WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:14.640 I have an email from Aaron. This is a really, really good story. 2 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:19.960 I'll listen to your story today about people being abducted in Canada, and 3 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.879 I have growing concerns about how it relates to my son. As you will 4 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.359 hear from what I'm about to tell you, I think these bigfoot critters have 5 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:33.759 an unhealthy attraction to him. We lived in West Virginia when all of this 6 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.600 began, and my son was only four years old at the time. His 7 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.960 name is Andy. It was during December of twenty twenty and Andy came out 8 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.960 of his room with his boots and his coat on. I asked him where 9 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.439 he was going, and he told me that a boy named Jimmy was outside 10 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:55.359 and wanted to play. I was shocked that Andy would even think that we 11 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:59.560 would let him out after dark, but like a great dad, I told 12 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:03.640 him to his ass back in bed. The next morning was a Saturday, 13 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:07.920 and I was off work from home depot, sitting at the kitchen table enjoying 14 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:12.599 a cup of coffee before I started my chores. Andy came out of his 15 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:17.120 room, which is when I asked him to tell me more about this Jimmy 16 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.319 character. He went into this story where he said Jimmy comes to his window 17 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:26.400 each night knocks on the glass to wake him up, and I asked where 18 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.439 Jimmy lived, and who his parents were, and all the pertinent information required 19 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:36.400 of a parent trolling his kid's social life. Andy told me that he didn't 20 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:44.000 really know. My curiosity was now leaning toward Andy having an imaginary friend until 21 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.959 I asked him to describe what his buddy looked like. Well, he's big 22 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:53.359 and he's black. Andy muttered that was the only description he ever gave us, 23 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.560 and we really didn't know what to say about it, or even to 24 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.480 believe him, as he was only four years old. We lived back in 25 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:06.040 the country and most people wouldn't come near these homes for fear of being shot 26 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.520 or eaten by a dog. Well, one morning, Andy came out of 27 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:14.520 his room with a fifth sized piece of quartz, and he asked if his 28 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:19.639 beauty rock would be worth anything. He said Jimmy had given it to him 29 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:24.439 in the night after Andy had swapped him a kazoo. The next morning, 30 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:29.439 Andy was excited to tell us that he had traded Jimmy and Apple for a 31 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:35.479 neat bracelet that was made out of vines. At that point, the situation 32 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.080 between our four year old and his mysterious friend was getting out of hand. 33 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:45.719 For all we knew this Jimmy was a child predator. I decided that I 34 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:49.520 was going to sit in my truck all night watch Andy's windows. But by 35 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:53.280 morning nothing had happened. Andy didn't know that I had been camped out in 36 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:58.759 my truck and waiting for Jimmy to make his appearance. He had left oranges 37 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:04.199 in the window sill that were still there. I told my wife that she 38 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.879 had Andy would have a camp out in the living room that night, where 39 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.840 they could make a tent from the blankets and keep themselves entertained by toasting marshmallows 40 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.840 on the stove. I loaded up my eight seventy with buck shot and deer 41 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:23.000 slugs. After placing an apple on the window ledge and making the bed look 42 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.479 like Andy was under the covers and sound asleep, I dimmed the lights and 43 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.800 I hid inside the closet with the door cracked open just enough to see from 44 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:38.240 the window to the bed. It had been several hours until almost midnight when 45 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:44.240 I heard the window quietly slide open. I saw two black hens reach in 46 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:50.360 and grab the apple. I sat there patiently, like you would turkey hunting 47 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.080 in the woods, waiting for that gobbler to pop his head around an old 48 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:58.800 oak tree when you know you've got the opportunity to take a shot. A 49 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:02.639 large black arm reached all the way into the room and toward Andy's bed, 50 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:08.199 and I cut loose with the first round of buckshot, and then immediately with 51 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:14.199 a second shot of deer slug. I wasn't messing around. I was intending 52 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:18.439 on killing the intruder right then and there, knee jerk's arm back and taking 53 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:23.600 out the entire window and glass flying all directions. As I fired the third 54 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:27.600 round, I must have hit him, because he let out a whale that 55 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:32.240 made me drop my shotgun and cover my ears. My wife called the police. 