1 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,439 Speaker 1: I'm in my early fifties now, and I never had 2 00:00:10,519 --> 00:00:14,960 any interest in Bigfoot until about seven years ago. At 3 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:20,239 that time, we moved from Massachusetts to western North Carolina. Financially, 4 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,000 the move was ideal. We were able to buy a 5 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,519 bigger house on a little acreage and still pay lower taxes. 6 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,120 I'm a contractor, so within a month of moving in, 7 00:00:30,199 --> 00:00:34,960 I began building an addition off my kitchen, typical of 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,000 all renovations. There were palettes of wood, shingles and such 9 00:00:39,079 --> 00:00:41,560 in the yard and a big dumpster where a few 10 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,920 times late at night I'd heard some strange noises. We 11 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,439 were in a fairly remote area, so I wrote it 12 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,960 off as a bear rumging through the dumpster, but just 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,159 to be safe, I told my kids not to go 14 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,399 near it, and I didn't give it much more thought. 15 00:00:58,119 --> 00:01:02,039 One night in early November, around eleven PM, my wife 16 00:01:02,039 --> 00:01:05,200 and I heard grunting and other odd sounds out behind 17 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,799 the new edition. I couldn't really see anything from my 18 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,760 bedroom window, so I decided to be slit. I grabbed 19 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,040 a flashlight and I went out the front door with 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,519 an idea of sneaking around and surprising whatever was out 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,719 there in the dark. I crept around the back, I 22 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,959 skirted the garage, and then in the last second, I 23 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,159 flipped on the flashlight, pointing it in the direction of 24 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,400 the noise. Standing twenty five feet in front of me 25 00:01:33,599 --> 00:01:38,280 was the ugliest monster I have ever seen. I felt 26 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,480 my heart physically stop. I was frozen in my tracks, 27 00:01:42,519 --> 00:01:45,879 but my mind was going a thousand directions at once. 28 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,920 This thing was maybe a foot taller than me and 29 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,760 dragging a deer behind it. I was on the uphill 30 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:56,439 end of an incline, so I might be off a 31 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,920 little on the height. Its face was like the Neanderthal 32 00:02:01,159 --> 00:02:04,400 in the thymb and Us booked, except its eyes and 33 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:08,199 nose were a little more human. I could not believe 34 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:13,240 what I was seeing. After a few seconds, instinct overruled 35 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,000 my mind. I dropped the flashlight and I ran. White 36 00:02:18,039 --> 00:02:21,439 men may not have jumping skills, but that night I proved, 37 00:02:21,479 --> 00:02:25,960 given the right motivation, running is not a problem. I 38 00:02:26,039 --> 00:02:29,280 careened around the garage, sprinted along the front of the house, 39 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:33,120 and I catapulted myself through the front door, slamming it 40 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:38,120 firmly behind me. Breathless and terrified, I realized that I 41 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:41,479 had peed in my pants. I'm not a small man. 42 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,360 I'm six foot one and two hundred and forty pounds. 43 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,159 I played hockey all my life, so I think it's 44 00:02:47,159 --> 00:02:50,759 safe to say that I'm pretty tough. I've engaged in 45 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,520 extreme sports such as sky diving and deep sea diving 46 00:02:55,599 --> 00:02:58,560 with sharks, so I think it's safe to say that 47 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,800 I'm also brave. But I couldn't sell that house fast enough. 48 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,680 We move closer to civilization, and I'm now a gun 49 00:03:07,719 --> 00:03:11,919 owner and I'm completely obsessed with these things. I won't 50 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,599 go into any woods to this day, even so I 51 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,919 carry a ten millimeter glock with me most of the time. 52 00:03:19,759 --> 00:03:22,719 It's changed my whole life, my whole outlook, and my 53 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,960 whole attitude. I believe the government tells us lies they 54 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,719 know about these things, and that the numbers are much 55 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,000 higher than anyone has imagined. They mainly cover it up 56 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 for money, but they're leaving a lot of people vulnerable. 57 00:03:38,599 --> 00:03:40,800 People go into the woods all the time and never 58 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,360 come back out because they don't know the dangers that 59 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:46,879 await them there. It's scary to think about, and it's 60 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:56,199 not right. This is a bigfoot encounter that is very unusual. 