A listener writes “This happened about seventeen or eighteen years ago. At the time, I lived in a semi-remote, wooded area of North Idaho in an older double-wide manufactured home on five acres. My husband worked overnight shifts, so I was often alone in the house with our two young boys until early morning.
One night, while I was doing routine household chores, dishes, vacuuming, general cleaning. I noticed our yellow lab behaving unusually. Her hackles were raised and she was emitting a low, steady growl. She wasn’t panicked. She was alert.
She then turned toward the front of the house. Within seconds, knocking began on the front wall. Immediately after that, she began barking aggressively. Almost as quickly, she shifted her attention to the east side of the house. The barking moved with her and then the knocking followed.
This pattern continued around the entire perimeter of the house including the outer edges of the roof (we had a wrap around porch, so that’d explain the roof knocking) for approximately 30-45 seconds. The knocking was deliberate and paced. What stood out most was that my dog consistently reacted to each new location before the sound occurred, as though she was tracking movement outside the walls.
I did not look out the windows or go outside. I was too afraid. Later, my husband suggested it was kids playing a prank, but that explanation never fit. The movement was too fast and too coordinated to be people running around the house. It was also winter. When I checked the next day, there were no footprints or disturbances in the snow anywhere around the home.
At the time, I categorized the experience as something paranormal, largely because I have had other unexplained experiences throughout my life. However, after listening to your podcast, I’ve begun to reassess it. The knocking, the pacing, and the dog’s reaction are consistent with reports commonly attributed to Bigfoot behavior.
I will always regret not looking outside that night.
Years later, my oldest son has begun reporting his own unexplained experiences in wooded areas, unidentifiable sounds, tree knocking, and other disturbances he cannot explain.”