1 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: We live in Diego, South Korea. I'm sure, I'm one 2 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,000 hundred percent sure I'll pronounce that wrong, and I'm one 3 00:00:18,039 --> 00:00:21,480 hundred percent sure I'm about to mispronounce the name of 4 00:00:21,519 --> 00:00:25,079 this mountain. But let me start over. We live in Diego, 5 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,719 South Korea, on the side of a steep hill that 6 00:00:28,879 --> 00:00:33,280 butts up to Apason Mountain. One day, I took Rileigh, 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,880 my golden retriever, out to the trails because she had 8 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,600 been inside for most of the day. A light snow 9 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,960 had fallen and the mountain was quiet. I headed up 10 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,960 the steep hillside under the road tunnel, and I walked 11 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,079 toward the trail. I think it makes a loop somewhere, 12 00:00:50,119 --> 00:00:52,799 but I don't speak Korean, and every time I go, 13 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,560 I get lost, wandering in circles, never knowing which way 14 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:01,119 to go. On this day, that's what happened, and Riley 15 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,640 and I made it to the trailhead and pressed on 16 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,239 and started wandering. On every mountain in this country you 17 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,239 will see grandmothers blazing new trails off the main path 18 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,920 in search of mushrooms. That day I realized I had 19 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:20,959 gotten misdirected onto such a trail. The surrounding mountain side 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,120 looked a bit different than the normal loop I usually took, 21 00:01:24,359 --> 00:01:27,239 but I knew where the landmarks were, so I kept walking. 22 00:01:28,439 --> 00:01:31,879 Halfway into the hike, I heard footsteps approaching from behind me. 23 00:01:32,719 --> 00:01:35,760 Normally there are a lot of other hikers on these trails, 24 00:01:35,799 --> 00:01:38,799 so I called Riley over, hooked her leash on her, 25 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,719 and I stepped aside. When no one passed me, I 26 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,560 turned slightly to see an empty trail. I was puzzled, 27 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,680 but brushed it off and I kept going. I released 28 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,159 Riley again and she took off ahead of me. Fifteen 29 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:57,239 minutes later, I heard another round of footsteps coming up 30 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,480 behind me. I did the same thing. I hooked up 31 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,480 my dog and stood off to the side, and I 32 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:07,480 waited again. Nobody was behind me. Something didn't feel right. 33 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:11,800 I picked up my pace. I finally found a familiar 34 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,639 trail leading down the mountain toward the road, and Riley 35 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,199 and I made it home in one piece. I was 36 00:02:17,199 --> 00:02:21,879 looking over my shoulder the entire way. South Korean mountains 37 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,039 are full of burial mountains. On other hikes, we have 38 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:27,919 walked past some that are visible just off the trail. 39 00:02:28,879 --> 00:02:31,400 I'm not saying it was a spirit out for an 40 00:02:31,439 --> 00:02:36,080 autumn stroll, but I know what I heard. My husband 41 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,919 and I love taking our children hiking. We also have 42 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:44,080 a YouTube channel it's called Trailheaded Ventures. We travel all 43 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,439 over South Korea discovering beautiful places to explore. On one 44 00:02:48,479 --> 00:02:52,960 particular autumn day, not long after my previous experience, we 45 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,280 were two hours north from home and hiking a trail. 46 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,759 We found an old Chinese fort, which, like so many 47 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,000 others in South Korea, had a sad history. South Korea 48 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,319 has been invaded by neighboring countries for a long time, 49 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,240 the Japanese, the Chinese, and the North Koreans, all of 50 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,039 them wanting to take the country over. The fort we 51 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,319 found had an interesting setup. Stones the size of small 52 00:03:20,439 --> 00:03:24,439 cars were stacked like legos, cut so precisely that each 53 00:03:24,439 --> 00:03:29,319 one fit perfectly into the next. Further along the outside wall, 54 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,759 we found a stone arch leading inside that looked as 55 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,680 if it might collapse at any minute. The fort and 56 00:03:36,719 --> 00:03:41,599 the area surrounding were completely silent, strangely silent, as if 57 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,639 noise could not penetrate the area. We hoped to walk 58 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,360 around the fort and uncover its secrets, but we found 59 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,439 a large