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Bigfoot Sightings

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With many programs based in the Pacific Northwest, we occasionally get questions about the elusive Sasquatch, or Bigfoot. The first and most common question is, “do you believe in bigfoot?”

The near universal answer amongst the guide staff is, no. Most of us don’t believe that there is a big hairy apeman in the woods of the Pacific Northwest.

The second question is often, “have you ever seen Bigfoot?”

Most guides would say no to this question. But that answer would be a lie. In the Pacific Northwest Bigfoot is everywhere. And contrary to popular belief, he — or she — isn’t that hard to photograph. Bigfoot is a part of our culture here. The beast is everywhere. You just have to open your eyes…

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A Native American female Sasquatch mask.

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We all knew that Bigfoot was a snowboarder. 

Marblemount Bigfoot

Bigfoot lives in a lot of small towns throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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 Bigfoot is very popular at Seatac Airport. 

I think that this blurry image is of the mythical monster at a cafe.

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Kingston Downpour Coffee

Yep. In the Pacific Northwest, we see Bigfoot all the time!
–Jason D. Martin

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