East Tennessee Family Encounters Rock-Throwing Bigfoot Duo

A recent video over on Linda Eastburn's YouTube channel caught my attention, and honestly, it gave me chills. The channel, which is dedicated to all things Sasquatch, hosted a guest named David Lawson from East Tennessee who shared an experience that perfectly illustrates why these beings are so hard to pin down. David's story takes place back in 2015. He and his family were out scouting a spot on TVA land for dove hunting. It was getting late, the sun had just set, and the moon was starting to come up. They pulled into a gravel turnaround to take a look around, and that's when things got weird. Really weird. The moment they pulled in, everything went silent. Not just quiet—deadly quiet. No birds, no insects, nothing. David described it like driving into a bubble. That unnatural silence is something a lot of researchers have linked to infrasound—those super low frequency sound waves below 20 Hz that humans can't consciously hear but can definitely feel. Some folks in the Sasquatch research community have actually theorized that these creatures might use infrasound as a kind of defense mechanism, which could explain why witnesses often report that eerie, almost suffocating silence right before an encounter. It might even be why they seem to vanish into thin air. Then the rocks started flying. At first, David thought something fell out of a tree, but then another rock came out of the woods and hit the car. He figured someone was throwing rocks at them, telling them to leave. But when he looked toward the woods, he saw a shape step out from behind a tree. It was way too big to be a person, and he could see what looked like hair or fur coming off its arms and body. Right about then, something hit them from behind. When they turned to look, they saw a huge upright figure—dark tan, almost brown in color—running down a trail that ran alongside a cemetery. It looked like an oversized human covered in hair, and it disappeared into the woods. They started the car and turned on the headlights just in time to see a small sapling bouncing back and forth, showing whatever had been behind them had taken off running. David believes the one behind them was a distraction while the one in front got away. That kind of coordinated behavior between two Sasquatch is something researchers have documented over the years. The next morning, David went back. He found a 14-inch impression in the ground near an opening in the tree canopy, which would put the figure at around 7 feet tall—matching what they saw that night. What really stood out to me was how David described the silence. He said there were no smells, just that complete absence of sound. In nature, especially in East Tennessee, there's always something making noise. That unnatural quiet is one of the most reported aspects of Sasquatch encounters. David also shared that he went back to the area later with his wife and son, and while approaching from behind where the creature had run, he heard rocks being clacked together rapidly. Rock clacking is actually one of the most commonly reported sounds associated with Sasquatch activity, right alongside wood knocks and vocalizations. Some researchers believe it could be a form of communication or a warning signal. Before his 2015 encounter, David considered himself a mild skeptic. After seeing what he saw that night, he became a firm believer. And honestly, after hearing him describe the details—the size, the hair, the silence, the coordinated behavior—it's hard not to understand why. If you want to hear the full story straight from David, definitely check out the video on Linda Eastburn's channel. It's worth the listen.