Bigfoot · New York · 1859

NY-1859ID case-01d8b8690cFallback locationAdded to map Oct 25, 2026

Creature: Bigfoot
When: Jun 1859to the month
Where: New Yorkfallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

Witness reports that a male Ngina made a stand against pursuers in the forest, emitting formidable cries and beating its chest before being shot dead.

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Details

Creature: Bigfoot
Where: New York, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When: Jun 1859
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 25, 2026
Case id: case-01d8b8690c

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Source trail (1)

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Image 6 of New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.]), June 29, 1859
Newspaper · 1859-06-29
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