Teh One Who Knocks
10-18-2022, 12:16 PM
By Molly Bilinski - The Morning Call
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Bigfoot, Sasquatch — whatever you call the supersized apelike creature said to roam the woods of North America — it doesn’t exist, Pennsylvania game officials say.
For months, signs have been popping up along state trails and parks, urging residents to report Bigfoot sightings.
“Due to encounters in the area of a creature resembling ‘Bigfoot,’ we are instructing all park visitors to observe elevated park etiquette, be cautious of your surroundings and to keep the location of any small children/pets within a tighter scope of awareness,” the sign says. “Do not approach the creature.”
Although printed on the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources letterhead, it’s not legitimate, state officials said.
“These signs were not posted by DCNR,” said department spokesperson Wesley Robinson in an email Monday morning. “We have seen them at parks for months and they are removed when they are reported or found by staff because they have not been authorized.”
Officials have seen the signs at many parks, he said, adding he is unsure of how many or where the signs may have been posted.
“Bigfoot is not real,” he added.
While more generally associated with the northwest portion of the country, stories exist of the larger-than-life creature stalking through the woods of Pennsylvania, too.
Squatchermetrics, an organization that maps sightings, shows the majority in the western part of the state. Another map available online, of which the source is unclear, shows some in the Lehigh Valley, too.
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Bigfoot, Sasquatch — whatever you call the supersized apelike creature said to roam the woods of North America — it doesn’t exist, Pennsylvania game officials say.
For months, signs have been popping up along state trails and parks, urging residents to report Bigfoot sightings.
“Due to encounters in the area of a creature resembling ‘Bigfoot,’ we are instructing all park visitors to observe elevated park etiquette, be cautious of your surroundings and to keep the location of any small children/pets within a tighter scope of awareness,” the sign says. “Do not approach the creature.”
Although printed on the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources letterhead, it’s not legitimate, state officials said.
“These signs were not posted by DCNR,” said department spokesperson Wesley Robinson in an email Monday morning. “We have seen them at parks for months and they are removed when they are reported or found by staff because they have not been authorized.”
Officials have seen the signs at many parks, he said, adding he is unsure of how many or where the signs may have been posted.
“Bigfoot is not real,” he added.
While more generally associated with the northwest portion of the country, stories exist of the larger-than-life creature stalking through the woods of Pennsylvania, too.
Squatchermetrics, an organization that maps sightings, shows the majority in the western part of the state. Another map available online, of which the source is unclear, shows some in the Lehigh Valley, too.