Great story, well told. I have also been a huge fan of L.O.T.R. and the Hobbit since I as a child. And have spoken at Bigfoot conferences. But, I have been a field and archive researcher since the late 70's and spent hundreds of nights camping in their territories. AND got a lot of them on video...and, they aren't monsters. HOWEVER, there ARE monsters out there.

All the seven minutes waiting to hear how you were lost in the woods and Sasquatch saved you somehow

Unlike fictional stories, Sasquatch is not an animal, or an unknown primate, & it is an actual fact that they do exist on some level as what appears to be a kind human hybrid from what can be learned so far, & still being researched, although a lot of people do get their kicks out of mocking the subject, & create their fake encounters, & tracks, messing around, & making fun of the topic. Those who’ve actually had a real encounter with one, say it’s no laughing matter when they realize the truth, & when that intense fear gripped them, when they realized they were outclassed in every way.

I seen my first squatch BC mountains. This year. I was not scared we were around the same size. I snuck up on it. Was hunched over pulling at a stump 15 sec later it noticed me and stood up just like a human we stood there still for 3-4 minutes I looked away for a mili sec and it was gone

Aaaaw my mom used to read The Hobbit to me also. It was a very good book and I love how my mom used to read it to me. I would lie there in bed and closed my eyes and visualize like tiny little movie going on in my head and it was very relaxing and in no time at all I would drift off having the most wonderful dreams. That is one of my favorite memories later in life after I had my children she also read The Hobbit to them. My baby's mama and I were separated when my kids were very little so I would have them on the weekends and usually on a Saturday night my mom would come over to see the kids and me and at bedtime she would take him to the back room get them both all tucked in and start reading from The Hobbit and I could sit in the living room in my favorite chair and close my eyes and it would take me back to when I was my kids age and once again I would drift off to sleep in my favorite chair listening to my mother's voice reading to my. Those were the best thank you for reminding me of that

Damn YT.... I was expecting you telling of how you were lost and a kind Bigfoot helped. The ones that DON'T have RED eyes! Best of luck!

Love your books and this was a cute story about your beginnings. Thank you for sharing.

I can tell right away you come from a great family. You were “cut from a good cloth!”

Our life trajectories are always changing as we follow the whispers that we receive from our hearts and souls. Thanks for sharing! PS. Do you use a teleprompter? If you could share the details, I can sure use that info. in my own little videos. Thanks a bunch! Elisha in Colorado

Wise words. Thank you very much .

Thank you.

Good story! I like it when people find their calling.

Thank u

If youve got them on video & the videos are any good, why not show us the videos? Not to prove they exist but because it would be very intetesting

Interesting. I was wondering where this was going.

Hello, am curious, if you spoke to a first nations medicine man or chief before writing your childrens book about Cryptids? Listening to Canam Missing 411 might change your thinking on your books.

Well rounded very cute

I need to link with you. I am going to start writing stories on sasquatch

oop, there they are at the end. whew!

I am a South African man living in Motherwell, Scotland, UK. I am 43 years old and I have been living in the UK for 19 years now. I moved here in September of 2004. Now I never really believed in cryptids. In fact being brought up as a logical minded man. I was always told to believe that you only believe in a creature's existence when it has been catalogued and it's DNA is on record. In 2004 I moved to the UK and at that time I was living in a town north of Liverpool called Southport. It is in Merseyside in the north western part of England. It is the usual sleepy English seaside town. Several weeks after I had moved there, round about Christmas time, me and a bunch of my friends decided to go visit a forest area in the countryside nearby a town called Formby which is also just north of Liverpool. Now the Christmas time of year is very cold, grey and bleak. So when we arrived at the forest and got out of our cars and walked about a bit in this forest, it looked very eerie, like something out of one of those old Dracula movies or out of a Bram Stoker story. Not long after arriving there began this weird howling noise, it gave me the creeps. My friends told me to not worry about it, it was probably just the wind. But that did not feel right for me. So I looked at the tree tops. And they were not swaying about at all. I pointed this out to them but they told me not to worry about it anyway. Things is I just felt like something was not right. Anyway this weird howling sound continued. And then the sounds started to become like a primates grunt. Really deep and guttural like that of a great African ape. I could not believe it. Here I was in frigid England, in the middle of a forest hearing these ape like sounds. I started getting twitchy now. I had not seen anything but I was sure this was something animalistic and not some natural element. So in this bunch of friends, there was this fellow South African. I said to him " Hermann (his name is Hermann) does this not sound like apes or monkeys to you. You know like the ones back home in Africa". He listened for a while. Then he said " Yes you are right. That is exactly like the monkeys and apes in Africa would sound like". With an absolute look of bewilderment on his face. Our friends then started to laugh and say that the monkeys had followed us from Africa. And as they were laughing there was was this loud howling bellowing scream which seemed to fill the heavens, the forest, the ground, the trees and our very bodies. It sounded like a combination of the roar of a lion combines with the the scream of a gorilla. Needless to say they stopped there laughter and we all got out of there as quickly as possible. We drove out of that forest pretty much at top speed and spent the rest of the day at the dunes nearby Formby where we new there would be more people and we would feel safer. Well it has been many years since that happened and I landed up moving about until I settled in Motherwell, Scotland, UK. And even though I never saw anything physical that day it must have been something animal or cryptid to have made such a terrible sound. It is a sound I never heard before and I have never heard it since. But if I did hear it again I would instantly recognise it. Since then I have become more open to believing that cryptids or animals or whatever you want to call it may exist but that does not necessarily mean I always believe every story. I am also thankfully for your channel and the work you do because I have not told many people my story since it happened but when I do I just get the old nod and roll of the eyes like to say "ok crazy". And the thing is that I did not see an animal or cryptid, I just heard sounds. So I can only imagine how much worst the treatment must be if you heard a sound and saw a cryptid. Also now I am inclined to believe that there is much more to nature than we know about and that governments know but they are not telling us about it.

