My Dad was from Eastern Tennessee, and when he was a teen he ran moonshine for the mooshiners, this was back in the early 30's, he seen many strange things, he wouldn't talk about. I am now 71 yo. When we were children, our parents told us not to be far from our cabin after dark, the "boogers" would get you. My Dad was a coon hunter, and one night when he was hunting on our 275 acres, my 2 brothers [12 and 14] and a cousin [13], was running thru the garden chasing each other. They ran into the house screaming there was a 11-12 foot giant chasing them. Mom made them stay in, closed the shades, and locked the doors. I remember how scared they were, it scared me, to see them so scared. Love your channel, I just found you today, and have subscribed. Looking forward to more of your excursion videos. Thank you. Granny Jan
Wow!!! What an amazing story, thank you so much for sharing! That's what I love about this channel, I get first hand knowledge of the most amazing stories! I will be putting out some new videos on this topic soon, I hope you enjoy!
Howdy, Can't say I blame you. Those people would survive a horrible catastrophe. If or when the power grid fails, (not being pessimistic, just realistic) I think a lot of city folks wouldn't make it, I certainly think these people would. I might join y'all. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated, C.M.
December 10th 2007. I was hiking alone and when I reached Preacher’s rock trailhead I stoped at the parking spot for a break and there was an old grandpa wearing a bright and old green sweater that stinked kinda bad. He was sitting on the back of his van with a golden retriever so I asked him if I could pet his dog ( as I have 2 golden retrievers and they’re the best dogs) he said yes and he started asking me where I was from and what do I do for a living? And if I was hiking alone or in a group? He also asked me if a have any guns or knifes because last week there was a mountain lion attack that almost killed a hiker. I told him not I don’t have a gun but I have a small pocket knife that I showed him. He said that’s not enough to kill a mountain lion. I was like well I hope I don’t encounter one. Then we chatted for a little bit and he started ranting about the federal government. And before I was leaving he told me If he could join me on the trail because he really wanted to hike up but he being an old man and suffering from heart conditions so if something happens to him at least I could tell police where he was. I felt something, a strange sensation in my gut by the way his eyes looked. He had some really penetrating gaze and he would always make direct eye contact that I couldn’t hold so I would look away for some seconds. After thinking what should I say this old grandpa I told him “I’m sorry but I’m in a hurry and I really want to walk fast to get to the top before sunset” he kinda looked mad and said aight I’ll just wait for someone else. I proceeded to hit the trail but I could never forget his gaze. Even tho he was an old man his gaze gave me a bad vibe and I was thinking about it the whole trail. 25 days later when I was at home I watched this same guy in a mugshot on the news channel so I turned the volume up because I was intrigued I thought he died on the trial (because he told me he had heart problems) to find out he kidnapped and killed a girl about 15 miles on another parking lot. The guy I interacted with was fcking serial killer Gary Michael Hilton. I think he asked the same questions and told the same story to Meredith Emerson and she was kind and good hearted so she agreed to hike with the “old grandpa with heart problems”. So now I don’t trust anyone even if they have good intentions and they greet me I just say hi and continue my hike without stopping and if they ask me to stop to ask me a questions I just say sorry I’m in a hurry and keep going. I also carry a 9mm Glock 43x. It’s small and concealable. Another crazy experience happend another year before when I was hiking and at the distance I saw a naked old guy just walking around. So I freaked out and stopped before he was gone. Stay safe guys. Never trust anyone. Edit2023; for those saying it’s a fake story because you’ve seen this same post on other videos. Well maybe read the username before making claims. It’s me sharing my story, I also shared it on Reddit with the same username. Why would I lie? Also thanks to everyone who shared their stories as well. I’m glad we made it but it’s kinda sad to think about how many people are gone that maybe had problems with their family members and stoped communication with them and they’re forever gone without anyone asking about them.
Hey Safemoon Prince! What a crazy story! that is freaking wild, I had a run in with a local killer and his girlfriend when I was young and I still remember it to this day! I carry as well, I just dont usually show my weapon in my videos because I am a big 2nd amendment advocate and I want to inspire people to go out and explore. I don't want people to feel like they have to always have some weapon with them if they are not properly trained. So I don't use mine as a prop to make my video "look cooler." I know it proberly would help with views, but thats not the message I am looking to send. Anyway, thanks for the story and the support! hope all is well!
Good story, ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR GUT FEELING! ALWAYS! that ia spiritual talking to you and it is warning you. Always listen to it and whe you get it analyse the situation very carefully and if in doubt DO NOT do it. Many people do not realise and do not beleive buy that gut feeling we get is spirotual connection and a warning to us from beyond, listen and develop to your intuition, when you become aware lf it, you will see how wonderful it can be.
I remember my grandparents always telling us when we were kids in the Pocono Mountains in the middle- 60s stay to out of the hills.The hillbilly's will get you and you'll be gone forever. Remember sitting on the porch with my parents and grandparents in the dead at night and can hear them communicating with odd sounds and whistles. That advice worked for me!
My family has always whispered about some of our relatives going back to the forests. It sounds too wild to be true until you realize that there is a known Native American family to the northeast who has strategically inbred innocent relatives, unaware of relation to each other... Anyway, back in the 60's there would have been probably a few hundred members at best but today the numbers are in the thousands. Spread across many states, attached to many surnames at this point and the inbreeding is so strategic that there are no deformities outside of the level of violence which is also documented. But, Pennsylvania Native Americans are EXTINCT. So you have nothing to worry about. They're not hillbillies, they are the wild ones. The hillbillies are sitting around bonfires drinking beer. You're grandparents were having a completely different conversation with you. You won't find the truth in the history books, they wrote it wrong.
In a country of 320 million people.. it would be statistically a miracle that every single person can be accounted for, living somewhere in civilized society. There must be at least 100s if not 1000s of wild people spread across the land.
The stories have been in our country for centuries, maybe under "wildman" or even "bigfoot." We have hundreds of millions of people in this country. I feel like it would be kind of arrogant to believe we have a complete understanding of the human condition. I think that inbreeding could play a big role in this, as well as people fleeing the law. I think people could revert to their animalistic tendencies just to survive. The Appalachian Mountains are massive, I mean they go from GA to Maine after all. We are constantly pushing animals out of their homes as a result of gentrification. Who's to say humans aren't there as well. Thanks for having an open mind! Hope all is well!
Totally agree with you man! I was born and raised in East Tennessee and only left for the Army. After coming home, my fishing holes were Targets and there are coffee shops on every F**kin corner! Not to mention the dang trash, corn and glass in our mountain streams. It's like when you go into a store and go checkout, they try to cut infront of you like they are ordering drinks in a bar. I think if they hear our legends, they might be a little more hesitant to go in our mountains. My brother is a fishing guide, they literally felt like they could block off the boat ramp because they thought they "owned" the river. We,ve been fishing that river since the freaking 80s.....it's frustrating. Things are supposed to move slower, we help each other here and things are just getting ridiculous. Thanks for watching!
@@blackmassparanormal Very true brother. My family has 200 years heritage in the mountains and all evil that has beset the region has come from outside. Very proud of my mountain heritage also!!!
@@blackmassparanormalunfortunately that’s happening everywhere. No morals, self absorption, not respect for the earth. I’ve seen the land change so much here where I moved to Florida over the past 30 odd years. When I went back to my childhood home in Ohio, I didn’t recognize it
I was hiking in west Virginia back in 2002 and came across a family living in a shack in the middle of the woods about 10-15 miles south of Webster springs, WV. I didn't expect to see anyone but they kind of crept me out so i said, "hey, how yall doin?" They stared at me for about 15 seconds before they started hooting at me and ran towards me. I turned and ran, they quit following me and i kept on going all the way back to my truck about 3 or 4 miles from where i parked it on a back road. I drove back to Webster springs and reported what i saw to the police but they said they never found anyone. It was the last time i went that deep in the woods alone since.
My dad and his cousin came across some wild ppl in west virginia when they were kids. I'll never forget how terrified he sounded while telling us about it. He wouldn't let us play in the woods when we were children. Be safe!
Really?! I would love to hear more! If you want you can email me your story to (blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com), I'm gathering as many stories and locations as I can! That sounds scary! I hope all is well!
@@holeefuksumtingwong5788 yes I remember some crazy stuff from when I was a kid. I have tons of family there and here in Mississippi we really do have some things ppl wouldn't believe
Our Pastor went up to the mountains near Brevard with a bunch of clothes and blankets and stuff. He wanted to contact the people that live up in the woods there. We call them ''The Forest People'' around here. Pastor went up to find them and offer them the stuff. He found them. They did not want anything that Pastor offered him. They just live out there in the woods and keep to themselves and do not want anything that people try to give them. They wander around in the woods and do not stay living in one part of the forest but move from place to place in the woods.
Hey Ob Ord! No kidding?! thats amazing! I would love to hear more about his story if possible! my email is blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com any additional info would be greatly appreciated!
it would be interesting if he just left the stuff there, as they do not trust outsiders. As I had put in a previous post one family took fish from my dad. but his family was there for 6 generations and known to them.
We have same thing in Arkansas, we call them Tweakers, and avoid them at all times. They steal your stuff and sell it to pawn shops. Mow their grass at night, and can't be still.
No doubt, we definitely have had our fair share of that crap here in East Tennessee. That actually could be an explanation for it, people fleeing from law enforcement and end up just so brain dead that they are running around like animals. Hope all is well! Thanks for the support!
Hahah oh yeah definitely different than the weaker from out here in phoenix those are scary back home but out here it’s a whole different level of crazy
😮 You know what I agree . Arkansas has it's share of meth mountains . The Ozarks. My parents moved me from Appalachia to the Ozarks and couldn't get away from having neighbors on it .
I have respect for people's desire to make RUclips videos, but I question the sincerity of the mission to find "feral" people in East Tennessee. I am from East Tennessee for over 50 years and I have yet to see any feral people in the mountains. Let's make the distinction between feral and what could be Bigfoot. In the distant past, yes, there were groups of mountain people who would be considered feral, but today there are very few if any. This video doesn't do justice for the people and area of East Tennessee to escape the long-held belief of being backwards, toothless, barefoot and wild. For someone who is a former park ranger, he seemed out of his element. Just an observation and my opinion. Otherwise, it's an interesting topic and video.
Wayne...I love a Good Story like many other wilderness lovers...I, lived near the Cherokee Rez....sits on border between TN. & N.Carolina. Heard alot of stories. Seen nothing..but minded my own business. I must agree with You, Wayne. YOU been there ur while life. And know ALOT More than many. Meanwhile I really miss the Smokies. JUST NOW stumbled on this here story...so gonn listen to this guy just because. Take Care, Wayne
Exactly what I was thinking. I’ve been all over West Virginia and have never seen feral people. I can’t speak about Tennessee besides a good coffee shop in Nashville. I would agree if this was the amazon jungle but this is Amazon prime delivery with millions of people only hours away. With everyone having a phone we would have footage. He should have gone for a more witch project vibe on his video haha
It does look like someone recording his first hike ever after reading a creepy story about the trail. I think people see what they want to see. Ghoul looking folks eating other humans? Come on. I do believe that most people need mystery and enchantment and that's why they believe in such stories. As if nature wasn't amazing enough to enjoy without those tales.
I live in the PA Appalachians and there's been many sightings of feral people. Each witness described them all about the same. I've had similar experiences in the woods as you numerous times with suddenly smelling something awful, clicking and whistling noises and the feeling of being followed.
Really?! You've got an interesting name!! I would love to know where this happened and any additional details you may have! You can send me an email if you want, I would love to include your story in an upcoming video if you would be interested. I can keep your identity private as well.
Howdy, Not to pry, but I'm in Pennsylvania too. I can understand if you'd rather not say, but was wondering the approximate area in PA where these things occured? Much appreciated 👍👍
The Cherokee have stories about these people. They aren't bigfoot. They're wildmen. I think Daniel Boone ran into them too. South Force 10 has a channel on RUclips and he talks about his uncles being paid by the government to clear out the wildmen before the Great Smokey Mountain National Park went in. It would be bad business to have tourists going missing and being eaten. He has an explanation for the Dennis Martin case too.
