MIDDLEBORO — Pukwudgies, UFOs and bigfoot were topics of discussion during Ronny LeBlanc’s Paranormal Evening at the Middleboro Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 4. 

“People may go to a location that has bigfoot activity and not see bigfoot but find footprints, find strange structures and have rocks thrown at them in the middle of the night,” said LeBlanc. “Who is doing that?” he asked the audience.  

LeBlanc said that he believes a number of supernatural experiences have gone unaccounted for due to a number of reports “not leaving lips.”

LeBlanc of the Discovery Television series "Expedition Bigfoot" and "Paranormal Caught on Camera” spoke on his and others’ encounters with mythical creatures and different theories presented in his book “Monsterland: Encounters with UFOs, Bigfoot and Orange Orbs.”

According to LeBlanc, “Monsterland” describes paranormal encounters in his hometown of Leominster, MA.

Throughout the Paranormal Evening, LeBlanc referenced legends of human-like creatures from Pukwudgies,creatures of Wampanoag folklore, to Dogman, a creature with the body of a man and a head of a dog. 

LeBlanc said he has researched a number of theories surrounding the legend of bigfoot by gathering encounters of the creature around the world. He said that one of these theories is that bigfoot could be an “interdimensional being.”

“Indigenous people have referenced these beings,” he said. “It’s a supernatural being that has one foot in the physical realm and one foot in the spiritual realm and pops in and out.”

LeBlanc described one encounter with what he believes was bigfoot.

 He said that he saw an orange ball of glowing light that turned into “two eyes.”

“A shadow formed and started moving back and forth,” said LeBlanc. 

LeBlanc said he turned around after hearing twigs snapping beside him and saw a creature that was “about eight feet tall with grayish hair.”

He said that he approaches paranormal encounters with the suspension of disbelief.

“You just put your rational brain aside and enjoy the experience,” said LeBlanc.

LeBlanc’s advice for those interested in discovering more about folklore and the paranormal is to “get out into the woods and finding like-minded people.”

“Start talking to people in your hometown that might have experiences,” he said. “You would be surprised with what people have seen.”