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They Shouted “Hey” at an Idaho Campsite. Something Answered.

October 21, 2026

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Christian was camping with his girlfriend and family in the mountains near Pollock, Idaho, when something in the woods answered back. The year was 2019 or 2020, and the group had taken a four-wheeler ride up a northern trail he had never explored before. The area felt wrong from the start—dark, dense, and eerily quiet. As they rode back through a rocky stretch where they had to slow down, his girlfriend tapped his shoulder and told him there was a woman watching them from the treeline. Christian turned but saw nothing. She insisted they needed to leave. The feeling of being watched was so strong that he decided he would never go up that side of the mountain again.

But the next year, he went back anyway, this time with his uncle and brother. The same oppressive feeling returned. They rode higher than before, and just before emerging from the trees into a field, they found a small tree—about five feet tall—that had been bent over and shoved into the ground, its top buried. There were hardly any other trees around it. Christian, who had been listening to Bigfoot podcasts for years, recognized this as a classic sign. His girlfriend had also described the presence as evil, saying it felt like it wanted to take her. Christian now believes that whatever is up there is not merely a flesh-and-blood animal but something with a spiritual dimension.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (02:13) **Steven's Recurring Backyard Encounters in Connecticut** - A local resident describes multiple strange experiences near his home, including heavy breathing ignored by his dog and recently, large tree chunks being thrown from the woods.
  • 2 (03:36) **Christian's Eerie Mountain Ride in Idaho** - Christian recounts a 2019/2020 trip to his uncle's property near Pollock, Idaho, where a pervasive creepy feeling preceded a witness seeing a "woman" watching them.
  • 3 (06:45) **Physical Evidence on the Same Mountain a Year Later** - Returning to the same area the next year, Christian and his party found a small tree bent and pushed into the ground, which he interprets as a classic Bigfoot sign.
  • 4 (11:36) **A Night Fishing Trip on the Snake River** - Christian shifts to a second story about a night fishing trip on the Snake River near Swan Falls, Idaho, where a persistent noise in the bushes was met with an unsettling response.
  • 5 (14:54) **The "Hey" is Echoed Back** - After returning to the campsite, Christian's friend yelled "hey" one more time, and this time someone or something yelled "hey" back, followed by giggling.
  • 6 (17:49) **Analyzing the Encounter: Mountain Lion or Skinwalker?** - Christian considers the possibility that the eyes belonged to a mountain lion, but remains disturbed by the vocal response they received earlier in the night.
  • 7 (19:29) **Conclusion: The More Compelling Bigfoot Story** - Christian concludes that the first story from the mountain is more compelling due to the physical evidence and the witness's feeling of an evil presence.

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Show Notes

They called into the darkness beside Idaho’s Snake River. A voice answered, “Hey.” Then came what sounded like laughter.


Christian shares a night-fishing trip near Swan Falls that still leaves him questioning what happened around their campsite. Repeated rustling, an unsettling reply, and a frightening moment at the riverbank turned an ordinary evening into a mystery he continues to revisit.


More Bigfoot Society voicemails bring us to a Connecticut backyard where heavy breathing and breaking wood have drawn a homeowner’s attention, and an Idaho mountain trail where Christian’s girlfriend reported someone watching their ATV.


Plus, callers share their reactions to Capturing Bigfoot and the questions they’re asking about the Patterson–Gimlin film.


What did these witnesses experience? Listen to their accounts and decide what you make of the details.


Special thanks to Sara Brown from Salish Sasquatch for sharing her Portland, Oregon Capturing Bigfoot premiere report:

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