A listener writes “Me and my younger brother had a encounter back in the mid 1990’s. We live in eastern Kentucky in a small town and grew up in the woods. We hunt,Fish all of our lives.
We would Fish at night where it was cooler and the bigger fish would be out. It was still daylight when I heard off in the distance a roar but couldn’t make it out plan and my brother didn’t hear it, later on it did it again and that time he heard it too. But in the distance, so we continued to fish and talk for a few hours and by this time it’s dark. The fog had moved in on the water. It was a quiet night and no wind or noise, we were the only people on the lake, when behind us on the other side of the lake on the bank this massive roar and the breaking brush and the shaking trees. I had never in my years heard such a horrifying scream-Roar in my life, it was throwing rocks so big it was making the water wake and moving our boat on the other side where we were fishing in my boat.
I had a huge spotlight and went half way to the middle of the channel and you could see under the fog to the bank where the screaming was taking place and you could see the dirt rolling off the bank into the water but what ever it was, just far enough up we couldn’t see it for the foliage from the trees hanging down, This went on for 30 minutes it screaming and roaring like a huge dinosaur! I have never been scared of the woods, I could sleep on a cemetery on Halloween night by myself and never get scared our dad always told us nothing will harm you in the woods other than humans and back in the 1970’s we didn’t have any big animals, the biggest were wildcats and foxes no deer or coyotes, or bear, I was 16 years old before I seen my first deer and by the time we had this encounter in the 1995-96 the wildlife agencies had stocked coyotes deer, that were doing good but no bear, deer were the biggest. so we were never scared to hunt or fish at night, but that night I was scared to death. Finally my younger brother stands up in the front of my boat and says HEY! You idiots make one more scream and I have a 357 mag. I’m going to empty at you! And 5 seconds after him saying that another rock the size of a basketball just missed the front of my boat. At this time we were only 35-40 yard away from the bank where it was , we were in the middle of the lake channel, I said to my brother, we are getting out of here cause what ever it is doesn’t know English! So we got out fast. I was afraid to get to close cause as angry acting as this thing sounded it would have jumped into the boat. This was about 11-12am at night when we finally left And went straight home.
Where the encounter happened you can’t drive in only can get there by boat and we were the only ones on the lake that night. And I had another happen about 5-6 miles from this one a few years later while hunting. But wanted to tell you about the first one cause it has stayed with me all these years and each time we tell someone they say OH! it was a bear. But I have never known bear to throw huge 50 lbs rocks. Nor make a screaming noise that will almost stop your heart or shake two trees at once that were 7/8 inches thick. I swear I know for sure what ever this thing was it was so mad if we had got off that boat where it was at it would have killed us both, I have never heard the anger in this things screams and roars and its actions to the trees, it was just pure Evil and the strength it demonstrated was super human, Thank you Wes love your show, you have help me finally open up to the fact of what encounter we had and I do think and believe with all my heart it was a Bigfoot. You had a listener send you some screams. He recorded while fishing and it was pretty much the same screams but much more anger in them. I played them to my brother and he said the same thing I did. I can’t think of any other animal that could have done what this thing did.”
Michael S
Amazing! I love how this show is giving people the courage to open up about their experiences. I hope he comes on, want to hear more… Thanks Wes.
Scott W
This sounds a lot like the stories my uncles use to tell us growing up. They are from a small town in Eastern Kentucky and had very similar experiences. Even in the 80’s when I camped and explored the same hills and forests, there were still a lot of activity. I guess Eastern Kentucky is kind of a hot bed of activity .
L. Oriana S
Great encounter. We believe you 100%.
Chris P
Looking forward to listen
Daniel E
Great encounter and thanks for sharing it with us. That roar and how it feels is something you never forget. Oh and thanks for spelling foliage correct, for some reason foilage just drives me nuts.
Charles R
Yah it was a bear – you bet. The world record for a 16 pound shot put is 23.12 meters = 76 feet = 25 1/4 yards. 35 yards with a basketball size rock is so far out of the realm of a human, and bears do not throw rocks or stones. One has to wonder why it was so angry about these guys fishing? The creature could have just gone to another area of the lake where no one was around. Perhaps it was trying to protect it’s perceived territory.
Ulrike H
Hope you come on the show! Thanks for sharing your story.
Wayne M
Thanks for sharing… great details!
Ed A
I love the whole .357 Gambit. Sasquatch don’t care. He’s like a 400 lb. Honey badger!
Terrence B
Great story. Thanks for sharing. I totally believe you. A person can’t throw rocks that size, from that distance. So what could? Nothing on earth we know of, other than a Bigfoot, based on stories and accounts from all over the U.S. and Canada. Many stories in Ohio, that are identical to this one. I just think these animals/beings are very territorial, and want to shoo you out of their area, without being seen. They do the same thing when they walk people out, but stay unseen in the trees. I think they show themselves, as last resort. These same stories go back hundreds of years, before Bigfoot became a thing, in the late 50’s. See the same stories and patterns, over and over. That in itself, says a lot. All these stories, over time, is amazing. Not everyone is lying, and looking for attention. In a court of law, this evidence would win a case……
Ok, now I’m going to say something, I hope someone who doubts the existence of these creatures reads this. I always tell people that say, “why do you think these things exist”? Well here is the topper for me. WES, you may want to share this line of thinking on your show, as I think it is unarguable:
Native Americans in Canada in the US, have talked about these beings for 100’s of years, basically since the White man came from other countries/continents. The Native Americans could not have known about Apes or Monkeys in Africa/Asia, until the 1800’s, as they would of learned that in the 1800’s, from White man coming here. That cannot be argued. Well, explain to me, why they have ape like beings on cave walls, from thousands of years ago? Ape like beings on Totem poles, carvings, pottery from way before White man stepped in North America. So come on, tell me how they knew about apes and monkeys, that don’t live in North America before White men got here. This to me, is stronger proof than anything. Big foot has been here for thousands of years, and to Native Americans it’s another animal/tribe they lived with. The proof is in all the pictures and totem poles. Again, they couldn’t have known about apes or monkeys in other continents before White men came here. Someone tell me how they could! So what were they seeing before White man got here, with knowledge or pictures of Apes/Gorillas/monkeys?
It leads to one logical answer. They were seeing a ape like being, BEFORE White man was here with knowledge of apes. Or at least believed they were. How else did they come up with the idea of apelike beings? Hundreds and hundreds of tribes, eastern US, western Canada, thousands of miles away from each other. Someone tell me how they could come up with the idea….. you can’t. To me, that proves they were seeing something, that we continue to see. Pretty strong proof to me.
Case closed.