1 00:00:07,519 --> 00:00:09,679 Speaker 1: You would be interested in what happened to me a 2 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:14,039 year ago and twice more in twenty four hours just 3 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:19,199 four weeks ago, near the Humbolt Mendocino County headwaters of 4 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,519 the Motole River. I know I'm butchering those names up, 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:27,280 but I'm trying. I'm trying well. I've become absolutely convinced 6 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,480 that some unknown animal exists here, and I began to 7 00:00:31,559 --> 00:00:35,960 search the Internet for similar accounts. It then became clear 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,320 to me that these experiences must be documented and conveyed 9 00:00:40,359 --> 00:00:45,280 to others. In July of twenty eighteen, I was staying 10 00:00:45,439 --> 00:00:49,799 in an isolated region that had limited access. I was 11 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:53,960 on a primitive road twenty miles south of Whitehorn, California, 12 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,119 behind three locked gates. This place is at the end 13 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,039 of the world, on the northern order of a vast 14 00:01:01,159 --> 00:01:05,079 green belt spreading from Shelter Cove on the coast east 15 00:01:05,079 --> 00:01:08,239 to Highway one on one and south to Fort Bragg 16 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,239 and then east to Persy, as can be seen on 17 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,680 the Google Earth. About three am I was awake. It 18 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:20,200 was hot, dark, and completely silent that night in these mountains. 19 00:01:20,719 --> 00:01:23,920 Something above me where I lay in my tent. Approximately 20 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,920 two to three hundred meters began knocking on wood, best 21 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,959 described as loud wax on a tree trunk by a 22 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,079 big club or a branch. It started with one knock, 23 00:01:35,159 --> 00:01:38,239 which got my attention with a brief hesitation, and then 24 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,799 several more knocks, but randomly timed sum in succession others 25 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:49,000 after hesitations, the knocking was loud. It was so loud 26 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,200 that it echoed down the canyon, and the event lasted 27 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,560 only a minute or two. My first thoughts were that 28 00:01:55,599 --> 00:01:57,719 there was no one on the mountain who could be 29 00:01:57,799 --> 00:02:00,920 out here in the middle of a primitive and detected area. 30 00:02:01,799 --> 00:02:05,200 These knocks were from something large, and no North American 31 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,240 animal could have made them. I listened while my mind 32 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,400 tried to wrap around how the noise was made. The 33 00:02:12,479 --> 00:02:16,879 event left me puzzled. I told a few locals afterward 34 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,719 and learned that there were other hotspots for sisquatch sightings 35 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:25,680 between Piercy and north to Willow Creek. Four weeks ago, 36 00:02:25,759 --> 00:02:28,159 when waiting at the first lock to gate in this 37 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:33,159 same conservation area, I heard two distinct vocalizations what cannot 38 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,280 be explained. As I waited in the dusk for about 39 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,199 forty five minutes waiting to meet a party at the 40 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,759 gate who were running late. I heard a loud wail 41 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,400 that I've never heard before in nature. The noise was 42 00:02:47,439 --> 00:02:51,000 at my two o'clock facing east up the heavily wooded 43 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,039 area above me, two to three hundred meters up. I 44 00:02:55,159 --> 00:02:58,639 instantly knew where I had heard such an unfamiliar call. 45 00:02:59,199 --> 00:03:01,759 It was three years years ago, while watching a Bigfoot 46 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,319 reality show where these squatch hunters were making a unique 47 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:09,280 call while searching for Bigfoot. At that time, I remember 48 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:12,319 thinking how ridiculous it seemed for people to be on 49 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,479 television trekking at night making strange calls in the woods. 50 00:03:17,439 --> 00:03:19,639 There was a brief delay from the first call to 51 00:03:19,719 --> 00:03:22,879 the next, and then silence for a minute, leaving me 52 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,960 to wonder if this whole experience was even real. It 53 00:03:28,039 --> 00:03:32,080 was either an unknown animal or some kind of implausible prank. 54 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:35,360 It was loud, echoing down the mountain, as though some 55 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:39,280 huge creature could belt with the lungs of Luciano Pavarati. 