I didn't want my encounter and I would do almost anything to have NOT had it. I was in intensive therapy for a year after. I started drinking more to quell the nightmares. And this is from a very seasoned life long hunter and former wildland firefighter.
I often wonder how many of the die-hard hunters who suddenly quit hunting altogether have actually had an experience with these things and they just don’t want to tell anyone.
@@oldbluelight8912if you are unlucky enough to actually see it and survive I'd tell everyone. But to have what I had was multiple close quarter encounters I'm not as forward with telling people because I didn't actually see it and that would be easily disputed and mockable.
"See one and survive...?" Have these creatures a history of maiming and killing people in the wilderness? Or, is this just the fear of one person's experience? I've heard of them "bull-charging" people, throwing rocks, etc... but never to "deliberately" hurt anyone. It would seem obvious IF they were violent the body count would be higher than... ummm... zero. Why invoke fear where there may be no need to? What say anyone reading my comment? Thanks. 😉
@@davidchildress285 there are a few stories of them attacking people. Read Daniel Boone’s story about his son being attacked. Also the Okefenokee swamp attack in the 1800s, and there were several in British Columbia where hunters and trappers kept turning up decapitated.
I thought the topic absolutely silly until a friend asked me to research it. I did so for two weeks by reading reports and simply googling questions I had . After two weeks I had to admit that the existence of Sasquatch was not possible but probable. The proof is in the reports! Then I spent numerous nights sitting and listening in an area where I found tree bends and structures. A person does not have to see these beings to be a believer. The simple process of elimination is enough for me. Bear don't whistle, racoons don't throw rocks ,and squirrels don't do drum rolls! Sasquatch is alive and well in upstate South Carolina.
What part of South Carolina? I live in southeastern North Carolina, about 45 minutes to an hour to hit the NC/SC line. I'd like to go out and experience a sasquatch. Not in person, lol... but to see, hear the evidence 😊
Matter of fact, I agree we must put more emphasis on dealing with encounter trauma. Another 10k foot impressions will change nothing. Science will not enagage as long as they feel their funding is endangered. What we need are a group of anthropoligists and socialogists teamed with wildlife videographers to study them in one habituation location for several years
The sasquatch may share some characteristics with giant humans but we've never seen a giant human that has glowing red eyes that can see in the dark or a man that can run as fast as a vehicle traveling down the highway.
Some of us didn't voluntarily get into the 'magic' of all of it. It stems from an experience that we didn't want to have, but that we have had and we don't understand. Maybe the 'magical' aspects of this subject are actually scientific and it's something we just don't understand yet. Dogs can smell fragments of human remains 10 ft underground. That seems like magic to us, but it's not. They can sense a seizure coming on well before we know it's going to happen ourselves. That's not magic, but it seems like it. Animals can detect bad weather before scientific instruments can, well in advance. That's not magic, but it seems like it. It's all scientific. Technology seems like magic to us until we understand it scientifically. Maybe these different aspects to Bigfoot are just scientific things that we as humans can comprehend YET. Maybe they have evolved in different ways and with different needs. I am absolutely sane, I'm educated, but I have had some very strange things happen when it comes to these beings that I cannot begin to explain, things I didn't want to see, but saw. I do believe these animals are flesh and blood, but I also believe there are maybe aspects to them that we can't scientifically understand just yet. I didn't ask to see the weird things that I saw, but I saw them. I KNOW WHAT I SAW and I didn't imagine it, and I didn't mistake it for something that it wasn't. I think it's a lot less scientific to speak in absolutes when it comes to this creature. I'm not trying to get into a debate on the woo, I'm just saying that there are some of us who are serious about finding out what these animals are scientifically and otherwise, even though we may have seen something unexplainable. It doesn't mean we're nuts or that we're not serious. If anything that makes us even more determined to get to the bottom of what these creatures are.
No shame in crying. These things are monsters. Well, physically anyway. I bet you slept like a freaking baby when you got home LOL after adrenaline dump.
Let me tell you something. You see one of these things or even have a few close qaurter encounters. You wont care what people think.. These people that wont say anything haven't encountered anything...
