Towering Sasquatch Terrifies Super Dave in Saginaw Eddy Bottoms, Arkansas
July 31, 2026
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5 min readIn the spring of 1974, a twelve-year-old boy named Super Dave was squirrel hunting in the Saginaw Eddy Bottoms of Arkansas when he rounded the top of a fallen oak tree and came face to face with something that did not compute. He had been noticing odd signs for weeks—his steel traps were being sprung, his stinking jar of fish bait was being raided, and he kept hearing loud tree knocks and finding strange structures in the woods. His father told him it was a bear, but when they finally found tracks together, the prints were fourteen inches long and had only three toes. His father told him to stay out of the woods. Super Dave went anyway.
That morning, the woods were dead silent. No birds, no squirrels, no crickets. An uneasy feeling sat in his stomach, and a musky, urine-like smell drifted through the air. He sat down against a pine tree, ate a biscuit stuffed with cracklings, and tried to settle himself. Then he made his way down to the creek, where a tornado had recently laid a huge oak tree across the water. As he came up the embankment, he turned and saw it standing just to his left, about knee-deep in the water. It was roughly eight feet tall, built like an NBA player—Super Dave compares it to Shaq in size and build—with long, muscular limbs and hair hanging down its face, matted with mud and leaves. Its nose was human-like but huge. Its teeth were big and blocky, like hor
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Super Dave (AKA Sasquatch)**
- 2 (03:46) **The 1974 First Encounter: Saginaw Heavy Bottoms, Arkansas**
- 3 (24:50) **Grandfather's Confirmation & The "Hang"**
- 4 (29:42) **Physical Description of the First Creature**
- 5 (30:30) **Aftermath: PTSD and Overcoming Fear**
- 6 (35:39) **Coming Out of the Closet: Going Public**
- 7 (39:59) **The Bluff Charge of "Big Eddie"**
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Show Notes
In this episode, Super Dave shares his terrifying first sighting, repeated encounters across Arkansas, massive footprints, tree knocks, bluff charges, eye shine, thermal observations, gifting experiences, and years spent researching active Sasquatch habitat. He also discusses the family group he calls "Big Eddie," nighttime investigations in the Ozark Mountains, strange disappearances on thermal imaging, and the lessons he's learned after decades of encounters.
If you're interested in firsthand Sasquatch encounters, long-term field experience, and one witness's incredible journey through the Arkansas woods, this is an episode you won't want to miss.
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