An Oregon Outdoorsman Shares Years of Sasquatch Encounters Near Seaside and Mount Hood

March 12, 2026

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Matt, an Oregon outdoorsman and lifelong fisherman, began his encounters not with a sighting but with sound. While fishing a remote canyon near Seaside, he and a friend heard wood knocks so loud that he felt the sound waves hit his chest "like at a concert." He tried to knock back with a large stick but could not recreate even a tenth of the volume. That moment launched years of research and a series of increasingly intense experiences across the Pacific Northwest.

The Calm Encounters and the Shift

Matt's early encounters were unsettling but not confrontational. Years after the wood knocks, he took a skeptical coworker camping along the Oregon Bigfoot Highway near Estacada. The next morning, they found a row of tree breaks ten to eleven feet off the ground, with no equipment tracks or burn marks to explain them. His friend had a panic attack and had to be coaxed down the mountain. Later, on the Sandy River near the Cedar Creek Fish Hatchery, Matt saw green eye shine with an unusually wide spacing, positioned in what he considered an ambush spot off the trail. He also heard something huge grunting and breaking its way down to the riverbank after dark near Oxbow Park. These early encounters were unsettling but relatively mild compared to what followed.

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What you'll learn

1 (03:01) **First Encounter: Wood Knocks Near Seaside** - Matt describes his first Sasquatch encounter while fishing near Seaside, Oregon, where he and his buddy heard incredibly loud wood knocks that felt like sound waves hitting his chest.
2 (07:07) **Second Encounter: Tree Breaks on the Oregon Bigfoot Highway** - Matt takes a skeptical coworker camping near Estacada on the Oregon Bigfoot Highway, where he hears mumbling and finds tree breaks 10-11 feet off the ground.
3 (12:36) **Calm Encounters: Eye Shine and Grunts on the Sandy River** - Matt describes two milder encounters: green eye shine from a large creature near the Cedar Creek Fish Hatchery, and strange grunting sounds from across the Sandy River near Oxbow Park.
4 (15:45) **The Paranormal Connection and Spiritual Crisis** - Matt explains how his research into the occult led to a period of being haunted by entities, which he only stopped by invoking the name of Jesus.
5 (19:48) **Intense Encounter: Infrasound, Psychic Communication, and Healing** - While trying to sleep in his car near Seaside, Matt experiences a family of Bigfoot at the treeline, accompanied by a drone, psychic communication, and infrasound that healed his injured knee.
6 (27:23) **Pierce Island: Three Bigfoot Approach at Night** - Matt is stranded alone on Pierce Island in the Columbia River Gorge when three 10-12 foot tall Bigfoot with orange eyes walk directly toward his campfire.
7 (39:17) **Lolo Pass: Living Among Them in Welches** - Matt moves to Mount Hood to escape Portland and experiences multiple encounters while camping and working in the Welches area, including a mimicking Bigfoot and one going through his food a foot from his tent.

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Show Notes

In this episode, we delve into the extraordinary experiences of Matt from Oregon, an outdoorsman whose years in the forests, rivers, and mountains of the Pacific Northwest have placed him face to face with something he never expected. From the coastal mountains near Seaside to the shadowed stretches of Lolo Pass and the Columbia River Gorge, Matt shares a series of encounters that have unfolded over more than a decade.

What began with explosive wood knocks in a remote canyon while salmon fishing soon expanded into glowing eye shine along the Sandy River, massive tree breaks deep off logging roads, and unnerving activity near his campsites. As time went on, the encounters intensified — figures approaching his camp in the middle of the night, towering shapes stepping into view, and moments so close they left a lasting imprint on his life.

Matt also opens up about the deeper questions these experiences raised for him — the patterns he began noticing, the locations that seemed especially active, and the personal journey that ran parallel to his time in the woods. His story spans Mount Hood National Forest, Welch’s, Skamania County, and the rugged coastline of Oregon, painting a vivid picture of ongoing Sasquatch activity across some of the most storied regions in the Northwest.

Join us as we explore Matt’s gripping encounters and the mystery that continues to follow him through Oregon’s wild places.

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