Folklore / legend Bigfoot Society EP 549

Sasquatch sighting near Burns, Tennessee (1860)

1860–1869 Burns, Tennessee 2 witnesses

Account

As retold, two brothers stopped at a spring near a cemetery in the 1860s to drink. A large hairy man-like figure stared from the woods, both fled, one was caught and killed and the other reached town. Locals reportedly formed a posse and staked a goat to catch it.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Other features src: large hairy

Facts & provenance

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Date	1860–1869 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41 · read with 85% confidence
Place	Burns, Tennessee Stated Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41 · read with 70% confidence
Map point	36.0578, -87.3204 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 549 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Burns town (GEOID 4709880), matched from nearest town 'Burns'
Account type	Folklore / legend Derived Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41 · read with 75% confidence
Witnesses	2 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41 · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	going to spring for water before returning to town Stated Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41 · read with 80% confidence
Witness's word for it	large hairy man monster thing Stated Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 549 · transcript:00:41:41-00:43:41 · read with 70% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 549 Podcast Interview

Published 2024-10-06 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:41:41 (account ends about 0:43:41) Hash 96162fcad3d2

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The report refers to

“newspaper from back in those days where they took a posse and staked a goat”
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