A listener writes “Northeastern Utah 1985 My first encounter with what I believed to be a group of 3 Bigfoot was when I was about 8 years old. I was spending the night at my aunts home. My older sister and 5 other of my cousins planned to sleep outside in tents in the back yard.
My sister and the girls slept in one tent while my male cousin and I slept in the other tent. Our tent was positioned on the west side of the property line. My aunts neighbor had a garden of corn, squash and some other stuff next to us on the other side of the fence. At the time the small community didn’t have street lights so at night most the area was pitch black. Except for a yard light in a distance. As soon as it got dark we all decided to go to sleep, sometime during the night I was awakened by a loud booming sound.
East of the community there used to be large metal dumpsters. I figured it had to be those dumpsters the got slammed. The neighborhood dogs were going nuts it sounded like they were attacking something. My cousin were all deeply asleep. So I lay in the tent listening for awhile, the dogs began following these things up the street. I could tell they were coming closer because they made a peculiar sound like a deep huffing, groaning sound as if they ran from somewhere far away. I began to get scared, I didn’t understand why the others did not hear these beasts.
I lay inside the tent stiff as a board listening to these things move things around, they seemed be communicating by broken language or it sounded like something talking backward. The dogs continued to make attacks on these things, they were fighting back with the dogs at times I would here a dog get kicked because they would let out a yelp and cry. These things were getting pissed off because the neighborhood dogs would not leave them alone.
Eventually they left back out into the nearby fields so I thought. The night was not over yet. I got relaxed after the encounter I fell back to sleep. Then again! I was awakened by the heavy foot steps coming and the terrifying sound of grunting and groaning. The dogs began to bark and attack them. One of them must have gotten bit really good because it let out this terrible scream, I heard a loud crack and the dog let out a scream and ran away yelping.
They would cross the chain link fence into the garden, I could hear them chewing on the vegetables. It was a long terrifying night. I prayed these things would not bother us in the tents. What made me believe these things were Bigfoot is that I saw the shadow off a nearby yard light as it walked past our tent. It was walking on 2 legs upright. I could see its head and shoulders and appeared to have a human like figure. Finally as daybreak came one of them oinked and grunted they gathered and ran off northbound toward the river bottom with the dogs tailing them. I was in complete shock that day I told my uncle and aunt about the whole thing. They believed me as well as did my cousins.”
Sid N
The so called Samari chatter is one thing I have not heard yet, perhaps not being close enough. I have heard roaring, “owling”, rock clacking, tree knocking, and banging on different assorted objects, and one night a very bad imitation of a dog, which sounded like a human would do in mockery, “woof, woof, woof,” in response to several barking dogs! I can live without having to be closer to hear the chatter! Good report!
Sid N
I forgot to mention, that my cousin, who lives down the hill and across the hill from me has had her own experiences with these creatures. She said one night a couple of years ago, she let her dog out to use the bathroom, the dog went charging down the road, barking and in her protective mode, but suddenly coming to a sudden stop when she saw what was in front of her. About that time my cousin saw it too. She said it was very tall, but not extremely bulky, although much bigger than any human would be. It was dark and she wasn’t able to see facial features. The amazing thing to me is what she said happened next. She said the creature uttered in a very deep, gravelly, slow voice, the word, D-O-W-N! The dog immediately dropped to her belly and whimpered before tucking tail and running back to her master. At which point the animal continued crossing the road and climbing up the hillside toward the trees. My cousin and mutt made a hasty retreat back inside their house. This is a normally vicious dog that will bite without provocation. I won’t even go on their property without the dog being put up. I’m supposing this is another example of how persons say that Sasquatch will imitate what they hear humans say!
PATRICK
Enjoyed Sid thx.
Lynn W
What an amazing story. I doubt I would have been able to stay in the tent like you did after the first encounter. I was wondering if you thought to look for tracks the next day.
PATRICK
Again it is unfortunate that a youngster witness such a creature.
Russell H
What county was this in sid?
Lise B
Wow! Can’t believe anyone would sleep through that,other than the listener telling his story. Yeah i would be stiff as a board too.I wonder what the fait of that dog was after it retreated from the what I’m guessing was bone cracking.
And Sid! Thanks for your story… Wow.. smart bigfoot.