metal sign forbidding us from going beyond a 60 00:03:51,479 --> 00:03:56,919 certain point. In South Korea, SECTV cameras are everywhere, and 61 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,240 we didn't dare to push it. I was taking making 62 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,479 pictures of my children climbing and running around the fort, 63 00:04:03,879 --> 00:04:06,360 making sure no one crossed the metal sign and got 64 00:04:06,439 --> 00:04:09,719 us in trouble. The weather had gotten colder and the 65 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,919 area was feeling tighter and denser by the minute. My 66 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,879 husband looked at me and mentioned something felt off, and 67 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,240 we decided to head out later. At home, I was 68 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,839 looking at the pictures I had taken that day when 69 00:04:23,879 --> 00:04:27,639 something caught my attention. In one of the pictures of 70 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,120 my children playing, I zoomed in and saw a small 71 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,839 face watching them from behind a jagged wall. The face 72 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:40,000 was anything but normal. It had big, dark eye sockets 73 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:43,959 and a weirdly shaped head. I couldn't comprehend what I 74 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,600 was seeing. Something was watching my children play. Nope, I 75 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:53,439 told myself, I'm never going back there. I've tried to 76 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,519 research Korean folklore, but unless it's a fire breathing dragon 77 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,360 or a goblin, it isn't mentioned. I'd rather see a 78 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:04,560 fire breathing dragon than an ugly face that was watching 79 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:08,800 me and my children. Thanks CAM for hearing my stories 80 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,279 from all the way across the sea. Enjoy some Southern 81 00:05:12,319 --> 00:05:15,720 food for me. I miss it and she signs off. Haley, 82 00:05:15,879 --> 00:05:19,680 she must be from somewhere down here in the South, 83 00:05:20,079 --> 00:05:23,040 because we do have good food. Koreans have good food too. 84 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,839 I think there's a food that is popular called kimchi. 85 00:05:27,439 --> 00:05:29,120 Had a body at that one time, and it's not 86 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,560 good food. It's really tart. It's like fermented cabbage, I 87 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,120 think is what it is. They love it. But what 88 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,360 a cool story from South Korea. I wonder why they 89 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:45,519 are there. I wonder the missionaries. Is her husband working there? 90 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,720 I'm not sure, but they do have a YouTube channel. 91 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:53,360 Let me find it again. I think it's called South Karina. 92 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:57,800 I'll find it. Hold on, hold on, I'll find it. Okay. 93 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,360 The channel is called trail Head Adventure. I'm gonna search 94 00:06:01,439 --> 00:06:03,240 for it and try to find a link for it 95 00:06:03,319 --> 00:06:06,399 and link it in the description, so you guys can 96 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,279 probably see a face for the person who wrote the story. 97 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:13,720 If you're interested in that, it'll be in the description. 98 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,800 Thanks Haley for sending this story. It was really creepy. 99 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:24,360 I loved it. I loved it. Thank you, ma'am. This 100 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:28,000 story is about a mystery creature or a bigfoot. I'm 101 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,160 not sure. I haven't read it yet, but we're gonna see. 102 00:06:30,199 --> 00:06:34,120 And I'm I've got a cold. My chest is all congested, 103 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,439 and I'm having trouble, not having trouble breathing. But you know, 104 00:06:37,519 --> 00:06:39,839 I get winded a little bit when I walk around. 105 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,519 When I walk over to the refrigerator to get a big, 106 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,120 blowny sandwich or a big bowl of ice cream, kind 107 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,839 of winds me. I get out of breath, have to 108 00:06:47,879 --> 00:06:50,600 go sit down and eat it anyway. If my voice, 109 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,040 I hope my voice can hold out for these four 110 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,160 stories I'm trying to narrate. Here we go. It was 111 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,560 sometime in the early eighties in the far southern end 112 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,959 of Wee You Matt Valley in Oregon. I had been 113 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,439 raised there and I was in my late twenties at 114 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,040 the time. The entire local economy had been shut down 115 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,720 due to the tree huggers trying to save the not 116 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,240 really in danger spot at Owl, and I was out 117 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:19,040 of work. A person couldn't find a blank job application, 118 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:21,680 even if you asked politely with a big gun in 119 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,279 your hand. I would wake up in the middle of 120 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,800 the night worrying and I would go for a walk 121 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:29,959 while the kids slept clear my head. I lived in 122 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,879 a rural area, and I knew they'd be okay while 123 00:07:32,879 --> 00:07:36,759 I was gone. One night, around two am, I was 124 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,319 heading back toward my house. The road home was narrow. 