A listener writes “I am from Ontario Canada and after one specific episode of yours I feel I am ready to open up as I can relate to it. It was episode 468 taking place in Halliburton mentioning the tunnels and bone crater. Anyways my encounter takes place just north of this area, between Halliburton and Algonquin park, an area called hastings highlands, lake st.peter, to be specific.
For 30 years I have camped at the same camping park there and have experienced a ton of things, sounds, sights etc of moose, bears, deer, wolves, birds basically everything and everything so I know what I experienced wasn’t any of those. Anyways to keep it brief in these areas they have garbage disposals or ” dumps” and it’s where locals go to dump their garbage and accessories etc. Usually limited times. HOWEVER it’s know as a place where tourists and campers will go sneak into to take your family. And friends to see black bears. It’s such a regular thing that its not uncommon to go and encounter many other vehicle loads of people watching the bears. Anyway, one night I decide to go with my friend to show him as he’s never seen a bear and is from Toronto. So we pull in set up and start our wait as usually incoming traffic will startle them, than you wait till the reappear(usually about half hour on a busy night) anyways we pull in set up and at this night the dump had set fires to a few piles(as they do) to subside the piles. So I told him the chances of seeing any on those nights are rare as they’re timid to fire. So after sitting for half hour I told my buddy it wasn’t going to happen and we caught a bad night to which he was a littles bummed but understood. WELL at that moment we both witnessed a massive log go flying through the air from a corner of the lot followed by raccoons and small critters scurrying fast out of that direction. We were looking like wtf? Then the loudest scariest scream/growl was felt and heard and was terrifying. Well, through the smoke and light from the fires we notice an outline of a person there, so we look like are you seeing this? We dismissed it as maybe a ranger or worker or someone as to justify this until we turned on our headlights. As we did this it jumped down into this hole(garbage) and we could see it moving as the top of the head was visible.
It’s a 10 foot hole!! We were scared and so turned on the vehicle and creeped up just a few feet to have this thing scream again as it turned towards us and this massive piece of appliance come hauling in the air toward us.it jumped out of this hole and and started to challenge us. All while we’re starting were SCARED and we couldn’t believe what we were seeing. Easily 10 feet tall on legs, just massive and grunting at us. Done, we drove out but toward it as it’s the way out and it darted toward the tree line but stopped didn’t take off and as we’re leaving we could see it in the tail lights till it faded to which we step on it. So we get to the entrance and stop get out(against buddies wishes as he was terrified) I lit a cigarette and just processed it all to which BAM! a rock smokes my windshield! ( I still have the windshield so I can show you) and followed by this terrifying scream!!! Wes we could hear the thing approaching as all the crackling and thumping was coming and we bolted outta there.
Anyways get back to campsite dropped him off and settled him down, agreed wed keep it to ourselves. Anyways still scared but intrigued I told my dad who had been up and all and he wanted to go see. I was freaked out but decided to take him as this dump was literally a two minute drive from the campsite. We drive back pull in and just as we get to the end of the winding road that brings you to the dump holes this sasquatch ran across the drive, it’s a 50 foot wide driveway and it cleared it in 3, 4 steps and that’s enough for my dad he saw it and we tuned around and left. To finish later that night we all hear the dogs from the post office/general store going crazy!!!
All the way from out campground as it’s desolate out there and we though I shit maybe wolves attacking the dogs. At the end of the scuffle we all heard that scream and it spooked everyone, it was at a distance so not too loud but unique enough for folks to be scared. Next morning campground owner told us the 5 dogs had been attacked but they were also missing. There was remains of broken chain and evidence of a scuffle but gone!!. Anyways sorry for the long post I’ve never done this but I have full details and much more to the story and of the sasquatch but this is right around where the Halliburton tunnels were from your other caller on that episode. Been coming here for 30 years and I believe they are here in the Algonquin to Toronto areas of bush which are like even that caller said, are such thick forest it’s impossible to just walk through let alone see. I believe it’s a hotbed for squatches and thing they are tons up here. I have other eerie stuff that after this encounter make me out two and two together but anyways Wes I’d love to call and open up as even just typing this has helped.”