Bigfoot · North Adams, Massachusetts · 1879
MA-1879ID case-313b87bb92Added to map Oct 9, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- Nov 4, 1879to the day
- Where
- North Adams, Massachusettsto town level
- Reports
- 5 documents1 independent
The account
Witnesses report that two hunters encountered a huge hairy creature resembling half man and half beast on a peak near North Adams, which charged them after being shot.
Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect
We map claims, not creatures: this is what the sources say, not proof. How a case is built
Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 01247, United States
mapped to town level · from the report's own words - When
- Nov 4, 1879
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source (5 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
- Added to map
- Oct 9, 2026
- Case id
- case-313b87bb92
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Source trail (4)
Down the rabbit hole → 5 documents, and how they connect
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- Image 2 of The Canton advocate (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]), November 6, 1879
Newspaper · 1879-11-06
Earliest found, not necessarily the original. - Image 2 of River Falls journal (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.), November 6, 1879
Newspaper · 1879-11-06 - Image 1 of Helena weekly herald (Helena, Mont.), November 13, 1879
Newspaper · 1879-11-13
Show 1 more source
- Image 1 of The Manitowoc pilot (Manitowoc, Wis.), November 13, 1879
Newspaper · 1879-11-13
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.