Bigfoot · Gila Wilderness, New Mexico · 2026
NM-2026ID case-09e876f5cfAdded to map Oct 14, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- Sep 2026to the month
- Where
- Gila Wilderness, New Mexicoto approximate level
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witness reports returning to the area across from the previous encounter site with his brother and another person, feeling cautious due to prior events.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- Gila Wilderness, Catron County, New Mexico, United States
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words - When
- Sep 2026
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 14, 2026
- Case id
- case-09e876f5cf
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Source trail (1)
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- A HUNTER HAS A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER IN NEW MEXICO | IT WANTED TO EAT ME (UNIT 23)
YouTube · 2026-09-29
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
Further reading
- Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us, John Green (1978)
Newspaper-publisher's file of Pacific Northwest reports.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Sasquatch, Don Hunter with Rene Dahinden (1975)
Casebook from a long-time field investigator.
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Bigfoot, Marian T. Place (1974)
1970s account of reports and searches.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America, Loren Coleman (2003)
Coleman's history and case survey.
Borrow on Internet Archive
Books we have not reproduced: borrow them free at archive.org. Listing a book is not an endorsement of its claims.