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iNTO THE FRAY RADIO - Encounters with the Paranormal

iNTO THE FRAY 559 | Bigfoot of the Cumberland Plateau

iNTO THE FRAY RADIO - Encounters with the Paranormal

Shannon LeGro

Society & Culture, Science, Religion & Spirituality

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Randy Hutchings joins us to talk Bigfoot encounters in Tennessee. These include his own, that range from a tree-peeker, to the very close and disturbing encounter with a juvenile.

Randy's books:
'Bear Mountain Bigfoot: The case for Sasquatch on the Southern Cumberland Plateau''Tennessee Pygmy: Legend or Reality?'


TN Cryptid Campout- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573643865014
Tennessee Wildman Con : A Cryptid Convention- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094368656070

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0:00.0

To infinite complacent people went to and fro of the earth about their little affairs,

0:05.8

serene in the assurance of their dominion over this small,

0:09.4

spinning fragment of solar driftwood, which by chance or design,

0:14.2

man has inherited out of the dark mystery of time and space. Thank you. I'm not. I'm going to On this episode of Into the Frey, I welcome Randy Hutchings on with me, and he is out in the beautiful state of Tennessee.

1:10.0

And he has been researching the subject of

1:13.0

Sasquoddle, Bigfoot, since 1998, and has personally taken over 130 first-hand witness accounts.

1:23.6

He has written two different books.

1:25.7

He also has his own cryptid con, essentially, and even a crypted campout, which I love, I mean, if you're in an area like Tennessee, why not do something like that, right, Randy?

1:36.7

But welcome on the show.

1:37.8

Exactly.

1:38.6

Thank you.

1:39.7

That was our thoughts exactly on the campout.

1:42.0

We live in, I like to call Tennessee the New Zealand of the South, so.

1:47.7

I like that. I like that. Well, and funny enough, you speak of New Zealand, and that's where

1:54.1

they filmed a lot of the Lord of the Rings, and you even have a book on the little people.

1:59.8

I do. I do. Tennessee pygmies, yes. I love that subject.

2:03.6

Yeah, I wanted to name the book so that people can look those up as we begin to chat here.

2:08.7

But the Bigfoot book is Bear Mountain Bigfoot, the case for Sasquatch on the southern

2:13.8

Cumberland Plateau. And then the book on The Little People is Tennessee Pigby, Legend or Reality.

2:21.0

I am fascinated by the little people.

2:23.6

I'm sure we'll touch on them just a little bit, pun intended.

2:27.5

But I would definitely like to see one of those.

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