56 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:36.759 About thirty minutes later, I had a house full of officers questioning me 57 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:43.519 and my wife while another group was taking blood and hair samples from Andy's room. 58 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:46.399 They took all three of us to the state Police headquarters and they grilled 59 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:51.759 us separately for hours. I kept telling them that while they were wasting time 60 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:56.680 holding us, they were letting some dude get away that was trying to kidnap 61 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:00.519 our son. They offered a stock answer that I had just shot at someone, 62 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:06.439 and they were conducting their investigation. It was all standard procedure. A 63 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:12.639 few hours passed before two men came into the interrogation room. One had a 64 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:17.399 manner that oozed government official with his plain black suit and white shirt and black 65 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.720 tie. A bigger dude was in a pair of jeans and a flannel shirt. 66 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:27.560 The suit took a seat across the table from me and informed me that 67 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:30.560 the blood and hair recovered from the scene belonged to a black bear, and 68 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:36.319 pending any new evidence, we were otherwise free to go. That wasn't a 69 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:42.839 bear, I protested. The bigger man hammered the table with his hands and 70 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:46.279 threatened me with a night in jail if I didn't accept their findings. They 71 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:51.079 had me over a barrel because of their authority. I collected my family and 72 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:58.560 I headed home. I called some friends, including an old friend named Chuck, 73 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:01.439 who had six of the best bear dogs in the state. They were 74 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:05.879 there waiting for me when the state police dropped us off. I grabbed one 75 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:11.680 of my buddy's rifles from his truck. Since our wonderful police force took possession 76 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:15.879 of all my firearms for the time being, I'd have to file acclaim to 77 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.839 have them returned. Chuck turned loose his hounds, but they jumped back into 78 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:24.800 his truck, and they dove inside their kennels, and he tried to pull 79 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:28.240 them out by the collar, but they would not budge. They wanted no 80 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:32.759 part of tracking the so called bear. The rest of us followed the blood 81 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:38.560 trail for twenty five minutes until it came to a creek. The day was 82 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:42.040 turning dark, so we rode off the rest of the search as a bust, 83 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:46.639 and we headed for the house. We all had a couple of beers, 84 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:50.800 and I recounted my story from the evening before showing them Andy's bedroom covered 85 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:56.360 with the intruder's dried blood, minus the hair, which the police had collected 86 00:06:56.399 --> 00:07:00.879 and removed. One of the guys sounded off as suggested that it had been 87 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.720 a bigfoot. Shortly thereafter, they left, and Andy came out of my 88 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:10.120 room looking upset. He told me that Jimmy's friends were mad and they were 89 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:13.560 going to hurt us. How do you know that, I asked him. 90 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:17.399 Andy pointed to his ears. I can hear them. He told me. 91 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:25.240 They talked to me from a child's lips. I thought I was suddenly terrified 92 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:29.040 for my family. I drove us to my parents' place fifty miles away that 93 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:33.240 night. I rented a moving truck the following day and I called my landlord 94 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.560 and I tried to convince him that the house wasn't safe and that's why I 95 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:43.279 was breaking the lease. We were loaded up and gone by noon. I 96 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.839 found us a new home in Ohio, just north of the Ohio River. 97 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.279 Living there, I could still keep my job at home Depot. I still 98 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:57.120 needed the income and the benefits. A few months passed without incident until one 99 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:00.639 day Andy came out of the living room with his coat and shoes on. 100 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:03.680 My new friend, Steve wants to show me a special place, and he 101 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:09.079 needs me to meet him behind the garage, said Andy. I had my 102 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:13.439 pistol and my spotlight and was out that door in a flash. I shined 103 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.959 my light across every end of the place, and I didn't see anything. 104 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:24.000 But the next morning I discovered two large tracks outside Andy's window. That's time 105 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:28.560 I took the family to my in laws house at East Tennessee. It wasn't 106 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.959 the most comfortable place to live, but I knew that my father in law 107 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:35.200 had enough firepower to defend my wife and child, and would no doubt do 108 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:41.320 so with his dying breath. I found a new job and we were looking 109 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:46.200 for a home that spring when my wife saw Andy start waving at something beyond 110 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:50.399 the tree line. Andy was excited that someone who looked like Jimmy wanted to 111 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:54.720 play with him in the woods. We had just about convinced Andy over the 112 00:08:54.759 --> 00:09:00.519 past year to stop engaging with these creatures whose voices he kept here in his 113 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:05.279 head. That evening we were on the road again, our fourth move in 114 