Ontario Woman Films Bigfoot Walking Into Portal of Light

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

A recent episode of The Cryptid Podcast featured an encounter out of Dundalk, Ontario that has been sitting with me ever since I hit play. A woman named Chelsea shared her story of waking up around 4 AM, pulled to her window by some inexplicable urge, only to find a glowing orb hovering near the creek line behind her property. What unfolded over the next 45 minutes is the kind of thing that makes you pause whatever you're doing and just listen. Chelsea called her boyfriend, Caleb, to come look. At first, the orb dimmed when she called his name, almost as if it didn't want to be seen by him. But once he got to the window, it blazed brighter than ever and began to move. And here's where it gets really interesting. She describes seeing legs walking around the orb, and in the footage she captured, there's a sheet of light that opens up near the ground that she and her brother later enhanced through contrast editing. What they pulled out of that still frame is wild. Broad shoulders, a tiny waist, and a head. Chelsea herself pointed out that she doesn't know a single human with that build, and honestly, neither do I. The behavior of this thing is what really got under my skin. It wasn't just hovering. It ping-ponged through the trees, going up high and dropping low, moving in ways that no person with a flashlight could replicate. Chelsea's boyfriend tried to rationalize it as a snowmobile or someone fishing, but the area was buried under six to twelve feet of snow with no active creek to fish. The next morning, they went back to look for tracks. Snowmobile tracks ended well before where the orb had been, and there were zero impressions in the snow where this thing supposedly stood. Nothing physical could have been back there. What struck me most, though, was how Chelsea described the feeling she got while watching it. Hope. Freedom. Peace. Love. She said her entire perspective on life shifted after that night, and her interest in interdimensional studies exploded. The Gateway Process and the Abscene files rabbit hole she fell into the night before adds another layer to this that I won't pretend to fully understand, but the synchronicity is hard to ignore. Ontario has a long history of Sasquatch reports, particularly in the more remote, heavily forested regions. The description of broad shoulders and a narrow waist matches countless witness accounts that have come out of the Pacific Northwest and beyond for decades. Researchers like Dr. Jeff Meldrum have long pointed to these proportions as a hallmark of what people are seeing in the woods. When you combine that with the lack of any physical tracks in deep snow, the erratic movement through dense forest, and the strange orb of light, you've got a case that doesn't fit neatly into any conventional box. The footage itself is worth checking out. Chelsea submitted two videos and a still image to the podcast, and the contrast-enhanced photo is the kind of thing that sparks debate in comment sections for days. You can see the figure appearing to walk toward what looks like a portal of light. Whether you interpret that as interdimensional, a cryptid, or something else entirely, it's a compelling piece of evidence that deserves a closer look. Head over to The Cryptid Podcast on YouTube and give this one a watch. Chelsea tells the story with so much detail and emotion that you really feel like you're standing at that window with her. And if you've had a similar experience, especially in the Ontario wilderness, you know where to find me.