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A listener writes “Hi, Wes, I just wanted to tell you my brother Chris in Eskridge caught some funky nearly electronic sounding growls on the audio recorder of his security camera this week.

Also, this former non-believer brother caught a glimpse of what he thinks was dogman (quick black flash). He thinks he can get it with his compound bow and shot into the branches of a tree at something black and never found his arrow.

Also, I spoke with a 19 yr old, Aiden, who lives in Eskridge, and he said he knows of a handful of high school students who saw a coyote stand up and run away on two legs. I asked him if they said anything about it’s height and he measured about 5 ft from the ground with his outstretched arm. I think it was last yr or the yr before.

Eskridge is about eight or nine miles from Lake Wabaunsee where I had the scream, tree break and stick structure (placed in front of my car while camping at that lake ((like a gift or a warning not sure))”

Wildman of the Woods writes “Prepare to be captivated by one of the most intense Bigfoot encounters ever documented in Ohio. In this gripping documentary, we follow Tina Sams, an experienced outdoor enthusiast and member of Project Zoobook, as she recounts her shocking run-ins with the elusive creature known as Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, in the dense, mysterious forests of Eastern Ohio. One dark night, Tina and her companions witnessed something that defied logic — a towering figure, far larger than any human, emerging from the woods. This sighting shook her to her core, leaving her with more questions than answers. Could this have been a real-life encounter with the legendary Wildman of the Woods? Or was it something else entirely?

In this chilling retelling, we explore Tina’s initial Bigfoot encounter and the fear it ignited in her. The documentary takes you into the heart of Bigfoot country in Ohio, where the forests hold countless mysteries waiting to be uncovered. As Tina describes the unnerving experience of seeing something that, to most, isn’t supposed to exist, we dive deep into the lore of Bigfoot sightings in the Midwest. Ohio is known for being a hotbed of Sasquatch activity, with numerous sightings reported over the years in places like Salt Fork State Park and the Appalachian foothills. Through Tina’s experience, viewers will gain insight into what it’s like to come face-to-face with North America’s most elusive cryptid, sparking intrigue for believers and skeptics alike.

Tina’s encounters didn’t stop with that one chilling night. In the months that followed, she joined forces with Project Zoobook, a renowned research organization in the Bigfoot community, to dig deeper into the mystery. Project Zoobook connects researchers and scientists to investigate Sasquatch sightings and potential evidence, bringing credibility to the search for Bigfoot. As Tina shares more of her stories, you’ll learn about other terrifying encounters and hear reports from outdoorsmen and women who, like Tina, have seen things in the woods that they can’t explain. Could Bigfoot really be hiding in Ohio’s forests, avoiding detection while leaving behind just enough clues to keep the legend alive?”

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A listener writes “On December 31st 2020 my partner Marcel Arbour and I bought a property with a small cabin, in Bruce County Ontario. The property is located 1km from Greenock Swamp (the largest wetland complex in southern Ontario Canada).

The lay of the land is farm country with slivers of forest running through properties. A major river. Conservation and trails. Greenock Swamp and Lake Huron. Roughly 5km, towards Lake Huron, the wind turbine fields begin. They stand from 380ft-850ft high, with red flashing lights at the top. We were reconstructing the cabin, basically building off the 4 corners of the house. It was dilapidated.

During that time we lived 20 minutes away, in a small town (Port Elgin Ontario). On a cold rainy night in early November 2021 (possibly November 1st) at around 10/10:30pm; we gave up, left the cabin frustrated, cold, tired and hungry. Headed to the condo in town. It was a very rainy night, cold and damp on the verge of snowing. Big rain splats on the windshield. The sky was not black. More greyish due to the bright moon and clouds.

We could not get the cabin warm. My hands were so cold I could barely hold a hammer anymore. We left in separate vehicles. Marcel said he would follow me (which I didn’t love because I drive slower and felt that now I had to go faster with him behind me).

