Beyond Bigfoot: Voices, Shadows, and High Strangeness

In this episode, Heather Woodward sits down with field investigator and documentary filmmaker Coleman Atchley to talk about what happens when Bigfoot research stops being about tracks and sightings and starts bleeding into something far stranger.

Coleman shares how his work in the field quickly expanded beyond cryptids and into full-spectrum paranormal territory. EVP captures. Disembodied voices. Shadow figures. Encounters that refuse to stay neatly categorized. Through his investigations and his documentary Whispers from the Woods, Coleman has seen firsthand how often Bigfoot activity overlaps with classic paranormal phenomena.

The conversation explores locations that feel watched before anything appears, recurring encounters with a Lady in White, and why certain places seem to attract multiple forms of high strangeness. Heather and Coleman dig into the limitations of rigid labels and why separating cryptid research from paranormal investigation no longer makes sense when the same patterns keep showing up again and again.

This episode isn’t about convincing skeptics or forcing conclusions. It’s about paying attention to the signals, comparing experiences, and recognizing what happens when the woods stop behaving like empty space.

In This Episode:
• Coleman Atchley’s path into field investigation
• Why paranormal activity follows Bigfoot research
• The story behind Whispers from the Woods
• EVP captures and unexplained voices
• Encounters with the Lady in White
• Locations tied to repeated high-strangeness activity
• Why cryptid and paranormal phenomena overlap

Mentions in this Episode:

Whisper in the Woods Documentary on YouTube

Red Dirt Cryptid Investigations

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