SO EP:693 Bigfoot, Kudzu, and Sweet Tea

SO EP:693 Bigfoot, Kudzu, and Sweet Tea

Welcome to this special collection episode of Sasquatch Odyssey, featuring six of the most compelling Bigfoot encounters I’ve documented across the Southeastern United States over the past five years. These stories span sixty years of fear, awe, and unanswered questions, carrying us from Alabama’s river bottoms to South Carolina’s swamps, and showing why the South may be one of the last true sanctuaries for something we still don’t understand.

We open in the suffocating heat of Alabama in 1967, where a power company lineman working near the Cahaba River noticed something impossible: massive handprints sunk deep into a utility pole. Moments later, he found himself face to face with a towering presence that moved with purpose and intelligence. That encounter sets the tone for everything that follows—brief, terrifying interactions where the creature controls the moment, revealing itself only on its own terms.From there, we climb into the mountains of North Georgia in 1973, where four seasoned hunters discovered the woods had a hierarchy they didn’t sit atop.

Near Blue Ridge, their camp became the target of relentless intimidation—rocks crashing through darkness, trees shaking violently, and a chilling discovery at dawn: dozens of stick figures arranged in a perfect warning circle around them. The night didn’t just scare them; it shattered friendships and ended their lives in the forest forever.

The third account takes us into Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains in 1985, where a park ranger and wildlife biologist experienced something that demolished her scientific certainty.

While stationed in a fire tower, she watched a massive creature climb the structure and examine her equipment with unsettling curiosity, as if it understood what it was seeing. Even more disturbing was what she learned afterward—that similar encounters had been quietly documented for decades, tucked away and never meant for public eyes.The most heartbreaking story comes from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas in 1991.

A family camping trip turned into a nightmare when towering beings approached their site and demonstrated strength beyond anything human—crushing rocks in their hands while the family huddled in terror. A young girl watched it unfold, and the trauma that followed tore the family apart, leaving permanent scars long after the woods fell silent again. In 2002, deep in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, an experienced hiker found himself living through an encounter unlike any other in my files.

He described three days in captivity with what appeared to be a family group of these beings, observing tool use, complex social behavior, and a kind of focused curiosity toward human objects. His story challenges the idea of Sasquatch as a solitary wilderness phantom and suggests something closer to culture—structured intelligence living beyond our reach.Our final encounter lands in South Carolina in 2014, when college biology students captured forty-three minutes of high-definition footage of a creature inspecting their research equipment with clear understanding of its purpose.

What happened next was just as chilling as what they filmed: a rapid government response, confiscated evidence, and enforced silence that raises the question of how long this phenomenon has truly been known—and how actively it’s been buried.

Across six stories and six decades, the same threads surface again and again: the heavy, musky odor that announces their presence, the massive handprints left behind like signatures, and the unnerving sense of being watched by something that doesn’t panic or flee—but evaluates.

Most unsettling of all is the repeated realization that these creatures could harm us effortlessly, yet choose restraint instead. Witnesses don’t describe a mere animal. They describe something hovering in a blurred space between human and beast, perfectly adapted to remain hidden while living alongside us. What emerges from these accounts is a portrait of the American South as a vast refuge for an undiscovered species—or perhaps a parallel branch of human evolution that chose isolation over contact.

From Alabama’s rivers to Tennessee’s peaks and the deep wild of the Ozarks and Carolinas, these beings have claimed territories in the spaces we’ve ignored or forgotten. They watch from cover, occasionally stepping into view when a boundary is crossed, always vanishing before the mystery can be pinned down.

They want you to know the woods are not empty, that something ancient and intelligent still moves through them, and that the old instinct to tread carefully in the dark may be rooted in more than superstition.

As you listen, notice how the behavior of these creatures shifts over time, especially around human technology. Consider what it means that responses to evidence sometimes seem immediate and organized. And ask yourself what else might be sitting in classified files, protected by silence and dismissal.

These aren’t campfire tales or urban legends. They are documented encounters from credible witnesses whose lives were never the same afterward. The South keeps its secrets well, but every now and then—between darkness and dawn, between wilderness and civilization—those secrets step out just long enough to remind us how much we still don’t know.

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SO EP:73 BONUS! UFO's, Ghosts, and Bigfoot With Dr.Pann!

SO EP:73 BONUS! UFO's, Ghosts, and Bigfoot With Dr.Pann!

