gold they call it. 
Very fine in size, but gold 

1102
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:57,160
nonetheless. 
Day after day Jerry could find 

1103
01:01:57,240 --> 01:02:00,120
either on his claim or at one of
the others scattered across the 

1104
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:03,400
state running his high banker 
machine looking for his precious

1105
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:06,440
mineral. 
After the sun went down, it was 

1106
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:09,640
time to relax by the campfire, 
enjoy the company of the other 

1107
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:13,200
prospectors, drink a cold beer 
or two, and reflect on the day's

1108
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:15,920
events. 
Sometimes Jerry had others to 

1109
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:18,680
enjoy his evenings with, and 
other times he was alone. 

1110
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:22,280
All alone. 
Even his beloved pet Beagle Tug,

1111
01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:26,040
that he had had for 15 years had
passed on earlier in the summer,

1112
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:28,840
leaving Jerry sometimes 
completely alone. 

1113
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:32,600
It was one of these nights when 
Jerry was all by himself along 

1114
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:35,880
the banks of the Cocosing River,
when his life would be forever 

1115
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:38,800
changed. 
It happened like this. 

1116
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,480
Jerry had hauled a trailer full 
of old wood scraps that a couple

1117
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:45,040
had given him. 
He had worked for them that day,

1118
01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:47,480
helping them pack all their 
belongings for a trip to New 

1119
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:49,800
Mexico so they could get a fresh
start. 

1120
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:53,240
Jerry ended up back at his 
campsite and was burning the old

1121
01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:57,360
scraps of wood in his fire pit. 
It was 1:00 AM and he had a 

1122
01:02:57,360 --> 01:03:00,280
roaring fire going and had just 
cracked open a Bush light. 

1123
01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:03,400
He was adding another board to 
the fire when he heard a big 

1124
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:05,360
tree crack from the other side 
of the river. 

1125
01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:08,760
Then he heard a splash as 
something entered the water. 

1126
01:03:09,560 --> 01:03:12,520
Grabbing his light, one of those
really bright ones that have a 6

1127
01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:15,440
Volt battery, Jerry shined the 
beam toward the bank on the 

1128
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:19,080
other side, expecting to see a 
deer, maybe a monster buck with 

1129
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:23,120
a big rack instead of venison. 
He saw a leviathan. 

1130
01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:27,440
A huge dark creature with marble
sized red eyes was standing in 

1131
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,400
the middle of the river, stopped
in mid stride by the intrusive 

1132
01:03:30,400 --> 01:03:33,640
beam of Jerry's light. 
The four foot wide giant looked 

1133
01:03:33,640 --> 01:03:36,880
Jerry in the eyes and greeted 
him with a resounding scream. 

1134
01:03:37,680 --> 01:03:41,120
In the split second before Jerry
ran, he saw its teeth, which he 

1135
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:43,200
said were like humans, only 
bigger. 

1136
01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:46,160
He saw that its arms were longer
than a man's arms. 

1137
01:03:46,520 --> 01:03:48,120
He had seen all that he wanted 
to. 

1138
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:51,960
Moving faster than a fat man 
headed for the buffet, Jerry 

1139
01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,760
sprinted across the campsite to 
the camper that he called home. 

1140
01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:58,520
Jerking open the door and 
jumping inside, he cracked his 

1141
01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:01,520
head on the doorway and opened a
gash on the side of his head. 

1142
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,720
He slammed the flimsy door shut 
and locked it and closed the 

1143
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:07,360
window blinds. 
He loaded up his shotgun with 

1144
01:04:07,360 --> 01:04:10,520
deer slugs and hunkered down 
inside, fully expecting the 

1145
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:15,000
creature to overturn the camper 
with Jerry inside sometime 

1146
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:17,080
during the night. 
The combination of the late 

1147
01:04:17,080 --> 01:04:20,680
hour, fatigue and alcohol were 
too much for Jerry and he fell 

1148
01:04:20,680 --> 01:04:23,120
asleep. 
The next morning he awoke to 

1149
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:26,160
find himself laying on a 
shotgun, a huge knot on the side

1150
01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:28,880
of his head and blood caked on 
his face and pillow. 

