Even Pit Bulls are Afraid of Bigfoot

What if it's True Podcast

Cameron Buckner

Drama, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A woman and her husband once enjoyed the lighthearted hobby of exploring Bigfoot lore, often visiting Bankhead National Forest and joking about spotting the creature, until a chilling encounter changed her perspective. After adopting a pit bull named Bond, who began refusing to go outside at night, she experienced a terrifying moment when a loud, unidentifiable growl and howl erupted nearby while walking him, causing the dog to drag her back into the house in fear. This incident, coupled with strange deer behavior on their rural property and childhood memories of unexplained noises dismissed by adults, left her questioning what might lurk in the surrounding woods and fields. Though she couldn’t pinpoint the source of the sound—ruling out bears, pigs, or cats—she now believes something large occasionally passes through their area near the foothills, a suspicion reinforced by Bond’s ongoing reluctance to venture out after dark.

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0:00.0	Until recently, Bigfoot was just a fun subject that my husband and I enjoyed together.
0:18.8	We listened to podcasts about the subject not really knowing if
0:22.3	Bigfoot was real or imagined. It was intriguing to think of another life form, undiscovered,
0:29.2	and roaming the woods. The scenery is usually great in these videos as well. Sometimes we would
0:36.7	drive out to the Bankhead National Forest on the weekend for peace
0:40.3	and quiet, and our kids chatted, oh, there goes mom and dad again, squatching.
0:46.3	We talked about what it would be like to see a bigfoot, but it was mostly lighthearted chit-chat.
0:52.4	At Christmas, we adopted a pit bull terrier named Bond. He is an obedient
0:57.8	dog and well-tempered with my grandchildren. He almost never barks at anyone but strangers.
1:04.4	He is a faithful friend and he follows me everywhere. We had had him for a couple of months when he
1:10.6	began to act strange. I take him out
1:13.5	one last time after dark, and he would be ready and excited to go, and then as soon as the door
1:18.9	would open, he would back up and dig in and refuse to go outside. Since it's the last time
1:25.6	he'll go out before bed, when this happens, I have to pull his
1:29.2	60-pound butt out the door. One evening, I was taking him out around 8.30 p.m. He put up a fuss
1:37.1	the moment the door opened. He tried running under the chairs on the porch, so I took him out onto
1:43.1	the driveway. Then he tried to crawl under the vehicle. What's, so I took him out onto the driveway.
1:46.4	Then he tried to crawl under the vehicle.
1:50.2	What's wrong with you, you big scaredy cat, I said.
1:55.3	I pulled him down the drive a few feet where there was nothing to tangle himself in,
1:57.2	and he sat on my feet.
2:02.8	I continued to fuss at him wondering what on earth had gotten to him and was trying to get him to get on with his business. That's when the loudest growl I ever heard. The deepest,
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