Some people just don't have that kind of confidence and they are sensitive to being laughed at or ridiculed. Some people have gone through enough of that without sasquatch.
Not true. I had an experience in 1986. I spoke about it twice from then until 2020, when my daughter had to write a report for school about bigfoot (!!??). I put it out of mind, and all but forgot about it. It was too damn weird. I didn't speak with anyone, but two people I knew I could trust, because I expected ridicule, derision, etc. Why put myself through that? Now it's almost acceptable, but I still won't speak to someone I know is a skeptic. Oh, you worship Neil 'the ass' Tyson? Not even going to mention it, forget it.
Interesting. I believe overwhelming evidence indicates they exist. Never saw one myself. I guess if you had a close call with a grizzly bear you could experirnce similar mental trauma. But my guess is the stress of seeing one might result in trauma because they would see something staring back at them that resembled a human with eyes that presented an intellect nearly equivalent to ours in an enormous threatening body. PLUS the fact that the establishment refuses to acknowledge what you saw, implying you had mental issues. Facing pne of these critters I wouldn't anything less than a .MODERN 45-70 round in a lever action. Interestimg comments about necessary bipedal alterations.
My encounter with a large male in 2021 set me back, psychologically, pretty bad. It was not pleasant. And you're correct on caliber. These are MASSIVE animals. I can't even fathom the density of muscle and bone. They are not comparable to a bear outside the large coastal browns. At least this one was. Just massive...
If you like this channel please share. I appreciate it very much. Thank you
I love Richard. He is wonderful guest. Absolutely loved this show.
Thanks for watching
I didn't want my encounter and I would do almost anything to have NOT had it. I was in intensive therapy for a year after. I started drinking more to quell the nightmares. And this is from a very seasoned life long hunter and former wildland firefighter.
I often wonder how many of the die-hard hunters who suddenly quit hunting altogether have actually had an experience with these things and they just don’t want to tell anyone.
@@oldbluelight8912if you are unlucky enough to actually see it and survive I'd tell everyone. But to have what I had was multiple close quarter encounters I'm not as forward with telling people because I didn't actually see it and that would be easily disputed and mockable.
Thank you and thank you for watching.
"See one and survive...?" Have these creatures a history of maiming and killing people in the wilderness? Or, is this just the fear of one person's experience? I've heard of them "bull-charging" people, throwing rocks, etc... but never to "deliberately" hurt anyone. It would seem obvious IF they were violent the body count would be higher than... ummm... zero. Why invoke fear where there may be no need to? What say anyone reading my comment? Thanks. 😉
@@davidchildress285 there are a few stories of them attacking people. Read Daniel Boone’s story about his son being attacked. Also the Okefenokee swamp attack in the 1800s, and there were several in British Columbia where hunters and trappers kept turning up decapitated.
I thought the topic absolutely silly until a friend asked me to research it. I did so for two weeks by reading reports and simply googling questions I had . After two weeks I had to admit that the existence of Sasquatch was not possible but probable. The proof is in the reports! Then I spent numerous nights sitting and listening in an area where I found tree bends and structures. A person does not have to see these beings to be a believer. The simple process of elimination is enough for me. Bear don't whistle, racoons don't throw rocks ,and squirrels don't do drum rolls! Sasquatch is alive and well in upstate South Carolina.
They are in more places than I would expect.
You are right. Thanks for watching
What part of South Carolina? I live in southeastern North Carolina, about 45 minutes to an hour to hit the NC/SC line. I'd like to go out and experience a sasquatch. Not in person, lol... but to see, hear the evidence 😊
Thanks Linda
This guy's going an important job, well done
Agree. Thanks for watching
Great episode, a new take on the subject. Awesome
For sure. Thanks for watching
Terrific interview Linda , keep up the good work.
Thanks
Very good discussion of trauma.
I am glad you liked it. Thanks for watching
Excellent insight.
