May 23, 2026 · 58 min · 12 segments
In 1994 Jeff and his wife were camping in California. While out on a hike Jeff said "My wife and I noticed this.....bear down in the field. It was hitting the tree. I couldn't understand what it was…
I know that there is a Thing Road near the Winchester House, but you're in a completely different area.
Winchester House is up in Los Angeles, but this was down in San Diego, and it's out on the desert side.
I mean, if you go down far enough in the desert, you're gonna hit Anza-Borrego and Borrego Springs, which is another weird thing that happened to me in Borrego Springs, is that I was camping at a different place called Tamarisk Grove.
And I said, "That owl is barking, and that's not a hooting owl." And then we were at the gift center, the, the, the, the, the nature center the next day, and I told the people there.
And I said, "You know, I heard a barking last night." And they said, "Well, where were you?" And I said, "We're in the Tamarisk Grove." And she got, um, surprised look on her face and called her friends over and pulled out the map and started looking at it and said, "Where did you s- where did you see the, where did you hear the barking?" And I said, "It was right here." I showed them where I was, what time of night it was, and they said, "They're back." And I said, "What do you mean they're back?" And they said, "They've been gone a long time." And they had me sign and they said, "Congratulations.
You're the first sighting of this owl that has been seen in a very long time." So they told me it was a owl, and it probably could have been an owl.
But this is the same desert, exact same desert, 15 miles away on the same side of the mountain.
I find it fascinating too how if you don't believe in Bigfoot, people, you know, like a cow, a bear, kinda goes through your mind or your, your brain tells you that's what, what you're actually seeing.
When you got out of your tent that night, what do you think scared you so much? Was it just because of the silence?
It was making noise in the bushes.And I, I, I, you know, I'm a military veteran, and I don't get scared of things in the dark.
I just grabbed that big knife and jumped out of the tent knowing that I wanted to surprise whatever was out there.
And, um, man, when you got that great big bayonet in your hands, you're just not afraid of anything.
I know that there is a Thing Road near the Winchester House, but you're in a completely different area.
Winchester House is up in Los Angeles, but this was down in San Diego, and it's out on the desert side.
I mean, if you go down far enough in the desert, you're gonna hit Anza-Borrego and Borrego Springs, which is another weird thing that happened to me in Borrego Springs, is that I was camping at a different place called Tamarisk Grove.
And I said, "That owl is barking, and that's not a hooting owl." And then we were at the gift center, the, the, the, the, the nature center the next day, and I told the people there.
And I said, "You know, I heard a barking last night." And they said, "Well, where were you?" And I said, "We're in the Tamarisk Grove." And she got, um, surprised look on her face and called her friends over and pulled out the map and started looking at it and said, "Where did you s- where did you see the, where did you hear the barking?" And I said, "It was right here." I showed them where I was, what time of night it was, and they said, "They're back." And I said, "What do you mean they're back?" And they said, "They've been gone a long time." And they had me sign and they said, "Congratulations.
You're the first sighting of this owl that has been seen in a very long time." So they told me it was a owl, and it probably could have been an owl.
But this is the same desert, exact same desert, 15 miles away on the same side of the mountain.
I find it fascinating too how if you don't believe in Bigfoot, people, you know, like a cow, a bear, kinda goes through your mind or your, your brain tells you that's what, what you're actually seeing.
When you got out of your tent that night, what do you think scared you so much? Was it just because of the silence?
It was making noise in the bushes.And I, I, I, you know, I'm a military veteran, and I don't get scared of things in the dark.
I just grabbed that big knife and jumped out of the tent knowing that I wanted to surprise whatever was out there.
And, um, man, when you got that great big bayonet in your hands, you're just not afraid of anything.
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