Psychologist says he saw Bigfoot in woods

SELMA, Ore. - Grants Pass psychologist Matthew Johnson insists he's not crazy.

Even when he tells people that he heard, smelled and saw the Pacific Northwest's mythical Bigfoot while hiking Saturday with his family at the Oregon Caves National Monument.

"It was very tall, it was very hairy," Johnson said. "It was nothing else but a sasquatch. I swear to God."

Johnson said he was squatting in the woods near one of the monument's backwoods trails when he spotted the creature standing upright about 60 feet away, hiding behind a tree.

"I lived a lot of years in Alaska," Johnson said. "I've been chased by a grizzly bear. This was no bear."

The incident has caught the attention of Bigfoot researchers in Northern California, who spent part of Monday retracing the Johnson family's steps. Johnson said the researchers, accompanied by a monument ranger, found some partial prints in the area.