2012

My wife and I were hiking near Gaudineer Knob in the Monongahela National Forest. It was getting late and we still had to drive to our campsite and set up, so we gathered our things and began the hike back.

I happened to look over my shoulder into the woods and saw a gigantic bigfoot—it must’ve been near nine ft tall; it was covered in dark brown hair, but I couldn’t tell much else. My wife must’ve heard me gasp because she had turned around to see what it was.

I looked down for a second to pull my phone out of my bag, but when I looked up, it was gone. I asked my wife if she saw where it went, but she heard something behind her, so she missed it when she turned to look that way.

I know it sounds really convenient, but that’s exactly how it happened. I don’t know how something that big could move so quietly or quickly. We were in that spot for a…