A listener writes “When I was younger my family would have reunions in the summer at my grand parents house and the kids would camp out in tents in the early morning hours before day light a few of us would wake up to howls in the distance not really loud but like they were far away we heard this almost every night when we visited.
Our parents just played it off and teased us that it was the boogie man eventually my parents was transferred to Pennsylvania from Virginia we moved to the next county over from the one my grand parents lived we lived in a very rural area I made a friend that lived about a half a mile from me we met at the mom and pop store it was Early summer school was out he asked if I liked to fish and said yes so we rode our bikes to a DNR service road about a mile up the rode was a train trestle that went over a good size creek.
So we explored all day we did this for about two weeks everyday so we decided to do a weekend camping and fishing trip and go deeper into the woods to find a better place to fish.
The first day was good we made camp got fire wood then started to fish things got really quiet no birds or squirrels we could here pebbles hitting the water from the ridge above where the gravel road. We heard something moving around we thought it was a black bear because we have seen one earlier that week about a mile up the creek.
So we started to holler go away bear and make noise to let it know we were there so we had a radio and turned it on we built a fire pit and started a fire it was getting dark so we ate about 11 pm we went to sleep. We were woke up a few times that night to what we thought was a bear snooping around the camp and what I now know as wood knocks.
We woke up that morning and our fire pit was wrecked and our fishing poles were scattered around but we just really didn’t think about it but later that day was going to change our lives again. Pebbles started falling from the ridge above the movement now was like something was pacing back in forth above us every now and then we heard a huff and rocks would land behind us in the woods.
We still had no clue what it was about an hour later this thing starts coming down the ridge like a tank through the woods about 20 yards up from us and walked right into the creek and looked at us growled then 2 strides to the other side and went into the woods on the other side.
We both were shaking all over and both peed our pants could not move then my friend hollered let’s get the the F out of here we ran and left everything we ran all the way to my house. My parents said “what’s the matter?”
We were white as ghosts, we told them and they wanted to go there the next day I didn’t wanna go so they called the DNR office and they sent a officer to talk to me and my friend we reluctantly took him there and he found foot prints and cast them but told us it was a bear but I know what I saw and it was no bear.
I have only told my family about this and got teased a lot about it so I’m so glad for you and your show thank you Wes for what you do.”
Renee S
I’m just glad all the creature wanted was for the guys to leave the area. Or so it seems, since it appeared to be exasperated that it had to actually come all the way down to the creek to get them to skedaddle.
Denise F
I suppose the DNR officer wasn’t too surprised if he was prepared to take casts of the tracks.
Very interesting encounter and terrible that kids had to go through that type of shock.
Charles R
Interesting observation Denise. I have seen many DNR officers in the field in my lifetime, but never have I seen or known one to carry casting material. Next time I see one I will ask if it is procedure to carry such material.
Denise F
Oh please do.
I don’t know anyone to ask myself, but many times I have considered walking up to one that I see in Academy…..but then I never picturing that playing out well, lol.
Todd W
Of course its procedure for them to carry casting material, to cast the bear tracks dont u know! They (rangers) have big balls to think everyone doesnt know the difference between the two, its freakin mind boggling.
james c
I know what you mean and I get it but my parents called in that we seen an unknown or strange animal or creature I think they were aware because at that time there was a lot of sightings within that area we didn’t know that at the time ..some are documented check sightings in Greene county pa . We only lived they about 7 months
Andy G
“We woke up that morning and our fire pit was wrecked and our fishing poles were scattered around”
This Squatch was in your camp and did not hurt you which leads me to believe they generally do not want to. I am sure there are exceptions to this and we should not be reassured by my theory and let our guard down, but I wonder if most of the time they just want us to leave their area.
We hear of encounters where these things appear from nowhere and vanish just as easy, so I am coming to the conclusion that we see them when they want us to and rarely by accident.
Charles R
IMO a very valid point Andy. This behavior is either instinct or learned behavior to not really hurt us, and I believe one of the reasons that they have survived to this day, unlike all other hominids that came in contact with us homo sapiens.
james c
I believe the same we didn’t heed it’s warnings because we didn’t know anything about them let alone they existed we must of pissed him off b over staying our welcome