1 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: After sixty eight years of running through the hills, hunting 2 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,239 and hiking and exploring the back roads of Oregon with 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,800 my dad, I was skeptical about the existence of bigfoot. 4 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,879 Then in July twenty and nineteen, I had my first encounter, 5 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,719 and it was not exactly a friendly one. When I 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,399 graduated from high school, I enlisted. I ended up spending 7 00:00:33,439 --> 00:00:36,719 a total of twenty seven years in the Navy, the Army, 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,079 and the Army Reserves. What After getting back home and 9 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,079 a brief break, I returned to my civilian job as 10 00:00:44,119 --> 00:00:48,759 a licensed practical nurse working for our local VA medical center. 11 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,960 Once I settled back down, I resumed my explorations of 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,640 the back country up until two thousand and seven, and 13 00:00:56,679 --> 00:01:00,280 then I had a stroke. The things we were those 14 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,880 two overseas had started to get the better of me. 15 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,079 With my background in the outdoors, you could say that 16 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,840 I know just about every big animal that roams our 17 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,439 forests and hills and mountains fairly well. That was true 18 00:01:14,519 --> 00:01:17,680 until the summer of two thousand and nineteen, when something 19 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,480 happened to me that changed my life. In two thousand 20 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,400 and nineteen, my big timecat became ill and passed away 21 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:29,560 as it had been our practice since the nineteen sixties. 22 00:01:29,879 --> 00:01:32,040 I took him to be buried in the place where 23 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,920 we buried the rest of our pets over the years. 24 00:01:35,799 --> 00:01:39,319 The pet cemetery is located on the shores of a 25 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:44,359 spring fed fire helipad, a place that firefighting choppers can 26 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,239 fill their water buckets. The hill overlooking the pond is 27 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,640 covered with beautiful trees and a mixed understory of brush. 28 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,159 After a stop at the quarry to pick up some 29 00:01:55,359 --> 00:01:58,599 large rocks to cover a new grave, I drove up 30 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,000 to the pond and pulled on to the trees where 31 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,680 I had been burying my cats as they aged and 32 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:12,520 passed away. Our tomcat was named Thomas Chatting Yeager or 33 00:02:12,719 --> 00:02:17,800 Thomas the shadow Hunter in the English. Thomas got extremely sick, 34 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,919 and no matter what we tried to do for him, 35 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,000 he just kept getting worse. It was as if his 36 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,120 body was eating him alive. I finally could not handle 37 00:02:27,159 --> 00:02:29,319 watching him get sicker by the day, and at the 38 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,080 ripe old age of five, I had the vet put 39 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,680 him to sleep while I cradled him in my arms. 40 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,919 I took him home, where I fixed him a box 41 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,120 for a coffin and wrapped him in his favorite little towel, 42 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,280 and then I drove him up to lay him to 43 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,120 rest next to his friends, Tiger Too and Shadow. It 44 00:02:48,159 --> 00:02:50,319 took a while for me to dig the small grave. 45 00:02:50,759 --> 00:02:52,439 It was hot and it was dry, and I was 46 00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:56,719 having difficulty breathing that day, we were having the driest 47 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:02,280 year for some time. I was finishing up burying Thomas 48 00:03:02,319 --> 00:03:05,400 when I heard small branches breaking, as if something big 49 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:09,400 and heavy had stepped on them. About that time, the 50 00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:13,680 breeze changed direction and I caught a musky scent. I 51 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,639 thought maybe a bear was circling behind me, so I 52 00:03:16,719 --> 00:03:20,240 drew my pistol and I chambered around, and when I did, 53 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,000 all hades broke loose. There was a loud huff, and 54 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,479 something took off stomping through the brush. A bear can't stomp, 55 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,759 neither can a big cat. As the creature began stomping 56 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,919 and crashing through the brush behind me, it stayed just 57 00:03:36,039 --> 00:03:38,960 out of sight. When it was across the pond, it 58 00:03:39,039 --> 00:03:43,439 pushed a twenty foot tall snag tree over. Whatever this 59 00:03:43,479 --> 00:03:47,319 thing was. It continued grunting and huffing and stomping its feet, 60 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,639 and the sound resonated like it was hitting a drum. 61 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:55,159 I finished up and I was gathering my tools when 62 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,680 whatever this thing was through a big rock across the pond. 63 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,599 I didn't see where it came from, but I got 64 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:04,039 wet from the water and the mud that it splashed 65 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,879 near the bank. This rock was the size of a watermelon. 66 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,520 And I threw my tools into my pickup and I 67 00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:14,520 got in and started to drive out of there. As 68 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,560 I made it to the road, an eight foot long 69 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,720 and nearly four inch thick branch landed in the bed 70 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,839 of my pickup truck. Now I really wanted to get 71 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,079 out of there. I had two more intersections to make 72 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,000 before I was on the main road out. I made 73 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,279 that first turn without anything else being thrown at me, 74 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,240 and I was approaching a tight spot where the brush 75 00:04:35,319 --> 00:04:39,000 was thick and the road was marshy. When I got 76 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,120 to the type spot, a large rock gouged into the 77 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,399 hood of my car, came crashing through the windshield, and 78 00:04:45,439 --> 00:04:49,720 finally landed on the front passenger seat. This rock was 79 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,079 later weighed in at eighty pounds. I managed to get 80 00:04:54,079 --> 00:04:58,439 out of there and home without any further contact. The 