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Every year over the Labor Day weekend the Bigfoot Capital of the World, Willow Creek, California, celebrates the town’s community and the icon that has made a name for it during Bigfoot Days. This year is the fifty-first anniversary of the event.

Read: Willow Creek Celebrates in a Squatchy Way »

Ed Patrick’s accounts have been re-discovered. Images.

Read: Old Willow Creek Stories Surface »

BIGFOOT’S BLOG has been taking some time off from blogging, and having some fun on YouTube. Listen to Bigfooting elder, Al Hodgson, walk down the Squatchy streets of Willow Creek, attend Bigfoot University, and all kinds of other fun.

Read: Al Hodgson Interview, Rip Lyttle’s Bigfoot Class, Tour of Willow Creek, and More »

The small community’s Chamber of Commerce celebration dates back to at least 1990, with an annual procession down the middle of state Route 299. Images.

Read: Willow Creek’s Bigfoot Days »

‘Our hills are alive with it’ Bigfoot celebration brings out believers, skeptics WILLOW CREEK — The Bigfoot capital of the world has been on Stephen Harvey’s radar for the last five to six years. The Salt Lake City resident who works at a TV news station traveled 13 hours just to experience Bigfoot Days and […]

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I know it’s late notice, but I just found out about this and wanted to share it with the readers of Cryptomundo. Perhaps one of you can take advantage of this. Sasquatch Author featured at Willow Creek-China Flat museum Dr. Jeff Meldrum, author of “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science,” will hold a book signing Saturday, May […]

Read: Jeff Meldrum Book Signing at Willow Creek Bigfoot Museum Tomorrow »

Photos shared by Jeff Meldrum

Read: Bluff Creek Bigfoot Footprint Casts »

Did you know that the true and exact site of the Patterson-Gimlin Film is a topic of extreme controversy and debate? It may come as a surprise to some, but the site is not absolutely established any longer. It seems odd that such an important spot could apparently be lost to time and fading memories.

Read: Bigfoot’s bLog: Bluff Creek Film Site Project, Summation Series Videos »

Are we too late? Has Bigfoot history already been lost? Images.

Read: For Sale: Saving Bluff Creek Bigfoot History »

During this 40th anniversary of the filming of Bigfoot at Bluff Creek (October 20, 1967), I’ll drop in at various points to note some significant milestone dates on the calendar. For today, let’s look at the pivotal date of August 3rd. The October 1958 tracks of the Bluff Creek’s Bigfoot became famous because Jerry Crew […]

Read: The Day It Began: Bluff Creek in Bigfoot History »

…explores the history behind the “Bigfoot” moniker as we know it today, sites such as Bluff Creek & Willow Creek that gained notoriety as a result, as well as sightings in the area and the ongoing investigation of the Patterson-Gimlin film site.

Read: The Birthplace of Bigfoot »

There is nothing fake about Bigfoot, who works as hard as anyone else in Willow Creek to keep the lights on.

Read: Touring Bigfoot’s stomping grounds »

…Stepp attended a conference on all things Sasquatch to celebrate the launch of the Bigfoot section of the China Flat Museum in Willow Creek. There he introduced himself to Jeffrey Meldrum, professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University and an oft-interviewed Bigfoot researcher. Meldrum’s area of focus is the evolution of bipedalism — the anatomical distinctions and development of our ancestors that led to our walking on two legs, including the dynamics of their footfalls, footprints and skeletons.

Read: Why one scientist thinks taboo fringe theories are a big hairy deal »

Wherever this resurgence of interest in the Bigfoot legend spawned from, it seems to be working in favor of found-footage horror films. Last year, it was Bobcat Goldthwait’s “Willow Creek”, a suspenseful, surprisingly charming slow-burn that followed a young couple into the titular Pacific Northwest wilderness in hopes of capturing the beast on video.

While of the same genus, Eduardo Sánchez’s “Exists” is a different animal. Revisiting the style that set a precedent for ultra-low budget horror movies at the dawn of new millennium with his minimalist blood-curdler “The Blair Witch Project”, the director aims to leave substantially less to the imagination this time around. And it could be his best flick yet.

Read: Exists Reviewed »

John will be talking about many different cryptozoological topics, including his recent viewing of Bobcat Goldthwait’s Bigfoot film Willow Creek, the upcoming Original Texas Bigfoot Conference, the Yakima Valley Museum exhibit Sasquatch Revealed, maybe even the damned Alaskan Cadborosaurus video footage.

The CryptoCast
Sunday, June 29
8:30-9:30 PM CT

Read: CryptoCast: John Kirk »