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Bigfoot Family Chooses Off-Grid Couple in Davie County, North Carolina

August 5, 2026

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5 min read

Sandy Russo and her husband Steve moved off-grid to Davie County, North Carolina, three and a half years ago, living first in a tent in February. Almost immediately, strange things began happening—tools disappearing and reappearing in different locations, food going missing, and odd sounds around their property. What started as minor annoyances escalated into a sustained, multi-year relationship with a family of Bigfoot creatures, whom Sandy says she now communicates with telepathically. This is her first podcast interview, and she tells her story with the nervous candor of someone who still cannot fully believe what she is experiencing.

The First Signs: From Massachusetts to North Carolina

Before the North Carolina encounters, Sandy and Steve had a few unsettling experiences in Massachusetts, particularly in the Quabbin Reservoir area. Steve once heard aggressive grunting and was chased out of the woods by something large. Another time, they found a dome-like structure made of branches with a large pile of scat inside. They also smelled overpowering stenches of rotting flesh. These were isolated incidents, however, and they did not connect them to Bigfoot at the time.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (02:10) **Introduction and Early Massachusetts Encounters** - Host Jeremiah Byron welcomes first-time guest Sandy Russo, an off-grid author of *My Journey with a Bigfoot Named Kai*, and they discuss her early unexplained experiences in Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir area.
  • 2 (08:19) **Move to North Carolina and First Signs of Activity** - Sandy details the onset of strange phenomena after she and Steve moved off-grid to Davie County, North Carolina, including missing tools, displaced objects, and a terrifying encounter in their tent.
  • 3 (14:03) **Escalating Physical Evidence: Trees, Structures, and a Strange Fog** - Sandy describes increasingly dramatic physical signs on their property, such as trees pushed over without storm damage, bent tree arches, and a terrifying encounter with a fast-moving, rolling fog.
  • 4 (19:02) **Clarifying the Timeline and a Crucial Footprint** - Sandy confirms the initial strange events occurred over a three-month period, and shares the moment she found deep, undeniable footprints, though Steve accidentally destroyed them.
  • 5 (23:32) **The First Telepathic Contact and a Lucid Dream** - Sandy shares her first experience of hearing a voice in her mind and a powerful, lucid dream that felt like "dream travel" initiated by the Bigfoot.
  • 6 (30:24) **Visual Sightings and Remote Viewing** - Sandy describes seeing hairy shins in a field and then receiving a "remote viewing" vision of a grey Sasquatch with pinkish skin, identifying a female presence.
  • 7 (36:50) **Learning His Name: Kai** - Sandy recounts how the Bigfoot communicated his name to her through floating letters in a dream state.

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Show Notes

Sandi Russo joins Bigfoot Society to share the beginning of one of the most extraordinary long-term encounter accounts ever featured on the show. After moving off-grid in Davie County, North Carolina, strange events quickly became part of everyday life—powerful huff vocalizations, mysterious structures, disappearing tools, heavy footsteps around camp, towering figures hidden among the trees, and repeated close encounters with what she believes is an entire Bigfoot family.

Resources:

Sandi’s books: https://a.co/d/07FJ7gN7

https://a.co/d/0384092i

Sandi’s website: https://sandirusso.com

Sandi’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@goingoffgridwithsandiandsteve



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