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5 min readIn January 2001, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, a law enforcement officer named Keith responded to a call about a woman kneeling in the snow between two buildings. It was the "night of the popping tree," so cold that trees were exploding. He walked toward the figure, calling out to see if she was okay. When he got about fifty yards away, the figure stood up. It was not a woman. It was a thin, roughly six-foot-six being with yellow eyes that Keith and the local Lakota people call Sconka. It stepped off a six-foot embankment as if it were nothing, crossed a ravine, and ran west. Keith turned around and went back to the house. The people inside were terrified. They had seen it too.
The encounter and its aftermath
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:33) **Host Introduction & Personal Health Update** - Jeremiah Byron opens the show and shares a personal cancer diagnosis (lymphoma), explaining his absence from Sasquatch Summer Fest and his commitment to continuing the podcast.
- 2 (06:48) **Guest Introduction: Keith's Role on Pine Ridge** - Keith is introduced as a Bigfoot experiencer who worked on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
- 3 (07:50) **First Encounter: The Yellow-Eyed Bigfoot in the Snow** - Keith describes his first direct sighting on January 9, 2001, during a bitterly cold night on Pine Ridge.
- 4 (13:56) **Missing Tracks & Suppressed Reports** - Keith explains why he didn't file an official report and describes a pattern of evidence confiscation by unknown federal agents.
- 5 (16:41) **Full Moon & Weather Context** - Keith notes the encounter occurred during a full moon (blood moon) with temperatures around 30 below zero.
- 6 (19:00) **Portals, Sun Dances & Spiritual Connection** - Keith explains his theory that portals open during Lakota ceremonies, allowing Bigfoot to pass through.
- 7 (26:37) **Medicine Men & Cultural Respect** - Keith recounts an encounter with a medicine man who gave him a cryptic warning, and emphasizes the seriousness of Lakota spiritual practices.
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Show Notes
In this episode, Keith shares his firsthand sighting from January 2001 along with years of reports gathered across the Pine Ridge Reservation. You'll hear about massive footprints circling homes, terrified dogs hiding under porches, a towering figure peering through residential windows, mysterious activity near sweat lodges, a vehicle collision involving an unknown creature, and stories passed down by tribal members who have lived with these encounters for generations.
Keith also takes us to Washington's Quinault Reservation, where a frantic family reported a large creature moving behind their home, leaving behind evidence that stretched from a residential neighborhood to the Queets River.
These accounts span decades, multiple reservations, and some of the most active Bigfoot regions in North America. Every story adds another piece to a mystery that continues to leave witnesses searching for answers.
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