Third-hand Bigfoot Society EP 938

Animal behaviour near Falling Water, Tennessee (1940)

1940–1959 Falling Water, Tennessee

Account

In the grandfather's era, people lining the creek had trotlines robbed. The grandfather's friend watched the same type of animal standing in the creek lifting trotlines and biting fish off from the gills down, leaving heads. The guest heard this story growing up.

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Date	1940–1959 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 938 · transcript:01:00:13-01:02:15 · read with 50% confidence
Place	Falling Water, Tennessee Stated Bigfoot Society EP 938 · transcript:00:58:12-01:00:13 · read with 60% confidence
Map point	35.1959, -85.2594 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 938 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Falling Water CDP (GEOID 4725560), matched from nearest town 'Falling Water'
Account type	Third-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 938 · transcript:00:58:12-01:00:13 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	lining creek with trotlines, checking fish Stated Bigfoot Society EP 938 · transcript:01:00:13-01:02:15 · read with 75% confidence
Witness's word for it	same very type animal Stated Bigfoot Society EP 938 · transcript:01:00:13-01:02:15 · read with 80% confidence
Creature	Unidentified Derived Bigfoot Society EP 938 · transcript:01:00:13-01:04:20 · read with 55% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 938 Podcast Interview

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