First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 910
Tracks near West Springfield, Massachusetts (1976)
1976
West Springfield, Massachusetts
Account
As teenagers after seeing a Bigfoot movie, the brothers found large tracks in snow in their yard and around town. The tracks ran for miles along the river and railroad tracks and drew media and police attention. They later learned a local teenager had made plywood shoes to scare neighborhood kids.
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What was reported
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Physical traces
Context & caveats
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1976
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|---|---|
| Place |
West Springfield, Massachusetts
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| Map point |
42.1155, -72.5400 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Springfield city (GEOID 2567000), matched from nearest town 'West Springfield'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witness was |
following tracks in snow
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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| Creature |
Unidentified
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Evidence & investigation
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Tracks
Measurements: seventeen to twenty inches
transcript:00:05:26-00:07:26
Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 910 Podcast Interview