Searching for Bigfoot Led to a Discovery of Mysterious Ancient Stones

My friends, I want to welcome you all to this episode of the outdoor gear review. This is the green forest. Since the 1800s, my friends, this has been a hot spot for Bigfoot activity. Long before that, the Cherokee Indians would refer to this area as the Devil's Footsteps. Why exactly? No one knows. To make your way to the top of this mountain, it requires a great deal of offtrail hiking. Hiking that can be very, very confusing because everything in this forest looks exactly the same. Everything is covered in moss. There's ferns everywhere. In other words, it's a sea of green.

I apologize everyone. It sounds like it's going to get loud here in just a few minutes. We are currently surrounded by thunderstorms and some light rain is falling now. I had no intentions to film this in the rain, but it is what it is. The weather has different plans. It's one of the fun aspects of living in a rainforest. even when they're not calling for rain. Like today, it's going to rain. That's okay, though. Today, everyone, there's something that we need to talk about in regards to this forest. In regards to what you all have called or named the Bigfoot Stones, it is very, very dark, everyone. Still

lightly raining, and we are currently surrounded by thunderstorms. I love it. Before I talk about the Bigfoot stones, let's talk very briefly about my experiences in this forest. For around 5 to 7 years or so, I've been coming out to this forest, like I said, for camping purposes. I have had some strange experiences out here. Experiences that I can't explain. I have gone over these time and time again with all of these episodes, and I'm not going to do that again. Right? If you're interested about my experiences here, some are truly bizarre. Watch the previous episodes. I will have those linked in the description box. What I don't want to do in this episode is beat a dead horse, as the saying goes. I've spoken about my

experiences, so I'm not going to do that again. What I want to do is this: focus on the stones. So, I've been coming out here between 5 to 10 years, right? From day one, when exploring this forest, I came across some white stones on top of the moss. At first, I didn't think anything about it, right? I saw these white stones. I thought they were quartz, and I kept on hiking. Over the years, these stones, not only do I keep finding them, but they keep popping back up in my mind. The more that I encountered those stones, the more questions that I had. For one, if they are pieces of quartz, why isn't quartz commonly found on this mountain? The stones number in the hundreds. I don't even think there's a thousand of them

out here. They are scattered extremely randomly as far as I can tell. There's not a certain spot that has more than another. They're just random white stones that can be found in this forest. Now, what's interesting about these stones is that they're very small in size. No bigger than the tip of your pinky, but also they're very smooth. Not polished, but very, very smooth. Over the years, you all have come up with many theories concerning these stones. Some people thought they were quartz like I did, right? Some people thought they were pieces of bone. But nobody could explain why every single one of those stones is smooth. Because there's

so much mystery concerning these stones, I decided to send these off to a laboratory to have them tested so that we can have a definitive answer on what they are. And folks, that's exactly what I have done. And I have to say, everyone, the results are shocking. They are surprisingly weird. And I know what they are now, but this presents more questions than it presents answers. If you all don't mind, I'm going to go ahead and make a cup of coffee and then I'll tell you all about these stones. This is far more complicated than I expected it to be. And because of that, I had to bring in some specialists. I will tell you all about this and more once I have the coffee made.

Yeah, everyone, the storm is here. Still not raining all that heavy, but it is very, very windy, very dark, and we are surrounded by storms. Lots and lots of thunder. The wind is picking up some. I call it perfect to be honest with you. Absolutely perfect. My friends, we have a lot to talk about. When I sent these samples off to have them tested, I have to admit I was ignorant about a few things. One, how the entire process works and also how expensive this process is. I sent off two stones to be analyzed in a laboratory. Then I received the results. And I'll be honest, I had no idea what they meant. The company, they didn't explain to me what any of it meant. So to me, it was like looking at pure

gibberish. As I stated previously, I'm not a geologist. To me, those stones look like quartz, but they truly could have been anything, right? So, because I didn't understand the results, because I'm not a geologist, I had to find a geologist. I had to find someone who can tell me what the results meant and also explain to me why they would be normal or why they would be weird. As it stands right now, I have all the information that we need, everything that we need to go over. So, in regards to the stones, were they quartz? The answer is really, it's kind of an unknown, right?

These stones feature a number of oddities that can't easily be explained. Oddities that are in some cases extraordinarily rare. These findings are so odd and so rare that the geologist couldn't explain it either. Again, I'm not a geologist. A lot of this means absolutely nothing to me. When it comes to the samples, I sent in two. Each one found roughly 2 mi apart on top of this mountain range. Naturally, there were some differences between the stones, but for the most part, the results were identical. The largest makeups of these stones were the same, but the minor details, the minor elements, they were a little bit

different as far as like the percentages goes of each element, if that makes sense. The first weird thing is that these samples were dominated by silica with only trace amounts of other elements, which means these stones are extremely old from very deep lines of stone buried far inside the earth, primarily at the crust. In other words, these are not typical stones that you would find on the ground like you would with a piece of granite or regular quartz. The numbers show that each rock is made primarily from silica and oxygen in terms of their chemical makeup. There's traces amounts of titanium, cadium, iron, chromium, tin, and other elements. In plain English, these are

not metal ore samples. They are mostly rich quartz rock that have some odd chemical spice mixed in. The geologist was able to explain why the stones were so smooth, and he said that's due to age. age and weathering. In other words, they've been on top of the soil for so long that they are now smooth. Not polished, but smooth. I want to say in the previous episode when I was out gathering the samples and I was talking about sending them off, I stated at least once that they were polished. I did not mean to state that. What I meant was they were smoothed. There is a difference between, you know, being polished and just being smooth to the touch. Anyways, because these stones are

