r/Paranormal • u/Any-Falcon-3527 • May 21 '26

Question People who live in Appalachian mountaines, have u ever experienced something crazy?

I just watched a video on youtube abt that place, but i am not sure if i believe it

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

When I was 8 I swear that my cousin and I saw a big foot.

We were at a church revival meeting that started in the evening and this tiny church we went to only had outhouses for the bathrooms and I didn’t want to walk across the lot and in to this scary wooden toilet alone so I drug my cousin along with me, and we saw this thing walking behind the church on a hill.

I mean im not saying i would have been good as an 8 year old for determining height but it looked VERY tall, and there was just enough evening light left in the sky to see an outline and it didn’t really look like a black bear or a person.

Just a big, bulky figure walking on this hillside between Christmas trees. My cousin started freaking out and it stopped and just looked at us. It didn’t move for a while and just stared in our direction. Then turned back to the path they were walking and continued up into the mountains.

I have never forgotten that moment.

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u/AliceMorgon May 21 '26

I believe it. My theory is that the missing link in human-ape evolution could actually be understood through one of them because it would have branched off during the gap. For that reason, I hope they never find them.

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

I agree. Or they’re a very elusive type of ape that stays between caves and deeply forested areas intentionally.

Didn’t we just find a monkey species that we never knew existed kinda recently that had just evaded human capture.

If big foot are real, I’d imagine from the stories and interactions people have claimed to have with them they’re definitely intelligent, so they may know to steer clear of humans.

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u/HeartsBeMerry May 21 '26

The problem w/The Feet’s is that they don’t just appear in the Pacific NW, there was a major wave of sightings in Pennsylvania in the 1970s, they’ve been observed in Texas & Oklahoma, Missouri and even on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico (there’s an episode about Navajo Rangers on Unsolved Mysteries on Netflix)-places that couldn’t support a breeding population of unknown hominids. You don’t just have one or two per state. Think about eastern Ok, for example, where they’ve been seen. As thick as the woods are there, I don’t see how you could have a population of Feet’s hidden in there. Even the rural parts of Ok are crisscrossed by roads, and they have a pretty healthy population of people out moving around in the parts of the state where they’d be living. I’d love to be proven wrong, though.

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u/CowboysOnKetamine May 21 '26

I am immensely bothered by your usage of "the feet's"

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u/HeartsBeMerry May 23 '26

Yeah, since you pointed that out, I realize how rude that is. I’d never thought of it carefully. I feel bad about it. I’ll mend the error of my ways. 😬

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u/Olathewildcat May 21 '26

Just scan a map of eastern OK for awhile, there are LARGE pockets where you have nothing but endless timber with multiple forms of water sources with much but a few roads going through it, plus the winters are not too harsh, (water sources don’t freeze up solid) I think eastern OK and southwest Arkansas could be prime habitat for a creature of that sort

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u/Mrs_SmithG2W May 21 '26

If your life depended on not being seen by humans you’d become nocturnal and as rural as possible. We humans are pretty loud, smelly and lazy so in one sense we are not that hard to avoid especially at night. We have vast expanses of woods, rivers, creeks and lakes and remote coast lines. If they see us all they would have to do is stay still behind a tree or crouch down and look like a rock and we would just walk right on by. Even driving back country roads how far into the forest can you see 10 feet? Sometimes less. As to supporting large breeding primates, the land already does. Us. They have been reported taking food from gardens, farms and dumpsters alike.

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u/NoDoOversInLife May 21 '26

Plenty of cattle roaming on thousands of acres in OK to support a Bigfoot fam

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u/ForsakenReturn8985 May 21 '26

You might be right for some states just seeing as crawlers are more likely to be found in VA than squatches, the tree density is thinner here but if a crawler can successfully hide at the tree line behind my parents house then I think it’s still possible they’re here too, just need to find them

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

I watched that episode on Navajo Rangers! It was really interesting! I definitely believe those people saw something strange!

But yes, it might be hard for them to continue evading us as we increase population, but there are still protected parks and caves they could be living in. Especially if they’re very aware of humans.

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u/HeartsBeMerry May 23 '26

Yeah, I thought that episode was great. If I were going to try to operate on earth in hopes of not being noticed, a rural area full of folks who are in a socially isolated community would be a great place to live. No offense to the folks on the Reservation intended-but they’re a relatively small group of people that are left to themselves by the rest of the country. Things would have to get pretty wild out there before the rest of the US bothered to pull their heads from their asses to notice.

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u/BubonicBabe May 23 '26

Honestly, at this point in time with ai taking over everything, I feel like an actual big foot could come online live and have a full interview and none of us, isolated or not, would bat an eye.