56 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:43,400 But this was louder. The chance of being a prankster 57 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,560 waiting in silence with me for forty five minutes in 58 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:51,199 that remote location to prank me was very slim. And 59 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,840 then another call at three to four hundred meters up 60 00:03:53,879 --> 00:03:56,759 to the north at my eight o'clock that was just 61 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,719 as loud and unique as the first. This blew my 62 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,840 mind because the first call might be attributed to an 63 00:04:03,879 --> 00:04:08,120 elk on steroids, but the response from what was clearly 64 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:13,159 not an owl brought chills down my spine. I quickly 65 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,279 moved closer to my vehicle and listened for another thirty 66 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:20,480 minutes in the darkness. I will never forget this second vocalization. 67 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:26,680 This was obvious communication between two individuals. I had a 68 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:31,199 fourth experience, but it happened the night before the duel vocalizations. 69 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,480 On Friday evening, November one, twenty nineteen, I had just 70 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,560 moved into a cabin that my brother and I rented. 71 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,240 It was located along a rugged canyon area of the 72 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,240 Motole River. It was dusk and quite dark already in 73 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,959 the forest. I was outside looking at the stars, taking 74 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,600 in the newness of these rugged surroundings. Above me, a 75 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,120 few hundred meters away to the east of the river, 76 00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:04,040 echoed a loud, for voting scream. My jaw dropped in amazement. 77 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,519 It was terrifying at the same time, and I conjured 78 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:13,160 up visions of a banshee. The screaming continued full throttle 79 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,800 for over five minutes. Mountain lions scream, but nothing like this. 80 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,600 Someone had either set up a speaker and playing the 81 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:25,439 bloodiest scream that Hollywood could produce, or this was an 82 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:30,600 unbelievably big animal. It was the night after Halloween, and 83 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,360 I wondered if someone was on the mountain side pranking 84 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:36,839 me as a newcomer to the neighborhood. I listened for 85 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,519 a bit and then went inside and told my brother 86 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,600 about it because it was so unnerving. Bigfoot did not 87 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,079 even enter my mind. However, the next evening, about the 88 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,120 same time, I heard the calls again near the gate 89 00:05:51,319 --> 00:05:55,439 that blocked our driveway. Why have I been so lucky 90 00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:00,680 to hear or experience such a mystery? Three distinct vocalizations 91 00:06:00,759 --> 00:06:05,560 which cannot be explained. I began pouring over USGS maps 92 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,120 and satellite imagery to ascertain what the link could be. 93 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:14,040 Are their neighbors or access for individuals to get that close? 94 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,720 Could one individual in such obvious stress on one night 95 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,279 have triggered the coincidental travel of at least two or 96 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:26,480 more unknown creatures the very next night, And what could 97 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:30,480 be the connection between these events located twenty miles apart. 98 00:06:31,399 --> 00:06:34,399 I've talked to some locals about hearing strange noises, but 99 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:38,480 no one claims anything or they don't want to be ridiculed. 100 00:06:38,879 --> 00:06:40,959 I would like to know if there have been recent 101 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,279 experiences by others in this area. I'm a sixty year 102 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:50,240 old man with extensive wilderness experience in forests and in jungles. 