But the clicks can be made by people making them just like my ancestors, we made sounds of owls,other birds and animals and that is a way to communicate icate
Had a run in with a really weird family ,it was scary living next to these people . They had no rules to what they did to people and property , they didn't talk to anyone and were so dirty. It's like they were wild. The two sons ,I'm sure there still alive ,living by stealing . I walked by the delapitated shack to go up the hill and they watched their dog try to rip my baby from my arms, when the health department was called on the dog ,they took a gun and put about 40 shots into my dad's tiny shack , trying to kill my brother a high schooler at the time. Trying to get inside from the yard he sliced his foot open and heard all the bullets zoom past him. This is a true story. It's a small area in the Awanita Valley in S.C.
@@terriejohnston8801if you're a neighbor of them it's kinda impossible especially if you're equally as poor or live in their vicinity you can't really avoid them and even if you're minding your own business and their dog tries to attack you while they're just standing there not doing anything about it Sounds kinda fucked up to me People can't avoid all kinds of people who just exist, but while existing don't care about the welfare of others in the same shared space You can't always help who your neighbors are
@CsThRuH2O you're EXACTLY 💯 ON THAT. !! ThTs a royal nitemare. IEvil neighbors. 've had rotten neighbors.. Cops THOT i was the troublemaker. 😝 .. I was mainly referring to a stranger " who get in someone's face. YEAH. So hard when you HAVE TO DEAL w that Crap on s daily basis. .
I’m from Erwin Tennessee. I lived with my great grandmother for a while. She told me stories about wild ppl living in the mountains behind our house. Oddly, it never frightens me.
Karen, Really?!?! I would love to hear your stories! I'm trying to gather as many as I can, if you could maybe send me an email at blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com. Hope all is well!
When I was going through Special Forces training in north Carolina we were near Ashville and during Robin Sage we would interact with local people. I had an older gentleman ask me if we had seen any wild people out in the woods and he told me not to go off on my own at night. I didn't know what he meant by that but I was later told about the wild people of the Appalachian mountains.
I'm from Maryland and have enjoyed exploring Maryland, Virginia , West Virginia and Pennsylvania all my life. I have friends from West Virginia and Tennessee. I've been working construction for 30 years and have done a bit of work in West Virginia, mostly around Harper's Ferry. A friend from WV told me about a town called Millville where he claimed the people were inbred. Driving through this town eventually seen them walking next to a corn field exactly as he described them. Very strange. During a visit with my friends in Tennessee, they took me to a very disturbing dirt mound of a mountain where there were random trailers going up the mount of dirt where the hillbillies sat on their front porches holding rifles and looking about as backwoods as you could imagine. I'm from Baltimore Maryland but even in the western part of MD I discovered a little town called Flintstone where I stopped to get gas and ran into two guys dressed like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. I thought for sure it must have been for a reenactment of some kind but I was wrong. These kind of people definitely exist. Although I never really felt threatened or in danger of any kind it was still a surreal experience to see people that seem like they belong in 1865.
@@michaeldelair1985 After living in Fells Point, especially in the 80s as a teenager, I've been exposed to virtually every walk of life and culture. Many of the residents from some communities of Bmore are from West Virginia.
My grandma grew up in the Appalachian mountains, she was a daughter of the infamous McCoy family, and as a kid she told me stories of what she called " wild" or feral people that lived in the woods or abandoned old cabins' or buildings in the woods that went naked and ate people. I wonder how she knew that..
Some one related to the Brock side of the family sent me a picture of when Rose Anne McCoy married one of the Brocks, She was so Beautiful. However the computer I had it on died and I had no back up. My Harlan county family also drifted into Lee Co Va.
Anyone serious about locating feral people, bigfoot, sasquatch, or whatever you want to call them should use airborne thermal imaging. It's been available for decades. I'm sure it would involve an organization as it would be expensive but certainly decisive??
I'm actually in the process of trying to obtain that as a part of this on going research. Drones are highly illegal in the mountains as they disturb the wildlife. But I actually finally got someone else on board that might help me achieve this! I do have thermal equipment I use, but it's more ment for land base. You would have to be extremely low to the ground to use it in a plane. Hope all is well!
I find this story very interesting..I am a new subscriber. My mother was from Tennessee and father from West Virginia.. I’ve heard the Bigfoot’s referred to as the hairy people/ man , and the feral people.. So many discoveries out in this world we live in today!! I honestly feel you had a Bigfoot in the area you were in..Everything that I have read about them and shows I’ve watch about them and others experience they give off a odor .. Be careful out there !! Thanks for sharing 👋Illinois..
Scott Carpenter has a channel and he goes out with a camera on his shoulder recording everything behind him as he walks and records with another camera in front, and when he reviews the shoulder camera he catches things behind him peaking out after he passes
I love when he says I have to cross this river it’s literally a creek and he keeps hearing things over running water but I can’t lie I found it entertaining I still going to like and check out the other videos
@@julianbarber4708I definitely saw the barefoot human footprints and I'm just watching this on a cell phone, if you're on a large screen, you should definitely see it
Decent video. Watching from the UK. You narrrate well and are a likeable personality. I personally believe behind all myths and stories there is some truth. Hope you had a weapon on you up there bro!
I grew up in Carter County TN on the border of NC and never heard the feral people story. I have done many solo hikes miles into the woods there and have seen foot prints that were very large but never have encountered anything more than animals. Animals I have encountered are bear, deer, bobcat and other similar. The large foot prints I have seen are much bigger than a man’s and I wear a size 12 1/2 boot. The prints were of a barefoot which were bigger than my boot. Some of the places I hiked were remote one being 6500 acres of wilderness area. I have never encountered anything other than animals so as to Bigfoot or feral people I can not attest to. I lived in that area for 42 years.
Lived at the headwaters of the Tellico River there are wild Indians in the mountains they must want to be left alone ranup on some one daywe talked for a long time told them how to get in my house if they needed to am 1/4 Cherokee and do understand why they want to live in the woods I don't but I live in an rv me an my dog in good weather we travel live in national forests ,state parks lot off things out there not a Lotta folks see it can get hard at times but I enjoy my self to me that's all that matters am 69 and got a whole bunch of things to see
Growing up in northern N J, we were told that there were mountain people and to stay away from certain areas, when we hiked in the woods. In one area we found old gravestones that were almost completely covered by leaves etc. So we knew that people had been in that area for a very long time. You got my attention. Just subscribed. Be safe on your journeys.
Sounds like adults telling u to be safe when in the woods and not go too far. In new jersey woods I think ud be ok. In Massachusetts I've never heard anything like that bit I'd imagine Northern New England has some stories just not of feral people
Ummmm no I'm from jersey, The Jackson Whites were real cannibals that live in the woods Ramapo Reservation I believe. Also, Pine Barrens has a lot of odd occurrences that happen. In Blauvelt, NY by Nyack, there's the Tweed tunnels, an abandoned National Guard Training post onto of Mountain. Weird shit happens there all the time. Odd smells, seeing people dressed all in like a weird outfit, a group of black cats that apparently live in tunnels, lights appearing n disappearing in the woods, murders, body dumping ground, suicides, possible use of tunnels by a cult from the area and Richard Kulklinski and the mob used it to burry people n dump bodies at. Police WILL NOT go in there unless they KNOW a violent crime took place there. Nj has a lot of weird, disturbing and creepy shit that happen n sum that could still possibly be going on still today.....
I grew up in West Virginia. The vast majority of people there are normal, but there are some people who live dirt poor in the woods and just live off the land. They tend to be pretty territorial.
Lawd have mercy. I needed this laugh today. Better beware them tree hunters may just find you as a nice target. Pre made clothes and a nice juicy meal to boot. LoL
don't forget to look up in the trees before you walk under them. The real danger in the Appalachians is this dogman or werewolf creature. They hunt from trees.
I know right! Not to mention widow makers, but I grew up running around the mountains so it's engrained in me to walk with my head up. Not at my feet. Thanks for lookin out! Hope all is well!
It's like the feral, inbred, cannibalistic kill-billys from the "Wrong Turn" movie series. More terrifying than Bigfoot! In a Florida national forest is a group called the "Rainbow People" but they are described as bad smelling hippies living off the forest and coming into town for certain supplies.
The ones in west virginia you are referring to are my Family...yes they are real and are there. Relatives of Irish immigrants....also related to my late cousin Judy Garland lol...we called her by her real name Frances Gumm
I’ve worked at Uhaul in Gainesville and encountered forrest people a few times. They looked different, smelled different and had a distinct dialect. Wasn’t really Urban or Country. The interaction was honestly a bit weird, but it was the first time I encountered people like that.
When I was 14 it was 1969 and I was part of a group of boys hiking the back trails in New Hampshire. It may have been the Presidential range that we were on. Walking on the trail we came to a small clearing that had a small hut on it with a family living in it. There was a man and woman about 30 years old and 4 children. They were dressed in rags and filthy dirty unwashed and they smelled terrible , but were very friendly and spoke with us for a short time. One strange thing was the woman was sweeping the dirt ground in front of the shack as if it was a porch . Over the years I often wonder what the hell was going on there ?
My daddy told me about the times they had to sweep the dirt yard. They did not want grass to grow. It was common practice to keep the grass swept away. Also, some houses had dirt floors. They got swept just as wood floors. He was born in the early 30’s to give you a time frame.
Woah that's interesting! I kinda feel like maybe you experienced maybe the start of ferality! I think that could be some part of this, people fleeing the world we know for whatever reason and reverting back to their natural instincts!
Most likely just poor people living the best they could. Just because some people are poor and live differently than modern society does not make them bad people or evil. There are some evil people in this world and some may live in the back woods, but there are plenty of evil people living on main street and suburbs as well. I have know some good ole poor country folks that lived in shacks that would give you their last bite of food or help others any way they could. Although I am cautious of anyone til I get to know them well, I tend to be more comfortable around those that live off the beaten path than I am around folks on city streets. In fact, I stay out of cities and off of city streets as much as is possible. Personally, I much prefer the country and the backwoods. I’m cautious everywhere, because I never know who or what I will run into. But, I judge each individual by their own actions, not how they live, where they live, how they dress or how poor or rich they appear. Good and bad folks exist in all walks of life.
the clicking noises were the trees creaking in the wind,but the footprints and the feeling of being followed i can believe. Im from WV and spent a ton of time in the woods, I lived in the woods till i was 31. Ive had many many experiences of everything suddenly becoming super silent and still on an otherwise "normal" sunny day....now THAT is when you need to get tf out of dodge
There could be some truthfulness to these types of stories. I remember hearing a true story of 2 guys that were chaised off the road they were on into the woods. They abandoned their vehicle and separated from confusion, panic, terror. One jumped in the river and the other went running deeper into the woods. According to these 2 men they were being tormented by these people. Playing cat and mouse with them. They said it was a big group of people woman,men , and even children! The man who went floating down the river terrified to get out because these people were following him on land on the edge by the river. Even on trees hanging backwards trying to grab him. All while making weird bird sounds. Yall gotta look up this real story. And b4 u say they were crazy or on drugs nope. When they were found they tested them and ran all kinds of test but everything came back normal. They didn't have a criminal background either. They were traumatized and apparently one of them had a real hard time afterwards. But they both stuck to their original stories and never changed anything..
That's a good question. I would imagine they may imitate black bears. A mother black bear, if forced with starvation, will eat its young to live. Because it can always have another cub. But if the mother dies, the cub dies as well. I think it could be soley a survival thing.
You have led a very interesting past! A military man and a park ranger? That's pretty darn awesome. I have to admit tho, seeing you out there on these adventures alone, I am glad for your experience and that you are armed. I have to admit, I find these stories pretty fascinating. I live no where near there (I live in MN), but have heard stories of the Appalachian people even from here. To me it is both scary and amazing that a group of people, even a small group, could live completely off grid even this day in age....that is if they still exist. Thank you so much for putting so much time into telling these stories. They need to be heard. Turning our backs on history won't do us any good and the thought of losing these stories is just sad.
I have led a pretty interesting life I guess you could say! I've always been into exploring ever since I was a kid, so doing those types of things are really just second nature! Thanks for coming over!
It doesnt surprise me at all that people actually live deep in the woods.....it wasnt that long ago that "we" lived off grid and there are lotsa people around the world living that way. I'm 50 and my Gramma told me stories of how she lived when she was very young which was off grid in Saskatchewan.....and it gets right cold there in the winter!
