WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:09.679 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.