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:11.000 just over a year. We found a home inside the city of Savannah, 115 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:16.559 Georgia. We currently live in a suburb where there isn't even a rosebush planted 116 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.639 on the block, let alone a tree. Now I worry about my son 117 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:24.960 and what could happen to him if we're not there to stop him venturing out 118 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:30.799 someplace where he believes these beasts are waiting for him. Always dreamed of teaching 119 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:35.480 my son to fish and hunt the same way my father taught me. But 120 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:39.879 I can't see us camping or going into the wilderness until all of this gets 121 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:43.559 resolved one way or another. I don't want my son to grow up a 122 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:50.000 country boy trapped in a city what do they want with him? Are they 123 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:54.759 really talking to him through telepathy? I have so many questions and I don't 124 00:09:54.840 --> 00:10:01.720 understand. I'm just a father on the edge. Wow. I have never 125 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:07.159 ever gotten a story anything like this. Nothing I've ever gotten approaches this. 126 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:11.639 But if you guys have any suggestions, and I hope he hears this and 127 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:16.600 reads the comments giving some suggestions on what you think he should do as far 128 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:20.360 as the story goes, this was awesome, brother. I mean, this 129 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:24.720 is one awesome story. But I know you have a problem on your hands, 130 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.039 and I really really hope you get it worked out. I'll be thinking 131 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:33.919 about you and keep us posted after the story. After this story is uploaded, 132 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.440 if anything interesting happens, please keep in touch. I appreciate it. 133 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:46.159 Thanks for the story, Aaron. Okay, here's an email from Robert. 134 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.399 This is a good one too. He writes, Hello, Dixie Crypted. 135 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:52.279 My name is Robert. I'm thirty seven years old and I live in southern 136 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:56.399 Ohio. I've been here my whole life. I don't care if you share 137 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:01.600 my name because that's not important, but it is important as letting people know 138 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:07.399 that these encounters are real. I have two authentic experiences that I would love 139 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:11.519 to share with you all. I always wanted to get my experiences out there. 140 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:15.720 Everyone I've told so far thinks I'm crazy, but I don't care. 141 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:18.559 It's the truth. And I know what happened to shear as water is wet. 142 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:24.480 So let me tell you what happened. My first encounter was when I 143 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:28.559 was eight or nine years old. I was living in mount Or of Ohio, 144 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:33.440 about forty miles east of Cincinnati. It's a small town where everyone knows 145 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:37.679 everyone. Well, that's how it used to be. With everything growing the 146 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.159 way it is, that old town Field is just the thing of the past, 147 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:46.639 it seems. I was up late waiting for my mother to come home. 148 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:50.240 I patiently waited at the bay window with my blanket wrapped around me, 149 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:54.399 and silently prayed that my mother would come on home. And all of a 150 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.600 sudden, I saw a light coming down the road from my right, heading 151 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:03.759 west toward our driveway. My heart leaped with joy that I thought my mom 152 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.519 was coming home. But the light slowly crawled toward the drive and then completely 153 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:13.960 stopped. I thought that was weird, like why she stopping in the middle 154 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:18.039 of the road. Maybe I was seeing things and it was just a street 155 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:22.039 lamp. I thought it was like the light heard my thoughts and then started 156 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.360 heading west again towards the driveway. Once it reached the drive it turned into 157 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:31.120 the driveway, and I thought my mother's car had a headlight out, but 158 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.919 no. Sooner that that crossed my mind, this light went from the end 159 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:39.360 of our fifty yard driveway and it flew up to the bay window. I 160 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:45.159 was standing in faster than I've ever seen anything move. The light was so 161 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.159 bright that I cannot explain it. It was brighter than the sun, yet 162 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:52.679 there was no heat. I remember grabbing my head and closing my eyes and 163 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.559 I completely blacked out. And then I came to, and I don't know 164 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.440 how much longer I had passed out. I felt like I was put into 165 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:05.440 my dresser drawer by my big brothers. I had no recollection of how I 166 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:11.120 got here, and no other ideas made sense of where I was. So 167 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:15.320 I screamed and I screamed, and then I passed out again. And when 168 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.080 I woke up back in my bed with my covers over me, waking up 169 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:24.720 to the most beautiful morning than I can ever remember all my life, I 170 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:28.360 have no idea what happened. All I know is that one of the two 171 