{"podcast":{"title":"Backwoods Bigfoot Stories","slug":"backwoods-bigfoot-stories-6739689","podcast_index_feed_id":6739689,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6049961/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/backwoods-bigfoot-stories--6049961","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac96caaa67a677213f681ad5becbc7db.jpg","author":"Paranormal World Productions","episode_count":279,"summary":"Backwoods Bigfoot Stories is a paranormal storytelling podcast featuring real Bigfoot encounters, Sasquatch sightings, Dogman experiences, and terrifying cryptid stories from deep in the wilderness.If you love true scary stories, campfire tales, and firsthand accounts of unexplained encounters in the woods, you’re in the right place. Each episode dives into chilling eyewitness reports of: Bigfoot and Sasquatch encounters Dogman sightings Cryptid attacks and mysterious creatures UFO encounters and strange lights in the forest Paranormal experiences in remote backwoods locations These are immersive, atmospheric stories pulled from people who claim to have come face-to-face with something they can’t explain. From eerie sounds in the treeline to shadowy figures moving just beyond the campfire glow, Backwoods Bigfoot Stories explores what happens when ordinary people venture too far into the unknown. Whether you’re a believer, a skeptic, or simply fascinated by the unexplained, this podcast delivers gripping storytelling that blurs the line between folklore and reality. Turn down the lights, step into the forest, and listen closely…Because something might be watching. Follow and subscr…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T08:23:55.325359+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backwoods-bigfoot-stories-6739689"},"episode":{"title":"New Jersey: The Jersey Devil & Bigfoot","slug":"new-jersey-the-jersey-devil-bigfoot","published_at":"2026-09-06T04:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backwoods-bigfoot-stories-6739689/new-jersey-the-jersey-devil-bigfoot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backwoods-bigfoot-stories-6739689","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-jersey-the-jersey-devil-bigfoot--74927446","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74927446/bwbs_jersey_final.mp3","summary":"The Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip crosses the Delaware River into the most densely populated state in America, then disappears into nearly a million acres of Pine Barrens. This stop digs into the full story of the Jersey Devil, beginning with the real Leeds family of colonial Burlington County. We trace the strange history of Daniel Leeds, a printer condemned by members of his own religious community, and his son Titan Leeds, who became the target of one of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous public feuds. From there, the story evolves into the legend of Mother Leeds and the birth of her infamous thirteenth child in 1735.Then comes January 1909, when Jersey Devil hysteria exploded across the region. Mysterious hoofprints appeared on rooftops and through snow from Bristol to Camden, witnesses reported a winged creature moving through the night, police allegedly opened fire in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, schools and businesses temporarily closed, and the Philadelphia Zoo offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of the creature. But the legend didn’t end there. The episode follows later encounters deep inside the Pine Barrens, including a chicken farmer in 1960, a frightened couple staying at a remote deer cabin, and two campers along the Mullica River who claimed something followed them through the darkness.And the Jersey Devil may not be the only unexplained creature roaming these woods. The second half of the episode turns to New Jersey’s lesser-known Bigfoot history, including listener accounts of towering, hair-covered figures seen from a cranberry bog dike, beneath a hunter’s tree stand, and during a solitary night along the Batona Trail.It’s a journey through colonial history, newspaper panic, generations of folklore, and modern eyewitness encounters from one of th…","meta_description":"The Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip crosses the Delaware River into the most densely populated state in America, then disappears into nearly a million acres o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3542,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/backwoods-bigfoot-stories-6739689/episodes/new-jersey-the-jersey-devil-bigfoot/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/backwoods-bigfoot-stories-6739689/new-jersey-the-jersey-devil-bigfoot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}