81 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,519 branch showed that it had been work by hand. One 82 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,759 end looked to have been sharpened by rubbing against an 83 00:05:04,759 --> 00:05:09,399 abrasive rock. When I got home, I went to see 84 00:05:09,399 --> 00:05:13,240 my insurance agent about getting my windshield and hood replaced 85 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,519 or repaired, and I had to share what happened with him. Well, 86 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,000 they replaced both the windshield and the hood, and the 87 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,600 adjuster rolled it up as if I had hit a 88 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,079 large animal. Well, I went back up there to check 89 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,399 on the graves of my pets and to plant some 90 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,199 wildflower seeds nearby, and when I got there, I found 91 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,439 a large flat piece of river washed rock sitting on 92 00:05:35,519 --> 00:05:39,720 top of Thomas's grave. The nearest place to find such 93 00:05:39,879 --> 00:05:44,079 rocks is nearly five miles away as the crow flies. Well. 94 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:46,439 I went ahead and planted the seeds and the bulbs, 95 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,920 using the water from the pond to moisten the ground, 96 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:53,480 and then I headed back out. I reached that same 97 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,480 tight spot in the road going out, and another rock 98 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,920 hit my windshield. This time it took a two inch 99 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,759 divot from the windshield on the passenger side. I have 100 00:06:04,879 --> 00:06:07,279 not been back up there since, nor have I heard 101 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:10,720 any stories coming from the many hunters and loggers who 102 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:15,040 hunt that area. I can't say that I'm a complete 103 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,000 believer but at least I now believe that there are 104 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,759 some very big and strong creatures living somewhere in those hills. 105 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:24,800 Or maybe they were just passing through. I'm not sure. 106 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,399 Maybe they were angry because I was near the only 107 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,040 water source in the area. There are many what ifs 108 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:37,160 on this subject. I never saw the creature during this encounter. 109 00:06:37,879 --> 00:06:40,720 I did smell him, I did hear him, and I 110 00:06:40,759 --> 00:06:43,959 was on the receiving end of its anger. I don't 111 00:06:43,959 --> 00:06:47,079 believe these creatures are all that friendly, and I think 112 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,560 they can be extremely dangerous. After my stroke, I have 113 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,560 had some mobility issues. When I'm up in those hills 114 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,920 indulging in my hobby of nature photography, I go fully loaded. 115 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,360 I may be in my seventies now, but I will 116 00:07:03,399 --> 00:07:05,560 not be run out of the mountains I grew up 117 00:07:05,639 --> 00:07:08,800 running around in with my dad by man or beast. 118 00:07:09,839 --> 00:07:12,199 I will be making a trip up there this winter 119 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,720 to check on things, maybe plant a few more bulbs 120 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:20,160 and wildflower seeds. Take care and be safe and stay healthy. 121 00:07:20,839 --> 00:07:23,319 As for those who do not believe what I have 122 00:07:23,439 --> 00:07:26,560 related here, all I have to say is I was 123 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,279 there and you were not. This is signed Shelley of 124 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,439 the Pacific Northwest Shelley. That's a great story. I really 125 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,800 appreciate it. Spend a lot of time in the military, 126 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,879 got out, had a stroke, and then you deal with 127 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,160 a bigfoot while you're burying a pet. Oh man. Terrible luck, 128 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,519 terrible luck. But I hope things are going good now. 129 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,560 And I love your attitude at seventy when you say 130 00:07:50,639 --> 00:07:53,000 you ain't being run out of those woods, no way. 131 00:07:53,600 --> 00:08:01,639 I agree with you. Appreciate you sending the story. Thanks, Hey, 132 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,279 thanks for clicking on the video or the podcast and 133 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:10,160 whatever app you're using. I really appreciate it. Two quick announcements. One, 134 00:08:11,279 --> 00:08:15,160 I've got a friend of mine whose father passed away recently. 135 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,759 The man was I believe in his late seventies, maybe 136 00:08:18,839 --> 00:08:24,199 early eighties. He had two Border colligues, two female Border 137 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,680 colleagues that are about four years old. His widow, his 138 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:33,879 wife who he left behind after death, she can't keep 139 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,360 up with these dogs. He was able to keep up 140 00:08:36,399 --> 00:08:39,559 with them, and he loved Border colleagues, and these are 141 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,840 good dogs. I'm gonna try to put a picture of 142 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:44,399 them in the video here so you can get an 143 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,960 idea of what they look like. But he's wanting to 144 00:08:47,039 --> 00:08:50,200 find a good home for these border collies. So if 145 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,679 you are interested in a couple of free border collies, 146 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:58,559 send me an email, and I don't know, put put free, 147 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,919 put border collies or colleagues in the subject line, so 148 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,879 it'll catch my eye and I'll put you in touch 149 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,919 with the owner's son, who is trying to find a 150 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,120 new home to get the responsibility of these dogs off 151 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:13,919 of his mother. So that's the first thing I wanted 152 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:18,759 to announce. Second is Today is July twenty four, twenty 153 00:09:18,879 --> 00:09:23,799 twenty five. Tomorrow night, I'm going to Gatlinburg Saturday, the 154 00:09:23,919 --> 00:09:28,399 twenty six, I will be at the Smoky Mountain Bigfoot 155 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,080 Conference in Gatlinburg. I'll have a little booth there and 156 00:09:32,159 --> 00:09:35,159 I'm supposed to speak at one o'clock, not really speak, 157 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,600 but kind a host of storytelling hour for people to 158 00:09:38,639 --> 00:09:43,559 stand up and give their own experiences. And I talk 159 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:46,159 to the organizers. They don't I don't know if they 160 00:09:46,159 --> 00:09:48,559 have anybody lined up or I probably don't, so