Did Bigfoot Stalk Loggers in the Pacific Northwest?

Stop data brokers from exposing your personal information. Go to our sponsor's site at https://aura.com/LORELODGE to get a 14-day free trial and see how much of yours is being sold. Bigfoot wasn't always a household name. Back in the 1950's, you were unlikely to hear the term anywhere outside of Northern California, Oregon, or Washington. But then, in 1958, a man by the name of Jerry Crew came forward with something truly fascinating: a plaster cast of an absolutely massive human footprint. It struck a chord with some locals, who could recall reports by miners of a similar set of tracks discovered at Ape Canyon in Washington back in 1924, while others told of old hunting stories or even other casts of prints (though they never called it "Bigfoot"). Local reporters even began to dig up old Native American legends to compare with the sightings. In1967, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin presented yet another shock to the world: a video tape allegedly depicting a female "Bigfoot" they called Patty walking through the Bluff Creek area, precisely where the tracks were found nine years earlier. The question is, was any of it actually real? Welcome back to The Lore Lodge... Subscribe on Patreon to support The Lore Lodge for just $1 per month! https://patreon.com/thelorelodge Get our new signature coffee blend at https://tablowroastingco.com/products/the-lore-lodge-mt-pocono-perk Shop our online retail store, find other content, and buy our partners' products at https://linktr.ee/theaidanmattis Discord: https://bit.ly/jointhelodge Shop sustainable products at https://www.gaiaindustrees.com/ using code "LORE" Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCctfIbo24UITlmfJbednOqA/join 0:00 - Intro 4:00 - Aura Ad 6:12 - The Battle of Ape Canyon 13:54 - The Death Valley Mummies 19:24 - The Bluff Creek Incident 28:10 - The Patterson-Gimlin Film 42:25 - The Native American Bigfoot 50:21 - Primer for Episode II