Few names spark debate in the Bigfoot world like Janice Carter.

Whether you believe her or not, her story has become a major part of modern Sasquatch lore.

Here are a few fast facts about one of the most talked‑about eyewitnesses in the field:

Daniel J. Benoit is the founder of the East Coast Bigfoot Researchers Organization. For years, he’s ventured into the shadowy forests of the East Coast, researching and investigating whispered legends of Bigfoot and traveling to reported encounter sites.

His latest books, Trail of the Unknown and The Bigfoot Zone, are out now and packed with field insights, regional encounters, and educational material for anyone interested in Sasquatch research.

Before Bigfoot documentaries and social media, Robert W. Morgan was already deep in the woods chasing answers.

Here are a few fast facts about one of the most underrated figures in Sasquatch research:

Two giants of cryptid lore, but they couldn’t be more different. Bigfoot is the watcher. Dogman is the predator.

Both leave tracks, both vanish before cameras catch them, but their behavior tells two very different stories.

Every time you dig deep into Bigfoot reports, something strange happens; UFO sightings start popping up in the same places. Not always. Not everywhere. But often enough that researchers have been arguing about it for decades.

If the first half of the Weird Bigfoot Series deals with internal experiences, missing time, mindspeak, and the feeling of being watched, the second half focuses on the external signs. The sounds. The structures. The lights. The things people can point to and say, “I saw this. I heard this. This happened.”

These six phenomena appear again and again in witness reports, often in the same areas and sometimes on the same nights.

Most people think Bigfoot encounters follow a predictable pattern: a glimpse of a large figure, a set of tracks, a strange sound in the distance. But the deeper you go into witness reports, especially from the Appalachian region, the stranger the patterns become. These aren’t the loud, dramatic stories. These are the quiet ones. The unsettling ones. The ones people hesitate to talk about because they don’t fit the “normal” script.

People who’ve had strange encounters in the woods, Bigfoot, lights, shadows, whatever, always mention the same moment:

“Everything went quiet.”

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Local sightings are the backbone of Bigfoot research because they create the one thing investigators can’t manufacture: fresh activity. When someone reports a howl, a track, a shadow figure, or a roadside encounter, it reignites interest in the entire region. 

In the world of cryptid research, Bigfoot and Dogman often get lumped together, but when you look at the actual witness descriptions, the patterns are surprisingly distinct. Whether you believe these creatures are physical animals, misidentifications, or something stranger, the reports themselves show clear differences.

This breakdown sticks to consistent, repeated witness testimony gathered over decades.

One of the best reports on tracks that John Green ever received was in a letter sent to him by Jack Woodruff in September 1967.

I would like to just quote from that letter, as it shows you just how important tracks are to research. And how casting them can help you have time to study them more in-depth later on.

So, with thanks to John Green and Jack Woodruff :

On June 18, an anonymous report was made to Bigfoot Case Files. It was also picked up by Bigfoot Evidence and Sasquatch Central.

A man (we'll call Tom*) has reported two different encounters. The first occurred around 30-some years ago when he was 19 or 20  years old. It was late in June when he and a buddy (let's call him Rory*) decided to go fishing at a pond that was partway up a mountain in northern Pennsylvania. They arrived at the pond at around 7 pm and set up a quick camp. The two young men heated some stew for supper and then sat around the camp lantern talking about the big bass they were going to catch.

The paths of those directly involved with Matilda's story have gone in separate directions, leaving many questions unanswered.

The DNA study by Dr. Melba Ketchum's DNA lab are still hotly debated in some circles. Other DNA studies have been made with alleged sasquatch samples since then. And all fall under the same discussions pro and con; belief or doubt; faked or real. However, there is still an underlying problem with any DNA study that has been done or will be done. Until the scientific community formally accepts the existence of a mammal known as a sasquatch, there can be no definitive study made of any DNA samples. The scientific community will not formally acknowledge the existence of a sasquatch until the government formally admits to its existence. And I am sure that the government in turn will tell you that no such creature exists because scientists have not found one yet.

And there you have the Sasquatch Catch-22.

It was said the multi-millionaire Wally Hersom (BRFO backer) and Matt Moneymaker (BRFO and Finding Bigfoot) were granted exclusive access to the full-length footage.