Encounters x327 - Real Bigfoot Sightings

Summary

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Two Girls One Ghost

Episode: Encounters x327 - Real Bigfoot Sightings
Release Date: April 16, 2026
Hosts: Corinne Vien & Sabrina Deana-Roga
Theme:
Real-life listener stories about Bigfoot sightings—encounters with the mysterious cryptid in the American woods. Corinne and Sabrina discuss, analyze, and react to compelling emails, exploring themes of cryptids, interdimensional theories, and the emotional impact of seeing the unknown.

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Main Theme & Episode Overview

This Encounters episode is dedicated to real Bigfoot sightings, as submitted by listeners of the podcast. Corinne and Sabrina, with their usual mix of spooky curiosity and humor, share and dissect firsthand accounts of Bigfoot, blending heartfelt belief with skepticism, and a genuine warmth for the community that sends in these stories. The hosts explore the possibility of Bigfoot as an interdimensional being, discuss related paranormal phenomena, and relate the impact these encounters have on those who experience them. The episode also evokes nostalgia and touches on themes of belief, childhood memories, and how such stories bond families and communities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Opening Banter & Bigfoot Setup

Timestamp: 01:19 – 06:21

• The episode opens post-advertisements with Corinne and Sabrina sharing a humorous and relatable conversation about the pain of laser hair removal, segueing into Bigfoot with the line, “If you don’t want to get rid of your hair…today’s Encounters episode is all about Bigfoot.” (05:11)
• Corinne mourns the loss of her beloved “Bigfoot is my boyfriend” shirt—listeners can expect new merch soon, hopefully with a Bigfoot theme.
• Setting the tone: “Like our favorite backyard beast, Bigfoot.” (05:25, Sabrina)
• The hosts position Bigfoot as a symbol of naturalness and embrace of the wild, making the link between hair removal and cryptid lore with their trademark levity.

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2. Listener Encounter: "Bigfoot in the Chicken Coop" (Jordan, TX)

Timestamp: 06:22 – 16:01

• Story: Jordan recounts her father’s 1970s teenage experience in Longview, Texas—chickens being mysteriously decapitated with no signs of struggle.
• The teenagers and dads stake out the farm (armed with rifles/bows like a “deer hunt”).
• They set up bells and spotlights—eventually, a massive, shadowy, two-legged figure approaches, lifts the tin roof “like a cookie jar,” and snags a chicken. (13:18)
• Her dad fires, spotlight flips on, and the creature emits a terrifying roar. Their shots miss, only marking a tree, but the Bigfoot is gone—and the chicken deaths cease.
• Hosts’ Reflection: Sympathy for Bigfoot—“He has no idea he’s under attack or that he’s doing something wrong, right? Someone put out a cookie jar of chickens for him.” (14:10, Sabrina)
• They discuss how primal fear and wonder intertwine in these moments.

Notable Quote:
“My dad watched as it tilted the tin roof of the coop off like a lid, like a lid to a cookie jar. And then just began reaching in for a chicken.” – (13:18, Jordan’s retelling)

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3. Listener Encounter: "Sasquatch and a Demon" (Quincy, OR)

Timestamp: 19:06 – 33:08

Three-Part Story:

1. Quincy’s Grandfather’s Sighting (St. Helens, OR):
   • WWII vet grandfather saw a “big and hairy” figure by a creek eating freshwater clams; both made eye contact, then it retreated.
   • Hosts adore this gentle, peaceful image: “Bigfoot is tidy is what I'm taking from this. Crack open the cookie jar, put your shells back where they belong, and then move on. Bigfoot keeps a clean house.” (23:13, Corinne)
2. Quincy’s Creepy Cult Trailer Experience:
   • As a teenager, Quincy, expelled to a family trailer, brings home a panther figurine. Strange, oppressive energy follows; he suffers sleep paralysis and hears footsteps.
   • With his mother’s help, they deduce the figurine harbors negative energy; once discarded, peace returns.
   • The hosts reflect on how inanimate objects can carry “bad vibes,” especially with cult experiences and isolation.
3. Larger Themes:
   • Discussion of how farm animals often feature in cryptid and UFO stories: “Is it Bigfoot? Is it aliens? What's happening?” (20:39, Sabrina)
   • The cross-over between Bigfoot sightings and other paranormal phenomena (like cattle mutilations and haunting objects).

Notable Quotes:

• On cluttered homes & energy: “There’s so many items in a home.” (31:44, Corinne)
• On Bigfoot humanity: “I do believe in reincarnation, so if I ever get the chance and the choice, you bet your ass I’m coming back as Bigfoot.” (23:22, Quincy)

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4. Listener Encounter: "The Time I Met Corinne’s Best Friend (Bigfoot)" (Brandon, KY)

Timestamp: 33:41 – 39:36

• Story: In 2007, Brandon (as a kid) and his dad encounter a large, hairy, humanoid figure crossing a dark Kentucky road near a creek.
• “It took one massive stride across the road, clearing it in a single step, and bolted into the field…” (36:24, Brandon)
• Dad attempts to turn the truck to illuminate the field, but Brandon refuses, overwhelmed by fear.
• The area is a “paranormal hotspot”; multiple family and friend sightings, UFOs, and paranormal home activity intersect.
• The hosts reflect on rural America as “portal” points for weird and unexplained events.

Notable Quote:
“The entire interaction couldn’t have lasted more than a few seconds, but I could paint every detail of what I saw nearly 19 years later.” (36:15, Brandon)

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5. Listener Encounter: "Bigfoot at Clingman’s Dome" (Scotty, Smoky Mountains NC)

Timestamp: 42:04 – 46:48

• Story: Scotty and partner, hiking at dawn, spot a 7ft-tall, dark, shaggy figure on the trail. It tilts its head “curious,” then slips soundlessly into the woods.
• Both are paralyzed with awe and terror: “I didn’t even realize I was crying until we got into the car…It was awe. Like I had seen something I was never meant to see.” (45:36, Scotty)
• The hosts marvel at Bigfoot’s “ballet-like” silent movement despite its size.

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6. Listener Encounter: "A Sighting—Was it Bigfoot?" (Amber’s Professor, Adirondacks NY)

Timestamp: 48:08 – 51:05

• Story: A logical English professor recounts her encounter with a “giant thing” hunched in the road at midnight. She swerves; it stands on two legs and keeps pace with her car at 60 mph for 10–15 seconds, then vanishes into the woods.
• The hosts consider if this was a Bigfoot, “flesh pedestrian,” or “not-deer”—debate over cryptid categories and behavior.
• Emphasize: Even skeptics are converted by the magnitude and inexplicability of these encounters.

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7. Reflection, Debate, and “Am I the Asshole?” Bigfoot Edition

Timestamp: 53:06 – 58:37

• Listener Tracy confesses to orchestrating a Bigfoot “sighting” for her son and a group of kids, sparking a debate: Is it gaslighting, or magical childhood memory-making?
• Corinne and Sabrina compare it to Santa Claus traditions: “Santa's real, but people dress up as Santa all the time…what’s the difference?” (57:01)
• Consensus: Not the asshole—just give children something magical to believe in, with a time to “reveal the truth” as they mature.