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:33.399 scariest moments of my life, and I really contemplated the idea of being hypnotized 172 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:39.600 so that maybe I can see what really happened. I had a girlfriend and 173 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.039 she said that maybe I shouldn't do that. There's a reason I don't remember, 174 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:48.159 and it would probably make things worse. Well, I'm not sure. 175 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.639 All I know is I have so much anxiety writing this that I'm so locked 176 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:58.279 in that it's my fingers are on the autopilot typing so fast now. I 177 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.279 don't want to push religion on any one. But it was either aliens or 178 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:07.279 an angel sent to comfort me when I was longing for my mother. I'm 179 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:11.720 not sure. Maybe they're the one and the same. All I know is 180 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.960 that whenever you or anyone sees one of these orbs of light and you're by 181 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.279 yourself, be careful and go the other way. Just don't get its attention. 182 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.519 I think this orb that came to me or one and the same of 183 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.799 the kind that killed all of those Russian hikers back in nineteen fifty nine. 184 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:35.120 I think that area is called the Dietloft Pass incident. Most mountains and deserts 185 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:41.240 have high frequency visits of these light orb things. My point is as they 186 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:46.240 are not to be messed with. Years later, I would have another odd 187 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:50.440 experience. When I was thirty five years old, I lived in the village 188 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:54.720 of New Richmond, Ohio. It's twenty miles east of Cincinnati. I was 189 00:14:54.799 --> 00:15:00.039 living in an old building that used to be an old doctor's office. I 190 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.279 remember going there as a child. When I moved into this place, it 191 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.080 was like a sober living home, and many people lived here and came and 192 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.320 went in their lives, doing the next right thing until they were on their 193 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:16.200 feet and could move out. I was completely sober when these occurrences happened, 194 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:20.639 and it really opened my eyes to the paranormal, especially the dark side of 195 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:28.080 it. In about three AM, I woke with sleep paralysis. This has 196 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:33.120 never happened to me until I moved into this house. I could not move, 197 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:35.559 and I was hearing door knobs rattled in the hallway right outside of my 198 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.120 room. And I fought the fear and I went back to sleep, thinking 199 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:45.039 I'm a grown man. Whatever this is, it can't hurt me. I 200 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.480 asked my roommate if he heard it the following day and he said he didn't. 201 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:52.399 A few weeks later, my old roommate had moved out and an old 202 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:56.120 buddy of mine moved in the room that I was in, and late that 203 00:15:56.279 --> 00:16:00.759 night I woke again and I was under a sleep paralysis once again. I 204 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:04.039 heard a noise that sounded out of place, but it sounded human, like 205 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:10.159 someone gasping or moaning. Finally, I sat up and I said, dude, 206 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:12.559 what are you doing. He looked at me like I was crazy, 207 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.600 and he said it wasn't him, and he proceeded to laugh at me. 208 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.960 I didn't find it funny that he didn't hear it, and I did something 209 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:26.279 was not right here. A week or two went by and I was in 210 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:30.120 bed and sleep paralysis hit me again. Had the worst feeling of dread come 211 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:34.759 over me. Every night I woke, and it was around witching hour between 212 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:40.399 two and three am. This feeling wouldn't shake and I couldn't move a muscle. 213 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.840 The next thing that I heard is someone is running up to me with 214 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:48.639 their feet pounding on the floor all the way up to my bed. While 215 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.919 I was able to move once, it seemed like whatever it was made it 216 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.320 to my bed. I was really scared. My eyes were tearing up as 217 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.879 I righted this out. Anyway, A few weeks later, we were watching 218 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:04.519 a horror movie and some guy made a pentagram on the floor with blood and 219 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:10.440 he called on Satan. I tell these guys that we shouldn't be watching this 220 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:15.039 because it opens up doors. And I was right. That night, sleep 221 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:19.799 paralysis gripped me again, and that feeling of fear and dread gripped my soul. 222 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:23.400 I fought to get my hands in a praying position, and I rolled 223 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:27.160 to my left to face the window and get away from the dark hallway where 224 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:32.519 it felt like it was coming from. I began to pray our Father, 225 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:36.599 who art in heaven, how I'd be thy name, And that was as 226 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:40.559 far as I got. When something yelled in my right ear, God can't 227 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:45.480 save you. That was when the paralysis was lifted. I was so scared 228 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:52.119 and I began to tear up. This was some dark stuff. Possession starts 229 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.799 like that. They start small, like noises, and build up to overwhelm 230 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:00.720 you and try to take your soul. It was a scary thing I've ever 231 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.000 been through. The last thing that happened was a week or so later. 