Sep 2

I Saw A Large Figure Looking Over The Camp

A listener writes “My encounter dates back to 2017. I was 14 then and as a Boy scout we were going on a week long camping trip. From the get go things were very disorganized as the leader didn’t go to check out the area we would be trekking through ahead of time.

The snow fall in that part of the rocky mountains was heavy that year and into mid June there was still 6-7 feet of snow in areas where it should have melted. When we got there no one was there. We hiked about 7 miles into the mountains and we would set up camp above a lake. The plan for our hike was to hike up this canyon and then go over the top of a mountain and trek through a valley to get to our final destination. We set up camp around the peak of this mountain and we all settled in our tents. It was very windy that night and you could barely hear anything. Around 10 pm the wind let up for about 15 minutes and that is when things got weird. It is pitch black outside and my tent buddy is out like a brick. I am laying there as I was worried about the tent in the wind. When the wind let up I could hear the crunching of snow around me. Whatever was out there was walking around the tent over and over. I could tell it was heavy due to the impact of each step sounding like it sunk into the snow. The way the camp was laid out was that everyone had their tents in a big circle but my buddy and I set ours up around 30-40 ft away from everyone else so we were a bit up the mountain from them. Whatever it was wandered around the tent for what felt like an eternity until it just abruptly stopped.

I yelled out hey is there anyone there to no response. Shortly after yelling this out I began to hear a thick heavy breathing outside of the tent. I don’t know how to describe it but it felt very deep and sort of gutterele in a sense. It sat there for a bit just breathing and I could see a slight outline of a figure outside the tent. Whatever it was was big and I didn’t know what to think of it. Shortly after this started the wind started to pick up and when it did whatever it was wandered off. I didn’t know what to think of this as it was pitch black and below freezing outside. I didn’t think of bigfoot and I wasn’t scared. As the wind picked up I noticed that my buddy of mine had put the rainfly on wrong so it began to blow away. This was about 20-30 minutes after the breathing so I felt confident enough to poke out of my tent to grab it. After unzipping the tent I grabbed the rainfly and that is when I saw it. The area where we were camping was like a miniature gully with one side being all rocks going up for a ways and the other side being an embankment that went up around 15 feet. When I looked up the embankment I saw a large figure standing there looking over the camp. The moon was out so I could get a basic outline on it. Whatever it was I would say it had to be 8-9 feet tall. It was very broad and appeared to be covered in long hair.

From what I could make out, the hair, although long, didn’t appear rugged and seemed to have been kept somewhat clean. I could get the basic features of the face as it had sunken in eyes. From what I could see the hands were down alongside its knees and had very large hands. I don’t know if it saw me, but I got the feeling like it was confused about what we were doing there. This area is a decently popular trail with some of the more experienced hikers but with all this snow no one was around. My guess is that this thing had wandered in since it thought no one would be here during this sort of weather and conditions.

At this point I was frightened so I pulled back into the tent and instead of fixing the rainfly which was still attached on one end I just tied it to my wrist. I didn’t sleep the rest of the night. I would have gone out and looked for prints but that night it snowed 10 inches so any evidence of it was gone. Due to poor planning we were forced to turn around the next day which I was grateful for. I didn’t go back in the woods for a year and even then I didn’t start camping again until a couple of months ago.

I know this email is long but this is just the basic details of my experience. I have only talked to my mom about this and it took me over 4 years to tell her. I wanna say how grateful I am for what you do as your show showed me that I am not alone in what I experienced.”

9 Responses to “I Saw A Large Figure Looking Over The Camp”

  1. theresa m

    Thank you for sharing your encounter. If you are able to, it would be very interesting to hear you tell your story. Glad you and your friends were able to get away without any negative happenings short of your personal fright from seeing the creature on the hill.

  2. Tina A

    Your recollection of this experience was perfect. I could picture it as I read your words. I can’t imagine how frightening that night had to be for you and especially at 14 years old. You are a brave soul. Thank you for sharing this once in a lifetime experience. I hope sharing it allows you to let go of some of the fear you undoubtedly still carry within you. Please realize that you did everything right and got home safely…..and with an incredible story to tell.

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