Folklore / legend Bigfoot Society EP 1168

Sasquatch sighting near Norfolk, Connecticut (1895)

1895 Norfolk, Connecticut 100 witnesses

Account

The witness recounted local history of sightings since 1895, including an organized posse of one hundred gunmen chasing a wild man or big foot down to a cave in Norfolk. The former [name withheld]'s area lies about two miles from the historic Winsted Wild Man activity of the 1970s.

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Date	1895 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:00:31:45-00:32:40 · read with 60% confidence
Place	Norfolk, Connecticut Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:01:05:19-01:06:40 · read with 70% confidence
Map point	41.9917, -73.1940 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Norfolk CDP (GEOID 0953400), matched from nearest town 'Norfolk'
Account type	Folklore / legend Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:00:31:45-00:32:40 · read with 70% confidence
Witnesses	100 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:01:05:19-01:06:40
Figures reported	1 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:01:05:19-01:06:40
Witness was	participating in posse chase Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:01:05:19-01:06:40 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	one of the big foot Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:01:05:19-01:06:40
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1168 · transcript:01:05:19-01:06:40 · read with 60% confidence

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