so smooth and because of their makeup, the geologist stated that these are obviously very rare and that's because basically we're looking at leftovers from an ancient system that's been heavily remodeled by mountain building. That's what the geologist said. Those are not my words at all. In geologic terms, this means that the source of the rock is rare because it was never common to begin with. Going back to the samples being very pure because the trace amounts of the other minerals that are present are so low together. This is suspicious looking because normal rock would have higher traces of elements than what

these do. In other words, these rocks are very pure to be in this area. The geologist went on to state that the numbers as far as cadium goes, podium goes, and chromium goes, these are not elements that he was expecting to see in any sort of meaningful levels in these areas, especially when it comes to palladium. This is a very odd metal to have in such pure silica. To the geologist, this was the biggest eyebrow razor. And that's because even small trace amounts found in a stone would be considered extremely uncommon. But in this case here, the palladium levels are thousands of times higher than normal. So high in fact, that apparently this is a big deal. Palladium is extremely rare,

very, very rare in the Earth's crust. And he states that it's 0.015 parts per million. That's how rare it is. Now, honestly, folks, that means nothing to me at all. The geologist went on to state that these elements are odd because they're not the main ingredients that make up quartz or silica stone. These stones, which feature a very high silica content, are not common in this part of western North Carolina, and neither is palladium that is not found in typical mountain rocks. I was told that when holding one of these stones, I was holding not just a fragment of a rock, but rather a puzzle piece, a piece of a puzzle that we simply do not understand, which is really, really interesting.

Again, everyone, I apologize for having to read all of this off, but again, there's no way I can remember all of this. There was so much to this The big question is where did these stones come from? Because they did not originate from this area. Obviously these stones were brought here. So the question then becomes by who? The best guess by the geologist is that they were brought here by the ancient Cherokee Indians who lived in this area from 1,000 AD to 1800 AD. Just in case you don't know, the Cherokee Indians who lived in this area used rock quaries from all over western North Carolina. And from these quaries, they would harness quartz rock and they would make their tools and arrows and whatnot from

the quartz. with these stone samples. They're not quite quartz, but then again, they are very much quartz like what exactly these stones are. Even the geologist did not know. It would take even more testing basically to get those answers. In my opinion, we don't need to do any further testing. We already know that the stones did not originate from this area and that their composition is rather strange. They are quartzlike, but they're not necessarily quartz. There's a lot of oddities that have come out of this testing and what I was told by the geologist. Things that I really can't explain and neither can he. These stones were brought here. So, the question is why exactly? They were not brought here

as part of any sort of tool or anything like that. Maybe they were left as gifts for whatever it is that's out in this forest. With that being said though, do I believe in Bigfoot? No. No, I don't. I will not believe in Bigfoot until I see some real evidence. Yes, I've had some strange encounters. Well, strange experiences, I should say. In fact, one of the strangest experiences that I had happened on top of this mountain. I came down to this location here to do some camping. And later into the evening, I began hearing footsteps walking around my camp. Never saw anything. The next morning, when hiking out of here on a game trail, I

came across a gigantic fallen tree. The thing is, the tree was not there the day before. I do not know how to explain that. Yes, it was a stormy night, but not that stormy, right? Plus, I couldn't tell where the tree came from. There was no holes in the ground where the roots were, nothing like that. Nothing was disturbed. There was a tree just laying in the middle of that game trail. What that means, I don't know, nothing. Maybe to you it means something, but to me it's just an odd experience. Since the dawn of mankind, man and woman have been coming up with creative ways to explain things they do not know. And I'm wise enough to understand that. And

just because things take place that I don't understand doesn't mean that it's a supernatural creature of some sort. With that being said though, you can believe what you want to believe. And for myself, I need a little bit more. There's no doubt about it. This forest has a very unusual history to it. And again, there's a ton of Bigfoot reports dating back to the 1800s here. Plus, the Native Americans felt that this was a special location, too. Before I wrap up this episode, let's go over an additional Bigfoot story encounter report that came from this area. This one is quite interesting. Every single time that I come out to this area, I go over a report that I've read concerning this area.

The report that I have to share comes from 2008, and it's not from directly on top of this mountain, but rather at a river that surrounds this mountain. A husband and wife were out doing some fishing when they came across a tall bipeedal creature standing in the middle of the river. They estimated this creature to be roughly 7 foot tall. And at first they thought it appeared to be very bearlike, but after watching this for a period of time, they changed their minds. There was nothing bearlike about this creature at all. The couple stated they were roughly 100 ft away from the creature and it had its back towards them. When it turned around, that's when they saw it clearly, and it was

obviously not a bear. It was mostly covered in hair and had very humanistic sort of features. They looked at the creature. The creature looked back and eventually the creature took off out of the water into the forest heading up towards this direction. I am certainly interested in hearing your thoughts. Everyone make sure to comment down below. Share your thoughts concerning these stones. I figured these stones were nothing more than quartz, but that appears not to be the case. These results have presented more questions than answers, and that everyone is okay with me. There's nothing wrong with having mysteries in life. This forest is certainly special for many reasons, and I can't wait to return.

My friends, that wraps it up for this search for Bigfoot episode. I want to thank you all very much for tuning in. Talk about interesting, folks. That is not what I expected. Again, comment down below and share your thoughts. Until next time, everyone, take care. Be well. Strengthen on her.