Montana Judge Shares Multiple Sasquatch Encounters on Campfire Talk

# Montana Man Shares Chilling Sasquatch Encounters From His Neck of the Woods If you've ever wondered what it's like to live in a place where Sasquatch sightings are practically a part of daily life, this one's for you. A recent episode from the YouTube channel CREEK DEVIL features host William Jevnik sitting down with a longtime friend known simply as "the Judge" — a man who spent years living in a tiny Montana town with a population that barely cracked 500 in the winter. What he shared is the kind of stuff that keeps researchers up at night. ## The Hunter Who Left Everything Behind The Judge kicked things off with a story about his hunting partner — a guy who was, by all accounts, not easily rattled. This was a man who had pelts and taxidermied heads covering his walls, a tow truck operator covering 200 miles of Montana wilderness, and someone who prided himself on being able to handle just about anything the backcountry could throw at him. His routine was simple. Drive until the road ended, then hike five miles into the mountains before setting up camp. Truly the middle of nowhere. One morning, he woke up, looked out his tent flap, and saw something about 50 yards away. The description that came out of his mouth still gives chills. He said it was silhouetted, hulking, every bit of 5.5 feet wide and 13 to 14 feet tall, pitch black. The thing looked at him, let out a tremendous roar, and that was all it took. The hunter grabbed his gun and left. Twenty years later, his gear is still sitting out there. Nothing scares this man — but that encounter was enough to make him abandon everything he brought with him. ## The Comet Photographers Who Got More Than They Bargained For The same hunting partner had a second story, and this one is wild. Late one night, he got a call from two women who had locked themselves out of their car. Now, this wasn't a suburban parking lot — this was 10 miles down a dirt road with nothing around for 20 miles in any direction. When he arrived and shined his headlights on their vehicle, there was no one inside. He called out and heard a timid, shaky "hello" coming from underneath the truck. The two women were hiding beneath their own car. Turns out they had driven out to photograph a comet — away from city lights, perfect dark sky conditions. They set up their tripod and camera, and just as they were about to shoot, a Sasquatch walked right out of the scrub. It strolled past them without even looking, didn't care they were there, just kept walking right through their setup. They bolted for their car and locked themselves in — then realized they'd left the keys inside. The Judge's friend had to calm them down enough to even get their camera back. By the time they reached town, they could barely speak. They grabbed their coffee and left without saying much of anything. ## The Neighbor Who Called Him Over The Judge had his own brush with the phenomenon. A neighbor who lived less than a mile away called one day and said, "The big guy's here. Why don't you come over?" The Judge knew exactly what that meant. But before he could head over, the neighbor's wife got involved — she didn't want a scene, didn't want publicity, and wanted the creatures protected. So the neighbor uninvited him. Montana, particularly the Callispel area and the Glacier Park region, has long been considered prime Sasquatch territory. The Judge mentioned that encounters in that part of the country go back generations. It's a haven for them, and there are a lot of them. ## A Brush With a Grizzly — And a Stroke The conversation also touched on the Judge's own health scares. He had a stroke that knocked him out for about a year, and he mentioned a separate incident where he ended up face down in his garden after a run-in with a grizzly. His neighbors only found him because they heard the bears going at it and came out to chase them away. The Judge joked that he probably smelled worse than the garbage the bears were after — and that he would have been a light snack if they hadn't intervened. ## The Movie Extra Frozen in the Snow In a fun tangent, the Judge mentioned a friend of his who had been a hunting guide for celebrities — including someone named Sloan — and was also asked to be an extra in a movie. The friend had to literally sit in the snow for hours while they filmed a scene of him frozen to death. The Judge couldn't remember the name of the film, but William suggested it might have been Jeremiah Johnson, and the description does match that classic Robert Redford film. --- This episode is a goldmine for anyone interested in the long history of Sasquatch encounters in the American Northwest. The Judge's firsthand accounts — especially the hunter who left his gear behind and the comet photographers hiding under their car — are the kind of stories that remind you just how real these encounters can be for people living in remote parts of the country. Definitely worth checking out the full episode over on the CREEK DEVIL channel.