Residents of a quiet borough of Devon, England were alarmed in 1996. A number of eyewitnesses came forward and shared their encounters in the Churston Woods between Paignton and Torquay. The press called it “Churston Bigfoot.”
The creature, which was spotted multiple times, was generally described as being around 5ft tall, with brown hair covering its body. The strange part about the encounters is people described the creatures face having a green tinge.
It wasn’t long before research organizations such as the Center for Fortean Zoology had started to look into the phenomenon, with director Jon Downes commenting that “this one is a real cracker because it has so much separate and credible corroboration to it.”
The group’s members even undertook field research to look for evidence of the creature.
“Our search in the area brought up nothing of interest unfortunately,” they wrote. “We found no evidence of tree structures, branch snapping or footprint evidence.”
Overall, around 15 witnesses came forward over a six-week period, but nobody was ever able to definitively explain what the creature was or why it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.