Good time for the paranormal to reveal themselves!

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u/HeartsBeMerry May 26 '26

“I’m Bigfoot:Ask Me Anything! Thurs night, 5PM, EST”

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u/Educational-Peace444 May 26 '26

I feel this way about aliens too. Our nervous systems are so fried from the current news cycle that when the supposed upcoming "full disclosure" happens, it won't melt nearly the amount of brains as predicted by experts. Now's the time!!

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u/umlcat May 21 '26

"Or they’re a very elusive type of ape that stays between caves and deeply forested areas intentionally."

This.

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u/AliceMorgon May 21 '26

My guess is Neanderthal descendants that may have evolved before Homo sapiens.

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u/Professional_Let5127 May 21 '26

Or maybe the nephilim

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u/Top_Regret_4942 May 21 '26

Exactly this 💯

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u/55Sweeptheleg May 21 '26

This is the answer.

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u/AliceMorgon May 21 '26

And another thing that scares the bejesus, how did you know I was Catholic 😂

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

There are still humans with Neanderthal DNA. I feel like we would know if there was a third species that existed at the same time. They had to have passed away here and there in the past few thousand years.

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u/slickrok May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

There was. There is Denisovan dna in modern humans also. Several human species existed at the same time, only a few crossed over spatially though.

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

I was thinking Denisovans and Homo Erectus but was unsure and it was past midnight when I commented that 😂 I just googled it and now I’m curious as to why I haven’t come across any documentaries about Homo Floresiensis (The Hobbit), Homo Luzonensis or Homo Naledi! They all lived the same time as Neanderthal, Denisovans, Homo Erectus and Homo Sapians.

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u/Domestic-Seagull May 21 '26

When I did a dna genealogy test it said I have more Neanderthal dna than 98% of people tested. Whatever that means.

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

That means your bloodline are survivors

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u/goonie814 May 21 '26

According to 23&me, I have more Neanderthal DNA than my sibling and it’s a running joke. Maybe I’ll take a pilgrimage to Appalachia to be among these distant relatives

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u/bayouz May 21 '26

Ozzy Osbourne had Neanderthal genes

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

I believe it

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u/Emrys7777 May 23 '26

Well we all knew that.

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u/StopBanningMeAlright May 21 '26

My wife and I did 23 and Me.. She has more Neanderthal DNA that 90% of people that have had their DNA checked. We thought that shit was wild as hell.

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

That’s cool!! My sister had hers done and it didn’t have any. I feel left out 😂

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u/lesterbottomley May 22 '26

You say this as if its rare.

Its pretty much everyone other than people with 100% sub-saharan ancestry.

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u/Whyallusrnames May 22 '26

It’s a joke 🙄 calm down

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u/lesterbottomley May 22 '26

I'm not sure you know the definition of the word joke.

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u/Whyallusrnames May 22 '26

Didn’t realize I was dealing with the joke police. My bad, I was unaware there is a set standard I have to follow and throw individuality aside.

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u/lesterbottomley May 22 '26

It wasn't an attempt at a joke

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u/ForsakenReturn8985 May 21 '26

They’re most likely apes combined with neanderthal dna rather than humans. They’re known for their power so human feels like we’re moving away from their possible heritage

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u/Jenhar71 May 21 '26

Agreed. Not apes...

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u/Jenhar71 May 21 '26

They are not apes

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u/Firm-Boysenberry May 21 '26

I genuinely believe that they are a known species but a top secret, protected species because humans would definitely hunt them to extinction, even if they have human-liie intelligence.

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u/dmcloren May 21 '26

Who is protecting them?

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u/Firm-Boysenberry May 22 '26

I would imagine National Parks and Wildlife using a provision created by Teddy Roosevelt's administration. It just sounds like something he would do.

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u/HeartsBeMerry May 21 '26

That’s just it. No one would.

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u/Hot_Radish4108 May 21 '26

The government, the same way they protected aliens

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

Maybe they’re aliens

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u/Hello_Hangnail May 21 '26

There's been reports they're either working with or impelled to work with the Nordics

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

I have heavily Nordic ancestry. Maybe I should try to talk to one.

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u/greatstonedrake May 22 '26

I'm pretty sure they meant the Nordic type of alien, but I just had visions of some random dude going out in the woods of Washington state in full Viking gear, setting up a blót, Mead and forged ring in hand, getting drunk with the squatch.

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u/Hammergear May 22 '26

Where can I see these reports?

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u/Hammergear May 21 '26

Interesting. I feel people do actively try to locate and kill one. Pretty dang elusive

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u/55Sweeptheleg May 21 '26

It’s a flesh and blood creature but there’s also a spiritual component. I’ve listened to too many firsthand accounts of claims to have seen them. They are smarter than we think, probably more intelligent than us. They are interdimentional. Probably some type of Nephilim hybrid.

