Right behind the horse rider in the the brush I'm seeing something dark moving around. Has anyone else noticed this? What do you think it is? A shadow? A person? Slowed down and added an arrow so you can see it.

I've been following the discussion surrounding the new Capturing Bigfoot documentary, and I've noticed quite a few people questioning whether Sasquatch exists at all. Some skeptics seem ready to throw dirt on the grave of the entire phenomenon. I wanted to share something that happened to me years ago, because regardless of what happens with the Patterson-Gimlin film, I still have to reconcile something I saw with my own eyes.

I was attending college in Fairbanks, Alaska in 2000. It was springtime, the leaves had returned to the trees and the grass was green again. One evening, between studying, I decided to head down the hill from the university to get something to eat. I can't remember what I ate, but I'm sure it was delicious because just about anything tasted good going into a starving college student's stomach back then. It was around midnight when I started walking back uphill toward the university. I had my headphones on and was following the sidewalk when I became aware of something off to my side. There was a steep hillside with a stairway zigzagging up the incline, and something was standing beside the stairs, partway up the slope.

At first, and this is the absolute truth, I thought I was looking at a Black man in a big, puffy fur jacket. It was tall and broad, but I'm a big man myself, 6'5" and about 250 pounds at the time, so I wasn't particularly alarmed. I just kept walking. But after a few steps, I started thinking about how absurd what I'd just seen actually was. Why would someone be standing on that steep incline, away from the stairway, in the middle of the night? So I stopped, removed my headphones, turned around and took a really good look.

Whatever it was, it was standing on two feet. Clearly bipedal. It had remarkably broad shoulders and a thick, wide neck that narrowed toward the head. The head itself was shaped more like an ape's than a human's. Its body narrowed considerably at the hips, and its legs were long. The fur appeared to have a ginger colour to it, although I've always acknowledged that the amber streetlighting could have influenced what I was seeing. There wasn't enough light for me to make out its facial features clearly. And strangely enough, I still wasn't particularly frightened. Not until it turned and looked at me.

I don't know how to adequately describe what happened inside me at that moment. Something took over. It was a kind of primal, overwhelming fight-or-flight response that I'd never experienced before and haven't experienced since. I ran as hard as I could up that hill. I didn't look back. The entire way, I had this terrible feeling that whatever I'd seen was right behind me, even though rationally I knew that probably wasn't the case. For some perspective, I spent nearly 30 years living in Alaska. I've been charged by an angry bull moose. I've been in close proximity to grizzly bears and cougars. I've had experiences with large, dangerous animals that most people will never have. None of those experiences produced anything remotely resembling the fear I felt when that thing turned and looked at me. It was almost a cleansing fear. Something so absolute and overwhelming that everything else ceased to exist except the need to get away.

I returned to the location later with a couple of friends. I wanted to see exactly where it had been standing and whether there was anything that might help explain what I'd seen. I didn't find footprints, but the ground was dry, so that wasn't particularly surprising. What did surprise me was the scale. I went to the spot where I believed it had been standing and reached toward a branch that had been near its head. Even at 6'5", I couldn't reach it with my fingertips.

I've spent years going back over that night in my head. I've questioned what I saw, considered the lighting, the circumstances, the possibility that I misidentified something. I don't bring it up very often because, frankly, most people aren't particularly receptive to stories like this. But with the Patterson-Gimlin film being challenged so forcefully right now, I wanted to offer a different perspective. I don't know whether Roger Patterson filmed a real animal in 1967. I don't know whether somebody made an extraordinarily convincing costume. I don't know what the newly discovered footage ultimately proves, and I'm perfectly willing to consider the possibility that the original film was a hoax. But none of that changes what happened to me on that hillside in Fairbanks.

I don't believe in Sasquatch because of television shows, documentaries, internet communities, or some romantic attachment to the idea that there's still a mysterious creature wandering around the wilderness. I believe I encountered something that people have called Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Hairyman, and a dozen other names. I believe it because I saw it, and whatever that thing was, I will never forget the moment it turned and looked at me. So, for those of you who are feeling discouraged by the recent documentary, or who think that proving the Patterson-Gimlin film fraudulent would somehow settle the entire question, I just wanted to share my experience. I can't prove to you what I saw. I know that. But I'm positive there's something out there, and it scared the absolute shit out of me.

Just like with the PGF, I thought that the Norma film deserved to be analyzed and scrutinized frame by frame. What I found was rather odd.

If you look at the first frame there’s clearly no hat and just a hood.