61 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:58,639 I don't think i've ever read one quite like this. 62 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:03,439 The woman who wrote it, she doesn't say whether to 63 00:04:03,599 --> 00:04:06,199 use her name or not, at least I didn't see 64 00:04:06,199 --> 00:04:09,919 that in her email. She has spoken at several public 65 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,000 venues sharing her encounter, and I think this account has 66 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:19,800 been published, probably in various locations. I'm not sure, but 67 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:23,720 she wrote this email just for us to hear her story, 68 00:04:24,399 --> 00:04:27,759 so I thank you. Guys will really think this is unusual, 69 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,879 and it might really give you a different look at Bigfoot. 70 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:34,920 She writes. I'm a Native American woman, and my encounter 71 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:39,000 happened almost twenty years ago, but it is as clear 72 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,759 in my mind as if it happened yesterday. I'm sure 73 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:47,279 it always will be. I lived my life doing things 74 00:04:47,319 --> 00:04:50,439 off grid, and usually as far out in the wilderness 75 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,279 as I can go. I've climbed to the summit of mountains, 76 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,480 stayed at twelve thousand feet in a tent by myself 77 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,600 for a month. He slept in the snow just for 78 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,319 the fun of it. I'm that woman who usually can't 79 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,360 find any friends to go with me camping because no 80 00:05:08,439 --> 00:05:10,639 one wants to go in the winter or rough it. 81 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,000 As far out as I go, you would think I 82 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,480 would have my encounter in one of those remote places 83 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,120 on one of my excursions, but I didn't. I came 84 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,240 across this being right smack dab in the middle of 85 00:05:24,319 --> 00:05:27,800 the day on a crowded beach full of swimmers in 86 00:05:27,959 --> 00:05:33,560 northeastern Washington State. Sorry about my rooster crow in there. 87 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:37,000 It's real early in the morning and the sun's coming up, 88 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,079 and he's I don't know what his deal is. He 89 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:44,079 likes let everybody know he's here. Excuse me for that, 90 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:50,279 she says. My encounter was up closed for a few minutes, 91 00:05:50,439 --> 00:05:54,160 but lasted at a distance most of the day. I 92 00:05:54,199 --> 00:05:57,199 went kayaking with my kids and my sister in law 93 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,279 and her kids at a large wilderness lake in the 94 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:04,319 far northeast corner of Washington, close to the Canadian border. 95 00:06:05,079 --> 00:06:07,720 We stopped at a crowded beach at midday so that 96 00:06:07,759 --> 00:06:11,240 we could eat our lunch and stretch our legs. Both 97 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:15,360 my sister in law and I immediately felt extremely uneasy, 98 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,079 and we decided not to stay long. She and I 99 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:22,319 joked about there being a serial killer in the area 100 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,319 and tried to make light of the unease we felt, 101 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,759 but at the same time we made it a point 102 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,600 to tell the kids to go in pairs if anyone 103 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,480 had to use the outhouse. She and I also went together, 104 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,879 and I remember feeling like I was going to be 105 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,319 pounced on at any moment while I guarded the outhouse 106 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,199 door for her. It had taken us hours to get there, 107 00:06:44,319 --> 00:06:46,600 and we knew we were pushing our luck to make 108 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:49,959 it back before dark. So after the kids had eaten 109 00:06:50,199 --> 00:06:52,879 and played in the water for a while, she loaded 110 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,680 them up in their boats and they all left together. 111 00:06:56,519 --> 00:06:59,160 I lagged behind so I could eat lunch and sneak 112 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:03,560 a much needed cigarette. I didn't intend on being there 113 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,240 too long, so I just pushed off the shore in 114 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,759 my boat and I sat in it while I ate 115 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:13,000 and had a cigarette. I noticed the beach had emptied 116 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,519 of many of the families who were swimming, and I 117 00:07:15,639 --> 00:07:20,040 was now completely alone. I started feeling scared, so I 118 00:07:20,079 --> 00:07:23,000 paddled out a few yards from the beach, with the 119 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,600 thought in mind that I had more than enough time 120 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,480 to get away if a murderer tried to swim out 121 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,759 to get me. It's funny the stupid stuff that goes 122 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,079 through your mind during times like this. I was scared 123 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,839 until I noticed off in the distance, an old man 124 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,480 walked down a steep embankment with two small boys ahead 125 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,279 