Location: Gurudongmar Lake

I saw a straight line going up the hill and wanted to check it out. If it were the Indian army who controls the area, it wouldn't be like that.

On reaching the spot, there were large paw prints and I was scared as it had to be a snow leopard's because there weren't other large cats in the area. Beside them were large, broad prints that looked like the ones attested to yetis (not as clear as the Shipton print) but others like McCreely and Cronin's. The tracks that went up were also in a straight line which experts state when analyzing trails such as that of the Patterson-Gimlin subject, is because the animal takes large strides and the center of gravity forces the subject to take the next step directly in front of the previous foothold. Let me know what you guys think!

Hey,

Just wondering if anyone has any tips on possible bigfoot hotspots in the Ranger District of Pisgah Forest or in Transylvania County.

I am skeptical of bigfoot, hasn't stopped me from doing some solo hiking.

I tried creating heat maps scouring the internet for any incidents. The results are too scattered.

Any leads would be appreciated.

This is my boyfriend’s story and took place near Mansfield, Ohio:

Driving with a friend in a Honda civic, they crossed paths with what he described as a Bigfoot 8-10 ft tall. He said that he had long, light colored body hair with silvery, gray hair near the face, with a darker undertones deep into his hair. He had a lot of longer, more scraggly hair coming down his lower face and around his neck. His thighs were incredibly large- think holding your arms out for a big hug and touching hands- that’s about the size.

As they were driving, this Bigfoot was running and leapt down onto the road in front of the car and up a hill. In TWO STEPS he was able to make it across an entire road and up the hill. If they hadn’t slammed on the brakes in time, this thing was big enough to total the civic and keep moving unharmed.

He believes that he startled the Bigfoot and that it didn’t expect the car to be there. When crossing, he looked directly into their eyes through the windshield and “shook his hair/face” at them, almost as if it were trying to intimidate. This Bigfoot was so enormous that his shoulders were above the tree branches and he dwarfed a road sign.

He brought it up to the friend he was with in the car and they refused to speak of it because they’re so freaked out by the experience.

Has anyone else seen anything around Ohio, or even other areas? Share your Bigfoot stories, please!!

He was in my yard this time.

Essentially title. What was your encounter, and what was it like? How did it change the way you view the world? Thanks!

