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Perez, Daniel (September 1, 2007). "The Memorial Day Bigfoot Video: A Closer Look". skepticalinquirer.org. Skeptical Inquirer . Retrieved June 6, 2023. After hearing of previous Bigfoot sightings at the nature reserve, Adam, from Nottingham, ventured into the woodland in search of clues. His friend and producer Zach Cregger recommended the Sasquatch Chronicles podcast, a collection of interviews with people spinning yarns of their run-ins. “Right away, I had no interest,” Rofé laughs. “I’m not a huge monster movie person, not that into creature-features. He told me to just try one episode, and four days later, I’d listened to 11 of them.” He was moved by the intensity and vulnerability of the contributors, and realized that even if the 10ft oddity they all claimed to have glimpsed might not be real, his potency in the collective imagination definitely was. This spark of inspiration set him on a search for an angle, some event or incident that spoke to the distinct spirit of Sasquatch country. Flight, Tim (November 9, 2018). "The Hairy History of Bigfoot in 20 Intriguing Events". historycollection.com . Retrieved April 13, 2021. In 2015, Centralia College professor Michael Townsend claimed to have discovered prey bones with "human-like" bite impressions on the southside of Mount St. Helens. Townsend claimed the bites were over two times wider than a human bite, and that he and two of his students also found 16-inch footprints in the area. [197] Melba Ketchum press release

Teddy Roosevelt Wrote About A Fatal Bigfoot Encounter". bearstatebooks.com. Bear State Books. January 4, 2021 . Retrieved March 18, 2021. Sightings predominantly occur in the northwestern region of Washington state, Oregon, Northern California, and British Columbia. According to data collected from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization's (BFRO) Bigfoot sightings database in 2019, Washington has over 2,000 reported sightings, California over 1,600, Pennsylvania over 1,300, New York and Oregon over 1,000, and Texas has just over 800. [150] The debate over the legitimacy of Bigfoot sightings reached a peak in the 1970s, and Bigfoot has been regarded as the first widely popularized example of pseudoscience in American culture. [119] Alleged behavior These people are clearly seeing something and that something cannot be passed off as simply hoaxes or known animals. This is something unknown." Pappas, Evan (April 7, 2014). "Bigfoot hoax exposed (again) and other infamous hoaxes". seattlepi.com. Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved March 16, 2021. He said: "My main reason for thinking there is something in the UK is the sheer number of sightings. People have been reporting hairy, upright figures since around the 1870s.McMillan, Rob (February 16, 2018). "Woman claims she saw Bigfoot; sues California to prove it". abc7chicago.com. KABC-TV . Retrieved July 6, 2023. Reports of these sightings seem to have drastically increased in number and frequency since the beginning of 2019. Jauregui, Andres (December 6, 2017). " 'Bigfoot Hunt' Goes Wrong, Ends With Man Shot, Three Arrested". HuffPost . Retrieved April 13, 2021. I waited on the edge of the forest and I could hear rustling in the bushes. I looked but I couldn't see anything and then I guess my eyes adjusted and began to focus because I saw a face.