A listener writes “I was 18 years old working on a trail crew for the forest service in one of the largest wilderness areas in northwest Montana.
Being the son of a survivor and growing up in the area they put me on the “back country new trail crew”, basically I was sent out with a small crew to map out and rough in new trails more than 10 miles in the back country. Anyways one of the trails we got sent to map out was 20 miles from the nearest road and as I was sent ahead of the clearing crew a few miles with a gps, map, compass and flagging.
I walked up on a large matted down area that smelled like a mix of skunk and rotting fruit, kinda a nasty sweet smell. There were branches about 10 feet off the ground that were bent, not broken and these branches are huge. 8-12 inches in diameter. I started looking around and could feel something watching me. I heard a lot of grunting and a sound that was like someone hitting a tree with a baseball bat. I never did find it but had a really odd feeling about running a trail through this area.
I ended up putting a bend in the trail that went about 1/2 mile north of the area and ran close to a stream. When I got home 2 weeks later I talked to my dad about it and he said that it was most likely a Bigfoot nest and that I did the best thing possible.
Anyways that’s the short and sweet of it. Thanks for reading and have a great day”