Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Two friends, "Eric" and "Tom", set out for a canoe trip on a Kentucky river… and end up trapped against a log jam with a terrifying Bigfoot encounter at arm’s length.
Pinned sideways in fast current against a deadly strainer with nowhere to go - a sheer mud bank on one side, a tangle of downed trees on the other, they fight to free their canoe from the jam. But then they realize they aren't alone - a massive, hair-covered figure steps out onto a narrow muddy shelf just above the waterline and watches them work from only a few feet away.
They had nowhere to go that was safe.
This is a close-range sasquatch sighting, not a shadow on a ridge or something half-glimpsed at night. It’s prolonged, in daylight, and terrifyingly calm.
This episode features a true-style wilderness horror story told in a firsthand eyewitness voice: no paranormal elements, no mind-speak—just a realistic river Bigfoot encounter that feels like it could happen to any canoeist or kayaker who misjudges a log jam in the wrong bend of the wrong river.
If you like realistic Bigfoot stories, true encounter-style narration, and edge-of-your-seat cryptid encounters in wild places, this story belongs in your playlist.
Where do you hide on river, when you and your canoe are pinned in a logjam in river bend?
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Buckeye Bigfoot is now available in podcast format.
Find us on Spreaker, iHeart, Spotify, Apple and more.
Or, tell your Amazon device: "Alexa, play the latest from Buckeye Bigfoot".
Classic Horror 1 - Dark World by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Direct Spreaker link for our podcast: spreaker.com/show/6699395/episodes/feed
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Do you have an encounter you'd like to share?
Email us at: contact@buckeyebigfoot.com
Two friends, "Eric" and "Tom", set out for a canoe trip on a Kentucky river… and end up trapped against a log jam with a terrifying Bigfoot encounter at arm’s length.
Pinned sideways in fast current against a deadly strainer with nowhere to go - a sheer mud bank on one side, a tangle of downed trees on the other, they fight to free their canoe from the jam. But then they realize they aren't alone - a massive, hair-covered figure steps out onto a narrow muddy shelf just above the waterline and watches them work from only a few feet away.
They had nowhere to go that was safe.
This is a close-range sasquatch sighting, not a shadow on a ridge or something half-glimpsed at night. It’s prolonged, in daylight, and terrifyingly calm.
This episode features a true-style wilderness horror story told in a firsthand eyewitness voice: no paranormal elements, no mind-speak—just a realistic river Bigfoot encounter that feels like it could happen to any canoeist or kayaker who misjudges a log jam in the wrong bend of the wrong river.
If you like realistic Bigfoot stories, true encounter-style narration, and edge-of-your-seat cryptid encounters in wild places, this story belongs in your playlist.
Where do you hide on river, when you and your canoe are pinned in a logjam in river bend?
**************************************************************************************
Buckeye Bigfoot is now available in podcast format.
Find us on Spreaker, iHeart, Spotify, Apple and more.
Or, tell your Amazon device: "Alexa, play the latest from Buckeye Bigfoot".
Classic Horror 1 - Dark World by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Direct Spreaker link for our podcast: spreaker.com/show/6699395/episodes/feed
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Do you have an encounter you'd like to share?
Email us at: contact@buckeyebigfoot.com