I love Appalachia. When my mom passed away, I had her quilts and a bunch of stories about eating squirrel brains, poverty, people getting killed and hid in moonshine hiding holes. I threw it away as nonsense, but the more research I do the more I realize how amazing the culture, the music, the way of life speaks to shear grit and the resilience to live and I would argue you can find more examples of freedom there than anywhere else.
@12:27 as he points the cam at the footprints ....the shadows of the trees look as if there a body figure with a arm and hand ...I guess tryna hold the branches of the shadows as well
@@Dreal2396 aaahahahaha....scarryyy!!! I like how he keeps a serious look while he's showing and talking about them.... very entertaining indeed. He's a very good story teller....I can imagine it would be difficult to do while bushwackin through the woods!
If you are running into 50 head of boar out there then, certainly, these feral people would have plenty of game to live off of without needing to eat people…
At around the 9:54 second mark, while your camera is panning around towards the creek, there is a larger rock in the center of the frame, and there is a stack of smaller rocks on this bigger rock like someone made a stack of rocks right in front of the stream. I didn't know if you noticed this stacked rock formation. It's interesting. I don't know if you saw this, but it's unusual.
Those are super common and you can find them on many trails around the world, was supposed to be a marking for a trail but now so many people just do them randomly around
I'm confused. You are former military. You are from that part of the country (also where I was born and raised). You mention that there are wild boar in that area that travel in large singulars (group of boar). You are literally searching for feral humans or evidence of feral humans. That is your stated purpose. Just based on this there is no way you are not packing AT LEAST a 9mm pistol. So, WHY did you run when you thought you heard sounds that could be coming from the feral people you were searching for??!!
Hey Dan! As I stated in the video I didn't think that I was being chased by feral people, however I did have a run in earlier in the day with a large group of boar, which was most likely what I was hearing again, thats why I got to higher ground. I did not want to get stuck in the middle of that group (they would have killed me). I do carry. I am a big 2nd amendment advocate, so I do not use my weapon as a prop in my videos. I believe it is irresponsible to use firearms on RUclips to make your video "look cooler." I also want to inspire people to go out and explore, not shoot me out in the woods. Anyway hope that answers your question. Hope all is well!
@@blackmassparanormal I've lived here over 20 years and spent the majority of my life in the woods and I have never seen a single wild boar what part of East Tennessee do you claim to see these in..
I have very closely related ancestors who came from The Holler, throw in a good amount of Cherokee also. I've never felt so immediately 'at home' as when I first went to Kentucky and Tennessee and the Carolinas. So interested in your stories, as I grew up hearing about the 'Booger Man' (which is a Cherokee spirit, and depicted in the Booger Dance. Honestly IS different than 'the Boogey Man' stories told to children.) You are dead on about 'Shiners. I like to tell people my family worked on the "product" line of NASCAR. Very proud to say I come from The Holler, The Seam, The Cherokee and the 'Shiners. I speak "Hill Folk" very well, despite being a West Coast Native. (Keep out an eye for 'The Haints', and leave some offerings to the Spirit Folk. Appalachia is very 'alive', you can sense it all around you.)
The Apache avoided parts of the Smokies. Said them mountain caves have what they call the 'Face Eaters' in them. They look human but are not human and the Cherokee say the same, not human. Locals who will talk say not to mistake them for humans because they are not.
My wife and I hike all over the Western NC mountains. I carry a 9mm Mossberg strapped to my left leg, I have a chest harness with a 357 magnum with 190 grain bear rounds in it and a Smith and Wesson dagger on my belt. Beside of me walking is my wife with a full can of bear spray ready to fire. As I was born there, if you do not do this, you have no business being there with wild animals and unknown people walking up on you. ..... We want to be comfortable hiking and not be worried about someone or some thing stalking us. Both of us have our concealed permits so we can carry as many weapons and as much ammo as we want, totally legal.
Man make up a better tale this one is full of holes I lived in wild country NC tn ga wst VA VA most of my life only thing to worry about is people telling tales an acting stupid
I have no worries about feral people, inbreds, sasquatch, Skunk apes, haints, haunts or hobos, but YOU & your traveling gun shop WOULD make me hide and make noises to get you to leave.
And your full of shit to nobody believes this crap I hope this is a arm chair warrior doubt it's ever been out of sight of people let alone in the back countryn
Where I lived in rural North Carolina in the early 2000s Would see one every once in a while walking down the street they look like they hadn’t showered in 20 years wore no shoes
Hey Hiraldo mcgoo! I would love to hear more, if you want to share email me @blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com, I am compiling a bunch of these encounters! thanks for sharing, hope all is well!
I saw an abandoned commode in the Walmart parking lot in Western NC. I bet it was a feral's toilet. They recognized their kinship with Walmart shoppers, and felt comfortable leaving it there as a sign.
You got to get into shape man, you can not walk and talk and breath at the same time. I am not hating on you, I am just a Nurse and a concerned viewer. You are too young to be like that. ❤ The trail is super beautiful and relaxing, wish I were there.
Man we’ve been coming up from central Alabama for 40+ years of my life. My parents long before that. In the 70’s and 80’s it was mostly Tenn, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky. Now it’s people from far away and even from other countries. The only thing I’ve seen that is bad is how they’ve commercialized everything and allowed all the cabins to be built and destroy the once beautiful Mts. of Gatlinburg. In Nov. of 1999 while my wife and I was on our honeymoon I told her when coming home and going through Wears Valley that they’d eventually commercialize that too. They want be happy until the beauty is gone and they’ve ripped every dollar out of it they can get.
I heard these same stories as a kid growing up and to never go into the woods alone without being in a group. Was told about hidden natural caves where they lived and all sorts of info.
Im from North appalachia in PA and it seems that the deeper south in the mountains you go, the more "appalachian" it becomes. Our little town sat in a little valley in the Appalachian mountains. My father told me a story of someone up in the mountains where his family lived. This someone was known as "The Stalker", and was well known by some of the neighbors who lived on the slope of the mountain. He would make his way to their second story and sit at the window at the top of the stairwell. They tried to catch him. But when they went to grab him, he jumped off the roof and didnt even stop when he hit the ground. he never lost momentum, and kept running. This person looked unnatural. So yeah Appalachia is fucking wild man theres some insane stories I've heard from there. I live in SW Colorado now and most of the wild stories are told by the Native American tribes in the area. Thats where most of the old history is from.
there are feral people on vancouver island too. I was house sitting a large acreage and got preyed upon. soon as the sun went down, i heard a sequence of whistling that belonged to 3 people in the back yard. thankfully my friend noticed, and we called the cops. the cops were no help whatsoever, so we drove off into town. the next day we went to check the property, and soon as the sun went down, we heard the same 3 whistlers nearby, and this time closer. when i told my friend about this, they said it's a known fact that "flesh people" live in the mountain ranges and the cops are terrified so they will not come out to check the scene. I'm just glad i can live to tell the tale.
It was probably a bunch of enlightened ravens, giggling with their wings over their beaks to stifle the guffaws as you ran. After you were gone I'm sure Hank remarked "I gotta hand it to ya Earl, I didn't believe you about these folks, but you're right, we CAN make them run!"
@@joesmith942 Absolutely!! I live near Portland, Or. and I have observed these Weird, Freaky, Out of Their Mind Screaming People. I Do Not go into Portland for Any Reason and Never Will.
Once your spooked and your mind runs away with you, you'll hear all sorts of sounds that are probably just natural noises of the forest and you'll assume they are human related sounds, your fear fine tunes your senses. It's a natural survival mechanism, I think called fight or flight. When you eventually encounter these wild people, you might discover they aren't out to get you, but being so disconnected from society, they'll probably see the world very differently to the rest of us.
Hey Jason! I couldn't agree more! After having my first real paranormal experience I began looking at the world completely differently. I think that movie culture had a huge effect on societies perception of these people. After posting this video, I have been flooded with firsthand experiences with them and they are definitely alot different than what most perceive them as. Ill be releasing another video soon with some interesting evidence. Hope all is well! thanks for the support!
I know it's not my business, but if you're moving around in a vicinity where you are the prey, and you have humans looking to potentially trap you and eat you, I hope you have the sense to have a weapon, some bear spray ( to use against humans if necessary) and a personal locator device. I lived in TN and I never heard of this, but if this is what's going on, it explains a lot. I wondered why the military or FBI or special forces guys would be called out during a missing hiker situation, but now it makes perfect sense. Edit: Also when you smell garbage, that's a Sasquatch. They also give you that fear sensation that you're being watched or followed.
Not sasquatch more likly a bear they stink bad in the summer when it's hot you can smell where theve crossed roads trails etc the smell hangs around a while
I’m from Tennessee. I believe in Sasquatch. But I do believe there are feral too. I wonder if Summer Wells is out there. I know that Martin case. I always thought it was a big foot. The thing with Summer Wells is that her parents look extremely guilty, and are guilty of abuse and neglect. But they live right by a mountain. It’s possible something came down from that mountain hunger. And saw a. Opportunity. I also watched some locals from around that area talk about seeing dog men. Be carful out there. Leslye
You are not gonna believe the evidence I have gathered in connection to this story. I think there very well could be a big foot as well, but from the stories and evidence I have gathered....there is something else happening here too.
i go to the mini-cassia fair in burley and see people at food booth area and carnival that i have never seen,they certainly have to be inbred and their are different groups that look very strange but also different from each group. the mentality has a lot to be desired and i live in a town that has plenty of illiterate people as it is but these people looked like they crawled out from under a rock. mentality was very, very, low!!!!!!
We come to that area from North GA about 10 times a year. Few years ago we spoke to a park ranger in pigeon forge. Long story short he confirmed the existence of feral people and bigfoot in the park. Stay safe.
That's cool! yeah since I published this (I never thought it would get this big) I have received TONS of stories about people having encounters! Hope all is well!
Great video... Thank you. Subscribed. I've heard many stories about them. A few having to do with park staff. Clicking noise in my experience would be Sasquatch. They are heavy in that area.
Good luck! I look forward to seeing what you may find!! I'm actually a West coast girl..... Sure we have mountains.....Omg beautiful mountains! Mt. Rainer being out pride and joy here in Washington state. But man, there's something about your mountains! I am extremely infatuated with them and their people, their legends everything fascinates me about them. Hope one day to visit....... But for now will see what kind of adventures you find! Stay safe my friend..... New subscriber! Cheers!
Hey Jonathon! Although these stories have been around for centuries, I think a lot of people wanted to keep them somewhat quiet. However, with all the gentrification occurring and our lands being destroyed, I think its important for the people coming here to know whats out there ;). The Whittaker family is a prime example of this situation, I don't think its unreasonable to think that story could be happening somewhere else. Hope all is well!
The Appalachian mountains have all kinds of crazy things associated with them. I didn't know about any of them before I moved here. It keeps me packing whenever I am out fishing on my own but I always enjoy to hear these stories.
In Norfolk, UK, 2 Green children came out of a cave. They spoke no known language. The boy died. The girl lived, learned English and the green faded eventually. (Copper in high quantities?)
I've lived in WV for 46 years grew up playing in the woods, been in some pretty remote places and have never seen anything like that. We do have people that live off the grid mountain men. A lot live in what looks like a shack and they are usually rough/dirty looking. They are very protective of their property and depending on what all they are doing on that property depends on how you are getting welcomed if ya know what I mean. As far as inbreeding there is no more inbreeding in the Appalachian mountains than any other part of the United States. I think a lot of these stories are from times long ago where they told tales of crazy things for entertainment and it just keeps getting passed down.
It just makes me mad he is playing into this stereotype of ignorant wild people in the mountains when it's totally False. I've been here over 20 years and spent the majority of my life wandering the woods and my spouse's family are some of the most famous storytellers of the area and we've never heard of such a thing...
If you don't believe in inbreeding you need to go to greasy holler, and meet the H"s, you won't have any trouble finding them as there is a gagle of them walking the roads 24/7. Most folks in the hollers don't live up to those stereotypes, now a days, and treated patients suffering from incest from all over the country, so it is everywhere. It just seems in some of those hollers they did not know it was wrong. In my own family tree there are some sparse branches. Often cousin marrying cousins to keep land in the family. in some cases not even having to change last names. Cousin marriages were not uncommon all over the US in past times, and still common in some countries like Pakistan.
