The Thing Outside the House Was NOT Human… | Pennsylvania, Minnesota & Oregon Encounters | Members Only
May 16, 2026
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5 min read“Something about the size of a bowling ball was thrown from within that tree line… and landed on our side of the river. And we could only tell that it was the size of a bowling ball because of the size of the splash that we actually saw.” That’s how one witness on the Bigfoot Society podcast describes the moment he and a friend realized they were not alone on a riverbank in Moorhead, Minnesota. The episode collects three first-person accounts from Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Oregon, each describing encounters with something the speakers are certain was not human. Across these stories, a consistent set of details emerges: unexplained physical strength, a distinctive stench, a pronounced brow ridge, and a pattern of behavior that suggests deliberate avoidance of humans. The throughline is not just that these witnesses believe they saw a sasquatch—it’s that each encounter forced them to reconsider what is possible in the woods near their own homes.
The Red River Encounter: A Bowling Ball and a Barren Island
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:04) **Bowling-Ball-Sized Object Thrown Across a River (Minnesota/North Dakota Border)** - Witness describes a massive rock or object thrown from a tree line 80+ feet across the Red River, landing with a perfect circular splash, ruling out a beaver.
- 2 (05:43) **Second-Hand Sighting at M.B. Johnson Park** - A local Facebook post describes a large, hairy creature seen crouched behind a stump at dusk near the same area.
- 3 (07:17) **The "She Squatchers" and the Red River Theory** - The witness shares a theory from an all-female Bigfoot research group that creatures follow the Red River from Canada due to the open farm fields.
- 4 (08:24) **Childhood Encounter in Western Pennsylvania (1988)** - A vivid childhood memory of seeing a muscular, reddish-haired creature emerge from a gully, accompanied by an overwhelming stench.
- 5 (10:56) **Local Geography and the "Dog Boy" Legend** - The witness differentiates her sighting from the local "Shenango Dog Boy" cryptid and describes the unique terrain where the glacier ended.
- 6 (14:12) **Final Details: Face, Smell, and Denial** - The witness confirms the creature's non-human face and the unforgettable smell, and explains how her mother rationalized it as a homeless person.
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Show Notes
A witness in Pennsylvania describes a creature standing taller than their car, staring directly through the windshield with glowing eyes that “looked into their soul.”
In Minnesota, fishermen hear a massive howl echo across the Red River before something heavy is thrown across the water toward them from the darkness.
A woman in coastal Oregon wakes to terrifying screams outside her home before finding her porch destroyed and seeing a huge gray-haired figure running away into the night.
Another witness recalls a childhood encounter during the drought summer of 1988 when a towering reddish-haired creature emerged from a gully near the Ohio border carrying a smell so foul it never left their memory.
These are firsthand eyewitness encounters shared directly with Bigfoot Society from Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio borderlands, and Oregon.
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