Bigfoot sighting near Mars Hill, North Carolina

1790s · Mars Hill, North Carolina, United States

In the 1790s a gentleman in Mars Hill, North Carolina wrote a Boston friend describing tall hairy creatures said to live on Bald Mountain and seen on the South Fork of the Saluda River.

Facts

Date

1790s

Place

Mars Hill, North Carolina, United States

Evidence

track, visual

Point

35.925, -82.508

Located within

926 m

Height

4.1 m (13 ft)

Behaviour

aggressive display

In the account

bluff charge, fired weapon, indigenous lore, multiple, near water, no neck, ridge or mountain, very tall

Account

secondhand

Sources

1 independent

Sources

• John GreenRead the report

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