A listener writes “I manage a fishing trip for myself and anywhere from 7 to 12 friends year by year to Umbagog Lake State Park which, sits on the border between Maine and New Hampshire about 25 mi south of the Canadian border. I’ve been leading these trips since 2015. In that time there have been a few occasions where we have had things happened that were somewhat unexplainable to what would be considered to be normal activity.
Three specific occasions stick out in my mind. The first of the three happened in 2020 when we were able to get a campsite on the rapid river outside of the state park at campsite run by Northern Waters called cedar stump. We were at campsite number 4. Close to nightfall across the river from us. A large branch started to shake violently and probably shook for about 10 seconds.
That branch was approximately 8 ft off the ground. At that time we thought maybe it was a moose or something tall that had gotten spooked by our presence and had shaken the tree. The next year we were at remote site number 13 which is our normal site, and my son reported that in the middle of the night something wacked his head pretty hard. His head was pressed against the outside of his tent. We joked around that it could be Bigfoot. We also thought of the snowshoe hares and coyotes that reside there. There were no footprints or anything else and we let that go.
This is a kayak fishing trip that I run. Just this past year I was in a lagoon that exists near where the rapid river meets the big lake and I was fishing alone. While I was there, another incident of large branches shaking took place. This was at least the second, maybe third time I had witnessed this and it spooked me. Having listened to your show, I’ve heard your guest describe a feeling that they got during their encounters that seemed like a clear signal that whatever it was wanted them to leave, and I felt that in an overwhelming way. I stopped fishing and got out of there as fast as I could.
I have no idea if what I am describing is anything related to Sasquatch or if my interest in Sasquatch has caused me to interpret things in such a way that I attribute them to being Sasquatch.
Maybe nothing that I’m saying makes any sense and maybe some of it rings true. If you have a moment to read this and respond, I am simply curious if the shaking of large branches 8 to 10 feet off the ground large enough that it could not possibly be from a squirrel or raccoon or anything else jumping around is some sign of Sasquatch that you have come across before.
Any clarity you could provide would certainly be helpful for me. I love that State Park and I have no fear and I will be going back to that same campsite again this year. I truly appreciate your show and what you do.”