232 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:08.720 I woke between two and three am once again had to use the bathroom. 233 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:14.839 It was directly across the hall. I went to the bathroom and when I 234 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:18.119 was done, I stepped out into the hallway and closed the bathroom door. 235 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:23.079 My eyes adjusted to the darkness, and a black shadow figure darker than dark, 236 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:27.319 stepped up to me, face to face. Once again, I could 237 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:33.720 not move. I could feel the evil coming off of this thing. I 238 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.480 guess my faith is strong, because it stood there and stepped into the shower 239 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:40.839 room. And then I ran and jumped into bed like a little kid, 240 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.119 and I pulled the blanket up over my head. It was a shadow entity. 241 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:49.640 I think it was a demon. I asked around, and other people 242 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:53.720 have seen it walking the hall at night. That was enough for me. 243 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:57.559 I moved out of that place. It was the scariest thing that has ever 244 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:03.200 happened to me, including what happened to me as a kid. This thing 245 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.640 was a dark, malevolent being that haunted me. My father and my grandmother 246 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:12.119 saw spirits. My family is Cherokee, and I got the gift, as 247 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:17.799 they would call it. I call it a curse. I've always seen spirits 248 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:23.160 in my peripheral vision, but never straight on like these two times. I've 249 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:26.599 never seen another entity like this. But let me tell you that I'm almost 250 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.200 thirty eight years old and I sleep with some kind of light on every night, 251 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:36.160 even if it's just myself un lit up. It has given me PTSD 252 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:40.000 because I know that there are things out in the dark that won our souls. 253 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.559 Anyone that I have told these encounters too thinks that I'm nuts, but 254 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:48.400 I'm telling the truth. Now, y'all be safe out there and keep your 255 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:52.359 faith in God. He's real and he'll protect you and when you need him. 256 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:59.200 Thank you for sharing my experiences. Sincerely, Robert. Well, Robert, 257 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.200 I feel bad for are you that you're having to deal with these demons 258 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.039 man, But I'll tell you this, and like you, I'm not trying 259 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:07.440 to bring religion into this, but if you belong to Christ, you're perfectly 260 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:12.519 safe. They're not going to touch anything that belongs to him. So stay 261 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:17.960 close to the Lord and I would just try to live my life and do 262 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:21.720 the best you could. I doubt you'll ever see him again. I appreciate 263 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:27.319 the story and I'm glad you got it off your chest. Okay, here's 264 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:33.880 an email from Jill. This is really interesting. She writes, my first 265 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:38.440 sasquatch encounter happened in nineteen sixty nine, the summer of my eleventh birthday. 266 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:45.319 A group of my girlfriends and I were discussing riding our bikes out to Hood 267 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:51.640 Canal on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. One of the families had property 268 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:56.000 on the canal and they had an old canvas tent permanently pitched there, with 269 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:00.039 a fire pit and a floating dock that you could swim off of. I 270 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:03.559 really wanted to go on this adventure. It took me a whole week to 271 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:07.480 talk my mom and dad into it. They were worried because there were not 272 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:12.240 being any adults, just five young teens and two eighteen year olds leading the 273 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:18.119 trip, but they reluctantly agreed to let me go with the stipulation that I 274 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:22.519 called them from the payphone at the store when we got there and each day 275 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:27.759 after well. I eagerly agreed and I started packing. The plan was to 276 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:34.319 stay four days and three nights. We lived near faunt Leroy Ferry Dark in 277 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:38.400 West Seattle, and we had to ride our bikes to Alki Point to get 278 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:45.079 to the Bremerton Ferry that launched from the waterfront and downtown Seattle. Once we 279 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:48.319 stepped off, we had to ride our bikes to the south end of hood 280 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:52.160 canal the side of the camp. The others had ten speed bikes, while 281 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:56.440 I was one of the few kids who only had a three speed, and 282 00:21:56.519 --> 00:22:00.640 we were carrying our heavy backpacks and I brought up the or the pack. 283 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.720 We finally reached the family's property. It was cooling, shady, and it 284 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.799 was full of trees and undergrowth, with a single trail going down the center 285 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:14.400 of the property. That was where the canvas tent stood with the picnic