Sasquatch Chronicles EP:1243 – "I Saw Something I'll Never Forget"

Date: March 29, 2026
Host: Wes
Guest: John (from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)

Episode Overview

This episode of Sasquatch Chronicles features John, who recounts a chilling cryptid encounter from his youth in Nova Scotia, along with a series of other paranormal experiences spanning decades. The conversation dives into the details of his extraordinary sighting, the emotional aftermath, and how it connects to both Bigfoot and broader supernatural phenomena. The episode is rich with firsthand testimony, speculation on the nature of these mysteries, and memorable stories from John’s time as a police officer.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. John's Childhood Encounter in the Woods

[04:22 – 12:32]

• Setting: Summer 1994, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. John, 14, explores a rough, wooded dirt road on his small Honda C70 motorcycle.
• Atmospheric Shift: Suddenly experiences absolute silence—no wind, birds, insects, or highway noise. "It was just a deafening quiet, if that makes sense." (John, 06:11)
• The Creature:
  • Resembled an African lion but smaller; striking mane, disproportionately large black eyes, and, most notably, a flat face lacking a typical muzzle.
  • The creature stared intently at John from a distance ("six and a half school bus lengths"), never growled, but exuded a “predator’s glare.”
  • Not a dog, feline, or any animal John had experience with during years as a paperboy.
  • Creature eventually backed away eerily into the woods—“never seen a dog behave like that before” (John, 11:23).
• Emotional Impact: John describes feeling a primal, existential terror—“a feeling in my stomach like, you are in real primal, severe danger here… never had a fear like this, not even close” (John, 08:55).
• Immediate Aftermath: John escaped on his underpowered bike, racing home terrified.

Notable Quote:

“It gave me a feeling in my stomach like, you are in real primal, severe danger here.” — John (08:56)

2. Seeking Validation & Community Reaction

[12:32 – 15:08]

• John recounted his story to family and friends, but was mostly met with skepticism (“That would be like, you know, seeing an elephant and saying, well, you’ve seen a lamb,” 12:59).
• Years later, a friend’s father revealed he’d seen an identical creature in the same area, describing it as “the goddamn devil” (14:11).

3. Description Analysis: Dogman, Sasquatch, or Something Else?

[15:08 – 21:44]

• Wes connects John’s sighting to other “Dogman” reports (canine cryptid with a mane) and rare feline cryptids, including a police officer’s account of a lion-like creature that stood on two legs.
• John emphasizes the “evil aura”—not just immediate physical fear but an unnatural intimidation he’d never felt from aggressive dogs.
• Creature remained on all fours but seemed larger than any domestic animal (“the biggest ones I’ve seen are like king shepherds, and probably twice the size,” 17:38).

Notable Quote:

“This was just an intense glare of ‘I own you right now,’ you know, is what it felt like.” — John (15:59)

4. The Paranormal Element

[24:06 – 27:34]

• The total silence before the sighting is a recurring theme in the show’s reports and remains unexplained and deeply unsettling for both John and Wes.
• John admits he considers the experience paranormal—“It just lacked any logic that I knew at that time… I think that was something paranormal” (John, 26:25).

5. Other Paranormal Experiences: Ouija Board Incident

[30:51 – 45:41]

• Adolescent Ouija Session: At age 14, John and friends used a homemade Ouija board. A heavy atmosphere and shuffling footsteps outside the cabin spooked them.

• Aftermath:

  • Alone, John later felt compelled to use the board—his arm “taken over.” Loud pounding followed, nobody was present.
  • Saw a ghostly, animated lower body outside his barn—a manifestation that ran toward the cabin (33:32).
  • Series of subsequent hauntings: shuffling footsteps heard at night, unseen entities in his bedroom, books and blankets moved, once saw a grinning, gargoyle-like entity.
  • Years later, shuffling footsteps followed him to his new apartment, confirmed by a friend.
  • Scratches appeared on his arm overnight despite no rational cause.

• Consulted a Priest: Priest interpreted the events as a spiritual warning—a demon was allowed through the door, and “God let a demon in to basically warn me to not continue” (John, 43:10).

Notable Quote:

“It absolutely was real. It wasn’t anything suggestive or my heart rate or something—very definitive, and it brought something around.” — John (41:50)

6. Strange Lights and Ongoing Mysteries

[46:02 – 51:48]

• John and his wife witnessed a mysterious, self-contained, swirling light near a neighbor’s barn. No cascade of light, no footprints or evidence of tampering the next day.
• He relates the experience to other “weird lights” frequently reported by Sasquatch Chronicles witnesses.
• Wes and John discuss how these phenomena resist neat explanations.

7. Life as a Policeman and Further Bizarre Cases

[28:28 – 30:51 & 54:23 – 62:06]

• John recalls various inexplicable events during his police career, such as:
  • A mysterious figure seen on camera at 3 a.m. vanishing instantly.
  • Responding to a call about extreme disturbance above a post office; searched abandoned apartment filled with cobwebs—no footprints, no people, janitor in shock.
  • Another time, a shirtless man shadowboxing in the snow vanishes with zero tracks left (55:10).

8. The Nature of Sasquatch and the Unknown

[70:05 – 71:11]

• John believes Sasquatch is “more paranormal”—too many accounts of impossible behaviors (e.g., vanishing, sudden light flashes, footprints that begin and end abruptly) for a simple physical explanation.

Notable Quote:

“There’s just too much weird stuff that goes on to say that it would be something physical…that definitively it is an animal.” — John (70:24)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the primal fear:
  “It was no joke... This was something totally different. It shook me to my core.” — John (08:58)

• On skepticism:
  “That would be like, you know, seeing an elephant and saying, well, you’ve seen a lamb.” — John (13:10)

• Validation from another local:
  “I seen the same thing... I thought it was, excuse my French, the goddamn devil.” — Friend’s father (14:09)

• On the post-sighting silence:
  “Just like somebody put, you know, I don't know, a glass enclosure over me, you know, a cone of silence or something. That alone was creepy, not terrifying but... mystical almost.” — John (24:25)

• On the Ouija episode:
  “It was almost like something took over my arm. I didn't have control of it anymore.” — John (33:05)

• Extraordinary ghost sighting:
  “Almost as if you took a person... cut him in half and only his lower portion was there... moving around right in front of my barn.” — John (34:05)

• The ongoing sense of mystery:
  “It's so random that you never know... You’re not going to call or summons these things.” — John (52:44)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• John’s woods encounter & description: 04:22–12:32
• Community reaction & corroboration: 12:42–15:08
• Debate: Dogman/Sasquatch/feline mystery: 15:08–21:44
• Discussion on feeling ‘evil’/paranormal: 24:06–27:34
• Police career & unexplained incidents: 28:28–30:51, 54:23–62:06
• Ouija board and hauntings: 30:56–45:41
• Strange swirling lights: 46:02–51:48
• Views on Sasquatch nature: 70:05–71:11

Tone & Takeaways

The episode is steeped in sincerity and humility. Both Wes and John maintain a conversational, candid style—John is honest about his own doubts, suspicions, and the lingering effects these encounters have had on him. The show is less about offering concrete answers and more about respectfully airing the strangeness and confusion that haunt witnesses and researchers alike.

Listeners are left with a deep sense of the mystery surrounding not just Bigfoot/Sasquatch but the entire spectrum of high-strangeness in the woods—a realm where physical reality and the paranormal blur.

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