We got about 3-4 kms up the road. We were coming up on a farm house with a huge barn. It appeared someone was out working in the yard. I thought to myself, “what a crappy night for farmers to be out”. The barn spotlight and house lights were on. But there was also a red/amber light I couldn’t make out.

At first I thought the amber light was a distant wind turbine. But it moved like a torchlight being carried by hand. It was moving and swaying oddly. Then I thought it was the lights that Mennonites have on the backs of their wagons (legally have to have running lights here.) I thought that because of the way the light seemed to trot now.

But this amber light was at the barn now and was moving fast! It moved so fast I thought it was now a horse with a rider on its back. It was charging me! It came barreling up to the edge of the road and leered at me, opening its mouth full of teeth and screamed!

My brain could not comprehend what I was seeing! My mind wanted it to be a horse! I tried seeing the horse. It didn’t make sense. It was not a horse.

I could only see the left side of its body. The creature was standing straight up on its hind legs! About 6 feet tall. It was over the windshield of my VW Tiguan. Thick shoulders. Built like a muscle man.

It’s leg from the side angle appeared very muscular like a football players. I did not see below the knee. It donned a lion-like mane around it’s shoulders, neck, head and breast. Woolly looking when wet. Breast that almost pointed out like a wiener dogs (we have a wiener dog). Wiener dogs breast plate/rib cage literally come to a point.

The creature had hackles standing on end. It’s hackles were so prevalent that I thought they were feathers at first. This made the monster seem bigger I think. It’s shoulder was that of a buff body builder. I could see muscle definition where the mane ended.

Pure muscle!

The monsters neck and shoulders were like that of a hunchback. And part of what makes this thing so bloody scary looking. It’s head was lower than it’s shoulders. It’s head dipping down to its chest. Once the eyes adjust, it hits you! What this thing is! A pure abomination. This thing should not be! Very strange, unorthodox looking. Something crazy. It leered through the windshield. At first I thought it had horns. It’s ears were so small and disproportionate to it’s massive head and muzzle. They look ridiculous thinking back now.

It’s eyes no longer appeared to be illuminated from within when my high beams shone on them making them yellow and very apparent.

It’s mouth was agape, showing me razor teeth! The creature’s muzzle looks like a King German shepherds…. if you morphed that breed to be 6x its regular large breed size. It’s mouth is wider and weirder than a dogs with a long snout. It appeared to have more control of the muscles in his face than say a floppy loose skinned hound dog.It screamed when I drove past. A Million questions run through your mind.

I screamed to myself in the car, braked and swerved. I feel like I might have clipped it, that’s how close it got. As soon as I was past it I stepped on the gas and flew out.

I thought about stopping the car to talk to Marcel, but I kept going too afraid.
This road is straight and 15km long.

Once we got home I unpacked my stuff and carried on. We were home for about 10 minutes and Marcel said “I saw a monster “.

That’s when I remembered. I had already forgotten what I had seen. Blocked it out.

Marcel did not see what I had. Until the point where the creature went behind my car. Marcel saw it pushing off from my bumper going between his truck. He saw it run on 4 legs into the pine forest on the other side of the road. Weird things happen out here occasionally. Every now and then we hear what sounds like something beating the hell out of a pack of coyotes. Screaming. Lion roaring??? Marcel and I are hunters. Marcel more than myself. We know what the wild life looks like here. That monster did not appear to be anything I ever knew existed. We found your podcast. It helped a lot. I never knew about dogman. I had always wanted to see a Sasquatch or a UFO. Instead I was blessed with demonic dogman.

This encounter got me thinking of other things and time’s strange occurrences have happened. I don’t think we are alone and we have much to discover. We have spoken to a few friends and family. One about 20km in the other direction believes she’s hearing a “skin walker” killing coyotes as well.

It’s creepy near the swamp!”