125 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,920 It's a two lane black top with no lines. It 126 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,120 followed the river bank on the right and on the 127 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,439 left was a farm. A farmhouse sat at the base 128 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,120 of the hill, and on the other side was my house. 129 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:55,000 At the top of the hill was a horse pasture. 130 00:07:56,319 --> 00:07:59,240 I was walking past the farmhouse driveway when I heard 131 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,000 something in the book on the river bank. I figured 132 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,240 it was just a neighbor's cow dog, and I kept walking. 133 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,079 At the edge of the road was only a few 134 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,399 feet from where the ground dropped down to the river. 135 00:08:11,399 --> 00:08:13,720 It was so steep that I had to grab roots 136 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,279 and branches to climb down it. The brush lining the 137 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,639 road was thick and taller than me, and there was 138 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,759 so much poison oak that it would have been impossible 139 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,279 to walk through it. There were fallen limbs from the 140 00:08:26,279 --> 00:08:29,279 many maple trees and logs, and many years worth of 141 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,759 dead leaves on both sides of the trail, so in 142 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:37,039 addition to it being steep, it was an impassable obstacle. Course, 143 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,840 I could hear the dog following me through the brush 144 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:44,480 and the dry leaves, his feet crunching with each step. 145 00:08:45,159 --> 00:08:48,360 I knew he wouldn't follow me far. I had known 146 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,200 him for years and he was well trained, But as 147 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,480 I walked he kept following me anyway. I soon realized 148 00:08:55,519 --> 00:08:58,679 it really didn't sound like a dog. A dog would 149 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:01,559 drag his feet through the leaves, and that's not what 150 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,919 I was hearing. This was the sound of a foot 151 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,960 rising out of the leaves and then striking back down 152 00:09:08,039 --> 00:09:11,799 to the ground again. I began running through a list 153 00:09:11,799 --> 00:09:15,200 of suspects in my head. A deer wouldn't follow me. 154 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,159 A possum or a porcupine is short and wouldn't make 155 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,519 those types of footstounds. A mountain lion was a scary thought, 156 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,120 but I decided a mountain lion would be much quieter 157 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,159 even in the dry leaves. Besides, I was hearing two feet, 158 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,240 not four. There was no way it was a person, 159 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,840 because a person wouldn't be able to walk along on 160 00:09:36,879 --> 00:09:39,879 the bank even in the daylight, much less in the dark. 161 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:42,960 And if it were a person, I wouldn't hear their 162 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,399 careful footsteps. I'd be hearing cussing and thrashing as they 163 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,399 tried to keep their footing and battle their way through 164 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,759 all the brush and debris. I began to experiment to 165 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:57,039 see if I could figure out what was following me. 166 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,879 I took a few fast steps, and it did two. 167 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,200 I went slow, and it did too. I ran a 168 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,919 little ways and it sped up with me, and when 169 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,320 I stopped, it stopped. I started counting my steps as 170 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,000 I buried my pace, and I realized that it was 171 00:10:14,039 --> 00:10:19,159 even copying, that it was mimicking me step for step. 172 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:23,200 When that fact sank in, I can't describe the fear 173 00:10:23,279 --> 00:10:26,840 I felt. I was nothing but fear on legs, and 174 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:29,480 I ran for my life like I had never before 175 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,080 or since. I could still hear it on the river bank, 176 00:10:33,159 --> 00:10:37,759 following me, step for step, keeping pace, and it horrified me. 177 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,919 Ahead of me, there