1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,919 Speaker 1: My name is Jerry, and I've always been fascinated with 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: the subject of Bigfoot ever since I saw the Legend 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: of Boggy Creek in the theater when I was a boy. 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: This story is not mine, but was told to me 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: twelve years ago. I thought it might push the thought 6 00:00:21,359 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: button on your other listeners, as it didn't meet. The 7 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: man who told me the story had me absolutely convinced 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,199 Speaker 1: it was true by the way he recalled the event 9 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: as if he was reliving it. My wife and I 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,759 Speaker 1: started shooting pool in a league playing eight ball. It's 11 00:00:38,799 --> 00:00:41,719 Speaker 1: the thing we like to do together. The rest of 12 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:44,679 Speaker 1: my hobbies are hunting and fishing related, and she doesn't 13 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: care for those things. I started practicing regularly with a 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: guy named Carl. He was an introvert, but after a 15 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,159 Speaker 1: while our friendship grew. We had a lot to talk 16 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: about with our shared interest in outdoor adventures. As we 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: were playing pool one night, Carl said he wanted to 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,519 Speaker 1: tell me a story, but didn't want me to think 19 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: less of him for what the story was about. After 20 00:01:09,519 --> 00:01:12,439 Speaker 1: I assured him I wouldn't judge him, he proceeded to 21 00:01:12,519 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: ask me if I believed in Bigfoot of the Skunkgate. 22 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: I told him of my curiosity about the subject, and 23 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: that seemed to relax him a bit. He told me 24 00:01:23,519 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: how he grew up in South Dade County, Florida, and 25 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: that his parents lived on a few acres that butted 26 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:34,599 Speaker 1: right up against the Everglades National Wildlife Refuge. His story 27 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,159 Speaker 1: took place in the early nineteen seventies, which in those 28 00:01:38,239 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: days was serious country living. He explained how he and 29 00:01:42,439 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: his friends always played in the swamp, doing what boys do. 30 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: One day, he ventured back into the refuge on his own, 31 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: further than he normally would have gone. He had walked 32 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: by the firebreaks that provided the only decent paths through 33 00:01:57,319 --> 00:01:59,879 Speaker 1: the thick growth. He thought he had gone a mile 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: or so into the woods. He was taking his time 35 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:05,959 Speaker 1: along the way, looking for deer signs and keeping an 36 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: eye for snakes. He was a long way from home, 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,039 Speaker 1: being ten years old. He stopped to eat a sandwich 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,719 Speaker 1: that he had brought. He was sitting in the break 39 00:02:16,759 --> 00:02:18,439 Speaker 1: and had eaten half of it when he heard a 40 00:02:18,479 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: noise to his left. He turned to look, and there 41 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,439 Speaker 1: in the fire break, about fifty feet away, was a 42 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: creature crouched down watching him. He locked eyes with it, 43 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,199 Speaker 1: and he sat there, frozen in place as it gazed back, 44 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: teetering its head left and right. It made no aggressive 45 00:02:36,599 --> 00:02:40,199 Speaker 1: actions in any way. It appeared to simply be observing 46 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: what he was doing. Carl began to take notice of 47 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: just how large this thing was. It had broad shoulders 48 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: and long muscular arms, covered in matted, dark reddish brown hair. 49 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: The face was human like, with a flat nose and wide, 50 00:02:56,759 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: thick lips. The facial hair was thin and what he said, 51 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: looked like a scraggly beard and a mustache. It was 52 00:03:04,719 --> 00:03:08,599 Speaker 1: making inquisitive facial gestures that made Carl begin to think, 53 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: what if this thing charges me? Knowing there was no 54 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: way to defend himself from such a beast, he thought 55 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,599 Speaker 1: he had to get up and get out of there 56 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: as fast as he could. Just as he had thought, 57 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,319 Speaker 1: the creature stood as if reading his mind. It was huge, 58 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: especially to a young boy, at least seven to eight 59 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: feet tall. He said this convinced him that he must 60 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: get out of there now. He jumped up and started 61 00:03:35,439 --> 00:03:38,199 Speaker 1: sprinting as fast as he could back the way home. 62 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:42,719 Speaker 1: He kept running and running, periodically looking back to see 63 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:45,199 Speaker 1: if it was following him, but he didn't see it, 64 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,039 Speaker 1: believe that his backyard had now come into view. He 65 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: looked back once more, and not seeing it, he stopped 66 00:03:51,879 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: running and walked the last few hundred yards. Just as 67 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: he got to his backyard, where the firebreak takes a 68 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,159 Speaker 1: ninety degree along the property line, he looked to his right, 69 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: and there it was again. It was only about fifty 70 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: feet away, crouched in a brake just off his backyard, 71 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,319 Speaker 1: and it was looking at him, twisting and tilting its head. 72 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,639 Speaker 1: Before he didn't smell it, but now the wind carried 73 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: its skunky odor in his direction. He thought it had 74 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: a satisfied look on its face and realized this thing 75 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,079 Speaker 1: was just playing with him. His fear left and he smiled. 