Two Hikers Report Bigfoot Encounter Near Mount Rainier
Posted Saturday, August 08, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
So, I just stumbled across this incredible interview over on the Creek Devil YouTube channel, and honestly, I had to share it with you all right away. Two Washington-based hikers, Marcy and Gina, sat down with host William Jevnik — a two-time witness and field researcher with over 40 years of experience — to talk about an encounter that happened just two months ago on a foggy Tuesday morning around 7 a.m. on Mount Rainier. And let me tell you, the details they share are the kind that give you chills.
The pair had been hiking a trail that crosses a pedestrian bridge over a highway, which is already a pretty unique setup. Before they even reached the bridge, both women noticed something strange — a smell so bad it stopped them in their tracks. Combined with the amount of bear scat scattered along the trail, they figured whatever was out there was probably bruin-related. But what they actually encountered was something entirely different.
While watching a buck cross the road from the bridge, they heard commotion high up on a hillside in the trees. Trees crashing, branches snapping, something big moving through the forest — and getting closer. Gina described hearing the sounds way up the mountain before they ever laid eyes on anything. They initially thought it had to be a bear, especially with all that scat around, and they had their bear spray ready.
Then, through a small opening in the trees, they saw it. A dark, silhouetted figure that Marcy estimated at around 9 feet tall. She described it as skinny but athletic, with legs so long the tops would reach the middle of her rib cage. The feet, she said, were massive — way bigger than her husband's size 13s. The figure squatted down and picked something up, disappeared behind the trees, then came back to the exact same spot and grabbed something else. When they slowed the video down frame by frame, her husband thought they could see what looked like an animal carcass with a head and ears.
One of the most interesting parts of the interview is when Marcy mentions the regional variations that exist in Washington. The Cascade Mountains essentially split the state into two distinct zones, and the type of Sasquatch activity can differ depending on which side of the range you're on. The mountainous regions tend to have their own unique characteristics, and it's something researchers have noted for decades.
After the encounter, Marcy's husband went back to the area a few weeks later to see if he could find any tracks or get a sense of the terrain. He came back saying there was no way a person could have been up there — the underbrush was too thick, trees were down, and it was just impassable for any regular hiker. That lines up with what the women experienced, because the sounds they heard were coming from way up the hillside, not anywhere near the trail.
What really makes this interview worth watching is how genuine these two come across. They're not trying to sell anything. Marcy even mentioned she has a little Bigfoot action figure she takes on all her hikes and takes pictures of — earrings, a beaded medallion her father made her, hats, the whole collection. They're clearly people who have spent a lot of time in the woods and know what they're looking at when something doesn't add up.
If you want to hear the full story straight from them, definitely check out the video on the Creek Devil channel. William Jevnik does a great job asking the right questions and letting the witnesses tell their story in their own words. It's one of those sightings that stays with you — especially that moment when Marcy realized what she was looking at and said, "It's a Bigfoot, Gina. It's a Bigfoot."
Trust me, you'll want to see this one for yourself.