were big maple trees on each 178 00:10:41,919 --> 00:10:44,919 side of the road, the limbs meeting above the road 179 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,919 and making a black tunnel, and I ran through them 180 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,399 with everything I had, praying that that thing would stay 181 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,600 on the bank and not follow me up the hill 182 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,320 to the pasture. I ran out from under the trees 183 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,360 and didn't hear it anymore, but I kept running until 184 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,240 home was in sight. On purpose, I let my feet 185 00:11:04,279 --> 00:11:07,399 slap on the pavement as I ran down the slope, 186 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,039 warning my five big dogs to hear me. They all 187 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,039 came piling off the porch, barking viciously, and they ran 188 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,639 out onto the road toward me. I was so happy 189 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,240 to see them, and they recognized me, and they ran 190 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,879 with me to the house, and I opened the door 191 00:11:23,919 --> 00:11:28,000 and we all went in. I thought I still might die. 192 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,519 My heart felt like it was bursting, and my lungs 193 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:34,960 were on fire. I locked the door and collapsed on 194 00:11:35,039 --> 00:11:38,799 the couch and lived to tell the tale. In addition 195 00:11:38,919 --> 00:11:43,039 to being terrifying, the whole thing was beyond weird. How 196 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:46,200 one could run on that steep bank, in that thick 197 00:11:46,279 --> 00:11:49,919 brush and only make noise from their feet mystifies me. 198 00:11:50,799 --> 00:11:52,879 And to this day, when I hear the story about 199 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:56,679 someone being followed, it gets my heart pumping. Studying away 200 00:11:56,759 --> 00:12:01,480 right now, just remembering that night so long ago. I 201 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,600 enjoy listening to you read the encounters that people have had, 202 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,600 even the ones that scare me. It's helpful to me somehow. Well, 203 00:12:08,639 --> 00:12:11,080 that's great. I'm glad. It's hell full and kind of 204 00:12:11,159 --> 00:12:13,360 it connects you with other people who have had these 205 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:16,960 weird experiences. I get that. I hope you all enjoyed 206 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,399 the story this was. You know, we get so many 207 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:24,080 different types of stories, different types of encounters. It's so 208 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,360 interesting to me. I love this story. I appreciate the writer. 209 00:12:27,759 --> 00:12:35,720 Thank you. Okay, here's another bigfoot story. It was back 210 00:12:35,759 --> 00:12:38,919 in the spring of twenty twelve, way up in the 211 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,840 Anerondack Mountains of New York State. There was still a 212 00:12:42,879 --> 00:12:45,519 little snow, but most of it had melted, leaving the 213 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:49,480 ground muddy. At that time, I traveled that stretch of 214 00:12:49,919 --> 00:12:53,000 eighty seven a couple of times a day, so I 215 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:57,200 was more than familiar with the roadway. On this morning, 216 00:12:57,399 --> 00:13:01,360 it was bright and sunny. The upper half of eighty seven, 217 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:05,080 which is near the Canadian border, is miles and miles 218 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,320 of dense forest. There are a few towns along the highway, 219 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:14,039 but there's rarely any traffic. I pulled my vehicle over 220 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,080 to the side of the road because a flock of 221 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,080 birds had relieved themselves on my window. I was about 222 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,200 to get out and clean it off, and I got 223 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,759 suddenly spooked. It was a clear day with no person 224 00:13:25,919 --> 00:13:29,720 or wildlife around. So I scolded myself, knowing I was 225 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,799 just being silly. I'm not a very big woman, I'm 226 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,519 just five foot two. I took a deep breath and 227 00:13:36,639 --> 00:13:39,720 stepped out of the vehicle and started at my driver's 228 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:42,960 side and cleaned all the way around to the passenger side, 229 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,320 making sure my windows were spotless. It was when I 230 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,360 got to the passenger side that things got weird. Where 231 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,320 I pulled over, the passenger side of my vehicle was 232 00:13:54,399 --> 00:13:58,440 facing a sheer rock cliff. You can see these on 233 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,480 many highways where they had to dynamite the rock to 234 00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:05,080 make way for the road. The cliff is roughly only 235 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,159 twenty five feet tall, short enough that I had a 236 00:14:08,159 --> 00:14:12,080 clear view of the ledge into the trees. As I 237 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,759 was cleaning, rocks and snow began to slide down the cliff, 238 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,679 as if something were walking toward me on the ledge. 