Press report Bigfoot Society EP 431

Cryptid sighting near Jackson County (1877)

1877 Jackson County, Alabama

Account

The guest retold 1877 newspaper reports of a massive footprint found in Jackson County that led townsmen including a doctor, reverend and colonel to hunt the maker. They found a very bony giant sleeping among bones on July Mountain, saw dogs hesitate and be thrown, then tied and measured it in a gulch before it escaped toward Sand Mountain. A 1936 article omitted the capture and quoted a dying informant calling it a hoax, which the guest disputes.

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Sightings

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Described appearance

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Build src: very bony
Eyes src: open side to side instead of up and down

Facts & provenance

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Date	1877 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 431 · transcript:00:54:49-00:56:52
Place	Jackson County, Alabama Stated Bigfoot Society EP 431 · transcript:00:54:49-00:56:52 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	34.7304, -86.5861 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 431 · gnis:151827 · read with 40% confidence Towns named in the place text ('Huntsville'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Huntsville', Madison)
Account type	Press report Derived Bigfoot Society EP 431 · transcript:00:54:49-00:56:52
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 431 · transcript:00:56:52-00:58:52 · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	investigating footprint and hunting giant Stated Bigfoot Society EP 431 · transcript:00:54:49-00:56:52 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	giant Stated Bigfoot Society EP 431 · transcript:00:54:49-00:56:52
Creature	Other cryptid Derived Bigfoot Society EP 431 · transcript:00:54:49-01:04:55 · read with 75% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 431 Podcast Interview

Published 2024-05-13 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:54:49 (account ends about 1:04:55) Hash 0c131f5ac59f

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“Jackson County Giant, the most wonderful creature ever seen in Alabama”
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