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<v Speaker 1>I'm a full blooded Cherokee Indian, and my father and

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<v Speaker 1>my grandfather always told me never to run from trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why when my father saw.

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<v Speaker 1>A bigfoot through his night scope and he told me

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<v Speaker 1>to stay out of the woods, I sat myself down

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<v Speaker 1>by the fire and I waited for it to come

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<v Speaker 1>to camp and introduce itself. Now here's my story. In

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty six, I went hunting with my father in

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<v Speaker 1>Nevada to a place called White House Reservoir. We drove

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<v Speaker 1>our camper trailer there on a n ice day when

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<v Speaker 1>the weather was pleasant not too cold. We always cooked

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<v Speaker 1>out in the area where we were going to hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>We built a healthy log fire and enjoyed the area.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything was going fine until about two thirty in the

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<v Speaker 1>morning when the dog started going crazy. I went outside

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<v Speaker 1>and poked around the remains of our fire to see

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<v Speaker 1>if maybe an animal had come into our camp, and

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't see anything but a smell of something awful.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's tank and this dog, who would normally

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<v Speaker 1>jump outside at any chance, wouldn't come close to the door.

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<v Speaker 1>The only way to get him outside at that point

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<v Speaker 1>was to push his butt out the door. But then

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<v Speaker 1>he just ran underneath the trailer and he came up

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<v Speaker 1>through the floorboards. That's when I knew something was wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>I could hear something moving around close to our camp,

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<v Speaker 1>but in the darkness surrounding the campfire, I couldn't see anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I called to my father inside the trailer, and I

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<v Speaker 1>asked him to get his night scope out see if

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<v Speaker 1>he could see anything. He looked through the scope, looked

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<v Speaker 1>around the camp from the door of the trailer. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he looked me right in the eyes. Don't go a

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<v Speaker 1>step further, he whispered, what's up? I ask him, Just

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<v Speaker 1>trust me, don't go any further. Don't go in the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you hear me? Yes, sir, I said, always listened

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<v Speaker 1>to my father, so I did as he said, but

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't go inside. I put another log on the

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<v Speaker 1>fire and I sat down, and I stayed up till

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<v Speaker 1>around four in the morning, looking around and listening to

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<v Speaker 1>the strained silence of the night, waiting for whatever the

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<v Speaker 1>creature was to make an appearance. It never did show

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<v Speaker 1>itself to me, but I remember at one point, all

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<v Speaker 1>the sounds of nature started up at once, like they

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<v Speaker 1>had all been hiding and holding their breath until the

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<v Speaker 1>monster in the woods went away. When daylight crept over

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<v Speaker 1>our camp, I went inside and got some sleep. A

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<v Speaker 1>couple of hours later, I went back outside and saw tracks,

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<v Speaker 1>and I measured nineteen inches long and twelve inches wide

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<v Speaker 1>all around the trailer. I told my father, but he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to talk about it, so I pressed him

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<v Speaker 1>on until he told me what he saw in the scope.

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<v Speaker 1>He finally gave in and told me he saw something

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<v Speaker 1>big moving out there in the darkness, through the forest

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<v Speaker 1>and trying to hide between trees, but he said that

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't need to worry myself over it. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>saw the footprints with my own eyes, and I smelled

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<v Speaker 1>that famous horrible smell you hear about, and I heard

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<v Speaker 1>the seriousness in my proud father's voice when he warned

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<v Speaker 1>me not to go any further. And I saw that

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<v Speaker 1>dog act like it was scared for its life. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>positive it was a bigfoot out there, which, in my

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<v Speaker 1>humble opinion, is something we should have been worried about.

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<v Speaker 1>I used to be a mountaineering guy, and I hiked

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<v Speaker 1>a lot in Arkansas, where I'm from. I remember hearing

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<v Speaker 1>heavy footed people walk around my campsite at night, but

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<v Speaker 1>I always assumed they were nearby campers getting up to

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<v Speaker 1>use the bathroom. After several unusual experiences, though, I started

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<v Speaker 1>to become more convinced about the bigfoot subject. I was

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<v Speaker 1>hiking around mina ark Saw in bear country with a friend.

