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Sasquatch sighting in Florida
A few years after the 1918 incident the community reportedly captured another hair-covered figure in the same swamp area. The teller suggests this individual and the 1918 figure were humans with a hair-growth condition from a family that arrived in 1901, distinct from the original 1884 wild man.
Folklore
An old local legend around the Payson area tells of a large hairy creature near the rim that attacks people.
Folklore
Elders reportedly say homes now stand where trails were once walked.
Cryptid sighting near Tripp County
Long ago before horses, a thirty-foot giant attacked a small village at night, destroying lodges and swallowing several women whole. Eight men tracked him, dug a massive trench, lured him to trip into it, and buried him with rocks and earth until he suffocated. They cut open his belly to recover the women, and his grave is said to be a lone oblong butte.
Folklore
Locals and early settlers told of a legend that stole hogs and cattle and ruined gardens.
Folklore
The witness stated similar animals have been seen in the area for many years and locals refer to them by a traditional wildman name.
Folklore near Bosque County
Older residents told stories of a wild man in the area that the witness had dismissed as tales to scare kids.
Folklore
As a child the witness was warned not to go near certain abandoned buildings where wild hairy people were said to live.
Folklore in Washington
In old times people lived around the lake but left after daughters were said to be taken by a hairy tribe from higher on the mountain. A truce was made where the tribe shared cedar-basket weaving knowledge in exchange for the people leaving the lake area.
Folklore near Mimquamlis, British Columbia
This is a traditional First Nation legend about a couple blessed with a nose-born boy who was teased. When village children stayed out playing after sunset, a hairy wild woman of the woods seized them in a sack. The boy cut the sack open and, with help from deer, bear and mink, led the children back, after which the chief ordered him respected.
Folklore
The guest relays a tribal story in songs that bothersome man-eating creatures were driven north past tall forests into very cold big mountains and into another land. Most were exiled so they would not return, though some escaped in different directions.
Folklore
The witness states that tribal members in the area hold a long history of interactions with similar figures but prefer not to discuss them with outsiders.
Folklore
Native peoples knew about the creature as source of original legends.
Folklore
Old legends tell of a mad man and bipedal bears on the mountain.
Folklore
Local legends describe the ghost of a huge hairy miner whose body was never found, reportedly sighted by campers and said to have carried off his memorial headstone leaving large bare footprints.
Folklore
Local lore is said to describe caves where the creatures live.
Folklore
A traditional story tells of a woman near a neighboring town allegedly taken by a hairy figure and later returning injured and pregnant.
Folklore
A relative told traditional stories that such beings have existed since the beginning and now stay hidden from humans.
Folklore
Bigfoot-related folklore has long been part of tradition throughout the broader area.
Folklore
Loggers told stories of great feats of strength involving damage to equipment.