A listener writes “On August 5th of this year, I know the date cause I took a video of the beautiful spot and posted it on Instagram.
I went out to do a little camping and I had intended to fish on the Klickitat River, East of Glenwood Washington. I had camped there before with no occurrences so I was not concerned. I was on my motorcycle with very few supplies, just a tent, sleeping bag and water. I had a perfect spot on the edge of the canyon overlooking the river below.
This is an area with many scrub oak, and many dried leaves on the ground. I explored the area before dark so I knew how noisy it was walking through the leaf litter. I set up a tent and was prepared to camp without a fire as it was dry and a burn ban was in effect. I enjoyed the sunset over the canyon with Mt Adams in the distance. I could hear an elk bugling in the meadow and walked out in the dark to see the landscape under a bright moon. The moon faded behind the clouds so I walked back near my bike and tent.
It was well after dark and I was smoking a cigar when I heard what sounded like voices at the bottom of the canyon. As my awareness prickled, I made a conscious effort to control my rising anxiety.
Out of context and out of no-where, with a giant booming voice, I heard a single word directed right towards me. I could not comprehend what the word was or even what it sounded like, it was clear and articulate but not discernable. This was completely audible and unmistakable. At this point my fear was rising but I still was trying to control my reactions.
I then started to hear foot steps approaching at a distance from an area I had walked earlier.
I shined a small flash light in the direction of the approaching foot falls and saw eye shine but could not see a figure from behind a tree. The light I had with me was not enough to illuminate any details at the distance of what was walking towards me.
I could not make out anything other than a silhouette of a large figure. It continued to approach slowly even as I shown a light towards it. It was walking towards me in an area where the tree branches hung low. I could not tell if my flashlight could not penetrate past the branches or the figure was too dark. The footsteps continued to approach and finally turned away, dropped over the edge of the canyon with barely a sound. It was a terrifying 15-20 feet before turning away and I could no longer control my fear. The fact that it continually approached me, made no sense and heightened my alarm.
I scrambled, bunched up everything I brought with me with a bungee cord to my bike. The encounter was not aggressive but I was terrified. The figure seemed to absorb the light, I’m not sure it my flashlight was just not sufficient or the character of the figure’s color, it was just barely visible. I panicked, could barely kick start my bike and just tore out of there. This was by far the most vulnerable situation I have been in and I was in utter terror in spite of my attempts to not be.”
Connie O
So glad you made it out of there a live.
NW Mike
I have heard the a voice like that before. It is weird how they can direct their voice right at you. And the loud power of that voice in the wilderness is unnerving.
Sharon H
Scary encounter! Thanks for sharing!
Gary R
I wonder what he was saying.
You did a really good job of holding yourself together as you gathered up your stuff to get outa there. Incredible really.
I’ve been scared enough that my knees were actually shaking. I wouldn’t of been able to breathe much less think clearly enough to get outa there the way you were able to. Course, I’m way too much of a scaredy cat to go out camping all by myself. It’s dark out there in the woods at night. We here at SC all know what’s out there too. You’ve definitely found the right place to tell your story & you are believed here. No doubt.
Do you think you might ever go out camping by yourself again? I hope so. Give it time. The woods are yours too.
I know it was scary, but it doesn’t sound like he wanted to hurt you. It does sound like he wanted to communicate with you tho. Fascinating. Unique in that he spoke to you. We don’t hear a lot of those kinds of encounters. We’ve heard a few here and there, but not many. And each one is truly unique & different. This telepathy deal has always grabbed my attention. Can’t get enough.
I also want to say that your story was beautifully told. Really drew me in and took me there. Looking out over the canyon. The leaves crunching underfoot. Not being quite able to make out what you were looking at. I felt like I was squinting into the darkness with you. Would love to hear you tell your story on the show.
Thank you so much for sharing your encounter with us here at SC. Addie
Gary R
NW Mike, I just saw above that you too have been spoken to? Well, now I gotta know. What did he say to you? Were you threatened, told I’m not going to hurt you? If your comfortable talking about it, I’d sure love to hear what happened, what was said. Thanks for telling us that this happened to you as well. Makes me wonder how often this happens to people. Proably a lot more than we know. Afterall, it can’t be easy to come forward with a story about how the creature spoke to me.
I’m all ears tho. It’s an additional behavior that at one time was never dared spoken of for fear of ridicule. Let’s hope we’ve gotten over that to some extent. I throw this telepathy ability on the pile with all the other data Wes & others have collected over the years. When all these different behaviors are put together it begins to paint a picture of who/what these creatures are & aren’t. Thanks. Addie