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8. Recurring Themes & Podcast Community

• Bigfoot Portrayal:
  • The hosts consistently reflect on Bigfoot as misunderstood, more curious and gentle than menacing; often cast as a “natural, curious soul” who likes snacks and keeps to himself.
  • Theories emerge—Bigfoot as interdimensional, possibly extraterrestrial, supported by the overlap of Bigfoot/UFO/cattle mutilation lore.
• Listener Participation:
  • Warm encouragement for listeners to send stories of any kind: bigfoot, ghosts, aliens, cursed objects, “Am I the Asshole?” situations.
  • Strong focus on warmth, nostalgia, and the enduring personal impact of unexplained encounters.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On empathy for cryptids:

  • “I have so much sympathy for Bigfoot. But I also get, like, wanting to protect your chickens…maybe just like, put them inside…” (16:01, Sabrina)

• On Bigfoot’s etiquette:

  • “Bigfoot is tidy is what I’m taking from this…Bigfoot keeps a clean house.” (23:13, Corinne)

• On parenting cryptid obsession:

  • “I feel so warm in my heart that a few of our friends wanted to create this amazing experience and core memory for our son, who truly believes he saw bigfoot. Is that gaslighting? Am I the asshole?” (55:10, Tracy)

• On the ineffable feeling of an encounter:

  • “It wasn’t just fear. It was awe. Like I had seen something I was never meant to see.” (45:36, Scotty)

• On Bigfoot’s movement:

  • “Move like Bigfoot. With grace…heave your body silently. Fly across that bridge in one leap and make zero sound when you land.” (46:03, Corinne & Sabrina)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Description | Timestamp | |---------|-------------|-----------| | Banter & Bigfoot Intro | Hair removal pain, Bigfoot as symbol of natural | 01:19 – 06:21 | | Bigfoot in the Chicken Coop | 1970s TX farm encounter | 06:22 – 16:01 | | Sasquatch & Demon (Quincy) | Bigfoot in Oregon, haunted figurine in trailer | 19:06 – 33:08 | | Meeting Bigfoot (Brandon) | Roadside sighting in KY, family encounters | 33:41 – 39:36 | | Clingman’s Dome | Dawn encounter in Smoky Mtns, awe/fear | 42:04 – 46:48 | | Adirondacks Highway Chase | Professor’s 60mph pursuit by upright cryptid | 48:08 – 51:05 | | “Am I the Asshole?” Bigfoot Prank | Parental dilemma, holiday parallels | 53:06 – 58:37 |

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The Hosts’ Tone & Community Vibe

• Spooky, yet comforting; heartfelt and humorous—never mocking.
• Hosts foster a safe, inclusive space for “belief” and skepticism alike.
• They blend nostalgia, pop culture references, and deep empathy for both storyteller and cryptid.

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Bigfoot stories are as much about family, belief, and the oddities of rural life as they are about the cryptid himself.
• Listeners are welcomed to contribute, and even the scariest encounter is met with warmth and curiosity.
• The episode centers around awe for the unknown, support for those who experience the unexplainable, and a community that persistently seeks answers—no matter how weird.

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To submit your own stories, contact: 2girls1ghost.podcastmail.com
Or join their Patreon for early, ad-free episodes.

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Final Message:
“We love you and we will see you on the other side.” (59:56)

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Transcript

[A]

Girl, winter is so last season.

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And now spring's got you looking at pictures of tank tops with hungry eyes.

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Your algorithm is feeding you cutoffs.

[B]

You're thirsty for the sun on your shoulders. That perfect hang on the patio Sundress. Those sandals you can wear all day and all night. And you've had enough of shopping from your couch. Done. Hoping it looks anything like the picture when you tear open that envelope.

[A]

It's time for a little in person spring treat.

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It's time for a trip to Ross.

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Work your magic. What they did to your family.

[B]

You're lucky to make it out alive. Streaming on Peacock. These men are going to come after me. Taking them out.

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It's my only chance.

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Put a bullet in her head from the co creator of Ozark.

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Looks like a family was running drugs execution style. Killing it's rare for the Keys.

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Any leads on who they might have been running for? The cartel killed my family. I'm gonna kill them.

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Awesome, Mia. Streaming now only on Peacock.

[B]

Very spooky. Hi.

[A]

Hello. This is two girls, one ghost.

[B]

Two girls, one ghost. And we are your ghostesses.

[A]

Hi.

[B]

That is Corinne. I'm Sabrina and I have something to share. Oh, so, yes. So yesterday when we recorded yesterday, but the last encounters episode, I was like excitedly like, oh, I'm going to get my hair laser removal.

[A]

Had you never done it before?

[B]

Painful, torturous thing did I put myself through? Why do we not talk about how horrible it is? Like, if someone did that to me without my consent, I would give you all my secrets.

[A]

Like it is torture. What kind of laser did you do torture? Because I feel like there are ones that are like, worse than others.

[B]

Well, I think I. I don't. I don't know.

[A]

Did they not put numbing cream on you?

[B]

Are they supposed to? Is that an option?

[A]

I swear I got numbing cream because I had my whole legs, my whole bikini, my butthole, my armpits.

[B]

The butthole actually was the one that hurt the least. I was like, oh, didn't feel it.

[A]

Oh, really? I felt like my butthole was definitely most painful. And armpits. Yeah, I got that done like maybe 20 times.

[B]

But I swear they put numbing crin on crin. Like I might cry. Like as it started, I was like, why am I doing this?

[A]

I can't believe you did it.

[B]

And I have a high pain tolerance. I was like, I don't know that I can do all six sessions that I am supposed to do that I have paid for already.

[A]

Did you do your legs?

[B]

I did legs.

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Did the shins kill.

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Horrible.

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Yeah, the shins were terrible. Like, I thought I got numbing cream. Maybe I didn't.

[B]

I'm going to ask.

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I'm going to.

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I booked my next appointment for six weeks out and I was like, oh, no, because it doesn't hurt afterwards. Like, I have no pain after.

[A]

But you're getting like, laser. Like your hair is getting fried. Your skin, your receptors, your. Your nerves.

[B]

And I also feel like people don't talk about that enough. Like, our friend Lee from college in LA was like, oh, yeah, it didn't hurt.

[A]

Totally fin.

[B]

And she's like, it's the best thing I've ever done. Everyone I've ever talked to, they talk about how it is the best thing they've ever done. I'm sure the.

[A]

I think people are getting, like, there was no way. I have no pain tolerance at all. There's no way I could have sat through that without numbing. I think I got numbing cream.

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I am going to call them after this.

[A]

It was.

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I'm not kidding.

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Like, at least I got it around my armpits.

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And the armpits didn't bother me because it was so quick because they're such a smaller region. It was the legs. The legs were the worst.

[A]

Have you ever gotten waxed?

[B]

Waxing? I was like, I miss waxing.

[A]

Okay. You know what's crazy is I have only had Micucci waxed once and I had them stop part way. So I got through many laser sessions, but waxing I could not do.

[B]

Like, waxing was.

[A]

Waxing is a medication in one side of just the bikini zone. They didn't even get into anything. I said, nope, we're done here.

[B]

Damn. And you survived laser?

[A]

Yeah. Which is why I keep thinking that there must be something else that, like, helped me get through it.

[B]

Yeah. Because it was. I've done wax so many times. That is a vacation compared to yesterday. So anyway, if you're considering doing it, just be warned. This is. It is one of the most painful things I've ever experienced, which we got to look into.

[A]

Where you went?

[B]

I went to, like, a little.

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What sort of. No, but there's different lasers, which is

[B]

why I'm thinking it was the biggest machine I've ever seen. And it was loud.

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It is very loud. But it's like the big kind of like arm. And then they like, bring the thing over to you. Yeah.

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And then I tried to do the

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chalk lines to like, I tried to

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keep busy on TikTok and I literally couldn't hold my Phone up. I had to, like, clung to.

[A]

They give you a stress ball. I remember having a stress ball. Maybe I didn't get pain reliever. No. Maybe I drugged myself before I went every time.

[B]

How? With what?

[A]

Tylenol. I don't know.

