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Through the collection and documentation of stories shared on this site, Bigfoot Central's goal is to be the authoritative source for all things Bigfoot.

 

We invite visitors to share their experiences, encounters, and stories in order to create a greater understanding of where and when Bigfoot events happen. From the collection of this data, Bigfoot Central will bring us a little closer to understanding the great and mysterious creature that is BIGFOOT.

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Sightings

You saw it, now it's time to tell your story. We're tracking sightings from all over the world in an efforts to build a comprehensive list of real sightings. If you have seen a Bigfoot, let us know where and when and we will add it to our log.

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Maybe it's an old family story or one that you heard a long time ago. Bigfoot stories run deep in this country and all over the world. We want to catch all the good ones and create one, centralized place to read and discuss them. Share your story below!

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The Patterson-Gimlin Film: The 1967 Footage That Changed the Bigfoot Mystery Forever

By Bigfoot Central | August 19, 2026

Few pieces of film have generated as much fascination, analysis, skepticism, and debate in the world of cryptozoology as the Patterson-Gimlin film. Shot in Northern California in 1967, the brief 16mm film appears to show a large, dark, hair-covered figure walking upright across an open area near Bluff Creek. At one point, the figure turns…

Montana’s 1976 Bigfoot Mystery: The Sightings That Drew a Sheriff’s Investigation

By Bigfoot Central | August 18, 2026

Stories of Bigfoot sightings are easy to dismiss as folklore. But a series of strange reports from Montana in the mid-1970s stands apart for one important reason: local law enforcement actually investigated them.¹ The reports involved multiple witnesses, unusual tracks, alleged sightings of enormous hair-covered figures, and even a plaster footprint cast. The investigation became…

One Creature, Many Names

By Bigfoot Central | September 20, 2024

Many Native American tribes have their own names and legends related to creatures resembling Bigfoot. Here are a few examples: Each tribe has a unique interpretation of this creature, but they are generally portrayed as wild, hairy, and powerful beings inhabiting remote forests.

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Sighting Date:
7/24/2024
Location:
Utah

I was camping in Utah mountains and as I was entering the trailer, I heard two load sounds that sounded like howling sound. I looked behind me but didn't see anything!

Sighting Date:
7/11/2018
Location:
National Forest in Cardiff, Wales

I was hiking and saw a big hairy hominid running away from me, I saw no facial details but it was quite strong.

Sighting Date:
10/13/2018
Location:
Cocollala, ID

I was outside trying to find turkey and I heard something from the back of my property and then I went to the back of my property to try to find out what it was and then I heard it again so I turned the way it came from and I saw something running to the hunting cabin so I looked through my scope and I saw it was a big harry creature with very broad shoulders it had thick brown hair with red eyes it swayed its hands as it ran I looked were it ran and found footprints on the black top road to the hunting cabin.

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