It Knew My Name

Summary

Hosts Cam Hale and Kyle Filson mark the 13th anniversary of Expanded Perspectives with a run of listener-submitted encounters from the American woods. The stories include a horse-headed pale humanoid in Ohio, tiny Fae folk partying at a North Georgia campsite with stolen gear, and a three-horned beast in Tennessee. The centerpiece is a Pennsylvania teen chased by a clawed, red-eyed creature that spoke his name in a distorted, mechanical voice.

Key takeaways

• 1Teens in rural northeast Ohio reported a pale, 8-15 foot horse-headed humanoid that sprinted on its front limbs, had glowing eyes, made hoof-like clopping sounds, and was accompanied by baby-crying sounds in the woods
• 2In 2011, six hikers in North Georgia had gear scattered, got lost in a loop back to the same clearing, found firewood stacked for them, and later saw miniature humans (the Fae) using their stolen gear around the fire to strange music
• 3A hunter near Johnson City, Tennessee, saw an 8-foot, black-furred creature with three horns through a night vision scope near a reputed Native American graveyard, emptied a 25-round magazine at it, and found no body, only sprung traps and brush tunnels
• 4In February 1972 in Minnesota, a 13-year-old saw a 9-foot, gray-haired clawed creature with a flat nose and sharp canines grinning from behind a spruce, forgot the event for two years, and later concluded it was a Wendigo
• 5A logger in Northwest Oregon (June 2023) reported a massive, patchy-furred, bear-headed creature that toppled trees and shredded his camp, which he believes was a Dogman
• 6Evan, 13, from northeastern Pennsylvania, was chased from an abandoned quarry by an 8-foot gray, clawed, red-eyed creature that mimicked a voice and then said his name; the hosts promote their Glimmerman book and reference loggers' links to cases like Travis Walton's Fire in the Sky

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Excerpt from Expanded Perspectives, Sep 14, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.