WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.600 Today, I want to tell you about a journey that 2 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:03.879 I've been on for most of my life. Ever since 3 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:05.799 I was a kid, I've heard tales of bigfoot and 4 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:08.320 wild men while spending time with my friends and family. 5 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:11.439 As I grew older and read more about the paranormal, 6 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.679 my interest in encryptids and other things strange only deepened. 7 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:17.160 That's why I'm so excited to share with you what 8 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:21.640 I've personally become involved with the Untold Radio Network. The 9 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:25.280 Untold Radio Network is a live streaming podcast network that 10 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:29.359 airs a new show every day across all podcast platforms, YouTube, 11 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.119 and more. 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It's free to subscribe. 21 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:04.400 So what are you waiting for visit www dot untold 22 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:06.599 radionetwork dot com. Today. 23 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.359 Hey everybody, this is left Strive. 24 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:12.879 Yes, yes, I know aka Survivor Man, and you're listening 25 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:14.519 to Brian on sasquatchis. 26 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:39.799 Hey there and welcome back to Sasquatch Odyssey. Thank you 27 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:41.200 so much for being with us for the show. It 28 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:43.400 is Friday. I hope you've had a great week. We 29 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:45.840 have an amazing guest lined up for you. But as always, 30 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.480 I want to start by abiding you. If you've had 31 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:50.120 an encounter and you'd like to be on the show, 32 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:52.079 shoot me an email and get me a Brian at 33 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.159 Paranormalworldproductions dot com. Get head over to the website and 34 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.519 check it out. Become a member there and help support 35 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.680 the show. I got to say down and talk to 36 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.959 Justin from Wisconsin, and Justin had quite a few interesting experiences. 37 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.159 We get into all things Bigfoot. I think you guys 38 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:11.199 are really going to enjoy this episode. But before we 39 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.360 get into that, I want to say a quick thank 40 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.120 you so much for everybody who has left reviews on 41 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:19.840 the show recently. I mentioned that back on Sunday's episode, 42 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:21.639 and you guys have came through in a huge way. 43 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:23.599 So thank you to everybody who's left a review on 44 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:26.479 Apple Podcasts and on Spotify. If you haven't done that, 45 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:29.159 it literally takes a couple of seconds to leave a rating, 46 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:31.680 hopefully five stars, and a review for the show. It 47 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:33.879 would go a long way in helping other people find us. 48 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:36.800 I also want to say I heard your voices loud 49 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.599 and clear. Tons of you guys over on Spotify left 50 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.159 I think there was forty or some eyd comments about 51 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:44.759 Fred and wanting to hear him back on the show 52 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:47.039 telling the stories. So I think Fred's going to make 53 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:49.400 another appearance here really soon, so you guys stay tuned 54 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:52.280 for that. And last, but not least, I am stoked 55 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:55.639 as I record this right now. Today, my brand new book, 56 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:59.080 Born Wild Coda's Odyssey is out for purchase everywhere you 57 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.919 can find fine book. You can get it on Amazon, Barnes, 58 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.280 and Noble. You can also get it directly from Hangar 59 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:06.840 one Publishing. There are links right here in the show notes. 60 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:08.280 All you got to do is click the link and 61 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:11.400 get your copy today. I am stoked about this book 62 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.879 is the first and the series. I am excited for 63 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:15.599 you guys to get it and read it. I hope 64 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:18.479 you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. 65 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.159 But enough of that, I know you guys are ready 66 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.240 to get into it. Justin's on the line, He's ready 67 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:23.800 to go. So all that's left for you to do 68 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.159 is sit back, relax, and. 69 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:26.919 Enjoy the show. 70 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:48.520 A Hi from Zone to welcome our guests to the show. 71 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.120 It is Justin from Wisconsin. Welcome to the show man. 72 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.080 Hey guys are going night. It's good to be here. 73 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.280 Let's get right into it. Let's talk about this bigfoot thing. 74 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:57.719 Let's start where I like to start with most people. 