A listener writes “I just discovered you podcast, which I really enjoy. Thanks for the great show!
I thought I would tell you about an experience I had a few years ago, in hopes that you might be able to tell me if others have told you similar things.
This event happened a few years ago, on the late night of August 20th, 2017 in Oregon at the base of Mt. Hood. My family and I were camping up there because the next day was a full solar eclipse, a very rare occurrence, and in this spot we could view the totality of the eclipse.
Late that night before the day of the eclipse, I heard, from my tent, the sound of a heavy creature walking around our campsite. The steps were loud thuds, and were paced in such a way that it sounded like a large, heavy creature on two feet.
Coinciding with this walking noise, I heard a very strange noise which neither me, nor my highly skeptical father (who is an expert animal tracker), have ever heard.
The noise sounded like a heavy grunt of a bear, yet at the same time, it had a metallic quality to it. Like the sound of scraping a washboard, or the rattling of a metal gate. Hearing the sound repeatedly that night, and from different places in a circle around our camp, the only mental image was of a bear with a metal head. I know that sounds weird but that’s the only way I can describe it.
In the morning, my father said he heard it too and he describes it in the same way. As a loud grunt with a rattling metallic quality.
It’s also worth noting that while this was happening, I felt immense fear. Maybe that’s just because of the uncertainty of what I was hearing, but part of me felt like whatever was out there, was emanating a very frightening energy.
Have you ever received any reports of noises like this? I would be very interested to hear your response.
Thank you,”
theresa m
I’ve heard on your podcast stories of people hearing the metallic sound at the same time they are hearing the heavy foot falls of a bipedal being. This is when I wonder if sasquatch is also an alien because I do believe there are different types of sasquatch. Thanks, Wes, and it would be interesting to hear this listener’s story even if it was a short story.
Eric S
It’s my understanding that the Portland Symphony Orchestra occasionally take their seasonal retreats from rehearsals out to Mt. Hood and then ‘cut loose’ into the bush with an odd-relic collection of woodblocks, kazoos and didgeridoos. Those would be pretty strange sounds.
Janetta V
That’s funny. Of course that was no bigfoot they heard, just the orchestra out practicing. Thanks
Jon C
I have wondered if the night time air at a certain temperature and humidity is utilized by Sasquatch for communicating in this medium… perhaps sound travels in a similar manner as over a cool lake before dawn. The howls or deep growl noise(s) and huffing and puffing I have heard outside a tent in Northern Oregon have all been between 2-5 am and seem to resonate through the forest as if “metallic” & wave-influenced… (think of metallic boat noises Underwater or humpbacks). Perhaps siren-like howls & whoops are also a echolocation vocalization that can help with familiarizing the caller with topography ahead!
Tammi C
??
m99
??
Clayton A
We had this EXACT experience.. TWICE! This same sound in the same place, same time of year. Both times we were camping in the wilderness around Trillium Lake. We heard a strange grunt/growl that was somewhat similar to a bear but also very different. Started as one and then had multiple just out of sight circling our camp. We all felt a deep anxiety type of fear. It went on for a long time. Our first time hearing this was a little over three years ago 2019/2020. Heard it again the next year less than a mile from the first time. We have been looking since for someone who has heard this or can corroborate it. We’d love to connect about this!