Blaine Tyler Shares Sasquatch Vocalization Encounter on Quad Trails

Posted Wednesday, August 12, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

A researcher named Blaine Tyler from the YouTube channel Real Eyes Tv recently shared a pretty wild encounter that happened to him while out hiking, and honestly, this one gave me chills. Tyler was out on the quad trails, those paths where ATV riders tear everything up, and he mentioned that you don't usually find prints there because they get destroyed. But that's not even the interesting part. So Tyler is out hiking, and apparently a Sasquatch followed him back to his car. Not just followed, they started talking to each other right there near his vehicle. Tyler describes the vocalizations as this weird gibberish that sounds like broken English mixed with something else, almost like a completely different language. He compared it to recordings from a Navajo Reserve and even mentioned the famous Sierra Sounds recordings. If you've ever listened to those, you know exactly what kind of vibe he's talking about. Here's the frustrating part. Tyler had a cheap conference recorder with him, and he warns everyone not to buy them, says they're a complete waste of money. When he got home and reviewed the audio, there was nothing on it. The recorder failed him at the worst possible moment. He says he's since upgraded to a proper music recorder with better dual mics, something recommended by fellow researcher Mike Patterson. But wait, it gets even better. Tyler mentions another incident where a juvenile Sasquatch was screaming right near his car as he was driving out. He kept thinking he was running it over because the screaming only happened when he was moving. He got out twice to check under his wheel wells and was genuinely scared, not just for himself, but worried that if there was a young one under the car, would the adults understand it was an accident? He describes seeing 10-foot-tall adults about 20 feet away, and the juvenile was crawling around the car, maybe taking cover. That level of family awareness is something researchers talk about a lot, and it's fascinating to hear it described in such a real, unfiltered way. In the video, Tyler actually captures some audio that he says matches what he heard during that original encounter. He references UDMA recordings with similar gibberish and squeaky sounds. He plays it for viewers while showing some pictures. The audio is described as scratchy with some grunts, and he says it's clearly a different order from what he originally heard, but unmistakably the same type of vocalization. Hearing that sound straight on with no amplification device needed is pretty creepy, as Tyler himself admits. Tyler also teases an upcoming video where he went back to a location where he was ambushed by Sasquatch and they ran him out. One of them almost took his head off with a branch, and instead of running, he walked right up to them to see what they'd do. He got a picture of the juveniles but couldn't figure out where the adults went. That sounds like one you definitely don't want to miss. The lesson Tyler shares? Don't cheap out on your audio equipment if you're out in the field. A once-in-a-lifetime recording opportunity can be lost in an instant because of a $60 piece of junk. Honestly, that part alone is worth paying attention to for anyone heading into the woods with a recorder. If raw, in-the-field encounter content is your thing, definitely check out the video. Tyler's been at this a long time and his accounts have that authentic feel that you just can't fake.