A listener writes “I have been a logger for the past 34 years, and on this day in January of 2002 I was driving into one of our logging jobs on the Oregon Coast.
There were two empty log trucks sitting on the landing and one loaded on heading out so I needed to find a spot to get out of the way. Since I was kind of needing to go to the bathroom I decided to drive up a spur road to be out of the loaded trucks way and also take care of my “business”. I took a short hike into the timber and proceeded to “squat” it had been dark and rainy all day and at this particular moment the sun broke through the clouds for a few seconds, and a column of sunlight came through the canopy of tree tops.
The column of light hit on a spot that I thought was a rotten stump. But then I realized it wasn’t a stump but a creature covered in reddish brown hair also squatting down almost as if to be trying to hide from me. When it realized I had spotted it, it stood straight up and took off walking towards the ridge top. I was also spooked and jumped up and ran back to my rig as quickly as possible. Went many years without telling anyone about it. But the older I get the less I care what anyone else thinks.”
joseph d
very little privacy left these days…..
Curly N.S.
I concur, if yuh can’t crap in the woods undisturbed then what else is left by golly!
ANDY F
Damn… I wanna see one.
Mary W
Well seeing that should have speeded up his “business ” so to speak!
Bal G
Dude wanted to take a dump in the woods, and got more than he bargained for! Awesome story! Keep up the good work Wes.
Brian V
Awsom ENCOUNTER
Curly N.S.
Well i guess u can call that a case of the “squatskies” oh my?
Dave T
I think the majority of loggers out there are aware of these creatures. I just think most of them don’t speak up because of job security.
Curly N.S.
Exactly….they probably have as much insight as anyone :1