Third-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 378
Sasquatch sighting in Alaska (1860)
1860–1869
Alaska
1 witness
Account
The host retold a story he had heard the prior week from a researcher in the Fairbanks area. An older grandmother had taken in a younger Bigfoot almost like a son that helped out, and it disappeared after she died. The story dated to the 1860s and had been passed down locally.
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Age / size src
- younger bigfoot
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1860–1869
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|---|---|
| Place |
Alaska
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| Map point |
64.8378, -147.7164 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Fairbanks'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Fairbanks', Fairbanks North Star)
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| Account type |
Third-hand
|
| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
living at home and helping with chores
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| Witness's word for it |
younger bigfoot
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 378 Podcast Interview