WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:11.880 I'm glad I ran across your channel. I really liked 2 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:15.039 listening to the stories that you tell. I like that 3 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.199 they're not too long and tedious. It keeps them interesting. 4 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:21.879 I have a short story for you about a time 5 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.960 when I had a run in with a bigfoot. I 6 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.160 was out in the woods with a young lady in 7 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:31.679 my full size seventy nine Ford Broncho. Oh Man, I 8 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:35.159 wonder if you still have that Broncho, Brian, I had 9 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:37.880 a seventy eight Bronco. It was white, it was an 10 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:40.679 OJ Bronco, and I loved that car, and I don't 11 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.520 know why I sold it, but anyway, I'm glad we 12 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:46.039 were in that vehicle, or we might have not gotten 13 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:48.679 out of there. We were down in the woods doing 14 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:51.159 what couples do in the woods at night, when we 15 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.960 heard a noise from something that was making sure we 16 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:58.119 knew it was there. We never heard any hoops or hollers, 17 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:01.679 nor any tree knocks. It was just the god offless 18 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.879 breaking of limbs and trees I've ever heard in my life. 19 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.439 It was loud and angry. It didn't just want us 20 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:11.120 to know what was there, It wanted us to leave. 21 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.560 I talked to a bigfoot researcher who said it was 22 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.280 mad because at one point I got out and urinated 23 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:22.640 thereby marking its territory as mine. Well, maybe that's so. 24 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:28.200 The researcher also said that this bigfoot was probably a loner, 25 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:31.400 and that's why we never heard any grunts or tree knocks. 26 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:36.319 He didn't have any friends around to communicate with whatever 27 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.120 it was telling us, we stopped doing what we were doing, 28 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:41.040 and we decided to get the heck out of there. 29 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:45.040 My lady friend was so scared she curled herself up 30 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.159 in a ball in the front seat and hugged her 31 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.599 legs with her head down. I was scared, but I 32 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:54.040 had to keep control and drive us out. I was 33 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:56.200 checking the mirror and what little I could see in 34 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:00.680 the brake lights for anything coming up behind us. We 35 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.120 worked our way around a corner, holding our breasts, expecting 36 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:06.719 at any time to see something jump out at us 37 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.639 or show itself. Then we hit a straight away and 38 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:14.280 I kicked it from third into fourth. But up ahead 39 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.560 was a tree lying across the road. It wasn't so 40 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:19.800 big that we couldn't get over it in my Bronco, 41 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.599 but a smaller or less powerful vehicle probably wouldn't have 42 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:28.039 made it. I made the split second decision not to stop. 43 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:30.520 I knew there was no way I was getting out 44 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.120 of that truck and moving that tree by hand. We 45 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.800 were moving so fast when we hit it, I didn't 46 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.080 feel like much more than a bump in the road. 47 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:43.960 We were so scared we didn't feel it anyway. We 48 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:46.520 had it straight from my buddy's house, who lives down 49 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.159 in that area. He and I had done a lot 50 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.639 of exploring on our four wheelers over those woods. The 51 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.120 bigfoot researcher told me that the bigfoot probably knew my 52 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.400 buddy because it followed us to his house that night. 53 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:06.120 After that, he had several strange occurrences happen. One night, 54 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:09.120 he heard all kinds of bumps and growls outside, like 55 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:12.759 someone was throwing things at the house. One thing I 56 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:16.159 don't understand. It was pretty clear that it wanted us 57 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.639 to get out of there, But why did it block 58 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.599 the road with a tree. Was it trying to push 59 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:23.960 us further in the woods, or was it trying to 60 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.719 hurt us? Or was it trying to catch us on 61 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:31.080 the tree. If so, what did it want? This all 62 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:34.360 happened off of Highway two twenty one in Forest City, 63 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.960 North Carolina. If anyone has an answer for what it 64 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:44.800 was trying to do, I'd sure like to know. This 65 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:48.080 is a story I heard a few years ago. It 66 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.159 would be a crime not to let your audience hear this. 67 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:55.879 The story takes place in the nineteen eighties in the 68 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:59.400 state of Utah and is about two young boys who 69 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:01.800 have the shock of their lives when they came face 70 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:05.800 to face was something that most people claim doesn't exist. 