76 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: It seemed to smile back, and they stared at each 77 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: other for about a minute before it stood up and 78 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: walked back into the thicket. It disappeared, immediately, leaving him 79 00:04:38,759 --> 00:04:42,959 Speaker 1: wanting to see it more. He figured this thing must 80 00:04:42,959 --> 00:04:45,079 Speaker 1: have been watching him play in his yard on a 81 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: regular basis. He'd smelled that skunky odor before on several occasions. 82 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,959 Speaker 1: Not too long after that, his father moved the family 83 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,519 Speaker 1: to Central Florida for work reasons. He had gone back 84 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: into the swamp a few times before they left, hoping 85 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:04,439 Speaker 1: to see the creature again, but he never did. I 86 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: don't know where Carl is these days, but if we 87 00:05:07,079 --> 00:05:10,079 Speaker 1: ever cross paths again, I would love to hear him 88 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: tell his story to me one more time. Most encounters 89 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: are always about things that people encounter in the woods. 90 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:24,439 Speaker 1: But imagine seeing a shape shifting alien in the middle 91 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: of a large, busy city during rush hour traffic. You're 92 00:05:28,959 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: probably wondering how that's possible. So I'll tell you what 93 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,079 Speaker 1: happened to me. In the April of two thousand, twenty 94 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,879 Speaker 1: two years ago, in Fresno, California, during a bright, sunny day, 95 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: my friend picked me up in her car. I think 96 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: we were going over to her house, but I really 97 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,959 Speaker 1: don't remember because of what happened next. I was sitting 98 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,199 Speaker 1: in the passenger front seat. We were slowing down to 99 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,959 Speaker 1: stop at a red light. There were cars to the 100 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,319 Speaker 1: right of me who were already stopped at the light, 101 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: and as my friend slowly pulled up to the car 102 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: to the right of me, the driver of the car 103 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: slowly turned her head to look at me. When she 104 00:06:06,439 --> 00:06:09,519 Speaker 1: had fully turned her head to my direction, she smirked 105 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:12,639 Speaker 1: at me, kind of like a Mona Lisa smile, and 106 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: then her whole entire head, face and all of it 107 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: turned into a reptile head. It looked like a lizard 108 00:06:21,519 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: with various shades of brown and burgundy red color and 109 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:28,399 Speaker 1: a little tan or creamy color mixed in. It looked 110 00:06:28,439 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: exactly like a camo colored lizard head. Then the face 111 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: shifted back to a human face. The human woman's face 112 00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: was a medium skin toned black woman. I couldn't believe 113 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,079 Speaker 1: what I had just seen, and I just stared out 114 00:06:43,079 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: the window, lost in disbelief. My friend had no idea 115 00:06:47,439 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: that this was even happening, because she was looking forwards 116 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,319 Speaker 1: that she was driving. Well, the light turned green and 117 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: the alien woman driving the car just drove off, But 118 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: the way she smirked at me was like, yeah, I 119 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: know you saw me. What you're going to do about it? 120 00:07:03,759 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: I didn't say a word to my friend, and I 121 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:09,839 Speaker 1: never told anyone about it until maybe five years ago. Now, 122 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,079 Speaker 1: imagine if a shape shifting alien is driving a car 123 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,959 Speaker 1: and blending into society by having a job, a house, 124 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:21,199 Speaker 1: a car, etc. And then literally anyone could be an 125 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: alien at any time. Think about that, You expect predators 126 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: and unknown things to be in the woods, but you 127 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: don't think about one living next door to you, and 128 00:07:31,399 --> 00:07:35,079 Speaker 1: you have no idea. I suppose it doesn't matter as 129 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,759 Speaker 1: long as they are nice and don't hurt or kill people, 130 00:07:37,839 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: and follow the rules of society. My adult son and 131 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: I planned a mid December weekend trip to the Big 132 00:07:47,199 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: Thicket area of Texas, not too far from where we live. 133 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,199 Speaker 1: We arrived on a Friday afternoon, parked the truck, and 134 00:07:55,279 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: hiked a couple of miles along Turkey Creek to set 135 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: up camp. There was no one else in the area 136 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,319 Speaker 1: at the time. The night was warm and muggy, even 137 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:09,759 Speaker 1: for Southeast Texas in December. It definitely wasn't a crispfall 138 00:08:09,839 --> 00:08:14,199 Speaker 1: weekend at all. Our encounter came on the second night. 