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Bigfoot sighting near Chetopa, Kansas
23 Feb 1978 · Chetopa, Kansas, United States
In Chetopa, Kansas, in February 1978, the police chief measured footprints stretching about 2.5 miles; the local paper says thousands came to view them.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Chief of police in Chetopa finds two and a half miles of tracks that measured 17 inches in length, 5 5/8 in width. Thousands of curious people came out to look at the tracks. The incident was reported on the local TV news
- Date
- 23 Feb 1978
- Place
- Chetopa, Kansas, United States
- Evidence
- track
- Point
- 37.050, -95.080
- Located within
- 8.0 km
- Witness was
- other
- In the account
- footprints found
- Tracks
- 43 cm (17.0 in) long, 14 cm (5.6 in) wide
- Account
- news report
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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