WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:10.439 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