Bigfoot · Cougar Canyon, Washington · 1970s
WA-1970ID case-a73d375d54Added to map Oct 10, 2026
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- the 1970sto the decade
- Where
- Cougar Canyon, Washingtonto approximate level
- Reports
- 2 documents1 independent
The account
A hunter in Cougar, Washington was badly beaten by a Bigfoot after firing several rounds while skinning an elk.
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Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- Cougar Canyon, Yakima County, Washington, United States
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words - When
- the 1970s
- 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 10, 2026
- Case id
- case-a73d375d54
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Source trail (2)
Down the rabbit hole → 2 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.
- SASQUATCH IN THE WOODS: Art Bell's Legendary BIGFOOT Interview with Robert Morgan
YouTube · 2025-09-28
Earliest found, not necessarily the original. - Art Bell & Robert W. Morgan: Bigfoot Came Out of the Shadows🦧. Where are you listening from?
YouTube · 2025-12-14
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.
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