of him, and he sat on a stump under a 126 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,160 rope swing about one hundred yards off the beach. He 127 00:07:49,279 --> 00:07:51,680 was watching the two while they were doing what little 128 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,079 boys do, tossing stones in the water and playing at 129 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:58,120 the water's edge. They had their backs to him and 130 00:07:58,199 --> 00:08:01,680 didn't seem to be paying much attention. I sat in 131 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,480 my boat off shore about twenty five yards to finish 132 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:08,720 my lunch and watch them. I felt safe there for 133 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,399 a little while, but the feeling of being watched from 134 00:08:11,439 --> 00:08:15,920 some other direction quickly returned, and I was becoming overwhelmed. 135 00:08:17,319 --> 00:08:19,720 As I sat there in my boat, I was beginning 136 00:08:19,759 --> 00:08:23,360 to let my imagination get the best of me. I 137 00:08:23,399 --> 00:08:26,399 began to imagine there was something dangerous in the water, 138 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,160 and I started thinking back to the stories that my 139 00:08:29,279 --> 00:08:33,200 dad told me of divers seeing sturgeon big enough to 140 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,639 swallow a barrel. They may be a docile creature, but 141 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:41,440 the thought of even seeing a fish that large was terrifying, 142 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,240 and since I had given my life best to one 143 00:08:44,279 --> 00:08:47,600 of the kids, I decided to paddle over close to 144 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,360 the shore and stay within reach of it while I 145 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,039 made my way back around the lake. I kayaked over 146 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,360 to the shore and I headed in the direction of 147 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,559 my family. They were about a quarter mile ahead of 148 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,240 me big water. I had to pass right by the 149 00:09:03,279 --> 00:09:07,159 old man along the way. He was sitting on the 150 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,200 shore on what looked like a stump, with his left 151 00:09:10,279 --> 00:09:14,200 leg crossed over his right. His hands were clasped over 152 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,279 his upper knee, and he was staring at me, slowly 153 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,559 circling his foot in midair. As I got closer and 154 00:09:21,639 --> 00:09:24,519 closer to him, the two little boys had vanished into 155 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,240 the trees, but he was still sitting there watching me. 156 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:32,080 I no longer felt uneasy. In fact, I felt safe 157 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,799 knowing he had his eyes on me so intently. I 158 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,360 thought that if there was something dangerous in the water 159 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,080 and I accidentally rolled my boat, he would at least 160 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,960 see it and maybe even rescue me. He never took 161 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,200 his eyes off me, so I waved at him to 162 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,080 be polite, but he didn't wave back. I thought he 163 00:09:52,159 --> 00:09:55,759 must not have seen me. I assumed he was old 164 00:09:55,799 --> 00:09:59,440 because he was wearing a turtleneck sweater and long pants. 165 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,279 It was in the middle of August on such a 166 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,240 hot day, and I figured he must be old. My 167 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,840 dad was elderly and had bad circulation, so he always 168 00:10:09,879 --> 00:10:14,200 wore clothes that seemed too warm for the summer. I 169 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,879 waved to the old man again, but he still didn't 170 00:10:16,919 --> 00:10:20,399 wave back. Then I knew he had seen me and 171 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,240 was just being rude. Oh well, I still smiled at him, 172 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,799 and since I was only a few yards away and 173 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,440 cruising slowly closer, I still wanted to be friendly to 174 00:10:30,519 --> 00:10:33,799 this gentleman, and I let him know I wasn't a threat. 175 00:10:34,519 --> 00:10:37,159 I don't remember if I just smiled at him or 176 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,120 if I actually said hello to him as I got closer. 177 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,120 I may have, but to be honest with you, I 178 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,720 don't remember because I was shocked by what I saw next. 179 00:10:48,799 --> 00:10:50,879 I want to be clear, I don't tell a lot 180 00:10:50,919 --> 00:10:54,440 of people the details of this encounter because the ridicule 181 00:10:54,639 --> 00:10:59,320 is unrelenting. Had I been terrified by some hideous monster 182 00:10:59,519 --> 00:11:02,679 and barely made it out alive, I think people would 183 00:11:02,759 --> 00:11:07,440 accept my testimony more than they do. That's not what happened, though, 184 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,360 Since none of us are experts, I failed to see 185 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:15,159 how we can't all learn about the diversity in these 186 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:19,960 beings by listening to each other. Instead, we shun the 187 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,639 ones that don't fit the narrative. That's why I'm about 188 00:11:23,639 --> 00:11:26,440 to swallow my pride and share with you what I saw. 189 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:30,159 I have to brace myself for the jokes and in 190 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:33,399 you windows, but I'm willing to put myself out there 191 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,519 just to see if anyone else has come in contact 192 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,799 with a being like this. As I approached him, I 193 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,840 saw that he was not elderly at all like I 194 00:11:44,919 --> 00:11:48,960 had thought. He was probably only in his mid forties. 