In this episode of Let’s Find Out, we sit down with Howling Underdog Films, an independent documentary team digging deep into the histories, hauntings, and mysteries that shape our world. Their latest project, “Something is Out There,” takes viewers straight into the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, where old stories refuse to die.

This film explores four chilling legends that have echoed through the hills for generations:

The Cherokee monster Spearfinger, the cursed hunting grounds known as the Body Dump,  encounters with spectral black dogs, and the eerie warnings about whistling at night.

These Appalachian tales are dark, strange, and unforgettable — and Howling Underdog Films brings them to life with atmosphere, history, and a whole lot of mystery.

Author Jack LaFountain has always been a storyteller at heart. An Air Force veteran, ordained minister, retired nurse, and writer of both faith‑based Westerns and award‑winning ghost stories, Jack brings a lifetime of experience to every tale he tells.

With 24 works of fiction that ride the line between history and the supernatural, his stories explore the frontier, the unknown, and the thin places where legend meets reality.

And hear me now, believe me later, he’s just getting started.

Vance Orchard spent more than three decades writing for the Walla Walla Union‑Bulletin, covering the people, places, and rhythms of eastern Washington. He was a storyteller by trade, a community man by instinct, and a chronicler of the land long before he ever wrote a word about Bigfoot.

His shift into Sasquatch reporting wasn’t a gimmick or a stunt. It was a natural extension of his beat. Orchard talked to ranchers, loggers, hunters, and families who lived deep in the foothills, the kind of people who didn’t seek attention and didn’t embellish their stories. When they told him about strange tracks, heavy footsteps, or encounters in the timber, he listened with the same seriousness he gave to any other local event.

That simple act, taking witnesses seriously, changed the trajectory of Bigfoot research in the Blue Mountains.

Thomas Marcum is the founder of The Crypto Crew Research Team, an organization specializing in cryptozoology and paranormal research.

He’s a Kentucky-based filmmaker, author, writer, researcher, and investigator, whose work bridges mystery, folklore, and raw indie authenticity. As the founder of TCC Research Team, he has built a loyal following by diving headfirst into cryptid lore, paranormal investigations, and regional legends.

For decades, skeptics have repeated a simple but misleading claim: that the entire Bigfoot phenomenon began in 1958 when a California bulldozer operator named Jerry Crew cast a set of large footprints found around a logging site, prints later linked to Ray Wallace, a man known for carving wooden feet and staging hoaxes.

It’s a tidy explanation.

It’s also completely false.

Two giants of cryptid lore, but they couldn’t be more different. Bigfoot is the watcher. Dogman is the predator.

Both leave tracks, both vanish before cameras catch them, but their behavior tells two very different stories.

We’re venturing into the heart of a region where the line between history and hauntings is thinner than a mountain mist.

Tony Felosi is an author, paranormal investigator, filmmaker, and dedicated researcher who digs into the dark corners of coal country, from abandoned mines to forgotten hollers where folklore still whispers. His work bridges the gap between the documented past and the unexplained present, uncovering stories that refuse to stay buried.

Tonight, we explore the mysteries he’s chased, the encounters that shaped his path, and the truths he’s uncovered in places most people won’t dare to go.

If the first half of the Weird Bigfoot Series deals with internal experiences, missing time, mindspeak, and the feeling of being watched, the second half focuses on the external signs. The sounds. The structures. The lights. The things people can point to and say, “I saw this. I heard this. This happened.”

These six phenomena appear again and again in witness reports, often in the same areas and sometimes on the same nights.

Most people think Bigfoot encounters follow a predictable pattern: a glimpse of a large figure, a set of tracks, a strange sound in the distance. But the deeper you go into witness reports, especially from the Appalachian region, the stranger the patterns become. These aren’t the loud, dramatic stories. These are the quiet ones. The unsettling ones. The ones people hesitate to talk about because they don’t fit the “normal” script.

People who’ve had strange encounters in the woods, Bigfoot, lights, shadows, whatever, always mention the same moment:

“Everything went quiet.”

If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if Bigfoot ran a community TV station, you’re not far off from what we’re building with MUTV. Born in the Appalachian foothills and powered by a mix of folklore, fiber-optic cables, and sheer stubbornness, MUTV is our homegrown streaming channel amplifying local voices, legends, and labor.

We’re not just chasing cryptids — we’re chasing connection. MUTV is where you’ll find live broadcasts from the backwoods, indie creators telling stories that don’t fit the mainstream mold, and the occasional blurry trail cam footage that might just be something. It’s DIY media with a mission: to honor the weird, the working-class, and the wonderfully real.

So whether you’re here for the folklore, the fish tales, or the frame drops (we’re working on that), MUTV is your signal from the shadows. Tune in, support local, and keep your eyes on the treeline.

Law enforcement officers see many strange things throughout their careers. One thing many hesitate to report to their superiors is anything paranormal, including seeing a sasquatch. So when these two deputy sheriffs stepped forward and told their stories to John Green, he paid attention.

Although this sighting happened as a teenager, this deputy sheriff never changed his story even years later when Green interviewed him.

In 1966 Roger Patterson received a letter from a man telling of a terrifying event that happened to him back in 1952. Patterson then shared the letter with John Green. Here is part of what he wrote\ :

"The first part of the story took me back to 1952 when I had gone down to Orleans <California> to start preliminary work on a logging operation with men by the names of Lee Vlery and Josh Russel.

Some sasquatch seem very savvy where roadways and cars are concerned. And then there are others who either don't care or are unaware.

It was mid-January 1973 when a truck driver hauling a load of logs took a curve on the road to Eureka and hit something big. He was traveling about 40-45 mph, around 7:30 pm when a creature with reddish, brown hair stepped out into the road. It was standing on the side and seemed to be unaware of the oncoming truck when it started walking. The truck hit the 6 1/2 to 7 ft tall creature and swerved off to the left shoulder of the road. The driver could hear nothing over the noise of the engine. He was sure he had not hit a bear.

While it was not research, the Russian army and this officer had an extraordinary encounter with a creature called Almasty. There seem to be several versions of what happened in 1925 and I will tell them all.

Major General Mikhail Stephanovitch Topilski was the commander of a cavalry regiment in the Red Army during the Civil War after the Communist Revolution of 1917. In 1925, he and his men were given the task of hunting down anti-Communist forces in the Pamir Mountains southwest of the Tien Shan. They encountered more than just fighting men.