71 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:10.919 A mining company needed two workers to clean out a 72 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:14.280 mine located on a mountain side in a remote area 73 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:18.040 in Utah. As luck would have it, they found two 74 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:22.279 college students from Washington State who were interested in the job. 75 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:26.480 One of the boys was nineteen and the other was 76 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:31.720 twenty one. Strangely enough, they were both bigfoot enthusiasts and 77 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:35.879 were no strangers to being alone in the woods. They 78 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:39.120 arrived at the mine and set up their campsite. It 79 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:42.720 was a very organized campsite, and these lads were to 80 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:48.759 remove debris from this mine with buckets. A few days passed, 81 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:51.439 and then early one morning, one of the mine owners 82 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.279 was awoken to the ring of his phone. It was 83 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:58.120 his partner. The boys had called him from a phone 84 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:01.879 booth in town. Parently they had wrecked their car coming 85 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:06.120 down the mountain side. Baffled by the news, the two 86 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:09.480 men met and then drove to the town through pouring rain. 87 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.879 While driving, the man who took the call said the 88 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:15.600 boys claimed to have been chased off the mountain by 89 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:20.079 a Sasquatch. They both laughed it off, thinking these kids 90 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.680 just wanted out of the job and needed help after 91 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:27.279 wrecking their car. Had they not wrecked, the owners probably 92 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.519 would have never heard from them again. This is what 93 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:35.879 they thought, but they would soon discover the truth. Finally 94 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:39.360 making it to town with the rain increasing throughout the drive, 95 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.160 they found the phone booth where the boys asked them 96 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:45.480 to meet. They expected to find the boys in a 97 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:49.519 nearby cafe or place of business, and they never actually 98 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.040 looked at the phone booth until one of the young 99 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:56.120 men yelled for them. They looked over and inside the 100 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:00.439 booth were two college aged men huddled together, wearing nothing 101 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:05.560 but their boxer shorts. They ushered the kids into the truck, 102 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:07.800 where it was warm, and then drove a block to 103 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:12.480 the first cafe they saw. Once inside, the waitress brought 104 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.759 them towels and blankets, and soon they were dry and 105 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.519 warming up it with some food finally in their stomachs. 106 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:24.879 The two employees told this story. The young men had 107 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.079 taken the job so that they could be in an 108 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:31.439 area with reported bigfoot activity. Their plan was to do 109 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:34.639 their work and spend their off time searching for the creature. 110 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:40.959 While doing research in Washington State, they had captured vocalizations 111 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:45.480 bigfoot screams and howls, and had brought the recordings along 112 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:49.600 with them to play on a loud speaker. After finishing 113 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:52.199 their work the evening before, they set up the loud 114 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:56.079 speaker and began playing the sounds, and something roared at 115 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:00.439 them from a distance away. They turned the speaker off, 116 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:04.000 and then they discussed it, and they ultimately agreed that 117 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:07.519 the roar they heard was a bear, so they restarted 118 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:12.040 blasting the sounds into the woods. Well, whatever had roared 119 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:16.000 before began roaring again, and this time it was closer, 120 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:20.879 and it was a continuous series of sounds. Now they 121 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:24.560 knew they had attracted a sidequatch and there was no doubt, 122 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:29.720 and they were excited. They admitted that they should have 123 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:32.839 left the area at that point, but in their minds, 124 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:35.720 this was the coolest thing to happen since their bigfoot 125 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:39.959 investigations had begun, so they cranked up the volume and 126 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:44.600 let the recording play. The roarers got louder and they 127 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:48.839 could now hear this thing coming toward them. Branches were 128 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:51.839 cracking as it moved closer, and they could actually hear 129 