75 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:00.360 What guy you interested in the subject to begin with? 76 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.479 I think from if my memory serves me right. So 77 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:07.000 it was the first time I saw the was it 78 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:09.599 the Patterson Gimblin film on It's probably the History Channel 79 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.680 or something some documentary about Sasquatch a long time ago, 80 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:14.840 and just kind of opened my eyes to what could 81 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.480 possibly be out there. And this was back when I 82 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:19.199 was a teenager or something like that. 83 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:22.519 That is definitely something that is common for most people. Everybody, 84 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:24.360 I think on the plane, it is probably at some 85 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.000 point in time at least seen part of the Patterson 86 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.040 Gimblin film, and it is one of those iconic images 87 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:32.639 that Brain three p. Fifty two that everybody in Sasquatch 88 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:35.959 research knows about. So you've seen the Patterson Gimblin film. 89 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:37.959 It was kind of on your radar. But I know 90 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.079 you're here to talk about an experience, So why don't 91 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:41.680 you take us back to where you were, what you 92 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.240 were doing, and tell us what happened to you. 93 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.639 Sure, So, I've had two different experiences that I can 94 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.600 think of. I'll start with them in more of a 95 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:51.720 chronological order. So the first one happened. I guess we're 96 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:54.480 in twenty twenty five now, so this would be twenty three. 97 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:57.839 I was out in the woods for Gun to Your 98 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:01.519 season here in Wisconsin in the Northwest corner. At this point, 99 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.160 I had started listening to the Sasquatch Chronicles podcast and 100 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:07.959 had listened to a few dozen of those episodes and 101 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.360 kind of got more interested in the subject. So I 102 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:13.720 knew a little bit of what to expect or not 103 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:17.160 what to expect, or you know, what people report seeing 104 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.319 or hearing out in the woods and what may or 105 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:21.759 may not be related to their bigfoot encounters and that 106 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:24.879 kind of thing. Well, it was opening day, so it'd 107 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:27.600 be you know, sometime mid to late November. By the 108 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:29.800 twenty fourth, I had been sitting in my tree stand 109 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.000 all morning and no deer had come through, and was 110 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.560 kind of sitting there listening to everybody else around me 111 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.120 have good luck, you know how it goes. I started 112 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:41.560 to hear this like rhythmic, like a smashing kind of 113 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:46.199 not not a knocking. But it's really difficult to describe 114 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.600 the sound, but it did not sound like gunfire, and 115 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.000 it was like each sound was equally spaced and almost 116 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:56.199 seemed intentional. I thought it was strange, you know. And 117 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.000 after it the noise had happened about three or four times, 118 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.480 I heard it happened two times really fast. Well, I 119 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:04.519 didn't think anything of it. It's kind of chalked it 120 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.959 up something weird out in the woods. And that following 121 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:11.079 week I had listened to the episode where he was 122 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:13.480 talking to I believe a guy's name is Carter Bousch Shark, 123 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.319 and the guy was talking about how he thinks sasquatch 124 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:20.959 can count use woodknocks or you know that kind of 125 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:24.839 thing to count out people in groups, and it's like 126 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.319 the gears clicked in my head. I was like, well, 127 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:31.279 maybe that's what I heard, and I thought about the 128 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.720 frequency and how many people we had out there, and 129 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:36.920 it ended up being it was one you know, this 130 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.360 is all speculation. I could be completely wrong whatever, but 131 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:44.600 it was one hit for each hunter. And then that 132 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:47.240 double hit that I had heard I was assuming was 133 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.759 we had two younger guys sitting together in one tree stand, 134 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:54.319 and then there were two other adults after that, sitting 135 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:58.319 by themselves, and I had heard this smashing sound, one 136 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:03.000 for each hunter, essentially almost like again speculation, like they 137 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.600 were counting, like there's humans and here here, here here 138 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.240 with each other, like you know, we got to avoid 139 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:11.720 these areas. So yeah, I thought that was pretty interesting. 