[B]

That's not. That's not strong enough. I was like, I need to be under anesthesia for this. It was so painful. Oh.

[A]

Oh, my God. But if you don't want to get

[B]

rid of your hair.

[A]

If you're pro hair. Today's Encounters episode is all about Bigfoot,

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which I might have to choose to be instead of getting rid of my hair.

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Just. Yeah, crazy. Commit to just being natural. You live in New England now.

[B]

Big hairy. Like our favorite backyard beast, Bigfoot.

[A]

Yeah. I so badly wanted to wear my Bigfoot it's my boyfriend shirt. Where is was. It had to be thrown away because I wore it so much that it did get. You couldn't read Bigfoot is my boyfriend. Like, it just, like, wasn't there. It was so faded. We gotta get you another crap out of it. I know. We gotta bring back that lucky.

[B]

It's our own merch.

[A]

Luckily, we can make it whenever we want.

[B]

Yeah. Speaking of, by the time this episode comes out, we hope we will be having new merch. Very, very, very, very, very, very soon. Like, we have designs.

[A]

You're working with an amazing designer.

[B]

Oh, my God, she's the best. Living Luna creations who does the sweatshirt that you wear all the time, and everyone always is like, where's that from?

[A]

So which says the moon made me do it.

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Stay tuned. We're just, like, doing some little, like, alterations, and then the designs will be ready, but Bigfoot.

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Bigfoot.

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Who's first? You?

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Okay, this is called Bigfoot in the Chicken Coop. Hello, my name is Jordan, and I live in Texas. I just want to start off by saying that I firmly believe I was guided to your podcast. I was driving to work, playing my YouTube playlist, which was all music, when randomly one of your videos came on.

[B]

That is very random.

[A]

That is especially if you're only in music.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I was instantly hooked. And so now I listen to y' all on my drive to and from work. And also as I color, because it's my de stressor of the day and sometimes also when I fall asleep. Wait, so all the time? We love that. And also when I shower, and also when I cook, and also when I eat. This story was told to me by my father, and it took place roughly in the 1960s to 1970s in Longview, Texas. Longview Texas, is or was a small town in East Texas with lots of tall pine trees and even more history.

[B]

What happened to it?

[A]

Yeah, I don't know. Maybe the pine trees are just gone now. Also, sorry for the listeners that my. Yeah, Bigfoot's. Bigfoot's trees, they're gone. If I sound stuffy because you are, it's. That's pregnancy, man. My father was raised in Longview, along with two of his sisters and one brother. And cute little side note, my mom, who grew up right down the street, he always had a crush on her, and it took him nearly 30 years to admit his crush on her.

[B]

That's so cute.

[A]

They're now married and love sharing the story with everyone that we meet. However, in my dad's teenage years, it's safe to say that he was a rambunctious teenager. He played football. He drove a car in a way that had police officers at the front of his door more than one occasion, and even had his mother, my mama, swearing that she would never, ever get into a car as long as he was driving.

[B]

So probably good that he didn't admit his crush on your mom for 30 years, because they probably wouldn't have worked out if it was earlier.

[A]

Yeah. Provoke his license.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

My father had a small group of friends that matched his energy. And when they weren't at football practice or school, they were usually hanging out at someone's house. Now, one of my dad's friends lived on a little farm, and this farm had a creek running through it and a little chicken coop as well and some other small farm animals. My dad's friend told the group that something kept killing his family's chickens. But the weird thing was there was never any damage to the chicken coop, and the chickens never made any commotion. The family would simply start the day, as always, come out, and then find a decapitated chicken or chickens throughout the yard.

[B]

Why am I picturing that? Like, they know this is the routine they have with Bigfoot, so they sacrifice one of their own. It's like they've made a deal. That's why there's no commotion.

[A]

This is like them pushing the virgin into the volcano. Sorry, Frank, you're next.

[B]

It's your day, it's your time.

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You're the eldest chicken. You've gotta go.

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Bigfoot is taking you.

[A]

So my father and his friends decided that one night they would spend the night on this friend's farm and try to catch whatever it was that was killing these chickens. The running theory was, of course, a raccoon or coyotes. But again, there was never any proof that these predators had been there. And no one was prepared for the shocking reality of what was actually eating these chickens.

[B]

And it was just one every time, right?

[A]

No, I think it was like. Yeah, it could be like multiple chickens throughout. Okay. But I like the idea that, like, there's one sacrificial chicken every night. Jesus. How many chickens do you have to be able to keep a coop?

[B]

Put them in an indoor coop or

[A]

put a sign on the front that says no Bigfoot allowed.

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He will respect it.

[A]

Yes. So my father and his friends treated it like a deer hunt. Everyone had guns. My father remembered he specifically had a rifle that was loaned to him by his father. And it was designed to hunt bears. And one of his friends was actually a very skilled and practiced archer and brought his bow and arrow.

[B]

Okay, Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen.

[A]

This is not at all. This is very tangentially related, but my brother could be a sniper. He's an incredible sharpshooter. But he went to the rodeo in Texas, in Houston, where he lives the other day, and he went to all of the games. And he wins the biggest prize every single time.

[B]

Oh, all of his Stuffies.

[A]

Yeah. And I was like, wait, what the heck?

[B]

What do you do with this massive Pokemon?

[A]

And he just said every time a kid showed a lot of interest, he would just ask the parents if the kid could. Could have. It just gave him away. He kept winning them and just.

[B]

That's cute.

[A]

Giving them away to all the kids.

[B]

He doesn't want a room full of plushies.

[A]

I guess he doesn't want 7 foot tall Pokemon plushies. But as.

[B]

As someone who's probably in the dating world, that would be a weird thing to have in your home.

[A]

I don't think it made sense for me to take them home, But I enjoyed winning them.

[B]

Welcome to my house with my one room full of stuffed animals.

[A]

This is a Squirtle's room.

[B]

I would love that. It'd be weird.

[A]

Kooky guy. It could fit. I think he could pull it off. Okay, so they positioned everyone like this. The archer was stationed in the top in one of the many pine trees over the chicken coop. Harnessed to the tree trunk with another friend harnessed just below him with a flashlight.

[B]

It is Hunger Games.

[A]

It truly is also this. Like, you know that this is the best memory ever. Well, maybe. Maybe not the best once they find out, but like, how fun when you're gearing up for that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The father and son that lived on the farm were on the roof of the house with a massive spotlight so they could turn it on and signal when the predator had been spotted. And my father. I love how the dads are getting

[B]

in on this ocean's eleven. Everyone's in on it.

[A]

My father and another friend were positioned in a deer stand in a tree closer to the creek. Now, they believe this predator had been coming up by the creek, as they'd never found any footprints or anything, so they assumed that it must be traveling up by the water as to not leave any trace. So they then placed a line of bells with a small wire and stakes along each side of the creek bed as an extra warning system. Damn booby traps. My dad was not clear on how long they were waiting, only that there was no light from the moon and this farm was four from the city of Longview. There was no source of light. My dad admitted that he was on the verge of sleep when the friend that he was with in the deer stand started tapping his leg, almost in a sheer panic. The friend was dead, locked on something out in the trees. My dad couldn't see it, but his friend seemed almost too terrified to even take his eyes off of it. Then the bells along the creek bed began to ring. My dad said he didn't remember there being a breeze strong enough to even rattle the bells, as all had been silent this night up until this very moment. My dad said he followed his friend's gaze and was only able to make out a massive shadow moving up from the bed of the creek between the trees, headed towards the chicken coop. A little midnight snack for our friend. Slowly, my dad raised his rifle and aimed it at this form. His shot was the signal to turn on the spotlight, the one that the others had on top of the roof. And my dad said he remembers watching this thing walk on two legs, almost with no sound. Even though it moved through the shallow creek and was completely unbothered by the bells. It simply sauntered its way over to the chicken coop. And my dad watched as it tilted the tin roof of the coop off like a lid, like a lid to a cookie jar. And then just began reaching in for a chicken. That's why there was no damage to, like, the fence or the ground. Oh, my God. My dad followed the creature with his sight. And then, when he thought he had his aim settled on the animal's shoulder, he fired. The spotlight flashed on, light flooding through the creek, in the chicken coop and beyond. And not even a second later, this creature let out a roar of pain. It Shook the trees. My father said the roar rattled the deer stand so bad that he and his friend nearly fell off.