we'll 161 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,679 ask for hands and if they're no hands, go up, 162 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,480 which is likely to happen. I'm going to tell a 163 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:58,360 couple of stories. I guess. I don't know. I'm not 164 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,480 a real good public speaker at all, so I'll give 165 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,399 it a whirl. I ain't scared to do it, but 166 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,320 I'm just telling you ahead of time. I'm not very 167 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,159 good at it. So if I stumble on my words 168 00:10:10,279 --> 00:10:14,559 or half of what I say makes no sense, just 169 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,360 forgive me. Give me some grace on that. So, if 170 00:10:17,399 --> 00:10:19,679 you can make it out to the Smoky Mountain Bigfoot 171 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:24,879 Conference in Gatlinburg this Saturday, July twenty six, I think 172 00:10:24,879 --> 00:10:28,480 it goes from nine nine in the morning until six 173 00:10:28,519 --> 00:10:30,879 in the evening, come on out, love to see you, 174 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,679 and my oldest son's coming with me. I don't have 175 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:39,039 hardly anything to sell. I've got some really good books. 176 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,080 I've got about twenty books that a friend had written 177 00:10:42,399 --> 00:10:45,360 and sent to me. Matter of fact, if I have 178 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,480 to talk take up time in my hour on stage, 179 00:10:48,519 --> 00:10:50,639 I may read a couple of stories from his book, 180 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:53,480 and I got stickers to give away. I think I've 181 00:10:53,519 --> 00:10:57,080 got some key chains left from the last time we 182 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,320 went there. Anyway, the point of me going to start 183 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:03,720 to sell you stuff and make money, but the YETI 184 00:11:03,799 --> 00:11:06,399 brother sent me some soap to sell because I know 185 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,279 people enjoy the soap. Anyway, I'm just rambling on. I 186 00:11:09,279 --> 00:11:10,600 want to let you know I'm going to be there, 187 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,200 and if you can be there, come on by. I'll 188 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,440 tell you a story. It's we used We used to 189 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,360 goose hunt up in western Kentucky and southern Illinois, and 190 00:11:19,399 --> 00:11:25,080 I goose hunted one year with the UH, a former 191 00:11:25,279 --> 00:11:28,679 governor of the state. I can't remember his name, but 192 00:11:29,039 --> 00:11:31,799 I knew I know he was a governor. I didn't 193 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,919 live in Kentucky at the time, so I didn't know 194 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,080 who the governor was, but I met him, hunted with him. 195 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,720 Went back to Western Kentucky four years later, walked in 196 00:11:42,799 --> 00:11:46,879 the clubhouse way before daylight, and that governor was there, 197 00:11:46,919 --> 00:11:49,159 and he walked right up to me and said, cam, 198 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,200 how you doing. My friend? Now, it's a politician. He 199 00:11:54,799 --> 00:11:58,000 didn't know me from Adam, but he remembered my name 200 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,679 from four years ago. I'm sitting in a duck bline 201 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:04,360 with him for about eight or ten hours one day. 202 00:12:04,399 --> 00:12:08,000 That's amazing. You could tell me your name right now 203 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,759 and fifteen seconds later, I forget it. I don't have 204 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,480 that ability. I probably should develop it, but it's sixty 205 00:12:15,519 --> 00:12:19,840 three years old. I'm probably it's getting kind of hopeless 206 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,039 that I'm going to develop that ability. So anyway, the 207 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,399 point is, if I've met you before and I don't 208 00:12:24,399 --> 00:12:27,559 remember your name, don't take offense to it. Just remind me. 209 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:30,799 It'll jog my memory. But I'd love to see y'all 210 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:35,120 out at the Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference this Saturday, July 211 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,639 twenty six. Pretty sure you can buy tickets online. Gatlinburg 212 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:42,159 is a great place to go, So come for the 213 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,360 weekend or come for just the day, doesn't matter. All right, 214 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,440 let's move on with the podcast. Thanks for indulging all 215 00:12:48,480 --> 00:13:02,559 those announcements. All right, here we go. In the year 216 00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:05,399 two thousand and one, my boys played on the same 217 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:08,600 little league team with the girl who lived next door. 218 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,039 They played for the Pirates. The coach of the Pirates 219 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,279 was a wonderful man, along with his wife who always 220 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:20,159 provided snacks to the kids after the game. His dad 221 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,360 was also involved with the team. He kept the score 222 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,879 and kept the kids in line in the dugout. The 223 00:13:26,919 --> 00:13:29,840 mother of the little girl next door and I would 224 00:13:29,879 --> 00:13:32,840 always sit together on the bottom row of the bleachers. 225 00:13:33,639 --> 00:13:37,480 This particular may day started out as usual. I got 226 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,679 the kids off the bus, did their homework, and I 227 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,240 met my neighbor at the bleachers for the game. We 228 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,200 got ourselves situated in the stands when we noticed the 229 00:13:47,279 --> 00:13:51,559 coach's dad walking our way. He had his green windbreaker 230 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,759 and his pirates had on, with his clipboard in his hand, 231 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,320 looking like he was ready to get the game underway. Hello, 232 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,279 mister Inn, how are you, I greeted him, but mister 233 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:06,799 N walked by without even making eye contact. I kind 234 00:14:06,799 --> 00:14:09,399 of shrugged it off, and my neighbor said, he looks 235 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,720 like he's in a mood today. He probably didn't hear you. 236 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,320 A few minutes later, the coach went to the dugout 237 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,039 and got the kid's attention. He told them to sit 238 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,840 down and that he had a very important announcement. He 239 00:14:22,879 --> 00:14:26,279 turned to the bleachers with tears in his eyes. I'd 240 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,000 like you all to know that my dad passed away 241 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,919 in his sleep last night. This game is for mister