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5 min readA coal miner driving home after a night shift near McLennan, Alberta, saw something that stopped him cold. It was about 7:30 in the morning, and he was cruising at 80 kilometers per hour when he caught movement on the grass between the highway and the railroad tracks. An 8-foot-tall figure with dark brown, almost black fur took four full strides, arms swaying, head slightly down. He slammed on the brakes, threw the car in reverse, and rolled down the window. The only sound was trees crashing on the other side of the tracks. Then a neighbor's pit bull ran in front of his car and stood frozen, staring at the exact spot where the figure had disappeared. The dog would not move. The miner had to drive around it. That story anchors the latest episode of Bigfoot Society, but the episode is less a single narrative and more a gathering of several firsthand accounts, each from a different region and perspective.
A First Nations Perspective on "Bukwus"
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:14) **First-Hand Encounter: A Scream Near Kitimat, BC** - A First Nations man describes a terrifying boat trip with his nephew in the Kemano area, a place known for its spiritual history and Bigfoot stories.
- 2 (09:40) **Cultural Wisdom: The One Thing You Must Know** - The guest is asked to distill the most important lesson from his culture's generations of experience with Bigfoot.
- 3 (12:17) **Paranormal Investigator's Thermal Sighting in Kentucky** - A paranormal investigator describes seeing a large, bipedal figure on thermal camera at Fords Ferry Road in Marion, Kentucky.
- 4 (15:54) **Seeking to Understand the Unknown** - The investigator expresses a desire to have another encounter, but under different circumstances.
- 5 (19:45) **Detailed Description of the Thermal Figure** - The host asks for specific details about the head shape of the figure seen on the thermal camera.
- 6 (22:48) **Thermal Image and Evidence Discussion** - The investigator searches his phone for the thermal image he captured during the encounter.
- 7 (26:54) **Connecticut Firefighter Stories and Coded Language** - A guest from Connecticut shares stories from her grandfather, a firefighter from the 1960s and 70s, and explains how official reports often used coded language.
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Show Notes
A coal miner describes driving near McLennan, Alberta, when an enormous dark figure appeared beside the railroad tracks. He watched it take four full steps, estimated it at 7½ to 8 feet tall, and backed his car up for another look. What happened in the woods afterward—and the reaction of a nearby dog—has stayed with him ever since.
In British Columbia, we hear about generations of Indigenous Bukwus stories from the Kitimat and Kemano region, along with a chilling scream heard from the shoreline during a boating trip.
A Kentucky investigator shares a nighttime thermal encounter with a massive upright figure near Fords Ferry Road. Another Kentucky witness remembers following enormous humanlike footprints through fresh snow outside Elizabethtown until blood appeared beside the tracks and something began violently shaking the vegetation ahead of him.
We also hear remarkable historical accounts from Connecticut firefighters, a nighttime encounter from western Pennsylvania, and stories passed down from the remote Yukon community of Beaver Creek.
These are firsthand experiences, family accounts, and local traditions from people willing to put their stories on record.
Listen through to the end. Episode 1186 covers a remarkable amount of territory, and several of these locations deserve a much closer look.
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