195 00:11:49,639 --> 00:11:52,840 His hair was slightly salt and pepper, and his beard 196 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:56,600 had some streaks of gray. He was a handsome man, 197 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,720 movie star quality with perfect features. I know I was 198 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:04,600 staring at him with my jaw drop because people that 199 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,879 attractive don't show up very often, especially in these parts. 200 00:12:09,879 --> 00:12:11,960 He seemed to have a gleam in his eye that 201 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:17,240 suggested he was enjoying my reaction to seeing him. One 202 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,120 corner of his lips curled up slightly in a subtle smile. 203 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,200 He had a strong jaw, a perfect narrow nose, high 204 00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:30,039 cheek bones, and his eyes were almond shaped. They weren't 205 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,840 slanted and were a very pretty light brown color that 206 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,000 was almost golden. His skin was dark tan, and he 207 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,200 looked native, but he had a full short trimmed beard. 208 00:12:42,039 --> 00:12:46,600 His lips were full, but not leathery or disproportionate. He 209 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,519 was absolutely gorgeous. His head was perfectly shaped, and his 210 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,120 neck was also proportionate to his shoulders and the rest 211 00:12:54,159 --> 00:12:57,480 of his body. He wasn't glaring at me, but he 212 00:12:57,639 --> 00:13:01,679 was squinting from the sun. Even though his eyes were narrowed, 213 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,840 I could still tell he had large, very thick lashed eyes. 214 00:13:06,759 --> 00:13:09,600 They weren't overly big or bulging. He had a bit 215 00:13:09,639 --> 00:13:12,720 of prominent brow ridge, but nothing out of the ordinary. 216 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:17,200 If you've ever seen the actor James Momoa, you'll see 217 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,720 he has a pronounce of brow ridge that I would 218 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:24,480 compare to this. As I passed him, maybe seven feet away, 219 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:27,759 I realized I was staring at him. That was rude 220 00:13:27,799 --> 00:13:32,200 of me, so I averted my eyes. It was then, 221 00:13:32,399 --> 00:13:35,519 in the split second I was looking away, I noticed 222 00:13:35,519 --> 00:13:39,360 he was not wearing a turtleneck. He was completely covered 223 00:13:39,399 --> 00:13:44,080 in thick, silver tipped brown hair. Immediately I looked back 224 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,120 over at him, and he was not wearing any clothes 225 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:50,559 at all, but it was completely covered in short, glossy, 226 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,000 clean looking hair. I was close enough that I could 227 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,919 tell what direction the hair grew had he not been 228 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,279 covered in hair, I would have thought I had a 229 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,840 chance of meeting a movie star or a Hollywood model. 230 00:14:04,799 --> 00:14:09,440 He was absolutely stunningly masculine and a literal example of 231 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,159 a perfect human male. Yeah, I'll tell the writer right now. 232 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,200 I get those compliments all the time, the perfect human male. 233 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,000 But don't think anything about it. You know, it's just 234 00:14:20,039 --> 00:14:24,720 something I have to deal with. As my kayak slowly 235 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:26,840 cruised in front of him, I know it was my 236 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,519 turn to stare blatantly. His shoulders were very broad, and 237 00:14:31,559 --> 00:14:35,840 his chest muscles and biceps were well defined, not freakish 238 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:41,200 like those goofy bodybuilders on steroids. He was strong looking, 239 00:14:41,279 --> 00:14:45,679 but not ad normal for his size. I realized that 240 00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:48,039 I was rude for staring at him, and so I 241 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,840 looked ahead of my boat for a moment. But then 242 00:14:50,879 --> 00:14:53,399 my curiosity got the best of me and I look 243 00:14:53,519 --> 00:14:57,000 back over my shoulder. By then he stood up and 244 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,480 was standing sideways to me, facing up the hill, and 245 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,279 had reached over his head to swipe a branch out 246 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:06,279 of his face. He had to have been at least 247 00:15:06,399 --> 00:15:09,879 eight feet tall, and he was so muscular I could 248 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:13,519 see his muscles rippling beneath the hair on his biceps, 249 00:15:13,559 --> 00:15:17,960 in his thighs. It was just surreal. I wasn't afraid. 