table 286 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:18.240 and a barbecue pit. The trail continued to the canals, which had a 287 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:22.680 beach that was half rock and half sand, and we were so happy when 288 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:27.640 we finally arrived, dripping in sweat and exhausted, and we threw our packs 289 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:32.079 in the tent. We headed straight to go swimming in the salt water to 290 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:37.680 cool off from the ride. This canal was full of oysters, which I 291 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:41.799 really love eating oysters. I would dive down and bring up oysters and set 292 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:45.440 them on the dock and dive down for more. I would use my t 293 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:49.920 shirt like a kangaroo's pouch, gathering up the oysters and swimming over to the 294 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:55.200 shore, where I would stockpile them in the shaded picnic area for our next 295 00:22:55.319 --> 00:23:00.559 meal. I have never eaten so many oysters in all my life. It 296 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:06.039 was awesome. The last night of our trip, we gathered inside the tent. 297 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:10.519 It was starting to get dark. All of us splintered off into groups 298 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:15.160 and indulged in random pajama chatter. I was quietly lying on my side atop 299 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:19.400 my sleeping bag with my ear to the ground, and I started to feel 300 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:25.160 the vibration of heavy footsteps coming down the trail that went through the center of 301 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:30.440 the property. Whatever it was it was coming toward us. I nudged my 302 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.880 friend next to me, but to my amazement, she rolled over and went 303 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:38.000 back to sleep. The others in the tent were passed out and snoring. 304 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:45.119 It was the end result of a day full of outdoor activity. My heart 305 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:49.359 started to race with excitement and nervousness, and I peered through the netting of 306 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:56.119 the tent and I saw two dark figures resembling a sasquatch. One loomed over 307 00:23:56.200 --> 00:24:02.119 the other the way apparent what a small child, while the one I presumed 308 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:06.519 was the mother stood outside our tent door. Her baby went over to the 309 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:11.519 picnic table and rummaged through the oyster shells, turning them over in its hands 310 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:15.720 and discarding the remains onto the ground. After a few minutes, the little 311 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:19.480 one walked back over to the mother and they both quietly turned and they left 312 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:26.039 our campsite. I had actually seen a bigfoot and its offspring. And even 313 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:32.160 if my travel companions had snoozed through my encounter and no doubt would not believe 314 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:36.759 me. In the morning, I felt the experience was a tremendous gift. 315 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:40.039 I was the first one up and out of my tenth The next day, 316 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:42.400 my father had taught me how to track, and I wanted to see if 317 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:48.160 there were any footprints in the soil. I found two sets in the dirt, 318 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.359 one large and one small. I followed them over to the road where 319 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:59.000 the trail disappeared. There are some people who claim that Sasquatch have powers of 320 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:03.359 telepathy. I don't know the lifespan of a bigfoot, but I swear I've 321 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:10.359 had instances where I've communicated with the mama Sasquatch. I encountered over fifty years 322 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:15.279 ago as an excitable eleven year old on a camping trip with my friends. 323 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:19.759 Oh that's a cool story. Now, how could that happen? I hear 324 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:25.279 about Bigfoot being telepathic, but I don't know how that works. I mean, 325 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.920 do you just hear a voice in your head or do you just have 326 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:32.599 a feeling or what is it? It's very interesting that these people seem to 327 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:37.279 connect telepathically to the Sasquatch. Somebody explained that to me. I don't know 328 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:41.599 how that works. Why would Sasquatch have the ability to do that? I 329 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:47.880 think these are all rational questions anybody would have, but it's a real interesting 330 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:52.599 concept. Man. I'm not sure I wouldn't like to experience that myself. 331 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:56.079 But thank you very much for the story, Jill. This was an excellent 332 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.880 story as a happy story, and I really appreciate it. Thank you. 333 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:08.160 Here's a story from Kate and she is in my state. She lives in 334 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:14.160 my state, Mississippi. She writes, I'm from Dixie, Mississippi. My 335 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:18.519 dad has always spoken about Bigfoot. My dad, along with my aunt and 336 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.440 a few other family members, used to go sit on a long winding road 337 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:27.400 in De Soto National Forest near Camp Shelby that was barely wide enough for two 338 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:32.519 cars to pass each other. On each side of the road was a strip 339 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:37.400 of grass. Beyond that was dense woods. We would sit and listen until 340 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:42.079 the early hours of the morning while my dad whistled and called and talked and 341 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:47.839 tried to get a response from Bigfoot. The road must have been a mile 342 