Sasquatch enthusiasts gathered in Kennewick for the International Bigfoot Conference.
By Sara Schilling from The Tri-City Herald
Derek Randles’ life changed on an August evening in 1985.
Then 20 years old, he was backpacking with friends in Olympic National Park.
“We’d worked our way up to a ridge off-trail, gotten to a small clearing. We decided to make camp there for the evening,” he recalled.
As they pulled out their bed rolls, “rocks started landing around us,” Randles said.
They weren’t at the base of a cliff, where they might expect rock fall. They were in a meadow.
Something or someone was throwing the rocks. After several hit nearby, they took off.
Randles stopped mid-getaway to grab the pistol in his pack. As he did, he stole a glance behind him. That’s when he spotted it:
A big, hulking figure — standing upright, with long arms and big chest, maybe 8 feet tall.
“It was enough to just absolutely terrify me,” Randles said.
He believes it was a Bigfoot, or Sasquatch. In the years since, he’s become dedicated to researching and investigating the mythic creature.
Randles, co-founder of The Olympic Project, which is committed to “documenting the existence of Sasquatch through science and education,” is one of many researchers and enthusiasts taking part in this weekend’s International Bigfoot Conference in Kennewick.
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