140 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:14.800 That's about all that happened that season. I hunted a 141 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.120 few more days in twenty three and you know, no luck. Yeah. 142 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:20.040 This was a couple of years ago, so les Terrout 143 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.040 had come out and talked about his experiences with mine 144 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:26.040 speaker telepathy whatever you want to call it. So just 145 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:29.040 more out of curiosity and you know, do what I 146 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.480 call like thought broadcasting. So it's like I go out 147 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:35.600 in the woods and be like essentially think out. You know, hey, 148 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:38.000 I'm just here to try to harvest food for my family, 149 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.399 and I'm not here to disrupt you or your way 150 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.560 of lifestyle if anybody's listening. Kind of thing. This day 151 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.680 that I harvested my dough, I had seen again, no, dear, 152 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.480 it's quiet morning. It's not really much going on that day. 153 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.519 I believe it was Sunday, so you know, i'd go 154 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:53.920 back to work the next day. And it was like, 155 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.839 I could really use this, you know, if you are 156 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.079 out there, if somebody's listening, if you have the ability 157 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.879 to help me, I would really appreciate it. I mean, 158 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:03.759 it was not more than a few minutes later. This 159 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.319 dough comes in by yourself, straight to me, looks right 160 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.480 at me in my stand, and then just keeps going 161 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.079 and walks like I think. I ended up taking the 162 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.040 shot at thirty five yards, which is pretty close. You know, 163 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.040 good ethical harvest, that kind of thing. And so again 164 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:22.959 all speculation could be nothing but luck, but very interesting experience. 165 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:28.879 My more interesting encounter happened this past season during gun season. Again, 166 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.399 this was November. I believe the season opened the twenty third, 167 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:36.440 twenty fourth. It was opening morning. I went out with 168 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:39.919 my father in law because he knows people that own 169 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.320 the land. We wrote out on our four wheelers. He 170 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:45.879 likes to go super early because he's got a longer trek. Well, 171 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.759 I get my stand. I believe it was around about 172 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:51.840 five five thirty in the morning, so it was still 173 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:53.879 an hour and a half. I'd been sitting there for 174 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:55.720 a while, and it was just dead quiet, like I 175 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:58.320 could hear the mice moving in the leaves kind of quiet. 176 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:00.840 So I just kind of I got set up, got 177 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:03.200 my coffee out, tucked myself into my coat. It was 178 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:06.240 nice and cold that morning, and after a half hour 179 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:08.000 sitting there, it kind of pokes my head up to 180 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:10.000 look around to see if I could see anything moving, 181 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:13.840 just in what little moonlight I had, and checking my surroundings. 182 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:16.200 I looked to my left and see anything, and slowly 183 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:20.039 moves to look to my right, and I noticed that 184 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:23.720 there was this kind of like an orangish little light 185 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:27.159 almost it just almost eye level with me. And the 186 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.159 stand I was in is probably about twelve feet off 187 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:32.159 the ground in this direction to my right, it goes 188 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.600 downhill a little bit, so I'd say where this thing 189 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.759 was at was probably twelve plus easy feet off the ground. 190 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:42.360 I was like, well, that's weird. The sun shouldn't be 191 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:45.200 coming up yet and the cloud cover had started. This 192 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.720 was We've been to the south, so as you know, 193 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.919 even if the sun was coming up, I really shouldn't 194 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.039 be able to see any sunlight in the tree tops. 195 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:57.039 So I thought it was weird, and I was like, well, 196 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:58.879 maybe it's like a headlight or something. So I kind 197 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:01.080 of leaned more to my right to see if there 198 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.720 was a second one. And I did see a second light, 199 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:07.399 but it was again this orangish almost. I had like 200 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:10.159 this shimmer to it, like orangish, reddish kind of color. 