In June of 1971, the Salem, Oregon Capital Journal newspaper carried a story about a local girl and her friend who had found a dead body near Happy Camp, California back in 1967.  A dead bigfoot.

At the time, skepticism ruled the day and not many investigated the story, deciding it was nothing more than a hoax. Most believed that two young girls could not have walked eight miles into the woods, as reported in the story. Also, the girls could not be found to be questioned and it was doubted that the girls had been able to relocate the spot where they claimed to have found the body several years later.