{"podcast":{"title":"What if it's True Podcast","slug":"what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201","podcast_index_feed_id":1329201,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445587/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/what-if-its-true-podcast","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0572bf413e8f577e783a09b380f543fb.jpg","author":"Cameron Buckner","episode_count":709,"summary":"The What if its True Podcast features odd stories from ordinary people like you and me. Each episode will have one or more stories the writers claim are true. You can dismiss them as told by folks with great imaginations. You might even call them liars. Most people do. If you're like me though, there is always that nagging question you ask, but can't get an answer to. That question: What if it's True? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast--5445587/support .","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201"},"episode":{"title":"Sasquatch Terror for Hikers","slug":"sasquatch-terror-for-hikers","published_at":"2026-03-15T22:00:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201/sasquatch-terror-for-hikers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/sasquatch-terror-for-hikers--70649972","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70649972/podcast_audio_sasquatch_terr_for_hikers.mp3","summary":"Sasquatch Terror for Hikers In 2016, while driving from Los Angeles to Portland with his girlfriend and detouring for off-roading in his new Jeep, the narrator and his partner heard repeated blood-curdling screams echoing through remote mountain roads, sounding like a woman in distress. They dismissed it at the time, but later at a tourist spot they discovered a guest book filled with locals’ Bigfoot sightings, planting the first seed of curiosity in his mind. Four years later, now a committed Bigfoot believer with a new Jeep Rubicon, a massive Mastiff, and a new girlfriend, he set out on what seemed like a routine hike in the mountains near central LA County. As they descended into a bowl-shaped valley, they encountered a series of increasingly large piles of freshly uprooted shrubs and bushes deliberately blocking the narrow trail—plants too tough for any human to pull bare-handed—followed by twisted and braided tree branches high overhead. The climax came at a massive 9-foot-wide, 6-foot-tall wall of freshly torn trees and debris that completely sealed the path; after pushing through, they felt intensely watched, heard sprinting footsteps, and glimpsed a large figure scrambling up a steep cliff and hiding behind bushes, rocks tumbling in its wake. Years afterward, while camping with a friend in a Sequoia grove in Yosemite’s Sierra National Forest, the narrator heard slow, deliberate knocking sounds coming from the tree line across a clearing—sounds that ceased whenever anyone approached within 25 feet and resumed once they retreated, as if something were playfully interacting with them. Though his life has since changed dramatically—his beloved dog passed away in 2020, he sold his Jeep, moved away from Southern California, and hikes far less—these encounters left hi…","meta_description":"Sasquatch Terror for Hikers In 2016, while driving from Los Angeles to Portland with his girlfriend and detouring for off-roading in his new Jeep, the nar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2353,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201/episodes/sasquatch-terror-for-hikers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201/sasquatch-terror-for-hikers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}