Wes, first off I love the show and listen all of the time. I wanted to write to you because I had an encounter with my then wife back in 1997 in Washington state. We were driving home from a family reunion. We were on the back roads near the town of Woodland. I remember this like it was yesterday. As we came around a corner on a back country road this thing which I thought was a bear at first ran into the road on all fours. As I slammed on my brakes and what I thought was a bear stood up on two legs. It gave me the look of death, it looked pissed. It looked like a cross between a very large ape and a man, it was a brownish/blackish color. It took off running on two legs up the embankment and I lost sight of it. I am sure the encounter only lasted a few seconds but it seemed like forever. As this thing was staring me down I noticed how dirty it was like it was rolling in dirt or sand.
My wife at the time began crying and telling me to get her out of there. I remember looking at my wife and saying “that…….bear…..um…was strange” my wife said it was not a bear. I never really believed in bigfoot before this and was not really sure what we saw at the time. I really had no one to talk to about this my wife who is my ex now would refuse to talk about it. I tried to tell my family what I saw but they just laughed at me. I recently found your podcast and it has really helped me to understand what I saw but knowing there are others out there has helped me as well. Thanks for all you do.
Chad P.