[B]

Wait, that makes me so sad.

[A]

I know. Immediately, the night was. This guy is just trying to get his, like, little snack. I know he has no idea he's under attack or that he's doing something wrong, right? Someone put out a cookie jar of chickens for him.

[B]

It's his kitchen.

[A]

No one told them different, right? Immediately, the night was filled with shouting and gunfire. And my dad said he watched as this massive creature took off into the trees on two feet, abandoning the chicken coop and knocking into the tree and that his two other friends were harnessed into. That's terrifying.

[B]

All of this is intense.

[A]

My dad said that even after the creature was long gone, no one dared move from their post. He and his friend remained in their deer stand, rifles loaded and in their hands. The spotlight remained on until the sun rose and his friend's mom ran out of the house, demanding to know what happened and asking if everyone was okay. Slowly, everyone came down from their posts and collectively went over to the spot where my dad had shot the creature. The shot managed to take out the top of a nearly ten foot tree. A nearly two foot chunk out of this tree was laying on the ground, splintered where the round had shot it. Just above where the tree had been shot was an arrow from the other friend who had been harnessed in the tree. My dad claimed that he thought he was aiming for the shoulder of this thing. In the dark, he was totally unaware of just how high he had been aiming.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

The archer friend claimed that he had been aiming for its head. So now they have markers of, like, where the shoulder was and where the head was. After that night, no more chickens were killed. But it was collectively realized, at least with my dad and his friends, that they without a doubt had seen Bigfoot

[B]

and they wounded him. Yeah, I hope he's okay. I don't think he knew, but he learned his lesson. Unless he's dead.

[A]

Thank you for all of the spooky and spectacular stories and theories. See you on the other side, Jordan.

[B]

I have so much sympathy for Bigfoot.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I also get, like, wanting to protect your chickens, but maybe just like, put them inside or give them like

[A]

a safer coop or like a warning shot. I know. Maybe.

[B]

I really hope he's okay.

[A]

I can understand the fear, though, of, like, not knowing what you're seeing. And if it's on two feet, you might think for a moment like, oh, is there a bear walking over there? But for it to be that tall, that doesn't make sense.

[B]

We know.

[A]

And for it to lift off the

[B]

tin roof like a cookie jar is the best pic. Like, the way I'm picturing in my head is the most magical thing in the world.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, let's think about it. This was like a group of guys waiting at night, scared shitless. Of course they're gonna shoot. But I do wish that. Yeah, they just done like the spotlight or something and tried to scare it away.

[B]

We're on camera so we could see video evidence of Bigfoot.

[A]

These chickens aren't for you, Bigfoot.

[B]

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[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Getting rid of the things that don't work for me anymore. And also just like being way more intentional about what I'm bringing into my closet, which is why I've been. You've been. We've been shopping quints for so many years because they really do make these high quality pieces that are staples for your closet. Oh, my gosh.

[A]

Yes. And it goes so far beyond just clothing, too. All of their home products are amazing. Their duvet, the sheets, the curtains, like literally everything. The towels, everything.

[B]

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[A]

I got my winter jacket. Like, if I need something, I just

[B]

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[A]

Yeah, I just got some PJs for Noah.

[B]

Oh, cute.

[A]

His big boy pajamas. And he loves them.

[B]

Oh, it's so sweet.

[A]

And one of the great things is that Quince works directly with ethical factories to cut out the middlemen. So you're paying for quality, not brand markup. And it makes everything so much more affordable.

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[A]

Yeah, she is.

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[A]

Damn.

[B]

When we were talking, I asked him the name of those podcasts, and then I told him I was obsessed with two girls, one ghost, and he mentioned that he knows you. Anyway, I wanted to tell you guys two stories. One I personally did not experience, but my grandfather did. And the second story is a personal experience that is quite spooky. Also, I feel like we need to know more about these cattle mutilations, because I know they talk about it in High Strange in the new season that's out. But Quincy works at the vet clinic and knows about it firsthand.

[A]

Right?

[B]

Is it Bigfoot? Is it aliens? What's happening? Okay, but the first story.

[A]

And why always farm animals? Is it just. Cause they're easy and they're.

[B]

They're literally out, basically, or, like, kept outside. Easy access.

[A]

Right. But, like, fenced in so they can't really run? Yeah, they're domesticated.

[B]

Okay. This first story is about my grandfather and Sasquatch For a little backstory. My grandfather was a marine in World War II. He worked a Howlett. Sir, to be honest, I do not know how to spell that. I am severely dyslexic, so. Yep. Don't know. I don't know how that. I don't even know what that is, so.

[A]

Me neither.

[B]

When he came back from the war, My grandfather struggled with a lot of things. So, unfortunately, he did die by suicide years before I was born. But I've always felt extremely connected to him, like, he's always there. When I was younger, I remember my mom telling me a story about my grandpa back when he was logging, when he came back from fighting in the war. Now, my grandpa was a big man. He was 6 foot 7. That's tall, that's Bigfoot height. And he was skinny as a bean pole. My family has legs for days. That is something he passed down to all of us, and I am very grateful for it. But anyhow, they all lived in St. Helens, Oregon, which I've heard you guys mention about in the past. So my grandfather was a logger, and his call sign was a beetle. One day, he was coming home from a long day of work. When he crashed into this specific bridge. I don't know the name of it, but as he's driving his log truck across the bridge, he looked over to his left and saw something big and hairy crouched on the side of the creek. He did this double take, trying to figure out what the hell this creature was, and slowed down his truck. As he stopped there, he watched this hairy, tall creature stand up, look at him into the eyes, then drop something in the water and turn around and walk back into the woods. My mother is the one who told me this story. She never mentioned anything about my grandfather feeling scared or worried. But it seemed like he was very intrigued, because after Sasquatch walked into the woods, my grandfather went down to the edge of the creek, where whatever that thing was dropped something into the water because he wanted to see what it dropped. There was a pile of freshwater clams all opened up, scattered all over the ground, just on the shore of the creek.

[A]

Okay. At first, I was like, oh, my God, Bigfoot is littering, but really, it's composting.

[B]

Yeah. He was having a little snack, Opening

[A]

clams, putting it back exactly where he found it.

[B]

I love this. Bigfoot would totally have a shell collection.

[A]

Bigfoot is tidy is what I'm taking from this. Crack open the cookie jar, put your shells back where they belong, and then move on. Bigfoot Keeps a clean house.

