The Gruagach is said to be irelands answer to the Sasquatch folklore, in tipperary and the surrounding Forrests stories of 8 foot tall ape like creatures became an online phenomena in 2016 when multiple eye witness accounts were posted online of an aggressive Bigfoot like wild man that was stalking hikers through the Forrests of Slieveanorra and ballyboley but thipstory goes beyond ape like creature even extending into aliens and ghostly paranormal phenomena