In the middle of folding laundry today, my good friend Bob Antone (find his YouTube channel here), gave me a great reason to procrastinate on putting laundry away as he had just been speaking to a friend, Sheila, and found out she had a little people sighting as a child. I was able to speak to Sheila on the phone and she was kind enough to share her story with us. She is interesting finding other people who have had sightings in the area to talk to about hers. If you or anyone you know has seen little people in the area of Skookum Lake in Washington or any surrounding areas, please reach out to me through the contact form on my blog and I will put you in touch with her.
The encounter occurred while on a camping trip with her father and sister in the 70's. She mentioned the trip hadn't gone as planned so they didn't stay long as we've all had happen on camping trips. Her father had forgotten utensils so dinner involved eating beans out of cans with their hands. They had also gotten swarmed by mosquitoes. The typical things to put a damper on a camping trip.
As they were driving away from the camp site, the lake was on the left and the woods were on the right. Looking out of the car window towards the woods, Sheila saw at least a dozen little people about 2-3 feet tall dressed like gnomes. Some were obviously male and some female. Some were hiding behind trees and seemed a little shy, others were playing peek-a-boo and one female even waved at them. Her and her sister were excited to see them and it was a very positive experience. Her father however, seemed a bit bothered by it tends to happen with adults. He slowed down the car and said he knew what he saw but didn't want to talk about it and expressed the same sentiment if it was brought up later on when Sheila was an adult. This feels like a very dad like way to deal with seeing the paranormal to me.
Again, please don't hesitate to reach out with any sightings or information regarding this area specifically (or any other areas).
