Post by Debbie on Oct 21, 2015 22:33:51 GMT -1
Debbie--def need to hear Sasquatch story!
It was in November in '98 I think, or possibly '99. I had a dog grooming shop back then, and it was just me and Eldon grooming. On our weekends we would sometimes hop in the little Fiero car and head off up or down the coast. We'd finished for the week, hopped in the Fiero and on a whim drove up to Mt St Helens, Washington. Since it gets dark early, we knew we'd miss the park, but thought we'd drive around anyway just for a change of scenery.
We did enjoy ourselves, got to see quite a bit, but we were about ready to head back. It was dark, drizzly and I wasn't sure it wouldn't start icing and potentially snowing. We were driving and passed a sign that read Ape Cave. I thought that was an odd sort of name. We don't have apes around here, though I vaguely remembered the Native Americans refused to go into certain forests up in Washington. There was an animal up there they feared deeply. They wouldn't even hunt in those forests.
I let it go as soon as I thought about it, mostly just enjoying the scenery. Next thing I know, Eldon's bringing the car to a halt as a massive, black furred, male Sasquatch sauntered across the road right in front of us. I'll never forget the way the thing walked because I'd been in a Marching band in high school. I swear, if my former Marching Band teacher had been there, he would have taped the whole incident, not caring in the slightest it was a Sasquatch, but to repeatedly show us how we were supposed to glide whilst marching
seriously though, it didn't do the whole up and over motion that a human does with their hip sockets. It was upright, and literally glided across the road. It also paused partway to glare at us with glowing red eyes. I freaked a bit because the Fiero is not a big car, and this thing looked like he was pondering picking up the car to hoist it over a shoulder and pack us away as a souvenir. It kept going, though and when it reached the side of the road, it glided up the embankment on the other side, remaining upright as it went up the hill.
Eldon wanted to get out to investigate further. My side of the arguement went something like "Are you FRICKIN' NUTS?
I will LEAVE YOU HERE if you get out of the car!". He hesitated, but realized I was sincere and I couldn't understand why he wanted to remain anywhere near it. In the end he did drive us home. When we retold what we'd seen to our friends, they promptly laughed and told us we'd seen a bear. Nope. Eldon and I have seen black bears, and this thing was no black bear. Bears waddle from side to side. This thing glided forward in massive, easy going steps. And a bear would have dropped on all fours to run up the hill. Besides, bears only go upright and go side to side to get a better look at something or evaluate a situation for a fight. They don't stay upright for their mode of transport. Nope, I'm positive of what I saw and frankly I never want to get close again. I didn't particularly care to see that one. It still makes my hair stand on end remembering it.
I have one other Sasquatch story, but it's not mine, it was a cousin of mine. My brother and I were 9 and 8 and the cousin told us about how he'd been washing the dishes at the window when a big, scary wild man looked in the window at him. It scared our cousin badly, he said, but it didn't stay around the house. He said his German Shephard went into his doghouse and didn't come out. We looked the next time we went outside and for someone to look in the window like he said, must've been close to 10 foot tall.
When I mentioned it years later to my Mom, she laughed and said our cousin was just trying to scare us. He succeeded, but I pointed out the obvious, that he lacked imagination. He'd never tried to scare us like that before, and he never told us any other spook type stories. Honestly I don't think my cousin had the ability to make up a story like that, and we've heard from other relatives that had had various encounters in the woods. One uncle said he'd even heard them when he lived in Texas. NO thank you!!!
the things give me the heebie jeebies. 
