Bigfoot Reportedly Throws Rock at Boaters on Lake Wallenpaupack

A recent video posted to YouTube has caught my attention, and I think anyone interested in Sasquatch sightings in the Northeast will want to check this one out. A creator named Shelley, who runs the channel "There's No Place Like Home," shared a fascinating account from her own family about a possible encounter on Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos. The story centers on Shelley's 20-year-old daughter and her son-in-law, an avid fisherman and hunter who knows his way around the outdoors. The couple was night fishing on the lake, tucked back in a cove surrounded by woods on three sides, when things got weird. Around 8:30 or 9:00 PM, they heard a loud "kerplunk" and a huge splash in the water about seven feet from their boat. When the daughter asked if it was a fish, her husband shook his head and said it was a really big rock—one that would have been heavy for a person to pick up and toss far enough to land that close to them in the middle of the lake. The son-in-law initially thought they might be trespassing on private property, so he called out an apology. Silence. No response. That's when the daughter started getting scared and suggested they leave. Her husband, being the dedicated fisherman he is, wanted to cast a few more lines first. But as they were quietly trolling out of the cove using the trolling motor, they both heard extremely heavy footsteps coming from the woods, moving toward the shoreline. Even this experienced outdoorsman decided it was time to go. Shelley brings up some interesting points in the video about why this might fit the pattern of a Sasquatch encounter. For one thing, rock-throwing is a well-documented behavior associated with these beings. Researchers and witnesses have reported for decades that Sasquatch will hurl rocks, sticks, and other objects at people—usually not to hit them, but to warn them away from an area or to establish their presence. The fact that the rock landed just seven feet from the boat, rather than hitting them, fits that pattern perfectly. She also addresses the skeptic in her own family—her 15-year-old daughter suggested it might have been a bear. While bears can certainly drop or roll rocks, they can't hurl them with the kind of force and accuracy that would be needed to land a boulder-sized rock seven feet out into a lake from the shoreline. Plus, bears don't typically make heavy footsteps that sound like a person walking through the woods. Lake Wallenpaupack is a 5,700-acre lake in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and it's surrounded by thousands of acres of forest. The area is known for outdoor recreation, but it's also prime habitat for a large, reclusive being. Shelley mentions that there are indeed other sightings reported in Pike County and the surrounding counties, though not as many as in the Allegheny National Forest in western Pennsylvania, which tends to get more attention in the Sasquatch community. One thing that stood out to me about this account is that the family seems to have a history of unusual sightings. Shelley mentions that she has 11 children, and several of them have reported seeing strange things over the years—her teenage son thought he saw a dogman walking behind a barn, and her youngest daughters saw a boomerang-shaped craft in the sky. Whether this is a case of family predisposition to these experiences or simply a matter of being open to noticing them, it's an interesting thread. The video is worth watching for the full account and Shelley's thoughts on it. She comes across as genuinely curious and open-minded, and she's not trying to sell anything—just sharing what happened to her family and asking for input. If you're interested in Northeast Sasquatch sightings or just enjoy a good story that might be more than a story, check it out.