A listener writes “Hey Wes hope your having a good weekend! I wanted to tell you about a strange encounter on Mt Rainier, I have done a little research and have not been very successful in finding information on this so thought maybe you have heard something? This is not concerning the hairy guy…just want to get that out.
About 13 years ago two friends of mine set out to do a documentary on Mt Rainier and the surrounding areas. The 3 of us had been contracted out by a coop that represents many of the small towns around the base, we build them a video about their towns and of course to drive web traffic we tour the final destination of many…Paradise.
We had just finished up our shooting and an interview at the Paradise visitor center and we’re heading home, there was snow on the ground as we had just filmed some of the tube runs they had up there. By the time we had started down the mountain it was starting to get a little dusky and we wanted to get some cool river shots so as soon as we hit the river we pulled the FJ Cruiser over and headed down this goat path to the river…it was a little sketchy.
We were probably down there for about 15 mins when we noticed this group of people walking upriver toward us, no big deal. As they got closer I remember saying to my self WTF are people walking around up here in T-shirt’s and button up light flannels. We have down jackets…there is snow!
We were kinda set back on some rocks sitting watching these two men and a female who appear to be about our age say late 20’s or so walking up the river bank as they approach with in conversation distance we greet them and say hello …well they were not as friendly as us, they just turned their heads in a really creepy fashion and stared at us as they kept walking forward, not missing a beat! Wes I swear to you these people had these very chilling deep red eyes. I have goosebumps writing this now and have to say it was one of my most frightening experiences. Not their whites just the centers were red. There were no campsites, Parking lots or anything else up there! This was the last bend before it goes vertical. I do not remember the quality of their skin wether it was normal or pale or whatever, I did not get the feeling of fear like they wished us harm but maybe more like “don’t f&$k with us” type of vibe. Very strange to see 3 people walking up a frigid river bank in The darkness.
Anyway I hope you don’t mind me asking if you have details or not of what this could have been? I get the opportunity to see people tweaking at work which is why I kind of keep quiet about this experience and they were not tweakers.”