Then the hat starts “forming” from nothing by the next frame but it’s clearly not a cowboy hat shape yet.

By the third frame his hat is now a cowboy hat but his gun vanishes from his hand.

I’m not going to claim to be an expert in AI videos or CGI and I’m not even saying that this has been created by a computer but I know that humans cannot grow hats. I don’t know where it came from but it’s not there and then it grows and then it’s fully formed.

I’d love to hear some thoughts and opinions.

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I’m a big fan of Max Brooks’ devolution and I was curious if there were other fictional novels of good quality like it about Bigfoot?

Hi, I am a Bigfoot fan from Thailand.

I have been looking in more of Roger Patterson's history and found that he became fascinated with a cryptid in Thailand. Some source said he even travelled here, looking for "Tua Yeua"

Maybe someone here know more detail about this? I have not even heard of "Tua Yeua" before, but we do have stories of Giant Monkeys (with tails, not Apes).

Thanks!

I've never seen one, but there are legends of "shadow people" that go back generations in the Muskegon County area of Michigan where I live. Shadow people are described as basically bigfoot. Tall human-ape like creatures that go to barns, take apples even high up, scare away big predators and even make the fish and smaller game dry up.

The Anishinaabe in Muskegon County also had stories of "Saabe," which were large hairy people that imparted to humans integrity and self-worth as they transitioned to adulthood.

Of course I could’ve googled this, but I prefer to interact with you guys here😊.

I’ve always wondered if there was anything for Patterson to base the costume and movement of Patty on, IF the footage is indeed fake.

Evening, everybody. Name's Michael Fultz. I live down in Jackson County, Kentucky, and I grew up in Mason County, up around Maysville and Mays'lick.

I write books of Kentucky stories — Kentucky Campfire Stories, and Kentucky Campfire Chronicles: The Water War. Campfire tales, the kind folks around here have been telling all my life: Bigfoot, ghosts, things in the sky. I've been listening to these stories since I was a kid, and now I write them down.

I'm not here to sell anybody anything. I joined up because this is my people — folks who've seen something, or heard something, out in the woods and never quite got over it. I'll be reading more than I talk, most likely.

If you've got a Kentucky story especially, I'm all ears. Those are the ones that hit home for me.

All set up at the Yakima Valley Bigfoot Con! It’s being held at Legends Casino & Hotel, and will go until 6pm.

I wanted to try recording the presentations, but unfortunately I will not be able to. But so far, it’s looking like it’ll be a good time and everyone I’ve met has been really nice so far!

#bigfoot #sasquatch #yakimavalley

In Capturing Bigfoot one of the most interesting moments was when Larry Lund and Rene Dehindren say after devoting many years to searching they had never seen one. Why do some people never see one and others say they have regular encounters, is the general consensus the trans-dimensional theory?

This is what Bob says he was doing during the PGF event: https://podscripts.co/podcasts/sasquatch-chronicles/sc-ep90-interview-with-bob-gimlin

I find it interesting that this new "rehearsal" movie starts with bob on his horse. So they practiced to include Bob in the fake movie later, yet when they actually shot PGF, Bob is nowhere to be seen.

Or maybe, the new footage is a recreation of events as described by Bob and Rodger?

Hey everyone! Made this short film that just got released on YouTube. It's a love letter to those in my life who believe. Hope you enjoy, and I hope this is allowed. But no worries if it isn't!

Hello! I am a student at KSU and I am currently doing a project for my Research Methods in Anthropology class! My specific project is on Bigfoot and what Bigfoot means to people who live in the South/Appalachian region of the United States. I would really appreciate it if people took my survey (preferably by November 3rd, 2026, but feel free to submit past that date as I am always willing to learn more beyond my project) so I can collect better data on my research. I would prefer it if people from the south/Appalachian region partook in this survey, but I am not averse to people from all regions participating as long as you specify you are not from the aforementioned areas. Thanks!