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<v Speaker 1>We were going along when we both noticed that the

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<v Speaker 1>trail had become eerily silent. It was so silent that

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<v Speaker 1>my ears started to rain. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was cool, but as we went to

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<v Speaker 2>bed that night, I was kept awake by the sound

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<v Speaker 2>of something massive walking in the forest around us. Naturally,

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<v Speaker 2>I was alarmed, thinking it might be a bear. We

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<v Speaker 2>both sat up and turned on our headlamps and looked around,

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<v Speaker 2>ready to see a bear in the light, but there

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<v Speaker 2>was nothing there. Neither of us saw anything but a forest.

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<v Speaker 2>I will never forget it. It was too loud of

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<v Speaker 2>a sound and too close to our camp for us

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<v Speaker 2>not to see what it was. None of it made sense.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of years ago, while I was hunting on

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<v Speaker 2>a friend's property, I was outside getting the fire going

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<v Speaker 2>late at night when I heard a loud and long woop.

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<v Speaker 2>It was such an unnatural sound to hear coming out

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<v Speaker 2>of the dark that it startled me. My flashlight on

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<v Speaker 2>and looked around for whatever person was playing a trick

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<v Speaker 2>on me, but I saw nothing. Just as I started

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<v Speaker 2>to relax, I heard a loud growl come from the

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<v Speaker 2>same spot in the dark. Well, my courage left me

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<v Speaker 2>at that moment, and I quickly retreated to the cabin.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend and I came out together a little while later,

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<v Speaker 2>but we didn't hear another sound. Later that weekend, my

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<v Speaker 2>friend said that there had been another strange call coming

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<v Speaker 2>from the woods. It sounded like something huge had pounced

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<v Speaker 2>on an animal and killed it. Now, that's not such

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<v Speaker 2>a strange thing to hear out in the while, but

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<v Speaker 2>my friend swore there was something unnatural about it. Another time,

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<v Speaker 2>I was driving down the Interstate and I was about

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<v Speaker 2>to pass over a country lane in the middle of nowhere,

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<v Speaker 2>and as I approached, I saw two men walking down

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<v Speaker 2>the center of the lane. They were black as night

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<v Speaker 2>from head to toe, and they were huge. Together they

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<v Speaker 2>would have taken up half the road if they were

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<v Speaker 2>standing shouldered shoulder, which put them at at least three

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<v Speaker 2>feet wide each. Unlike most people, I was not looking

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<v Speaker 2>for bigfoot signs, and I didn't believe anything like this

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<v Speaker 2>existed at the time. But that said, I do not

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<v Speaker 2>doubt that a bigfoot could have encountered me during those years.

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<v Speaker 2>I just know I would not have been observant enough

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<v Speaker 2>to see it. In nineteen eighty I was a twelve

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<v Speaker 2>year old kid growing wild in the mountains of Montana.

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<v Speaker 2>Our home was thirty miles outside of Missoula, nestled smack

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the woods. My best friend Ron

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<v Speaker 2>lived two miles east, and his place was practically my

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<v Speaker 2>second home. I'd often get off the bus at his

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<v Speaker 2>house or rush back home, grab my gear, and head

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<v Speaker 2>straight to his house. Our kind of normal meant being

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<v Speaker 2>latchkey kids in the wilderness. We'd pack sandwiches and grab

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<v Speaker 2>a fishing pole. We'd take a twenty two rifle or

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<v Speaker 2>it's sixteen gage shotgun, and we'd head out fall Afternoons

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<v Speaker 2>were for hunting ducks and grouse, and we had our

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<v Speaker 2>fair share of close encounters, like that time a mama

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<v Speaker 2>bear charged us. It's not something we mentioned to our parents.

