Willow Creek is technically a Census-designated place with a population of 1,710. It’s nestled on the north-east end of Humbolt County in Northern California. Willow Creek is known as the Bigfoot Capital of the World and for good reason. Not only was the widely controversial Patterson-Gimlin film shot there but also tracks found in the early 1950’s lead to the term Bigfoot being coined.

WikiPedia article about Willow Creek, California

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson–Gimlin_film

www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/079790.html

https://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bf-oct-5-1958/

http://www.bfro.net/news/Wallace.asp

www.outsideonline.com/2095096/man-who- created-bigfoot#close

YouTube video (RjnfDlxnQvI)

Buzzfeed Unsolved: Bigfoot. YouTube video (AWNyH56oXvY)

Monster Quest: Bigfoot. www.imdb.com/title/tt1177685/?ref_=ttep_ep5

The Pacific Northwest isn’t the only place that may harbor an elusive creature. In the back wood of the Sulpher River basin of Arkansas lurks something similar but different, a leaner wiry version of bigfoot with fiery red eyes. They call it the Beast of Boggy Creek or the Fouke Monster.

The Beast of Boggy Creek, Lyle Blackburn. Anomalist Books 2012. www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933665572/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

WikiPedia article about Fouke, Arkansas

www.smokeycrabtree.com/index.html

www.legendofboggycreek.com/index.htm

Local Headlines

www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1223300/ghost-video-la-llorona-colombia-ghost-proof-evidence-supernatural

apnews.com/d35f77551bf7f2dc59291f3ab76e6cc9

www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-drones/faa-probes-clusters-of-mysterious-drones-flying-over-colorado-idUSKBN1YZ1G0?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Your Small Town Secrets

Chasing American Monster, Jason Offutt. Llewellyn Press 2019. www.amazon.com/Chasing-American-Monsters-Creatures-Cryptids/dp/0738759953/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28MMM1MR28QFK&keywords=chasing+american+monsters&qid=1578723351&sprefix=chasing+amer,aps,150&sr=8-1

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