Biography

Jen Kruse or Zhebaakamigook, (Celebration of the New Day Light that is Already Here) is an enrolled tribal member of Minnesota's Red Lake Band of Chippewa. She's a Public Speaker, Researcher, Reiki Master Teacher, Advanced Higher Brain Living Facilitator & Retreat Specialist, Reflexologist, and specializes in several holistic modalities. She incorporates the "Bones of Native Medicine" into her professional practice, as instructed by her beloved native elder, Gichi'Ma'iingan. She speaks across the country at various events sharing Indigenous Star Knowledge, sacred Ojibwe teachings, as well as her personal experiences with Bigfoot and the Great Mysteries.

Jen is team leader and founder of She-Squatchers. Together with co-founder, Jena Grover, they brought women together in 2015 to begin their "all female Bigfoot experiment" as Minnesota's first all-female cryptid research team.

She-Squatchers aren't just women in the woods, they are psychic women, utilizing their extra senses while looking for Bigfoot. Jen & Jena are missing person psychic mediums and remote viewers.

They have been traveling the world exploring many great mysteries, cryptids, strange lights, ancient teachings, petroglyphs, etc. They are so much more than trackers and adventurous woods-women!

They have had some amazing, sometimes scary experiences, collecting evidence along the way. The team have traveled from coast to coast across America, and recently in Europe, searching for Bigfoot & other fantastic creatures of lore, while sharing what they've found.

She-Squatchers have been featured in thirteen documentaries, with more being released in 2026. The documentaries are available on Tubi, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime UK and Fawesome streaming platforms.

Jen Kruse is featured in: Searching For Sasquatch Documentary Series: 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16 & She-Squatchers Documentary. Paranormal Adventures 2, 3, 5 & 6. Cultured Bigfoot. Scariest Monsters in America (Tubi Original).
- IMDb mini biography by: Jen Kruse