I was fighting fires that summer, but my incident, well, the scariest event in my life, did not happen until late September and early October.

Bigfoots are real, and frightening too! I love my job, even to this day, but I now have an extra pair of eyes while I am out fighting wildfires in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, that’s for sure. Bland Mountain fire lookout is where all of this took place.

Here is my story.