First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 541

Sasquatch sighting near Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1979)

1979 [name withheld] summer afternoon Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and his younger brother watched a creature walk out onto a sandbar on a summer afternoon in 1979 on a river outside Baton Rouge. He says it changed his life and set him searching for answers.

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Date	1979 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 541 · transcript:00:10:12-00:12:13
Place	Baton Rouge, Louisiana Stated Bigfoot Society EP 541 · transcript:00:10:12-00:12:13 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	30.4404, -91.1332 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 541 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Baton Rouge city (GEOID 2205000), matched from nearest town 'Baton Rouge'
Account type	First-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 541 · transcript:00:10:12-00:12:13
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 541 · transcript:00:10:12-00:12:13 · read with 80% confidence
Witness's word for it	a creature Stated Bigfoot Society EP 541 · transcript:00:10:12-00:12:13 · read with 85% confidence
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 541 · transcript:00:10:12-00:12:13 · read with 80% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 541 Podcast Interview

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