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Today, January 20th in 2008, Mike Rugg of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum used old fashioned sleuthing and high-tech photoshopping to solve the Pogonip Hoax.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 2008 | Mike Rugg Exposes Pogonip Hoax »

Bob Gimlin hangs up on WIRED Magazine. This is a “Today in Bigfoot History” update to the P/G/ film zipper story from January 11th. Once Cliff Crook and Chris Murphy claimed to have seen a zipper-like shape on the costume, it created ripples among the community. At the time, it was a polarizing event among bigfooters.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1999 | Gimlin Hangs up on WIRED Magazine »

Today, January 18th, 1999, villagers reported a story about the Mande Burung, the Indian version of Bigfoot. While there had been many sightings of the Mande Burung, on this particular day the villagers witnessed something quite extraordinary.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1999 | East Indian Bigfoot Kidnaps Villager »

30 years ago, a Virginia paper reports that U.S. Marines are ordered to stay silent on the Bigfoot-like creature visiting the military base. Today, on their own website, the base acknowledges Bigfoot sightings and describes their new camera trap system.

Read: Yesterday in Bigfoot History | 1977 | U.S. Marines Ordered to Stay Silent on Bigfoot »

Today, January 16th, 2002, A woman almost hits a skinny Bigfoot with her car. Ray Crowe and Thom Powell investigate and find tracks near the sighting.

Read: Yesterday in Bigfoot History | 2002 | Prints Found Near Skinny Bigfoot Sighting »

Today, January 15th, in 2003, Jon Downes ventured out to Britain’s Bolam Lake to investigate an encounter reported by three fishermen earlier in the month. Mr. Downes with five other members of the Twilight Worlds Paranormal Research Group left for the area near the lake and three of the members saw the British Bigfoot.

Read: The Other Day in Bigfoot History | 2003 | 3 Day British Bigfoot Expedition »

Today in 2001, Theo Stein of the Denver Post wrote an article originally titled, “Not All Scientists Doubt Bigfoot Now.” it was later retitled when it was archived as, “Legend of Bigfoot put to test, Mounting evidence gives many reason to believe.”

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 2001 | Bigfoot Gains Traction With Scientists »

Today in 2009 Eugenie Scott spoke at the Ask a Scientist event in San Francisco. The topic that night was Bigfoot. As an anthropologist and a skeptic Eugenie seems to have more patience for bigfooters than she has for creationist.

Read: Yesterday in Bigfoot History | 2009 | Hopeful Skeptic Says Both Bigfoot Camps Need Help »

“If Bigfoot really exists, I can guarantee you our dogs will find him,” –Brad Croft, Universal K9

Read: Finding Bigfoot to use Dogs in East Texas Episode »

Jerry Crew holding a Bigfoot cast Today in 1960 the Houston Post reports Jerry Crew’s initial attempt to record the size and shape of the tracks he was finding. He traced the large track on paper and then took it to a taxidermist named Bob Titmus. Although reported in 1960, the actual meeting between Mr. […]

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1960 | Bob Titmus Teaches Jerry Crew How to Cast a Track »

… a press conference called by Cliff Cook and the supporting testimony of his associate Chris Murphy. Murphy claimed to have found a bell shape (aka zipper pull tab) within the grainy film image and even took the time to hand craft a pretzel-like, clay model of this bell shape.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1999 | Patty’s “Zipper” Exposed »

Today in 1960, The Houston Post Correspondent announced two of the greatest explorers were going to try and look for the Snowman, as in Abominable Snowman, in North America after several prior expeditions in the Himalayas.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1960 | Millionaire and Father of Cryptozoology take a Break from the Himalayas »

2003. It was a Thursday night exactly ten years ago today when a documentary film, “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science,” aired on the Discovery Channel.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 2003 | Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science Debuts »

Sometimes we forget the term Bigfoot was only coined popularly after 1958. Prior to then, he/she was known as the wildman. The “wildman” was described with all the Bigfoot characteristics we have become familiar with.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1901 | Wildman Escapes from Circus Train Wreck »

Today in 1811, marks the first recorded account of overly large foot prints in North America by a non-native person.

Read: Today in Bigfoot History | 1811 | First Mystery Prints Documented »