It's not false....the inbreeding is quite literally documented in northeast Pennsylvania. I know, I'm a distant relative. Estranged from the family but it's been several generations since the most violent ones took back to the forests. It's not the type of inbreeding you envision, it's done so meticulously there are no birth defects outside of extreme violence capabilities and that is NOT taught to be prevented but instead, it's fine tuned.. even the members living as civilians today are fuckin ruthless. You call us hillbillies. The hillbillies call us something different... I say us, because I grew up thinking this was typical family dynamics. Everyone had truly wild uncle's and cousins who retreated back to the same forests they stole. But, those natives are EXTINCT, so the government doesn't have to admit they trained an out of state relative to become a green beret. You think they're going to tell you the truth??
My son is on the Appalachian Trail. He’s made it from Ga to Va so far. This is crazy. I think they used these stories for a movie I watched years ago. Maybe the local stories encouraged the movie or movie just encourage the stories.
I hike and camp all through the mountains bordering NC and TN. I have seen and heard weird things in several areas and have had really uneasy feelings in some back country areas but have never seen anything aside from an occasional tweaker that got themselves lost WAY out in the woods.
If you are alone in the forest and a predator is stalking you, the last thing you do is run! Although I might run from a naked wild man, unless I had my gun with me in which case I would shoot him! Then I would run. Never run from a wild animal as you just kick in the prey drive and it will catch you and eat you! Interesting video though.
If these feral humans are out there, It sounds like a lot of inbreeding would be taking place, which would account for the physical and genetic deformities. Cannibalism kills those who engage in it pretty quickly, so I’m guessing they limit that behavior. Maybe that’s their idea of a “delicacy”, or in cases of desperation when other food is scarce and the opportunity presents itself. And I could see them taking up residence in abandoned mines and caves. I don’t know if there are any old mines in the area but that would be something to check out, maybe set up some cameras at any entrance points you could find. About the franchise coffee shops and horrific stores (those are more scary to me than the mountain people!) we need to break up the monopolies, pure and simple. They’re responsible for a huge percentage of our problems. Monopolies and oligopolies in all industries (food and beverage, retail, finance and the worst - media) are destroying everything. Fortunately there is a movement on the way to change this.
@@blackmassparanormal That would be awesome. Maybe we should try to make contact with these creatures, and try to build up a report. Then we could send the cryptids into Starbucks to order coffee! 😃 On a side note, have you ever seen ‘The Descent’? It’s a pretty good horror flic, and I think the creatures in the movie might be based off of the descriptions of these feral humans.
Are u familiar with the Dennis Martin case of the late 60's. We still don't know who or what took him. the FBI agent assigned to the case killed himself; idk if his suicide was related or not. I bet he knew something that he wasn't allowed to expose.
I hope the narrator carries a serious BLASTER! My boy and his wife just moved into the Johnson City area from Wisconsin. They love hiking. From my own experience in Appalachia, I told my boy he'd best carry a large handgun for four and two-legged game.
Great video, thanks. Some of the feral people may have originated from the terror of the Civil War. In recent years a man and his son emerged from the jungles of Vietnam after hiding for 50 years following a raid.
Anyone notice the "stacked-rocks" at 9:53,.... or the logs which "happened" to fall across the creek? Seems a little creepy to me,...... could be markers for some reason,... but definitely indicators of PEOPLE being back here at least to this point on the map!
This was a very interesting video. I don't know very much about these people, and although scary, I'd be interested in learning more. So if you do this series I'd for sure watch! Just be careful 😱 cuz it seems dangerous.
That area is my favorite area to vacation at, I absolutely love the Mount Mitchell area and Cherokee and over the line in to Gatlinburg, I could definitely see an unknown creature/humanoid to go in noticed out there for sure, thanks for the video, I enjoyed it!
I'm in VA... always been in VA.. I am so intrigued by the Whitakers from West Virginia...if you are interested in things like this please look them up.. They are named as a family of inbreds... it's wild..
Hey Brenda! The Whittakers are super interesting and served as a partial inspiration for this video. I mean if Ray had lost his immediate family, there is a good possibility he would fit the exact descriptions given by the witnesses. So if we know we still have these small groups, who is to say that they even slightly more extreme cases don't exist somewhere else? To me, it doesn't sound too far out of reason. Hope all is well! thank you for the support!
Thank u for this video man u risk everything to make the best story i ever heard and thi shi spooks me out like crazy keep doing what u doin gang, never even heard of this before shi crazy asf
I live in Chicago, total city girl. I am terrified of the mountains. I refuse to go camping. I have been to the mountains, Pike's Peak, Sandia Mountains, Lemon Mountains & Mount Tom. I do enjoy the beauty, the peace & fresh air. However, a little visit is all I can take & I do not want to hang around or stay long. There are people in the mountains that kidnap people like me & are forced to cook squirrel meat for them. No fucking way. Everyone laughs at me when I say this, but I am dead serious. I don't even like to go to the forest preserves in Chicago. I am telling you, people live in the woods. I am very happy in the city. I know who's who, how to walk down a street, like I own the street & I know where I am going, thugs are easy to identify & I am armed. I would rather take a long walk on a city street at midnight than sleep in the fricking wild. Nope. No way.
I know we seen a wild man,I found a trap and my RV was attacked by rocks in the middle of the night while I was camping alone at a remote abandoned campground along the Clackamas river in Oregon about 4 yrs ago.
He could be schizophrenic, an exNFL sufferer of traumatic brain injury, or maybe he didn't like the brand of your RV. Consider these reasons carefully before going out alone again.
iv sometimes felt like spirits in the cherokee national forest. kinda like a feeling of someone running by you and the gush of wind catches you. as an indigenous person from Kenya i always felt welcomed as if being allowed to be there
Those creaking sounds are the trees moving in the ground from the wind. I don’t believe in “feral people”, but there are still dangerous animals in those woods.
Living in a more rural part of Tennessee I call BS. We are constantly out riding the TWRA trails, some we have to chain saw or way through (not against the law to clear a TWRA trail). Anyone living out in the Appalachian mountains would have to use fire for warmth and shelter. NO ONE lives and sleeps on open ground in the mountains. Also no one would use clicks to communicate unless they want you to know they are there. Also too many possible food sources for them to become cannibals. It would be an unlikely, dangerous and rare food source.
Lota folks stay in the hills therexare indians in the area you mentioned I lived at the head of the Tellico in NC you ever see me ? Or some of the other folks that lived up there doubt you had a clue we liv3d there I hunted gold rubies emeralds jasper agates ever find any ? Doubt you e en knew there was anythere just cause you don't see it dosent mean it aint there most people could look at me and never see me in the woods if I want nobody canfind me that includes dogs
Loved this video 😍 can not wait for more videos on this subject as from the UK i have not heard of any feral people in the UK but we have had definitely had inbreeding especially from our royal families etc.
It’s not true I com3 from generations of Tennessee family but the guy in this video is what we call a yankee trying to get attention for his false video
My Dad was from Eastern Tennessee, and when he was a teen he ran moonshine for the mooshiners, this was back in the early 30's, he seen many strange things, he wouldn't talk about. I am now 71 yo. When we were children, our parents told us not to be far from our cabin after dark, the "boogers" would get you. My Dad was a coon hunter, and one night when he was hunting on our 275 acres, my 2 brothers [12 and 14] and a cousin [13], was running thru the garden chasing each other. They ran into the house screaming there was a 11-12 foot giant chasing them. Mom made them stay in, closed the shades, and locked the doors. I remember how scared they were, it scared me, to see them so scared. Love your channel, I just found you today, and have subscribed. Looking forward to more of your excursion videos. Thank you. Granny Jan
Wow!!! What an amazing story, thank you so much for sharing! That's what I love about this channel, I get first hand knowledge of the most amazing stories! I will be putting out some new videos on this topic soon, I hope you enjoy!
Howdy,
Thanks for sharing 👍👍
My mama is from East TN, Cocke County, some mean people there for sure back in the day.
Scared yourself ya big girl
Coon hunter?
With the world the way it is I’m really thinking of joining up with these wild people
Howdy,
Can't say I blame you. Those people would survive a horrible catastrophe. If or when the power grid fails, (not being pessimistic, just realistic)
I think a lot of city folks wouldn't make it, I certainly think these people would.
I might join y'all.
Thanks for the comment, much appreciated,
C.M.
Only bad think is cannibalism which is something idk if I could do without throwing up
@@Heluvkatie Howdy,
I didn't know about the cannibalism part. If that's true, I'll pass. Thanks
😂😂😂😂 Ya no shit lol
LMAO😂
December 10th 2007. I was hiking alone and when I reached Preacher’s rock trailhead I stoped at the parking spot for a break and there was an old grandpa wearing a bright and old green sweater that stinked kinda bad. He was sitting on the back of his van with a golden retriever so I asked him if I could pet his dog ( as I have 2 golden retrievers and they’re the best dogs) he said yes and he started asking me where I was from and what do I do for a living? And if I was hiking alone or in a group? He also asked me if a have any guns or knifes because last week there was a mountain lion attack that almost killed a hiker. I told him not I don’t have a gun but I have a small pocket knife that I showed him. He said that’s not enough to kill a mountain lion. I was like well I hope I don’t encounter one. Then we chatted for a little bit and he started ranting about the federal government. And before I was leaving he told me If he could join me on the trail because he really wanted to hike up but he being an old man and suffering from heart conditions so if something happens to him at least I could tell police where he was. I felt something, a strange sensation in my gut by the way his eyes looked. He had some really penetrating gaze and he would always make direct eye contact that I couldn’t hold so I would look away for some seconds. After thinking what should I say this old grandpa I told him “I’m sorry but I’m in a hurry and I really want to walk fast to get to the top before sunset” he kinda looked mad and said aight I’ll just wait for someone else. I proceeded to hit the trail but I could never forget his gaze. Even tho he was an old man his gaze gave me a bad vibe and I was thinking about it the whole trail. 25 days later when I was at home I watched this same guy in a mugshot on the news channel so I turned the volume up because I was intrigued I thought he died on the trial (because he told me he had heart problems) to find out he kidnapped and killed a girl about 15 miles on another parking lot. The guy I interacted with was fcking serial killer Gary Michael Hilton. I think he asked the same questions and told the same story to Meredith Emerson and she was kind and good hearted so she agreed to hike with the “old grandpa with heart problems”. So now I don’t trust anyone even if they have good intentions and they greet me I just say hi and continue my hike without stopping and if they ask me to stop to ask me a questions I just say sorry I’m in a hurry and keep going. I also carry a 9mm Glock 43x. It’s small and concealable. Another crazy experience happend another year before when I was hiking and at the distance I saw a naked old guy just walking around. So I freaked out and stopped before he was gone. Stay safe guys. Never trust anyone.
Edit2023; for those saying it’s a fake story because you’ve seen this same post on other videos. Well maybe read the username before making claims. It’s me sharing my story, I also shared it on Reddit with the same username. Why would I lie? Also thanks to everyone who shared their stories as well. I’m glad we made it but it’s kinda sad to think about how many people are gone that maybe had problems with their family members and stoped communication with them and they’re forever gone without anyone asking about them.
Hey Safemoon Prince! What a crazy story! that is freaking wild, I had a run in with a local killer and his girlfriend when I was young and I still remember it to this day! I carry as well, I just dont usually show my weapon in my videos because I am a big 2nd amendment advocate and I want to inspire people to go out and explore. I don't want people to feel like they have to always have some weapon with them if they are not properly trained. So I don't use mine as a prop to make my video "look cooler." I know it proberly would help with views, but thats not the message I am looking to send. Anyway, thanks for the story and the support! hope all is well!
Dude you have scared the hell out of me LIKE OMG!😮
They say the eyes never lie that's what scared me that old man's 👀 eyes.
Ain’t that some shit!
Good story, ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR GUT FEELING! ALWAYS! that ia spiritual talking to you and it is warning you. Always listen to it and whe you get it analyse the situation very carefully and if in doubt DO NOT do it. Many people do not realise and do not beleive buy that gut feeling we get is spirotual connection and a warning to us from beyond, listen and develop to your intuition, when you become aware lf it, you will see how wonderful it can be.