250 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,600 I was just stunned, and my only thought was what 251 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,559 kind of skin disorder does this man have? And while 252 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,480 I was a newdist living clear out here in the 253 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:33,720 middle of the wilderness, I never saw his genitalia. I 254 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,960 wasn't looking for that because I was already embarrassed to 255 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:40,000 be staring at him. Once I realized he was naked. 256 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,679 A little while later, I glanced back over my shoulder again, 257 00:15:44,759 --> 00:15:49,679 but he had completely vanished into the trees. By the 258 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,399 time I caught up with my family. My sister in 259 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,320 law brought to my attention there was a hunter walking 260 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,679 at the top of the mountain in a big open 261 00:15:57,919 --> 00:16:01,679 clearing alongside me. I was in the water, and he 262 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,679 was a half mile away. As the crow flies above 263 00:16:04,799 --> 00:16:07,919 me on a steep mountain. He kept up with my 264 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,559 boat and walked looking down the mountain towards me every 265 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:14,759 few steps. For the rest of the day. He was 266 00:16:14,879 --> 00:16:18,200 far enough away his body hair looked like clothing. Again, 267 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,399 none of the others noted anything abnormal about him, except 268 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,720 that he kept looking down at me as he walked. 269 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:29,000 I can't imagine how fast he had to be traveling 270 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,240 to make it to the top of that steep hill 271 00:16:31,399 --> 00:16:34,000 in time to get to the grassy summit at the 272 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,360 same time I passed in my boat. He was there, though, 273 00:16:38,399 --> 00:16:41,360 and we watched him, keeping up with me without effort. 274 00:16:42,639 --> 00:16:44,960 I lost sight of him when the high mountain meadow 275 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,559 dropped back into the trees on the other side of 276 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,240 the peak, and by the time I was loading up 277 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,320 the boats in my truck it was almost dark and 278 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,960 we were exhausted. I kept catching myself stopping and looking 279 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,320 up into the darkness of the tree line at the 280 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,080 edge of the lake every few minutes, because I could 281 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,079 never shake the feeling of being watched. Even though I 282 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:10,119 didn't see him, I knew he was there in the trees, 283 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:14,440 still staring at me. I didn't tell others about what 284 00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:17,880 I saw because they would have laughed. My kids know 285 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,000 what happened, but at the time I didn't say anything, 286 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:23,720 and they believed me because they have had their own 287 00:17:23,799 --> 00:17:28,599 sightings in other places. I couldn't get my encounter out 288 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,000 of my mind. I never once thought he was a sasquatch. 289 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,839 I honestly thought he was an attractive man with some 290 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:40,599 kind of skin disorder that caused excessive body hair. You see, 291 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,599 I didn't believe in Bigfoot. I thought it was a 292 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,759 myth told by the elders to keep kids from straying 293 00:17:46,839 --> 00:17:49,920 too far from camp. I thought I must have come 294 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,880 across someone who had the same skin disorder as the 295 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,839 wolf boy from the old Barnum and Bailey circus during 296 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,759 the turn of the century. I was curious as I 297 00:18:00,799 --> 00:18:04,119 had never seen it in real life before, so I 298 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:08,400 set out to do some research. As it turned out, 299 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,400 I was perusing the Internet searching for information, and I 300 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:17,119 came across a website that seemed to be informative. It 301 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,160 was a form for anomalies and if you told them 302 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,359 your story, maybe they could help you solve your mystery. 303 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,079 I posted what I had seen and didn't think anything 304 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,319 of it until I got a phone call just a 305 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,400 short while later the same day. This was the era 306 00:18:33,599 --> 00:18:36,599 when there were caller ID boxes that would show who 307 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,359 was calling on your landline. I got this call within 308 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,839 an hour of posting it. The caller I d read 309 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,920 us government. I picked up not knowing what was going 310 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,839 on and thinking something bad must have happened to one 311 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,839 of my relatives. The person who answered told me he 312 00:18:55,079 --> 00:18:59,039 was so and so from the Department of I can't remember, 313 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,319 and he would like to talk to me about the 314 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:05,559 Sasquatch I had seen and written about on the forum. 