1151
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:32,000
The camper was still upright. 
That was a relief. 

1152
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,360
He peeked through the windows 
after slowly raising the blinds.

1153
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:38,560
The sun was shining, but other 
than that he couldn't see 

1154
01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:41,400
anything else. 
He slowly opened the door and 

1155
01:04:41,400 --> 01:04:44,520
thrust the gun out first and 
looked all around before he left

1156
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:47,120
the camper. 
Nothing, it was gone. 

1157
01:04:47,880 --> 01:04:50,760
His fire was just a few 
smouldering coals and his chair 

1158
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:54,080
was still there, but his beer 
with only one sip taken from it 

1159
01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:57,280
was missing. 
Also, Jerry discovered that his 

1160
01:04:57,280 --> 01:05:00,240
empty milk jugs that he used to 
haul drinking water in had been 

1161
01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:03,040
sitting on his picnic table. 
Now they were lying on their 

1162
01:05:03,040 --> 01:05:06,240
sides on the ground with the 
openings all pointed toward each

1163
01:05:06,240 --> 01:05:08,120
other in some sort of 
arrangement. 

1164
01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:12,360
Sitting by a crackling campfire 
would never be quite the same 

1165
01:05:12,360 --> 01:05:18,600
again for Jerry from that 
fateful night on Knox County, 

1166
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,920
Ohio. 
Carmen Friday and Ron Steiger 

1167
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:25,040
had also had Bigfoot activity 
take place while camping by the 

1168
01:05:25,040 --> 01:05:28,360
Kokosing River where they 
prospected in Knox County. 

1169
01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:32,200
Carmen told me that Jerry Klein 
would do Bigfoot calls into the 

1170
01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:33,720
woods while camping by the 
river. 

1171
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,120
Often he would get a return call
back from across the river. 

1172
01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:40,000
Sometimes she would hear wood 
knocks coming from the dark 

1173
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,440
woods. 
The sasquatches could sometimes 

1174
01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:45,600
be heard late at night pounding 
on an old stove that someone had

1175
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:48,160
dumped out into the woods on the
other side of the river. 

1176
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:51,680
She said that after Jerry got 
spooked and cleared out, taking 

1177
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:54,640
his camper with him, she and Ron
moved their camper to where 

1178
01:05:54,640 --> 01:05:56,320
Jerry had parked his. 
That spring. 

1179
01:05:57,040 --> 01:05:59,720
She documented the activities 
for four nights in a row. 

1180
01:05:59,840 --> 01:06:04,440
In September of 2013, they were 
the only ones parked by the 

1181
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:06,480
river. 
There were two other campers 

1182
01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:09,240
down there, but they were parked
together by the hiking trail. 

1183
01:06:09,680 --> 01:06:12,240
The trail is at least 50 yards 
away from the river. 

1184
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,640
On September 24th, they heard 
the wood knocks. 

1185
01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:18,760
The next night they heard rocks 
being thrown and landing in the 

1186
01:06:18,760 --> 01:06:22,920
river and close to their camper.
They also hear crunching gravel 

1187
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:25,880
as something bipedal walked on 
the gravel Rd. outside their 

1188
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:29,040
camper. 
Don't forget they are locked in 

1189
01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:31,720
an area that prevents anyone 
else from trespassing on the 

1190
01:06:31,720 --> 01:06:35,120
property. 
On the 26th, around 2:00 AM, 

1191
01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:38,480
something slammed the side of 
the camper so hard they thought 

1192
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:41,480
that it would make a hole in it.
The couple laid there in the 

1193
01:06:41,480 --> 01:06:44,600
darkness, afraid to move, and 
listened as something walked 

1194
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:46,880
around outside making shuffling 
sounds. 