[B]

My mother states to this day that my grandfather was never a man to lie and that he told everything as it was and if you didn't like it, you could kiss his ass. Even though I never got to meet him in life, I've always felt that this story was true. So hearing it as a kid obviously started my obsession with Sasquatch. My whole spare bedroom is Sasquatch and Lego themed. He's like, Christian. This is Charmander's room. But this is Sasquatch's room. That's my story about Sasquatch that my grandfather experienced. I do believe in reincarnation, so if I ever get the chance and the choice, you bet your ass I'm coming back as Bigfoot. But all right, my second story, which I'll start with some context about myself. I was born and raised in a religious cult until I was 19. They were very strict on what we could and couldn't do, who we could be friends with, what we could celebrate, how we could even speak all of that stuff, you know, occult. But of course, when you're in it, you don't realize it, but beginning of my senior year, I was really struggling with the religion. My mother and her fiance were in trouble with the religion because she was living with her fiance, even though they weren't married and he didn't believe in the religion, which obviously this cult was not okay with. So my mom wasn't having severe consequences because of all of this. And things between my mother, her fiance and I were not the best. I didn't like him because he was a cheating piece of shit. And my mom was in a really deep depression. She didn't know what the hell was going on. So the beginning of my senior year, her fiance proceeds to tell me that I am no longer going to be living in their house and that they have set up a trailer for me to live in.

[A]

Excuse me. Also kind of cool that you get your own trailer, but, like, to be

[B]

a. Yeah, dickhead at this point, like,

[A]

let me hear it from my mom at least, right? Screw you. I'm sure that trailer's for you.

[B]

Quincy says at this point I was super excited about moving out of the house because I really didn't like my life at that point. And I was in the closet not living the life I felt like I needed to live. I was miserable and I was just excited to kind of get out of the house and have my own place. I was excited. I was. But little did I know there was no electricity and it was a Single wide trailer home. And the whole house was completely used in storage except for the back bedroom. So that was the only room that I really could go in in this trailer. But yeah, so I was happy to have my own place. I made it my own. I finally had all the stuff that I wasn't allowed in the house, like Lady Gaga posters, CDs, and, you know, I hung them all on the wall. In our religion, they always told us to never have worldly friends or accept anything worldly from people.

[A]

What does that even mean, worldly friends?

[B]

In the religion, worldly people were considered to be anyone that didn't believe in the religion or that didn't go to church. So pretty much anyone that was not a part of the specific cult.

[A]

Yikes.

[B]

Of course, being a teenager, I wanted friends. And I was always an awkward religious kid in school so bad, and I so badly wanted to have friends that I made some. They were the weird ones, but also cool as hell. So one of my good friends who was in charge of the senior yearbook had this project and she had to go around with this little animal figurine of our mascot, Go Panthers. And she would go around and take different pictures of this figurine throughout the whole school. And it became a game between her and I, where I would take the panther and hide it in different spots throughout the school, not telling her where it was. After the first quarter of her senior year, she was done with this project and no longer needed the panther. So she gave it to me. I was ecstatic because I had nothing that was school pride related, since I was in this cult and we weren't allowed to have stuff like that until I, of course, started to have my own place and trailer. So this trailer was on the property of my mom and her fiance's house, but just up the hill about 200 yards. So school ends, I get to my house. I'm so excited. I set this panther on top of my TV, which is one of those old box TVs where you could, like, touch the screen and feel the static. So I'm starting to get all settled in for the evening because I had school for the next day. My whole room was a weird Lady Gaga How To Train youn Dragon themed weird combo. I know, but loved them. And as I'm getting cozy in my How To Train youn Dragon comforter, I fell asleep. And I've always had issues with the dark. So I had a nightlight on in my room. I still do as an adult. But then I got woken up. It was around 2 or 3am, I'm awoken by the sound in the middle of the night of my TV being turned off. Which side note, I never fall asleep with my TV on, nor did I watch TV that day. But I wake up to the sound of my TV being turned off. And if you remember these TVs, like, it makes a specific sound and you watch the screen, like, go from the outside in.

[A]

It's like a buzzing.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Also, them writing about the. Like, being able to touch the static of the TV made me realize that so many people out there are not going to ever experience that.

[B]

That is crazy.

[A]

Like, it's like fuzzy on your hand.

[B]

Really? Yeah.

[A]

Outside of the tv, you're feeling.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Fuzz.

[B]

Yeah. Now I want to touch that.

[A]

Right.

[B]

I like that sensation. Ooh, my hand is buzzing. It craves it.

[A]

It craves that. Of the early 2000s TV.

[B]

Okay. So I see the TV screen do this. Like, I see it turning off as well as hearing it turn it off. I'm laying in my bed trying to figure out what's going on, when I realize I definitely didn't turn the TV on at any point. And that is when I realized I cannot move my body. I start to panic. I'm laying there in bed, trying to move, trying to make a sound, when I hear feet shuffling across my carpet, coming closer to my bed. I start panicking because I can't turn to see what's approaching me. I just hear it. My head is facing towards the wall. I'm laying on my back. And in my religion that I was raised in, they didn't believe in anything spiritual. So it's all demons, magic, demon, spirits. Everything's demons. So I'm laying there in bed, I start to pray, because my whole life, that's what I was taught to do if you hear stuff like that. I was scared shitless. I'm laying in bed, not able to move, not able to make a sound, and I hear this thing approach me in my bedroom. So finally I come to the conclusion that I need to say this prayer even more in my head. I say, in Jesus Christ's name, amen. And I regain feeling. It starts from my head slowly down to my knees, and there's this tingling sensation that I'm finally able to start moving a bit and make noise. So then I start to say the prayer out loud. Once I did that, I regained all feeling in my whole body. But the feeling in my bedroom was so eerie, I do not know how I was able to fall asleep for the rest of that Night. But somehow I did. The next morning I woke up and the energy in my room was really uncomfortable and creepy. Like different. Like something from that night had shifted the energy in my room. I proceeded to get dressed and get ready for school and I left. I didn't tell my mom what I had experienced. I just went to school and tried to act like it was a normal day, but that eerie feeling just followed me. When I finally got home, I did proceed to tell my mother what happened. And she tells me that we needed to go up to the house and see what was causing it because it sounded like I had a demon in my house. So as a 17 year old, I start freaking out because who wants to deal with a demon in their house that they have all to themselves? I didn't tell my mom about the figurine because I had no idea that this would be correlated at all. When we got up to my house, as soon as you open the door, we were smacked with the negative energy. I did not want to go back in the house, but luckily my mom was there and I felt a little bit more brave. We walked into the bedroom and we started scanning throughout my bedroom to figure out what could be causing this. She starts going through all of my stuff and proceeds to tell me that she had a feeling it had to do with all of my Lady Gaga stuff.

[A]

What? But I told her how to train your dragon stuff. That's all good vibes, Toothless.

[B]

I told her I've had all these things for months that I don't think it was causing any of this. And that's when it dawned on me that the one thing that had changed in my room from yesterday to today was the little panther figurine that I had brought home the night prior. So I turned around, I told my mom that I think that that's what it was. I showed her the little figurine and as soon as she saw it, she agreed. She said, there's bad energy coming from that and said that we needed to get rid of it. So I proceeded to take it out of my house and put it in the dumpster. And as soon as it was out of the house, my home felt completely different. All of the negative energy had been

[A]

lifted, which is amazing that they were able to pinpoint so quickly what it was.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Because especially with like so many different figurines and just different, like, things that could pull energy. Like, it's hard.

[B]

Also, like, it sounds like the front part of the trailer was storage too. Like, who knows what was in there, right?

[A]

There's so many items in a home

[B]

right to this day. Don't really know what the spirit was, but I do know that the moment that little panther figurine was gone, I had not experienced anything since. I love you guys podcasts and all the stories you tell. You guys got good energy going on, and you crack me up.

[A]

Thanks.

[B]

Keep up the good work. And if you ever want to go Sasquatch hunting, the area I live in in Oregon is supposed to be where the famous Sasquatch video was captured.

[A]

So. Yeah.

[B]

Have a wonderful day. Thank you, Quincy. Dang.