239 00:14:19,919 --> 00:14:22,000 When I looked, there was nothing at all to see, 240 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,000 so I did my best to ignore it. The rock 241 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:29,799 and snow slides continued, each time getting closer to where 242 00:14:29,799 --> 00:14:33,399 I was on the road. I began to shake uncontrollably. 243 00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:37,399 I couldn't move if I wanted to, That's when a 244 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,519 fight or flight instinct came over me out of nowhere, 245 00:14:40,559 --> 00:14:43,879 and I started making a ruckus. I screamed, and I 246 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:46,720 hooted and hollered, and I sang and flapped my arms, 247 00:14:46,799 --> 00:14:50,919 just going crazy, following my instincts telling me to make 248 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,600 a scene and throw off whatever it was that was 249 00:14:53,639 --> 00:14:57,639 approaching me. I'm just glad no one drove by, because 250 00:14:57,639 --> 00:15:01,840 they probably would have had me locked up. I was acting. Bunkers, 251 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,639 the rocks and ice stopped sliding down the rock wall, 252 00:15:06,759 --> 00:15:09,720 telling me whatever was up there had stopped its approach. 253 00:15:10,519 --> 00:15:12,840 I looked at the ledge and I saw no trace 254 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,480 of anything living, and I started cleaning my windows again, 255 00:15:17,279 --> 00:15:19,639 and as soon as I turned toward my vehicle, more 256 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,240 snow and more rocks slid down, and I was overcome 257 00:15:23,279 --> 00:15:26,879 with the feeling of being hunted. I gave up on 258 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:29,679 the windows and I raced to my driver's store like 259 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,720 I was running for my life. My legs were shaking 260 00:15:32,759 --> 00:15:37,000 so badly I could barely move. I jumped in my vehicle, 261 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,879 cranked over the engine, and sped out of there. As 262 00:15:40,879 --> 00:15:43,519 I was approaching the highway to Merge, one hell of 263 00:15:43,559 --> 00:15:47,559 a bang sounded through my vehicle. My head snapped toward 264 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,679 the passenger side rear view mirror, and I saw a 265 00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:55,519 rock bigger than a softball skittering away. There weren't any 266 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,519 vehicles around me, and there wasn't anywhere for that rock 267 00:15:58,559 --> 00:16:02,639 to have come from, aside from a rock cliff. Cats 268 00:16:02,639 --> 00:16:06,559 and bears can't throw rocks last time I checked. Trees 269 00:16:06,639 --> 00:16:09,919 can't either, So where the hell did that rock come from. 270 00:16:11,799 --> 00:16:13,919 I kept the pedal to the floor until I came 271 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,879 to a welcome center. I pulled in, and I walked 272 00:16:16,879 --> 00:16:19,519 around my vehicle to see if I had maybe kicked 273 00:16:19,519 --> 00:16:22,279 the rock up from under my tires. But when I 274 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,799 saw the end dent on the back of the rolling door, 275 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:27,840 I realized there was no way my tires could have 276 00:16:27,919 --> 00:16:31,519 done that. The center of the dent was a full 277 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,720 eight inches across and a good three inches deep, and 278 00:16:34,759 --> 00:16:39,679 in its entirety wider than my ruler. I've been trying 279 00:16:39,679 --> 00:16:42,320 to make sense of it since it happened, and then 280 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,600 I listened to some of the letters that you read, 281 00:16:44,679 --> 00:16:47,639 and it made sense. I wouldn't say I'm a full 282 00:16:47,679 --> 00:16:51,720 believer in Bigfoot because I try to rationalize everything, but 283 00:16:51,799 --> 00:16:53,919 this is one of those things. Where I don't think 284 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:58,519 there is a rational explanation. Woo, you show, got that right? 285 00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:01,759 A rock comes up out of nowhere. She hears all 286 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,640 the stuff's coming down the cliff. She knows it's something 287 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,799 walking around up there, shaking loose debris, making it fall 288 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:12,079 down on the highway, and then she pulls off. She 289 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,240 screeches off, and her big rock hits her car. What 290 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,880 else could it be unless there's some person up there. 291 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,519 But you know, probably couldn't throw a rock that far. 292 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,400 Only a bigfoit could do that. I'm with her. I 293 00:17:24,519 --> 00:17:28,000 try to rationalize everything. I try to explain away everything, 294 00:17:28,559 --> 00:17:30,960 but this, she says, this is one of those things. 