Sasquatch Chronicles Blog

A listener writes “I’m a long haul flatbed truck driver now and about a month ago I was having to do night time driving which is pretty unusual for me considering most of my loads pick up and deliver in the day time.

Night driving just isn’t a thing for me but do to my trucks onboard computer messing up I was put in a situation it became a non option as far as delivering the load I had on time. So I’m driving up through a very rural dark part of Tennessee on I-65 south, pretty much on the Kentucky line when I notice a portion of my tarp is flapping and me needing a small wake up break I decided to hit an exit ramp and fix the tarp to get some blood flow to wake me up. As I’m pulling in (probably doing about 25mph at this point) 3 deer bolt across the road infront of my truck I don’t pay too much attention to it deer are pretty normal at night in this part of this country. I get stopped jump out and walk to the back of my trailer to start fixing the tarp when I hear what sounds like a rock hit my trailer. It startled me a little bit because I’m the only one around but me trying to think logically just tell myself it may have been caught in the tires and just popped out. A minute or two passes and I hear a very loud snap behind me like the sound you get when you snap a tree limb. Now I’m on alert cause I’ve heard of bears in this part of the country and I damn sure don’t wanna be dinner.

I turn around and shine my light in the general direction I heard the noise but the trees and brush are so thick I can’t see very far into the forest. I quickly start working again and make my way back around my trailer to start on the other side when I hear this really gutteral growl I look up and this thing is standing maybe 10 feet from my trailer on the opposite side of me just staring at me. I freeze in shock and try to figure out what exactly it is my eyes are seeing but it’s so dark and the only light I have are coming off the trailer so all I’m able to make out is a silhouette of this 7ft tall thing. I remember thinking about shining my light on it but something told me if I did that then all hell was gonna break loose. Time seemed to stop in that moment cause a 30 second stare down felt like hours. After a few seconds of staring at this creature it snorts loudly and immediately lets out this ear piercing scream that I can’t even describe. It’s so loud I can feel it hit me and shake my body. After that I dropped everything I was holding and booked it for my truck, it was the only thing I could think to do to survive at that time. I apologize if my encounter seems short I have a hard time putting experiences into words.”