Minister Describes Chilling 1990 Bigfoot Encounter in Oklahoma Mountains
Posted Friday, June 19, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
There's something fascinating that happens when deep-rooted faith collides with an encounter that defies conventional explanation. A video making the rounds on YouTube dives headfirst into that intersection, featuring a conversation about the spiritual side of Sasquatch encounters and how one seasoned deliverance minister handled a chilling night at a pond in Oklahoma.
The clip comes from a channel called World Bigfoot Central, and it features a guest known as "Dave the Deliverer" - a man with over 3,000 exorcisms under his belt. The host introduces him as someone who's been on the show a few times, describing him as being on the "hyper religious side" and a "demon destroyer." But what makes this particular segment stand out is Dave's firsthand account from 1990.
Picture this: a full moon night in the Glass Mountains of Northwest Oklahoma. Dave had grown up fishing this particular pond, about a 45-minute drive from his house. After going through some emotional trauma from a breakup, he decided to head out for some late-night fishing around 11:30 PM. He was floating around in one of those inner tube hip wader combinations - the kind with a canvas cover and seatbelt that you waddle out into the water with.
For a couple of hours, everything was normal. He was fishing topwater lures, making plenty of noise trying to attract bass. Then around 2:00 AM, he heard what he initially thought was a cougar scream - maybe 150 to 200 yards off. Living in Oklahoma, cougar encounters aren't unheard of, though bobcats are more common.
But then things got weird. He started hearing footsteps, and suddenly he was hit with what he now recognizes as infrasound - that low-frequency vibration that researchers have long associated with Sasquatch encounters. It can cause intense feelings of fear, dread, and even physical discomfort in humans. Dave describes it as fear hitting him "like crazy."
Here's where the spiritual element comes in. Being seasoned in deliverance ministry, his first instinct was to start rebuking whatever was causing that fear. He began binding and rebuking in the name of Jesus, whose blood atones for his sins. But instead of the fear subsiding, it got worse. And that's when something truly bizarre happened.
A mesquite tree started shaking. Not just a branch - the entire tree. And Dave makes a point to emphasize just how solid these trees are. You could hook a chain to one, attach it to a pickup truck, and have to yank it at 20 mph just to shake the whole thing. Mesquite trees have incredibly deep root systems and wood that doesn't easily flex. Yet here were multiple mesquite trees being violently shaken.
That's when Dave's mind started racing. Were these illegal immigrants? What was happening? He even disassociated what he was feeling from what he was seeing for a moment before realizing the two were connected. He started talking out loud, announcing he was leaving and that they could have the pond.
The Cimarron River runs about two miles north of this location, and Dave wondered if something had come from there. He had flashbacks to "those great big ones" he'd seen before. Whatever was out there had to be massive and super strong to shake an entire mesquite tree through sheer force.
Despite having a .38 pistol, the first two cartridges were rat shot - tiny 110-grain bullets. The rest were meant for shooting catfish, which apparently eat the bass in these ponds. Not exactly ideal for self-defense against whatever was out there.
Dave never actually saw anything that night, but the fear he experienced was absolutely real. The infrasound phenomenon, the shaking trees, the overwhelming dread - it all points to something that doesn't fit neatly into conventional explanation.
What makes this account particularly interesting is the intersection of faith and the unexplained. Dave's experience suggests that traditional spiritual warfare tools may not always work against whatever is out there in those woods. The fact that his prayers and rebukes seemed to escalate the situation rather than calm it down raises questions about the nature of these beings.
For anyone interested in the spiritual dimensions of Sasquatch research, or those who appreciate firsthand accounts from seasoned outdoorsmen, this video is definitely worth checking out. The full conversation provides much more context and detail about Dave's background and other encounters.