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North Carolina Man Claims to Have Bigfoot Video

By Lee SpeigelMar 24th 2011 – 12:28PM
Thomas Byers

Thomas Byers

Did a North Carolina man capture video of the elusive Bigfoot? Or does the short, blurry sequence show a gorilla-suited hoaxer? Thomas Byers of Shelby contacted WCNC NewsChannel 36 in Charlotte, claiming he videotaped a 7-foot-tall, 300-pound, six-toed Bigfoot, from a distance of 15 to 20 feet away, walking across a local...

'Bigfoot' Filmmaker Sues New Hampshire

By Lee SpeigelMar 10th 2011 – 7:37AM
AP

AP

An amateur filmmaker who donned a hairy Bigfoot costume and scared hikers on New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock is now suing the state for not allowing him back on the mountain without a permit. Jonathan Doyle dressed up as the mythical Bigfoot, filmed part of a movie on the popular scenic mountain in 2009 and then...

2010's Top Cryptozoology 'Monsters'

By Lee SpeigelDec 30th 2010 – 7:33AM
disclose.tv

disclose.tv

Monsters: They lurk in our fears, our imaginations, and sometimes, in our lakes and forests. Sea serpents; tall, hairy creatures; unicorns; blood-sucking doglike animals -- they've all been in the news this year. They're either real, myth or simply new and previously unknown beasts that share the world with humans and...

China Hunting for Dollars to Hunt Bigfoot

By Lee SpeigelOct 11th 2010 – 3:30PM
AP

AP

(Oct. 11) -- UFOs aren't the only weird things making headlines in China these days. Now we have Bigfoot, or its Chinese cousin, Yeren. Scientists are preparing to trek into the remote Shennongjia forest region of China's Hubei province to search for that country's version of the hairy ape-man creature dubbed Bigfoot,...

Man Claims Close Encounter With Blond Bigfoot

By Lee SpeigelJun 16th 2010 – 11:06AM
wcnc.com

wcnc.com

(June 16) -- A 10-foot-tall, totally hairy trespasser on your property isn't the norm. Unless it's Bigfoot. Well, that's what Tim Peeler claims he chased away from his North Carolina mountain house last week. Peeler told NewsChannel36 in Charlotte that he first heard unusual grunting and screeching outside his home. When...

Background on sasquatch

Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is an ape-like cryptid that purportedly inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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