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<v Speaker 2>Winter meant trapping season. Our path to riches for two

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<v Speaker 2>twelve year olds, that is, we were all over the

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<v Speaker 2>west fork of Petty Creek and beyond, snaring coyotes, foxes, raccoons, skunks, weasels,

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<v Speaker 2>and muskrats. Bobcats were our golden ticket, though, when we

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<v Speaker 2>raked in enough cash to buy motorcycles, school clothes, and

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<v Speaker 2>even squirrel away some for college. In the winter of

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty, we thought we had encountered a sasquatch. We

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have TV, and we knew zilch about bigfoot. We

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<v Speaker 2>were laying a trap line on Fish Creek when we

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<v Speaker 2>heard a chuffing noise, kind of like gibbering sounds. Naturally,

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<v Speaker 2>we crashed through the willows to investigate. On the creek bank,

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<v Speaker 2>we saw something swaying behind the tamarack, pine and raspberry bushes.

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<v Speaker 2>It was too tall for a black bear, we thought,

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<v Speaker 2>and without warning, Ron fired his shotgun into the air.

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<v Speaker 2>This thing bolted and we stood there and adrenaline was pumping.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was a cinnamon colored black bear, but Ron, ever,

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<v Speaker 2>the comedian, insisted it was an orangutan. In Montana, sure Ron,

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<v Speaker 2>spring brought early bear season, and we decided to hunt

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<v Speaker 2>at our softswatch sighting spot. We set off at three

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<v Speaker 2>am and reached Fish Creek by four and set up

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<v Speaker 2>our stands, and by noon I was in my stand

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<v Speaker 2>bottled up like a human burrito. It was a round dusk.

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<v Speaker 2>When a rock came flying at me and smacked my chest,

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<v Speaker 2>I figured it was Ron. Who else could it have been.

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<v Speaker 2>My mind wandered to the strange pile of rocks I

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<v Speaker 2>had seen on the other side side of the bank

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<v Speaker 2>earlier that day. Someone had built it there intentionally. And

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<v Speaker 2>right then another rock whizzed by, followed by a muffled laughter.

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<v Speaker 2>I laughed to myself, and I thought, this is war.

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<v Speaker 2>Ron must have built the rock pile so he could

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<v Speaker 2>move and through without me being able to pin him down.

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<v Speaker 2>And I climbed down from the tree stand and I

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<v Speaker 2>yelled at him, and I promptly got hit by more rocks. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>this made me mad. He wasn't even giving me proper

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<v Speaker 2>time to arm myself. So I grabbed some rocks and

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<v Speaker 2>I retaliated. My first rock zipped through the brush and

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<v Speaker 2>had hit something, And then came the roar. It would

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<v Speaker 2>have blown my hair back if I'd have been any closer.

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<v Speaker 2>I was scared, but I stood my ground, And as

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<v Speaker 2>I continued to pelt rocks at the unforeseen foe, a

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<v Speaker 2>bigfoot family emerged from the bushes. There was a big

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<v Speaker 2>one who would have towered over even my tallest uncle.

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<v Speaker 2>And he was flying by two juveniles, and all three

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<v Speaker 2>of them were throwing rocks at me. I threw the

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<v Speaker 2>last of my rocks, and I stood there staring at

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<v Speaker 2>them with my heart pounding in terror. And just then

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<v Speaker 2>a gunshot rang out, and the bigfoots fled, and there

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<v Speaker 2>was Ron standing a few yards away. Man, I couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>figure out all that noise. He said, what were those things?

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<v Speaker 2>I think there were bigfoots. I stammered, those were definitely bigfoots.

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<v Speaker 2>Ron agreed. We packed up as fast as we could

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<v Speaker 2>and we headed home, but the eerie feeling of being

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<v Speaker 2>watched lingered. With our adrenaline still high from the encounter,

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<v Speaker 2>we couldn't stop talking about it, and over the next

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<v Speaker 2>few days we couldn't shake the incident from our minds.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time we were out in the woods, we found

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves glancing over our shoulders, half expecting to see those

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<v Speaker 2>towering figures emerging from the trees. One afternoon, while we

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<v Speaker 2>were fishing at Petty Creek, Ron brought it up again.