295 00:17:31,039 --> 00:17:34,880 I don't think there is a rational explanation. Maybe there is. 296 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,119 Maybe it was a bigfoot. Thank you so much to 297 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,839 the writer. What a great story. Oh, she wrote it 298 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,559 so well. It was just so easy to follow. And I, oh, 299 00:17:44,599 --> 00:17:46,960 I just love the way you guys write. I really 300 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,519 appreciate you. Thank you for sending it. Ma'am little five 301 00:17:50,519 --> 00:17:54,200 foot two. Hey, my wife shortering you. She's four eleven, 302 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,440 so she's not she's not as big. You're a monster 303 00:17:57,599 --> 00:18:00,799 to her. Anyway. I thought that was funny. Okay, thanks 304 00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:07,599 again for the story. Awesome story. Okay, and last we 305 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,319 have another Bigfoot story ninety percent bigfoot on this channel. 306 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,440 This is a good one. All four of these stories 307 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,519 that I've just randomly picked out from my list are 308 00:18:18,519 --> 00:18:22,920 good in this podcast. I'm so lucky to get people 309 00:18:23,039 --> 00:18:26,440 sending me these wonderful stories. So it wasn't for you all, 310 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,759 there wouldn't be a channel. So thank you to all 311 00:18:28,799 --> 00:18:32,240 of you. But let's get on with this story. I 312 00:18:32,279 --> 00:18:34,559 grew up on a cattle ranch in East Texas, where 313 00:18:34,599 --> 00:18:39,119 I started my ten year pro rodeo career. My family 314 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:43,160 had hunting ranches in Texas hill country all my life. 315 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,640 I love camping, fishing, and hiking, and I'm an amateur 316 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:51,039 rock collector. I was a music teacher at a small 317 00:18:51,079 --> 00:18:54,920 town school just outside of Kerrville, Texas, and I was 318 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,839 renting a beautiful house nestled on twenty six acres of 319 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,880 hill country. I would spend most of my paycheck on 320 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,920 feed for the forty plus white tails, foxes, and raccoons, 321 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,200 and a couple of ornery wild donkeys. They ate all 322 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,480 around the front of my cabin. It was a dream 323 00:19:13,559 --> 00:19:16,079 and the place was loaded with fossils and I spent 324 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,000 most of my time hiking and fossil hunting during the 325 00:19:19,079 --> 00:19:22,839 three years that I was there. During my last year 326 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,240 living there, I began to hear things hitting the side 327 00:19:25,279 --> 00:19:28,400 of the cabin at night. At first I brushed it 328 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,200 off to an armadillo or a wild hog rubbing against 329 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:36,480 the siding. But one night things got real. I was 330 00:19:36,519 --> 00:19:39,680 sitting in bed watching TV with my dogs lying next 331 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,200 to me, when something slapped the side of the cabin 332 00:19:42,559 --> 00:19:45,799 right beside the bed. It was so hard it shook 333 00:19:45,839 --> 00:19:49,160 the pictures on the wall. My dogs and I jumped, 334 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,680 and I grabbed my pistol and turned on the outside lights. 335 00:19:53,319 --> 00:19:56,119 Then I sat down on the lazy boy chair facing 336 00:19:56,160 --> 00:20:00,119 the door with my gun pointing right at it. I 337 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,799 sat like that for several minutes, trying to calm down 338 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,519 the dogs, and then I got up and peeked out 339 00:20:05,519 --> 00:20:09,559 the windows. Of course, I couldn't see a thing. I 340 00:20:09,599 --> 00:20:12,799 didn't sleep much that night, sitting there waiting to see 341 00:20:12,839 --> 00:20:16,000 what would happen next. I thought maybe someone was trying 342 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,759 to break in, But if that were the case, my 343 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:22,680 dogs would have acted differently, howling or barking at the intruder. 344 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,440 That night, though they were terrified. I put a trail 345 00:20:27,519 --> 00:20:29,519 camera out the next day to see if I could 346 00:20:29,519 --> 00:20:32,480 catch something. Later, when I looked at the footage, I 347 00:20:32,519 --> 00:20:35,920 could see something bilking and hiding in the bushes near 348 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,680 where the foxes were eating. In one frame, a fox 349 00:20:39,799 --> 00:20:42,640 was there, and in the next it was gone, but 350 00:20:42,759 --> 00:20:45,160 behind where it was standing, I could make out a 351 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,279 large face in the brush. Not long after that, I 352 00:20:49,279 --> 00:20:52,200 got a new job teaching in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 353 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,359 I spent most of my time off fishing in the 354 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,880 rivers and lakes and creeks in the mountains. I hide 355 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,039 trails all over, and I was always rock hunting or 356 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,960 panning for gold. I looked for the furthest point that 357 00:21:06,039 --> 00:21:08,200 I could fish along the pe Coast River in the 358 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,839 Santa Fe National Forest, and I settled on the Holy 359 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:16,240 Ghost Trail. It was completely remote, just a one way 360 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,400 road curving around a mountain. My dogs and I were 361 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,359 the only ones at the campground, and they headed straight 362 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,880 for the water while I explored a bit. The wilderness 363 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,200 was breathtaking with giant aspen, pines and cedars. The creek 364 00:21:31,319 --> 00:21:35,039 was nearby in a narrow valley with mountains on both sides. 