103 00:06:50,319 --> 00:06:53,720 I have credibility in this area. I have trecked and 104 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:59,000 lived in remote areas of Africa, Australia, Central America, South America, 105 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:04,639 places of potential danger, and I've never experienced fear. I 106 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,680 was born and raised near Yellowstone Park and have had 107 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,959 no bad experiences with grizzlies, mountain lions or wolves. Traveling 108 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,959 all these years with a firm understanding of ecosystems, I 109 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:21,000 never could have believed in such mysteries that anything new 110 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,759 would ever be discovered. What has happened to me recently 111 00:07:24,839 --> 00:07:29,240 has completely changed my mind. There is a mystery in 112 00:07:29,279 --> 00:07:31,800 these woods, and I have a few ideas on how 113 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:37,120 to find the answers to it. We were living in 114 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:42,000 the country north of Warsaw, Indiana, in twenty twelve. I 115 00:07:42,079 --> 00:07:44,800 was fourteen at the time and enjoying life as only 116 00:07:44,839 --> 00:07:48,120 a teenager can. We lived in one of those small 117 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,800 residential neighborhoods pocketed in the woods, with our house sitting 118 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:57,000 closest to the tree line. Those woods were our retreat 119 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,879 as kids. I would head off there with my sibling 120 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:03,560 and friends, or all by myself and explore and play, 121 00:08:04,079 --> 00:08:07,199 or just to relax and think. It was quiet there, 122 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,079 and we all spent a lot of time in those 123 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,040 woods during the day, but we never did at night. 124 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,879 That summer, I was sleeping in the back bedroom with 125 00:08:15,959 --> 00:08:19,199 the window open to catch a breeze, and something walked 126 00:08:19,279 --> 00:08:22,800 past my window. I didn't see it, but I could 127 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,319 tell by the sound of its walk that it was massive. 128 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,920 I would have thought it was a bear, but we 129 00:08:27,959 --> 00:08:30,920 don't have those in Indiana, and it scared me so 130 00:08:31,079 --> 00:08:34,399 bad that I ran and got my father. He took 131 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,360 his gun and went outside, but he didn't find anything. 132 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,720 A few months later, my sister and I were sleeping 133 00:08:40,759 --> 00:08:44,720 in that same bedroom, like typical teenagers. We were talking 134 00:08:44,799 --> 00:08:49,120 when we should have been sleeping. At two am. Suddenly 135 00:08:49,159 --> 00:08:53,240 we heard some exotic bird calling. We figured it must 136 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,200 have been some exotic bird. We spent most of our 137 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,039 free time in the woods, and we knew all the 138 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,799 bird sounds in our area and could not identify this one. 139 00:09:02,919 --> 00:09:07,120 It became a regular occurrence after that. Sometimes it was 140 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,240 just one bird calling, and other times we'd hear one 141 00:09:10,279 --> 00:09:14,480 call and another answer back from the opposite direction. It 142 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,440 was always close to the house, and it was always loud. 143 00:09:18,799 --> 00:09:21,600 I remember asking my sister have you ever heard a 144 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,159 bird like that? She said she hadn't. We knew it 145 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,480 wasn't an owl, and we didn't know of any other 146 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,840 nightbirds in our area, none that can make a call 147 00:09:30,919 --> 00:09:35,360 that loud. Anyway, I've never heard birds chirping or calling 148 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,799 that late at night as well. And this sound, well, 149 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,000 it was off, didn't sound right. This went on for 150 00:09:43,159 --> 00:09:47,639 several months, and then it just stopped. Two years later, 151 00:09:47,919 --> 00:09:50,320 I had switched to the bedroom next to that one. 152 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:53,799 My sister and I were sharing it. We'd like to 153 00:09:53,879 --> 00:09:56,080 leave the windows open at night so we could hear 154 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,840 the sounds of crickets and frogs, and the cool air 155 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,519 felt nice. We'd close the curtains for privacy, but that 156 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,759 didn't stop the breeze. It was summertime again, and that 157 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,600 meant we were taking advantage of our freedom from school 158 00:10:10,639 --> 00:10:14,279 by sitting up and talking all night. We'd also sneak 159 00:10:14,279 --> 00:10:16,360 out to meet friends, or they would sneak up to 160 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:20,080 our window to visit us. That was another reason we 161 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:23,879 liked to leave the windows open. We shared a bunk 162 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,399 that was placed right next to the window, and I 163 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,799 slept on the bottom so I was better able to 164 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,879 see outside. That window faced a dead end road that 165 00:10:32,919 --> 00:10:36,399 we lived on, where a dimly lit street lamp barely 166 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,200 lit up the yard. It cast a low glow on 167 00:10:40,279 --> 00:10:44,600 the window. My sister and I had stayed up talking 168 00:10:44,639 --> 00:10:48,639 as usual, but around one am she