Two years ago, Jesse and Monica were outfitting a newly built Caribou cabin kit on an isolated parcel along the outskirts of Fairbanks, working late into the evening to insulate the structure and install a wood stove before the bitter subarctic winter set in. As Jesse stood on the stove fitting pipe sections together, an intensely crisp, rhythmic clicking sound began echoing every few seconds. Thinking it might be a shifting weight clicking against something metal, the couple tried to brush it off until Monica spotted a dark shape lurking outside the cabin’s single 4x4 window. Armed with a flashlight and a firearm, Jesse investigated the perimeter, sweeping the light into the darkness only to catch an unmistakable gleam of eye shine elevated high above him near the upper corner of the cabin before it ducked away into the timber.
The unnerving activity escalated as the relentless clicking resumed outside, originating from the edge of the clearing. Convinced a trespasser was harassing them, Jesse marched aggressively toward the tree line, issuing warnings into the pitch-black timber. Shining his beam into the trees from roughly thirty feet away, he watched in stunned horror as a massive hand reached out from the canopy, grabbed a healthy six-inch-diameter birch tree, and effortlessly snapped it in two with a concussive crack. Overcome with sudden, debilitating nausea and panic, Monica pleaded to leave immediately, fleeing to their car while Jesse called a friend to rush out and assist them.
While retrieving keys from inside the dark cabin, Jesse heard Monica let out a blood-curdling scream from the driveway as a towering silhouette stepped directly into the open, locking eye shine with the vehicle before melting back into the shadows. When they ignited the headlights, two distinct sets of reflective eyes gleamed fifteen feet apart in the brush before darting away. Jesse's friend soon arrived heavily armed with a spotlight, and upon inspecting the snapped birch tree together, Jesse realized the violent break stood at a height that would have required a grown man on a six-foot ladder to reach. Terrified by the realization that they had confronted multiple massive entities, the couple locked the cabin and abandoned the property permanently.