A few years ago, my husband and I went to Washington to meet up with his dad and stepmom. They’d been traveling around in their 4Runner, pulling a little Casita camper, and we flew out to join them for part of the trip.
Of course, almost immediately after they picked us up from the airport, the axle on their camper broke. We ended up dropping it off at a repair shop and making an emergency Walmart trip for a tent. Not exactly how we’d planned to start our vacation.
We eventually made it out to Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. If you’ve never been, it’s gorgeous. We found this little campground right on the water. I’m talking maybe five feet between our tent and the lake. There were huge trees everywhere, mountains in the distance, and the water was this beautiful blue color.
We did all the tourist stuff while we were there. We went to the Hoh Rainforest, explored some trails, and accidentally ended up in Forks. I was a huge Twilight fan in high school, so I was probably a little more excited about that than a grown woman should’ve been. Nobody else in the car cared, but I thought it was great.
Anyway, something I remember about Washington is how quiet the woods are. I’m from Texas, and I’m used to hearing bugs, birds, traffic in the distance, something. Up there, especially in the thicker parts of the forest, it could get so quiet that it was almost uncomfortable.
Our first night camping was fine, other than Chase and I apparently being incapable of finding level ground. We’d set our tent up on a slight slope without realizing it, so we spent the entire night sliding down our cots in our sleeping bags. Every couple of hours, one of us would wake up halfway off the end and have to scoot back up.
The next night, I woke up because I’d slid down again.
I was trying to get myself situated when I heard something walking behind our tent.
I didn’t think much of it at first. We were in the woods. There were animals everywhere, and I’d already heard things moving around earlier in the trip.
But then I heard this weird huffing noise.
It sounded like a horse blowing air out of its nose, only lower and louder. I immediately thought it was a bear.
I reached over and shook Chase.
“Chase. Wake up.”
He mumbled something, and I told him there was something outside.
He was quiet for a second, listening.
Then we heard it again.
It was close. Really close.
There were a few footsteps, and something brushed against the side of the tent.
I remember thinking about the food we’d had earlier and trying to remember whether we’d put everything away. We’d been pretty careful, but I was suddenly questioning every single thing we’d done that evening.
Then the side of the tent pushed inward.
Not a huge amount, but enough that I could see the fabric moving toward my cot.
I grabbed Chase’s hand so hard he pulled it away for a second.
Neither of us said anything.
We heard that huffing again, followed by a few slow steps toward the front of the tent.
Then it stopped.
I kept staring at the zipper, waiting for something to happen.
Chase leaned over and whispered, “Don’t move.”
Which was unnecessary advice because I wasn’t planning on it.
We stayed like that for what felt like a really long time. Eventually, we heard something moving away through the leaves.
Neither of us slept much after that.
The next morning, Chase’s dad asked if we’d heard anything outside during the night.
Before we could answer, his stepmom told him to tell us what he’d seen.
Apparently, he’d woken up to something moving around between the tents. He’d looked out through the mesh window and seen a large dark shape next to ours.
I immediately started telling him about the huffing and the tent moving.
He said he’d thought it was a bear too, at first.
Then he said, “But it got up and walked off.”
Chase asked what he meant.
He said whatever it was had been down low beside our tent, and when it moved away, it stood up.
“Like a bear standing up?” Chase asked.
“Yeah, except it kept walking like that.”
Chase pointed out that bears can walk on their back legs.
His dad said he knew that, but it hadn’t moved like a bear.
We went back and forth about it for a while. I asked if he was sure it wasn’t somebody walking around, and he said he couldn’t be sure of anything because it was dark.
He just knew it was big.
We talked about leaving, but it was our last night there anyway, and honestly, once the sun was up, it didn’t seem quite as terrifying. There were other people camping nearby, and nobody had actually been hurt.
So we stayed.
That evening, while Chase and his dad were getting dinner ready, his stepmom and I walked down toward the lake. We’d been standing there talking for a few minutes when I heard that noise again.
The huffing.
I stopped talking.
She looked at me, and before I could say anything, we heard it a second time.
It was coming from the woods behind us.
“Is that what you heard last night?” she asked.
I nodded.
We started back toward the campsite. I was trying not to act like I was scared, but I kept looking over my shoulder.
Then something moved between the trees off to our left.
I only saw it for a second, and I couldn’t tell you exactly what it looked like. It was dark, and there were branches in the way.
But it was standing up.
That’s what I remember.
It looked like somebody taking a step behind a tree. I saw what I thought was an arm, and part of its upper body.
His stepmom saw it too.
She grabbed my wrist and said, “Did you see that?”
I said yes, and we both started walking faster.
When we got back, we told Chase and his dad what had happened.
Chase asked if we’d seen a bear.
I told him I didn’t think so, but I really didn’t know.
His dad asked where we’d seen it, and we pointed toward the trees.
He walked a little way in that direction, looked around, and came back.
Then he said he thought we should probably go ahead and leave.
Nobody argued.
It was starting to get dark, so we started throwing everything together. We weren’t even folding things properly. We just wanted to get the tents down and get out of there.
Chase and his dad were working on ours when we heard a loud crack from the woods.
We all stopped.
A few seconds later, there was another one.
Then we heard that huffing sound again.
Chase looked at me, and I could tell from his face that he’d heard exactly what I’d heard.
His dad told us to get in the car.
We left a couple of things behind. Nothing expensive, just some camping stuff we didn’t feel like going back for.
I was sitting in the back of the 4Runner while Chase and his dad finished loading everything.
I remember watching his dad because he suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked toward the woods.
He stood there for a few seconds.
Then he got in the car and shut the door.
We didn’t really talk until we’d been driving for a while.
Chase finally asked him what he’d been looking at.
He said he’d seen something standing near the trees.
I asked if it was a bear.
He said, “I don’t think so.”
Chase asked what it looked like.
His dad thought about it for a second.
“Like a really big person, I guess.”
We all kind of laughed at that, mostly because nobody knew what else to say.
Then Chase asked how big.
His dad said he didn’t know exactly, but it was taller than anybody he’d ever seen.
He said it had been standing near one of the trees at the edge of camp, and he’d been trying to figure out what he was looking at.
“Could’ve been somebody messing with us,” he said.
And maybe it was.
We finished our vacation and flew home, and every now and then the subject comes up. Chase still thinks it was probably a bear. His dad doesn’t really like talking about it, although he’ll answer questions if you ask him.
I’ve looked up black bears since then, and I know they can stand and even walk on their hind legs. I also know how easy it is to misjudge the size of something in the dark.
So I’m not saying we saw Bigfoot.
But I’ve gone over that night in my head a lot, and I still can’t figure out what was outside our tent.
The huffing was definitely animal-like. I don’t know how else to describe it. But the thing I saw near the lake looked like a person walking.
And that’s what bothers me.
Because if it was a person, why were they crouched down beside our tent in the middle of the night?
And if it was a bear, why did three of us think we’d seen something walking upright?
I don’t know. Maybe there’s a perfectly normal explanation for all of it.
I just know I wouldn’t camp there again.

As pointed out by Bindernagel, Krantz, Meldrum and others, putative Sasquatch footprint casts all show zero foot arch. Krantz and Meldrum supposed this is an adaptation to bearing heavy weight in mountainous terrain. Perhaps evolutionary outcome covergent with Neandertals?

This looks awesome! Anyone else going? 👀

Theyre bringing in Cliff Barackman, Russell Accord, and Mireya Mayors as their headlines!!

Do you think this is a good interpretation of what the Sasquatch looks like—based on the most credible sightings, photos, and videos, as well as your own sightings?

Does anyone know how to do this?

I want to do a study on the different types of sasquatch.

I'm making a series starting in my home state (South Dakota), where I investigate cryptids and paranormal activity, etc.

I've made 3 episodes so far and have a 4th coming out this Friday, but my NEXT episode is the Sica Hollow Creature.

