In the early 70’s, I purchased a house in South Lake Tahoe just South and East of the South Lake Tahoe airport. I was standing on my front porch gazing in that direction when I spotted what I thought was a guy in a hooded brown long sleeved jumpsuit. Since there were just a few houses in my neighborhood, and most of them were vacation homes which were empty, I was virtually alone in my neighborhood. I whistled loudly, and shouted, and waved to the guy. To my surprise the guy freaked out and backed into a pine tree that was about 150 feet or so from the river where he was. I walk down there often and at the time those pine trees were about an inch above my palm as far as I could reach over my head. I’m 6′ 3″ and can palm an 8 foot ceiling. When this guy backed into the pine tree, the top of the tree was just below the tip of his right shoulder. He then spun around ran for the river as fast as I’d seen deer run when I’d spooked them.
As soon as I realized that this guy was taller than the tree I bailed off of the porch and ran straight to the pine tree, never once taking my eyes of of the tree so I could make sure I was heading for the correct one. When I got to the tree there was no evidence of anything there. The ground was hard pack so there were no prints. I verified the height of the tree to be a little over 8 feet tall by about an inch. I went to the river to see if there were prints there and there were none. Hey it was broad daylight. I cussed to myself thinking that no one was going to believe me. I went back to the house and got in the car and drove around to the other side of the river where there were a few homes and began knocking on doors. Two people wouldn’t talk to me, but one guy said “Oh, you’ve seen them too.”. To which I replied “Them?” He said if he told anyone about it he’d deny it but he said he’d seen them pretty regular in the spring of the year.
This was 40 years ago and I only just this year decided that I should tell somebody. The guy I talked to was in his 70’s so he’d be over 110 if he was still alive, so I don’t
think I’ll get any verification from him now. I’ve been in the area since and there are loads of homes there now so I don’t think there’s going to be much of a chance that you will see one in the vicinity at this late date.
I measured my shoulders and they are a little over 2 feet wide. This guy was way bigger than that by almost double judging by where he touched the tree. I ran a line across my shoulders straight across at the same height that the tree touched his shoulder. I said he because I didn’t see any breasts. Anyway, where the line intersected the middle of my chest, I measured from there to the top of my head and it’s between 15 or 16 inches. Now if this guy is as tall as he is I’ll recon that same measurement on him would be at least 18 inches or so. That makes him to be about 9′ 6″. No human that I’ve ever seen or heard of is 9′ 6″ that can also run like a deer. One would think that something that massive couldn’t move that fast. He wasn’t close enough for me to see his face by a long shot.
In any case I have just started listening to your show and you seem to keep a level head on your shoulders about these animal/beings. It is greatly appreciated. Many of the other shows don’t seem to stay on track, and allow a great amount of pretty crazy theories. I’m not one to outright seek attention because of what I’ve seen. I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone, and that it would be great if you just kept on doing what you are doing. I was only 23 when I saw what was an almost 10 foot creature near where I lived. It hasn’t stopped me from camping or changed my life to any great extent. Only the fact that I saw something that very few people get to see. Keep up the good work.