A listener writes “Greetings Wes, I’ve had 2 sasquatch encounters in my life. The most recent was in July of 2019. I was tubing down the rainbow River near Ocala, Florida with 3 friends. This area is Florida cypress swamp which is rural teaming with wildlife, mostly birds, fish, many species of snake, alligators and deer.
I observed a water bird standing on a tree stump. I then observed a dark brown furry hand reaching towards the bird. There was a large humanoid ape-like creature squatting behind a cypress tree attempting to grab the bird. The creature quickly swatted towards the bird in a grabbing motion as if he was attempting to capture it. The bird rapidly dove into the river escaping the creatures grasp. At this time there were two boys approximately 8 to 10 years old laughing and splashing in the river behind me. The creature immediately looked at the children, and then looked at me.
I made eye contact with it, and it immediately started looking around before it ducked behind the brush. This creature was approximately 8 feet tall, with extremely wide shoulders, weighing maybe 400 pounds or more. The creature attempted to blend in with the foliage, but it’s brown coat was a conspicuous against the mostly green plants that surrounded him. As i slowly floated downstream, i observed the creature stand up and wildly run of into the woods with its arms flailing high up by its shoulders in a hopping stride.
This experience was utterly terrifying as i was close enough to see the creatures muscle tone and piercing brownish black eyes.”