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:51.519 or so long, but there was a curve that we couldn't see beyond from 343 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:56.160 where we parked. The only street light on the whole road stood at a 344 00:26:56.240 --> 00:27:00.440 curve. I would sit and stare at that light, believing that at any 345 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:03.160 minute it was going to happen. One was going to step out of the 346 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:07.319 woods, right under the dim glow of that old light and into our field 347 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:12.400 of view. But that never happened. But something else did. One night, 348 00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:17.359 as usual, we were sitting and calling when everyone's attention was brought to 349 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:21.160 the side of the road. Maybe it was a noise, or maybe it 350 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:26.680 was a feeling. Everyone stopped talking and we all turned and looked. Every 351 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:30.680 light shined to the same little rise. It wasn't big enough to be called 352 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:34.720 a hill. It was only three feet tall, and above that I saw 353 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:38.880 what looked like a cone shaped head with solid black hair on it, sticking 354 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:44.079 up over the top. As soon as I saw that. It occurred to 355 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:48.000 me that I was the only one without a light, and fear struck me 356 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:51.640 like a lightning bolt. I was only a child, I think I was 357 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:55.000 thirteen, and stuck in the dark side of the road, with our park 358 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:59.720 hard between me and the place where the animal was. All the adults had 359 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:03.240 all these lights and all of their attention on one spot. My dad wouldn't 360 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:07.759 let me come around to the other side of the car with that creature there. 361 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:11.359 I knew that without asking. He was a stern man, but I 362 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:15.440 never had to be whooped by him. A simple look would always do it. 363 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:21.400 In my mind, while everyone was looking at the show on the opposite 364 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:23.039 side of the road, something was going to come out of the woods on 365 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:27.839 our side, and I would be there alone and defenseless against it. I 366 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:33.519 pressed the entire backside of my body against the back passenger door of the car, 367 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:37.319 and I stared into the inky blackness of woods in front of me, 368 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:41.759 and I silently pleaded that nothing would come get me. There was no way 369 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:45.640 I was going to make a sound. My dad would have done me in 370 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.839 if I'd have scared that creature off. I wish I could say what happened 371 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:55.160 after that, because I don't remember clearly. We all got in the car 372 00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:57.799 and we left at some point. As far as I can remember, nothing 373 00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:02.319 came out of the woodsy side of the car. But I don't think I've 374 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:07.279 ever felt such a cold and lonely fear before or since. We spent a 375 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:11.680 lot of nights out on that road. Many times we heard whistles, a 376 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:18.160 couple of times we heard footfalls, but we never had anything as groundbreaking as 377 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:22.799 a full on sighting. I called the BFR when finding bigfoot was popular, 378 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:26.759 though, and they came out to do an investigation, and that was exciting. 379 00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:33.160 Years later, we were all at my Big Mamas for Sunday dinner and 380 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.480 sitting around playing board games when someone brought up the subject of that road and 381 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:41.839 all the times we'd go out there and sit and listen. It was then 382 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:47.599 that my aunt told me about a man who died on that road. I 383 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:51.079 was as much a true crime junkie as I was a bigfoot addict, so 384 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:55.880 this was a perfect story for me. She reminded me of the old wooden 385 00:29:55.920 --> 00:30:00.599 cross by where we used to sit at night, and the story that this 386 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:03.680 man used to go out there and do the same thing that we used to 387 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:07.720 do. Well. One night, he and a friend were sitting out there 388 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:11.039 in their long chairs. He had a gun stuck in the chest pocket of 389 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:17.480 his overalls. He knew that they didn't like guns. And suddenly they heard 390 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:21.880 something and then they saw something. Nobody really knows what they saw, but 391 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:26.160 it spooked the man. He tried to draw his pistol out of his pocket, 392 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:30.680 and he accidentally shot himself in the chest. His friend called an ambulance 393 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:34.359 when they got there. Everyone on the scene could hear something running back and 394 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:41.559 forth inside the woodlines, screaming that horrible, gut wrenching scream. The ambulance 395 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:45.920 driver wouldn't even get out. The man's friend had to help load him into 396 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:49.720 the ambulance. The man died, and the cross was put there to memorialize 397 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:55.480 him. Well. I was so intrigued by that story that I asked for 398 00:30:55.599 --> 00:31:00.599 more information on this road. I couldn't imagine anyone living there, but my 399 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.079 