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<v Speaker 2>We should go back, he said, not to hunt, but

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<v Speaker 2>to see if we can find any evidence. Are you nuts,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, we barely made it out last time. I

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<v Speaker 2>was protesting, though part of me was just as curious. Eventually,

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<v Speaker 2>my curiosity got the better of me and we planned

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<v Speaker 2>another trip. This time, we armed ourselves with more than

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<v Speaker 2>just rocks. We had our cameras, hoping to capture proof

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<v Speaker 2>of our encounter. We set off early one Saturday morning,

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<v Speaker 2>retracing our steps to the spot where it all happened.

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<v Speaker 2>As we approached the area, an eerie silence fell over

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<v Speaker 2>the forest. Even the birds seemed to have taken the

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<v Speaker 2>day off. We moved forward carefully, I scanning the surrounding

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<v Speaker 2>for any signs of movement, when Ron stopped and pointed

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<v Speaker 2>at some large, fresh humanoid prints leading into the denser

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<v Speaker 2>part of the woods. With followed the tracks, with our

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<v Speaker 2>hearts pounding. Every crack of a twig or rustle of

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<v Speaker 2>leaves made us jump. After a while, the tracks led

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<v Speaker 2>us to a small stream, and there on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of the stream were the bigfoots. We crouched behind

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<v Speaker 2>some bushes and tried to hide, but it was no use.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the juveniles saw us and yelped, alerting the others.

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<v Speaker 2>The big one turned and faced us with his eyes narrowed,

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<v Speaker 2>and I felt my heart nearly burst out of my chest.

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<v Speaker 2>Ron we gotta go now, I whispered. The big One

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<v Speaker 2>took a step toward us, and we bolted back through

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<v Speaker 2>the woods with the sound of pounding footsteps behind us.

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<v Speaker 2>We didn't tear look back. After what felt like an eternity,

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<v Speaker 2>we burst out into the road and scrambled onto our

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<v Speaker 2>dirt bikes and kicked up the earth as we gunned

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<v Speaker 2>the throttles. Weeks later, we received a mysterious letter from

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<v Speaker 2>an anonymous observer containing sketches of the Bigfoot family and

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<v Speaker 2>the keep the secret. They mean you no harm. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that wouldn't be hard. No one would believe us anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Over the years, Ron and I would often revisit that day,

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<v Speaker 2>especially during our summer camping trips. We'd sit by the

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<v Speaker 2>fire and recount every detail, and our friends hanging on

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<v Speaker 2>to our every word. They'd laugh and they'd call us crazy,

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<v Speaker 2>but we didn't think it was funny because we knew

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<v Speaker 2>the truth. We had seen something extraordinary, something that changed

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<v Speaker 2>our lives forever. Ron and I were like chain link

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<v Speaker 2>until we had high school, and then we sort of

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<v Speaker 2>grew apart. The last time I talked to him, he

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<v Speaker 2>had just retired from a long Army career. I had

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<v Speaker 2>gone into the Marine Corps and then later went into

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<v Speaker 2>law enforcement. I eventually returned to the spot where it

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<v Speaker 2>all began, hoping to find some sort of evidence of

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<v Speaker 2>the Squatch family, hoping they were still around, some sort

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<v Speaker 2>of evidence to take me back to that time Ron

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<v Speaker 2>and I had our lives forever changed. I never found anything,

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<v Speaker 2>but on my way out of the woods that day,

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<v Speaker 2>the familiar feeling of fear made its way up my spine,

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<v Speaker 2>and I found myself looking over my shoulder just the same.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for listening to this podcast a little shorter

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<v Speaker 2>than others. Some people say they like the shorter ones,

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<v Speaker 2>some people say they like the longer ones. So I

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<v Speaker 2>never know how long to make them. These shorter ones,

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<v Speaker 2>probably for the next two to three weeks, will fit

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<v Speaker 2>in good with my work schedule because I can knock

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<v Speaker 2>short podcasts out in the morning and get back to work.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's going to work good, and we get these

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<v Speaker 2>great stories. I love them. These are encounters from real

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<v Speaker 2>people telling real stories that really happened to them or

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<v Speaker 2>they claimed they did. And I hope you guys are

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<v Speaker 2>enjoying them as much as I am. That said, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see guys on the next one.