1195
01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:50,760
When morning finally came, Ron 
and Carmen discovered a very 

1196
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:53,840
large handprint that was found 
on the side of the trailer where

1197
01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:55,680
something had slapped it the 
night before. 

1198
01:06:56,440 --> 01:06:59,160
They moved their trailer over to
the area by the hiking trail 

1199
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,200
where the other two campers had 
been earlier. 

1200
01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:04,440
Nothing happened that night 
while they were parked there. 

1201
01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:07,680
Apparently the Sasquatchets 
don't like it when someone parks

1202
01:07:07,680 --> 01:07:11,040
next to the river where Jerry 
had his sighting in 2013. 

1203
01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:14,280
The parking spot is open if 
anyone wants it for the next 

1204
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:17,360
year because Carmen said they 
don't plan on camping at that 

1205
01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:21,520
spot either, just like Jerry. 
Carmen reported to me that she 

1206
01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:24,520
had experienced an earlier 
Bigfoot encounter around Labour 

1207
01:07:24,520 --> 01:07:28,080
Day of 2006. 
It took place at Seneca Lake in 

1208
01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:31,080
Guernsey County. 
She was employed at the park and

1209
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:32,880
worked in the campground down by
the beach. 

1210
01:07:33,360 --> 01:07:35,360
She collected money for the 
camping spots. 

1211
01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:38,640
It was towards the end of the 
season, just after Labour Day. 

1212
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:42,240
She phoned the park Ranger to 
come over to where she was so he

1213
01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:44,760
could watch the store for a few 
minutes so that she could use 

1214
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:47,200
the restroom. 
She had been hearing some kind 

1215
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:50,160
of animal noises coming from the
woods for quite some time that 

1216
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:52,080
evening. 
She didn't have a clue as to 

1217
01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:55,040
what it was, only to say that 
there seemed to be two different

1218
01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:57,960
groups of these animals and they
were chattering back and forth 

1219
01:07:58,200 --> 01:08:01,680
as if calling to one another. 
When she returned from the 

1220
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:04,440
restroom, she was alarmed to 
discover that the Ranger had 

1221
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:07,440
been mimicking the unseen 
creatures and now they seem to 

1222
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:10,760
be all in one spot, right inside
the tree line across from the 

1223
01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:13,440
campground. 
What kind of animal is that? 

1224
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:15,400
She asked the Ranger. 
He answered. 

1225
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:18,160
I have no idea. 
I have never heard anything like

1226
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:21,240
that before in my life. 
Why did you call them in? 

1227
01:08:21,279 --> 01:08:23,880
She asked him. 
I'm not staying here alone. 

1228
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:26,359
She told him and made him wait 
while she closed up the 

1229
01:08:26,359 --> 01:08:30,040
campground office and left 
early, following him out a long 

1230
01:08:30,040 --> 01:08:37,240
lonely driveway. 
Portage County, Ohio 11 year old

1231
01:08:37,240 --> 01:08:39,920
John was a busy guy. 
He was building a Fort in the 

1232
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:43,000
woods on the five acres his 
family owned at their Portage 

1233
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:46,560
County, Ohio home. 
As John laboured alone in the 

1234
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:50,600
woods that Sunday in June 1972, 
he couldn't shake the feeling 

1235
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:54,120
that someone was watching him. 
As he stuck his head out of the 

1236
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:57,520
plywood covered hole that he 
called his Fort, he saw no more 

1237
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:01,120
than 15 feet away the reason for
his uneasy feeling. 

1238
01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:04,640
John crawled the rest of the way
out of the borough he had made 

1239
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:07,760
into the bank and stared back at
the strange beast that was 

1240
01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:12,760
staring at him, 8 feet tall, 4 
feet wide, brown eyes and its 

1241
01:09:12,760 --> 01:09:16,439
fur or hair was brown with white
on its face that went down to 

1242
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:18,920
its chest and formed into a 
patch of white. 

