Where Bigfoot Roams

My wife and I had just gotten married when everything happened. It was actually during our honeymoon that the most incredible—and terrifying—moment of our lives took place. We encountered Bigfoot—or more accurately, multiple Bigfoot. Looking back on that experience, we nearly lost our passion for the outdoors. An event like that can change your perspective, especially when someone you love might h...

There I was, trying to hide from the world when something mysterious, and even a bit wondrous, but scary, entered it. I never expected my life to include tragedy, redemption, and a legend come to life. At the time, tragedy was my middle name. I sought refuge in the middle of nowhere, but I never knew what was lurking there; I never would have guessed it in a million years. Here is my story…

Hiking the coastal trail to False Klamath was something I loved to do back in the day. This is all past tense, as you can tell. Why, you ask? Because Bigfoot is there, and it is not worth the risk of losing my life. I have heard of people having good experiences with these things, but not me. My experience was not pleasant at all. It was almost enough to keep me out of the woods for good! Here is...

I was young, I had just turned thirteen when I realized what lurked in the woods just beyond my backyard. I was scared at first, but unlike some, my experience turned out differently. Life in the Pacific Northwest back then came with legends and tales, and wouldn’t you know it, they are real! I would know, I have heard them, experienced them, and seen them too, and I was not alone!  Here is my sto...

My dad told me years later that that day was the scariest moment in his entire life. It was the day a Bigfoot, or two, tried to lure me away beyond our cornfield, and into the deep, dark woods. I remember that day myself, as well as the weird experiences that led up to that moment. I believe these creatures, or animals, exist, but were they trying to lure me away? I don’t know that for sure, but I...

Sometimes, you need to get out of Dodge, and quickly. It was early September, and between my family and our recent loss, well, I needed a break before all the big decisions had to be made, but I never thought in a million years that by running away I’d run into a legend! Life can throw you a curveball here and there, I know that. However, when you least expect it, it can also throw you a wicked kn...

I was eleven when I realized that monsters in the woods were real. I learned this while visiting my grandmother for Thanksgiving in 1989. The woods of the Pacific Northwest hold something in them—something large and very frightening. At least, they can seem to be. Coming from the breadbasket in the heart of the country, where the land is as flat as a pancake, the mountains and valleys of the Pacif...

It was supposed to be a great time hunting with my wife, but instead, we had an experience of a lifetime – a pretty scary one that we will never forget. Bigfoot, they’re real, and this one did not want us around. Or it was just annoyed with us, at least. Nothing prepares you for the unknown. When I was in the military, we were always preparing for the unknown, but even then, the unknown is the unk...

My folks love to hike around the North Umpqua during the summer and fall. I like Hemlock Lake, well, I did until a few years ago when I ran into Bigfoot. Here is my story…

Autumn was here again. I love fall, the leaves changing, the crisp mornings and evenings, and yes, all those holidays are coming. However, in the Green Gultch, autumn can spawn a monster too. Not every year do we hear and even see this bigfoot thing lurking around the area, but when autumn comes, we do hold our breath, wondering if this year will be another year of shadows and sounds around our fa...

I had lifelong plans, big plans, but I did not plan on living next door to what I thought was make-believe, a myth, or a legend at best. But here we are, living next door to Bigfoot, and I believe more than one. It began with the small things that appeared sporadically, minor irregularities I noticed around my new property, particularly in the fall and winter. Then, one day, I had a run-in with my...

My grandfather passed away. My family chose me to wrap up his estate and the sale of his house. It was supposed to be an uneventful process, but it was not. Instead, I experienced the most incredible, wonderful, and yet the most terrifying moments of my life. I had heard the legends of such things roaming the Pacific Northwest. When he was alive, my grandfather would tell me stories when I was a k...

Contrary to popular belief, the Pacific Northwest is not all rugged mountains and rugged coastline. There are meadows and deep valleys, too, and apparently, some have monsters lurking around them. I have always believed in Bigfoot since the day I was introduced to the idea of such a creature. As a kid, I read all the books the school library had on the subject. But I never thought I would see one,...

I was fighting fires that summer, but my incident, well, the scariest event in my life, did not happen until late September and early October. Bigfoots are real, and frightening too! I love my job, even to this day, but I now have an extra pair of eyes while I am out fighting wildfires in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, that’s for sure. Bland Mountain fire lookout is where all of this took pla...

For many years, between Applegate Lake and Ruch, we owned a fairly large property with a small and profitable apple orchard. It also contained a little secret, actually, a large secret. Bigfoots, and they loved apples. Once you see one of these bigfoot creatures, your life will change, and you will realize what else could be out there in creation waiting to be discovered. However, the bigfoots we...

Oregon’s Highway 224 is the Bigfoot Highway. I would know because I have seen these things cross the road twice and had a couple of them enter my camp once down at the Fish Creek Campground in 1995. I was told, well, more like warned about them by my grandfather, who had a crazier encounter story than I had with them, but I never believed him, at least not until I had my first of three encounters...

Meet Mike from Virginia! He had a pretty unique experience when he saw a Bigfoot! At first, he thought it was a large stump, until it turned and looked at him and his family!

We called it Summer’s End, but that wasn’t the real name of the place we loved to camp when I was young. It was a pretty popular lake along the Oregon coast.  My family and I would camp there every year, until Bigfoot happened. I never thought for a second I would ever see such a thing, experience such a moment, not for a thousand years… but I did, well, we did. Here is our story. ______ Welcome t...

I was not what you call a “believer” in this thing or things called bigfoot, I gave it room in my mind, of course, but I was never sold on the idea they truly existed until I saw one with my own eyes on my property in Melrose, Oregon one late summer evening… I have lived in and around Douglas County, mostly Roseburg, Oregon for my entire life, minus my six-year stint in the military. It was not un...