139 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: We had spent Saturday hiking around and joking a little 140 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: bit about Bigfoot and other creatures reputed to be in 141 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:26,439 Speaker 1: the area, and generally enjoying ourselves. That night was cloudy 142 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: and starless and very dark. Although we stayed awake for 143 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: a little while after supper, I was tired and fell 144 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: asleep first. My son, on the other hand, stayed awake 145 00:08:38,639 --> 00:08:41,039 Speaker 1: a short time later, he woke me up, saying I 146 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: heard it. The it he was referring to was a long, 147 00:08:45,039 --> 00:08:49,279 Speaker 1: low growl howl that built to a crescendo. He had 148 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,879 Speaker 1: seen enough Bigfoot on TV to identify the source. I 149 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: was wide awake now. He said the sound had come 150 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 1: from far off to our southeast. And we lay there, 151 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: alert and listening, waiting for any other sounds, and looking back, 152 00:09:05,919 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: I don't remember any other sounds at all. But we 153 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,799 Speaker 1: didn't have to wait long until we heard something. Within 154 00:09:12,879 --> 00:09:15,399 Speaker 1: ten minutes of my son waking me, we heard three 155 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,799 Speaker 1: distinct woodknocks to our northwest. It sounded like a baseball 156 00:09:19,879 --> 00:09:23,639 Speaker 1: bat on a solid wooden fence post. They couldn't have 157 00:09:23,639 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: been coming from more than one hundred yards away. I 158 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:30,399 Speaker 1: only thought I was alert before my heart was pounding 159 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: inside my chest like a madman trying to escape an asylum. 160 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,039 Speaker 1: We fought all other urges and lay as silently as 161 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,799 Speaker 1: we could, waiting, and it felt like half an eternity passed. 162 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,799 Speaker 1: But no whoops and no whistles, and no howls, and 163 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: no footfalls. There was just nothing. During the whole time, 164 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: questions raced through my mind if it was a Bigfoot? 165 00:09:54,639 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: Were there two or more of them? What were their intentions? 166 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:02,039 Speaker 1: Surely they knew we were there, or were they just trying 167 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: to warn each other about us? Were they trying to 168 00:10:05,159 --> 00:10:09,279 Speaker 1: intimidate us into leaving? Maybe they were just having fun 169 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: scaring the human folk. Or maybe it was some hunters 170 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: trying to attract an encounter and we just happened to 171 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: be there. I really don't know. I do know what 172 00:10:19,159 --> 00:10:21,759 Speaker 1: my son heard, and what I heard matches up with 173 00:10:21,799 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: what I've heard on television and the internet. They have 174 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,399 Speaker 1: to be real, and we've got to go back someday 175 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:34,799 Speaker 1: and find out. Growing up, I had many spiritual encounters. 176 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: I spent most of my young life absolutely terrified. I've 177 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: often thought of writing a book about all the experiences 178 00:10:42,399 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: I've had, but I learned very quickly to keep them 179 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: to myself. Once I finally moved out of the house 180 00:10:49,039 --> 00:10:53,759 Speaker 1: and grew up, the experiences stopped. None of those experiences 181 00:10:53,799 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: pertained to bigfoot. They were all centered on ghosts and spirits. 182 00:11:00,039 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: Thirty six years old now, and to this day, I'm 183 00:11:02,519 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 1: still terrified of the dark. I removed every closet door 184 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: in my house the day we closed on it. I'm 185 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,919 Speaker 1: not ashamed to say that I still have to sleep 186 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,879 Speaker 1: with a night light on in my room, the bathroom 187 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: light on, and the light over the stove on unless 188 00:11:17,879 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: it burns out. If it gets dark outside and there's 189 00:11:21,519 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: still laundry to be hung, I leave it until the 190 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: next morning. And I'm grateful for my husband. I've told 191 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:31,279 Speaker 1: him everything, and whether or not he believes me, I'll 192 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,279 Speaker 1: never know. But he's never laughed at me or told 193 00:11:34,279 --> 00:11:37,039 Speaker 1: me that I'm crazy, nor has he ever made me 194 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: think he doesn't believe me. He's a very understanding of 195 00:11:41,039 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: my needs when it comes to the closet doors and 196 00:11:43,879 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: such as. For Bigfoot, I had never thought about it. 197 00:11:48,399 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: Nobody ever talked about it while I was growing up, 198 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,639 Speaker 1: so it never crossed my mind until a few years 199 00:11:53,639 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: ago when I stumbled across a Bigfoot encounter podcast. Immediately 200 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: I became upset, utterly and completely obsessed. I believe all 201 00:12:04,759 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: of them. I know what it's like to experience something 202 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: and not be believed, and it really sucks. Now I've 203 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: watched all the shows and documentaries and encounter stories. Last week, 204 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: