Tennessee Researcher Details Bigfoot Sightings and Barn Raids
Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
There's something happening in Tennessee right now that needs to be talked about, and I just stumbled across a video that lays it all out. A field researcher who's been at this for over four decades sat down with two witnesses who are dealing with some seriously intense activity on their properties. If you haven't seen this one yet, you're going to want to add it to your watchlist.
The interview is hosted by William Jebning of Creek Devil, a two-time witness himself, and his guests Bill and Chris from Tennessee came prepared with stories that honestly gave me chills. Chris in particular had a lot to share, and I mean a LOT.
Here's the rundown. Chris has been collecting reports from people in his area, and four separate encounters have come across his desk recently. Two of them involve sweet feed stored in open barrels in barns. The activity was so disruptive that horses were getting spooked, and these visitors were bold enough to bang on trailers and even throw rocks at vehicles, busting out windows. One witness described seeing two of them, one around six feet tall and another pushing seven feet, swimming across the river from a nearby slough and arriving right at dusk to terrorize the property until about 6 in the morning.
Then there are the freezer incidents. With everyone stocking up on meat during the pandemic, these opportunistic creatures figured out how to open deep freezers and help themselves. One guy had a hasp on his freezer but never put a lock on it, just a bolt, and they were slipping into his meat house, removing the bolt, and raiding his supplies. The witness told Chris there were three of them, a juvenile around four to five feet tall, one about seven feet, and what he called a "monster" that he estimated at around nine feet. The juvenile would apparently get out in the yard to distract him while the others robbed him blind. That's coordinated behavior, and it's the kind of thing that makes you really stop and think about the intelligence level we're dealing with out there.
Chris and a friend tracked the trail these creatures were using, and what they found was striking. The path was three to four feet wide, distinctly different from any deer trail, and it went all the way across the river to the neighboring property. They caught a rank odor at the site, which tracks with what so many witnesses have described over the years. That musky, almost overwhelming scent is one of the most commonly reported indicators alongside vocalizations and tree structures.
But the part that really got me was Chris's own personal encounter. He'd been working on his dad's old lawnmower up at the barn late at night, playing music while he tinkered. He heard something to his left or right, and the music got turned down. When he stepped onto his porch to glance back up at the barn, he caught a glimpse of one that he estimated at seven feet tall, with a juvenile alongside it. He decided right then and there he wasn't going back up there that night and left everything running.
The very next night, he went back to finish the job. This time he had a flashlight. Whatever he did apparently made them angry because they smacked the side of the barn. Chris unplugged the compressor, turned the lights out, and headed straight for the house. Smart move.
He explained that this time of year, they use his ridge as a travel corridor, crossing the road and heading down to the river, then over to the farms looking for sweet feed since berries aren't in season yet. They're scavenging for whatever they can find, and the activity spikes during deer hunting season when they're being pushed around by hunters and their dogs.
There's also a mention of two missing hikers in the national forest nearby, last seen wearing bright pink. The game warden told Chris the dogs tracked them a certain distance and then turned back, refusing to go further. Given how much activity Chris has documented in that area, it's unsettling to think about what might be lurking in those deeper sections of the forest.
What strikes me about this whole interview is how matter-of-fact Chris is about all of it. He's not trying to sensationalize anything. He's just reporting what he's seeing and what people in his community are experiencing. The trail evidence, the coordinated theft behavior, the juvenile acting as a distraction, the size variations from four feet to nine feet, it all paints a picture of a family group operating in that area, and they're not shy about it.
If you're into ongoing field reports from people who are actually living this stuff, this video is worth your time. The full interview goes into more detail than I can cover here, and Chris has a way of telling these stories that makes you feel like you're right there with him. Check it out and let me know what you think.