Bitterroot National Forest Ranger's Terrifying Encounter with Unidentified Entity Revealed

Posted Friday, April 25, 2025

By Squatchable.com staff

Hey there, fellow Bigfoot enthusiasts! Have you heard about the latest video that's been making waves in the community? It's from a YouTube channel called Tales of the Lost, and it's titled "Scariest Park Ranger Horror Stories | Skinwalker, Bigfoot, Dogman Legends." In this video, we hear from a seasonal backcountry ranger named Elijah Redmoon, who's been working at Bitterroot National Forest for over five years. He shares a chilling story about his sixth solo patrol of the season, which took him to a dense stretch of the forest known as Whisper Hollow. Three hikers had gone missing in the past eight months, all found alive but changed. Elijah was sent to investigate signs of illegal camping and found the campsite by dusk, but there was no obvious sign of a struggle. Something compelled him to keep going deeper into the forest, and he found a tree split by lightning decades ago, blackened down the middle like a wound. Its bark was covered in symbols carved so deep they bled sap. At its base, a circle of stones. Inside it, teeth, human and animal mixed, arranged carefully. Elijah stepped into the circle, and the forest blinked. Not literally, but that's how it felt. The air changed. His breath steamed, even though the temperature hadn't dropped. The wind died, and something watched him. Not from the trees. From behind his eyes, he blacked out. When he woke, he was 10 feet from the circle. His boots were missing, his pack gone, his feet scraped and bleeding. On his chest, smeared in ash, was a symbol he recognized from his grandfather's old field journal. A binding mark. He spent the third night in a hollow beneath a fallen cedar, drawing protection symbols and burning the contents of the pouch his grandfather gave him. The smoke shimmered strange colors. The whispers stopped. He woke with the knowledge, the name, not to speak, but to cut. He carved the sigil into a stone with his last piece of flint and buried it in the circle. The forest screamed. Not sound, not vibration, feeling. Like a thousand angry eyes blinking shut. The path out reappeared. His boots, pack, and rifle waited for him at the trail head. When he got back, he burned his uniform, transferred to the Northern Station, never spoke of it again until now because something moved through his cabin last night. Didn't take anything. Didn't break in. Just left a stone on his pillow, the same one he buried. The mark carved deeper than before. This story is a chilling reminder of the mysteries that still lurk in our forests, and it's a testament to the experiences that our rangers face every day. It's a reminder that there's always more to learn about the legends that have been passed down through generations, and it's a reminder that we should never underestimate the power of the unknown. If you haven't seen this video yet, we highly recommend you check it out. It's a must-watch for any Bigfoot believer out there! Let us know what you think about it in the comments below. And as always, keep your eyes peeled for any new sightings or evidence of our elusive friends. Happy Squatching! 😊