From The Shadows writes “Joel joins s to share an experience he had as a teenager on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. The dark figure he saw walking in the woods towards his camp remains a mystery to this day.

He also shared a few other paranormal experiences that remain vivid in his mind 20 years later.”

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A listener writes “I’ve had a few weird thing happen similar to what I’ve heard on your show. I recently moved into a new house in south central MO. Last week I was walking the dogs at about 2200, and I shined my flashlight up to the power line easement.

At about 150-175 meters, I saw a pair of eyes about six inches apart, orange in color. They did not blink, but looked around like it was looking at me and my two dogs. About three or four times it looked to its left (my right) into the tree line. After about a minute, minute and a half, I took them inside.

I was/am a hunter, and I have seen eye shine at night to include coyotes. Coyotes I have seen (in WY when I was stationed there) always had a yellowish color, and deer a lime greenish color. Anyway, have you ever heard of a bigfoot or other animal that has orange eyes? Thanks, I love your show.”

Spoke to the witness and he has agreed to come on the show. He said “To this day I do not know what it was.” He writes “This story comes back from 1978-79i was age 18or19. I grew up in a rural area of western KY mostly farm ground with hills, overgrown thickets and old oil field roads.

There was a wooded place that joined farm ground with a access road that led to a old oil pump jack site in a cul de sac type clearing, it was a place guys would take 4wds to try to get hung up or goof around drink beer or take girls riding at night to try scare them.one night some other guys and I drove back in this spot probably midnight or later messing around had parked trucks 3 I think and decided to walk up into the wooded area to explore which we had never done. We had lights and kind of paired up to form a sort of arrow figure point ,right flank, left flank.

I and my partner took left flank with the point pair maybe 25-30ft ahead right flank maybe 40 ft from us we could see their lights and at first going was pretty easy until we came to a section that seemed like a overgrown wall we worked thru the thick brush stopping at times to listen in the night as we had began to lose sight of the others lights but could hear them from time to time or catch a glimpse of their lights.

During one stop I can’t recall if I or my partner heard first what sounded like children playing on a school yard, we said to each other that can’t be out in this woods nothing around at 1 or 2 am. The noise seemed faint or distant but we heard them as it was a clear cool early oct.night.as we worked thru the brush some more we recognized a voice from the point shouting out CATCH OR GRAB THAT SON OF A BUCK or something close to it after which there was confusion we could others trying to run forward their lights bouncing in the night as my partner made our way forward we were sweeping the area with our light looking for movement and thinking it was one of our company pranking on us we gave chase as best we could for the growth at one point we hear a large splash soon followed by another we discovered there was a creek on this property we didn’t know was there .when my partner and I got to the creek one of the guys in point and one on right flank were climbing out we asked the point voice what he saw he said a black shape was laying down and stood up and ran.

He kept saying it’s a man, it’s a man, he was wearing a pack like a soldier he said it wasn’t particularly tall or no taller than us. We regrouped at the creek talked a bit each pair blaming the other for a prank and all denied any part we made our way back to the trucks and stood around the bed of one each going over what happened or what they saw my partner and I were the only ones to bring up the kids playing when at once we hear whomp whom whom on the side of one of the trucks behind us some including me quickly ran down to that truck but found or saw nothing still blaming each other for pranking we went back to the first truck where the others were and things began to settle back down then we hear the same beating sounding like it’s right at the truck we standing around and many of us could see the truck shake.it was enough to make everyone scramble for a truck and tear out of there as fast as we could.”

Salish Sasquatch writes “Travel with us to Wenatchee, Washington, to meet with community legend, John Andrews. John has been researching the elusive creature for 60 years and in this video, he shares his audio recordings, footprints, artwork and some creepy stories.”

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Strange Familiars writes “Rob and Eamonn from Monster Fuzz join Alison and Timothy for our annual Halloween hangout. We discuss books, records, movies, comics, cryptids, and more.”

