Willow Creek is technically a Census-designated place with a population of 1,710.It’s nestled on the north-east end of Humbolt County in Northern California.Willow Creek is known as the Bigfoot Capital of the World and for good reason.Not only was the widely controversial Patterson-Gimlin film shot there but also tracks found in the early 1950’s lead to the term Bigfoot being coined.
WikiPedia article about Willow Creek, California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson–Gimlin_film
www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/079790.html
https://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bf-oct-5-1958/
http://www.bfro.net/news/Wallace.asp
www.outsideonline.com/2095096/man-who- created-bigfoot#close
Buzzfeed Unsolved: Bigfoot. YouTube video (AWNyH56oXvY)
Monster Quest: Bigfoot. www.imdb.com/title/tt1177685/?ref_=ttep_ep5
The Pacific Northwest isn’t the only place that may harbor an elusive creature.In the back wood of the Sulpher River basin of Arkansas lurks something similar but different, a leaner wiry version of bigfoot with fiery red eyes.They call it the Beast of Boggy Creek or the Fouke Monster.
The Beast of Boggy Creek, Lyle Blackburn.Anomalist Books 2012.www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933665572/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
WikiPedia article about Fouke, Arkansas
www.smokeycrabtree.com/index.html
www.legendofboggycreek.com/index.htm
Local Headlines
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Your Small Town Secrets
Chasing American Monster, Jason Offutt.Llewellyn Press 2019.www.amazon.com/Chasing-American-Monsters-Creatures-Cryptids/dp/0738759953/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28MMM1MR28QFK&keywords=chasing+american+monsters&qid=1578723351&sprefix=chasing+amer,aps,150&sr=8-1
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