Arizona Researcher Details Active Sasquatch Territory and Close Encounter
Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
If you've ever wondered what it's like to stumble into an area where multiple family groups of Sasquatch are living right under your nose, this interview is going to hit you right in the feels. A witness named Jason sat down with the folks over at Creek Devil to share some absolutely wild experiences he's been having in southeastern Arizona, and honestly, this one is hard to put down.
Jason wasn't even looking for anything when it all started. He was just out with his dogs, enjoying the desert, when he looked down and noticed tracks everywhere. And we're not talking about a couple of stray prints here and there. We're talking about an entire network of tracks in clay soil so thick it acts like natural plaster, preserving every detail. The consistency of the ground means once these creatures step in it, there's no erasing those footprints unless someone physically digs them out. And here's the kicker, Jason has actually found evidence of them trying to do exactly that. Broken limbs scattered around, clearly used as makeshift brooms to brush away their tracks. That's not animal behavior, that's intelligence.
The track sizes Jason has documented are what really got my attention. He's found tiny 3-inch prints with five toes, and he's quick to point out that no parent is letting a newborn run barefoot through mesquite and cactus. So what does that tell you? Babies. Multiple babies. Walking. And then he's got the big ones too, 18-inch tracks in his main area and a 20-incher about seven or eight miles away. For anyone familiar with Sasquatch research, the size variation within a single region is one of the strongest indicators of family groups living and breeding in the area.
Jason also mentioned finding hand prints, which is something researchers rarely get to talk about. He says he's seen three of them on all fours, just quick glances, but enough to confirm what the tracks were already telling him. And he keeps it simple with the locals, leaving apples out for them. Granny smiths get rejected, by the way. Apparently they don't like those. But regular apples? Gone within hours sometimes, sometimes a few days. They know he's there. They know he's watching their tracks. And somehow, they've decided to let him see what they're doing.
The encounter that really got under his skin happened while he was casting tracks. He describes this overwhelming, ominous feeling, the kind hunters know well, that primal sense of being watched. Then came the smell. And Jason grew up on a farm. He's hunted his whole life. He's smelled dead carrion, horses, chickens, you name it. But this was something else entirely. He describes it as something straight up dead, maggot-infested, just nasty, a smell of death coming from the other side of a tamarisk barrier. That's a well-documented phenomenon in Sasquatch encounters. Researchers have been collecting reports of these intense, almost otherworldly odors for decades, and the consistency across witnesses from completely different regions is one of those things that's hard to dismiss.
Then came the visual. A black flash, just 1.5 seconds, something big moving above his dog. And later, as he was driving away, he caught another glimpse. This time he had a clear 200-yard shot of the area, and he saw something crossing the road with really long arms, moving its right arm and left leg at the same time in a side-stepping motion. It hit the ground and disappeared the moment he stopped. That unnatural gait, the long arms, the way it moved, that's the kind of detail that sticks with a person.
Jason believes there are several groups operating in his area, not just one. And he points out that everyone talks about the Mogollon Monster, but these beings have been seen in Mexico too. The activity in southeastern Arizona, according to him, is way more than people realize.
This is one of those interviews that covers a lot of ground, literally and figuratively. Tracks of multiple sizes, hand prints, visual sightings, scent encounters, and even intentional behavior like track brushing and selective apple acceptance. If you're into the research side of this, it's worth every minute. Go give it a watch and see what you think.