[A]

Okay. Thank God the demonic situation happened so quick, was, like, in and out, and

[B]

that you were able to solve it. Yeah. But what was attached to it? I know what's up at your school. What weird energy you got going on there that you brought home with the panther.

[A]

There's a lot going on, clearly. I mean, there's Bigfoots in the area. There's.

[B]

I know.

[A]

Jealous.

[B]

There's Bigfoots not far from here or reported sightings.

[A]

Right. That's true. The kidney bean Bridgewater. Kidney bean. Also, I had a. I have a family friend who grew up in, I think, Pennsylvania, and she saw one, I

[B]

think, like, similar to me, wanting so badly to be abducted by aliens that because we do this podcast, I'm so aware of, like, when I'm driving at night, Like, I'm so conscious of, oh, something could be lurking in the woods that I feel like I won't see it. But when you're not thinking about it, you're not consciously thinking about it. Like, that's when a sighting like that happens, right? Yeah.

[A]

Like, the family friend she was. It was when she was in school and she was, like, walking through the school bus. Yeah. Like, you're not thinking about anything. God, the desperation.

[B]

We are desperate.

[A]

I say that, though. But I did see Champ.

[B]

That's true. We're pick me girls when it comes to Bigfoot and aliens. Yes, you Bigfoot. Me alien. You Bigfoot. Me alien. You Bigfoot.

[A]

Me alien.

[B]

Pick me. Otherwise, leave me alone. Lma.

[A]

Lma. This is called the time I met Corinne's best friend, which is Bigfoot.

[B]

I was like, I'm her best friend.

[A]

I'm right here.

[B]

When did we meet?

[A]

Hi, Corinne and Sabrina. My name is Brandon, and I'm a longtime listener and a fan of your podcast. However, this is my first time sending in an email despite having countless paranormal experiences. I know, I know. Just put me in front of a jury. The story I'm gonna tell today happened around 2007 when I was just a wee lady.

[B]

Oh well lad.

[A]

So I grew up in a small town in central Kentucky. I was raised in a dual income family and both of my parents worked the night shift. After school I would ride the bus to my grandparents house and I would stay there until my dad got off of work. His shift usually ended around 10pm so on a normal weekday I was asleep by the time he came to pick me up. You know the restless kind of sleep where you're on your grandmother's couch while being hyper aware of every clock tick and creaking floorboard? Yeah that kind of.

[B]

That's me.

[A]

Every night I'm getting a lot of nostalgia from these emails. It was a static TV and now I'm like thinking about the clock that's in my grandparents house. That the ticking ticking and then the little song it does at the hour. At the hour mark. Yeah. On this particular night everything started the same. He picked me up, we headed home. Our house was only a 10 or 15 minute drive from my grandparents house and to get there you had to drive down a narrow road that passed a lake and then a creek.

[B]

The perfect spot for Bigfoot, right?

[A]

Yeah, because I love eating their little clams and in little creeks and little creeks finding their chicken coop.

[B]

Plus if they are interdimensional beings. The power of the water.

[A]

True. As a kid I always thought that the empty fields and the darkness along the road looked like the perfect setting for a horror movie. The kind where unknown figures suddenly appear in your headlights. But that was fiction. That doesn't really happen. By this point in the drive we already crossed the bridge over the lake and we're approaching the second bridge that crossed the creek. As we rounded the sharp curve just before the bridge, I noticed my dad slowing down more than usual. It was not an abrupt stop, it was more cautious. Like he was trying to avoid something in the road. I looked up from my half asleep stupor and I saw movement on the shoulder of the road. Moments later a dark humanoid figure moved from the shoulder and onto the road itself. When people say that time slows down during these terrifying life defining experiences, I believe them because that is the truth. The entire interaction couldn't have lasted more than a few seconds, but I could paint every detail of what I saw nearly 19 years later. The figure was large, it was tall. There were no clear facial features that I could make out, but I could see its extremities and its entire body appeared to be covered in hair.

[B]

It was just me. It was Sabrina giving up on laser hair.

[A]

Remember going to her six week appointment. As soon as it noticed our headlights, it took one massive stride across the road, clearing it in a single step, and then bolted into the field opposite the side of the road. My dad and I were both stunned. And without a moment's notice, my dad decided that he was going to reverse the truck and point the headlights into the fields and try to get another look at this thing.

[B]

That is so brave.

[A]

In true kid fashion, I said, absolutely fucking not. I started crying. I started begging him, please just drive. I don't want to see it again. I just want to leave. And thankfully my dad listened and we did drive off.

[B]

But your dad still regrets that. Your dad's still pissed. The things we do for children.

[A]

My freaking kid. The whole rest of the way home, we drove in complete silence. To this day, my dad and I still talk about that night. And we have no explanation for what we saw. The only conclusion we have is that, well, we saw Bigfoot. And here's the kicker. The area where we live is actually known for unusual activity. In the 10 years we've lived there, we have experienced UFO sightings, paranormal activity in our home, and now Bigfoot. This gives credence to the belief in Bigfoot that it could be an interdimensional being that can cross through portals or paranormal hotspots. However, a part of me wants to believe that it's just this warm blooded cryptid and it's really good at hide and seek.

[B]

What if that's what Bigfoots are doing? They're literally just playing the longest, never ending game of hide and seek.

[A]

Tag. You're it. Except when you get tagged, they're too strong and you die.

[B]

And you die.

[A]

When you search bigfoot in Kentucky, the town I grew up in may not be one of the top results. However, we only lived 30 miles from an area that's considered to have one of the highest concentrations of reported sightings of Bigfoot in the states.

[B]

Wait, I wanna know the name because I want to research it. That would be a good episode for you, right?

[A]

Yeah, because, well, so Brandon says the town used used to host an annual festival dedicated to Bigfoot. So maybe that will help us find Kentucky.

[B]

Bigfoot town. There's a Bigfoot or research organization in Pine Ridge, Kentucky?

[A]

Yeah, I'll have to look it up. Okay. Aside from that, the other element that convinces me that we were not just sleep deprived or experiencing some sort of shared hallucination is that this was not the last encounter with bigfoot in our area. Not only has my dad had other experiences, including vocalizations, but another friend saw him in even greater detail. I will save those for another time. Stay spooky. Hope to see you on the other side. From Brandon.

[B]

Okay, Brandon, we're coming to Kentucky.

[A]

Dang.

[B]

We actually have a lot of reasons to go to Kentucky.

[A]

Goblins.

[B]

Waverly Hills.

[A]

Waverly Hills. Bigfoot Paranormal Hotspot, Kentucky.

[B]

Damn.

[A]

That's amazing.

[B]

And that's such a good one because, yes, it was scary in the moment, but, like, now you have a Bigfoot story and you survived, and it. And Bigfoot wasn't trying to engage with you.

[A]

No, he ran away.

[B]

Yeah. He was playing hide and seek.

[A]

If anything, your dad was trying to chase him.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So fun. Love Bigfoot swerves.

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Scotty doesn't know.

[B]

And now we'll have another location to go to to find Bigfoot. It is Bigfoot sighting at Clingman's Dome, which is in the Smoky Mountains. Hi, Corinne and Sabrina. I just want to say how much I adore your podcast, which always makes me like, thank you for saying. That's very nice. But, like, who would be emailing us to tell us they don't like. But we actually. There have been some, I think while I was picking my stories for this episode, like, I found one because I searched Bigfoot, right? There was one email from someone who literally took the time to email us saying that they, like, basically said we were, like, the dumbest people in the world for believing in. And it, like, listed and it said Bigfoot and was like, all of you who and all of your listeners need to get psychiatric help. I was like, to take the time out of your day to find our email address, type that up and send it.

