Sasquatch Terror for Hikers

Sasquatch Terror for Hikers

From What if it's True Podcast by Cameron Buckner

March 15, 2026 · 39 min

About this episode

The episode recounts a terrifying encounter with Sasquatch during a hike in the mountains near Los Angeles.

Sasquatch Terror for Hikers In 2016, while driving from Los Angeles to Portland with his girlfriend and detouring for off-roading in his new Jeep, the narrator and his partner heard repeated blood-curdling screams echoing through remote mountain roads, sounding like a woman in distress. They dismissed it at the time, but later at a tourist spot they discovered a guest book filled with locals’ Bigfoot sightings, planting the first seed of curiosity in his mind. Four years later, now a committed Bigfoot believer with a new Jeep Rubicon, a massive Mastiff, and a new girlfriend, he set out on what seemed like a routine hike in the mountains near central LA County. As they descended into a bowl-shaped valley, they encountered a series of increasingly large piles of freshly uprooted shrubs and bushes deliberately blocking the narrow trail—plants too tough for any human to pull bare-handed—followed by twisted and braided tree branches high overhead. The climax came at a massive 9-foot-wide, 6-foot-tall wall of freshly torn trees and debris that completely sealed the path; after pushing through, they felt intensely watched, heard sprinting footsteps, and glimpsed a large figure…

People in this episode

Host: Cameron Buckner

Topics covered

  • Sasquatch
  • hiking
  • supernatural encounters
  • Bigfoot
  • outdoor adventure

Keywords

  • Sasquatch
  • Bigfoot
  • hiking
  • supernatural
  • Yosemite
  • outdoors
  • adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Los Angeles, Portland, Yosemite’s Sierra National Forest

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