N. 242 00:14:34,759 --> 00:14:38,559 Let's win this, he said to the kids, riling them up. 243 00:14:39,799 --> 00:14:42,279 My neighbor and I stared at each other, both of 244 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,840 us puzzled. We did just see him, didn't we, I 245 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,279 asked her. She sat there with her eyes wide and 246 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,639 her mouth hanging open, and when she could finally speak, 247 00:14:52,679 --> 00:14:57,399 she said, yes, we just saw him. Clear as day. Okay, 248 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:02,320 well that was a h That was a little ambiguous, sir. 249 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,200 That's not the word. Hard to figure out whatever the 250 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,000 word is for that, but I think I get it. 251 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,840 It's a ghost story. It's one of those stories that 252 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,200 just kind of makes you think very good. Thanks to 253 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:19,320 the writer for sending it. My husband and I have 254 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,519 had many dogs over the years, and we have loved 255 00:15:22,639 --> 00:15:26,480 all of them. In twenty sixteen, we got a husky 256 00:15:26,639 --> 00:15:31,200 German shepherd puppy that was thirty three percent wolf. She 257 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,240 was a wonderful puppy from the very first day. She 258 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,840 was easy to housebreak, and she was smart. She never 259 00:15:37,919 --> 00:15:41,720 met a person she didn't like. Her name was Luna. 260 00:15:42,279 --> 00:15:45,279 She would take walks up our road with my husband Roger, 261 00:15:45,639 --> 00:15:48,000 and people would stop and talk to her and pet her. 262 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,879 Roger taught her to get out of the road when 263 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:54,279 a car was passing. She loved kids, and she loved 264 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,879 riding in a car, and sometimes we would take her 265 00:15:56,879 --> 00:16:00,320 to McDonald's to get her a hamburger. We would go 266 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,159 outside each night she and our other dog, Gypsy. They'd 267 00:16:04,159 --> 00:16:06,159 get out of the yard and run the hills from 268 00:16:06,159 --> 00:16:10,120 time to time. Eventually we put a shot collar on 269 00:16:10,159 --> 00:16:13,320 them to keep them in the yard. They didn't get 270 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,519 out much, but when they did it was because the 271 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:19,799 fence was down or their collar batteries needed changing. We 272 00:16:19,799 --> 00:16:22,080 were watching them one day and I saw Luna go 273 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,919 through the fence. Gypsy couldn't figure out how to get through, 274 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:28,519 so Luna reached through and grabbed her collar in her 275 00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:32,519 mouth and she pulled her through. One day, my husband 276 00:16:32,519 --> 00:16:35,000 and I got food poisoning and we didn't know the 277 00:16:35,039 --> 00:16:38,039 fence was down. And when I was feeling a little better, 278 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,679 I checked outside for our dogs and saw they had 279 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:44,399 gotten out. We knew if Luna heard our vehicle, she 280 00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:47,120 would come running for a ride, so I drove around 281 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:52,399 and searched, but I couldn't find her anywhere. After three days, 282 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,960 Gypsy came running through the gate and ran under the porch, 283 00:16:56,039 --> 00:16:59,360 scared to death. We knew something bad that happened to 284 00:16:59,399 --> 00:17:02,960 them because she hid under the porch for three days. 285 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,640 We kept waiting on Luna, but she never showed up. 286 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,920 I put up signs and all the stores around us 287 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,839 showing her picture and where she was lost. I posted 288 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:17,000 her on ten or more sites on the internet too, 289 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:22,359 and had several leads that unfortunately led nowhere. She was 290 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,279 in heat when she disappeared. We were going to breed 291 00:17:25,279 --> 00:17:27,960 her one time before having her fixed, but we never 292 00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:31,400 got to. My husband thinks someone may have shot her. 293 00:17:31,839 --> 00:17:34,319 I think someone took her and dropped her far enough 294 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:38,039 away that she couldn't find her way home. It's been 295 00:17:38,079 --> 00:17:40,480 four years now and I still post once in a 296 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,960 while and I look everywhere on the off chance that 297 00:17:43,039 --> 00:17:46,799 I see her. It's terrible not knowing. I hope that 298 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,839 if someone has her there, good to her. She was 299 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,200 such a loving dog and we still miss her. We 300 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,960 were her pack, and we knew that she loved us too. 301 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,519 You can use my name if you want. Who knows. 302 00:17:59,559 --> 00:18:02,920 Maybe someone will hear and respond and we will finally know. 303 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:08,640 And she signs Debbie Hankins. Uh, I'm trying to find 304 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:13,839 If she says where they live, No, I don't see it. 305 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,079 If you guys heard it in the story, then you know. 306 00:18:16,279 --> 00:18:19,920 But this is a tough, tough, tough thing to go through. 307 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:23,839 Our dogs kind of run wild out in this area, 308 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:28,200 but they stay close. We only have little dogs left. 309 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,160 We used to have big dogs. Well, we have one 310 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,440 big dog left, but my other two big dogs they 311 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,160 stuck around. There was really no other place for them 312 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,720 to go to eat, so they just kind of stuck around. 313 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,799 But man, if my lab or my little pit bull 314 00:18:43,839 --> 00:18:47,519 that had passed on now had gotten out and run away, 315 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,400 I don't know. Anyway, I don't want to tell stories 316 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,680 about me. I'm just kind of comparing the way I 317 00:18:53,759 --> 00:18:56,960 would feel to her. Let's go talking about my dogs 318 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,839 and concentrating on her dog. This is a horrible thing 319 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:02,359 to go through, and you spend the rest of your 320 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,319 life wondering where that dog went, what happened to it, 321 00:19:05,839 --> 00:19:09,440 And you know, sometimes we never know. Maybe she'll show up. 322 00:19:09,519 --> 00:19:12,359 Stranger things have happened with dogs. I hope they do. 323 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,519 There's a good story, is a good true story. No 324 00:19:15,599 --> 00:19:18,599 reason to doubt this, like some of the Bigfoot stories. 