A listener writes “I’ll cut right to it, 3 years ago I was out in my backyard smoking a cigarette in a suburb about 40 minutes north of Boston. I’ve been interested in the existence of Bigfoot since I was a teenager but never considered them to be anywhere close to Massachusetts.
That is until one summer night I heard whistling coming from the swamp behind my house. Thinking it was a bird I whistled back. It whistled back at me and we went back in forth a few more times, I made each whistle different and it would copy me. I thought to myself at the time “must be a very clever mocking bird”.
That is until from a different part of the woods/swamp I was huffed at by what I can only describe as a gorilla noise. I felt that huff shake me in my bones and scared me so much I ran back inside. Having been interested in the subject for much my life I realized maybe that wasn’t a bird I was whistling with and maybe a juvenile while big daddy/momma huffed at me as if saying “quick talking to my kid”. I’ve heard other strange noises coming from those woods that summer including a wood knock and what I can only describe as a tropical bird out of the Amazon rainforest.
Anyways I’m a big fan of the podcast and would like to get your opinion on what I heard, I know it’s not the most interesting encounter and was told by friends/family that I’m nuts and just heard a fishercat or something, but no. I heard whistling and then something with immense lung capacity make a very gorilla/ape like huff at me.”
Howard M
Appalachia rules to heed
In the woods
I think I heard something!? …. no you didn’t
I think I saw something!….. no you didn’t
And whatever you think……don’t whistle after dark (or ever return a whistle)
Daren c
Hahaha that’s good.
Charles R
I doubt you are nuts. You are not the first smoker that goes out in their backyard or on there deck at nightime, to have a potential Bigfoot(s) take an interest with the human. This has happened to many smokers that have a backyard forest area. And probably many more that have no idea what is going on. Thanks for sharing.
Maria G
They’re in Mass. I’m pretty sure that’s what was peeking out from a tree at me and my horse when I was a kid. My horse freaked out and was out of there in 2 seconds flat…I hung on for dear life. I never went down that trail again. This was on Bolton, Mass