He Recorded Bigfoot Speaking Since the 80s. What It Said About Missing People Will Shock You
Vincent Holloway, a nature photographer from Oregon, never believed in Bigfoot until a life-changing encounter in the summer of 1980. While photographing bears in the Cascade Mountains, Holloway was approached by a massive, hairy creature that spoke perfect English.
Their surreal conversation was recorded on Holloway’s new cassette recorder, but when the creature realized it was being documented, Holloway faced an impossible choice: keep the proof and become famous, or erase it and honor the trust of a lonely, intelligent being.
Holloway chose integrity, erasing the tape in front of the creature, who called itself one of the “people of the deep forest.” This act of trust led to a friendship that lasted years.
The creature, later named Walker, met Holloway several times over the next four years, sharing stories about its life, its people, and the challenges they faced as humans encroached ever deeper into their wilderness. Walker explained that their kind avoided humans not out of fear, but wisdom, knowing exposure would mean captivity or extinction.
Over time, Holloway became an advocate for wilderness preservation, keeping Walker’s existence a secret. Decades later, the world changed—technology made forests less private, and Holloway worried about the survival of Bigfoot’s dwindling population.
In 2022, news broke of Sarah Mitchell, a young woman who vanished while hiking in Olympic National Park. Her campsite was untouched, but searchers found huge, humanoid footprints nearby.
Holloway recognized them immediately. Driven by guilt and a sense of responsibility, he returned to the forest, seeking answers from the beings he’d protected for forty years.
Holloway encountered another Sasquatch, who revealed a dark truth: Sarah’s disappearance was not an accident. One of their kind, injured and embittered by a bear trap, had broken their most sacred law and k!lled her.
The others, fearing discovery and extinction, executed the rogue creature to prevent further harm to humans. Holloway was shown Sarah’s grave, buried respectfully in the old way, and given her pendant to return to her family. He left the pendant anonymously with a note, granting her parents closure without exposing the Sasquatch.
The creature explained that in ninety years, only seven humans had been killed by Sasquatch—always in extreme circumstances, usually when one was driven mad by pain or loss. The vast majority of missing people in the wilderness are victims of natural dangers, not Bigfoot. But the few exceptions reveal a species capable of moral reasoning, compassion, and sacrifice.
Before his death, Holloway was visited by Walker’s nephew, who thanked him for keeping the secret and for his integrity. The Sasquatch, now nearly extinct, would remember Holloway as the human who chose ethics over fame.
Holloway’s story is a testament to the value of trust, the complexity of the unknown, and the importance of preserving the mysteries of the natural world. Bigfoot, he insists, is not a monster, but another kind of person—capable of kindness, grief, and wisdom. Their existence, and their fading presence, is a reminder that some truths are worth more than proof, and some secrets deserve to be kept.
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