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The Sensible Bigfoot Project writes “Courts makes an astute observation about his small stature maybe being relevant to his bigfoot encounters.”

Check out Randy’s channel here

Did Bobo see a ghost? Bigfoot and Beyond writes “Cliff Barackman and James “Bobo” Fay share their spookiest experiences and apparitional encounters in this Halloween-themed episode!”

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The Confessionals writes “In episode 700: Jump Room Doorways, Fringe, from episode 637, returns to share the harrowing journey of a lifetime; one where aliens, deception, and soul-trapping technology intersect. With a chilling recount of “jump rooms,” painting-like portals, and encounters with reptilian entities, Fringe dives into a reality where paranormal entities and covert government programs operate hand-in-hand.

She reveals the intense backlash she faced as she rediscovered her faith, the toll of MyLab abductions, and the painful realization that humans might be just as involved as extraterrestrial beings in her experiences. Fringe unpacks her battles with these unknown forces, the shocking discoveries made through her journal entries, and her ultimate fight to protect her soul.”

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YouTuber Bob Gymlan writes “When I was the night manager at a resort, one of my duties was to patrol the spa a couple times a night. On one of the first days with my first smart phone, I decided to take photos.

The ensuing photos are shocking, frightening, and clear. For eight years, I’ve held onto some of the best paranormal evidence I’ve ever seen. Strangely enough, I still am not sure what to make of the ghost phenomena, but I doubt it’s simplistic, and I’m certain it’s unsettling.”

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Researchers have confirmed details from the Sverris Saga using ancient DNA analysis of a body found at Sverresborg Castle. The study combined history, archaeology, and modern genetics, providing insights into the Well-man’s identity and ancestry while setting a new standard for future research on historical figures.

A passage in the Norse Sverris Saga, an 800-year-old account of King Sverre Sigurdsson, details a military raid that took place in AD 1197. During this attack, a body was thrown into a well at Sverresborg Castle, located near Trondheim in central Norway, likely in an effort to poison the main water supply for the local population.

A new study published in the Cell Press journal iScience on October 25 describes how researchers used ancient DNA to corroborate the events of the saga and discover details about the “Well-man,” blending history and archaeology with science and setting a precedent for future research on historical figures.

“This is the first time that a person described in these historical texts has actually been found,” says Professor Michael D. Martin of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s University Museum in Trondheim, Norway. “There are a lot of these medieval and ancient remains all around Europe, and they’re increasingly being studied using genomic methods.”

In 1938, bones were found in the well at Sverresborg Castle, but researchers at the time lacked the tools to do much aside from visual analysis. Now, radiocarbon dating and advanced gene-sequencing technology have allowed researchers to craft a more intricate picture of who the Well-man was. Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the body is approximately 900 years old, and studies conducted in 2014 and 2016 confirmed that the body belonged to a male who was between 30 and 40 years old at the time of death.

Complexity Beyond Historical Texts

“The text is not absolutely correct—what we have seen is that the reality is much more complex than the text,” says archaeologist Anna Petersén of the Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research in Oslo, Norway.

“We can corroborate what actually happened in a more neutral way,” says Dr. Martin Rene Ellegaard of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. As part of his work toward a doctoral degree, Ellegaard used samples of a tooth obtained from the Well-man’s skeleton to sequence his genome. Using this information, the team was able to ascertain that he most likely had blue eyes and blond or light-brown hair, and his ancestors likely hailed from the southernmost Norwegian county of present-day Vest-Agder.

The researchers were able to draw conclusions about the Well-man’s ancestry thanks to a large amount of reference data from the genomes of modern-day Norwegians made available through a collaboration with Professor Agnar Helgason at deCODE Genetics in Iceland. “Most of the work that we do is reliant on having reference data,” says Ellegaard. “So the more ancient genomes that we sequence and the more modern individuals that we sequence, the better the analysis will be in the future.”

“Those reference data are literally thousands of genomes of modern Norwegians and many thousands of other European genomes,” says Martin.

