Bigfoot and Dogman Wars | Sasquatch Unearthed: Beasts of Land Between the Lakes

Great show but it is very hard to hear what the witnesses are saying when the background music is so loud. Please lower it

Thanks to Eli and the STM crew for letting us be a small part of this project!

I camped at LBL solo a couple of times in the 90s. The last time I went, I was setting up camp after dark in early October when I got that "hair standing on the back of your neck feeling." Ended up throwing the tent into the back of the truck and checking into one of the resort rooms--- just as well, as it was around 35 degrees that night. What gets me is all the history this area has of sightings, but you never hear of shows like Finding Bigfoot spending any significant amount of time around LBL (or at least, I've never heard of them researching the area). Kind of makes me think they're not serious about finding anything.

A long time ago, back in 1976 when I was a young man of 17. My cousin Jake and I went hunting out on our Grandfather's 700+ acre ranch in East Texas. On this ranch there was about 200+ acres of thick woods that backed up to a national forest. It was a cool fall day in mid November, we decided we'd try our luck at deer hunting as our family freezer was getting a little low on venison. We liked to use a nice wooded ridge on the Southern side of the woods that overlooked a nice grassy clearing towards the North. This meant we'd be downwind of any possible deer grazing on this grassy area, as on this day, there was a calm breeze from the North. We sat with our backs against a couple of huge beautiful old growth oak trees. Grandpa respected the old growth trees on his property and taught us to respect them as well. We never harvested lumber or firewood from them unless they fell over in a storm or from disease. Anyway, there we were sitting under these old trees just quietly scanning the woods, waiting for a good sized buck to walk into this clearing. What happened next, I still can't believe to this day. If it wasn't for the confirmation from my cousin Jake, I would have shrugged it off as a hallucination or a bad dream. It started with the woods going completely quiet. I mean death quiet. No birds, no insects, no wind noise, nothing. It's as if someone or something hit the pause button. Jake looked over at me and whispered "Do you hear that?" "Hear what?" I asked. "Exactly! Nothin'! I don't hear nothin'!" he replied. Just then a loud crack erupted from the national forest side of the woods and Jake's eyes grew as big as saucers. It sounded like someone slammed the side of a tree with a Louisville Slugger. We both knew this was getting serious and in a hurry. Jake had his Dad's new 30-06 and I had Grandpa's old Winchester lever action 30-30. We raised our rifles and set our sights in the direction we believed the loud crack came from. I could hear my heart beating in my eardrums. The suspense was excruciating. I just wanted to get out of there, but Jake wanted to know what in the hell made that noise. To this day I wish we would've just got the hell out of there. After about 30 seconds that felt like an hour, we heard footsteps. Not hoofbeats but footsteps. Like a man running. You know, the seesaw pit pat bipedal rhythm of a human running. But this wasn't a man. It sounded like a damn bulldozer tearing through those woods. There was a smell in the air. I couldn't quite place it. Kind of like rotten meat mixed with sulphur. Closer and closer the sound got, louder and louder. It's as if this thing is about to pop out of the woods and into the clearing. My heart was in my throat, my mouth was dry and my hands were a sweaty, shaking mess. My brain is trying to rationalize what this damn thing is, but nothing fits. I'm frozen with fear. Just then the running stopped. My mind is screaming "RUN, you fool!" but my legs are like spaghetti, and I wasn't going to leave my cousin there by himself to face this abomination. No. Hell no! I'd rather die fighting, than do that. Ol' Jake was like a brother to me. I look over at Jake and he's got his right index finger up to his lips making the "shhh" sign. Then he points into the woods towards the North. "I see it! I see it Jake!." I whispered. Well, I guess this damned thing heard me, because it let out a earsplitting roar. Not a scream or a yell, but a damn roar. It sounded like a mix of a lion and an elephant. As it roared, the black mass we saw at the edge of the clearing, started to grow. The damned thing was standing up! Five feet, six feet, seven feet, eight feet, all the way up to what looked to be nine feet tall. It was at that point we knew exactly what it was. It was a damn... - Well, sounds like my wife is calling me for dinner. I'll finish my story later on.

I've not been into Bigfoot for long but the people I have met like BARTON Nunnelly and Darrell Denton and Martin Groves have become great friends with a lot of information and experience

The music is annoying over the talking.

Based on the research I've done, The Ojibwe tribe say there are Sabe, which is their name for Bigfoot, and then Bagwajiwinini, Which is a bigfoot tribe that have wolf heads known to be great hunters and scavengers that stop there occasionally in their travels.

Interesting documentary. The background music is too loud

I like your shows, but am I the only one who thinks the background sound affects are overpowering the people being interviewed. Maybe it's just my soundbar.

Guys we love your work but please, could you lower the sound of the background music. We can't hear what people are saying sometimes

Great show, good to see Joe & Jessi feature so prominently.

You can be skeptical all you want, until the real stuff goes down! And it's very real and my experience in 77 in Colorado proved it to me.

The best Small Town Monsters documentary I’ve seen so far. Outstanding! Credible witnesses, loved the history of LBL, and the incredible photography but the experiences people are having in the LBL make this documentary my favorite! Keep up the good work! 💕

This documentary was excellent! I could listen to Martin Groves talk all day. Another STM homerun! -Brad Haywood

Great job, Eli and the STM crew. Martin’s experience was terrifying. You can hear the fear and emotion in almost every eye witness interview. As terrifying as an encounter would be, Martin’s encounter is in the top 5 most terrifying along with Matt Emch, and Brandon Close, who was on several episodes recounting multiple experiences on Dogman Encounters Radio with Vic.

The LBL has a weird energy level. Some parts you feel normal & other parts make you chill up & you feel a negative energy. The noises we heard there one night was unreal & scary as heck. Trying to get some family members to go back with us but they are extremely hesitant. I think it’s a really cool place & I definitely go with nothing but respect. I definitely wish I lived closer to the property.

I remember first watching Scott Carpenter’s “The dogman monsters are real” video and several of his following videos - shocking footage indeed.

This was great! Always happy to see Jessi and Joe from Hellbent Holler! Their expertise in this field would be an invaluable resource. Well done STM!

Bravo ! So well done. The writing is excellent. Narrator is a nice change. Y’all keep getting better at this. And another thing, really appreciate all the folks who are brave enough to appear and speak on camera, talking so matter of factly about these “crazy beasts” who are scaring the daylights out of people.

There is an undeniable paranormal and metaphysical link with Bigfoot and Dogman. Truly fascinating stuff.