I remember my grandparents always telling us when we were kids in the Pocono
Mountains in the middle- 60s stay to out of the hills.The hillbilly's will get you and you'll be gone forever. Remember sitting on the porch with my parents and grandparents in the dead at night and can hear them communicating with odd sounds and whistles. That advice worked for me!
Wow, awesome story! Were u scared?
@pipsumpter More intrigued. I felt safety with my grandparents and parents.
😂😂 the Poconos mountains?! I've lived around the area my whole life and have never heard that
@sarah-yl7uc Different time and place I suppose. As you know the Poconos are vast.
My family has always whispered about some of our relatives going back to the forests. It sounds too wild to be true until you realize that there is a known Native American family to the northeast who has strategically inbred innocent relatives, unaware of relation to each other... Anyway, back in the 60's there would have been probably a few hundred members at best but today the numbers are in the thousands. Spread across many states, attached to many surnames at this point and the inbreeding is so strategic that there are no deformities outside of the level of violence which is also documented. But, Pennsylvania Native Americans are EXTINCT. So you have nothing to worry about. They're not hillbillies, they are the wild ones. The hillbillies are sitting around bonfires drinking beer. You're grandparents were having a completely different conversation with you. You won't find the truth in the history books, they wrote it wrong.
In a country of 320 million people.. it would be statistically a miracle that every single person can be accounted for, living somewhere in civilized society. There must be at least 100s if not 1000s of wild people spread across the land.
The stories have been in our country for centuries, maybe under "wildman" or even "bigfoot." We have hundreds of millions of people in this country. I feel like it would be kind of arrogant to believe we have a complete understanding of the human condition. I think that inbreeding could play a big role in this, as well as people fleeing the law. I think people could revert to their animalistic tendencies just to survive. The Appalachian Mountains are massive, I mean they go from GA to Maine after all. We are constantly pushing animals out of their homes as a result of gentrification. Who's to say humans aren't there as well. Thanks for having an open mind! Hope all is well!
And don't forget how big usa is too
Especially with open borders
finally, wisdom
Nothing to fear in the Appalachian Mountains except outsiders. Those people are the real monsters!
Totally agree with you man! I was born and raised in East Tennessee and only left for the Army. After coming home, my fishing holes were Targets and there are coffee shops on every F**kin corner! Not to mention the dang trash, corn and glass in our mountain streams. It's like when you go into a store and go checkout, they try to cut infront of you like they are ordering drinks in a bar. I think if they hear our legends, they might be a little more hesitant to go in our mountains. My brother is a fishing guide, they literally felt like they could block off the boat ramp because they thought they "owned" the river. We,ve been fishing that river since the freaking 80s.....it's frustrating. Things are supposed to move slower, we help each other here and things are just getting ridiculous. Thanks for watching!
@@blackmassparanormal Very true brother. My family has 200 years heritage in the mountains and all evil that has beset the region has come from outside. Very proud of my mountain heritage also!!!
I fear ticks.
With the greatest F'n screen name ever created, habitual line stepper....you shouldn't be afraid of anything! Haha
@@blackmassparanormalunfortunately that’s happening everywhere. No morals, self absorption, not respect for the earth. I’ve seen the land change so much here where I moved to Florida over the past 30 odd years. When I went back to my childhood home in Ohio, I didn’t recognize it
I was hiking in west Virginia back in 2002 and came across a family living in a shack in the middle of the woods about 10-15 miles south of Webster springs, WV. I didn't expect to see anyone but they kind of crept me out so i said, "hey, how yall doin?" They stared at me for about 15 seconds before they started hooting at me and ran towards me. I turned and ran, they quit following me and i kept on going all the way back to my truck about 3 or 4 miles from where i parked it on a back road. I drove back to Webster springs and reported what i saw to the police but they said they never found anyone. It was the last time i went that deep in the woods alone since.
Being from WV, you'd be surprised how many times I hear stories like this
That's why there's a nursery rhyme don't in to the woods at night or sure find a big suprise etc etc
Wow! This is amazing wow them woods are deep.
@TN Holler they definitely let me know i wasn't wanted so no reason to return.
What is hooting?
My dad and his cousin came across some wild ppl in west virginia when they were kids. I'll never forget how terrified he sounded while telling us about it. He wouldn't let us play in the woods when we were children. Be safe!
Really?! I would love to hear more! If you want you can email me your story to (blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com), I'm gathering as many stories and locations as I can! That sounds scary! I hope all is well!
@@blackmassparanormal sure I can email you and tell you what I know.
I live and hunt in Logan county West Virginia. I’ve seen some crazy shit in the woods.
@@holeefuksumtingwong5788 yes I remember some crazy stuff from when I was a kid. I have tons of family there and here in Mississippi we really do have some things ppl wouldn't believe
Howdy,
Thanks for sharing 👍👍
Our Pastor went up to the mountains near Brevard with a bunch of clothes and blankets and stuff. He wanted to contact the people that live up in the woods there. We call them ''The Forest People'' around here. Pastor went up to find them and offer them the stuff. He found them. They did not want anything that Pastor offered him. They just live out there in the woods and keep to themselves and do not want anything that people try to give them. They wander around in the woods and do not stay living in one part of the forest but move from place to place in the woods.
Hey Ob Ord! No kidding?! thats amazing! I would love to hear more about his story if possible! my email is blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com any additional info would be greatly appreciated!
it would be interesting if he just left the stuff there, as they do not trust outsiders. As I had put in a previous post one family took fish from my dad. but his family was there for 6 generations and known to them.
We have same thing in Arkansas, we call them Tweakers, and avoid them at all times. They steal your stuff and sell it to pawn shops. Mow their grass at night, and can't be still.
No doubt, we definitely have had our fair share of that crap here in East Tennessee. That actually could be an explanation for it, people fleeing from law enforcement and end up just so brain dead that they are running around like animals. Hope all is well! Thanks for the support!
Hahah oh yeah definitely different than the weaker from out here in phoenix those are scary back home but out here it’s a whole different level of crazy
SHRIEK!!! Gonna laugh for days. Those Tweekers have no respect for noise ordinance!!
😮 You know what I agree . Arkansas has it's share of meth mountains . The Ozarks. My parents moved me from Appalachia to the Ozarks and couldn't get away from having neighbors on it .
Yeah keep thinking that’s a tweaker in the woods
I have respect for people's desire to make RUclips videos, but I question the sincerity of the mission to find "feral" people in East Tennessee. I am from East Tennessee for over 50 years and I have yet to see any feral people in the mountains. Let's make the distinction between feral and what could be Bigfoot. In the distant past, yes, there were groups of mountain people who would be considered feral, but today there are very few if any. This video doesn't do justice for the people and area of East Tennessee to escape the long-held belief of being backwards, toothless, barefoot and wild. For someone who is a former park ranger, he seemed out of his element. Just an observation and my opinion. Otherwise, it's an interesting topic and video.
Wayne...I love a Good Story like many other wilderness lovers...I, lived near the Cherokee Rez....sits on border between TN. & N.Carolina. Heard alot of stories. Seen nothing..but minded my own business. I must agree with You, Wayne. YOU been there ur while life. And know ALOT
More than many. Meanwhile
I really miss the Smokies.
JUST NOW stumbled on this here story...so gonn listen to this guy just because. Take Care, Wayne
Exactly what I was thinking. I’ve been all over West Virginia and have never seen feral people. I can’t speak about Tennessee besides a good coffee shop in Nashville. I would agree if this was the amazon jungle but this is Amazon prime delivery with millions of people only hours away. With everyone having a phone we would have footage. He should have gone for a more witch project vibe on his video haha
@@terriejohnston8801 thank you for your reply. I've been to the Cherokee reservation many times.
@@jacobmalloy4258 thank you for your reply. Nashville has many interesting shops to visit.
It does look like someone recording his first hike ever after reading a creepy story about the trail.
I think people see what they want to see.
Ghoul looking folks eating other humans? Come on. I do believe that most people need mystery and enchantment and that's why they believe in such stories.
As if nature wasn't amazing enough to enjoy without those tales.
I live in the PA Appalachians and there's been many sightings of feral people. Each witness described them all about the same. I've had similar experiences in the woods as you numerous times with suddenly smelling something awful, clicking and whistling noises and the feeling of being followed.
Really?! You've got an interesting name!! I would love to know where this happened and any additional details you may have! You can send me an email if you want, I would love to include your story in an upcoming video if you would be interested. I can keep your identity private as well.
Sounds like Sasquatch activity to me.
Sounds like birds/animals to me
Howdy,
Not to pry, but I'm in Pennsylvania too. I can understand if you'd rather not say, but was wondering the approximate area in PA where these things occured?
Much appreciated 👍👍
Sounds like big foot to me.....
The Cherokee have stories about these people. They aren't bigfoot. They're wildmen. I think Daniel Boone ran into them too. South Force 10 has a channel on RUclips and he talks about his uncles being paid by the government to clear out the wildmen before the Great Smokey Mountain National Park went in. It would be bad business to have tourists going missing and being eaten. He has an explanation for the Dennis Martin case too.
There weren't that many white men in them parts when Boone came through
Please do tell what he said about poor, precious Dennis Martin.❤
Thank you
The clicking sound heard was from pine sawyer beetles. I live in the Appalachia’s and it’s a common sound
I just assumed it was tree wood creaking.
@@rachaelstanley7986same here. It sounds exactly like trees creaking from the breeze. I hear it all the time at my house
yes it is
But the clicks can be made by people making them just like my ancestors, we made sounds of owls,other birds and animals and that is a way to communicate icate
@@user-ds9pd4my5o Bet yall had a hell of a time talking over all those pine beetles
I’m down here in Kentucky. I’m sitting here laughing. I ain’t seen no feral people here. Lol😂
Had a run in with a really weird family ,it was scary living next to these people . They had no rules to what they did to people and property , they didn't talk to anyone and were so dirty. It's like they were wild. The two sons ,I'm sure there still alive ,living by stealing . I walked by the delapitated shack to go up the hill and they watched their dog try to rip my baby from my arms, when the health department was called on the dog ,they took a gun and put about 40 shots into my dad's tiny shack , trying to kill my brother a high schooler at the time. Trying to get inside from the yard he sliced his foot open and heard all the bullets zoom past him. This is a true story. It's a small area in the Awanita Valley in S.C.
I believe you, Honey!
. Ppl. NEED to stay out of these folks SPACE...or else. .
@@terriejohnston8801if you're a neighbor of them it's kinda impossible especially if you're equally as poor or live in their vicinity you can't really avoid them and even if you're minding your own business and their dog tries to attack you while they're just standing there not doing anything about it
Sounds kinda fucked up to me
People can't avoid all kinds of people who just exist, but while existing don't care about the welfare of others in the same shared space
You can't always help who your neighbors are
@CsThRuH2O you're EXACTLY 💯 ON THAT. !! ThTs a royal nitemare. IEvil neighbors. 've had rotten neighbors.. Cops THOT i was the troublemaker. 😝
.. I was mainly referring to a stranger " who get in someone's face. YEAH. So hard when you HAVE TO DEAL w that Crap on s daily
basis. .
@@CsThRuH2O thnx 4 settin' me straight. 💗
South Carolina??😊
I’m from Erwin Tennessee. I lived with my great grandmother for a while. She told me stories about wild ppl living in the mountains behind our house. Oddly, it never frightens me.
Karen,
Really?!?! I would love to hear your stories! I'm trying to gather as many as I can, if you could maybe send me an email at blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com. Hope all is well!
The hung an elephant in that town.
@@greenmann1217 ... The did?
@@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059 The did indeed. ("Y" not included)
When I was going through Special Forces training in north Carolina we were near Ashville and during Robin Sage we would interact with local people. I had an older gentleman ask me if we had seen any wild people out in the woods and he told me not to go off on my own at night. I didn't know what he meant by that but I was later told about the wild people of the Appalachian mountains.
Yup, never went to SFQ or Selection,or Q course. However, I'm from Kingsport TN,them wild folk are real.
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*Asheville*
I live here and go out in the woods whenever, all I see are beautiful deer, bear scat, and birds.