However, this technology has its limitations, as sampling the Well-man’s genome required removing the outer surface from his tooth—to avoid contamination from those who had handled it in non-sterile environments, such as during excavation—and grinding the tooth into a powder. This means that the sample can no longer be used for further tests, and researchers were not able to get data on any pathogens the Well-man may have been carrying at his time of death.

“It was a compromise between removing surface contamination of the people who have touched the tooth and then removing some of the possible pathogens … there are lots of ethical considerations,” says Ellegaard. “We need to consider what kind of tests we’re doing now because it will limit what we can do in the future.”

The researchers say that they would like to test samples from other historical figures. “The important Norwegian Saint Olaf is thought to be buried somewhere in Trondheim Cathedral,” says Martin, “so I think that if eventually his remains are uncovered, there could be some effort to describe him physically and trace his ancestry using genetic sequencing.”

Speaking to this new technique of blending of history and science, Petersén concludes, “It’s a fantastic result on what Ellegaard and Martin’s method can bring to archaeology in such a strange or rare context like this is.”

Source: Sci Tech Daily

Strange Familiars writes “It’s a Halloween bonus episode for everyone! During their second trip to the Witch Diggers’ property, Timothy, Jon Darby, and Tyler Strand interviewed a man in a nearby cabin who has been experiencing weird activity coming from the woods around him: whoops, tree knocks, tree breaks, unknown language, and strange laughter. He also observed large, red eyes, glaring at him from the trees.”

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The encounter took place in the late 70’s A listener writes “I grew up in a rural area of western KY mostly farm ground with hills, overgrown thickets and old oil field roads. There was a wooded place that joined farm ground with a access road that led to a old oil pump jack site in a cul de sac type clearing, it was a place guys would take 4wds to try to get hung up or goof around drink beer or take girls riding at night to try scare them.

One night some other guys and I drove back in this spot probably midnight or later messing around had parked trucks 3 I think and decided to walk up into the wooded area to explore which we had never done.

We had lights and kind of paired up to form a sort of arrow figure point. My partner took left flank with the point pair maybe 25-30ft ahead right flank maybe 40 ft from us we could see their lights and at first going was pretty easy until we came to a section that seemed like a overgrown wall we worked thru the thick brush stopping at times to listen in the night as we had began to lose sight of the others lights but could hear them from time to time or catch a glimpse of their lights.

During one stop I can’t recall if I or my partner heard first what sounded like children playing on a school yard, we said to each other that can’t be out in this woods nothing around at 1 or 2 am. The noise seemed faint or distant but we heard them as it was a clear cool early October night.

As we worked thru the brush some more we recognized a voice from the point shouting out CATCH OR GRAB THAT SON OF A BUCK or something close to it after which there was confusion we could others trying to run forward their lights bouncing in the night as my partner made our way forward we were sweeping the area with our light looking for movement and thinking it was one of our company pranking on us we gave chase as best we could for the growth at one point we hear a large splash soon followed by another we discovered there was a creek on this property we didn’t know was there.

When my partner and I got to the creek one of the guys in point and one on right flank were climbing out we asked the point voice what he saw he said a black shape was laying down and stood up and ran. He kept saying it’s a man, it’s a man, he was wearing a pack like a soldier he said it wasn’t particularly tall or no taller than us. We regrouped at the creek talked a bit each pair blaming the other for a prank and all denied any part we made our way back to the trucks and stood around the bed of one each going over what happened or what they saw my partner and I were the only ones to bring up the kids playing when at once we hear whomp whom whom on the side of one of the trucks behind us some including me quickly ran down to that truck but found or saw nothing still blaming each other for pranking we went back to the first truck where the others were and things began to settle back down then we hear the same beating sounding like it’s right at the truck we standing around and many of us could see the truck shake.

