Bigfoot · 1997
XX-1997ID case-6a51cec193First-hand accountAdded to map Nov 8, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- 1997to the year
- Where
- Place unknownno dependable place
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witness reports hearing a buzzing in his head and finding large footprints and disturbed bushes after an encounter in 1997.
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
- 1997
- Account
- First-hand (the witness telling it)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Nov 8, 2026
- Case id
- case-6a51cec193
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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 TERRIFYING BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER IN THE REDWOOD FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA | SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
YouTube · 2026-03-05
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.