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5 min readIn 2003, Robin Long Soldier sat down at a computer in Gordon, Nebraska and typed "bigfoot" into a search bar for the first time. She had spent the previous eight years living through a series of strange encounters—a midnight slamming against a trailer wall in Winnebago, a menacing stare from the woods near Pike's Peak, a pale figure lying in the snow on a South Dakota road, two massive silhouettes pressing against a treatment center window—without ever connecting them to a single phenomenon. She had simply told herself she was seeing a big ugly man, or a coyote, or nothing at all. The search changed that. Over the next decade, she would learn that she had been living alongside what she now calls "bigfoots" for years, and that the relationship was far from over.
A decade of encounters before she knew what she was seeing
Robin's first experience came in 1995 at a religious gathering in Winnebago, Nebraska. She and her children were sleeping in a trailer when a loud slam hit the wall near their heads. It happened again minutes later, preceded by the sound of a rope slapping a flagpole. Then she heard footsteps on gravel directly below the window—gravel that was actually fifteen feet away. She assumed teenagers were messing with them and told her kids to sleep. The next morning, there was no sign of anything that could have made the noise.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:13) **Guest Introduction: Robin Long Soldier** - Host Jeremiah Byron introduces Robin, an American Indian from the Midwest with a multi-year history of Bigfoot encounters.
- 2 (09:33) **1998 Roadside Sighting: The White Bigfoot in the Snow** - While driving near Sweat, South Dakota, Robin and her children saw a large figure lying in the snow, initially mistaken for a man in a white coat.
- 3 (14:48) **1999 Pine Ridge Encounter: Two Bigfoots at the Window** - While working the night shift at a drug treatment center on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Robin had a terrifyingly close encounter that caused her to quit the job.
- 4 (21:39) **2000 Blonde Bigfoot Sighting** - Driving through White Clay, South Dakota, Robin saw a tall, blonde-haired figure standing in a box canyon, looking down at a stream.
- 5 (23:42) **Strange Activity at the Merriman Farmhouse** - Living on a ranch in Merriman, Nebraska, Robin experienced unexplained phenomena that she did not initially connect to Bigfoot.
- 6 (28:15) **The Awakening: Research and Discovery in 2003** - While working a quiet night shift, Robin began online research into Bigfoot, leading to a decade-long journey of learning that re-contextualized all her past experiences.
- 7 (30:26) **Pioneers Park: Photographic Evidence and a Family Group** - Robin and her husband began exploring a wild section of Pioneers Park, where she captured photos of Bigfoots that were invisible to the naked eye.
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Show Notes
Robin Long Soldier shares decades of extraordinary encounters across Nebraska and South Dakota, including activity near Pine Ridge and White Clay, repeated experiences at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, photographs of suspected juveniles, quiet whoops, unexplained physical contact, and video footage she believes captured one watching her and her husband.
Then more witnesses come forward.
In Pend Oreille County, Washington, Gabe describes game-camera images, strange sounds, disturbed hunting camps, alleged tracks and hair near Boundary Dam. In Lewis County, Kentucky, David recalls being followed through the woods by an approximately nine-foot creature and a second 2026 encounter with a juvenile-sized figure crossing the road.
Near Calaveras Big Trees in Northern California, a witness hears powerful wood knocks, growls, and a close-range hiss after venturing off-trail.
Finally, Craig returns to rural Kentucky in 1977–78, where a massive silhouette stood outside his grandparents’ farmhouse and mimicked his movements.
Six states. Decades of reports. Multiple witnesses telling their experiences in their own words.
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