A husband and wife, John and Betty, agreed to house-sit for close family friends along the highway north to Fairbanks. To deter local equipment thieves while their friends were away, the couple parked their fifth-wheel camper jackknifed across the driveway. After spending a quiet evening by an outdoor fire pit behind the house, they were walking back to the camper when they heard a bizarre, guttural gurgling sound coming from the darkness. Rushing inside to safety, they settled in to watch a movie, only to be struck by a deafening, window-rattling scream inches from the camper wall that vibrated the cupboards and knocked both of them flat onto the floor.
Armed with a pistol and flashlight, John stepped outside into the damp breakup mud and gravel to investigate. Outside the camper door, he discovered massive impressions leading into the tree line, showing a stride two to three times his own and ending in a clear six-toed print shaped like a heavy block. Despite Betty's warnings to stay inside, John repeatedly circled the perimeter. Moments after catching a dark silhouette lurking behind the hitch, a tremendous blow slammed into the side of the trailer, denting the outer door. Peering into the trees with his beam, John spotted glowing eye shine, followed by a terrifying close-up view through the window of a massive, flat face with high cheekbones and dark eyes staring back into the camper.
Overcome with panic, John fumbled with his handgun while Betty held the shaking flashlight beam steady against the glass. Determined to leave before the entity breached the camper, John made a split-second decision to abandon the trailer, pulling the truck forward and lowering the jacks to leave the fifth-wheel blocking the drive. Just as he unlocked the gooseneck hitch in the pitch black, another ground-shaking roar tore through the trees barely ten feet away on the other side of the camper. Abandoning the gear, Betty scrambled across the cab into the driver's seat, hit the gas, and sped away down the highway.
