Sasquatch Chronicles Blog

A listener writes “I have worked for 7 years as a Park Enforcement Officer/Supervisor, I have a minor in anthropology, and have spent my whole life in the woods: camping, fishing, hiking, off-roading.

I never believed in bigfoot and thought it was idiots mishearing elk calls, bears, seeing bears walking on two legs, seeing “high set eye shine” that is an elk or a larger animal in a tree, or just people in suits trying to scare others. I had zero knowledge of bigfoot (minus the stickers you see on peoples cars everywhere in WA, and some random wood cut outs on the side of barns, I didn’t even know of the Paterson Film until after my encounter) I have heard every animal call there is in training (we get random training thrown at us all the time, routinely a few times a year we have to listen to animal call recordings… makes upper management happy I suppose to waste our time) and more importantly first hand working around Mt. Rainier. Bob cat, cougar, bear, coyote, elk, you name it, I’ve heard it (first time I heard a cougar scream in person I thought a woman was getting murdered and ran after the sound until someone on the radio yelled at me to get back to my patrol vehicle).

Around November 2019 I was on patrol at approximately 0300PST when I heard a deep and loud “arrrrhhhhhhhhhh” sound in the distance over my music. Probably the dumbest thing you’ve heard, but I initially thought it was a chainsaw going through a tree (a lot of Weyerhaeuser around here and they start early) as it sounded like no animal I have ever heard. So, I thought nothing really of it. At approximately 0340PST I entered the Weyerhaeuser land and stopped to pee on the forest road and heard loud rustling/stomping. At first I thought it may be the Elk we have out here but it didn’t match up with the sound of a four legged animal, and the weight of the steps was too loud to be a man. Thinking it could be a bear (some bears [not super common] walk on 2 legs due to injuries to their front paws) I zipped up and got in my patrol vehicle.

As I continued down the road maybe 50 yards, I observed about 20 yards in the tree line to my 10 o’clock what appeared to be a 7.5′-8′ hominid slightly slouched with red eyes (I am assuming it was eye shine from my headlights). My heart sunk and I was terrified — honestly, I felt like throwing up. My first thought was “wookie?”(hahah). All I could see was broad shoulders, a head sunken low/no neck (like the foramen magnum was in a different location), thick dark brown (may have been black cuz it was still dark out but I’d say dark brown) hair (kinda like a Briard dog’s coat), a flat bulbous nose (kind of like the aboriginal people, it reminded me of the photos I have seen from my cultural anthropology classes), and one arm (other was behind a tree). The humorous compared to the radius and ulna, the proportions, seemed larger that a human (longer upper arm disproportionally to the lower arm). Its fingertips were approximate to its knees (may have been due to slight forward slouch). It’s head and lower jaw/ramus was massive, but didn’t seem proportionate to its body/shoulders. I have powerlifted, done bodybuilding, and been a trainer for 10 years, I have never seen so much muscle mass. Bears are muscular, but not toned. This reminded me of someone 8-10% bodyfat, it was toned.

I froze for what seemed like forever (have you ever had something happen to you out of the blue you weren’t expecting, i.e. getting t-boned, and everything slows down like the matrix and time seems to stand still?) before I snapped to, to loud knocking/thumping/thwacking to my 1 o’clock. It honestly sounded like a dry-ish log was getting wacked against one of the evergreen trees due to the depth and volume of the sound (wasn’t a thwack, it was a deep thunk/thumping). My body knew there was something very wrong about to happen (I was reminded of ambush training, narrow rode with unknowns on both sides, alone at night) so I floored it. I believe that sound was a second one I couldn’t see deeper in the woods (it was more dense on my right than left).

I have never gone on that section of road again (not our property so I really don’t have to, nor do I want to), and only have told a few people this encounter. I never brought it up at work because I am afraid it may impact future promotions. Everyone out here is woodsmen and think sasquatch is a hoax/myth/legend/kids tail. I now live in Orting WA and am nervous to even take my dog on walks in the woods or hike around here during the evening or when nobody else is out (I’m off Tues/Thurs/Fri/Sat and only go in the woods on Saturdays). I used to dispersed camp and refuse to outside of an established campground now.

I still hear sounds, you know when an elk does a mating call the first portion is a deep grumble then it gets loud and high pitch, its similar to that octave (the deep grumble) but more depth/volume/power behind it (if that makes sense) and a whooping tone to it (don’t tell my old music professor how terrible my description of sounds are). Its like a deep grumbling grunt that projects far.

I haven’t seen tracks, I haven’t smelled any wet dogs smell that I have heard mentioned, I have never seen “nests” (I honestly don’t now what one even looks like so maybe I have, Ive seen massive deer beds but I wouldn’t call that a nest), or any known markings that could represent a sasquatch (again, I don’t know what to even look for because my knowledge is so miniscule. I joined some FB groups and left within 24hrs because they were so pathetic/ridiculous). All I know to “look for” is footprints. I’ve read that a sign is “fallen trees” but it’s the woods… there is fallen trees everywhere. I can send you a picture next shift (doubt you really want it) of an area with probably 30-60 fallen trees… wind happens. Unsure what type or placement of “fallen trees” to look for.

My neighbors who have lived in Orting and near where I work say where I work is known for bigfoot sightings (25-50 miles south of Orting, keeping exact location hidden due to anonymity/not wanting to lose my job), and some “old maps before GPS had a bigfoot symbol on them where I work” (unsure the truth of this, as I havent verified/seen the map(s) ). BFRO has a few reports of sightings from where I work exactly, unsure the realism as I have never heard of anything (then again the person on our side taking the report may have chucked it thinking it was a joke). I’d be interested in knowing what to look for to see if I can find anything (stumble upon, there’s no way I am looking for one) to send to you guys.”