My guest tonight is Dr.Pann. She is a psychic who has investigated UFO abductions, haunted locations and even Bigfoot. She is here to share her personal experiences as well as some of the cases she has investigated. We had a great conversation and I think you are going to enjoy this trip down the rabbit hole! Please rate and review the show on wherever you are listening. Record your encounter story here. https://www.speakpipe.com/SasquatchOdysseyPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

17 Loka 20211h 4min

SO EP:72 Bigfoot In Kentucky With Thom Shay!

SO EP:72 Bigfoot In Kentucky With Thom Shay!

My guest tonight is Thom Shay the founder of the Northern Kentucky Bigfoot Research Group. Them has been researching Bigfoot for man years and has been able to cast some amazing foot prints, hand prints, and lots of other interesting things we will talk about tonight. In addition to his research, Thom shares his personal encounters with these elusive creatures. For more on Thom check out his Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/488381544566776/ Don't forget to rate and review the show! https://linktr.ee/SasquatchOdysseyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

15 Loka 202148min

SO EP:72 BONUS SHOW! Dogman, Bigfoot, UFO's, and Conspiracy Theories With Joedy Cook!

SO EP:72 BONUS SHOW! Dogman, Bigfoot, UFO's, and Conspiracy Theories With Joedy Cook!

My guest tonight is Joedy Cook. He is 20 year military veteran and former law enforcement officer, who has investigated UFO's, Bigfoot, Dogman, and much more for several decades. He is here to share some of that knowledge with us during this candid conversation about these subjects and much more! Please rate and review the show and for more on our other podcast check out Sasquatch Odyssey at https://linktr.ee/SasquatchOdysseyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

10 Loka 202158min

SO EP:71 Sasquatch Evidence Of An Enigma II with Carter Buschardt!

SO EP:71 Sasquatch Evidence Of An Enigma II with Carter Buschardt!

My guest tonight is a friend of the show and always a pleasure to have on. Carter is a researcher and author of several books on this subject and tonight we talk about many aspects of the Bigfoot phenonenon and SO much more. For more on Carter and to purchase his books click the link below. Check out the shows LinkTree to become a member on Patreon, or head over to our store and pick up some of our awesome new show merchandise! https://linktr.ee/SasquatchOdysseyTo purchase Carters books click here https://www.relichominid.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

8 Loka 20211h 41min

SO EP:70  Bigfoot Story Time Vol.1

SO EP:70 Bigfoot Story Time Vol.1

I am trying something new that I thought you guys might enjoy. I often get stories submitted to me via email and Facebook and the folks who send them do not want to come on the show to share their experiences. I thought, what if I read the stories on the show for them? So, here is the first quick story for you all to check out and let me know what you think. You can email me directly here on the show LinkTree and let me know what you think and or share your encounter for me to read on the air! https://linktr.ee/SasquatchOdysseyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

4 Loka 20218min

SO EP:69 BONUS SHOW! UFO's, Bigfoot, and More with Stan Gordon!

SO EP:69 BONUS SHOW! UFO's, Bigfoot, and More with Stan Gordon!

