# A TERRIFYING BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER IN THE REDWOOD FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA | SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS

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Published: 2026-03-05T13:00:02+00:00
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In this episode of Sasquatch Theory, I speak with John, a lifelong outdoorsman who grew up around the Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay area in California. John’s father was a Fish and Game officer and Apache, which meant John spent much of his childhood exploring the forests, rivers, and mountains of Northern California. Over the years he began experiencing strange and unexplained events deep in the redwood forests. John describes multiple encounters that left him questioning what might be living in those mountains. One night while parked in the forest with his girlfriend, something violently shook their car back and forth. John never saw what caused it, but the experience felt like something straight out of a horror movie. During another trip he discovered a massive teepee-style structure built from large trees in the redwood forest. Later that night he heard a chilling vocalization echo through the mountains that sounded very similar to the famous Ohio Bigfoot calls. In 1997 while exploring the Mount Madonna area with a friend, John witnessed something massive standing on a ridge above them. The creature was extremely tall with broad shoulders and began grunting while swaying side to side. The encounter frightened John enough that he yelled at the creature and threw a beer bottle in its direction before leaving the area. A year later while camping with his children, John and his son saw a large creature cross the road in front of them. After the sighting John returned the next day and found tracks and signs showing something had moved through the bushes toward a nearby creek. Years later John moved to Minnesota where he continues researching the Sasquatch phenomenon and has collected over 15 Bigfoot reports in the Spring Valley area. He has also experienced addi…

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