{"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":"The Worst Bigfoot Encounter","slug":"the-worst-bigfoot-encounter","published_at":"2026-02-25T15:05:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201/the-worst-bigfoot-encounter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast-1329201","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-worst-bigfoot-encounter--70270179","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70270179/audio_a_weird_bigfoot_encounter.mp3","summary":"The Worst Bigfoot Encounter A lifelong hunter with over 45 years of experience—successful with everything from coyotes and deer to bear and turkey—announces he is selling all his firearms, gear, and donating his camo after a nightmarish solo turkey hunt in late April near Cave Run Lake, Kentucky. Traumatized beyond words, he has been unable to confide in family, friends, or doctors for fear of being institutionalized, and now reaches out anonymously with his story. While set up motionless against a massive black oak on a ridge, calling in a hot gobbler, he is suddenly seized from behind by a huge, dark-brown, hairy Bigfoot-like creature. Its thick, callused gray-skinned, gorilla-like hands clamp over his mouth/neck and around his waist, pinning him helplessly to the tree and neutralizing his shotgun. He watches in frozen terror as two sleek black, dog-headed “werewolf” or Dogman creatures—complete with erect ears and three-inch fangs—ambush and devour a doe in the clearing just yards away, ripping through meat and bone in minutes with clicking sounds and howls. When the pair turns toward his hiding spot, the creature holding him unleashes a deafening roar that summons a group of 4–5 more Bigfoot-type beings. They explode from the woods in pursuit, chasing the predators away. The Bigfoot then snatches his gun, hurls it into the brush, blocks his attempt to retrieve it, and finally releases him. The hunter sprints ten frantic minutes back to his truck (a trek that normally takes 45), abandons the shotgun on the ridge forever, and speeds away in panic. In the weeks since, he suffers crushing PTSD: insomnia, uncontrollable crying jags at work, paralyzing fear of any woods or even his own yard. He now drives extra miles on highways to avoid wooded county roads, refuses to s…","meta_description":"The Worst Bigfoot Encounter A lifelong hunter with over 45 years of experience—successful with everything from coyotes and deer to bear and turkey—announc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":943,"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/the-worst-bigfoot-encounter/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/the-worst-bigfoot-encounter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}