Ohio Researcher Olivia Shares Bigfoot Sightings and Audio Evidence

Posted Thursday, July 30, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

So I came across this interview on the BigfootStacy YouTube channel the other night, and honestly, it's one of those conversations that sticks with you. Stacy Brown Jr. sat down with a young woman named Olivia from Ohio, and her story is the kind that makes you want to grab your camera and head for the woods. Olivia's been around the Sasquatch world for a while. She had her first sighting at age 12 in Arizona, somewhere near the Grand Canyon. Her family was driving through a national forest when they hit a traffic jam, and that's when things got interesting. She noticed a terrible smell — almost like sewage — and being the curious kid she was, she already knew what that kind of odor could mean. Then she glanced out the window and saw a dark figure with really wide shoulders and no neck stand up from behind a bush and walk back into the tree line. Nobody else in the car saw it. She couldn't even get the words out to tell anyone. Here's what makes this interview special — Olivia was actually featured on Finding Bigfoot when she was 13, back in 2013. So she's been in this space for a long time and knows what she's talking about. The encounter Stacy really dug into happened in March 2022 at Hellhollow, a wildlife refuge in Leroy Township, Lake County, Ohio. Olivia was hiking along a creek in the gorge when everything went dead silent — no birds, nothing. Then she got that unmistakable feeling of being watched. She started heading back up the stairs to the parking lot, and that's when she heard it: a loud war whooping noise coming from the gorge. She managed to film some of this and has audio to go with it. Stacy mentioned he had trouble loading one of the audio clips during the show, which is a real shame because a war whooping recording would be something else. But Olivia also sent over some track photos that Stacy was going to pull up. What stands out about Olivia is that she's not some casual hiker who stumbled into something weird. She's been paying attention to the signs since she was a kid — the smell, the silence, the feeling of being watched — and she's still out there documenting what she finds. That's the kind of witness that makes for compelling evidence. If you want to hear the full interview and see the evidence she shared, head over to the BigfootStacy channel on YouTube. Stacy also mentioned some upcoming events worth knowing about — there's a Bigfoot and Bruise gathering in Chipley, Florida on August 22nd, and a members-only expedition at Red River Gorge from October 1st through 4th. The Red River Gorge trip sounds like a blast — 300 acres secured, primitive camping, and apparently about 94% of Sasquatch sightings are road crossings, so they're strapping dash cams on vehicles for folks who can't do the trails. Definitely worth checking out this interview. Olivia's story is a good reminder that these encounters can happen to anyone, anywhere — even when you're just out for a quiet hike.