Bigfoot · 1800s
XX-1800ID case-4141fca74bAdded to map Oct 24, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- the 1800sto the century
- Where
- Place unknownno dependable place
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witness reports miners and hunters were found mutilated in Thompson Flats during the gold rush, with one survivor describing large hairy arms grabbing him.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- No dependable place
The account doesn't say where in words we can place, so it isn't drawn on the map; the map lists it under Cases with no resolvable place. Other Bigfoot reports with no place (3,703) - When
- the 1800s
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 24, 2026
- Case id
- case-4141fca74b
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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.
- The most scary encounter you have heard of or been involved in?
Reddit · 2025-03-13
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.