365 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,319 After walking around a bit, I started to feel uncomfortable. 366 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:42,720 I looked around, thinking maybe a bear or a cougar 367 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,200 was watching me. I didn't stay very long because the 368 00:21:46,279 --> 00:21:50,079 dogs started acting weird. They high tailed it, passed me 369 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,519 back to the jeep, and they jumped in. They were 370 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:57,680 spooked by something. Later at home, I searched online for 371 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:00,759 the Holy Ghost Trail, only to find that some people 372 00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:05,519 say it is haunted. Sometime later, in March of twenty 373 00:22:05,599 --> 00:22:08,000 twenty one, it was a cold winter day in school 374 00:22:08,079 --> 00:22:11,680 had just gotten out for spring break. I was going 375 00:22:11,759 --> 00:22:15,240 stir crazy, and so were the dogs. And since I 376 00:22:15,279 --> 00:22:19,759 had been teaching school online for nearly two years. It 377 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,720 snowed the day before and some of the ice melted 378 00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:25,839 in the valley where I lived, I was eager to 379 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,680 get in the mountains and do some gold panting. I 380 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,880 found a place called Willow Creek, not far from where 381 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:35,400 I had been on the Holy Ghost Trail. When I 382 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,039 got there, I stopped to chat with a park ranger. 383 00:22:38,519 --> 00:22:40,799 I told him I was going gold panning, and he 384 00:22:40,839 --> 00:22:43,079 said it was still pretty cold with part of the 385 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,559 river still frozen. But he gave me directions and I 386 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,440 went on my way. I was surrounded by trees on 387 00:22:50,519 --> 00:22:52,960 both sides of the river and behind me as I 388 00:22:53,079 --> 00:22:56,720 drove there. The creek was between two mountains, with just 389 00:22:56,759 --> 00:23:01,440 a small dirt parking area to pull into. My dogs 390 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,440 and I were the only visitors, and with a wilderness 391 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,960 so serene, I felt like I was in a Christmas postcard. 392 00:23:09,319 --> 00:23:11,680 As I walked along the creek, I began to notice 393 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:16,319 extra large footprints paralleling the water. I followed the tracks 394 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,160 for thirty yards or so until they crossed into the 395 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,240 creek and they disappeared. The stride was so long that 396 00:23:23,279 --> 00:23:27,519 it took nearly two of my giant steps to reach one, 397 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,599 and then the hair on the back of my neck 398 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,279 started standing up. I immediately looked for my dogs, and 399 00:23:33,319 --> 00:23:37,839 I found them frozen, staring into the brush. I called 400 00:23:37,839 --> 00:23:39,880 them back to me, and I looked all around me 401 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,279 for some animal that might be checking me out, all 402 00:23:43,319 --> 00:23:47,160 too aware of the giant footprints and wishing I were 403 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,160 in my truck. We made it into the cabin one piece, 404 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,799 but I couldn't leave. Now I remembered I had a 405 00:23:53,839 --> 00:23:58,240 camera and a measuring tape. Against the winding protests of 406 00:23:58,319 --> 00:24:00,720 my dogs, I got out again. I went to measure 407 00:24:00,759 --> 00:24:04,960 the footprints. There were sixteen inches long and five inches wide, 408 00:24:05,279 --> 00:24:08,759 and the stride was four and a half feet. My 409 00:24:08,839 --> 00:24:11,839 head shot left and right, and I swore I felt 410 00:24:11,839 --> 00:24:15,440 someone's eyes on me. I took a few pictures with 411 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:17,680 my foot next to the princes, and I raced back 412 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:22,079 to my truck and we took off. Bigfoot was never 413 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,960 on my mind. Bigfoot had never been on my mind. 414 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,960 It wasn't supposed to be real. But now though, it 415 00:24:30,039 --> 00:24:33,799 was at the front of my thoughts. When I got home, 416 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,000 I researched bigfoot sightings in the area, and to my surprise, 417 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,839 I found dozens around where I lived and hiked, not 418 00:24:42,039 --> 00:24:45,559 just in New Mexico, but where I lived in Texas too. 419 00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:49,319 In fact, one sighting happened at the time something slapped 420 00:24:49,319 --> 00:24:53,559 my house just eight miles from where I lived. Also 421 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,160 discovered that near the place that I had been on 422 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,839 Willow Creek, a hunter went missing. There was a TV show. 423 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,880 I just moved back to Texas this year, this time 424 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:09,000 to the coast. Even down here people say they've had sightings. 