I'm from Maryland and have enjoyed exploring Maryland, Virginia , West Virginia and Pennsylvania all my life. I have friends from West Virginia and Tennessee. I've been working construction for 30 years and have done a bit of work in West Virginia, mostly around Harper's Ferry. A friend from WV told me about a town called Millville where he claimed the people were inbred. Driving through this town eventually seen them walking next to a corn field exactly as he described them. Very strange. During a visit with my friends in Tennessee, they took me to a very disturbing dirt mound of a mountain where there were random trailers going up the mount of dirt where the hillbillies sat on their front porches holding rifles and looking about as backwoods as you could imagine. I'm from Baltimore Maryland but even in the western part of MD I discovered a little town called Flintstone where I stopped to get gas and ran into two guys dressed like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. I thought for sure it must have been for a reenactment of some kind but I was wrong. These kind of people definitely exist. Although I never really felt threatened or in danger of any kind it was still a surreal experience to see people that seem like they belong in 1865.
Such an awesome story! Thank you so much for sharing and the support! Hope all is well!
I’m from Maryland too and I heard that too when I lived in Frederick heard a lot about that down
That's kinda what I saw we were camping went into the store no one was wearing shoes it was like next of kin
From Baltimore as well and have heard the same stories! Also family from Morgantown WV and it’s been stories like this from when my parents was kids
@@michaeldelair1985 After living in Fells Point, especially in the 80s as a teenager, I've been exposed to virtually every walk of life and culture. Many of the residents from some communities of Bmore are from West Virginia.
Our tribes called them half-giants. They’re the ones who didn’t lay down and go to sleep and become mountains. They aren’t only human. Mixed race.
Just because nothing tried to kill you, doesn’t mean there’s nothing out there that wants to…
%100 correct
Dude you better get and stay the hell out of there. Even Dolly Parton says don't go into the mountains of East Tennessee. It's not a joke.
You started smelling something and I thought, "does it smell like cucumber? Watch out for copperheads!"
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't someone out to get you. Been in the situation and it turned to be real.
My grandma grew up in the Appalachian mountains, she was a daughter of the infamous McCoy family, and as a kid she told me stories of what she called " wild" or feral people that lived in the woods or abandoned old cabins' or buildings in the woods that went naked and ate people. I wonder how she knew that..
I’m a mcCoy too! My mothers side. They’re all from Lewisburg.
@@Taysel9821 THATS AWESOME! my grandma's father was tremble McCoy, he was the son of Napoleon- brother of Randolph.
@@Daffodil-xw7nf very cool :) i have both hatfield and mccoy in my family lol
Some one related to the Brock side of the family sent me a picture of when Rose Anne McCoy married one of the Brocks, She was so Beautiful. However the computer I had it on died and I had no back up. My Harlan county family also drifted into Lee Co Va.
@@malindawilczynski2774 cool! So we might be distant relatives?
Anyone serious about locating feral people, bigfoot, sasquatch, or whatever you want to call them should use airborne thermal imaging. It's been available for decades. I'm sure it would involve an organization as it would be expensive but certainly decisive??
I'm actually in the process of trying to obtain that as a part of this on going research. Drones are highly illegal in the mountains as they disturb the wildlife. But I actually finally got someone else on board that might help me achieve this! I do have thermal equipment I use, but it's more ment for land base. You would have to be extremely low to the ground to use it in a plane. Hope all is well!
Yeah but then nobody would be able to make all these ridiculous videos on account of the myth being BUSTED.
Yeah but then nobody would be able to make all these ridiculous videos on account of the myth being BUSTED.
I find this story very interesting..I am a new subscriber. My mother was from Tennessee and father from West Virginia.. I’ve heard the Bigfoot’s referred to as the hairy people/ man , and the feral people.. So many discoveries out in this world we live in today!! I honestly feel you had a Bigfoot in the area you were in..Everything that I have read about them and shows I’ve watch about them and others experience they give off a odor .. Be careful out there !! Thanks for sharing 👋Illinois..
Definitely could have been! There are lots of reports in this area. Thanks for coming over!
Scott Carpenter has a channel and he goes out with a camera on his shoulder recording everything behind him as he walks and records with another camera in front, and when he reviews the shoulder camera he catches things behind him peaking out after he passes
I love when he says I have to cross this river it’s literally a creek and he keeps hearing things over running water but I can’t lie I found it entertaining I still going to like and check out the other videos
Desperately tried to see the footprints, but to no avail.
Not even a creek, a stream
yep me too
He’s using the “Ghost Adventures “ playbook. It’s Look, jump and run while getting shakey blurry video.
@@julianbarber4708I definitely saw the barefoot human footprints and I'm just watching this on a cell phone, if you're on a large screen, you should definitely see it
Decent video. Watching from the UK.
You narrrate well and are a likeable personality.
I personally believe behind all myths and stories there is some truth.
Hope you had a weapon on you up there bro!
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I grew up in Carter County TN on the border of NC and never heard the feral people story. I have done many solo hikes miles into the woods there and have seen foot prints that were very large but never have encountered anything more than animals. Animals I have encountered are bear, deer, bobcat and other similar. The large foot prints I have seen are much bigger than a man’s and I wear a size 12 1/2 boot. The prints were of a barefoot which were bigger than my boot. Some of the places I hiked were remote one being 6500 acres of wilderness area. I have never encountered anything other than animals so as to Bigfoot or feral people I can not attest to. I lived in that area for 42 years.
They are usually called, "Rednecks."
Lived at the headwaters of the Tellico River there are wild Indians in the mountains they must want to be left alone ranup on some one daywe talked for a long time told them how to get in my house if they needed to am 1/4 Cherokee and do understand why they want to live in the woods I don't but I live in an rv me an my dog in good weather we travel live in national forests ,state parks lot off things out there not a Lotta folks see it can get hard at times but I enjoy my self to me that's all that matters am 69 and got a whole bunch of things to see
Growing up in northern N J, we were told that there were mountain people and to stay away from certain areas, when we hiked in the woods. In one area we found old gravestones that were almost completely covered by leaves etc. So we knew that people had been in that area for a very long time. You got my attention. Just subscribed. Be safe on your journeys.
New Jersey was colonized in the early 1600s, there are bound to be old gravestones. Do you think your feral people are into stone carving?
Sounds like adults telling u to be safe when in the woods and not go too far. In new jersey woods I think ud be ok. In Massachusetts I've never heard anything like that bit I'd imagine Northern New England has some stories just not of feral people
Ummmm no I'm from jersey, The Jackson Whites were real cannibals that live in the woods Ramapo Reservation I believe. Also, Pine Barrens has a lot of odd occurrences that happen. In Blauvelt, NY by Nyack, there's the Tweed tunnels, an abandoned National Guard Training post onto of Mountain. Weird shit happens there all the time. Odd smells, seeing people dressed all in like a weird outfit, a group of black cats that apparently live in tunnels, lights appearing n disappearing in the woods, murders, body dumping ground, suicides, possible use of tunnels by a cult from the area and Richard Kulklinski and the mob used it to burry people n dump bodies at. Police WILL NOT go in there unless they KNOW a violent crime took place there. Nj has a lot of weird, disturbing and creepy shit that happen n sum that could still possibly be going on still today.....
Jackson Whites
I grew up in West Virginia. The vast majority of people there are normal, but there are some people who live dirt poor in the woods and just live off the land. They tend to be pretty territorial.
Same here. The best advice is don't go up the hollow if you aren't invited. 😊
It's like The Blair Witch Project and Wrong Turn got together and made a RUclips video 😅
Lawd have mercy. I needed this laugh today. Better beware them tree hunters may just find you as a nice target. Pre made clothes and a nice juicy meal to boot. LoL
don't forget to look up in the trees before you walk under them. The real danger in the Appalachians is this dogman or werewolf creature. They hunt from trees.
I know right! Not to mention widow makers, but I grew up running around the mountains so it's engrained in me to walk with my head up. Not at my feet. Thanks for lookin out! Hope all is well!
Michigan Dogman
It's like the feral, inbred, cannibalistic kill-billys from the "Wrong Turn" movie series. More terrifying than Bigfoot! In a Florida national forest is a group called the "Rainbow People" but they are described as bad smelling hippies living off the forest and coming into town for certain supplies.
I'm a rainbow, we're not that bad lol
@@justinstarwalker3778yes. Yes you sure Justin
They live in the Ocala Nat Forest
The ones in west virginia you are referring to are my Family...yes they are real and are there. Relatives of Irish immigrants....also related to my late cousin Judy Garland lol...we called her by her real name Frances Gumm
I’ve worked at Uhaul in Gainesville and encountered forrest people a few times. They looked different, smelled different and had a distinct dialect. Wasn’t really Urban or Country. The interaction was honestly a bit weird, but it was the first time I encountered people like that.
When I was 14 it was 1969 and I was part of a group of boys hiking the back trails in New Hampshire. It may have been the Presidential range that we were on. Walking on the trail we came to a small clearing that had a small hut on it with a family living in it. There was a man and woman about 30 years old and 4 children. They were dressed in rags and filthy dirty unwashed and they smelled terrible , but were very friendly and spoke with us for a short time. One strange thing was the woman was sweeping the dirt ground in front of the shack as if it was a porch . Over the years I often wonder what the hell was going on there ?
My daddy told me about the times they had to sweep the dirt yard. They did not want grass to grow. It was common practice to keep the grass swept away. Also, some houses had dirt floors. They got swept just as wood floors. He was born in the early 30’s to give you a time frame.
Woah that's interesting! I kinda feel like maybe you experienced maybe the start of ferality! I think that could be some part of this, people fleeing the world we know for whatever reason and reverting back to their natural instincts!
Lady down the street from me had dirt floors and swept them
I've seen documentaries and some people just choose to go and live on their own or in a commune on the east coast in the mountains
Most likely just poor people living the best they could.
Just because some people are poor and live differently than modern society does not make them bad people or evil.
There are some evil people in this world and some may live in the back woods, but there are plenty of evil people living on main street and suburbs as well.
I have know some good ole poor country folks that lived in shacks that would give you their last bite of food or help others any way they could.
Although I am cautious of anyone til I get to know them well, I tend to be more comfortable around those that live off the beaten path than I am around folks on city streets. In fact, I stay out of cities and off of city streets as much as is possible. Personally, I much prefer the country and the backwoods.
I’m cautious everywhere, because I never know who or what I will run into.
But, I judge each individual by their own actions, not how they live, where they live, how they dress or how poor or rich they appear.
Good and bad folks exist in all walks of life.
the clicking noises were the trees creaking in the wind,but the footprints and the feeling of being followed i can believe. Im from WV and spent a ton of time in the woods, I lived in the woods till i was 31. Ive had many many experiences of everything suddenly becoming super silent and still on an otherwise "normal" sunny day....now THAT is when you need to get tf out of dodge
There could be some truthfulness to these types of stories. I remember hearing a true story of 2 guys that were chaised off the road they were on into the woods. They abandoned their vehicle and separated from confusion, panic, terror. One jumped in the river and the other went running deeper into the woods. According to these 2 men they were being tormented by these people. Playing cat and mouse with them. They said it was a big group of people woman,men , and even children! The man who went floating down the river terrified to get out because these people were following him on land on the edge by the river. Even on trees hanging backwards trying to grab him. All while making weird bird sounds. Yall gotta look up this real story. And b4 u say they were crazy or on drugs nope. When they were found they tested them and ran all kinds of test but everything came back normal. They didn't have a criminal background either. They were traumatized and apparently one of them had a real hard time afterwards. But they both stuck to their original stories and never changed anything..
I think I seen some in cities....
Being chased by a chaise would be really weird...
Little mountain streams have a unique beutiful sound to them.
I know right? Nothing can compare
Why would they eat people when animials abound there?
That's a good question. I would imagine they may imitate black bears. A mother black bear, if forced with starvation, will eat its young to live. Because it can always have another cub. But if the mother dies, the cub dies as well. I think it could be soley a survival thing.
You have led a very interesting past! A military man and a park ranger? That's pretty darn awesome. I have to admit tho, seeing you out there on these adventures alone, I am glad for your experience and that you are armed. I have to admit, I find these stories pretty fascinating. I live no where near there (I live in MN), but have heard stories of the Appalachian people even from here. To me it is both scary and amazing that a group of people, even a small group, could live completely off grid even this day in age....that is if they still exist. Thank you so much for putting so much time into telling these stories. They need to be heard. Turning our backs on history won't do us any good and the thought of losing these stories is just sad.