my husband and I took our boys, who were also 205 00:12:19,639 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: obsessed with Bigfoot, by the way, on vacation to the 206 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,759 Speaker 1: Panhandle of Florida. It was the middle of nowhere, and 207 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,519 Speaker 1: it was pure bliss to visit the springs and the 208 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,639 Speaker 1: beaches that we hadn't been before. We were driving down 209 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: the road with no houses around. There were no other cars, 210 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,399 Speaker 1: and there wasn't any self service, and there was nothing 211 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: for miles and miles. When my husband turned around to 212 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: face the back seat so he could talk to the 213 00:12:45,399 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: boys about something, I was driving and staring at the 214 00:12:49,399 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: road ahead of us when I saw this massive, unbelievably 215 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:57,399 Speaker 1: large thing dart across the road a few hundred yards 216 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: in front of me. It was two our a head 217 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,399 Speaker 1: for us to get any details, but I knew immediately 218 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,519 Speaker 1: what it was. It was so enormous, but it moved 219 00:13:07,639 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: so fast, and the way it moved, I knew it 220 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: was a bigfoot. I immediately yelled for everyone to look, 221 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,039 Speaker 1: but it was moving so quickly that neither my husband 222 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,919 Speaker 1: nor my boys were able to see it, and by 223 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: the time we got to the place in the road 224 00:13:22,759 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: where it had crossed, it was nowhere to be found. 225 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: The woods are thick there and it was as if 226 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:32,639 Speaker 1: they had swallowed it up. It had completely vanished. I 227 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,759 Speaker 1: know this wasn't the best of encounters, but I like 228 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: to think that it was God's way of blessing me 229 00:13:38,159 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: with a tiny glimpse of what is really out there. 230 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: I've been dreaming excessively about it since that day. It 231 00:13:45,519 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: replays over and over in my head. My husband and 232 00:13:49,159 --> 00:13:52,279 Speaker 1: my oldest son, who was eight, were disappointed they didn't 233 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,759 Speaker 1: get to see it too, but I feel grateful. I've 234 00:13:55,799 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: spent the last few years in the woods hoping for 235 00:13:58,399 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: an encounter, and they got one. In the summer of 236 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,519 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty eight, we went on a family camping trip 237 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,559 Speaker 1: to North Pines in Yosemite. We were there for two 238 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,759 Speaker 1: weeks and our camp site was right next to the lake. 239 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,159 Speaker 1: On the second to the last night, my cousins and 240 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,919 Speaker 1: me decided to go to the lake and the idea 241 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,639 Speaker 1: we were going to see if we could see any animals. 242 00:14:24,399 --> 00:14:26,639 Speaker 1: Back then, I had a maglike it was one of 243 00:14:26,679 --> 00:14:31,039 Speaker 1: the big ones with the four D sized batteries. I 244 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: was scanning the other side of the lake and we 245 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:38,159 Speaker 1: could all see a pair of red eyes glowing. They 246 00:14:38,159 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: were low to the water, and I assumed it was 247 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: drinking water. We could not see the body, just the eyes. 248 00:14:45,039 --> 00:14:47,279 Speaker 1: So I had the bright idea of shooting at it 249 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: with our wrist rocket slingshots. We took turns trying to 250 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: hit it. Like I said, it was an idea. Well, 251 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,759 Speaker 1: then the animals stood up. I know it stood up 252 00:14:57,799 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: because the eyes went up and up up. It must 253 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,759 Speaker 1: have been ten feet tall, and the eyes got bigger. 254 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: We freaked out. Well, we got scared and we ran 255 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,039 Speaker 1: and that's when the animal or whatever it was, got 256 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: up and walked, and all we saw were these huge 257 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:20,559 Speaker 1: red eyes move like a float. We ran to the campsite, 258 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: and my cousins went and hid in the tent, and 259 00:15:23,159 --> 00:15:25,519 Speaker 1: I sat by the fire with an odd look on 260 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: my face. My two uncles asked me, what did you 261 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: guys do? The boys ran into the tent. I said, 262 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: we saw something that scared us. I said, well, I 263 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: thought it would be funny to shoot at it with rocks. 264 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: My uncle said, well, that wasn't smart, you idiot. I said, 265 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: yeah right, I think it was a bigfoot. And then 266 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,519 Speaker 1: both of my uncles laughed at me and they said, 267 00:15:49,519 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: don't be stupid, there's no such thing. I will tell 268 00:15:53,159 --> 00:15:55,799 Speaker 1: you what they really said in Spanish, but some people 269 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,679 Speaker 1: would get offended. Until this day, I'm still confused about 270 00:15:59,679 --> 00:16:02,759 Speaker 1: what I saw. The question I have is why would 271 00:16:02,799 --> 00:16:06,279 Speaker 1: a bear stand up and walk away. I'm not saying 272 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,639 Speaker 1: it was bigfoot, I'm just not sure what it was.