201 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.279 It's like, oh, man, that's weird. That kind of looks 202 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:14.240 like a pair of eyes staring at me. I was like, oh, 203 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:16.039 that's whatever. You know. It kind of creeked me out, 204 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:19.600 so I sat back straight, you know, stop leaning to 205 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:22.240 my right to get my eyes off. It was freaking 206 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:25.279 me out. As soon as I did that, they leaned out, 207 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:27.960 these two lights leaned out from the tree, so I 208 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:31.879 could see both of them while sitting up right. The panic, 209 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:34.639 the fear, all these feelings just washed over me, like, 210 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:38.679 oh crap, what is that. There shouldn't be any eye shine, 211 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:41.960 there's no light, there shouldn't be anything glowing again to 212 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:45.120 the south from this stand is nearly one thousand yards 213 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.200 of thick forest and marshland, not easy goings, and there's 214 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.559 no trail there, so there shouldn't have been even anybody 215 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:53.240 I could see driving a four wheeler out there. When 216 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:56.039 they leaned out like that, it was just like, well, 217 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.360 you know, all the thoughts raised through your mind of 218 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.919 what it could be, and nothing made sense at the time, 219 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.639 so I just looked away. I was like, okay, well, 220 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:05.240 whatever it is, it's just watching me and I can't 221 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:07.240 hear it moving, so it's not coming towards me. And 222 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.480 I've got my three h eight. So I was like, whatever, 223 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:12.559 if something tries to climb the tree, I at least 224 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.679 have a shot for a miss second for whatever the 225 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.840 heck it is comes after me. So I sat there again, 226 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:21.320 trying to ignore the potential beasts or whatever it is 227 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:24.240 lurking in dark. Curiosity got the better of me and 228 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:25.320 I was like, all right, I got to look back 229 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:27.440 see if this thing is still there. And I look 230 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:32.120 back and I saw the two small orange shimmery kind 231 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:35.000 of lights still same spot they were before, more to 232 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:37.399 my right, and it's left. If it was facing me, 233 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:43.320 there's a second pair of larger eye shaped orange, shimmery 234 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:48.320 kind of reddish lights glowing there probably six feet next 235 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:50.799 to it. It couldn't have been any animal that I'm 236 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:54.879 aware of. I've seen black bear and wolves and whatever 237 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:57.120 else is up here. Cougar's that kind of thing. And 238 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.799 to be up twelve to fourteen feet off the ground, 239 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.600 they were probably space six to eight inches of parts. So, 240 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:06.519 as far as I know, there's no animal that has 241 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:09.799 eyes that far aparts and forward facing for that matter. 242 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.159 They're just sitting there, both of these sets of lights. 243 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:18.039 In the animal kingdom, there's a fascinating phenomenon known as eyeshine. 244 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.360 If you've ever shown a flashlight into the darkness and 245 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.600 seen the glowing eyes of an animal staring back at you, 246 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:29.240 you've witnessed this firsthand. This glow isn't a supernatural occurrence. 247 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:33.519 It's a biological adaptation, the result of a special structure 248 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:38.200 in the eyes called the tapetum lucidum found behind the retina. 249 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.919 The tapedum lucidum acts like a mirror, reflecting light back 250 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:45.480 through the eye. This reflection gives the photoreceptor cells a 251 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:50.559 second chance to absorb light, significantly enhancing night vision. It's 252 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:53.879 a trait common among many nocturnal creatures that rely on 253 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:58.240 sharp vision in low light conditions to survive. Animals like 254 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:00.720 cats and dogs are well known for their glowing eyes 255 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:05.480 at night. Cats with their eerie green reflection, and dogs 256 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:10.320 often reflecting yellow or blue, are prime examples. Then there 257 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:13.480 are raccoons, whose eyes seem to shine a pale yellow, 258 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.279 and deer whose glowing eyes can often startle drivers on 259 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:21.559 a dark road. This adaptation isn't limited to mammals. Birds 260 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:25.639 like owls, reptiles like crocodiles, and even deep sea fish 261 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.879 use similar mechanisms to navigate and hunt in the dark. 262 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.200 Each species eyeshine can vary in color depending on the 263 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.639 composition of their tepedum lucidum, offering a beautiful variety across 264 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:43.000 the animal kingdom. Humans, however, don't experience this. Unlike many 265 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:47.480 nocturnal animals, we don't have a tepedum lucidum. Our eyes 266 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:52.879 evolved for daytime activities, prioritizing sharp visual acuity and vibrant 267 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:56.799 color detection over night vision. In the dark, light that 268 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:00.000 enters our eyes is absorbed or scattered, so we don't 269 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.240 reflect light back. This is why you won't see a 270 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:06.360 human's eyes glowing in the night, unless it's a trick 271 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:09.559 of light or an artifact of photography like red eye 272 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:13.120 