drifted off, so 169 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,399 I was lying there looking out at the night. Out 170 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,159 of nowhere, I began to hear something walking around the 171 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,120 side of the house from the woods. My first thought 172 00:10:58,279 --> 00:11:00,799 was that it was some random person and cutting through 173 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,120 our yard, or maybe it was an annoying raccoon that 174 00:11:04,159 --> 00:11:07,399 had been getting into our trash. But the sound of 175 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:12,120 the footsteps were distinct and heavy. It walked up to 176 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:17,120 my window and it stopped right in front. Back lit 177 00:11:17,159 --> 00:11:20,840 by the street light, its shadow fell across the curtains. 178 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,679 Whatever was out there, it was huge. It had the 179 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,799 outline of a very tall man and Unfortunately, shadows are 180 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:32,039 never more detailed than that. I didn't feel like it 181 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:34,159 would hurt me, but I did feel the need to 182 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,360 lie very still and be quiet. It was as if 183 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:41,639 it were listening for my breathing or my movements. I 184 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,000 was too afraid to look out the window. I didn't 185 00:11:44,039 --> 00:11:47,000 want to see what was out there. I couldn't bring 186 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:49,559 myself to go get my dad because I couldn't leave 187 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,320 my sister alone in the room and nothing but a 188 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,759 screen between her and that thing. I never heard it 189 00:11:55,799 --> 00:11:59,320 breathe or move. It stood there staring at the window 190 00:11:59,399 --> 00:12:01,480 for a minute or two, and then it moved away, 191 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:05,840 back toward the woods. It took me a few minutes 192 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,080 to get up the courage to close my window. I'd 193 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,000 have to open the curtain to do so, and I 194 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:15,200 was afraid of what I might see. I replay that 195 00:12:15,399 --> 00:12:18,279 night over and over in my head all the time, 196 00:12:18,879 --> 00:12:21,960 and each time I hear myself asking the same question 197 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,840 again and again, what just happened? That was the last 198 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,840 strange occurrence I had at that house before we moved. 199 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,879 I never actually saw anything, but after some experiences in 200 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:38,279 Tennessee and an experience my cousin had in northern Idaho. 201 00:12:38,879 --> 00:12:42,360 I'm a true believer in monsters. Uh, well, you said 202 00:12:42,399 --> 00:12:45,000 you didn't see anything, but you saw the outline of it. 203 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,080 It was back lit by the street, the dim street lamp. 204 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,200 You saw something. It was big, and it was standing 205 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,440 in front of your window. Now I would count that 206 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:57,600 as a visual encounter. This is great. Summer nights you 207 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,519 hear something walking around the outside of the house, no 208 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,000 one is supposed to be out there, and then a 209 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,639 year later, the next summer you open your window and 210 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:12,759 there's something standing right there, silhouetted against the street light. Unreal, 211 00:13:12,919 --> 00:13:19,000 great story. Thank you, ma'am for sending it. My name 212 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,480 is Barb. You can use my name if you want. 213 00:13:21,639 --> 00:13:24,519 I'm nearly sixty years old, and I've seen and heard 214 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,919 things others couldn't all of my life. I've stopped caring 215 00:13:28,919 --> 00:13:32,600 what others thought about me long ago. Those people who 216 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,080 know me really know me. Don't even question me anymore 217 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,360 about my feelings or sightings. My husband is a wonderful 218 00:13:40,399 --> 00:13:44,000 man who sometimes thinks I'm off my rocker, But most 219 00:13:44,039 --> 00:13:46,879 of the things that I've seen or had feelings about 220 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,440 have proved me right, so he doesn't question me anymore. 