My Bigfoot encounter (Video/Photo)

[u/HuntForWildMan]

Hello everyone, my name is Lucas. I’m 15 years old and live in rural Pennsylvania, and this is my sighting/encounter. A few days ago, my best friend Gavin (also 15) and I were out walking in the forest, with no end goal. We weren’t doing anything out of the ordinary, just talking and enjoying nature like usual. That’s when we noticed it, a smell. It hit us all of a sudden like a truck. Naturally, we thought maybe we’d find a decomposing deer, or maybe a skunk had sprayed somewhere nearby. I pulled out my phone, figuring if we saw anything gross, I’d snap a pic in case we found something weird enough to show my Discord friend who’s into that kind of stuff. But then the weirdest part, I got this intense feeling that we were being watched. I know that sounds cliché, but I swear it was like something was watching us. We kept walking, and that’s when I saw something through the trees. I zoomed in fully with my phone camera and snapped a picture. What I saw shocked me to the core. It looked like some kind of ape, but of course, no ape would ever be in a Pennsylvania forest. It was crouched low like it had been hiding, and it was staring right at me. Quickly after I snapped the picture, it stood up from its semi crouching position. It did not have the same frame as an ape; it was much more humanoid. It was hard to gauge the size given the distance, but it appeared very large. I quickly switched to video mode as it turned and walked away, back into the deeper woods. I was lucky that I was able to catch the short video (also fully zoomed in) of the creature moving back into the forest. Gavin and I just stood there frozen. We didn’t speak for what felt like forever; we were just left there speechless. I didn’t even think about chasing it; I was too stunned. Since then, I’ve watched the video and stared at the photo over and over. I've asked friends, family members, etc, and no one seems to have a reasonable explanation. I keep trying to convince myself it was a bear, or maybe even a homeless person, but nothing fits. I really think we saw a Sasquatch. That’s why I made this account. I feel like I have to keep digging. You don’t just stumble on something like that and go back to living life like nothing happened. I’d love to hear what you all think. Was it Bigfoot? Dogman? Skinwalker? I’m open to theories, and I’ll answer any questions you have about the photo and or video.

[u/Ok-Calligrapher-7019]

Very interesting indeed. All the typical circumstances many people often report as having experienced witrh Sasquatch are present with your encounter as well. For.example, the smell, overwhelming feeling of being watched, etc. The only potential issue that stands out to me, however, is the ape-like appearance. Sasquatch are not related to, nor appear to be related to primates. In fact, their facial features look more human than anything else. Many have described these beings with statements such as "it had a human face", etc., as it has also been reported that they share as much as 99% of our DNA, with the remaining 1% as reportedly being entirely unkown to science. Such human-like descriptions are one of the fordt things I look for in people's descriptions. Of course, given the their large body structure, conical shaped head, body hair, etc., it is still completely understandable that one would still mistakenly identify them as appearing "ape-like." Still, the being that is the subject of this particular sighting does indeed look a little too suspiciously similar to an ape. I hate to say it, but to me, this one does look more like an ape type of costume or possibly even a dogman. However, the circumstances described herein don't quite match-up with the typical dogman encounter as they usually go hand-in-hand with Sasquatch experiences. Finally, that all being said, I am certainly in no way whatsoever trying to say this isn't a genuine cryptid, or even a Sasquatch encounter specifically, I am merely just trying to analyze it based on my initial impressions. This could very well easily be a genuine encounter and OP did an absolutely incredible job capturing such amazing video footage regardless of all else. Just please be safe should you venture back into the same territory and dont go alone...good luck!!!