325 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,519 But thank you Debbie for sending this. I really appreciate it, 326 00:19:23,559 --> 00:19:30,039 and I hope you find your dog. I have always 327 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,839 believed in Bigfoot, but I also believe that it lived 328 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,880 far away from me. Recent incidents have led me to 329 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,640 think differently. I have a hunting camp four hours north 330 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,079 of Toronto now. I've been going there for forty years now, 331 00:19:45,079 --> 00:19:48,440 and I've been hunting there for twenty five. I've seen 332 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,839 everything that the bush has to offer for game and tracks, 333 00:19:52,279 --> 00:19:56,599 or so I thought. Last fall, while moose hunting, my 334 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,400 brothers and I were sitting on a large beaver pond 335 00:19:59,519 --> 00:20:03,279 close to our camp. We were hanging out watching the 336 00:20:03,319 --> 00:20:05,720 sun go down and we were just having a talk. 337 00:20:06,839 --> 00:20:10,160 When it was almost sundown, we heard a loud, screaming roar. 338 00:20:10,799 --> 00:20:15,880 It lasted ten seconds. Thirty seconds later it repeated. This 339 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:20,039 happened for a full ten minutes. We talked about what 340 00:20:20,079 --> 00:20:23,279 it could be, but none of us could explain it. Later, 341 00:20:23,519 --> 00:20:26,839 I found a scream online that sounded like it. It 342 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:32,279 was a recording from northern Ontario in Sue Lookout in 343 00:20:32,319 --> 00:20:35,480 the spring of twenty twenty. There's a trail in our 344 00:20:35,599 --> 00:20:39,119 camp that does a fun four mile loop. It was 345 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,200 mostly muddy and swampy and full of tree litter from 346 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,319 a long winter. There are no year round homes in 347 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:50,200 this area, only cabins and hunt camps. To ride this trail, 348 00:20:50,279 --> 00:20:52,680 we had to winch many trees off of it and 349 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:57,039 sometimes cut them to do so. At the halfway point, 350 00:20:57,079 --> 00:20:59,920 we came across two sets of bipedal tracks that went 351 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,119 for fifteen yards in the melting snow. I joked and 352 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,599 said there were bigfoot tracks, but I couldn't get them 353 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:10,599 out of my mind all day. By that night I 354 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,839 was obsessed. Why were there giant bi beetle tracks that 355 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,000 far back in the bush. Who would have climbed over 356 00:21:18,079 --> 00:21:22,079 all those trees in snow shoes? It ate me up 357 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,240 all night, and by morning I had to go back 358 00:21:24,279 --> 00:21:27,960 and see for myself. When my family and I found 359 00:21:28,039 --> 00:21:30,680 them the next day, I measured them against my own 360 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,039 foot and found that they were nearly an inch longer 361 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:37,519 than my size eleven hunting boots. The strides were unusually 362 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:41,000 long too. I was able to mimic the step, but 363 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:47,519 only very awkwardly. At three point thirty am, strange things 364 00:21:47,559 --> 00:21:52,160 started happening. There was no wind and the sky was cloudy, 365 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,519 making for a dark, moonless night. To access the barbecue 366 00:21:56,519 --> 00:21:59,680 on our porch, you have to either scale the half 367 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,480 wall five feet off the ground or come through the 368 00:22:02,519 --> 00:22:07,440 screen door. The barbecue moved, waking all of us up 369 00:22:07,519 --> 00:22:10,920 from a deep sleep. As we sat there listening, we 370 00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:14,720 heard it move again. We kept listening, and then everything 371 00:22:14,799 --> 00:22:18,079 went quiet. A couple of minutes later, it moved again. 372 00:22:19,319 --> 00:22:22,160 In the past, i've experienced when a bear miss us 373 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,240 with our barbecue and it will clumsily knock it over. 374 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,480 We didn't have any guns with us this time of 375 00:22:28,519 --> 00:22:30,920 the year, but there was an led night lamp on 376 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,440 the table for nighttime emergencies, so I turned it on, 377 00:22:35,039 --> 00:22:37,680 but from my bed it caused a reflection on the 378 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,480 window and I couldn't see through. We were all freaked 379 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,000 out from talking about Bigfoot before bed, and none of 380 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,519 us was brave enough to leave our bunks to check 381 00:22:47,559 --> 00:22:51,440 it out. But we settled into the stillness again, and 382 00:22:51,519 --> 00:22:54,799 to my horror, my young son said that he saw 383 00:22:54,839 --> 00:22:57,880 a large man looking in the window. He said he 384 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,480 must have a black hoodie on, because all he could 385 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:03,440 see was the large outline of its shape and the 386 00:23:03,519 --> 00:23:07,279 lighter color of its face. My son said he looked 387 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:09,839 inside the cabin for a minute and then he walked 388 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,759 out of view. Well, that couldn't be. There was no 389 00:23:12,799 --> 00:23:16,720 one for miles. A few minutes later, we heard scratching 390 00:23:16,799 --> 00:23:20,720 noises under the cabin. If I had to describe it, 391 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:25,000 it sounded like fingernails scratching on a floor joist. Well. 392 00:23:25,079 --> 00:23:27,279 This happened about every three or four minutes for the 393 00:23:27,279 --> 00:23:30,400 next hour and a half and finally at four point 394 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:35,640 thirty am, it all stopped. By daylight, we all had 395 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,119 to pee, and thankfully the sun had come up. We 396 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,240 were all scared to leave the camp at first. After 397 00:23:42,279 --> 00:23:45,279 opening the door, I immediately saw a strange track in 398 00:23:45,319 --> 00:23:49,319 the driveway. It was right behind my pickup. My dog 399 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,400 went straight to it and I pushed him away to investigate. 