Shares of Sasquatch Encounters in Alaska

Podcast host Fred recounts a recent attempt to reach the Knik Glacier via canoe, a trip ultimately thwarted by high winds on the marshlands. Pivoting from his own weather-delayed expedition, he shares a gripping account from ten years prior involving two moose hunters who ventured deep into the same remote valley near Meadow Creek and Friday Creek.

Over 15 years ago, a retired teacher named Mary and two former co-workers traveled to the Kennecott Mine to fulfill one of her bucket-list adventures. After setting up a remote camp away from the main site, the trio spent the day hiking the steep terrain around the abandoned mine. While taking a lunch break on a high ridge, the male teacher jokingly whistled the Smurf and Sesame Street theme songs. As they hiked back down the trail, they were shocked to hear the Smurf theme perfectly whistled back at them from the ridge they had just left.

A man named Rick booked a bush plane flight deep into the mountains north of Tanana, across the Yukon River, on a deeply personal backpacking trip. He had spent two years planning the multi-day excursion to spread his late mother's ashes in an alpine meadow she had always longed to revisit. After spending his first day scattering ashes around the scenic mountain bowl, Rick set up his tent near the timber line on the far side of a small alpine pond.

Fred and Squatch Bait hike two miles deep into the dense, overgrown brush along the Kings River to document the site of a harrowing encounter from the previous year. After navigating past massive beaver dams and deeply scarred timber, they reach the exact spot where a man named Daniel was stalked and chased from his isolated camp.

In August 2018, Robert Johnson, a government investigator with experience in high-profile disaster scenarios like Katrina and 9/11, embarked on a solo motorcycle trip from Idaho to Fairbanks. Seeking a rest stop near Denali National Park, he stayed at the White Moose Lodge—a single-story, 20-room complex. During the night, Robert was awakened by rhythmic, forceful thumping emanating from the back wall of his room.

Ten years prior to 2022, two brothers, Jim and James, began constructing a remote 5-acre cabin cabin in the interior of Alaska, south of Fairbanks and north of Wasilla. During the building phase, they experienced recurring bear-like encroachments, forcing them to adopt a hyper-vigilant 'two-person always' security protocol. While James was left alone at the cabin to overnight, he began hearing a persistent 'click-click' sound originating from the walls of the windowless log shell.

Approximately 20 years ago, a couple named Margaret and Kyle were foraging for wild berries along a remote muskeg slough near the Alphabet Mountains, south of the Denali Highway. While separated by 100 feet to maximize coverage, Margaret heard a deep, guttural grunt; assuming it was her husband, she called out until she caught sight of a massive, dark movement through the alder brush that did not correspond to her husband's location.