Bigfoot - The Chestnut Ridge Terror

A Cryptid Horror of Appalachian Darkness and Cosmic Dread

By: Ethan Blackwood

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Markham’s paranormal web series is failing. Desperate for a hit, he travels to the isolated towns bordering Pennsylvania's Chestnut Ridge to document a 50-year-old cryptid legend. He expects to find quirky local folklore. He finds a communal trauma, a wound that has never healed.

The residents whisper stories of a hairy giant, of impossible strength and animal cunning. But they also speak of things that don't fit the myth: silent, orange lights that dance in the sky, of livestock slaughtered with surgical precision, and of tracks that lead to the middle of an open field and simply vanish. The deeper Markham digs, the more terrifying the truth becomes. The monster stalking the dark woods is not the apex predator; it's a dog on a leash, an instrument of a silent, alien intelligence.

When a young camper disappears, leaving behind nothing but a shredded tent and a chilling final phone call, the past becomes a terrifying, active threat. Markham is no longer just chasing a story. He's the target of an ancient power that doesn't like to be seen. On Chestnut Ridge, some mysteries are hunted by those who solve them.

Intense & frightening

This is one of Ethan Blackwood’s better pulp - monster vs man stories. Ii had to often stop any other activity I was doing re-wind the audiobook a little and carefully listen to the scene - many of which crank up the suspense to eleven, if you know what I mean. Of course the AI narrative was terrible, miss pronounced words, completely wrong inflection on dialogue, all that sh!8 we are having to get used to as more and more audiobooks use cheap AI. ( heavy sigh )