I have led a pretty interesting life I guess you could say! I've always been into exploring ever since I was a kid, so doing those types of things are really just second nature! Thanks for coming over!
It doesnt surprise me at all that people actually live deep in the woods.....it wasnt that long ago that "we" lived off grid and there are lotsa people around the world living that way. I'm 50 and my Gramma told me stories of how she lived when she was very young which was off grid in Saskatchewan.....and it gets right cold there in the winter!
I love Appalachia. When my mom passed away, I had her quilts and a bunch of stories about eating squirrel brains, poverty, people getting killed and hid in moonshine hiding holes. I threw it away as nonsense, but the more research I do the more I realize how amazing the culture, the music, the way of life speaks to shear grit and the resilience to live and I would argue you can find more examples of freedom there than anywhere else.
Lol...the footprints n stuff was hilarious but I do have a really good buzz right now and found the stories entertaining.
@12:27 as he points the cam at the footprints ....the shadows of the trees look as if there a body figure with a arm and hand ...I guess tryna hold the branches of the shadows as well
@@Dreal2396 aaahahahaha....scarryyy!!! I like how he keeps a serious look while he's showing and talking about them.... very entertaining indeed. He's a very good story teller....I can imagine it would be difficult to do while bushwackin through the woods!
@@hitekredneck109 cool
Evertime I watch a video of Tennessee. I always see the nicest rivers and streams. So clear and refreshing looking
If you are running into 50 head of boar out there then, certainly, these feral people would have plenty of game to live off of without needing to eat people…
At around the 9:54 second mark, while your camera is panning around towards the creek, there is a larger rock in the center of the frame, and there is a stack of smaller rocks on this bigger rock like someone made a stack of rocks right in front of the stream. I didn't know if you noticed this stacked rock formation. It's interesting. I don't know if you saw this, but it's unusual.
Very good observation, that rock formation is real unusual and I’m pretty sure he is not alone out there in part of the deep mountain 🏔
He actually mentioned it.
It's a cairn
That’s a Cairn; a trail marker
Those are super common and you can find them on many trails around the world, was supposed to be a marking for a trail but now so many people just do them randomly around
I'm confused. You are former military. You are from that part of the country (also where I was born and raised). You mention that there are wild boar in that area that travel in large singulars (group of boar). You are literally searching for feral humans or evidence of feral humans. That is your stated purpose. Just based on this there is no way you are not packing AT LEAST a 9mm pistol. So, WHY did you run when you thought you heard sounds that could be coming from the feral people you were searching for??!!
Hey Dan! As I stated in the video I didn't think that I was being chased by feral people, however I did have a run in earlier in the day with a large group of boar, which was most likely what I was hearing again, thats why I got to higher ground. I did not want to get stuck in the middle of that group (they would have killed me). I do carry. I am a big 2nd amendment advocate, so I do not use my weapon as a prop in my videos. I believe it is irresponsible to use firearms on RUclips to make your video "look cooler." I also want to inspire people to go out and explore, not shoot me out in the woods. Anyway hope that answers your question. Hope all is well!
@@blackmassparanormal I've lived here over 20 years and spent the majority of my life in the woods and I have never seen a single wild boar what part of East Tennessee do you claim to see these in..
I think the boar 🐗 are a recent invasion - swine will roam all sections of the planet soon
@@MsTMarie83they're everywhere in America. Their numbers have grown beyond belief.
And, if these people are potentially so dangerous, why would you not have a buddy along to help watch your back?
I have very closely related ancestors who came from The Holler, throw in a good amount of Cherokee also. I've never felt so immediately 'at home' as when I first went to Kentucky and Tennessee and the Carolinas. So interested in your stories, as I grew up hearing about the 'Booger Man' (which is a Cherokee spirit, and depicted in the Booger Dance. Honestly IS different than 'the Boogey Man' stories told to children.) You are dead on about 'Shiners. I like to tell people my family worked on the "product" line of NASCAR. Very proud to say I come from The Holler, The Seam, The Cherokee and the 'Shiners. I speak "Hill Folk" very well, despite being a West Coast Native. (Keep out an eye for 'The Haints', and leave some offerings to the Spirit Folk. Appalachia is very 'alive', you can sense it all around you.)
The Apache avoided parts of the Smokies. Said them mountain caves have what they call the 'Face Eaters' in them. They look human but are not human and the Cherokee say the same, not human. Locals who will talk say not to mistake them for humans because they are not.
The Holler lmfao! I'm from way up thur in the Holler uh hur hur hur.
I got chill bumps when you said you heard clicking noises.
To be fair is sounded quite a lot like creaking trees. He was there in person though so I can’t pass judgment like that.
Can u imagine being stuck out there at night?!? I was scanning the woods for people behind you!!
My wife and I hike all over the Western NC mountains. I carry a 9mm Mossberg strapped to my left leg, I have a chest harness with a 357 magnum with 190 grain bear rounds in it and a Smith and Wesson dagger on my belt. Beside of me walking is my wife with a full can of bear spray ready to fire. As I was born there, if you do not do this, you have no business being there with wild animals and unknown people walking up on you. ..... We want to be comfortable hiking and not be worried about someone or some thing stalking us. Both of us have our concealed permits so we can carry as many weapons and as much ammo as we want, totally legal.
Man make up a better tale this one is full of holes I lived in wild country NC tn ga wst VA VA most of my life only thing to worry about is people telling tales an acting stupid
I have no worries about feral people, inbreds, sasquatch, Skunk apes, haints, haunts or hobos, but YOU & your traveling gun shop WOULD make me hide and make noises to get you to leave.
And your full of shit to nobody believes this crap I hope this is a arm chair warrior doubt it's ever been out of sight of people let alone in the back countryn
Where I lived in rural North Carolina in the early 2000s Would see one every once in a while walking down the street they look like they hadn’t showered in 20 years wore no shoes
Hey Hiraldo mcgoo! I would love to hear more, if you want to share email me @blackmassparanormal00@gmail.com, I am compiling a bunch of these encounters! thanks for sharing, hope all is well!
Been to Walmart lately?
I saw an abandoned commode in the Walmart parking lot in Western NC. I bet it was a feral's toilet. They recognized their kinship with Walmart shoppers, and felt comfortable leaving it there as a sign.
@@marknewton6984 😂 Walmart is secretly run by an unusual group of AR ferals. They resemble the cavemen who used to do the insurance commercials.
You got to get into shape man, you can not walk and talk and breath at the same time. I am not hating on you, I am just a Nurse and a concerned viewer. You are too young to be like that. ❤
The trail is super beautiful and relaxing, wish I were there.
Yeah I agree. This is an old video, apparently my metabolism isn't what it used to be. But thanks
Man we’ve been coming up from central Alabama for 40+ years of my life. My parents long before that. In the 70’s and 80’s it was mostly Tenn, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky. Now it’s people from far away and even from other countries. The only thing I’ve seen that is bad is how they’ve commercialized everything and allowed all the cabins to be built and destroy the once beautiful Mts. of Gatlinburg. In Nov. of 1999 while my wife and I was on our honeymoon I told her when coming home and going through Wears Valley that they’d eventually commercialize that too. They want be happy until the beauty is gone and they’ve ripped every dollar out of it they can get.
You got that straight. My family were all rooted from generations of Tennesseans and the guy in this video is most likely northern Or yankee
It is happening everywhere in N C.makes me mad and sad.
If you hear bango music runnnnnnnnnnn
or "banjo" music
I heard these same stories as a kid growing up and to never go into the woods alone without being in a group. Was told about hidden natural caves where they lived and all sorts of info.
Im from North appalachia in PA and it seems that the deeper south in the mountains you go, the more "appalachian" it becomes. Our little town sat in a little valley in the Appalachian mountains. My father told me a story of someone up in the mountains where his family lived. This someone was known as "The Stalker", and was well known by some of the neighbors who lived on the slope of the mountain. He would make his way to their second story and sit at the window at the top of the stairwell. They tried to catch him. But when they went to grab him, he jumped off the roof and didnt even stop when he hit the ground. he never lost momentum, and kept running. This person looked unnatural. So yeah Appalachia is fucking wild man theres some insane stories I've heard from there. I live in SW Colorado now and most of the wild stories are told by the Native American tribes in the area. Thats where most of the old history is from.
Inbreeding
I just remembered.. it's been years since I watched the Blair Witch project.
there are feral people on vancouver island too. I was house sitting a large acreage and got preyed upon. soon as the sun went down, i heard a sequence of whistling that belonged to 3 people in the back yard. thankfully my friend noticed, and we called the cops. the cops were no help whatsoever, so we drove off into town. the next day we went to check the property, and soon as the sun went down, we heard the same 3 whistlers nearby, and this time closer. when i told my friend about this, they said it's a known fact that "flesh people" live in the mountain ranges and the cops are terrified so they will not come out to check the scene. I'm just glad i can live to tell the tale.
Where on Vancouver Island?
There's a lot of feral people in Vancouver too. Not to mention LA, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle...
It was probably a bunch of enlightened ravens, giggling with their wings over their beaks to stifle the guffaws as you ran. After you were gone I'm sure Hank remarked "I gotta hand it to ya Earl, I didn't believe you about these folks, but you're right, we CAN make them run!"
@@joesmith942 Absolutely!! I live near Portland, Or. and I have observed these Weird, Freaky, Out of Their Mind Screaming People. I Do Not go into Portland for Any Reason and Never Will.
You don’t have to worry about hillbilly’s killing you worry about them keeping you.
Hahaha!
Once your spooked and your mind runs away with you, you'll hear all sorts of sounds that are probably just natural noises of the forest and you'll assume they are human related sounds, your fear fine tunes your senses. It's a natural survival mechanism, I think called fight or flight. When you eventually encounter these wild people, you might discover they aren't out to get you, but being so disconnected from society, they'll probably see the world very differently to the rest of us.
Hey Jason! I couldn't agree more! After having my first real paranormal experience I began looking at the world completely differently. I think that movie culture had a huge effect on societies perception of these people. After posting this video, I have been flooded with firsthand experiences with them and they are definitely alot different than what most perceive them as. Ill be releasing another video soon with some interesting evidence. Hope all is well! thanks for the support!
The blue people are from Perry County Kentucky. They had been cured. It was a blood disorder.
Yes, From "Inbreeding"!! I hope these Doctors told these people to STOP their FILTHY, SINFULL PRACTICES!!
I know it's not my business, but if you're moving around in a vicinity where you are the prey, and you have humans looking to potentially trap you and eat you, I hope you have the sense to have a weapon, some bear spray ( to use against humans if necessary) and a personal locator device. I lived in TN and I never heard of this, but if this is what's going on, it explains a lot. I wondered why the military or FBI or special forces guys would be called out during a missing hiker situation, but now it makes perfect sense. Edit: Also when you smell garbage, that's a Sasquatch. They also give you that fear sensation that you're being watched or followed.
But what if Sasquatch is actually inbred people ?
@@ssshadowwolf6762what If this guy IS the trash 🤔
@@ssshadowwolf6762or nephilim
Not sasquatch more likly a bear they stink bad in the summer when it's hot you can smell where theve crossed roads trails etc the smell hangs around a while
There is no physical proof of feral people. After all of these decades if they existed there would be proof by now.
I think I would carry a gun with me. Stay safe. Love the out doors.
I do. I'm just one of those guys who doesn't make a big deal of it 😉
I’m from Tennessee. I believe in Sasquatch. But I do believe there are feral too. I wonder if Summer Wells is out there. I know that Martin case. I always thought it was a big foot. The thing with Summer Wells is that her parents look extremely guilty, and are guilty of abuse and neglect. But they live right by a mountain. It’s possible something came down from that mountain hunger. And saw a. Opportunity. I also watched some locals from around that area talk about seeing dog men. Be carful out there. Leslye
You are not gonna believe the evidence I have gathered in connection to this story. I think there very well could be a big foot as well, but from the stories and evidence I have gathered....there is something else happening here too.
i go to the mini-cassia fair in burley and see people at food booth area and carnival that i have never seen,they certainly have to be inbred and their are different groups that look very strange but also different from each group. the mentality has a lot to be desired and i live in a town that has plenty of illiterate people as it is but these people looked like they crawled out from under a rock. mentality was very, very, low!!!!!!
that is burley, idaho
I think her parents are involved in Summer's disappearance.
