Folklore / legend Bigfoot Society EP 930

Folklore near Portlock, Alaska

historical cannery and logging town period Portlock, Alaska

Account

The teller, descended from Portlock families, retells written village accounts of loggers disappearing and body parts found on shorelines. Residents eventually abandoned the town with meals still cooking and relocated north. He is rewriting these accounts in a book.

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Place
Portlock, Alaska
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 930 · transcript:00:51:47-00:53:47 · read with 75% confidence
Map point
59.6425, -151.5483 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 930 · gnis:1413141 · read with 40% confidence
Towns named in the place text ('Homer'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Homer', Kenai Peninsula)
Account type
Folklore / legend
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 930 · transcript:00:51:47-00:53:47 · read with 70% confidence
Witness was
recounting village history for a book
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 930 · transcript:00:51:47-00:53:47 · read with 70% confidence
Witness's word for it
evil entity
Stated Bigfoot Society EP 930 · transcript:00:51:47-00:53:47 · read with 80% confidence
Creature
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
Derived Bigfoot Society EP 930 · transcript:00:51:47-00:53:47 · read with 60% confidence

Source timeline

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  1. Bigfoot Society EP 930 Podcast Interview
    Published 2025-10-22 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:51:47 (account ends about 0:53:47) Hash 143a75e4f49a
    Bigfoot Society (podcast, feed transcripts)
  2. Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Hash 8e2a6aac3bb8
    Bigfoot Society (podcast, feed transcripts)
  3. Retrieved 2026-10-01 Version 2 Hash a756e4e146d6
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