Ross Collins was fishing alone. He had caught many fish, but kept only a few.
Collins was gathering up his tackle, when he noticed a pine cone fall a few feet in front of him. He thought it odd, since the nearest pine tree was pretty far back along the trail he came in on. But Collins knew sometimes things fall from the sky that have no business being in the air in the first place. So he paid it a little attention.
A few minutes later, as he bent over his tackle, he felt something pelt his back. He jerked upright just as the next pine cone landed on his gear.
For the next few minutes, pine cones rained down on Collins. Many of them landing directly on him, others missing him completely. When the barrage was over, he counted at least 35 pine cones.
When he told his friend about the hail of pine cones and detailed where he had been fishing. His friend informed him that spot was very close to a Bigfoot nest and there had been many, many strange sightings and other weird things happening around that spot.
Collins, not believing in Bigfoot, chalked it up to teenagers being bad kids.
Credit: https://bigfoothistory.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/1951-whitman-lake-alaska-fisherman-pelted-with-pine-cones/
Paul M
Weird … I guess I would have investing it more… but I never seen pinecones dropping like rain… other then in a storm. ..
Pamela
Maybe it was squirrels.
mark s
Hey better then rocks thrown at you, to many unknowns to make a guess at what caused the situation.
r v
Thirty-five, huh? Soooooo… I’m thinking at around three or so I’m cussing out the woods and throwing everything I can get my hands in the direction the cones are coming from. Otherwise, I’m picturing this guy having the patience of a saint, just sitting there stoically with his line in the water: Bonk. “Ow. Quit it.” Bonk. “Ow. Quit it.” Bonk. “Ow. Quit it.” Bonk…
Colleen D
Lol lol oh quit bonk!!?? Well,good humor ,love it .
What you doing for dinner…oh married? Bonk..
Tristene M
RV, you made me laugh with the ” Bonk. “Ow. Quit it.” Bonk. “Ow. Quit it.” Bonk. “Ow. Quit it.” Bonk…” That was great! 😀
Robert H
It rains frogs why not pine cones
Rod C
Pine cones better than a 40 lb rock. Better pay attention.
Esther P
Maybe they just wanted some of that fish the guy was fishing for.
Colleen D
Agree esthet. Happened to group of us on Prince of Wales Island alaska, except,we heard,saw rock fly to land in campfire,then saw him watching from bank,underneath overgrowth. We left the salmon. All. I really think they are,aggressive when oneinterrupted their hunting grounds,else they hide and watch us….i believe they are flesh and blood, apes.
Dayna A
Lol
Milton L
1951 was a long time ago. Collins must have re-thought the bad kids assumption since then, otherwise it wouldn’t be worth remembering.
Colleen D
I think at 1st they were chasing him out of hunting time. As the last time,it ran and j
hid. Beingcaoes,may be gross to us,but tearing meat with ?hands? Is their way of just eating. Just an animal thing. Heck,we freaked when our dogs eat their vomit,it’s animal behavior. Gross,but is what it is . Bonk.. ( rv’s ) comment. I thght it was grt. Did you read it….