425 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,960 It's incredible how abundant these creatures seem to be if 426 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,839 they managed to stay out of sight. I'm always ready 427 00:25:16,839 --> 00:25:19,920 for a new adventure, and from my near encounters and 428 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,200 from reading others encounters, I feel more prepared than ever. 429 00:25:23,319 --> 00:25:26,640 When I go hiking and camping, I never go without 430 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,480 a firearm, and I always keep an eye on my dogs. 431 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,799 Thanks for this platform and for the chance to share 432 00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:35,880 my stories. Even though mine is not a class A 433 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:42,160 sighting bigfoot is always on my radar. The writer signs off. 434 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,359 And this was a woman. I thought, since they were 435 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,079 saying it was a professional right at the beginning. The 436 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:53,960 writer says, it's a professional. They had a professional rodeo career. 437 00:25:55,279 --> 00:25:57,480 Not I guess I'm a chauvinist, but I just assumed 438 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,440 it was a man. But it's a woman out with 439 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,279 her dogs and doing all this stuff. And she's teaching, 440 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,880 and she's rock collecting and panning for gold and going 441 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:11,039 on long hikes. That's awesome. I think adventurous women are 442 00:26:11,079 --> 00:26:14,640 pretty cool if you ask me. I don't know why, 443 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,680 but I think it's kind of I think they'd be 444 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,920 fun to hang around, I guess, is what I'm saying. Anyway, 445 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,039 this was a great set of anecdotal occurrences in this 446 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,920 woman's life, and wow, what a bunch of stuff to 447 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,960 think about. I'm sure she remembers it all, took pictures. 448 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,720 She's pretty observing out in the wild, and she knows 449 00:26:34,839 --> 00:26:39,200 what she's experiencing. I don't know what she's experiencing, but 450 00:26:39,279 --> 00:26:42,200 I think she knows, especially with the tracks that she 451 00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:45,279 took pictures of, she knows what it is. Anyway, it's 452 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:48,000 a great set of stories. Thank you man for seeing it. 453 00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:52,039 I really appreciate it. Okay, my voice made it through 454 00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:54,759 the podcast. It's really scratchy right now, and I'm gonna 455 00:26:54,759 --> 00:26:57,519 have to quit talking. But I'm gonna go away for 456 00:26:57,559 --> 00:27:03,400 a while. Today is February twenty sixth I'll probably be 457 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,640 gone for four or five days because I'm going to 458 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,240 finish Steve Lily. If it kills me, I'm gonna finish it, 459 00:27:09,599 --> 00:27:13,160 record it, upload it, and try to finish Steve Lily 460 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,759 twenty I got both of them going. You're gonna find 461 00:27:15,799 --> 00:27:18,480 out a lot about Steve Lily and these and go 462 00:27:18,599 --> 00:27:22,279 on another bigfoot killing adventure. For people who don't know 463 00:27:22,319 --> 00:27:25,359 what I'm talking about regarding Steve Lily, I have another 464 00:27:25,519 --> 00:27:29,000 channel called the Steve Lily Journals. I'll put a link 465 00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:32,720 to it in the description. It'll be right below Trailhead 466 00:27:32,759 --> 00:27:36,880 Adventures because her her channel is more important than the 467 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,240 Steve Lily channel. I want you all to go to 468 00:27:39,279 --> 00:27:42,200 her channel look at her stuff. Then if you want 469 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,079 to hear probably thirty to forty hours of audio with 470 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:52,119 totally fictional stories. All it's all one continuous story. It's 471 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,440 like a novel that it's grown into a novel. It's 472 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,319 like an audio book with it's actually like a collection 473 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,680 of shorts and some of them have two or three parts. Anyway, 474 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,000 if you're interested in it, and I think I think 475 00:28:05,039 --> 00:28:07,359 you'd like it, I think you'd enjoy it. It's called 476 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,920 the Steve Lily Journals link in the description. Okay, I'll 477 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,240 shut up. Thank you for listening to this podcast or 478 00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:16,400 clicking on this video. I certainly appreciate it, and we 479 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,000 will see you guys. The next time you hear my voice, 480 00:28:19,519 --> 00:28:23,000 there will be an upload to the Steve Lily's Journal podcast. 481 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,279 All right, here we go, Big Steve, Big Steve coming up,