John (New Mexico / Unit 23)
Direct long-form testimony from John, a hunter originally from New Mexico, describing a sequence of 2021 incidents in the Gila region / Unit 23 involving human-like tracks, thrown rocks, a distant dark figure, and a later face-to-face observation at roughly 80 yards.
What is documented
The recovered episode description describes a January 2021 archery mule-deer hunt in which John and companions reported human-like scat and barefoot tracks, including tracks crossing their fresh tire path, plus a log moved into the road. On a later return that year, John reports rocks thrown from a hillside and a distant dark, heavily built figure that he attempted to film with his phone. Two days later, he describes a second visual observation through trees at roughly 80 yards.
This page preserves recoverable firsthand testimony. Publication does not mean the Observatory has established that a Sasquatch caused the reported activity.
Current source record
- Provider
- Sasquatch Theory
- Source
- A Hunter Has a Terrifying Encounter in New Mexico | It Wanted to Eat Me (Unit 23)
- Source depth
- Direct long-form firsthand interview; detailed episode description independently recoverable
- Location
- New Mexico Gila region / Unit 23
Current limitations
The interview contains unusually detailed testimony, but SRO has not recovered the alleged phone footage, exact coordinates, contemporaneous photographs, independent statements from the hunting party, or another documentary record sufficient for a standalone case reconstruction. Claims of telepathic communication are preserved as interpretation rather than treated as independently established evidence.
Last reviewed: September 30, 2026