[A]

Next time you walk across a puddle, stop and take a good, hard look at yourself. Who is that girl? I see a monster. Yes. Be better. Bigfoot would eat you if he could. All right, Bigfoot, I will feed him. No, never mind.

[B]

You would feed him out of your hand if you could.

[A]

This is getting dark. I'm not going to talk about feeding listeners to Bigfoot. Well, that's.

[B]

Well, they're not a listener, so never mind. You can. Okay, so Scottie likes our podcast. You both make the paranormal feel like a cozy, terrifying sleepover with best friends. And I've been binging episodes nonstop. So this happened a couple years back, and every time you mention cryptids, all of the memories come rushing back. So here's the story this happened in late October 2021 at Clingman's Dome in the Smoky Mountains. My partner and I had gotten up early in the morning to catch the sunrise, and it was that eerie quiet that you only get at high altitudes. No traffic, no animals. Just wind through the trees and a fog that made everything feel a little off. I mean, I'm telling you, the moment we stepped out of the car, I felt like something was watching us. Not the someone's nearby kind of watch, but like something ancient had its eyes on me.

[A]

Ooh.

[B]

Smoky Mountains it is. We took the trail up, and it was uneventful for the most part, until we reached a bend near the tree line. We both stopped in our tracks because across a small clearing, maybe 50ft ahead, there was a figure. It was massive, at least 7ft tall, covered in dark, shaggy hair, with these wide, sloped shoulders and long arms that truly almost hung down to its knees.

[A]

Whoa.

[B]

We both know it was not a bear. I know how bears move. And this thing stood still, tilted its head at us like it was curious. My chest tightened immediately. I have never felt that kind of primal fear before. It was like every instinct in me was screaming to run, but I couldn't move. My partner whispered, do you see that? And I nodded without even blinking. We were both rooted to the spot, absolutely paralyzed. Then, as silently as we had seen it, it turned and walked off into the woods without a single sound. No crunching of leaves, nothing. It was just gone. Damn. So we basically power walked to the car without saying a word. I didn't even realize that I was crying until we got into the car and locked the doors. It wasn't just fear. It was awe. Like I had seen something I was never meant to see.

[A]

Well, and also, it. Like the wildest thing. And I feel like we. It's kind of the same in every single story that we've read so far and even previously, where it's like, these are massive creatures that should weigh so much and yet they're making no noise. They are silent, stepping on crunchy leaves and twigs. And why is that sound?

[B]

I feel like nostalgia. But all the ballet classes I did, you know, where they're like, stop stomping like elephants. They should say, move like Bigfoot.

[A]

Move like Bigfoot.

[B]

With grace, with grace.

[A]

Heave your body silently. Float like butterfly.

[B]

Fly across that bridge in one leap and make zero sound when you land.

[A]

I don't want to hear you breathe.

[B]

Be Bigfoot. If I ever teach ballet, which I will not. In another life, Scotty Says, I will never forget that feeling in my gut, that overwhelming, bone deep sense that something wild, but also very intelligent had taken notice of me. When I tell people, most people laugh it off or try to explain it away, but I know what I saw. Bigfoot is real and he hangs out at Clingman's Dome. Thanks for reading. I'd be honored if you shared it on the podcast, but if not, I'm just glad to tell someone who might believe me. Stay spooky, Scotty.

[A]

Wow. We believe you, Scotty.

[B]

Absolutely believe you.

[A]

The other thing, like, I don't even understand people's arguments that are like, oh, you must have just seen a bear, because we know what bears look like, right? Toddlers know what bears look like. Bears are. Are an animal that everyone is shown.

[B]

I think it's because even when you're seeing a bear, like, you don't see it often. And so when you see it, it's like this moment of shock. Right. And I think you. Your brain processes shock in different ways that people are like, oh, it was probably a bear, and you just, like, have not ever seen one or encountered one in this way that you just processed it, maybe.

[A]

Yeah. Because even, like, a diseased bear still looks like a bear. Yeah. I don't know. Like, the thing I can understand is, like, when people, like, there's been Cryptid reports or whatever of, like, a strange alien being or, like, what is this crazy creature? And it's the body of, like, a raccoon who drowned and has no hair on it. And raccoons look crazy without hair.

[B]

So cute.

[A]

Raccoons are really cute.

[B]

And possums, like, I love a possum tail. I know it freaks people out. I think it's so cute.

[A]

It's a little weird.

[B]

It's ratty.

[A]

It's a little gross.

[B]

It's like a massive rat tail.

[A]

But I do feel for the possums. I don't want them to be scared. No, be afraid. Not Possum. We mean you no harm.

[B]

And Bigfoot is real, is the argument we're saying.

[A]

Okay, I have one more called a sighting. Was it Bigfoot? A flush pedestrian on Adirondack Highway. Ooh. Hello, ladies. I've only recently discovered your podcast, but I have been obsessively listening and decided to send in this story because it is the crazy, craziest thing that I have ever heard. It's not my story, but I will tell it to the best of my ability. When I was in college, I had an English professor who was the quietest most reserved, logical thinking woman I have ever known. She was not what I would describe as eccentric. She had a pretty serious personality. But one day in class, we somehow got on the topic of weird stories that happened to us and our professor unexpectedly chimed in with what? She says it's the scariest thing that she has ever experienced and she still doesn't know what to make of it. She said she was driving home from visiting her boyfriend at the time and a lot of the drive was through this remote part of the Adirondacks in upstate New York. It was around midnight and she was planning on just driving the whole way without stopping. Now at this point she said, I know what you all are going to think. You're going to chalk it up to me being overly tired and seeing things. But I'm telling you with full confidence that this was not the case. She said along the two way highway with just a median, she was approaching a hill. As her headlights started to illuminate the crest of the hill, she saw a giant thing hunched over in the middle of the road. She said she was going about 60 miles per hour and she was startled thinking that this was a bear eating a deer in the middle of the road or something like that. So she switched lanes, got into the left lane, and this is the crazy part. All of a sudden she said this thing stands up on two legs and starts to run into the median of the road and began running alongside her vehicle for a good 10 to 15 seconds. That's, mind you, she is driving 60 miles per hour and this creature on two legs is keeping up with her car. She said she was trying to look at it, but also keep her eyes on the road the whole time and was just thinking, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit over and over again. It eventually cut across the road behind her car and ran into the woods. Needless to say, she said that this was the most scared she has ever been. And she drove the rest of the night in complete shock. Everyone in our class was listening to her with their mouths agape. This was not a woman who would just make something up like this. She swore up and down that that is what she saw and she doesn't know what she saw, but she's adamant that her story is 100% true and not embellished.

[B]

Well, we've heard stories like this before, so we believe it too.

[A]

My professor went on to explain that she did not believe in Bigfoot, but if she had to describe what this thing looked like, it did look like a Bigfoot.

[B]

I feel Like Bigfoot. I mean, I may be wrong, but most encounters we hear of Bigfoot, they don't taste along the car. I feel like flesh pedestrians do. Or like, not deer do.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Which are also, like, hairy and tall and scary.

[A]

Not like this, though. Although I feel like not deer. Well, did not deer look like deer at first? But they are. They have that sort of, like meat eating, like eating roadkill sort of trope.

[B]

Yeah. And they can, like, rise up and be two feet and be really tall and hairy.

[A]

That this thing looked like a Bigfoot. This is from Amber and Amber's serious professor.

[B]

I guess if you want to be remembered as a teacher, go out driving in the Adirondacks, have an experience with Bigfoot, Collect your scariest and tell your students. Damn crazy.

