Bigfoot Researcher Argues Cryptids Are Spiritual Beings
Posted Thursday, October 01, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
There's a fascinating conversation happening over on the Broadcasting Seeds YouTube channel that every researcher of the unknown needs to hear. James Williams, better known as Dark Waters, sits down for a deep dive into what the Bible actually says about the strange phenomena people are encountering in the woods, and trust me, this one goes deep.
Dark Waters recently came off a six-hour debate about the biblical worldview on aliens and UFOs, and he's bringing that same energy here. The core argument he makes is something that a lot of folks in the Sasquatch research community have been wrestling with for years. From a biblical perspective, the things people are seeing out there, whether it's Sasquatch, Dogman, the Rake, or even vampires, aren't just random animals wandering around. They're described as nephilim or the seed of the fallen. Fallen angels, lesser gods, demons. The Bible, according to Dark Waters, actually encapsulates all of this, but when people step outside that framework, they lose their defense mechanism against these things.
One of the wildest parts of the conversation centers around the concept of teleportation, and this is where it gets really interesting for anyone who's ever wondered how some of these entities seem to appear and disappear at will. Dark Waters talks about high-level sorcerers and witches who literally transport themselves from point A to point B. No planes, no boats, no cars. They just vanish and pop up somewhere else. He points to the testimony of Pastor James Koala, a man who was born through witchcraft rituals in Africa. His mother made sacrifices at altars around the world trying to conceive a son, and when she finally did, the head witch over Africa married the infant and transferred all her powers into him. Koala grew up sleeping with a python in his bed, and when he eventually came out of that life and became a preacher, he described walking into water and disappearing, then appearing somewhere completely different.
But here's where the biblical connection comes in. Dark Waters points to the story of Philip in Acts chapter 8. After Philip baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch, the Bible literally says Philip was there no more, and then he was found about a hundred miles away. Teleportation. Plain and simple. And Dark Waters says he's talked to Christian ministers, particularly from Africa, who've experienced the same thing. They were in prayer and got taken from one location and dropped in another to minister, then found themselves back home.
The conversation also gets into the concept of altars, and this part really resonated. In witchcraft, altars are physical setups with stacked rocks, blood sacrifices, goats, lambs, all that. But from a Christian perspective, the believer themselves becomes the altar. The sacrifice is you. It's the thing you thought you liked, the thing you loved, that you have to give up to draw closer to God. Dark Waters admits he was deep in the cryptozoology field at a high level, and one of the things he gave up was that very field. The research, the books, the obsession. He had to sacrifice it.
But here's the beautiful part for anyone watching who considers themselves a Christian and also happens to be fascinated by Sasquatch and all the other strange things lurking in the forests. God will pull you out of that thing, make you closer to Him, and then send you right back into it. All that accumulated knowledge about Rake sightings, Dogman encounters, Bigfoot evidence, it doesn't go to waste. It becomes an advantage. The average person on the street would laugh at the idea of a skinny monster creeping out of the woods, but researchers know better. They've studied it, captured images, watched the footage. The knowledge is real. The question is how to use it.
Dark Waters can be found on his Darkwaters YouTube channel or through his website for anyone who wants to dig deeper into his work. The full conversation on Broadcasting Seeds is absolutely worth the listen, especially for anyone who's ever felt conflicted about their faith and their passion for the unknown. It's a perspective that doesn't get shared nearly enough, and it might just change how you think about what's really out there.