221 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:56,039 I am from the Midwest. My husband is from southwestern Canada, 222 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,799 near where we are currently living. We met years ago. 223 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,399 We stayed in the city because of my job. I 224 00:14:04,519 --> 00:14:06,799 was born and raised in the same city, but I 225 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:09,919 never felt at home there. The people I worked with 226 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,440 used to tell me that I was too country, which 227 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:16,480 to me was not an insult. When I was a teenager, 228 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,559 my parents would take me camping out west in the mountains, 229 00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:22,039 and I loved it. I used to cry all the 230 00:14:22,039 --> 00:14:25,639 way home. Soon after my husband and I met, we 231 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,559 drove west to meet his family. I really liked the 232 00:14:29,639 --> 00:14:31,799 area and I told him that we were going to 233 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:35,159 move there when I retired. He just laughed at me. 234 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,000 About six years before I retired, we were on another 235 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:42,919 trip west to visit his family. We were exhausted. After 236 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,240 spending the day with his nephew and his family, we 237 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,039 drove to the next town to find a motel, and 238 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,240 there was a big event going on in this town 239 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,960 of four thousand people, so all of the motels were booked. 240 00:14:55,799 --> 00:14:58,399 We drove on over a hill to the next town. 241 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,080 Maybe it was welcome relief of a motel room for 242 00:15:02,159 --> 00:15:06,320 the night, or being surrounded by the mountains, but when 243 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,840 I awoke the next morning, I felt something I have 244 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:14,399 never felt before. I felt at home. I worked tonight, 245 00:15:14,559 --> 00:15:18,039 so my husband was usually up before I was, But 246 00:15:18,159 --> 00:15:20,879 on this day, I was sitting on a chair outside 247 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,039 the motel, looking up at the mountain. I didn't want 248 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,480 to leave. He mentioned our jobs, our adult children, and 249 00:15:28,559 --> 00:15:30,960 many other reasons he could think of to go on 250 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,720 with our trip and back to our lives. It wasn't 251 00:15:34,799 --> 00:15:38,960 until he mentioned my babies that I relented. By babies, 252 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:42,840 he met my two boxers, a dockson and our two cats. 253 00:15:43,399 --> 00:15:46,320 I gave in and we left to continue our trip. 254 00:15:47,799 --> 00:15:50,720 Six years later, I nagged him to retire so we 255 00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:53,559 could move to the little town in the middle of nowhere, 256 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:57,879 the only place that I ever felt at home. It 257 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,600 took me a year to convince him. We put an 258 00:16:00,679 --> 00:16:04,240 offer on a house without ever seeing it. Before we 259 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,240 officially signed the papers, I flew out to look at 260 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,120 the house and it was perfect. We sold our home, 261 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,919 loaded everything we owned in a U haul truck and 262 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,919 a small trailer. He drove the U haul pulling my car, 263 00:16:18,279 --> 00:16:22,200 and I drove his pickup hauling the small trailer. When 264 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,000 we arrived in the small town that still felt like 265 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,279 home to me. We couldn't get in the new house 266 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,600 right away. We had arrived on Easter and we would 267 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,960 pick up the keys the next morning. We parked the 268 00:16:35,039 --> 00:16:37,720 vehicles at the house and drove the block away to 269 00:16:37,879 --> 00:16:40,679 rent the same hotel room that we had stayed in 270 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,120 all those years before. I still had that feeling of peace, 271 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:49,320 of belonging. I'm not sure how to describe it. We 272 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:52,200 found a place in town to eat dinner, a little 273 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,480 coffee house, and decided to check out the area. Someone 274 00:16:56,559 --> 00:16:59,559 told us about a lake nearby, so we drove up 275 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,159 to the The lake is on top of a mountain, 276 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,839 so the snow was gone in the town, but was 277 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,039 waist deep at the entrance to the provincial park at 278 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:12,400 the far end of the lake. The road had been 279 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,880 plowed because there were year round cabins lining the lake. 280 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,680 I realized that the feeling was coming from this place, 281 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,279 more so than in town. My husband is an avid fisherman, 282 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,240 and we frequent the lake often. Once our neighbors were 283 00:17:28,279 --> 