SASAQUATCH ODYSSEY LINK TREE https://linktr.ee/SasquatchOdysseyMy guest tonight is Stan Gordan. Stan is a giant in the field of UFO, Bigfoot, and all things paranormal and we had a great conversation about some of his favorite cases and investigations he has done over his 60 plus years of investigating these types of incidents. You can see more about Stan below and I have included the link to his website as well. Please remember to rate and review the show. Stan Gordon was trained as an electronics technician who specialized in radio communications. He worked in the advanced consumer electronics sales field for over forty years. Stan has lived in Greensburg, Pennsylvania all of his life. Gordon began his interest in the UFO subject and other strange incidents at the age of ten in 1959. In the late 1960’s, he acted as the telephone UFO sighting report investigations coordinator for the UFO Research Institute of Pittsburgh.Stan began in the field investigations of UFOs and other mysterious events in 1965, and is the primary investigator of the December 9,1965, UFO crash-recovery incident that occurred near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. In 1969, Gordon established a UFO Hot-line for the public to report UFO sightings to him to investigate.In 1970, Gordon founded the Westmoreland County UFO Study Group (WCUFOSG), the first of three volunteer research groups which he would establish to investigate UFO sightings and other strange occurrences reported in Pennsylvania. Since November, 1993, he continues to investigate and document strange incidents from across the Keystone state as an independent researcher.Gordon is a former PA State Director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), and was its first recipient In 1987 of the MUFON Meritorious Achievement in a UFO investigation Award. Gordon has been involved with the investigation of thousands of mysterious encounters from across Pennsylvania. He has appeared on numerous local and network TV news and documentary shows, including the Syfy Channel (formerly the Sci-Fi Channel), Discovery Channel, History Channel, and Fox News Channel. He has been featured on many television shows, including Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, Inside Edition, A Current Affair, and Creepy Canada.Gordon has been the focus of numerous national and international newspaper stories and magazine articles, some of which include the Pittsburgh Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Denver Post. He has been a guest on many national and international radio shows, including the popular radio show Coast to Coast. Gordon is also the producer of the award winning 1998 video documentary, Kecksburg: The Untold Story.He is also the author of the books, Really Mysterious Pennsylvania, Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook, and Astonishing Encounters: Pennsylvania’s Unknown Creatures. He has written numerous articles about UFOs and strange encounters, and many books and publications have included his research as well. For many years Stan has been writing a column for the quarterly magazine, The GATE To Strange Phenomena. You can email the editor at: thegate.news@outlook.com for more details.Since the late 1960’s, Gordon has been lecturing to the public on the UFO subject presenting illustrated lectures locally and nationally to social and professional groups, schools, colleges, libraries, and conferences. Among others, some of his lectures topics include a synopsis of Kecksburg UFO crash case, UFO and Bigfoot incidents, and mysterious creature encounters.He was the keynote speaker at the first World UFO and Paranormal Expo in Denver, Colorado in 2004. Stan was a keynote speaker at the 2011 McMinnville, Oregon UFO Festival. He was a speaker at the 2012 East Coast MUFON UFO Conference in Philadelphia and has been a speaker numerous times at the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He was a speaker for the first CRYPTIDCON Conference in Frankfort, Kentucky in 2017.In more recent years he was seen on The Close Encounters series on the Science Channel, Monsters & Mysteries in America on the Destination America Channel, Monumental Mysteries on the Travel Channel, In Search of Aliens on H2, and UFO Conspiracies on the Science Channel. Stan continued to be very busy in 2017, and was involved with various media projects, and appeared on many radio shows as well as speaking engagements at various events and conferences throughout the year. During 2018, Stan was featured in the new documentary film “Invasion On Chestnut Ridge.” Look for Stan to appear at many events, and taking part in many media projects in 2018. He will also make a cameo appearance in the new family film “A Wish For Giants” that will premiere in February. See www.awishforgiants.com for details.The year 2019, will mark 60 years of research for Stan into the UFO & Bigfoot phenomena. Stan has been scheduled to speak at many events in 2019 and will be featured in a new film “Paranormal Bigfoot” that is scheduled for release in January of 2019. He will also be appearing in the new miniseries “On the Trail of Bigfoot” that will also be released in 2019. There is much planned for 2020 as well. Keep checking the website for details.For updated reports on UFO sightings and other strange incidents, as well as upcoming lectures and other events check out Stan’s website: www.stangordon.info.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

3 Loka 202159min

SO EP:68 Survivorman Bigfoot With Les Stroud!

SO EP:68 Survivorman Bigfoot With Les Stroud!

My guest tonight is the Survivorman himself Les Stroud! Les and I talk about so many topics related to the Bigfoot subject tonight! We talk about his personal experiences, mind speak, UFO's, his current projects and of course I asked him about his time with the controversial Todd Standing. You don't want to miss a minute! For more about Les visit his website https://www.lesstroud.caOur merchandise store is up and live. Simply click this link to head over and get yours now while its on sale! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sasquatch-odyssey-podcast?ref_id=24500Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sasquatchodysseyFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sasquatchodyssey/Join the Sasquatch Odyssey Fans Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/184917109659881/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

1 Loka 20211h 16min

SO EP:67 BONUS SHOW "The Haunting Of Chase Manor"!

SO EP:67 BONUS SHOW "The Haunting Of Chase Manor"!

My guest tonight is Lorna Reynolds who is a Lorna Psychic Medium and Hypnotist and owner of the Chase Manor. The Farm house was built 1830 finished in 1860 By Captain George Brown Chase Nantucket Whaler and his Son George R Chase Civil War Solider , Supporters of the freedom of slaves and connected to the Under ground rail road in Auburn NY. Lorna is here to share her personal experiences in the house as well as other cases that she has worked on. For more on Lorna or the Chase Manor, visit the links below. There is some explicit language in tonights show so listener discretion is advised. Please take a moment to rate and review the show where ever you are listening. https://www.patreon.com/sasquatchodysseyhttps://www.facebook.com/Ms-Lorna-Marie-Reynolds-Psychic-Medium-490547654356960https://www.facebook.com/TheChaseManor/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.

26 Syys 202147min

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