400 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,079 It was a large, barefoot track. I could see the 401 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,160 five imprinted toes, and when I looked closer, I could 402 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,240 see it was actually three different footprints, all crossing each other, 403 00:24:03,799 --> 00:24:08,160 one large, one medium, and one small. Well, this seemed 404 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,480 like a sign, as these tracks were right outside the door. 405 00:24:12,759 --> 00:24:15,240 We went to where my son had seen the man standing, 406 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,759 and sure enough we saw tow prints there too. I 407 00:24:18,799 --> 00:24:20,880 asked my son to go to his bunk and tell 408 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,480 me what the height of it was. Using my dog's 409 00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:27,759 ball throwing a launcher, I held it above my head 410 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:29,920 to try to figure out the height of whatever this 411 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,319 was at the window at full extension. My son said stop, 412 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,400 that was where he could see the black eyes. This 413 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:44,160 put the creature at nine feet tall. Twenty four hours before, 414 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,079 my wife was a non believer, but that night changed 415 00:24:48,079 --> 00:24:52,519 her mind the barbecue had indeed been moved. For me 416 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,200 to reach the barbecue over the half wall was nearly impossible. 417 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,359 I would have had to be another two feet taller 418 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,440 to be able to grab on to it. Well, we 419 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,319 stayed away from that trail that day in hopes that 420 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,519 we wouldn't get another visit. Luckily, the next night was 421 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,680 without incident. Oh man, that's a scary night. The scariest 422 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,640 part is that thing crawling under your cabin and you 423 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,920 can hear it under their clawing at the floor joist 424 00:25:22,079 --> 00:25:25,759 probably moving around grabbing floor joyce and pulling itself along. 425 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:30,160 Whoo man. And you can't run because if you run, 426 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,000 it's dark outside. You can't see anything. If there's something 427 00:25:34,039 --> 00:25:36,640 aggressive out there, it's gonna catch you. So you just 428 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,680 have to sit there and wait it out. It's like 429 00:25:38,759 --> 00:25:42,559 the classic cabin in the woods story. I love this story, 430 00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:45,920 and I'm glad everything's okay. Appreciate the writer for sending it. 431 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:53,880 Thank you very much. All right, here's another dog story. 432 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,400 Hope you guys like this. This is a pretty encouraging story. 433 00:25:58,519 --> 00:26:02,599 The writer says, I was eighteen years old. I was 434 00:26:02,759 --> 00:26:07,079 naive and inexperienced in the ways of the world. I 435 00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:09,960 had just graduated high school and left home to move 436 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,920 in with my boyfriend in the south side of San Jose, California. 437 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,000 I had a nineteen seventies model Toyota Silica that was 438 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,000 very worn out but still road worthy, and I had 439 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,359 bought it for six hundred and fifty dollars that I 440 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,079 earned at my after school job. And I loved that car, 441 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,440 and I was very proud of my new wheels. After 442 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,119 I drove it for a few weeks, my ignition switch 443 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,720 went out, but my greaser boyfriend had an old one 444 00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:40,759 laying around, so he wired it up and it dangled 445 00:26:40,759 --> 00:26:44,319 down below the steering wheel. It worked, and my car 446 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,000 was on the road again. My passenger side window was 447 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:50,839 broken and it didn't roll up, but it was summer, 448 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:55,319 so I didn't care well. One Friday night, my boyfriend 449 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,000 and our group of friends were partying in our studio apartment. 450 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,599 Every one had gotten pretty drunk, but me. I wasn't 451 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,400 much of a drinker even then, and that night I 452 00:27:06,519 --> 00:27:10,599 was fairly sober. I think it was around one am. 453 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,240 The group decided that someone needed to go to the 454 00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:17,720 seven eleven for some munchies, so I volunteered because I 455 00:27:17,799 --> 00:27:20,240 was the only sober one in the group and I 456 00:27:20,279 --> 00:27:23,799 could drive, so off all went. I got into my 457 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,839 car and I was fumbling with my awkward ignition switch 458 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,039 to start the car went. To my surprise, a black, 459 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,720 fluffy chiwd dog jumped into my car through my open 460 00:27:33,839 --> 00:27:38,240 passenger side window. I had never seen this dog before 461 00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:40,799 in the neighborhood, but it was friendly and it let 462 00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:43,799 me pet it. I decided I wanted to get it 463 00:27:43,839 --> 00:27:46,400 out of my car because I was certainly not gonna 464 00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:50,079 kidnap my neighbor's dog at one am, so I got 465 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,799 out of the car and opened the door and tried 466 00:27:51,799 --> 00:27:55,799 to get it to exit. This dog refused, so I 467 00:27:55,839 --> 00:27:57,880 went so far as to grab it by its fluffy 468 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,160 fur that had no collar and pull it out. This 469 00:28:02,279 --> 00:28:05,079 dog held its ground, digging in so hard that I 470 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,480 finally gave up and decided that it was going to 471 00:28:07,599 --> 00:28:11,319 ride with me to the store. I went to the store, 472 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,440 and I went in and bought some snacks that my 473 00:28:13,519 --> 00:28:17,920 people had asked for. Everything was uneventful, and I left 474 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,759 the store when a beat up old car with four 475 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,400 men in it pulled up next to me. The rough 476 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,920 and dangerous looking men got out of the car. As 477 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,960 I was getting into mind, two of them pulled out 478 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,599 pistols and went into the store, and the other two 479 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,680 came toward me, one on either side of my car. 480 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,839 I realized that I was in terrible danger and frantically 481 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,200 fumbling with my dangling ignition switch to get my car 482 00:28:43,319 --> 00:28:46,480 started so I could get out of there. The black 483 00:28:46,599 --> 00:28:50,680 child dog on my passenger seat transformed into a savage 484 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,400 beast in an instant. He jumped from side to side 485 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,559 of my front seat, barking and growling so fiercely that 486 00:28:57,599 --> 00:29:01,039 the men leapt away from my open