All those pretty gals at once, About squash. So cool poeple. I just subscribed.

Saved me from addiction

ma'am i feel your heats in the right place, but i strongly implore you to do some extensive research on these beings. youll find a few encounters where they help people but most accounts are nothing like that at all. These beings can be very territorial and aggresive. native americans have hundreds or more stories of these beings not being loveable to humans. so please dont give the children the wrong impression because you could very possibly get a child or children hurt one day if they take interest in bigfoot and decide to go "squatchin" and they happen to run across something that the thought was warm n cuddly because of a book of yours they read and there expierence turns out to be very traumatic.

Yea...except they've been snatching children since forever. Native Americans hundreds of years ago to recent times in national parks. This is cute, but some weird stuff is going on in the woods and we need to teach children to be safe, alert and careful in the wilderness.

We went to Honobia and were whistled at.

I’m we’re you was. right now. So what you are saying. Thanks I love Big foot

Thank you Baby 😘 you are welcome I forget to shave that week

She's reading this! Oh - this is believable.

What a great story teller you are Lija. If I was a kid now your books would definitely be on my reading list. I got burned out on my line of work too. Which was working in politics; in the spring of 1999 and decided to leave Washington D.C. for a couple of days and attend a Star Wars celebration convention in Denever Colorado. In the meantime, I had a big foot experience when I was kid, but it was long before I knew anything about them. My goal is to develop this amazing experience into a book myself. It would be great to get some professional advice from a real published author. 😊

I became interested in Sasquatch when I was around 10 or so when I found a book in my school's library about cryptids ( The Maybe Monsters by Gardner Soule ) As I grew older I decided to become more of a "hands on researcher" (for lack of a better term). After 3 encounters I quickly learned more then I wanted. I haven't read your books so it's impossible for me to praise or condemn them. I just sincerely hope that through your writing, while peaking children's interest on the subject, you stress that these creatures are NOT warm and cuddly. They can be deadly dangerous. (as can nearly all wild animals ) Far too many encounters are met with ridicule once the person's story is told and more often then not the witness suffers prolonged bouts of ptsd. Don't scare the kids... Just be honest.

whered the hot brady bunch go?

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Yeah Woman, you’re adorable ... I appreciate your positive message, however I apologize that I believe that Sasquatch and other cryptid creatures definitely exist and I really try to research real life recounts.. but I believe that you’re a good woman... please let me suggest that you let your listeners know that they are hearing a fictional story about this topic about Sasquatch and other cryptid creatures.. however I’m happy that you’re sharing your thoughts and messages and I appreciate your kindness .. please don’t mind me because I’m really interested in real recounts and experience with cryptid creatures that are scary and of God’s creatures that must have a purpose.. I love animals and creatures and I want them to be protected and not hunted.. thanks again for sharing your efforts and research on the topic of Sasquatch. Robert New Jersey here pine 🌲 barrens Christ Jesus supportive flat earth truther and Sasquatch amateur researcher..

Have you figured out that the sasquatch are a type of people yet?

Oh, Lord. Bad combination. Bunch of cuties talking about bigfoot. Big smile.

Bigfoot love female lol

Sound true. 🙄

I came face to face in 1977 when i was 9 when i talk about i do not smile its not a joke they are cannibals .

Ya know I wonder since we are in a astrological change... Aquarius now .mmmmmm just a thought

😂🎉😂😂 NO SUCH THING

Why would you even think about talking about this?

... I'm in love , are you still single by chance ? ☺️

No big foot info...... personal growth story, Not my cup of tea....some my like it.

it sounds like you have a few bad HOBBITS that you should break!! HAHAHA...sorry...bad joke :P

I didn’t women were interested in Bigfoot

I don't know where you came from but obviously you weren't raised in reality.

Ugh!!

blah blah !!! sad person .

I'm not buying this.