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:57.120 the footfalls of the creature. Now, not wanting to overdo it, 130 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:59.959 they cut the feed to the speaker and moved into 131 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.199 their tent, where they apparently thought it was safe, and 132 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:08.079 then began making vocalizations with their own voices. I think 133 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.279 we can all agree that these young men had a 134 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:14.040 screw loose. Maybe they were just over confident that they 135 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:19.319 were safe. That was about to change, though. The tent 136 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:23.160 was quickly jerked upward, lifting both men into the air, 137 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:26.560 until the floor of the tent ripped out, sending them 138 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:30.199 a few feet to the ground. In an instant they 139 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:35.720 were sandwiched between two enormous, smelly creatures. The only conclusion 140 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:38.679 would be obvious that the creatures had no interest in 141 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.960 harming these young men, because they turned their attention to 142 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:46.600 the camp and began tearing everything to pieces. With the 143 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.759 raging creature's attention elsewhere, the young men saw their chance 144 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.919 to escape and only their underwear. They sprinted to the 145 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:58.639 car and took off down the mountain. At some point 146 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.039 in their escape they had a tree which made the 147 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:04.960 car useless, and from there they walked into town through 148 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:10.200 the freezing rain. But still their employers weren't sure if 149 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:14.559 they believed the story. One suggested they get the young 150 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:17.399 men into some clothes and then go to their campsite 151 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:21.320 to salvage what they could. Both of the students shook 152 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:24.639 their heads and emphatically stated that they were never going 153 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.480 on that mountain again, and as a matter of fact, 154 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:30.960 they were clear about getting home as soon as they could, 155 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.240 even if they had to walk back to Washington State 156 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:39.919 in the freezing rain wearing only their boxers. The owner 157 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.080 of the cafe had joined the group. He told all 158 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.279 the men that he would get the young men outfitted 159 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:48.080 in new clothes and help them find a way home. 160 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.960 The two owners of the mine, however, were curious about 161 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:56.360 the story, and they wanted to visit the camp. If 162 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:59.320 this story were true, there would be evidence to back 163 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.399 the story up. Up so up the mountain they drove 164 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:06.840 in the rain. By the time they reached the campsite, 165 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.679 the rain had stopped and on the way up the 166 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.720 old mining road, they stopped to inspect the car the 167 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:16.919 men had abandoned. It looked like they had hit every 168 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:20.600 tree and rock on their way down. The damage they 169 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:23.799 saw was not from the impact where the car now sat. 170 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.799 They hit everything. It was in a place from which 171 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:31.399 it could be easily towed. Whether the car was worth 172 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.639 salvaging would be up to the body shop and the 173 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:41.000 insurance adjuster, assuming these kids had insurance. Now at the campsite, 174 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.559 the owners stood at a distance taking in the destruction. 175 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:49.519 It looked nothing like a campsite. It was more like 176 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:53.960 a corner of a landfill. Debris was scattered about, and 177 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:58.399 nothing looked like its previous form. A cast iron stove 178 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.759 that was once inside the tent was now broken into pieces, 179 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:07.000 and pieces of cass littered the area. Coolers had been crushed, 180 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:11.639 and tents and sleeping bags shredded. Even suitcases were ripped open, 181 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:16.879 and the boy's clothes didn't survive. Every garment was torn apart. 182 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:21.759 Everything that once made up the organized campsite was now destroyed. 