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Bigfoot sighting near Nantahala Outdoor Center, North Carolina
5 Jan 1998 · Nantahala Outdoor Center, North Carolina, United States
A solo backpacker found about a mile and a half of large footprints in snow on a steep trail in Swain County, North Carolina, in January 1998; no creature was seen.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Long trail of 13" long human-like footprints found in deep snow and rough terrain
- Date
- 5 Jan 1998
- Place
- Nantahala Outdoor Center, North Carolina, United States
- Evidence
- track
- Point
- 35.508, -83.675
- Located within
- 926 m
- Witness was
- backpacking
- Witnesses
- 1
- In the account
- alone, footprints found, nothing found after, on trail, ridge or mountain, snow on ground, thought person first
- Tracks
- 33 cm (13.0 in) long
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 3 independent (6 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- John GreenRead the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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- Hikers find footprint in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- YESTERDAY motorists in Smoky Mts. observe a Bigfoot along Little Tennessee River
- Sighting by motorist in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not far from the park entrance
- Vacationers see large, upright figure near Newfound Gap
- Memory told of a late night close encounter from a parked vehicle outside Gatlinburg
- Possible vocalizations heard near Pigeon Forge
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