Sasquatch Chronicles Blog

A listener writes “I have been somewhat reluctant to talk about what I believe to be two possible back to back bigfoot encounters on opposite ends of the country within about two months of one another. I have always been a fan of bigfoot, and grew up on the classic TV shows, but I always assumed it was simply part of mythology. After graduating from college with a focus in Anthropology, I was convinced Sasquatch wasn’t real. My mind was recently blown when I was on vacation in the redwoods with my wife in June.

We stayed at an Air Bnb just outside Mckinleyville, CA. I am a huge fly fisherman and I brought my rod along to see if I could land a few trout on our trip. There was a pull off on the roadside just down the hill from where we were staying with a trail that led to the river. I saw an older man pulled over there one of the days and asked if I was allowed to use that trail to get to the river or if it was private property. He said it was public so my wife and I walked down there to check it out.

I fished for about an hour and the sun started to set and we didn’t want to be trapped out there in the dark without a flashlight so we packed up and headed back down the trail to the car. The trail was significantly longer than either of us had thought because it wound along the side of the river for a while. We were chatting about what we wanted to do for dinner and were glad to have had such a nice day on vacation.

Just as we were about to take the final corner that would take us up a small incline to our rental car, I heard this ungodly yell and it made my blood run cold. It was the loudest noise that I have ever heard in the woods. It was like a death metal singer yelling right in my face at full volume but louder than that. I don’t know how else to describe it. My wife and I have both Thru-hiked the Appalachian trail and I shoot wildlife documentaries all over the country and I can tell you for a fact that it was NOT a bear because bears don’t sound like death metal singers yelling in your face. It wasn’t like an elk, or any sound I’ve ever heard from North American wildlife.

We calmly walked back to the car acting as if it were a bear and remaining calm and walking slowly. We got in and headed back to the air bnb. I stayed up until about 2 am listening to every sound I could think of on youtube that It could possibly have been but I couldn’t find anything that sounded like it. Within the following days the sound lingered in my mind, but as I got back from vacation the memory faded and I wrote it off as “probably a homeless person hiding in the woods.” All of my “bigfoot friends” said it was DEFINITELY a bigfoot, but any time I’ve been in the woods with them they said that EVERYTHING was a bigfoot so I didn’t take what they told me with any heed.

Two months later I was visiting my friend who owns a fly fishing and custom fly rod building shop on Lake Toledo Bend in Texas. He flew me out from Ohio to take some photos and videos for his website and to do some fishing. My friend Chester Moore picked me up from the airport and we drove out to my friend’s house. We got in late and had to be up early to leave on the boat to get sunrise photos so we exchanged greetings and went to bed.

We were standing on the boat ramp at 5 am waiting for the captain to get everything ready. His property is surrounded fully on all sides by the Sabine National Forest. Chester and I were standing at the boat, and the captain ran inside the house to grab something he forgot. As we stood on the shoreline, the most classic sounding WHOOOOOOOOP rang out from deep in the woods. I looked at Chester and said “You’ve got to be f****** kidding me” and 5 seconds later we heard a response, a short whoop from a completely different direction in the woods.

The captain came back out all cheer and ready for the day and we went out and got the work done we needed to do. My head was spinning all day but neither Chester nor I wanted to bring it up with our friend in the boat. When we got back on land, Chester pulled out his phone and played the whoop sound from Legend Meets Science (I think). It was the exact same sound.

Hearing something once is easy to write off. Hearing something 2x in a short window has left me confused and questioning everything I believe.

I’ve listened to Sasquatch Chronicles for many years because I enjoy the stories but they’ve taken on a whole different perspective for me now.

I am also the creator of the Wildman of the Woods Documentaries which you have been sharing and I appreciate that very much. I started making them for my dad because he said “They don’t make any bigfoot movies anymore like they used to” and I just kept making them for fun.

I wanted to share my encounters with you since I have been listening to everyone on your show for years and it has really helped me to come to terms with the reality shattering moments over the last few months.”