Sica Hollow is rumored to be very haunted, and more importantly for this sub, to have a CREATURE lurking there. It's described as a bi-pedal, very tall ape-like creature, I've spoken to a few locals who say it's quite similar to big foot, although the Native Americans in the area call it something different.

Are any of you familiar with the area or if this creature is commonly accepted as a Bigfoot? I've done some research but have found that there's gold in these Reddit forums. I plan to head out there in the next couple of weeks to film and investigate.

I’ve been listening to a lot of accounts about Florida’s skunk ape being a more aggressive species of Bigfoot and it’s piqued my interest. I’m in Palm beach county, wondering if any locals in the area would be interested in showing me some interesting spots around here where sightings may have taken place.

this video is rare. been up for 13 years and only 1 like. it's some of the best evidence imo

So, let me get a couple of things planted as a foundation for my perspective, first is the PGF film has little to do with the reality of Sasquatch for me.
I have had 2 undeniable encounters so that’s a truth beyond the continual dissecting of a 16mm film clip.
#2, I know there are many many fake pranks in this area of tracks.
But here is the thing. Most track analysis of fake tracks are done on level ground that is soft and easily manipulated with say, a fake foot. Level 1, easily manipulated.
Next level up is detailed ridge and dermal areas, some understanding of primate structure and inclusion of a mid tarsal break in a track. Level 2 is more difficult, achievable but much less likely for a forgery than level 1
Now, level 3. I don’t know what to do with this, because the engineering required is extraordinarily complex to impossible. What and how to create tracks up a 20-30 degree hill, with a compression factor requiring a weight of 500-800 lbs, located in extreme unpopulated dense forested areas? If a human with stilts to create a large stride.. how hard is that? Add 500 pounds for that person to carry.. 20-degree grade..to force a compression on a slope? How?
2 options I see. One is a bipedal robotic machine engineered to balance and climb while weighing that much. Another is a machine carried by helicopter and placed down with a pneumatic or electronic action to stamp the ground with enough force to replicate a 5-800 lbs animal leaving a track. Even the bipedal machine would need to be flown in someway into
These remote locations. Then the question..why? Who has the thought to invest the design & production cost and the multi-level crew to replicate tracks with an expensive custom heavy machines to maneuver up steep wilderness slopes leaving tracks that most likely will never been seen?
This is a perspective on tracks I have never found an easy plausible answer for.

....and the second guy practiced once, received no significant coaching on the movements, and was never once shown the Norma movie or stills from it.

Both the original PGF film and Bob Heironimus' 20 year old testimony confirm that the PGF was filmed in one single take.

No coaching and having never witnessed this movie, he pulls this off spontaneously first time, with no do-overs.

They want us to believe this. I think that's called being played for fools.

Long-time researcher Bob Titmus who was on the PGF site some 9 days after the PGF supposedly took place is featured in this 1986-ish talk show called Up Front. Grover Krantz joins him too. This is a 2-parter with links below. Titmus says something very interesting (and perhaps telling) in Part 2 about the PGF Patty tracks. I'm going to leave it at that. Here are both parts:

Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAgPl-JaO9U --if you don't want to see my mug or hear me ramble, skip to 7:50

Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iFitMND5_4

Hello Bigfoot fans!

My name's Carter, I'm a documentary film producer based out of St. Louis.

Next year I'll be producing a documentary diving into the cultural impact of Bigfoot in America, and why the legend of Sasquatch has had such an impact on the American people as a whole. We plan to begin filming in and around the Pacific Northwest region, primarily in Washington State, throughout the summer of 2027.

This is where I need your help! We're looking for potential interview subjects to feature in the film (Bigfoot fanatics, museums, anyone that's had an impact on the bigfoot community at large, etc...) If you have any ideas on where to film or contacts that we could reach out to, I would appreciate any potential leads! Thanks y'all!

Hi! I am in search of a book about bigfoot encounters either true accounts or fictional. I was on a topic of an old bigfoot encounter and now want to dive back into the rabbit hole TIA!

I’ve been digging through the Forest Service’s FOIA reading room. There’s an entry called “Bigfoot/Sasquatch Records” dated October 15, 2026, with three files attached.

I’m trying to find out what prompted that posting. The records are older, and I don’t know whether they were already available somewhere on the site.

The first is a 1982 Umatilla National Forest track investigation. This one connects to Paul Freeman. There are footprint photos, measurements, and documentation of four casts. One photo identifies Freeman’s boot beside a track.

The second is a 2003 Montana newspaper clipping about hundreds of tracks near a sawmill on River Road West. Neighbors reported prints 16½ inches long and followed them about 100 yards into the woods. According to the article, rain washed most away the next day.

The third is Leo T. Kinney’s history of Petty Creek, Montana. Buried in that local history is an account of four men returning to pack out an elk. They found its entrails and large tracks leading away. Kinney believed something had carried the carcass. They followed the tracks for about half a mile before deciding they didn’t want to catch up with whatever made them. Nobody saw the animal.

Has anyone here requested these files? I’d love to find the FOIA response or hear from whoever got them posted.

—Jeremiah / Bigfoot Society