I'm going to share my story, which I've never shared online before, in response to this new footage, since so many are acting like it proves Bigfoot isn't real. A long time ago, for me, in the mid-1990s, I was vacationing in Yosemite National Park. On the second day I was there, I was wandering the trails with a friend and we both noticed an odd figure standing on a huge boulder in the distance. One of us said, "That dude's gotta be huge." I honestly can't remember which of us said it first. So, we're both staring at this figure in the distance when it turns and moves to the boulder next to the one it was standing on. Now, keep in mind, these boulders are enormous. From the first boulder to the next had to have been at least six feet, and the figure we saw basically stepped from one to the other. At this point, I was like, what the fuh? But then it starts hopping from boulder to boulder, no problem, and some of these rocks had to be at least twelve feet apart if not more. I was awestruck. I remember my friend exclaiming, "Who the @^#$ is that?!" In total, this thing sprang across at least eight giant boulders before it disappeared from sight. My friend and I obviously talked about it the rest of the day. The next day, I talked to a woman who was one of the donkey/mule guides at the park. I told her what we had seen. She smiled and said, "I don't doubt it." (I'm going to quote this as best as I remember, not claiming it's word for word.) I asked her, "Have any of you guys who work here seen anything like that?" She laughed and said "No, not any of us. ALL of us have." I said, "But what is it? Do you think it's a Bigfoot?" (Her response I do remember, word for word.) She shrugged. "Who knows? But it's never hurt anyone, whatever it is. So we don't worry about it." (Back to my best approximation of the conversation.) "Why don't you tell anyone about it?" I asked. "We do," she said. "We tell each other. Who else would believe us?" (Her next sentence I also remember word for word.) "Besides, everyone around here knows about it anyway." Now, I can't swear what I saw was a Sasquatch. It was far enough away it was a just a dark figure. But my friend and I both thought it looked giant. I could see the shape of it. I could see the limbs. But there was no definition. It was clearly on two feet. It jumped from one foot to the other, no question. That's about all I can say for sure. But I don't know what else it could have been.

Forget outlaws and gunfights! The Old West had reports of something a hell of a lot stranger lurking in the wilderness. Hairy giants. Wild men. Encounters that sound like something straight out of a nightmare. What the hell were these frontiersmen witnessing? And, what if these creatures are STILL out there?
LET'S GET IT!
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Hi, i wanted to see if I’m crazy. My wife and I went on a bigfoot doc rampage a few years back and we both swear up and down we already saw someone “debunking” the Gimlin footage with the test footage. Does anyone else have this memory or know what I saw? Thanks for any insight

Hello, long time researcher, first time poster here. Just uploaded my first video which covers a couple of stories about Bigfoot using portals. If you aren't interested in the video, the stories will still be linked so that you may still enjoy them! Thanks for looking!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7YKgBuvEM

The Trap

nabigfootsearch.net/vanishing-bigfoot/?

The other story comes from a website that I think uses AI art, so I won't link it on this subreddit just to be safe. It IS linked in the description of the video.

Has anybody heard news on whether or not the entire film reel that was used during capturing Bigfoot will be released for the general public to be able to analyze? I'm not necessarily talking about the physical real itself but at the very least the full 40 to 50 second clip that they used to base the entire documentary around. I do understand that posting links to it is frowned upon, but I was more curious if anybody connected to the film has made any statement regarding that. Thank you guys as always, and have a wonderful day!

Norm Johnson’s daughter, Teresa Brooks, said that her uncle Dave was a “swindler”.

“Capturing Bigfoot” Director, Marq Evans, claimed that Dave Johnson was involved in hoaxing Bigfoot sightings.

So, since this contextless mystery film reel was found in Norm Johnson’s safe…

Why the monumental leap of faith to claim Al DeAtley is wearing the Bigfoot suit seen on the film reel found in Norm Johnson’s safe?

There’s no way to positively identify who that is wearing that Bigfoot suit. They laughingly say they knew it was Al DeAtley by his walk and posture lol.

Why wouldn’t Dave Johnson be more likely to be wearing that particular Bigfoot suit?

After all, it’s been alleged that Dave Johnson was a “swindler” and a Bigfoot hoaxer.

Marq Evans claimed Dave Johnson hoaxed Bigfoot with Roger Patterson regularly.

Again, if Roger Patterson and Dave Johnson were allegedly hoaxing Bigfoot sightings… why the wild leap in logic to put Al DeAtley in the Bigfoot suit seen on the Norm Johnson mystery film reel?

The same Al DeAtley that some people alleged had mafia ties and would “bump people off”. The same Al DeAtley that said he “hated” all that cowboy shit.

Doesn’t make sense.

Unless the constructed narrative of “Capturing Bigfoot” needs Al DeAtley in the Bigfoot suit to help link Roger Patterson to the mystery film reel.

Would it not make more sense for Teresa Brooks’ “swindler” Uncle, Dave Johnson, to be the one wearing that particular Bigfoot suit since the footage was found in Teresa Brooks’ father’s safe?

Clint Patterson said it himself:

“There’s a lot of truth and lies about this story. People can make up their own minds.”