[A]

Now I'm just, like, mad at Brian for not experiencing anything like this. Because his family.

[B]

Brian's the last person who would ever want to experience anything.

[A]

No, he would be. He would be traumatized. Yeah. If he ever saw anything. But he grew up, like, hiking all the peaks in the Adirondacks. Like, huge hiking family in the upstate New York in their cabin. Look around, Brian. Did you not see anything in the tree lines?

[B]

They're too pleasant of people for Bigfoot to, like, inter Interact with. I don't know. Or. I feel like they were never loud. I was just gonna say they were never alone and they always could be heard.

[A]

That is loud family. They can't sneak up on you. Loving each other.

[B]

Even like all of these encounters that we just read, I feel like most of them were either people alone or doing something very quietly or, like, waiting, watching, not giving away their presence.

[A]

Yeah. I'm kind of shocked my dad hasn't experienced more.

[B]

I guarantee your dad has. He just hasn't told all the stories

[A]

he would tell me if he saw Bigfoot.

[B]

Yeah, sure.

[A]

Because he's told me that, like, cryptid.

[B]

Other cryptid sightings. He did say there's still time.

[A]

And this is what I totally. And he's not the only hunter in, like, the northeast region who has said this. He was like, I saw a black mountain lion or something. Like it was like a black panther. And everyone's like, that doesn't exist. He's not the only one.

[B]

Other people have seen him.

[A]

I need to get him a nice ass hunting camera.

[B]

I have something to end on. It's not really a Bigfoot story, but a long time ago you had done, like, a call to action for more stories or questionable, like, experiences where basically, am I the asshole? So this is gonna be like a thought provoker. And our listen, we've had a couple come in, so we should do like a whole episode about where we read your story that asking am I the asshole for this experience? And we'll weigh in. This is from our listener, Tracy. Yes, hello. Ghostesses and Sven ADHD ramble incoming. So edit out whatever you want. We're just gonna read the whole time. It's easier. You did an am I the asshole? Episode and I recently listened to it and I think you asked for more, so here it is. I love your podcast. I love your connection with each other and the amazing community you have created. I guess might be time for me to join Patreon, because I need more. Okay, so to start, I believe in Bigfoot. That three part series you all did just confirmed it even more. But I've always leaned towards the interdimensional being anyway. For me, end of story, Bigfoot exists.

[A]

Yeah, I agree with you there. I lean that way too.

[B]

Yeah, I'm on the fence. I believe it exists, but I believe less in Bigfoot than I do in most other things.

[A]

But you believe in aliens. Yeah, Bigfoot could be an alien species.

[B]

That's why I believe in the interdimensional being.

[A]

Yeah, that's what I lean towards too. I'm less of like, they're just chilling in the mountains at all times. Hiding in caves.

[B]

Yeah, no, they're bopping through timelines. Okay. So my vibes have definitely worn off on our creepy kid. And after a few kid cryptid books and seeing a Bigfoot bumper sticker out in the wild, my son has become obsessed. We spent the summer in an area of North Carolina with a lot of Bigfoot sightings and evidence. So all of this was really around him. Growing up, we bought all the books. He always asked to watch evidence and sighting clips with me on my phone. He told anyone and everyone who would listen about how one day he was going to find Bigfoot.

[A]

I love this.

[B]

So we're at a horse show last summer up in Michigan, and our son was really coming into the height of his Bigfoot obsession. He went out riding on his pony every day through the trails, all to look for Bigfoot and Bigfoot evidence. Without myself or my husband knowing, a very good friend of ours ordered a costume and planned the day he would find Bigfoot. No, the day came. The Bigfoot Busters, as he calls his team, all went out in search of Bigfoot again. And he found him. I am absolutely the asshole for traumatizing the two little friends that My son brought along with him, who were horrified when they found bigfoot. But am I the asshole for going along with this friend and the elaborate plan to keep our son's belief alive? It wasn't our idea. And I feel so warm in my heart that a few of our friends wanted to create this amazing experience and core memory for our son, who truly believes he saw bigfoot. Is that gaslighting? Am I the asshole? If I am, I welcome and accept it, because that day is a day our family will never forget. Either way, I know bigfoot is out there, and our son does, too. And at the rate we're going, he might have a second chapter on finding bigfoot coming in 2040. Because you'll be older and make a documentary about it. So let me know. Am I the asshole from Tracy?

[A]

I'm kind of conflicted because I feel like, in part, you're nurturing the belief in bigfoot. Totally. But I do feel like, depending on the age of your child, there needs to be a day where it's like, hey, do you remember when you thought you saw bigfoot? So. And so had dressed up as a costume. However.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That's not to say bigfoot isn't real.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And I do think that there's a lot of evidence and we should go try to find big footprints and do castings and an explanation of it wasn't. It's not real.

[B]

Well, I don't think trace is the asshole because, I mean, think about Santa Claus. Santa's real, but people dress up as Santa all the time.

[A]

Santa's helpers. Yes.

[B]

But no. You go to the mall and you bring your kid to go see Santa. You lead your kid to believe that that is the Santa Claus.

[A]

Oh, my parents never did.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

Santa employed Santa's helpers to be. To dress as Santa.

[B]

I see.

[A]

I and like, have his magic. And whatever you tell that Santa goes to Santa at the north Pole, I

[B]

was led to believe. And I feel like a lot of kids are led to believe that you were going to sit on real Santa.

[A]

Interesting.

[B]

So I would say that what's the difference?

[A]

But there comes a time where you learn. You learn. Yeah. Different facts about Santa when you're older.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I feel like, yeah, the Bigfoot, it needs to be exposed. But then, you know, the. The reality is bigfoot is real 100% and your child can still go out and bigfoot hunt.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And one day, actually, honestly, I kind of hope doesn't in childhood doesn't find Bigfoot. That would be freaking terrifying. Although Bigfoot does seem to reputation wise, does seem to be very nurturing towards children and like helps a lot of children who are lost and.

[B]

Well, I mean, all of the stories that we shared today. Bigfoot wasn't harming humans.

[A]

No, no, no. Yeah. So just a hungry little snacker likes

[B]

his clams and his chickens.

[A]

It can run fast.

[B]

Okay, idea for you. If you want to attract a Bigfoot or anyone listening and you have like a wooded backyard, put some clams and some chicken out there.

[A]

Clams, Chicken. Yeah. What other things do they like?

[B]

Rocks. They really like big rocks. They like to throw them. But maybe don't put big rocks out there cause they might throw it at your house.

[A]

Wait, we talked about this years ago where someone was putting out like different candies and different.

[B]

Oh, to see what Bigfoot like.

[A]

Yeah, like peanut butter and fluff sandwiches. Like different things like that. And there was an answer and I can't remember what it was.

[B]

Abbott elementary. Do you watch it?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Have you watched the most recent season?

[A]

I think so.

[B]

Where she thinks that there's a cat coming and eating like the can of tuna outside of her house, outside of her apartment, but it's actually like the neighbor or like this guy, he's like, no, he's like, I'm seeing this can of tuna here. And so I keep eating it.

[A]

I'm not cut up. But that's very funny. Yeah, something like that.

[B]

Something like that. Well, if you have seen Bigfoot or have any Bigfoot encounters, whether they're yours or your friends or your grandparents or whatever, please email us your stories to 2girls1ghost.podcastmail.com, also email us all of your paranormal encounters. We wanna hear them all. And you can join us on Patreon for episodes one week early and ad free. Let me know if you can get numbing cream for laser hair removal because

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

All the things. Yeah. Thank you to Jamie Ryan who edits and produces our podcast.

[B]

And thanks to all of you.

[A]

We love you and we will see you on the other side.

[B]

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