00:17:31,799 camping in the provincial campground, we went up to visit 284 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,480 and I kept getting a feeling from the woods, as 285 00:17:34,559 --> 00:17:38,079 if something were watching us. I kept looking, but I 286 00:17:38,079 --> 00:17:41,839 couldn't see anything. At first, it was creepy, but the 287 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,480 more I looked for it and walked near the woods, 288 00:17:44,599 --> 00:17:48,200 the less creepy it felt. I almost felt as if 289 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,240 something was calling to me. I just thought it was 290 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:54,200 something in that spot, But the next time we went up, 291 00:17:54,519 --> 00:17:57,160 the feeling seemed to have moved to another part of 292 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,839 the campground. I have gone up there by myself and 293 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,319 with others. The feeling is the strongest near the beach. 294 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,680 My husband and I have walked the trails on occasion 295 00:18:09,039 --> 00:18:13,599 and always have that feeling. It's never frightening to me. Yes, 296 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,799 there are what some people call structures there, but there's 297 00:18:16,839 --> 00:18:21,200 nothing elaborate. This year, I have been busy and didn't 298 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,519 get up to the lake very often. This small town 299 00:18:24,559 --> 00:18:28,559 that we live in is surrounded by wilderness. The town 300 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,960 itself is only about two miles long and a mile wide. 301 00:18:33,039 --> 00:18:35,920 The reason it is so narrow is because these are 302 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,000 the steep inclines leading up to the mountains. On either 303 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,880 side of the town. There's an old rail trail that 304 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:46,440 goes from coast to coast. It goes right by the town. 305 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,000 The ranger who manages the trail said that there are 306 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,079 bears cougar, code, bobcat, deer, and all sorts of wildlife 307 00:18:54,079 --> 00:18:58,559 in the area. I've also seen moose and elk. All 308 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,720 of the above also into town at one time or another. 309 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,599 All of the above has either walked past our back 310 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,359 fence into our yard or between the house and the garage, 311 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,880 or even been in our front yard right on the highway. 312 00:19:14,079 --> 00:19:17,160 In twenty five years, there's never been an attack on 313 00:19:17,279 --> 00:19:20,079 a human and since we are aware of the rules 314 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,279 of the trail, we follow them. It is simply things 315 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,960 like not going out of town or on the trail 316 00:19:27,039 --> 00:19:31,119 before sunrise or after dinner. Always make noise when you 317 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,160 walk so as not to startle wildlife, never walk alone, 318 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,279 that sort of thing. I tell you this to let 319 00:19:38,279 --> 00:19:43,240 you know how wild our town is. Last year we 320 00:19:43,279 --> 00:19:46,720 found a year in mark by our back door. We 321 00:19:46,839 --> 00:19:49,319 actually have two doors on the back of the house. 322 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,920 We figured that a cat or something marked it because 323 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,079 we have cats and we have stray cats around here. 324 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:00,839 Also this summer, the other back door was but it 325 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,319 was higher. Just last week there was a mark on 326 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,039 the man door on the garage. It started out about 327 00:20:08,079 --> 00:20:10,720 waste high on the left, but it ended up thigh 328 00:20:10,799 --> 00:20:14,680 high on the right. It was liquid frozen to the 329 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,400 metal door, and I don't know why, but I bent 330 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,000 over and I smelled it as it was melting in 331 00:20:20,079 --> 00:20:24,559 the sun, and it smelled like animal urine. When I 332 00:20:24,599 --> 00:20:27,839 asked out loud why a big animal would mark our door, 333 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,079 I heard in my head that it was the mark 334 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:35,680 of protection. When I say I heard it in my head, 335 00:20:36,079 --> 00:20:39,000 it was as if it was my thought. I'm not 336 00:20:39,039 --> 00:20:42,519 sure how I can explain it. When the farmer in 337 00:20:42,599 --> 00:20:47,240 your story said they use ESP I think he meant telepathically. 