I was out with my brother and friend joe. We camped off an old logging road or first night in the sequoias nobody around. It got to be about 8 pm. The moon was not out yet so it got dark fast. We decide to take a quick walk each having a little cheap flashlight from Walmart. We get about a couple min down the road before we decided to head back. On our way back I was a few feet in front when I hear my brother yell that he sees eyes watching us. I run back shine my light over him and at first I see these eyes then the outline of his body came into focus and this thing was a monster standing about 7 feet tall peeking around a tree. The first thing I notice is that the eyes are far apart and the way he looked at us was not normal. It was almost like an owl the way his neck moved.
It had no motion. leaned it to the right then the left. Looking at us like he was just as interested. I had about a good 4 sec on him. Then my friend ran up and shined his light then I can tell it was over us looking at him and used its left hand to push away from the tree and took 4 steps out of view. But this thing was a beast I could see the out line perfect. And it walked on 2 feet sounded like he broke a 2 by 4 on every step. So we are now just standing there frozen can’t believe what we just saw and we know it’s still just right there watching us. We stood there for about 30 sec thinking on what to do. We decide to head back to the car we had a couple go pros and a camera to grab but it was so dark they would have been pointless. As we are walking back to the car we hear him again and we realize that he’s following us along the road in the trees and getting a little closer. then he takes this step that stopped us in our tracks. This thing was about 5 feet off the road. And he didn’t care if we heard. So now we are all just standing there frozen.
I remember feeling like my heart was up in my neck I didn’t know what was going to happen next. I was waiting for him to make a move until my brother yelled out fuck it and took a step off the road and started running full speed at this thing. My friend joe and I don’t hesitate one sec and we follow him. I don’t even know what we were going to do when we got to this creature. We didn’t even think we were just so interested. So we get about ten feet in and I yelled out stop! So we just stood there in silence listening for anything. We knew it was just right next to us. Then this thing just started walking again and he was only feet away. We all start running at its steps again with out saying a word to each other. We did that about 4 times every time we stopped it was the same thing. He was watching us from 5 to ten feet away then start walking. The last time we stopped we realized that we just ran full speed into the forest and now we don’t know we’re we are. I did not want to get lost. I knew he was still just right there. We walk about a min to where we think the road is and we popped up behind the jeep. And that was it we didn’t leave the area the rest of the night. That thing was so good at not showing him self. Shadowing us the whole time. He was a professional. Nothing could have avoided us like that. Going back to the same spot as soon as winter is over.
I’ve told you one of my story’s before from the sequoias. I had a good experience to where I saw to much and I’m now a 100% believer. So after that I went back about 4 times but never experience anything like the first night. Just hear tree branches being ripped off before we go to bed.
My parents have this property in Julian which is about an hour and a half out of San Diego. The main canyon out of the mountain is through our property. So any animals has to come though us. So my friends and I decided to take a brake and just head up to the mountain for camping. Not expecting anything. But on about the 3 trip, it was around only 8 o’clock my friends gf yells out eyes in a panic. I had this cheap stupid flash light on me at the time so I ran around my car expecting to meet up with a deer or bobcat . But as I started running I realized I was running next to my self. Got to the tree line and stopped. Had my flash light on its directions and listed to this thing run through the thick of the trees with no problem. So after that happen I got exited, it was not normal. The only animals in that area our mountain lions and deer and it was nothing like any of them. So we went back a few more time. About 2 weeks later we get up there about 2:30am. Get our tent and everything set up. Have a little music box playing.
I look in my friends directions and he’s pointing to shut off the music. As I’m turning it off I hear this man like voice trying in intimidate an owl but we could tell it was night right. Something sounded weird. So my friend does one back the same. Right after that it’s like he knew he was caught. The noise transformed into this deaf man yelling at us as he walked across the pound to the other side. At this point it’s been about ten sec of listening to this, I already have an idea on what it was. Ive experienced beer and mountain lion before but this sound blew them away. I yelled get in the car! As soon as I got in I had the pedal Floored with the hi beams on. I thought for sure I was lighting up a face. But nothing. I left a friend by the fire. He said as soon as I got in the car he heard it already crossed the road and run across the property to the other side. These guys our as good as seal team 6 we felt like we were surrounded in 10 seconds.
So after that I’m 100% sure on what was coming over that dam. Went back a week later with just one friend. We have just a tarp on the ground with sleeping bags. Nothing happen so we go to bed. It’s around 3 again. I’m on my back sleeping with the sleeping bag covering my face. I wake up to something slamming into my chest. I screamed like a little girl. As I’m sitting up I realize I’m holding a coyote. This guy was upside down off balance on my chest. It wanted nothing to do with me. Cuddled it for a sec before throwing it off. It took a sec to get on its feet but when it did it was gone. None of it made any sense. It’s like he was thrown right on top of me. So those have been my experiment he last few months. Going into the canyon in the next few weeks to try and find any tree structures or some evidence that they are down there. Been hearing tree knocks coming out of the canyon around 4 at night. But they are not the normal ones I was getting from the sequoias.
Ronnie R
Dude, that is crazy! Not sure I would be out there again after that experience. Not sure what kind of firepower you can have with you out there in CA wilderness…
bikridr
Some would say that these experiences are truly unbelievable, and therfore not possible. But my friends often act in similar ways, and though we are older now, the adrenaline rush in odd situations, some similiar to these, is still addictive. We’ve been bluff charged by something bi-pedal sounding in the pitch black forest, we’ve been growled at, and even had coyotes run up to us like they were are pets. All three occasions we investigated, and by investigated, I mean walked/ran towards the sounds/animals. Yes, we’ve been chased, followed out and scared nearly to death, but that is part of the game.
I’ve even had a live red tailed fox tossed into my lap, but that is a story for another time, haha.
Looking forward to this one…
Janetta V
Why is it that recently all the creatures seem to be only 7 feet tall. What happened to the good old days when they were 8 or 9 feet. The taller the scarier. Stay away from the San Diego country side, there are too many wiered stories from down there.
Jason M
I agree! I like my ‘squatches 8 ft at least, climbing-over-my-pickup pissed off, and tough enough to get shot in the face and just walk it off.
Seriously, these guys are destined to be a pile of bones among the pine needles.
Jason M
Ah… you might want to read “Missing 411” dude.
JOHN E
yep 411
David F
Cuddling a Coyote? That’s a new one! Looking forward to hearing everything
r v
Where in the Sequoias exactly? That’s a large area. We had an encounter at Atwell Mills Campground and later more toward Mineral Springs (which is within miles of Hocket Meadows).
Tyler D
For people who don’t know what they’re looking at or even dealing with when they run into these things I’m sure they have very little knowledge on their existence let alone these things taking people. I’m sure the only thing that was running through them was cold hard fear and how to get out of there. But I agree, he could’ve ended up being another statistic. Very fortunate though