315 00:19:06,079 --> 00:19:08,519 I honestly had to ask him who he was again, 316 00:19:08,599 --> 00:19:13,240 because the name Sasquatch completely took me off guard. He 317 00:19:13,279 --> 00:19:16,319 repeated it, and I instantly realized that I didn't want 318 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,200 to talk to him. I panicked and I hung up 319 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:24,000 on him. Did I really hear him say Sisquatch? My 320 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,799 curiosity got the best of me then, and I began 321 00:19:26,839 --> 00:19:30,240 to research a Bigfoot and I came across the newly 322 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:35,519 organized BFRO. I eventually got up the nerve and I 323 00:19:35,599 --> 00:19:39,119 told my story. I received a lot of ridicule from 324 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,000 even my sister in law, who claimed all I had 325 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:45,000 seen was a hunter and to quit being a ninny. 326 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:48,720 So I was hell bent on finding anyone I could 327 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,079 talk to who would believe me. At the time, the 328 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,759 BFRO seemed to be the most trustworthy source, so I 329 00:19:55,799 --> 00:19:58,440 told them my story, and it wasn't long before I 330 00:19:58,599 --> 00:20:02,519 was asked to be interviewed on several bigfoot radio stations 331 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:06,720 and speak at other conferences. In fact, I was supposed 332 00:20:06,759 --> 00:20:10,119 to speak at another conference this coming weekend, but it 333 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:14,119 was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. The man I 334 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,480 saw was just that he was a man. He was 335 00:20:17,599 --> 00:20:20,880 not an ape. He was intelligent, and even though he 336 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,319 didn't speak to me, I could tell he had a 337 00:20:23,319 --> 00:20:27,839 personality and a soul. I will admit with all of 338 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,559 my heart that when I looked into his eyes, I 339 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,839 felt like I was looking at someone who was superior 340 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,880 to me in intelligence, sort of like a college professor 341 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,359 when you're just starting high school. To kill one of 342 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,240 them truly would be murder, and I feel sick to 343 00:20:44,319 --> 00:20:46,839 my stomach to think that there are those who are 344 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,400 calling for a body to give them empirical evidence for 345 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,680 their existence. For those of us who have come in 346 00:20:53,759 --> 00:20:57,839 contact with them, we have all the empirical evidence we need. 347 00:20:58,559 --> 00:21:01,279 They are real, and there many more out there than 348 00:21:01,319 --> 00:21:05,960 we realize. Since this first encounter, I have had several 349 00:21:06,079 --> 00:21:10,559 more brief ones that would probably be boring to your listeners, 350 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:15,400 but encounters Nonetheless. I don't know if this being was 351 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,279 stalking me out of curiosity or some other reason. We 352 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,680 don't know enough about them to be certain. I guess 353 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,680 our only information comes from people like you and I 354 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,759 who pull iron encounters together on forums such as this 355 00:21:30,279 --> 00:21:33,559 and glean from each other to the traits we witnessed 356 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,400 from them. I often think about the hairy man I 357 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:41,319 came face to face with. Was he as Sasquatch as 358 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,440 the government workers said, or did I come across some 359 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,880 other being? He certainly wasn't the big ape like animal 360 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,920 I pictured in my mind. I also think about the 361 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,559 two little boys who were standing right next to him, 362 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,480 and I wonder about them. They had their backs to 363 00:21:58,559 --> 00:22:02,359 him the whole time while they at the water's edge. 364 00:22:02,559 --> 00:22:07,079 Could they see him or was he somehow invisible? He 365 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,200 sat watching them the way a loving grandpa would watch 366 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:15,039 over his family. My biggest question about them is this, 367 00:22:15,799 --> 00:22:19,480 who were those little boys? They vanished before I could 368 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:24,119 see them up close? Were they his? Thank you for 369 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:28,119 reading my story. I realize it's different from most encounters, 370 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,480 and I'm going to get flat for it, but it's 371 00:22:30,519 --> 00:22:33,000 worth it to me to see if there are others 372 00:22:33,079 --> 00:22:36,240 out there who have had similar encounters with ones who 373 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,480 were more human than animal. And she does sign off 374 00:22:40,519 --> 00:22:44,960 with two hawks laughing. That's her tribal name, and I 375 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,279 don't know what to