Thanks so much for your video Linda 👋 👍 🇬🇧
Thank you
Matter of fact, I agree we must put more emphasis on dealing with encounter trauma. Another 10k foot impressions will change nothing. Science will not enagage as long as they feel their funding is endangered. What we need are a group of anthropoligists and socialogists teamed with wildlife videographers to study them in one habituation location for several years
It would be nice. Thanks for watching
Thanks
Very informative, the thoughts about walking upright. Liked his story, and I need to know where to get his book.
Not sure it is out yet. Thanks for watching
The sasquatch may share some characteristics with giant humans but we've never seen a giant human that has glowing red eyes that can see in the dark or a man that can run as fast as a vehicle traveling down the highway.
For sure. Thanks for watching.
The problem is that knows citizen, scientist own any of the expensive lab equipment that it takes to analyze the DNA of these creatures.
Thank you for watching
Some of us didn't voluntarily get into the 'magic' of all of it. It stems from an experience that we didn't want to have, but that we have had and we don't understand. Maybe the 'magical' aspects of this subject are actually scientific and it's something we just don't understand yet. Dogs can smell fragments of human remains 10 ft underground. That seems like magic to us, but it's not. They can sense a seizure coming on well before we know it's going to happen ourselves. That's not magic, but it seems like it. Animals can detect bad weather before scientific instruments can, well in advance. That's not magic, but it seems like it. It's all scientific. Technology seems like magic to us until we understand it scientifically. Maybe these different aspects to Bigfoot are just scientific things that we as humans can comprehend YET. Maybe they have evolved in different ways and with different needs. I am absolutely sane, I'm educated, but I have had some very strange things happen when it comes to these beings that I cannot begin to explain, things I didn't want to see, but saw. I do believe these animals are flesh and blood, but I also believe there are maybe aspects to them that we can't scientifically understand just yet. I didn't ask to see the weird things that I saw, but I saw them. I KNOW WHAT I SAW and I didn't imagine it, and I didn't mistake it for something that it wasn't. I think it's a lot less scientific to speak in absolutes when it comes to this creature. I'm not trying to get into a debate on the woo, I'm just saying that there are some of us who are serious about finding out what these animals are scientifically and otherwise, even though we may have seen something unexplainable. It doesn't mean we're nuts or that we're not serious. If anything that makes us even more determined to get to the bottom of what these creatures are.
Agree. Thanks for watching
✌🙂
Thanks
No shame in crying. These things are monsters. Well, physically anyway. I bet you slept like a freaking baby when you got home LOL after adrenaline dump.
Thanks for watching
Let me tell you something. You see one of these things or even have a few close qaurter encounters. You wont care what people think.. These people that wont say anything haven't encountered anything...
Thanks for watching
Some people just don't have that kind of confidence and they are sensitive to being laughed at or ridiculed. Some people have gone through enough of that without sasquatch.
@@WarrenHolly The fear alone would make you seek help.
Not true. I had an experience in 1986. I spoke about it twice from then until 2020, when my daughter had to write a report for school about bigfoot (!!??). I put it out of mind, and all but forgot about it. It was too damn weird. I didn't speak with anyone, but two people I knew I could trust, because I expected ridicule, derision, etc. Why put myself through that? Now it's almost acceptable, but I still won't speak to someone I know is a skeptic. Oh, you worship Neil 'the ass' Tyson? Not even going to mention it, forget it.
Interesting. I believe overwhelming evidence indicates they exist. Never saw one myself. I guess if you had a close call with a grizzly bear you could experirnce similar mental trauma. But my guess is the stress of seeing one might result in trauma because they would see something staring back at them that resembled a human with eyes that presented an intellect nearly equivalent to ours in an enormous threatening body. PLUS the fact that the establishment refuses to acknowledge what you saw, implying you had mental issues. Facing pne of these critters I wouldn't anything less than a .MODERN 45-70 round in a lever action.
Interestimg comments about necessary bipedal alterations.
Thanks for watching
My encounter with a large male in 2021 set me back, psychologically, pretty bad. It was not pleasant. And you're correct on caliber. These are MASSIVE animals. I can't even fathom the density of muscle and bone. They are not comparable to a bear outside the large coastal browns. At least this one was. Just massive...
@@sirdanoman Hope i never see one
@@sirdanoman Thanks for sharing and for watching