Sep 1, 2026 · 29 min · 11 segments
**Bigfoot Stepped In - And Changed Everything**Big Most Bigfoot encounters are remembered because of the fear. The size. The strength. The moment you realize you are standing far too close to…
I was fly fishing alone on a tributary of the Clark Fork.
I had fished that stretch several times before.
The river isn't huge, but it is cold and very fast in places.
Most of it can be crossed safely if you choose your spot and take your time.
Late that afternoon, I decided to cross to a gravel bank on the opposite side.
The water was a little above my knees when my right foot slipped off a submerged rock.
I went down into the water immediately.
The current rolled me onto my side and quickly started to carry me downstream.
I tried to get my feet back underneath me, but the bottom had now dropped away and the water was suddenly up around my chest.
During all of that, I lost my fishing rod.
About 30 yards downstream, I hit a dead tree that had fallen partly across the river.
I caught one of the branches with both hands.
The current kept pulling my legs hard downstream.
I could hold myself there, but I could not pull myself onto the trunk.
Every time I tried, the fast current dragged my lower body back into the water.
That's the moment I remember looking towards shore and realizing I was in some real trouble.
I was looking around for anything else that I could grab or use when I saw something moving upstream.
It was big and dark, and it was moving very fast.
I thought it was a bear.
It was a large, dark shape that had come out of the timber on the opposite bank and walked straight into the river.
It was very tall, and it was walking on two legs standing straight up in the water.
That got my attention.
It was moving through the fast current with no trouble at all, even though the water was well above where I thought the knees would be.
I had water splashing up in my face, but as it got closer, I could start to see it better.
I was fly fishing alone on a tributary of the Clark Fork.
I had fished that stretch several times before.
The river isn't huge, but it is cold and very fast in places.
Most of it can be crossed safely if you choose your spot and take your time.
Late that afternoon, I decided to cross to a gravel bank on the opposite side.
The water was a little above my knees when my right foot slipped off a submerged rock.
I went down into the water immediately.
The current rolled me onto my side and quickly started to carry me downstream.
I tried to get my feet back underneath me, but the bottom had now dropped away and the water was suddenly up around my chest.
During all of that, I lost my fishing rod.
About 30 yards downstream, I hit a dead tree that had fallen partly across the river.
I caught one of the branches with both hands.
The current kept pulling my legs hard downstream.
I could hold myself there, but I could not pull myself onto the trunk.
Every time I tried, the fast current dragged my lower body back into the water.
That's the moment I remember looking towards shore and realizing I was in some real trouble.
I was looking around for anything else that I could grab or use when I saw something moving upstream.
It was big and dark, and it was moving very fast.
I thought it was a bear.
It was a large, dark shape that had come out of the timber on the opposite bank and walked straight into the river.
It was very tall, and it was walking on two legs standing straight up in the water.
That got my attention.
It was moving through the fast current with no trouble at all, even though the water was well above where I thought the knees would be.
I had water splashing up in my face, but as it got closer, I could start to see it better.
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