FRIGHTENING Encounter in MONTANA Wilderness with Solo Hiker | Plus Mountain Hike

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Chris here, tonight we have a story about a solo hiker from Boston who goes to the Beartooth Mountains of Montana...just north east of Yellowstone National Park. There he goes ono a 3 day solo backpack trip and experiences something in the forest that is stalking him and ultimately does Not want him there. This very frightening encounter forces him to try and get out of the mountains before it is too late!!!

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[critters]

As I am disabled & can't hike, I really appreciate you taking us along. Thanks

[KWHVP]

I encountered a group of these creatures in the Ouachita National Forest, similar experience of fear from not knowing what was making all of the loud and strange noises, seemingly circling my campsite. Hoped it was deer, feared it was people, bear, or mountain lion, but was more shocked and terrified by what I saw after pointing my flashlight towards the noises when they got close. Saw their figures and reflective eyes shining back at me, one standing at least eight feet tall. The creepiest part was how they kept looking directly at me as they moved around the campsite. Hid in my tent baffled by what I saw until I made the connection to what it might be, as much as I couldn't believe it. Also this video reminds me of how strange the vocalizations were. One of the strangest and most terrifying nights of my life.

[knightsofdarkheart]

Im from and have grown up in and continuebto live in montana. We always learned the buddy system when it comes to hiking out in wilderness. We have some of the most vast and beautiful land here but going alone can be scary.

[Myrdoc]

My grandpa had something similar happen to him up on the Grand Tetons. He was born and raised in that area, in the summer of 1941, he enlisted in the army and before he shipped out, he and 3 of his friends wanted to go camping up on the biggest Teton; as sort of a last hoorah before they all split up and went their separate ways. They got a ride out to the base of the mountains below the Tetons in the morning, and hiked all day. The sun was starting to set when they made it up on the middle Teton (the biggest Teton), they set up their camp and built a fire. Gramps said all evening there was just something in the air, like they were being watched. It's typically pretty windy up there, but that night, nothing, dead calm. Which gramps said only added to the creepiness. He didn't want to say anything to his friends, but he sensed they felt it too, but they just didn't want to say anything. They all went to bed around 1am, and he said it was probably around 4am when they were awoken by the sound of rocks and gravel rolling down a mountain side not more than 100 yards from their camp. They all got out of their sleeping bags and walked towards the sounds, they yelled "hello" and "who's there, " after about 15 seconds they heard a very weird voice yell back "There... There.... Hello" Gramps said it sounded bizarre, and not human, like if you had taught your dog to say hello. They were thoroughly creeped out, and decided to stay awake the rest of the night, as they were too scared to go back to sleep. So they built up the fire again and all huddled around it. Gramps said all night, they could hear twigs snapping and footsteps just outside the light of the fire. The sun light started creeping into the sky, they gathered their gear and as soon as it was bright enough to be able to run safely, they got up and took off going the way they came, without looking back. Gramps said they all took turns being the last one in line and he said when it was his turn, he was worried that at any moment, something was going to reach out of the trees and snatch him off, he had never been so scared in his life! Fortunately, they made it off the mountain and back to the dirt road that led back into town. My grandpa would never say what he thought it was, just that he never wanted to deal with one again.

[robinmartz]

I'm from Montana. I was taught to never go into the mountains alone. A lot of people do it, but there's so many lost folks who would have probably been fine had they been with another person.

[tatersneggs]

Caught me off guard that you are on Ebbetts pass....that is where my story takes place. Don't know where you are exactly but you are close. What happened unfolded in a deep ravine below Hells Kitchen Vista Point. I was camped in Spicer Union Reservoir area in Tuolumne County Ca. The locals know that this area has a reputation for encounters that can't be explained. Almost done writing about what happened. God Bless.

[apntgo]

Thanks for mentioning the Sierra Junipers. I worked up at Kirkwood resort every year for a couple of weeks and would see these along the side of hwy 88. These trees are amazing how they grow through the granite boulders. There are quite a few trees that are really wide and old. I had a couple of weird things happen at Kirkwood that I will try and share later.

[jellydog]

I would never go on a hike or camping by myself as I think half the fun is sharing the beauty of the area . Safety is also a big factor .

[aicerg]

The bravery it takes to solo hike up some mountains is something that's beyond me. I really admire the folks who do this, I'm always uneasy out in nature, even though I love solitude.

[SweetPeteUnleashed]

There's obviously something wrong with me. Here I am binge watching these sorts of stories 10 days before I go solo hiking for the best part of a month. Going to be playing on my mind when I'm out there alone in the wilderness 😅

[lindadonahue]

One of the best tales yet. I think a lot of these kinds of encounters happen and we never know about it. Stunning scenery! Thank you as always!

[alcidesbeyond]

These people that go on hikes by themselves are absolute madlads

[doriswall]

It just so beautiful there I like setting out like this just soaking up all the beauty.

[brianemmanuelgrey]

