Is Urban Bigfoot In My Midst?
By Dorraine Fisher
Many who are new to the subject of Bigfoot may believe they only live in the vast wilderness areas of North America. But nearly eight years ago now, I wrote an article suggesting that sasquatches may be able to live in areas that might be considered urban. It wasn’t a completely new idea then, but it wasn’t widely accepted. Now, a lot of time has passed and evidence of urban bigfoot is turning up in many places never expected.
My state of Illinois is not well-known for its wilderness areas, but there is a lot of evidence along the many rivers, wetlands, and other watershed areas. Illinois has a lot of rivers, woods, and the deer believed to be Bigfoot’s main food source. And many of these areas are very close to the city limits. And, according to countless bigfoot investigators, they are sometimes inside the city limits.
I spend a lot of time on the roads around my area of Illinois. And I’m always scanning the area’s woods for signs of bigfoot. And I’ve found a lot of evidence for activity over the years in my local rural areas. But for some reason, I never expected to find evidence INSIDE the limits of my little city. And very close to where I live.
Near my home, there’s a local creek that meanders through my neighborhood and it’s secluded by thick patches of woods that line it. But my neighborhood is old and contains many older houses that are situated close together. It’s a very urban area, but with scattered patches of woods following the creek. But a year ago I noticed that we had a new, large population of deer wandering the neighborhood. And they were breeding and showed signs of great success as I saw several fawns wandering around with their mothers last spring. Early this fall as I was driving down one of the backstreets, an 8-point buck ran right out in front of me, across the street, and through several backyards. This was the first year in my 15+ years living in the area that I had ever seen deer this deep within the city limits. And I began asking myself if so many deer are here, could bigfoot also wander in?
And I think I got my answer as soon as the leaves were off the trees this fall. As long as I’ve lived here, the patches of woods and have been neat and orderly. But this year I started noticing lots of downed and broken trees everywhere. And as I was driving down a backstreet this last fall, I suddenly noticed this:
But this was the only curious thing I noticed and I left it alone for a long time and just stared at it as I drove by several times a week. But then this structure sprang up very close to it.
So I parked my vehicle and started walking around the area looking for other clues. I had seen what looked like another structure further away from the street in some very thick brambles. But it was hard to see. So I closed my eyes and pushed through the brush and found this:
This is definitely a half-teepee-type structure that was not created by the wind. I scanned the area for footprints, but there was a light dusting of snow on top of a thick layer of dead leaves and I couldn’t find any on this day, unfortunately. But you can bet I’ll be watching this area more closely and hopefully will find some prints when the weather breaks that will confirm everything.
So, what do you think? Does urban Bigfoot live in my neighborhood?
***********DF
(For the protection of possible bigfoot in my area, I have chosen to keep the cityscapes out of the pictures and the location a secret)
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ReplyDeleteGreat article. I believe that Bigfoot is opportunistic in that if there is food, shelter and security amongst humans they will take it. Much like the deer in urban areas, they know that mankind will not shoot them in this environment and are safe. Just keep a lookout for missing pets.
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