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Mar 30

Where to Find Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest

If you are traveling to the Pacific Northwest here are some fun things to check out.

The seattlemet.com writes “Where, exactly, is Bigfoot? If he’s real—and our peek into the secret lives of Bigfoot hunters proves that plenty of people think he is—then the wild and woody Pacific Northwest is a likely home for a giant man-ape. We pinpointed six destinations for serious Bigfoot hunting.

1. Bigfoot’s Trap

Venture west of Medford, Oregon, to the Collings Mountain Trail at Applegate Lake, then hike three-quarters of a mile near an abandoned miner’s cabin. That small wooden structure with a bolted-open gate? It’s a Bigfoot trap, the world’s first and only. Built in 1974 on an old mining claim by industrious researchers, it’s now maintained by the Forest Service and covered in graffiti. Back when it was in service, it only ever caught a few bears. Maybe it needs a bigger block of cheese bait.

2. Bigfoot’s Country Retreat

Why wouldn’t Bigfoot hang out in the Blue Mountains, timber-covered hills and grasslands near Walla Walla? After all, it’s close to wine country. Forest Service worker Paul Freeman claimed to have filmed a Sasquatch in the area in 1994, and his reports grabbed the attention of Washington State University cryptozoologist Grover Krantz. Bigfoot sightings are unverified, but we do know that the world’s largest organism lives in the Oregon wing of the Blue Mountains: the massive Armillaria ostoyae fungus.

3. Bigfoot’s Grave

When Mount St. Helens blew in 1980, it definitely killed 57 people and, say believers, it might’ve taken out Bigfoot.  About halfway up the Spirit Lake Highway, the route to the mountain’s Johnston Ridge Observatory, a 28-foot Sasquatch statue stands guard at the North Fork Survivors Gift Shop. The smiling figure is a cheerful contrast to the somber memorials to known St. Helens destruction, like a buried A-frame house and the site of vulcanologist Johnston’s final research.

4. Bigfoot’s Coffee Fix

Seminal 1980s psychodrama Harry and the Hendersons (just kidding, it’s a John Lithgow family comedy the New York Times called “aggressively awful”) was filmed around Index, and the Highway 2 Espresso Chalet has plenty of memorabilia to mark its brush with Hollywood. One Sasquatch statue holds a snowboard, clearly hoping to bum a ride to Stevens Pass from anyone stopping for Bigfoot cookies and lattes.

5. Bigfoot’s Hot Tub

The Sasquatch name comes from the British Columbia Sts’ailes tribe’s word for “wild man,” so the small Canadian town of Harrison Hot Springs celebrates the myth every year with Sasquatch Days (this year June 25-26). The fest is a unique combo of First Nation cultural events and Bigfoot hunts, but expeditions are available year-round through Sasquatch Country Adventures. Located just to the north: Sasquatch Provincial Park. Even when the big guy doesn’t show his hairy face, the lakeside village more regularly offers hot springs soaks and a killer prime rib dinner.

6. Bigfoot’s Home Base

Bluff Creek, California, is the Bigfoot world’s Roswell, its Bermuda Triangle. It’s the site of the most famous Sasquatch footage ever captured—or the site of the biggest Bigfoot hoax ever perpetuated. The Patterson-Gimlin film is still debated by cryptozoologists almost 50 years after it was made, but the surrounding Humboldt County woods have been known for Bigfoot encounters for even longer. Should he prove elusive, the Willow Creek China Flat Museum has a Bigfoot exhibit with foot casts, maps, and a 25-foot redwood sculpture.”

 

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11 Responses to “Where to Find Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest”

  1. Charles R

    Where to find him in the PNW. Anywhere there is woods. On the outskirts of any rural town. If you want to trek into the vast interior, go for it, but he/she is a whole lot closer than most think.
    Chuck

  2. Jacqueline O

    Thank you for the article . . .I have wanted to visit the PNW for years! I hope those who live there appreciate the beautiful scenery and tranquility of that mountainous region. I’m absolutely positive that after one trip, seeing a bona-fide ‘real’ tree and snow topped mountain, I would purchase a vacation home in the PNW, despite my lack of financial resources. I also think that these Texas Boogers, living amongst tiny ‘shrub’ trees, would literally jump at the opportunity to live in such a remarkable location! Yet, I need to remind myself that the grass is greener on the other side . . .it’s always about perspective.

  4. Elaine C

    Gifford Pinchot is a definate yes. Take my word for it.

    You don’t have to go that far out, I believe that it was in Port Gamble that the Sheriff reported seeing one. Little town right by Hood Canal Bridge. Friends report hearing horrible screams at Hamma Hamma, the other side of Hood Canal.

  5. Brad C

    clear lake three sisters OR, Capital forest 20 minutes from Olympia WA, Wenatchee upper falls and lake. They like South county Tenino WA, they are all over the place

    • Elaine C

      The Capital Forest, where we had keggers when I was in highschool. Capital mall was all forest back then too, this was the mid to late 70s. Generators were used so bands could play. Friends lived on Black Lake and we would use their barn when the weather was bad. Sasquatch must of hated us.

  6. NW Mike

    All the northern counties east of the Cascades in Washington (Okanagan, Ferry, Stevens, and Pend O’Rille) have bigfoot present. Step into the woods, take a walk, and listen. But remember, if you go looking for them, they will find you first.

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