from a camera flash. But the animal kingdom doesn't stop 273 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:16.759 at reflective eyes. In some cases, creatures take it a 274 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:21.919 step further with eyes that seem to glow on their own. Bioluminescence, 275 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:25.440 the production of light by living organisms, is behind this 276 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:29.679 eerie glow. Certain deep sea fish, like the flashlight fish, 277 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:33.519 have light producing bacteria housed in pouches beneath their eyes, 278 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:39.279 creating a luminous effect. This glow is useful for communication, hunting, 279 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.279 or confusing predators. It's rare for animals to produce light 280 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.519 from their eyes specifically, but in the inky depths of 281 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:50.879 the ocean where light is scarce, bioluminescence provides a unique 282 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:56.600 evolutionary advantage. This brings us to an intriguing connection sasquatch. 283 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:01.000 Stories of sasquatch sightings often describe a creature with glowing 284 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.519 eyes in the darkness. If such a being exists, could 285 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:07.960 it be exhibiting traits seen in the animal kingdom. Let's 286 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:08.720 speculate for. 287 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.440 A moment. 288 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.120 And stay tuned for more sasquatch otya see we'll be 289 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:20.840 right back after these messages. Perhaps sasquatch has a tapedum lucidum, 290 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:24.840 reflecting light like a nocturnal animal, which would explain why 291 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:29.240 witnesses often describe seeing glowing eyes when shining flashlights or 292 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:34.120 headlights in the forest. Alternatively, it's possible sasquatch could possess 293 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:37.279 a form of bioluminescence, Though this would be a truly 294 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:41.440 extraordinary trait for a mammal, such an adaptation might serve 295 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:46.200 purposes like signaling to others of its kind, intimidating potential threats, 296 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:52.879 or navigating through the dense dark wilderness. There's another possibility, though, misinterpretation. 297 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.519 When light catches the eyes of an animal, or even 298 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:59.639 a reflective surface like a spider's web or wet leaves, 299 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:04.039 it can create an illusion of glowing eyes in the dark. 300 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:08.120 Human perception is prone to tricks. Our brains are hardwired 301 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:12.240 to find patterns and faces and ambiguous environments, a phenomenon 302 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:16.360 called paradolia, So what might be described as glowing eyes 303 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:21.559 could simply be a natural, though misunderstood reflection. Still, the 304 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:24.840 idea of a sasquatch with glowing or self illuminating eyes 305 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:30.039 captures our imagination. If sasquatch does exist, perhaps it holds 306 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.240 secrets that could deepen our understanding of evolution and adaptation. 307 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:37.799 Whether these glowing eyes are a natural occurrence, a unique 308 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:42.320 evolutionary trait, or a case of mistaken identity, it's a 309 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:46.919 fascinating topic that bridges the known and the unknown, biology 310 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.919 and mystery. For now, the glowing eyes of sasquatch remain 311 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:54.559 part of its enduring enigma, blending science with the allure 312 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.559 of the unexplained. 313 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:58.159 At this point, I was like, Nope, can't do it, 314 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:00.440 can't look over there anymore. And it was proud a 315 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:03.399 twenty five yard height, pretty shortnesstance back to the four 316 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.759 wheelaer and then I'd have to drive the thirty minutes 317 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:11.640 by muddy, terrible, not well kept path back to truck. 318 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:13.559 If I wanted to get out of there, you know, 319 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.319 and if it wanted to get me, whatever this thing was, 320 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:18.680 it would catch me. Then nobody's gonna know I'm gone 321 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.119 until end of shooting light and my father in law 322 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.880 comes by and sees I'm still there. He's would be like, 323 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:25.920 well he should be out by now, what the heck happened? 324 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.640 And that would be Rice seven PM or whenever shooting 325 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:31.880 hours end, and then he gets in his gets the 326 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:34.559 stuff together and heads back. So they had all these 327 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:37.240 thoughts racing through my mind, and tuck myself back into 328 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:39.200 my coat, made sure my gun was loaded, and just 329 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:42.039 kind of waited to see what would happen. Finally, the 330 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:44.440 sun started to come up. It'll be seven o'clock in 331 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:47.119 the morning abouts, and I finally had the courage to 332 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.279 look back over to see if they were still there, 333 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.319 and they weren't. By this time, cloud covered pretty much 334 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.839 fully taken over the sky and you