windows. I was 487 00:29:01,079 --> 00:29:03,559 able to get the car started, and I peeled out 488 00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:06,839 of there as fast as I could. I was shaking 489 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,480 when I got home, but I hugged that dog because 490 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,160 I knew it really was an angel that had just 491 00:29:12,279 --> 00:29:15,720 saved me. I ran inside and I grabbed it some 492 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:18,680 meat scraps, and I gave him a meal. And he 493 00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:21,319 still refused to leave my car, so I just let 494 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,960 him stay in there. I thought he would jump out 495 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,759 the open window when he was ready. In the morning, 496 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,839 he was gone. I looked for him in the neighborhood, 497 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,680 but I never saw that dog again. I didn't own 498 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,240 a dog at that time, but one showed up just 499 00:29:37,319 --> 00:29:40,599 in time to protect me anyway from a horrible fate. 500 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,039 God works in mysterious ways, and it's no mistake that 501 00:29:45,039 --> 00:29:48,839 that dog and God are the same words, spelled differently. 502 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,680 I'm now fifty one years old and I have four dogs, 503 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,599 and I have lots of other stories about the importance 504 00:29:56,599 --> 00:29:59,839 of dogs. I love your podcast, and I have seen 505 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:03,400 it bigfoot, so I am a knower. My encounter was 506 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,839 not very dramatic, so I haven't bothered to share it. 507 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,519 But I did see a bigfoot in broad daylight picking 508 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:11,599 berries in the woods. I thought it was a hippie 509 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,759 because I live in Humboldt County, but I soon realized 510 00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:18,400 it was way too hairy even for most unkempt hippies. 511 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,440 Thanks for telling our stories. I really enjoy your channel. 512 00:30:23,119 --> 00:30:25,160 Oh that was a great dog story and a little 513 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,000 bigfoot encounter thrown in for good measure. But dogs will 514 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,680 do that first. I would say that was an angel dog. 515 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,279 When those dogs come along and they just help you 516 00:30:35,359 --> 00:30:38,480 out of the middle of nowhere, then they just vanish. 517 00:30:38,799 --> 00:30:41,559 I have no doubt God sends those dogs to help 518 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,640 us every once in a while, and sometimes they just 519 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,640 stick around. Sometimes they stay, but sometimes he sends them 520 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,079 to other places and other people to help. That's what 521 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,119 I think. Who knows what the truth is, but this 522 00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:56,519 was a great dog story. I love these dog stories. 523 00:30:56,519 --> 00:30:58,799 If you guys have it an I've got several. I've 524 00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:01,759 got I'm looking at about six here in my list. 525 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,119 One of them is a fictional story, but the writer 526 00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:07,440 told me it's based on a true story. I'm gonna 527 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,039 do that in a week or two. But I'm gonna 528 00:31:09,119 --> 00:31:12,480 drop these dog stories in here and there. I asked 529 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,960 for them. I love them, and I've got enough to 530 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,480 have a little bit of a series going. So we're 531 00:31:17,519 --> 00:31:20,279 gonna start doing those and dropping those in podcasts. So 532 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,480 thank you to this writer, both writers in this podcast 533 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,160 for the dog stories. And we've got more coming, so 534 00:31:26,359 --> 00:31:32,759 thank you guys. Okay, listen in the regular part of 535 00:31:32,799 --> 00:31:35,079 this podcast, up with a Bigfoot story, and then we're 536 00:31:35,079 --> 00:31:38,160 gonna have some archives after this. So this is a 537 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,759 pretty good one. This is in North Alabama story that 538 00:31:40,759 --> 00:31:44,119 I think you guys are gonna like. It was December 539 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,680 of nineteen ninety six in northwest Alabama, and I had 540 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:52,039 gotten off work early, as I often did. I decided 541 00:31:52,079 --> 00:31:55,319 to go deer hunting on some family property before dark. 542 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,400 I had a tree stand set up that I left 543 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,880 for the season, as there was now for anyone else 544 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,440 out in my spot but me. I parked the truck 545 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,079 at my uncle's house and began to walk in and 546 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,799 I went down the hill, crossed a small creek, and 547 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,640 made my way to an old logging road that hadn't 548 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,160 been used for several years. This road was on the 549 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,119 side of the hill that followed the creek all the 550 00:32:18,119 --> 00:32:22,359 way to my stand. The creek was to my right, 551 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:25,519 with the ridge to my left. At my stand, the 552 00:32:25,599 --> 00:32:28,759 land flattened out in a bottom, almost like a bowl, 553 00:32:29,039 --> 00:32:32,880 and there was always something moving in there. I made 554 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,160 it to my stand, pulled my rifle up, and I 555 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:41,200 settled in. It was unusually warm and very comfortable. After 556 00:32:41,279 --> 00:32:43,880 a while, I noticed the woods had gone totally quiet, 557 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,519 and still nothing was moving and there were no sounds 558 00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:51,480 at all. It was dead silent. Well. This kind of 559 00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:54,839 concerned me for reasons I didn't quite understand, and I 560 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,720 began feeling creeped out and uneasy. It got to the 561 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,000 point that I decided to I'm down and make my 562 00:33:01,119 --> 00:33:04,920 way out. I hadn't walked more than a few yards 563 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,240 on the old logging road when I heard something on 564 00:33:07,359 --> 00:33:11,279 top of the ridge. It was somebody or something walking 565 00:33:11,359 --> 00:33:15,720 with heavy footsteps, but much louder than mine. When I 566 00:33:15,759 --> 00:33:18,839 stopped to see what it was, it stopped too. I 567 00:33:18,839 --> 00:33:22,079 couldn't see it, so I kept walking slower than before. 568 00:33:23,759 --> 00:33:26,559 I made sure to make as little noise as possible. 