aunt said that there was an old black lady who left all the way down 400 00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:07.599 at the end of it, and that her windows were all covered up with 401 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:12.240 aluminum full You couldn't prove it by me. I wouldn't drive a tank down 402 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:18.559 that road. Of course, she's probably gone by now. At a recent 403 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.480 family gathering, my fiance and I were talking with my uncle about the road 404 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.759 and I brought up the story of the man who died there. I honestly 405 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:30.880 believe that my uncle believes in Bigfoot, but no man around here is going 406 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:36.960 to tell his niece or any woman that Bigfoot is real. I finished with 407 00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:40.640 the story, and right away he said, oh no, that was a 408 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:45.480 setup. Bigfoot is not real. What. I couldn't believe what he said. 409 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:48.480 And then he went on to say that his friends kill that man and 410 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.799 cooked up a Bigfoot story to cover it up. I don't know which version 411 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:57.680 of the story is more believable. I believe in Bigfoot and I always will. 412 00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:01.680 But there's some pretty rough characters in the backwoods around here who might have 413 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:09.039 found Bigfoot to be a convenient scapegoat for their own misdeeds. Oh my goodness, 414 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:15.519 what a great story, Kate. It's funny. I don't know. 415 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.680 Yes, we do have rough characters that live back in these woods, especially 416 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:24.599 in the Delta well up in the hills too. There's just some, you 417 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:28.920 know, it's kind of I don't it's hard to describe. There are some 418 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.640 rough people who live in this state, and I can see somebody making up 419 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:36.640 a bigfoot story to cover up a crime. That makes perfect sense. But 420 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:40.000 here's the thing. This woman never saw a bigfoot. This is not really 421 00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:46.319 a bigfoot story. But I appreciate you all so much for sending me such 422 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:52.400 a variety of stories. I get to get a little piece of everyone's imagination, 423 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:58.079 everyone's memories. A lot of these. This woman is talking about stuff 424 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:00.960 that happened years ago, and these are memories that stick with her, and 425 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:06.279 the way you all describe them is just so great. And I just love 426 00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:08.880 the way you write. More than being able to put this up on a 427 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:13.599 podcast. I love reading them. I mean, I just love reading old 428 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:17.200 memories and stories people have, and sometimes I can identify it, like with 429 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:23.359 this woman, her and her family sitting out on that road waiting for Bigfoot 430 00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:27.240 to come out on the road. Now, my family would have never done 431 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:30.000 that, but we used to go down. We'd we'd go down to old 432 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:34.799 ponds, you know, late in the afternoon in the summer, and we'd 433 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:37.400 sit in that hot summer sun or in the evening when the sun would start 434 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:42.279 to go down and into the night, we would just keep fishing. We'd 435 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:45.880 fish off the bank. Sometimes sometimes we'd get in a boat and paddle around 436 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:50.400 upon Sometimes we put in the river and we'd fished away after dark. I 437 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:55.440 just remember all those times and hearing you guys retell these stories brings back great 438 00:33:55.480 --> 00:34:00.480 memories for me. And I'd love to sit around a camp fire or I 439 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:05.079 don't know, at a bar across the table from some of y'all and just 440 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:07.199 reminisce about some of the things we used to do in this part of the 441 00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:13.320 country that we're so fun for us kids. And anyway, Kate, thank 442 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:17.199 you for this story. I loved it. I really appreciate you. Thank 443 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:22.119 you all for joining me on this podcast. I know I have been gone 444 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.400 for a little while. I could explain it, but it's kind of boring. 445 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:30.199 But I you know what, I have a lot of work right now, 446 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:35.199 and I do this podcast. I don't have to do this podcast, 447 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:39.159 and it's I've been doing it straight for almost five years now, and I 448 00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:43.880 just took a break from the podcast. That's what I did. But today 449 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:47.239 I got up and I was raring to get back. And so I think 450 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:52.280 I've had a good vacation from the podcast, and I'm just gonna keep cranking 451 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:55.440 them out like I always have, two or three a week. Hopefully y'all 452 00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:59.559 stay cool. It's gonna be hot this week. Supposed to be a hundred 453 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:02.400 degree is here today. I'm sitting here with my air conditioner. Also, 454 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:07.000 you can't hear it in this mic, so I'm gonna end this podcast so 455 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.000 I can turn my sweet air back on. All Right, you guys have 456 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:12.280 a good week, and we'll see you on the next one. Thanks.