say about this story other than 376 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,039 it is an awesome story. Oh my gosh. I mean 377 00:22:52,079 --> 00:22:54,440 I could visualize this guy as I was reading this 378 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,079 just then. Some people think they're other humans, and some 379 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,480 people think they're these big hooking beasts that roamed the 380 00:23:01,559 --> 00:23:05,000 forest killing things. I don't really think we know. I 381 00:23:05,039 --> 00:23:07,880 know people will say why they all have personalities just 382 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000 like humans do. But it's a little bit different than that. 383 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,079 Actually it's it's it's deeper than that. From all the 384 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,119 reports I've read, What do you guys think about this? 385 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:22,359 Has anyone out there ever seen or encountered a creature 386 00:23:22,599 --> 00:23:26,119 or a being anywhere in your life that matches this 387 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:31,720 physical description or the characteristics of its personality or behavior. 388 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,000 If you do comment below, I'm sure the writer will 389 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,720 scar the comments, and do not do not leave a 390 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:41,839 mean comment for this writer. I got into it the 391 00:23:41,839 --> 00:23:45,839 other day with a commenter, and I mistakenly thought he 392 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,440 was being sarcastic about not believing one of the stories, 393 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,000 and I wound up apologizing to him and he was 394 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,160 telling me I went half cocked and all this kind 395 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,799 of stuff. First, I'll say this, what fascina me is 396 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:04,079 that people will leave nasty comments and then when I 397 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,440 bite back, they're so offended. That's not the case with 398 00:24:07,519 --> 00:24:10,640 this gentleman. He was right. He was telling me that 399 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,079 I overreacted, and he was right. And I do that sometimes, 400 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,720 and if you've seen me do that in the comment section, 401 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,759 it comes out of this one motive. I am very 402 00:24:19,799 --> 00:24:23,960 protective of the writers who send me these stories, you know, I, 403 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,480 in my view, it takes a lot of guts to 404 00:24:26,519 --> 00:24:29,480 do that, because I think some of these stories could 405 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:32,920 be identified from people in their area if they heard them. 406 00:24:33,279 --> 00:24:35,880 You know, you're really putting yourself out there, even if 407 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:40,359 you're anonymous, although being anonymous is the safest way to go. 408 00:24:40,759 --> 00:24:43,240 But they put themselves out there, and I'm a bit 409 00:24:43,319 --> 00:24:46,480 overprotective of them because I know when they hear their 410 00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:49,759 story in a video, they're going to read the comments, 411 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,440 and I don't want them reading nasty comments from these people. 412 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,039 The people that leave those comments are like the they're 413 00:24:57,079 --> 00:25:00,480 all bigfoot people. They're probably in some Bigfoot grind. They're 414 00:25:00,519 --> 00:25:03,319 sitting there listening to some other channel who claims they 415 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,519 know everything about Bigfoot, and they're revealing everything about Bigfoot, 416 00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:10,720 and that's all a big lie. Nobody's going to reveal 417 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,240 anything about Bigfoot. All we have are the stories and 418 00:25:14,319 --> 00:25:18,119 a few questionable images, and that's all we have. And 419 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:22,039 then we have stories like this that really add a 420 00:25:22,079 --> 00:25:25,319 whole other dimension, at least it does to me in 421 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,880 the mystery of what is Bigfoot. So anyway, please don't 422 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,319 leave any nasty comments. If you do, I'm just gonna 423 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,200 ban you. I'm going to delete it. I'm going to 424 00:25:33,279 --> 00:25:36,039 ban you. Why waste your time doing that? Just don't 425 00:25:36,039 --> 00:25:39,160 do it? All right, I've talked enough here. Heckoff made 426 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,319 this video longer than it needed to be, but I 427 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,759 felt like I wanted to say that, and to the 428 00:25:43,839 --> 00:25:47,599 gentlemen that I overreacted to, I do apologize. I have 429 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,200 done that half a dozen times through the life of 430 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,799 this channel. I don't mean to be combative. I'm not 431 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,559 a confrontational person at all, and I've never picked a 432 00:25:57,559 --> 00:25:59,920 fight in the comments ever, not one time. But once 433 00:26:00,039 --> 00:26:02,920 somebody leaves a nasty comment, most of time, I'm gonna 434 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,960 jump back at him or just ban them, and they 435 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,480 go away forever. I'm tired of talking about that, all right. 436 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:13,359 I hope you guys enjoyed the story.