1243
01:09:19,439 --> 01:09:22,600
He said that it was beautiful, 
he wasn't afraid of it. 

1244
01:09:23,040 --> 01:09:25,800
It stood and stared back at the 
boy for a full 10 minutes 

1245
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:28,399
without blinking. 
He said that it appeared very 

1246
01:09:28,399 --> 01:09:32,240
clean with no odour, not dirty 
unkempt appearance at all. 

1247
01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:35,279
It looked as if it just came 
from a salon or something. 

1248
01:09:35,720 --> 01:09:38,520
He guessed that it would have 
weighed £400 or more. 

1249
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:42,880
Finally, after all those minutes
of a staredown, John began to 

1250
01:09:42,880 --> 01:09:45,560
doubt that what he was seeing 
was real and decided to get 

1251
01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:48,920
closer to get a better look. 
As soon as he took a step toward

1252
01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:52,040
the creature, it started to sway
from left to right and then 

1253
01:09:52,040 --> 01:09:55,440
snarled at him. 
John instantly became afraid of 

1254
01:09:55,440 --> 01:09:59,000
the hulking giant and ran for 
his home as fast as a scared 11 

1255
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:02,080
year old could. 
Flying into the house, John ran 

1256
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:04,960
right into his father with a 
pounding heart and gasping for 

1257
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:08,000
breath and he told his dad of 
the giant in the woods right 

1258
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:11,440
next to the house and how he had
narrowly escaped certain death 

1259
01:10:11,440 --> 01:10:14,240
from its grasp and his dad 
needed to get out there right 

1260
01:10:14,240 --> 01:10:18,240
now and look at it. 
What John got was instead go 

1261
01:10:18,240 --> 01:10:20,160
play in your room and stay out 
of the woods then. 

1262
01:10:20,600 --> 01:10:22,960
And that was it, a total blow 
off. 

1263
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:27,080
John dejectedly obeyed his 
father and went to his room and 

1264
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:29,760
looked out the window that faced
the woods where his Fort was. 

1265
01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:33,520
He said that through the foliage
in the little woods he could see

1266
01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:36,400
something dark brown that he 
thinks was the creature but 

1267
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:39,320
didn't go back. 
In fact, it was a full week 

1268
01:10:39,320 --> 01:10:42,120
before he went into the woods to
retrieve the tools that he was 

1269
01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:45,840
using to build his Fort. 
That was the only incident that 

1270
01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:48,360
John, who has since moved to 
another state, had with the 

1271
01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:51,680
creature except for the very 
next day after his sighting as 

1272
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:54,600
he and an unnamed neighbor boy 
stood in the early morning 

1273
01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:56,240
twilight waiting for the school 
bus. 

1274
01:10:56,880 --> 01:10:59,160
John had been telling the other 
boy about what he had seen in 

1275
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:01,240
the woods beside his house the 
day before. 

1276
01:11:01,800 --> 01:11:04,640
The other boy didn't seem to 
believe John and was telling him

1277
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:06,360
that he was just making up a 
story. 

1278
01:11:07,120 --> 01:11:10,320
As the pair stared into the dark
St. for their big yellow ride to

1279
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:14,240
appear, they both were alarmed 
to hear a loud eerie moan that 

1280
01:11:14,240 --> 01:11:17,360
turned into a piercing scream 
come from somewhere out in the 

1281
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:19,400
direction of the woods behind 
John's house. 

1282
01:11:19,920 --> 01:11:23,040
What in the hell was that? 
Asked the other boy as he inched

1283
01:11:23,040 --> 01:11:25,840
closer to John. 
John just smiled and said. 

1284
01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:33,670
See, I told you it was true. 
Thanks for. 

1285
01:11:33,670 --> 01:11:37,710
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1286
01:11:37,710 --> 01:11:39,950
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1287
01:11:39,950 --> 01:11:41,710
below. 
Thanks again. 

1288
01:11:41,950 --> 01:11:42,550
Take care.