Great video! I lived near Yellowstone in Montana for 25+ years, first in Bozeman were I went to University and then built a house just south of Emigrant. I was on a saddle ridge up above the Highlight reservoir surrounded by trees. I had walked that easy slope two or three times before with my children. This time I had gone alone, clearing my head from a long week of intense work, now descending on my way back to camp. The sun had gone down faster than I had anticipated, but I could see with after light and camp was relatively close by. I was thinking about the sharp descent down the contorted rock face animal trail that was the last 500 yards down to the flat and then the short walk to the campsite where my family was. I was thinking about this when I refocussed on trees in front of me and the direction I was going. This was not a hiking spot so there was no trail just thick trees and lush grass. I was straining to pickup my pace, when suddenly I felt this weird sort of twisting feeling in my stomach, a dizzy head and auras like when I would get a migraine. I started to go into a deep crazy blind panic, I could not orient myself. I could not believe what was happening, I never lost my cool, even in the face of dire circumstances. "What the heck is going on?" I thought, I realized that I was hallucinating and in a serious altered state of consciousness. I had some typical 70's psychedelic use in my misspent youth, I immediately thought I was having a flashback and this settled me down a bit. After some choice words with myself about how the stupidity of my younger self had now converged with the stupidity of my then present self, I looked around like a poisoned rat. Seeing where I was I realized that I had wandered too far down on the north side of the saddle and needed to arc my way back to rising hump that was the rock face down, which I could still dimly make out through the darkening trees. Abruptly bizarre hallucinations started coming and going, sometimes strong and completely absorbing and then easing off for a bit. I finally stopped my stumbling along and threw up with sparks and stars all closing in on me. Once I finished throwing up, I became lucid about the real danger that I was in and how my family would be down by the fire worrying that I was not back and that it was now dark. We were alone up there with no cell reception, at the end of an old logging road with many washouts that very few would willingly navigate. I had to pull it together and get back to them immediately, but I was so hampered by my distorted perceptions and mounting despair, that I astonished myself with an unexpected prayer. I begged whatever God maybe to not have this terror fall upon them and I would never again in my arrogance put them in the circumstance that a worst case scenario could happen to them. I picked myself up and walked straight in the direction that I thought the rock face was and in what seemed forever I came to the clearing and the cliff. I stood on the rock face that over looked our camp and could see that the children had stoked up the fire. I almost shouted but didn't and as I was making my way around the hardest part of the decent I realized that I was completely normal again. It was like something had just jumped off me and I was me again, the shift was subtle yet sharp. I called out as I heard my oldest daughter talking and keeping the rest assured, she came running and crying, saying how afraid they had been. I said that I was sorry and that it would not happen again. We did not stay that night but drove carefully down in the dark and made the long drive home that night. Everyone fell asleep as I drove and I ran the whole thing through my mind over and over. "What was that?", I thought. This is the first time that I have ever said anything about it.

[edu.M.A.]

Chris, this is the BEST STORY of all that you have shared!

[careymitchell]

I traveled to that area for 30 years to fish, and fished streams on both the north and south sides of the Beartooth. We never went to the Rosebud Creek drainage, but did the Stillwater and Boulder Rivers on the north side. While the Beartooth Wilderness is indeed huge, it is contiguous to Yellowstone to the south, the Shoshone National Forest, the Wind River Wilderness and the Tetons - altoghther 100 x 150 miles of prime habitat.

Despite having friends in the area, several in the Cooke City area, nobody ever mentioned sasquatch, and we never saw or heard anything that we connected with those guys. Of course, during those years, I never heard of sasquatch other than in connection with the northwest.

The only time I can recall an issue was around 2005 when we were fishing the Sunlight Creek, in the Sunlight Basin, on the southeast side of the Beartooth. The Sunlight Creek road turns south off WY296 about 40 miles from Cody, and we were about 25 miles in, near the end of the dirt road.

We were on full alert that day as 2 days previous we had had a much too close encounter with a sow grizzly with 3 cubs on the Shoshone River. Sunlight Creek is also prime grizzly habitat. This day, we were fishing about 100 yards apart, with little success, when we simultaneously got the same feeling - that we needed to leave - now. We had walkie-talkies, as the sound of the creek prevented vocal communication. At the same time, we called each other, each trying to calmly say that we were ready to quit. It was not until we got into the car and headed out that we both admitted to being scared shitless. We had no explanation for both getting the same feeling at the same time. Today, I understand there have been numerous sightings in that area.

We encountered all kinds of wildlife in those years, many bears, both black and grizzies, wolves, moose, and one cougar. We never experienced any issues, although we did leave some places out of abundance of caution. I've been as close as 50 feet to a grizzly and experienced nothing more than surprise on both parts, as he turned off the trail before I could get the camera or bear spray.

I think I had some encounters here in NW GA and TN back in the late 70s and early 80s, having no idea what was happening. I hiked, fished and backpacked solo a lot, most every weekend, mostly in the Cohutta Wilderness area. I usually went cross country, as the trails at the time typically didn't go where I wanted to fish. Many times, I would hear what I would describe as muttering, just audible above the background noise of the wind, etc. Never heard of sasquatch in those days. On one occasion, I fell and sprained an ankle and cracked a kneecap. Made a crutch of a forked stick and hoofed it out 3 miles with a 50 pound pack. Along the way, something paralleled my path, and I heard the muttering on both sides that day. Never an explanation..

Last May (2022) I had an incident where a very large handprint appeared on the back window of the Outback after being parked along a river in the Chattahoochee National forest. It measured 10" from heel to fingertips. No reasonable explanation, other than a big guy.

I'm now pushing 80, so my days of that kind of exploration are behind me. I just wish I could do it again, knowing what I know now.

[johntrek]

Yeah Boston what's up. I had an experiance down cape cod. I had land right next to govt land, it had nothing but forrest, tall grass, and beach front. It was a large area. We would have fires at night off our deck and we heard just the most gutteral, loud whoops and growl. It went on for only 5 minutes and stopped. This was in the 90s so I doubt anyone was messing with us. We all stayed up waiting and listening but never heard anything again. Just goes to show ya, these things are everywhere....

[raymondkisner]

Thank you. I need a positive story. My Russian blue cat Arthur passed away September 7. This will help m e cope.
Trying to listen to camping and hiking stories they help distract me.

[ZitherBeast]

Chris, you've quickly become my favorite story teller on youtube. Awesome stuff, keep up the great stories.

[evita-]

I like this podcast narrator s voice, the timbre, diction, the way he phrases every vowel and adjective.. clear and concise without losing it at the end ❤