He Sat 8 Feet From a Bigfoot Family at Lake Cushman | Archives

September 2, 2026

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In 1959, a six-year-old boy named Lynn Gasper was picking blackberries behind a duplex at Ocean Shores, Washington, when a large, hairy hand reached through the bush and began picking berries alongside him. Over the course of an hour, the two picked together, touched hands, and the boy offered his friendship to the creature on the other side. That encounter set the course of Gasper’s life and led to a series of remarkably close, sustained interactions with what he believes is a family of sasquatches—culminating in an experience where he sat just eight feet from a mother, her toddler, and a juvenile at Lake Cushman in 1972.

The First Contact: A Hand Through the Blackberry Bush

Gasper’s first encounter happened when he was six. While picking blackberries, he noticed a vine being pulled and heard a slurping sound. He assumed another person was on the other side of the bush. When he climbed a step ladder to reach higher berries, a right hand “covered with fine black hair” clear down to the fingernails appeared and pulled berries toward itself. Gasper touched the hand, which pulled back, then returned. Over time, the creature began touching Gasper’s hand and eventually held it. When Gasper reached the top rung, he looked down and saw a face: a tan, sloping forehead, black hair on top, brown eyes with whites, a full beard of inch-long hair, no visible neck, and ears about twice

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2 (04:02) **First Encounter at Age Six (1959, Ocean Shores)** - Lynn describes picking blackberries when a hairy hand appears from the other side of the bush
3 (12:53) **Child Makes Friend with the Creature** - Lynn speaks to the bigfoot and they share berries in a bonding moment
4 (16:56) **Dog Confrontation and Aftermath** - A Labrador rushes out, the bigfoot defends itself, and adults discover evidence
5 (24:49) **Lifetime Connection Theory** - Lynn explains his belief that befriending one bigfoot creates recognition across the entire family
6 (28:17) **Second Encounter: Pregnant Female (1969, Killing Creek, Mount Adams)** - At age 19, Lynn encounters a female bigfoot while picking huckleberries
7 (42:18) **Theory: Pregnant Female Watching Children** - Lynn interprets the female's behavior as maternal observation

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Show Notes

At six years old, Lynn Gaspaire says he came face-to-face with a Sasquatch while picking blackberries at Ocean Shores, Washington—and even held its hand.

That 1959 encounter began a lifetime of extraordinary experiences.

Lynn shares his memories of a pregnant female near Mt. Adams, a massive 9-foot male throwing rocks near Killen Creek, and an incredible 1972 encounter at Lake Cushman where he found himself just feet away from a family of Sasquatches.

He describes their faces, hands, teeth, vocalizations, movements, feeding behavior, family dynamics, and the moments of apparent communication that stayed with him for decades.

These are some of the closest and most detailed Sasquatch encounters ever shared on Bigfoot Society.

Originally aired as Bigfoot Society Episode 550 on October 7, 2024, this conversation with Lynn Gaspaire is one you need to hear from beginning to end.

🎧 Listen now and decide for yourself what Lynn encountered in the forests of Washington.

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