couldn't There's no 335 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:58.559 orangish reddish glow like you'd see during sunrise in the sky. 336 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:02.720 So like, okay, you know, like whatever it is, it's gone. 337 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.680 It must have just been here to observe and went 338 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:08.039 about its way. The rest of the morning and afternoon 339 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:11.559 was pretty uneventful. I did have one more odd thing 340 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:15.160 happened that day. The wind had changed directions from it 341 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:18.519 was coming out of the north northwest. It was just 342 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.160 a gentle breeze, and it thought a whiff of just 343 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:24.559 smelled like urine at first, like bad, like something, And 344 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:26.799 I remember thinking, oh, something must be dead up wind 345 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:28.960 to me, But I mean I'd been hunting out there 346 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.319 for at this point, probably a month straight through bo 347 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:34.920 season and then in the gun season, so I mean, 348 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:37.640 as far as I knew, nobody had shot anything that 349 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:41.119 they didn't recover. It was like, you know, obviously things 350 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.480 can die wherever. But it was also freezing. As far 351 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:46.240 as I know, most things don't decay when it's below 352 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:49.759 zero or blow freezing outside. So again I thought that 353 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:52.440 was pretty weird. And it was just this faint smell. 354 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.759 I remember taking big inhales trying to figure out what 355 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.359 that smell was. Just like that, a few seconds and 356 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:59.599 it was gone. That was pretty much the end of 357 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:04.480 that for opening day. The following day, second day of 358 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:08.319 opening weekends, we that Sunday, I stayed in the truck. 359 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:11.880 My father in law went out his normal time pitch blackout, 360 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:13.720 and I was like, nope, I can't do it again 361 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.599 because if whatever is out there is out there again, 362 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:17.759 like that's gonna I don't want to go through that. 363 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.440 So I wait in the truck until about half hour 364 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:22.880 to sunrise, hopped on the four wheeler and went out 365 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:25.680 got my stand. By that time, it was light enough 366 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.839 I didn't need a flash slight walking in I had 367 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:30.599 been sitting in my stand for probably an hour or two. 368 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:33.680 I think it was around nine o'clock in the morning. 369 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:39.759 I started hearing this weird sound to the southeast. At first, 370 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:42.000 I was like, man, that's a really weird sounding bird. 371 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:44.720 The more it made this sound out there, I was like, 372 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:47.359 that's not a bird that I'm aware of. I've kind 373 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:49.799 of dabble a little bit in the backyard birds, and 374 00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:51.519 you know, We've got a few different bird feeders at 375 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:53.880 the house, and I've seen all kinds of things, and 376 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:56.480 I've heard the whipper wheels in the middle of the night. 377 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:58.640 And I'm not an expert by any means, but I 378 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:00.480 know my stuff for the most all Right. The more 379 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.279 I listened to the sound, it went from the southeast 380 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:05.480 and then it kind of moved off. It was moving 381 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:09.720 to its west, so it would be like it started 382 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:12.480 at my southeast and then moved more to the south. 383 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:15.480 I heard it really loud and clear one time, and 384 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:18.680 it was this whoo. I was like, oh my god, 385 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:21.759 I think that's a whoop. And I've never heard this 386 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.400 sound other than recordings and people's accounts. It's like, well, 387 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.000 I need to record this because nobody's gonna believe me. Obviously, 388 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:31.200 you know you're hearing these weird sounds out in the woods. 389 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:34.319 But I got my phone out and I recorded a 390 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:37.000 few of the loudest ones that I got. I actually 391 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.000 cleaned up the audio and I think I threw it 392 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:42.279 in the email I sent to you. If not, I've 393 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.799 got it recorded and saved on my computer here too. 394 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:48.519 It's so incredibly faint you almost need headphones to really 395 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:51.079 hear it clearly, but I got I think two or 396 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.720 three of them recorded in the clip. 397 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:31.759 O m hm hm m. 398 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:51.440 M shortly after. I guess it was more during the 399 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:53.960 entire time I could hear this sound. All the dogs 400 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:57.079 in the entire area were going nuts, like everywhere. And 401 00:21:57.119 --> 00:22:00.359