183 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:27.159 Even the soda cans were crushed flat, every single can. 184 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.759 One of the owners bent over and picked up a 185 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:36.960 piece of a toothbrush. Neither man had spoken since they arrived, 186 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:42.960 and finally one broke the silence. You believe this sosquat story, Well, 187 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.879 I didn't until I saw this. I think we need 188 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:50.039 to sell this claim and cut our losses, said the other, Well, 189 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.440 you read my mind. Let's get off this mountain. The 190 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.759 mine owners left the mountain and then made certain the 191 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:01.159 college students had a way back to Washington, and after 192 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.480 thinking the cafe owner, they left and they never returned 193 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:12.679 to their claim. My story started many years ago in 194 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:19.919 northern Minnesota, being a hardened Minnesotan Minnesotan Minnesotan, I don't 195 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:22.559 know how to say that Minnesotan is one of my 196 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:27.639 attributes that I wear proudly. Growing up in the harsh 197 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:31.240 north woods. I often think of the encounters I experienced 198 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.080 as a young man growing up. However, not until the 199 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:38.559 last five or so years did I realize what I encountered. 200 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.799 I met my wife thirty five years ago, and I 201 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.799 married her. In all those years I let her know 202 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:50.600 of my strange yet unverified happenings in the woods. She 203 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:55.159 would say, just lay off the bourbon. It wasn't uncommon 204 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:57.559 for me to take my leave of her and venture 205 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:01.480 out into the deep woods for quite some time. Camping 206 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:06.000 is my passion, and I did it often. Moving to 207 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:10.200 Wisconsin in nineteen ninety, we started our family, and I've 208 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.879 been blessed with a son and a daughter and are 209 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:16.879 very close to me and my wife. Both my kids 210 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:20.519 are avid outdoors people and we get to experience nature 211 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:25.360 as it was meant to be. After careful consideration, I've 212 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:29.039 decided to share my most recent experience that makes me 213 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:32.120 think that these creatures of the forest are not only 214 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:37.279 here but mean us no harm. I'll begin by saying 215 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:40.679 that my thoughts on bigfoot are met with hardcore evidence 216 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:45.039 that they truly are real. My son and I are 217 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:50.279 active in hardcore hunters. That being said, we often abandon 218 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:55.720 all other activities when hunting season is open. Last spring 219 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:58.960 twenty and nineteen, my son and I were camping on 220 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:03.480 private land in western Wisconsin. The landowner lets us do 221 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:06.639 whatever we want in exchange for chores that need to 222 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:10.720 be done on the property. Prior to my last encounter, 223 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.919 may I say that not only has my son and 224 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.320 my daughter and yes, my wife have not only seen 225 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:20.679 our hairy creature, but have come to enjoy the gifting 226 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:26.519 process that we have started with them hunting this property. 227 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.600 We have experienced and become somewhat comfortable with the sightings 228 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.480 and gifting of our hairy friends. I am blessed that 229 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.879 my daughter, wife, and son have gotten to experience what 230 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:41.879 I have. At first, we were terrified of what we 231 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:46.240 saw and experienced, but over time though, we realized that 232 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:49.440 they mean us no harm as long as we respect 233 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:54.440 their space. It was May of last year and my 234 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:58.360 son and I were turkey hunting on a spring hunt. 235 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.279 We set up camp and what we call the bottoms. 236 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.080 It's three hundred acres of woods and it's our playground 237 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:10.360 and wild game is plentiful. The landowner dropped by with 238 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.759 his wife and we drank and relaxed by a fire. 239 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:17.399 Deep into the evening. We already had three days of 240 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:21.080 camping under our belts and had some interesting things happen. 241 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.320 It was Friday afternoon and we saw turkeys, but none 242 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:30.159 were close enough to harvest. We headed back to camp 243 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:33.240 and the landowners showed up and brought bourbon and chicken 244 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:38.519 quarters for the open fire. Strumming my guitar and feasting 245 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:42.919 on campfire chicken and having a relaxing evening. They left 246 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.519 around ten thirty and drove back to Madison. My son 247 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.320 and I stayed up drinking and singing to my guitar. 