It was enough to make everyone scramble for a truck and tear out of there as fast as we could this the basic story so none of us ever made a positive sighting no one at that time ever even thought about sasquatch.”

A listener writes “Hello Wes, My buddy Marty introduced me to your show while we were staying in a remote area of British Columbia Canada at Wells Grey Provincial Park. Great vacation – saw over 30 waterfalls! At night we would listen to your show. Really enjoyed it. I had an experience I shared with Marty and we both thought I should share with you.

It was summer of 1986. I was living outside of Seattle in a hotel for work, did not know anyone but being an adventurous guy from Missouri, I spent my weekends backpacking the Pacific NW. In my 20’s and in my physical prime, looked for challenges. Most of my backpack trips were throughout the Cascades and Olympic Mountains, by myself! Never feared much (until one nerve racking experience near Denali in Alaska but that’s another story).

I had driven up to Sunrise on the NE side of Mount Rainier to backpack to Frozen Lake at the base of Mount Fremont (7214‘ msl) on the flanks of Mt Rainier. I was standing next to my Ford Bronco II getting my pack ready and had a guy walk up to me and ask me if I was a caver. I told him yes. He ask me about my license plate that had the National Speleological Society (NSS) on it and bat stickers on my rear window. He said he was a caver originally from Indiana. I told him about the Cave I own in Arkansas (Ennis Cave, Stone County Arkansas), 7 miles long, 100’ waterfall, large chambers, underground rivers and lakes – very cool. We hit it off and he ask where I was going. His name was Randy as well and he was with his wife Laura and we were going to the same place and he ask me to join him. I said sure and the 3 of us headed out.

We were the only ones backpacking that area. We settled in above the lake (you must stay away from the lake to protect it). It was about midnight and my friend Randy told me him and Laura were going to sit at the lake and watch for wildlife. I tagged along. We sat leaning up against a large log at one end of the lake. There was a full moon and the reflection of Mt Rainier was beautifully displayed on the lake surface of the lake. We sat there quiet for about 30 minutes when a large, walking upright animal came out of the trees on the other end of the lake, walked down by the lake and stopped looking directly across the lake (~200 feet) at where we were sitting. No one said anything, we just stared and watch this thing standing quietly without moving for at least 10 minutes. No doubt in our mind we say a very large animal walking on 2 legs, lots of moonlight to display it. Could not tell details like if it was hairy or what color it was.

After it turned and walked back into the trees my friend Randy turned to me and said “do you know what that was”. Before I could say anything his wife Laura said “that was Sasquatch!” I felt the same way. We were still pretty speechless not knowing how to process what we just say. We decided to head to the tents and investigate in the morning. I did not sleep much that night, nor did Randy and Laura. Naturally we heard all kinds of noises and I was on edge. Woke up to the ground shaking around me thinking there was an earthquake in the mountain being it’s a dormant volcano – it was a heard of elk moving past us to the meadow to feed as the sun was coming up. What a beautiful sight.

After we ate breakfast, we went down to the lake to look around. We looked at the trees behind where it was standing to size it up – thinking it was 7-8 feet tall. Found no tracks and noticed the ground was such we weren’t leaving tracks either so no surprise. No evidence it had been there to me and I’m not an expert on such things.

In summary, I’m not sure what we saw. I do know it was NOT human, walked on 2 feet, around 7-9 feet tall, moves slow and methodically, and left no evidence except for 3 people seeing it from about 200’ away for 10 minutes so it wasn’t a flash by experience. No smells and not sure the direction of the wind or if any, no sound, just the full moon across a small lake showing the nonhuman creature in the moonlight. I know what I believe it was but have no other proof other than my experience.”

A listener sent this to me. Note sure what to make of it, I have the video set to skip ahead to 20:38. The listener who sent it to me writes “I just watched this video and found it quite interesting…I’m curious to what you think of it…

Here is the original video in case you cant see the google Video…
Just FF to 20:45…

Link to the video to start at 20:38