That’s not clicking noises, that’s trees swaying in the wind and making creaking sounds.
The amount of bullshit in this video is unreal.
We come to that area from North GA about 10 times a year. Few years ago we spoke to a park ranger in pigeon forge. Long story short he confirmed the existence of feral people and bigfoot in the park. Stay safe.
That's cool! yeah since I published this (I never thought it would get this big) I have received TONS of stories about people having encounters! Hope all is well!
He CONFIRMED the existence of “bigfoot”? Mighty convenient that he, like the thousands of others that make such claims, obtained no actual proof.
Hate to say this,but Sasquatch is much closer to civilization than you think
Show me a Bigfoot body and then I might believe you...
@@michelleA9502they most likely hurry or eat their dead
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I've heard many stories about them.
A few having to do with park staff.
Clicking noise in my experience would be Sasquatch.
They are heavy in that area.
Good luck! I look forward to seeing what you may find!! I'm actually a West coast girl..... Sure we have mountains.....Omg beautiful mountains! Mt. Rainer being out pride and joy here in Washington state. But man, there's something about your mountains! I am extremely infatuated with them and their people, their legends everything fascinates me about them. Hope one day to visit....... But for now will see what kind of adventures you find! Stay safe my friend.....
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Born and raised in east TN and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this lol.
Hey Jonathon! Although these stories have been around for centuries, I think a lot of people wanted to keep them somewhat quiet. However, with all the gentrification occurring and our lands being destroyed, I think its important for the people coming here to know whats out there ;). The Whittaker family is a prime example of this situation, I don't think its unreasonable to think that story could be happening somewhere else. Hope all is well!
The Appalachian mountains have all kinds of crazy things associated with them. I didn't know about any of them before I moved here. It keeps me packing whenever I am out fishing on my own but I always enjoy to hear these stories.
Crazy lives everywhere in this country Lol’n Welcome to the mountains darlin.
When I was in band camp I came across the Adams family. They were all quite lovely, even uncle fester…😂😂😂
In Norfolk, UK, 2 Green children came out of a cave. They spoke no known language. The boy died. The girl lived, learned English and the green faded eventually. (Copper in high quantities?)
Woah! That's interesting! Sad the boy passed away, but I'm glad to hear the girl survived.
Super weird!
I've lived in WV for 46 years grew up playing in the woods, been in some pretty remote places and have never seen anything like that. We do have people that live off the grid mountain men. A lot live in what looks like a shack and they are usually rough/dirty looking. They are very protective of their property and depending on what all they are doing on that property depends on how you are getting welcomed if ya know what I mean. As far as inbreeding there is no more inbreeding in the Appalachian mountains than any other part of the United States. I think a lot of these stories are from times long ago where they told tales of crazy things for entertainment and it just keeps getting passed down.
It just makes me mad he is playing into this stereotype of ignorant wild people in the mountains when it's totally False. I've been here over 20 years and spent the majority of my life wandering the woods and my spouse's family are some of the most famous storytellers of the area and we've never heard of such a thing...
If you don't believe in inbreeding you need to go to greasy holler, and meet the H"s, you won't have any trouble finding them as there is a gagle of them walking the roads 24/7. Most folks in the hollers don't live up to those stereotypes, now a days, and treated patients suffering from incest from all over the country, so it is everywhere. It just seems in some of those hollers they did not know it was wrong. In my own family tree there are some sparse branches. Often cousin marrying cousins to keep land in the family. in some cases not even having to change last names. Cousin marriages were not uncommon all over the US in past times, and still common in some countries like Pakistan.
And why does your name have 3 sixes in it that’s weird bro y’all are definitely odd out there.
It's not false....the inbreeding is quite literally documented in northeast Pennsylvania. I know, I'm a distant relative. Estranged from the family but it's been several generations since the most violent ones took back to the forests. It's not the type of inbreeding you envision, it's done so meticulously there are no birth defects outside of extreme violence capabilities and that is NOT taught to be prevented but instead, it's fine tuned.. even the members living as civilians today are fuckin ruthless. You call us hillbillies. The hillbillies call us something different... I say us, because I grew up thinking this was typical family dynamics. Everyone had truly wild uncle's and cousins who retreated back to the same forests they stole. But, those natives are EXTINCT, so the government doesn't have to admit they trained an out of state relative to become a green beret. You think they're going to tell you the truth??
Was the movie series "wrong turn," based off feral Appalachian people?...
That when you start running away, you stole that from the blair witch project.
My son is on the Appalachian Trail. He’s made it from Ga to Va so far. This is crazy. I think they used these stories for a movie I watched years ago. Maybe the local stories encouraged the movie or movie just encourage the stories.
He’s probably from northerners
I hike and camp all through the mountains bordering NC and TN. I have seen and heard weird things in several areas and have had really uneasy feelings in some back country areas but have never seen anything aside from an occasional tweaker that got themselves lost WAY out in the woods.
hahaha! yeah the tweeker problem was pretty bad there for awhile. Hope all is well!
Amazing what you can do with a camera in your local park isn't it.
If you are alone in the forest and a predator is stalking you, the last thing you do is run! Although I might run from a naked wild man, unless I had my gun with me in which case I would shoot him! Then I would run. Never run from a wild animal as you just kick in the prey drive and it will catch you and eat you! Interesting video though.
If these feral humans are out there, It sounds like a lot of inbreeding would be taking place, which would account for the physical and genetic deformities. Cannibalism kills those who engage in it pretty quickly, so I’m guessing they limit that behavior. Maybe that’s their idea of a “delicacy”, or in cases of desperation when other food is scarce and the opportunity presents itself. And I could see them taking up residence in abandoned mines and caves. I don’t know if there are any old mines in the area but that would be something to check out, maybe set up some cameras at any entrance points you could find.
About the franchise coffee shops and horrific stores (those are more scary to me than the mountain people!) we need to break up the monopolies, pure and simple. They’re responsible for a huge percentage of our problems. Monopolies and oligopolies in all industries (food and beverage, retail, finance and the worst - media) are destroying everything. Fortunately there is a movement on the way to change this.
I agree %100! it drives me crazy, but maybe if these people heard the stories of our cryptids they may just stay away from our sacred places ; )
@@blackmassparanormal That would be awesome. Maybe we should try to make contact with these creatures, and try to build up a report. Then we could send the cryptids into Starbucks to order coffee! 😃
On a side note, have you ever seen ‘The Descent’? It’s a pretty good horror flic, and I think the creatures in the movie might be based off of the descriptions of these feral humans.
My cousin was a forest ranger in East Tennessee and has told me about these people. He is not one to exaggerate so I know that they exist
Make sure you keep an eye and ear up in the trees. You don't want something to drop down on you. Or more than one of them .
Are u familiar with the Dennis Martin case of the late 60's. We still don't know who or what took him. the FBI agent assigned to the case killed himself; idk if his suicide was related or not. I bet he knew something that he wasn't allowed to expose.
I hope the narrator carries a serious BLASTER! My boy and his wife just moved into the Johnson City area from Wisconsin. They love hiking. From my own experience in Appalachia, I told my boy he'd best carry a large handgun for four and two-legged game.
Great video, thanks. Some of the feral people may have originated from the terror of the Civil War. In recent years a man and his son emerged from the jungles of Vietnam after hiding for 50 years following a raid.
Those are some long lived ferals, 159 years after the Civil War ended.
Anyone notice the "stacked-rocks" at 9:53,.... or the logs which "happened" to fall across the creek? Seems a little creepy to me,...... could be markers for some reason,... but definitely indicators of PEOPLE being back here at least to this point on the map!
Mostly rocks are from folks hiking and marking there trales nothing to worry about
Its public land
This was a very interesting video. I don't know very much about these people, and although scary, I'd be interested in learning more. So if you do this series I'd for sure watch! Just be careful 😱 cuz it seems dangerous.
Watch the documentary by Soft White Underbelly on here, about the people of Odd, WV.
That area is my favorite area to vacation at, I absolutely love the Mount Mitchell area and Cherokee and over the line in to Gatlinburg, I could definitely see an unknown creature/humanoid to go in noticed out there for sure, thanks for the video, I enjoyed it!
I'm in VA... always been in VA.. I am so intrigued by the Whitakers from West Virginia...if you are interested in things like this please look them up.. They are named as a family of inbreds... it's wild..
Hey Brenda! The Whittakers are super interesting and served as a partial inspiration for this video. I mean if Ray had lost his immediate family, there is a good possibility he would fit the exact descriptions given by the witnesses. So if we know we still have these small groups, who is to say that they even slightly more extreme cases don't exist somewhere else? To me, it doesn't sound too far out of reason. Hope all is well! thank you for the support!
A fat dude in the woods, where the trees all look less than 20-25 years old, looking for feral cannibals. I don’t see how that could possibly go awry…
Thank u for this video man u risk everything to make the best story i ever heard and thi shi spooks me out like crazy keep doing what u doin gang, never even heard of this before shi crazy asf
I live in Chicago, total city girl. I am terrified of the mountains. I refuse to go camping. I have been to the mountains, Pike's Peak, Sandia Mountains, Lemon Mountains & Mount Tom. I do enjoy the beauty, the peace & fresh air. However, a little visit is all I can take & I do not want to hang around or stay long. There are people in the mountains that kidnap people like me & are forced to cook squirrel meat for them. No fucking way. Everyone laughs at me when I say this, but I am dead serious. I don't even like to go to the forest preserves in Chicago. I am telling you, people live in the woods. I am very happy in the city. I know who's who, how to walk down a street, like I own the street & I know where I am going, thugs are easy to identify & I am armed. I would rather take a long walk on a city street at midnight than sleep in the fricking wild. Nope. No way.
No offense, but they kidnap "people like me"? Why, for the Chicago accent?
Smart girl.
I know we seen a wild man,I found a trap and my RV was attacked by rocks in the middle of the night while I was camping alone at a remote abandoned campground along the Clackamas river in Oregon about 4 yrs ago.
Holy crap that's wild! I'd love to hear more, if this phenomenon is happening out west as well, this could be alot bigger than I thought! So cool!
That's scary as hell! Don't go into the woods without a weapon and a group.
SASQUATCH.
He could be schizophrenic, an exNFL sufferer of traumatic brain injury, or maybe he didn't like the brand of your RV. Consider these reasons carefully before going out alone again.
iv sometimes felt like spirits in the cherokee national forest. kinda like a feeling of someone running by you and the gush of wind catches you. as an indigenous person from Kenya i always felt welcomed as if being allowed to be there
Those creaking sounds are the trees moving in the ground from the wind. I don’t believe in “feral people”, but there are still dangerous animals in those woods.
Living in a more rural part of Tennessee I call BS. We are constantly out riding the TWRA trails, some we have to chain saw or way through (not against the law to clear a TWRA trail). Anyone living out in the Appalachian mountains would have to use fire for warmth and shelter. NO ONE lives and sleeps on open ground in the mountains. Also no one would use clicks to communicate unless they want you to know they are there. Also too many possible food sources for them to become cannibals. It would be an unlikely, dangerous and rare food source.
Lota folks stay in the hills therexare indians in the area you mentioned I lived at the head of the Tellico in NC you ever see me ? Or some of the other folks that lived up there doubt you had a clue we liv3d there I hunted gold rubies emeralds jasper agates ever find any ? Doubt you e en knew there was anythere just cause you don't see it dosent mean it aint there most people could look at me and never see me in the woods if I want nobody canfind me that includes dogs
There are some Native American tribes which incorporate clicks into part of heir languages, but not all off it.
Loved this video 😍 can not wait for more videos on this subject as from the UK i have not heard of any feral people in the UK but we have had definitely had inbreeding especially from our royal families etc.
Thanks Sharon! Yeah I have some cool stuff coming out soon. I try to do all aspects of the paranormal! Thanks for coming over and showing support!
Prince Andrew and Charles being prime examples.
Some people's family tree is literally in a circle. Ancient Egyptians bring some of those people.
It’s not true I com3 from generations of Tennessee family but the guy in this video is what we call a yankee trying to get attention for his false video