569 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:30,759 Still looking at the ridge, once again, I heard the footsteps. 570 00:33:31,839 --> 00:33:34,400 I could plainly tell that this thing was walking on 571 00:33:34,559 --> 00:33:37,640 two feet, and it wasn't trying to be quiet about it. 572 00:33:38,119 --> 00:33:41,440 It was trying to match my steps. There were a 573 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,519 few trees and hardly any brush or bushes on the 574 00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:47,359 hillside on the ridge, and I should have been able 575 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,359 to see something, but it was empty. It was just 576 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:54,559 me and the trees. I walked, and I stopped again 577 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,400 and again, and each time the creature stopped when I stopped, 578 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,759 and walked when I walked. I have been in the 579 00:34:01,759 --> 00:34:04,359 woods all my life, and I knew nothing that would 580 00:34:04,359 --> 00:34:07,799 do this. I wasn't scared yet, but it was more 581 00:34:07,839 --> 00:34:12,320 than strange. I began to notice that the steps were 582 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,400 slowly coming off the ridge toward me, and by the 583 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,400 time I got to where I could see my uncle's 584 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,639 house through the woods. This thing felt like it was 585 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:24,079 no more than fifteen yards away, but I still couldn't 586 00:34:24,119 --> 00:34:27,760 see it. Once again, I stopped, but this time I 587 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,599 heard something else down the hill to my left, splashing 588 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,280 as it crossed the creek, and it came toward me 589 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:37,960 as well. Now I was scared. I had something coming 590 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,960 at me from two directions, so I raised my two 591 00:34:41,039 --> 00:34:46,320 seventy and I pointed at the noise. Out of nowhere, 592 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,559 my uncle's dog jumped out onto the road in front 593 00:34:49,599 --> 00:34:52,760 of me, wagging his tail. He had come out to 594 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,119 meet me, as he often did. When he got closer 595 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:58,679 to me, he froze, his ears went up, and his 596 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:03,199 hair bristled. He gave one small growl, and then turned 597 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:07,519 and ran like crazy back to the house. Before I 598 00:35:07,559 --> 00:35:10,800 had time to register what had just happened, whatever had 599 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,599 paced me out of the woods began to scream. And 600 00:35:13,639 --> 00:35:16,079 when I say scream, I mean it was the loudest, 601 00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:20,079 most ungodly scream I had ever heard. I could feel 602 00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:23,119 it vibrating in my chest, almost to the point that 603 00:35:23,159 --> 00:35:27,239 it made me sick, and I couldn't move. I was 604 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,039 staring at the spot where it seemed to be coming from, 605 00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:33,880 still unable to see anything but the trees, and the 606 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:38,159 scream went on and on longer than should have been possible. 607 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,360 After what seemed to be an eternity, I finally got 608 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:46,360 my feet moving one foot and then the next, still 609 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,480 looking at where this thing should have been, and scared 610 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,880 to the point that I had never been, and I 611 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,280 started walking, wanting nothing more than to be out of there. 612 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,119 I finally made it to the creek and I crossed it, 613 00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:02,280 with this thing scream at me all the way. When 614 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,559 I got to the other side of the water, everything stopped. 615 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,039 I got home and I called one of my buddies 616 00:36:09,039 --> 00:36:12,239 and I told him what had happened. But he just laughed, 617 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,280 and he said that I had been followed out by 618 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,400 a coyote. The other person I told laughed at me too. 619 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,800 I know what happened, though, and I know that whatever 620 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,480 it was, I should have been able to see it. 621 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,079 I should have been able to see something, at least 622 00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:31,280 some kind of movement. I've heard other people say that 623 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,320 they wished they could see a sysquatch or a dog man. 624 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,840 I'm here to tell you to be careful what you 625 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,599 wish for whatever it was. I'm glad I didn't see it, 626 00:36:41,119 --> 00:36:43,719 and going by what I heard and felt, I know 627 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,719 it was something that I didn't want to get a 628 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:50,000 look at. I had hunted those woods for years before 629 00:36:50,039 --> 00:36:53,280 this happened, and never had anything out of the ordinary 630 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,960 happened to me. It used to be my favorite place 631 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,119 to hunt. Most of the time. While out there, I 632 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:02,679 would just sit there and watch deer and squirrels and 633 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,639 occasionally a turkey or a bobcat. I wasn't really there 634 00:37:06,679 --> 00:37:09,199 to take anything, just to watch it in some way, 635 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,320 just be a part of nature. It was my escape. 636 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,719 But after that warm December day, I never went back 637 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,880 out there alone. I don't tell my story to get 638 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,360 people to believe me. Believe it or not doesn't matter 639 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,880 to me. I know what happened. I know what happened 640 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,800 to me. That's one of the best stories I've read 641 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,679 in a long time. This guy had a real experience. 642 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,360 People don't make these kind of stories up. That's a 643 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,440 If he'd have made it up, he'd have said he 644 00:37:40,519 --> 00:37:43,400 saw it, you know, But he never saw anything, and 645 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,440 it was just like it was right there. Eh. It 646 00:37:46,599 --> 00:37:49,559 just blows my mind some of the things these bigfoots 647 00:37:49,599 --> 00:37:51,679 can do to people, but it was a great story. 648 00:37:52,199 --> 00:37:55,639 Thanks to my neighbor from Alabama for sending it to me. 649 00:37:55,719 --> 00:38:02,079 I really appreciate it. I did b