Backwoods Bigfoot Stories

Fort Worth, Texas, July 1969. Six people parked in a car near Greer Island on Lake Worth drive to the police station at midnight and report that something came down out of a tree and landed on them, something with fur and scales and a face like a goat, and the next morning the Fort Worth Star-Telegram runs the headline that made the whole thing famous.The night after that, a crowd of thirty or forty people watches the creature from the bottom of a bluff on the lake road until it throws a tire at them. For the rest of that summer the lake road filled up every night with teenagers, families, deputies, and men with deer rifles, while the newspaper that was covering it was also covering the moon landing.On this stop of the Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip we leave the Nebraska Sandhills behind and come south into Texas for the Lake Worth Monster. We go through the documented record of July 1969, the Reichart sighting, Jack Harris and the tire on the bluff, the sixteen-inch tracks, the dead livestock, the police explanations, Sallie Ann Clarke’s book, Allen Plaster’s photograph, and the anonymous letter that showed up at the Fort Worth Nature Center in 2005.Then we hear from people who were out there that summer. A sixteen-year-old girl in the back seat of an Impala who saw it leaning on a cottonwood. A young veteran with his grandfather’s rifle who caught it in a spotlight at the causeway. A newlywed couple fishing for catfish off a point south of the island. A fourteen-year-old boy who was close enough to the bluff to see its mouth.From there we move east into the Trinity River bottoms, the Sabine, the Sam Houston National Forest, the Red River, and Caddo Lake for a run of Texas Sasquatch encounters, a game warden watching something dig for mussels across an oxbow, a nine-year-old on a screened porch watching something work her grandfather’s trotline, a dozer operator with something standing on his slash pile, a rancher whose horse wouldn’t move, and a kid in a kayak lost in the cypress at night.Greer Island is a hiking trail inside the Fort Worth Nature Center now, and the bluff has a subdivision on top of it, and people still call the Nature Center every year or two about something they saw along the water.If you’ve got a sighting or a stop you want added to the map, email [email protected] BrianJoin Our FREE NewsletterGet Brian's Books Leave Us A VoicemailVisit Our WebsiteHave you experienced a Bigfoot sighting, Sasquatch encounter, Dogman experience, UFO sighting, or any unexplained cryptid or paranormal event deep in the woods? We want to hear your story.Email your encounter to [email protected] for a chance to be featured on a future episode of Backwoods Bigfoot Stories.Backwoods Bigfoot Stories is a paranormal storytelling podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, Dogman reports, cryptid experiences, and true scary stories from the backwoods.Follow the show and turn on automatic downloads so you never miss a chilling encounter from the forest. Listen with the lights off… if you dare.

This week on Backwoods Bigfoot Stories, we're taking a break from the Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip to open the listener mailbag—and this time, it's not Bigfoot lurking in the darkness. Six listeners. Six states. Six terrifying encounters with something that shouldn't exist.From the cornfields of Iowa to the remote hills of the Missouri Ozarks, listeners share chilling firsthand accounts of a mysterious, upright, wolf-like creature commonly known as the Dogman. Standing on two legs, possessing unnatural speed and strength, and displaying disturbingly human characteristics, these creatures left witnesses with experiences they still struggle to explain.In Iowa, a farmer harvesting corn after midnight encounters a towering, dog-headed figure pacing his combine through the fields. In Michigan, a woman walking her beagle discovers something monstrous lurking beneath a suburban streetlight. On a deserted Kentucky back road, three teenagers come face-to-face with a creature so enormous it towers over their vehicle. A Pennsylvania bowhunter finds himself trapped high in a tree stand as something begins climbing toward him. In Wisconsin, a woman driving home from work is pursued by a creature capable of keeping pace with her truck at seventy miles per hour.And deep in the Missouri Ozarks, a man recalls a terrifying childhood encounter involving his grandfather, missing livestock, and a mysterious predator that changed their family farm forever.But what makes these Dogman sightings especially unsettling isn't just what the witnesses claim to have seen. It's what they say was left behind: deep claw marks, damaged steel, unexplained hair, and physical traces of encounters they can never forget.Are these sightings evidence of an undiscovered predator, misidentified wildlife, or something far stranger hiding in America's forests and rural communities?Turn down the lights, settle in, and prepare for six unforgettable Dogman encounter stories that will make you think twice about what might be watching from the darkness.If you enjoy terrifying cryptid encounters, eyewitness Dogman sightings, Sasquatch stories, mysterious creatures, and unexplained wilderness encounters, subscribe to Backwoods Bigfoot Stories for more chilling tales from the places where the pavement ends and the unknown begins.Email BrianJoin Our FREE NewsletterGet Brian's Books Leave Us A VoicemailVisit Our WebsiteHave you experienced a Bigfoot sighting, Sasquatch encounter, Dogman experience, UFO sighting, or any unexplained cryptid or paranormal event deep in the woods? We want to hear your story.Email your encounter to [email protected] for a chance to be featured on a future episode of Backwoods Bigfoot Stories.Backwoods Bigfoot Stories is a paranormal storytelling podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, Dogman reports, cryptid experiences, and true scary stories from the backwoods.Follow the show and turn on automatic downloads so you never miss a chilling encounter from the forest. Listen with the lights off… if you dare.

