Witness Recalls 2001 Louisiana Sasquatch Hunt and Road Crossing Sighting

# A Sasquatch Took a Bullet: A Chilling First-Hand Account from a 2001 Louisiana Hunt So here's a story that doesn't get told often enough. A podcast recently surfaced featuring a guest named MK recounting an event from around 2001 that took place in the bottomlands of Louisiana, right near the Texas border. And let me tell you, this one is going to stick with you. MK was invited to attend a hunt organized by the Gulf Coast Bigfoot Research Organization, better known as GCBRO. Now, before anyone gets their feathers ruffled, MK wasn't there to do any hunting himself. He was keeping the fire warm back at camp. No gun, and as he put it, he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn anyway. The GCBRO folks were gracious enough to let him tag along and observe. Here's where things get interesting. The GCBRO had a very rigid set of rules for their hunts. They were serious about minimizing any potential impact on a population they believed existed. Only males could be targeted, and specifically, no juveniles. They had put a lot of thought into what would happen if a shot was ever actually taken. Up until that night, no one had ever fired a shot on one of their outings. That changed when a Native American man from Oklahoma, who was not a member of GCBRO but had talked his way into the hunt, decided to take matters into his own hands. The GCBRO folks had already had concerns about him. They felt he was underpowered, meaning his firearm wasn't sufficient for the task. But he was there, and he had performed some kind of ceremony before the hunt began, sitting cross-legged in front of the fire with a prayer and chant. The GCBRO had placed a roadkill deer down in the hollow along a creek as bait. According to MK, the creature was crawling on its belly toward the deer when this gentleman took careful aim. He shot at what he described as the space between specific vertebrae, putting human anatomical parameters on something entirely unknown. A trained military guy, sure, but trained for human targets, not whatever was out there in those Louisiana bottomlands. The radio crackled. "I got one." The GCBRO folks told him to shoot again. He refused. "I don't have to. He's dead." When everyone got down to the hollow, there was nothing there. No body, no sign, nothing. Just an empty space where something had been crawling moments before. They radioed back to camp asking for extra lights to search the area. That's when MK got his own encounter. He loaded up his truck with lights and started driving toward the hollow. Tall grass lined both sides of the worn-down road. And then, something came out of that grass and crossed right in front of his truck. MK got a really good look. And what he saw didn't match anything he'd ever studied. It wasn't a Patterson-Gimlin film type creature. It was smaller, maybe around 100 pounds, and it ran incredibly low to the ground. The way it moved reminded him of a rabbit, bringing its back legs up ahead of its body and pushing, staying completely under the grass the entire time. When it crossed into the gap of the road, MK could see it had an oval-shaped head. The GCBRO always referred to what they were tracking as a "monster," never Bigfoot or Sasquatch. And the history of these beings in the Louisiana bottomlands is extensive. This wasn't some isolated incident. Reports in that region go back generations. MK's account is one of those rare windows into what actually happens when someone decides to take a shot at a Sasquatch. The being disappeared. No body was recovered. No definitive proof was left behind. Just a story, a witness, and a creature that moved like nothing in any field guide. This is absolutely worth checking out. The full podcast episode dives deep into MK's experience and even touches on his thoughts about the Patterson-Gimlin film, which he's studied extensively over the years. He's been called Patty's defense attorney for good reason. Louisiana Sasquatch encounters often get overshadowed by the more famous Pacific Northwest reports, but the bottomlands down there have a rich history of sightings. The Honey Island Swamp Monster, the various creature reports from the bayou regions, they all point to something people have been seeing for a very long time. MK's account adds another layer to that ongoing mystery. If you're into first-hand witness accounts and the kind of stories that don't usually make the rounds, this one is a must-listen. The details about the hunt itself, the ethical considerations the GCBRO had in place, and MK's own unexpected sighting make this a standout episode.