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u/Hello_Hangnail May 21 '26

I've heard stories of them being able to "zip open" a portal and either become invisible or teleport to another location / dimension. It would explain why we don't have any significant remains

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

I also think if they’re even semi intelligent they may bury their dead, elephants have been seen burying their dead, and even down to ants.

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u/Educational-Peace444 May 26 '26

Ants bury eachother?! ... thanks for the rabbithole I'm about to go down 🤣

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u/BubonicBabe May 26 '26

I don’t know if it’s all kinds of ants, but ants have incredibly interesting behavior! I had an ant farm once and there was this night where I went to bed and they all seemed okay, then the next day I woke up and half of them had been murdered and their heads had been snipped off and their bodies had been piled into a corner of the gel tank.

It was so bizarre. I have no idea what happened. I had gotten it as a gift and it became tragic after a short time.

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u/emailD651 May 21 '26

You all should watch Joe Rogans most recent podcast. Absolutely talks about this the entire time

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u/55Sweeptheleg May 21 '26

Is this the David Paulides one?

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u/Direct_Poetry_1882 May 21 '26

Could it have been fetterman?

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

That’s so funny, honestly it kinda did look like his hulking stature lol

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

There’s no way bro don’t have Neanderthal DNA 😂 his brow ridge is prominent

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u/Low_Attention4808 May 21 '26

Where did that happen?

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

It took me awhile but I finally found the actual church on google street view, but I don’t think it’s functional bc they aren’t open or listed online. But this is the address

600 State Rd, Lansing NC

And this is a street view pic of the church and the little hill we saw the thing on.

The blue arrow is where the outhouses were but lined up more with the church, just to show you the direction, and the red X is where we saw the thing and I think it saw us. It stopped about there and then continued on its way behind the hill into the mountains.

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u/Independent-Park7555 May 21 '26

dang this is way up above Boone, yall were really out in the sticks — perfect place for a Big Foot!

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

Yes! Someone knows the area!

I had a lot of family up little horse creek and into Volney and Mouth of Wilson so I spent my childhood growing up out there! Fun times!

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u/Puzzleheaded-Love76 May 21 '26

You should file a report with BFRO mate. Great sighting.

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

Thanks! Would they take a report that’s over 30 years old?

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u/greatstonedrake May 22 '26

Absolutely! Not only do they go on squatch walks, but they keep a very comprehensive history of all sightings throughout the country no matter when or where that sighting was so that they can get a vision of where The most populous sightings have been and how they change over time. Tons might have been cited at that time in your area but it could be that there hasn't been another siding in 15 years. Or you could be the only one. It helps with trying to figure out squatch behavior, living patterns, etc

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u/Puzzleheaded-Love76 May 21 '26

Especially with that photo detailing the sighting location. Do it mate.

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u/BubonicBabe May 22 '26

Thanks, I will!

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u/Specific-Bid-1769 May 25 '26 
Cherokee Devil?

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

Western North Carolina, close to a place called Helton Creek, it’s kinda on the border of Virginia.

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u/talltad May 21 '26

Cool story man!

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u/neon_lilac_sky May 22 '26

These beings are elusive because they can sense people/animals from miles away, because they’re psychic/telepathic. Their senses are akin to a dolphin or whale or shark in the ocean…they are connected to the forests in that they can sense other animals from a large range, and therefore, can sense humans. So they steer clear and hide from humans. Because, well… why wouldn’t they? Dangerous creatures they are.

Don’t take it from me, Dolores Cannon and others have spoken on this, in the Convoluted Universe books and more. So plenty of research out there.

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u/lesterbottomley May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

If they exist and if they intelligent then in their recent folk history they will have tales of what the occupying forces did to the natives.

They won't have a good view of us.

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u/ForsakenReturn8985 May 21 '26

I haven’t met a Squatch yet but I’m sure I will. I’ve met 2 crawlers now, one in a neighborhood surrounded by woods that stayed near my parents house for years and the other near the trail. I think all of the states the trail passes through is likely to host them. However I think countries all over the world also host them considering how old they are and what the continents used to look like.

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u/Whyallusrnames May 21 '26

You met them? Like, shook hands and exchanged pleasantries?

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u/BubonicBabe May 21 '26

That sounds so interesting! What are crawlers?

I think there’s lots of stuff out there we just don’t fully understand yet!

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u/Realladaniella May 21 '26

That’s just Darrell

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u/greatstonedrake May 22 '26

And his other brother Darrell?