248 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:54.679 When I noticed something strange in the darkness. Just out 249 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:56.919 of the light of the fire, one could make out 250 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:01.039 an outline of two beings in the distance. I reached 251 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.360 over and tapped my son, and I pointed in the 252 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.159 direction of what I was seeing. Holy shed, Dad, there 253 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:12.159 they are, yep, I said, are you scared now? He said, 254 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:17.759 I think they're like playing, if that's possible, as he laughed. Well. 255 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:20.519 Around midnight, we decided that it was time for bed, 256 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:23.919 so we retired to the tent. Getting up to go 257 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:28.399 hunting at four point thirty would come pretty quick. Before 258 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:31.000 going to bed, I went to potty behind the tent 259 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.120 and the creatures were gone, so I climbed in by 260 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.000 my sleeping bag and it was a wonderful end to 261 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:41.159 the day. One of the many nights my son and 262 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.240 I have camped in these woods, it became obvious that 263 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.399 we had company. It was only after many nights that 264 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:50.559 we realized that our forest friends would always let us 265 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:54.519 know that they were there. It was spooky and comforting 266 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.440 at the same time. And let me say that after 267 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:02.240 getting used to it, we slept pretty well. Prior to retiring. 268 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.759 We stoked the fire with wood, so we had a 269 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:07.920 fire in the morning, and I naturally wake up early, 270 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:10.720 and even though we stayed up late, I would be 271 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.160 up at my normal time of three thirty or so 272 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:18.119 making coffee and breakfast. But I didn't that morning. I 273 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:22.039 was perhaps really tired, as I slept until five am. 274 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:26.359 But it wasn't me that woke up. Something outside the 275 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:31.039 tent pushed me out of my cot The push was 276 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:34.319 powerful and firm, and I sprang awake and I reached 277 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.400 over to my son and he was there, and I said, 278 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:39.759 get up, man, it's late. And I ran out to 279 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:42.400 see if I could see who or what had pushed 280 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:46.559 me out of my bed. My son said, Dad, what's 281 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:49.519 got you all wound up? And I told him what 282 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:52.279 had just happened. Well, he laughed and he said, well, 283 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.799 they probably know what our schedule is and they woke 284 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:59.240 you up. I took comfort in that, as it made sense. 285 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:03.640 I went on to make coffee, and being late as 286 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:06.359 turkeys were already out of their roost, we ate breakfast 287 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:08.640 and decided to say screw it and just hang out 288 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:12.079 at camp. But what happened next is something that I 289 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:17.119 will always remember. We were planning on camping another two days, 290 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:19.799 so we were running low on eggs and bacon, and 291 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:21.680 so we jumped in my truck and we drove the 292 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:25.519 ten miles into town to get what we needed. We 293 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:28.759 got back to camp around nine thirty am, and what 294 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:33.599 we saw was simply amazing. There was a huge tom 295 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:36.519 laying next to the table where the camp stove was, 296 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:40.279 and its neck was broken. Well, I'll be down. He 297 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:43.480 gifted us a turkey. I said, how freaking cool is that. 298 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:48.720 Our excitement was overwhelming, and we shouted thank you out 299 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.599 into the woods, and even though it was now ten am, 300 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:56.599 we both took a shot a while turkey still in disbelief, 301 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.599 and decided to gift them with some eggs and bacon. 302 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:02.759 I cooked up a batch and put it on a 303 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:05.599 paper plate and walked over to our gifting site and 304 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:10.079 I left it there. Shortly thereafter, we heard a whoop 305 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:13.240 and it was loud and close, and I smiled and 306 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:15.680 I said, well, it's safe to say they got our gift. 307 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.240 And I walked over to the gifting site about three 308 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:22.720 hundred yards away and the plate was gone and in 309 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:27.160 its place was a shiny, speckled rock. It's not the 310 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:30.720 first time that we've been gifted rocks, and for whatever reason, 311 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:36.480 they seem to gift back with rocks. Well that's our story. Yes, 312 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:39.359 I know some of you will find it unbelievable, but 313 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:42.799 everything I've said is true. I know for sure if 314 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:46.039 people would put down their phones and reconnect with nature, 315 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:52.680 one never knows what may happen. It's a couple of 316 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:55.319 weeks ago you did a phone interview with a Colorado 317 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:58.880 big game outfitter that has gotten me curious about this 318 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:03.440 exact area, and I'll explain why. He mentioned he was 319 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:07.680 in southwest Colorado for the past several years. Myself and 320 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:10.799 several friends from here and around the country meet up 321 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:14.440 in elk hunt in the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado. 322 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:18.880 We are in the area near the town of Dolores, 323 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:23.279 a little more specifically, out in the mountains above Groundhog Reservoir. 