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Bigfoot sighting near Forest Lake, Minnesota
Sep 1972 · Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States
A bowhunter in a tree stand in Washington County, Minnesota, in September 1972 saw a creature walk about 75 yards away, which he at the time took to be a bear.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- While bowhunting, man saw creature walking
- Date
- Sep 1972
- Place
- Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 45.225, -92.858
- Located within
- 926 m
- Witness was
- hunting
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 69 m (225 ft)
- Behaviour
- walking
- In the account
- firearm present, hunting season, near water, reported years later, swamp or marsh, thought bear first
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 3 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- John GreenRead the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.