SC EP:1291 The Skookum Thermal
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І лук лай сомбаді воз. bent over and had their head in the window of the deer blind and It either heard me or smelt me, and he pulled his head out of the tent and stood straight up and That that shocked me. They don't make people that that big. The way it moves. Uh almost as if it was gliding across the beach. I've never seen anything moves like that in my life. They were screaming at each other in gibberish. It sounded like a language and they were chuntering away back and forwards, back and forwards, back and forwards. I know what a bear looks like, and there is no way on this planet that what I saw were bears.
Nine one one, what are you reporting? Jesus Christ, you bet it. See him. Hello? Get somebody out here. What's going on now, sir? That son of a bitch is about six foot nine, I don't know. Do you see him now, sir? Yes, I'm looking right in. Uh oh. Hey Squatchers, this is Ian from the sunny southern US, and you are listening to the best show in the world, That Squatch Chronicles.
In Chinook jargon, skukum means strong, powerful, something that does not yield. Older still, in the languages beyond the jargon, it carried another meaning, a spirit of the timber. A presence in the mountains that was not quite human and not quite safe. Across Washington and the rest of the Northwest, the word is stamped on the map Skookum Meadows, Skookum Chuck Lakes, Creeks and Ridges that sit in a country where the canopy never fully lets go of the dark. When you hear the word skookum, the original meaning didn't necessarily mean wild man. It seemed to be a catch all. Evil spirits were called skookums. Wildmen were called skook'ums. In eighteen forty seven the painter Polkane stood in the site of Mount St.
Helens. He heard the Chinook talk about skookums. They were referring to wild men. wild men of a different kind, who lived on the mountain, A generation later, in 1924, gold prospectors in Ape Canyon, not far from where Paul Cain was, said that they were attacked by ape-like figures. In modern times, many reports have come out of Skookam Meadows. Back about 26 years ago, the BFRO were out there doing an expedition, and they left fruit in a muddy wallow, and came back at dawn to a body sized impression in the mud. A hip, forearm, heel, the press of something large that had reached in and then was gone. The group poured hundreds of pounds of plaster, and they were able to pull from it the Skocum cast. Tonight we'll be chatting with Grey Bear.
He's a member of the tribe there in Northern California. He lives here in Washington. He went out on an expedition and sent me this thermal video, and I'll post the video underneath this episode for you guys to check out and tell me what you think. But I asked him to come on and share how they captured that thermal and what happened that night. And this incident with the thermal happened this year just a few months ago. If you've had an encounter and you'd like to be on the show, shoot me an email. My email address is wes at sasquatch chronicles.com. And if you get a chance, check out SasquatchCronicles.com, you can become a member and get additional shows. Let's jump into it tonight. I want to welcome uh Grey Bear to the show.
Uh thanks for coming on. I really appreciate you being here. Hey, thank
you for having me.
Yeah, and you had sent me this thermal and I was really impressed with it. And I was curious how you guys got the thermal and what happened that night. Would you take me back a few months ago and walk me into what happened and how you guys got this video?
Um with a a group uh called Schemania Chronicles actually. And I've just recently joined this uh field research team and Got really lucky, uh, to be able to go out and kinda do some field research, get an idea of what it's like. And I've always been a believer in Bigfoot, even though I haven't seen him. So basically, like I said, the opportunity came and I did uh prior to the May first, I did a field expedition with the group. And kinda really got to learn the ropes and Definitely having a thermal out in the middle of a dark forest is pretty cool, man.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–7:52
2
What is the overall focus of this episode and who is the guest?
7:52–9:48
3
What does the word “Skookum” mean and how is it used in Pacific‑Northwest folklore?
9:48–16:47
4
How did Grey Bear become involved and what thermal video did he capture?
16:47–19:41
5
What did the night‑walk on May 1st reveal about the creature’s size and behavior?
19:41–58:10