324 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:27.519 Back in twenty eighteen, I was hunting on top of 325 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:31.759 a mountain called Black Mesa. The snow was kneed mid 326 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:35.039 thigh deep on me and I'm six foot tall, and 327 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:37.599 as I came up over a small ridge into a 328 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.039 larger clearing. My path took me through what I came 329 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:45.079 to see as a track of large prints. At first, 330 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.559 I didn't really think much of it, as they were 331 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:50.480 obviously a day or two old and the weather and 332 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:54.880 fresh snowfall had made some effect on them. The more 333 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:58.240 I looked at them, the more intrigued I became. While 334 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:01.480 the weather may have eroded them, they were still almost 335 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:05.359 double the size of my size twelve boot. There were 336 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:09.680 no drag marks between the steps. They were postholed across 337 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:14.039 the clearing with what was clearly a bipedal left right gate. 338 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:18.160 What made me think more about it was the stride, 339 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.400 which was four to five feet between each step. There 340 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:25.240 is no way somebody in my size could replicate that, 341 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:28.839 And even more amazing was the fact that the trackway 342 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:32.799 never broke its stride. It came up out of the woods, 343 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:35.839 across the clearing and back down into the woods, with 344 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.759 a total distance of one hundred yards, and that was 345 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:42.640 what I could see. I took a few photos, which 346 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:46.279 I'm embarrassed to say are of mediocre quality at best. 347 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:50.240 Being more focused on looking for ELK, I took a 348 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:54.839 short break and then continued on my way. I mentioned 349 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:58.720 the tracks to the other guys without much response. Nobody 350 00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:01.240 in our group saw anything out of the ordinary for 351 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:05.839 the rest of the trip. In twenty nineteen, in the 352 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:09.200 same area, myself and another guy had a couple of 353 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:14.079 unexplained events on separate nights. This time we were camped 354 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:18.000 near the side of Black Mesa. On our second night 355 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:20.759 in camp, I was awakened by a rhythmic knocking of 356 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:25.039 wood on wood. Two knocks, Wait ten seconds, and then 357 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:28.160 two more. Wait a few more seconds, and then two more. 358 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:31.519 This went on for a couple of minutes, and it 359 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:35.279 seemed to be fairly close. At one point after the 360 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:38.160 two knocks, there was an additional knock that sounded much 361 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:41.759 farther away, and at that point the double knock started 362 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:46.400 to move away, still knocking at ten second intervals until 363 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:50.160 I couldn't hear them any longer. I was the only 364 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:53.599 person that heard those knocks that night, and again I 365 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:57.160 failed to investigate it, being that it was in the 366 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:59.759 middle of the night and it was twenty five degrees 367 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.960 out side. I rolled over and I went back to sleep. 368 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:05.920 I mentioned it to the group the next morning, but 369 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:11.240 nobody heard anything. The third night, another member of our 370 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:14.200 group heard the same knocks, but he too didn't get 371 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:18.839 up to explore. The area behind our camp was heavy 372 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:22.440 dark timber heading downhill toward a draw with a creek 373 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:25.480 at the bottom. I put out a couple of game 374 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:29.319 cameras but didn't capture anything. Those were the only two 375 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:34.200 occurrences we had last year. These two incidents made me 376 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:37.960 curious if the outfitter you interviewed was in that same area. 377 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:43.079 That entire area is surrounded by cattle ranches and guided huntland. 378 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:46.440 I've been interested in the subject of bigfoot for a 379 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:49.240 long time, although a lot of things I've seen on 380 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:53.599 the internet I've been fairly skeptical of. These two events 381 00:23:53.599 --> 00:24:02.079 have peaked my interest into digging a little deeper.