I was 15 years old, deer hunting East of the Mt Hood National Wilderness Area in Oregon. It was 1970. My Dad stuck me on a huge stump and went off to my right and our neighbor, W. went off to my left. The stump partially embraced me like a recliner. It was huge! Also, it as a good place to sit for a long time.
My view was a meadow and heavy brush. Large Douglas Firs bordered the area…perhaps 3 acres. This was back when large fir trees still existed and these were being logged in abundance.
I had never heard of Bigfoot, read anything about him or had any idea what so ever that such things existed in the woods.
I am very comfortable in the woods. Evidently, I was trusted by my father and neighbor as they left me with a 303 British. Ok…. Big deal.
After about 2 hours later I hear a rustle to my right. I click off my safety and slowly move my gun and body to see. Immediately, I thought it was my father running at full speed through the woods. Odd behavior but I click my safety back on and watched what I thought was my Dad run through the brush. He ran about 50′ in front of me from right to left. The heavy brush came up to his breast area. Heavy steam came out in regular intervals as he ran. It was quite a site.
I didn’t understand why the branches weren’t making that scraping noise on his parka. My dad wore a rust color parka popular at the time. One thing he never did was wear the hood. But, it appears as though Dad had his hood on while running though the wood. Odd?
My dad was an athlete and physically fit most of his life. Played all the sports. I thought he was particularly athletic running though the woods with amazing grace. I sat there pondering what had just happened when I hear another crashing noise to my right.
I look and there is dad, stomping through the woods making all kinds of noise. He was still hunting! I was stunned to see him on my right as I just saw him pass from view on my left! Now he looks real tiny and the brush is 1′ to 2′ over his head. He looks small and weak and definitely not athletic. I could hear his every foot step.
I’m 15. Too young I think to be scared. I know every type of animal in the woods and am struggling with what I had just seen.
The hunt has obviously come to a close as dad is exhausted. Still confused, I said, “Did you just run by here?” Dad replies, “Are you kidding, I can barely stand up out here!”
Then I explained something had run by. I though it was you. Only, when I saw you I realized what I saw was huge,very fast and very powerful. I described to my dad what I had seen.
I was not frightened. What I saw was an intelligent human looking animal running with purpose, speed, grace and power. The kind you find from creatures in nature. Although he was running fast the noise was minimal. He made less noise running than my dad did walking.
About 6 months later I was reading a story in a magazine about some kids in The Dalles, Oregon chasing and shooting a creature. My blood went cold. It was then I realized what I had seen.
In the subsequent years I have seen numerous stories on the creature. Science says without proof, they don’t exist. Normal people are labeled as kooks or they saw a bear, deer or an elk. I know exactly what I saw and I know Bigfoot exists because I have seen one running like the wind.
Charles R
This so reminds me of my friend Rob. I had know Rob since 2002 as he was a weekend neighbor to my sister and brother in law, owning a lake cabin next to them. Over the years when we would visit my sister and brother in law several times a year I became friends with Rob and his wife Nancy from Clarkston, MI. We snowmobiled in winter and motorcycled in summer and did a fair amount of partying. It is very late June of 2010. I was taking my 3 nephews ( all 20 or older ) for an overnight stay in the Huron National Forest, by the Au Sable River with the purpose to call in a bigfoot. We succeeded to some degree however the next day Nancy told me I needed to talk to Rob. She said what we went after Rob had seen 10 years earlier. Needless to say I was flabergasted.
That afternoon I talked to Rob. He said he never talked about this to others for the obvious reasons,however since I was a friend that knowledge of these creatures he talked to me. In bow season of 2000 in Iosco County, MI ( where the lake cabins are ) he saw something dark coming down a trail. Rob was hidden in the brush. His first response was what was his Father in Law doing walking that trail with black overalls and hooded and no orange. As his presumed father in law got closer it became apparent this was not him. Instead this walker was not in overalls but covered in dark colored hair all over and was huge, just massive, in his opinion 8 feet tall or better and built like a sh** brick house. At this point Rob’s voice started breaking, almost tearful, and fear was evident. He said it was very traumatic and he was scared enough to give up hunting all together due to the fact that these were in the woods. This creature came with in 100 feet of Rob and followed the trail on out and never saw Rob. Soon Rob’s father in law came down another trail behind Rob and they left. Rob tells me he can not imagine why anyone would ever want to see one of these and be close as he would never want to be that scared for his life again. Of course I tell him I am not afraid of them harming me, Rob does not agree.
Chuck
michael r
great story, thanks for the share
Janetta V
It’s the normal people that know these things exist. The kooks are the rest of the people, who are above believing anything they can’t touch or see. Great story. Thanks
Stacey H
The older I’ve gotten,, the truer.this is.