Deep in the mountains and hollows of Tennessee, something terrifying has stalked the forests for generations. From the rugged Cumberland Plateau to the shadowy foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, witnesses have described a massive, hair-covered creature known as the Tennessee Wildman—a mysterious figure whose legend stretches back to newspaper reports from the 1870s.In this chilling installment of the Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip, Brian explores more than a century of Tennessee Wildman history, folklore, and frightening encounters.Two veteran hunters spot a towering figure outside a secluded rock shelter. A young couple camping along the Big South Fork discovers enormous footprints before coming face-to-face with something watching from across a creek.A lone hunter awakens to a terrifying face staring through his cabin window. Deep in the Smokies, experienced hunting dogs abandon a trail in fear. And inside a remote McNairy County cave, a farmer carrying a lantern discovers something unimaginable waiting in the darkness.Along the way, Brian investigates the historical accounts that helped create the Tennessee Wildman legend, including the mysterious Wild Man of Chilhowee, strange baboon-like creatures reported near South Pittsburg in 1934, and the infamous 1976 Flintville Monster sightings, which reportedly sent armed residents searching the forests of Lincoln County.From forgotten newspaper reports to terrifying backwoods encounters, this episode explores one disturbing possibility: Has something been hiding in Tennessee's mountains, caves, and forests for more than 150 years?Turn down the lights and join us for another unforgettable journey into the unknown on Backwoods Bigfoot Stories.Email BrianJoin Our FREE NewsletterGet Brian's Books Leave Us A VoicemailVisit Our WebsiteHave you experienced a Bigfoot sighting, Sasquatch encounter, Dogman experience, UFO sighting, or any unexplained cryptid or paranormal event deep in the woods? We want to hear your story.Email your encounter to [email protected] for a chance to be featured on a future episode of Backwoods Bigfoot Stories.Backwoods Bigfoot Stories is a paranormal storytelling podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, Dogman reports, cryptid experiences, and true scary stories from the backwoods.Follow the show and turn on automatic downloads so you never miss a chilling encounter from the forest. Listen with the lights off… if you dare.

On this stop of the Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip, Brian heads into South Dakota, where stories of a towering, faceless figure follow the roads through Pine Ridge and Rosebud after dark. He’s described as thin, seven feet tall or more, and sometimes wearing a hat. His name is Walking Sam.Brian follows accounts of a grandmother who spotted an enormous figure beyond her fence, a teenager who encountered a stranger silhouetted against the stars, and a mother who heard something breathing outside her trailer for four consecutive nights. Other stories tell of children dreaming about the same tall visitor—and an elder who remembered the Tall Man decades before Walking Sam made headlines.Along the way, Brian explores the Lakota traditions discussed in these accounts, their parallels with shadow people and the Hat Man, and the attention Walking Sam received during Pine Ridge’s 2015 youth suicide crisis. Then the road turns toward the Black Hills and South Dakota’s river country, where accounts of a different presence emerge: the hairy giant known as the Big Man. From the 1977 Little Eagle sighting reports to encounters involving loggers, ranchers, backpackers, and a tribal game warden, these stories describe rocks moving above a remote campsite, a massive figure watching a newborn calf, footsteps circling a tent, and tracks disappearing into the White River.It’s a journey through roadside legends, wilderness encounters, and the stories people carry long after they get home. And when we return to Highway 18, the porch lights are still on.Share your sightings, encounter stories, or suggestions for a future stop with Brian at [email protected] this episode touches on something close to home, support is available. In the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.Email BrianJoin Our FREE NewsletterGet Brian's Books Leave Us A VoicemailVisit Our WebsiteHave you experienced a Bigfoot sighting, Sasquatch encounter, Dogman experience, UFO sighting, or any unexplained cryptid or paranormal event deep in the woods? We want to hear your story.Email your encounter to [email protected] for a chance to be featured on a future episode of Backwoods Bigfoot Stories.Backwoods Bigfoot Stories is a paranormal storytelling podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, Dogman reports, cryptid experiences, and true scary stories from the backwoods.Follow the show and turn on automatic downloads so you never miss a chilling encounter from the forest. Listen with the lights off… if you dare.

Most encounters on Backwoods Bigfoot Stories involve something tall, hairy, and walking on two legs. This week, five listeners describe something else: unexplained lights, unfamiliar figures, and ordinary trips into the backcountry that took a disturbing turn.In Idaho’s Selway backcountry, an elk hunter alone at a spike camp watches a glowing object descend over a creek. Then he discovers a tall, faceless figure standing across his campfire. When he wakes, his rifle has been unloaded, and the cartridges are standing in a neat row on a log.On a Louisiana bayou in 1961, a trapper running trotlines by lantern hears every frog fall silent at once. The water begins pulling his pirogue toward three small figures in the shallows, one holding its hand flat against the surface.At the end of an Oregon logging spur, two stream surveyors wake inside their company truck to a hum that makes their teeth ache. One of them gets out and starts walking toward an orange light above the alders, his face strangely blank.On an Ozark river float, three teenage boys and a dog watch the pool beneath a bluff glow green from the bottom. Then something stands up in the shallows.And in interior Alaska, a woman running a trapline alone has her snowmachine die in the middle of a frozen lake. A flat black disc sits on the ice at the far end. Three figures begin walking toward her, crossing the snow without sinking.Same woods as always. Something else in them.Email BrianJoin Our FREE NewsletterGet Brian's Books Leave Us A VoicemailVisit Our WebsiteHave you experienced a Bigfoot sighting, Sasquatch encounter, Dogman experience, UFO sighting, or any unexplained cryptid or paranormal event deep in the woods? We want to hear your story.Email your encounter to [email protected] for a chance to be featured on a future episode of Backwoods Bigfoot Stories.Backwoods Bigfoot Stories is a paranormal storytelling podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, Dogman reports, cryptid experiences, and true scary stories from the backwoods.Follow the show and turn on automatic downloads so you never miss a chilling encounter from the forest. Listen with the lights off… if you dare.