338 00:20:47,599 --> 00:20:50,200 I think that's what it was, because it wasn't the 339 00:20:50,319 --> 00:20:54,480 usual voice of my thoughts, but another distinct voice. She's 340 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:57,720 talking about a story I did several over a year 341 00:20:57,759 --> 00:21:00,839 ago about a farmer who claims that he had ESP 342 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,119 or some kind of mind connection with a bigfoot. I 343 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,880 told my husband this, and I don't think he believed me. 344 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:12,279 Last weekend it was back, only slightly higher. My husband 345 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,799 said it was just someone goofing off spraying something on 346 00:21:15,799 --> 00:21:19,160 our door as a prank. I don't know why anyone 347 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,559 would do that, but I just shrugged and I agreed 348 00:21:21,599 --> 00:21:25,079 with him. Almost from the day we moved in, we 349 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,119 have heard noises like something hits the house. This happens 350 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,599 mostly in the evenings or early mornings. It would only 351 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,720 be one loud bang, or sometimes two in a row. 352 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,839 We didn't react or run outside, just figuring the house 353 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,200 might be settling or something. We don't get too excited 354 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,240 about stuff, as you can tell, but this year there 355 00:21:46,279 --> 00:21:49,960 has been little to no banging on the house. The 356 00:21:50,079 --> 00:21:52,480 last thing that made me want to write to you 357 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:57,039 was what happened this morning. We currently have two cats, 358 00:21:57,079 --> 00:22:01,039 but now have three small dogs. Cats wake me up 359 00:22:01,079 --> 00:22:04,279 at five point thirty every morning to be fed. My 360 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,240 husband usually stays in bed for another hour and the 361 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,640 dogs stay with him. I usually pour myself a cup 362 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,920 of coffee and I sit on the couch, enjoying the 363 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,880 peace and quiet of the morning. I don't turn on 364 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,039 the light so it as not to wake up my husband. 365 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,880 We have two large windows on either side of our 366 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,880 back door. The door itself is glass, but there's a 367 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,400 frosted privacy film on it because the sun can get 368 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,039 quite intense during the summer when it shines through the door. 369 00:22:34,079 --> 00:22:36,920 The windows have blinds that I keep closed during the 370 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,400 winter to help keep the warm air in and the 371 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,359 cold air out. But this morning there was a shadow 372 00:22:42,559 --> 00:22:46,279 in the door. I realized that the back porch light 373 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,640 had been left on and there was something making the shadow. 374 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,240 It covered the whole door, with the exception of the 375 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,119 very top. There at the top of the glass was 376 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:02,519 the shape of a conical head, so without a measuring tape, 377 00:23:02,519 --> 00:23:06,240 I'm assuming the shadow was about six feet tall. I 378 00:23:06,279 --> 00:23:08,759 never thought to take a picture. I was just trying 379 00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:11,079 to figure out what it would be making the shadow. 380 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,359 When the bottom of the shadow moved, it looked like 381 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,599 an arm was moved away from a very large body 382 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,519 and then was immediately replaced. When the arm moved, it 383 00:23:22,599 --> 00:23:25,240 only revealed a bit of the light, so the body 384 00:23:25,319 --> 00:23:28,920 must have been about three feet wide. I thought of 385 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,880 a soldier standing guard. I stared at the window for 386 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,680 a good five minutes. I looked away for just a moment, 387 00:23:36,799 --> 00:23:40,599 and when I looked back, the creature was gone. There 388 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,079 was no noise, there was nothing blocking light of the porch. Now. 389 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,440 I have gone out this morning after my husband left 390 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,079 for work to check for tracks, since we have a 391 00:23:50,079 --> 00:23:53,599 bit of snow. Now, with the exception of my neighbor's 392 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,319 boots and his dog, there were no prints. I didn't 393 00:23:57,319 --> 00:23:59,799 tell my husband because I didn't want to worry him. 394 00:24:00,519 --> 00:24:03,480 I don't, however, feel like that I'm in any danger. 395 00:24:04,039 --> 00:24:07,039 As a matter of fact, I feel protected by them. 396 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,680 I feel like I have had a connection with this 397 00:24:09,799 --> 00:24:13,839 family for many years, and I've never seen one, only 398 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:18,640 a shadow at this point, So that's my possible sysquatch story. 399 00:24:19,079 --> 00:24:22,559 I agree with the farmer that they are telepathic. I've 400 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,240 never actually seen one, but I've had some cool experiences.