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<v Speaker 1>Bigfoot continues to be everywhere and nowhere, all at once,

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<v Speaker 1>popping up in headlines, podcasts, and especially on the festival circuit.

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<v Speaker 1>This past week, the fifth annual Upper Cumberland Bigfoot Festival

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<v Speaker 1>swept through Crossville, Tennessee, drawing crowds on October eighteenth, with

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<v Speaker 1>a mix of cryptid investigators, barbecue, a Bigfoot five K

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<v Speaker 1>glow run, and a reunion of Reality TV's Mountain Monsters Crew.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the event organizers, the whole affair raised significant

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<v Speaker 1>funds for local veterans, a tradition that's made the festival

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<v Speaker 1>a beloved autumn staple in the region, not just for

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<v Speaker 1>its mullet contest or helicopter rites, but for that feeling

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<v Speaker 1>you might actually catch a glimpse of the big Guy

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<v Speaker 1>mingling among food trucks and folks in furry costumes. Just

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<v Speaker 1>a few states over, the long running Texas Bigfoot Conference

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<v Speaker 1>kicked off its twenty fifth year in Jefferson, Texas, gathering enthusiasts, speakers,

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<v Speaker 1>and skeptics to grill Up BBC and discussed the possibilities

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<v Speaker 1>of moving Bigfoot from cryptid folklore into scientific legitimacy. As

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<v Speaker 1>explained by the Texas Bigfoot Research Center. The meet and

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<v Speaker 1>greet dinner featured several heavyweights in the field rehashing everything

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<v Speaker 1>from alleged hair samples. The FBI still stands by deer

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<v Speaker 1>hair in case you wondered to the hypothesis that Texas

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<v Speaker 1>has as much right to call itself a bigfoot state

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<v Speaker 1>as the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest, though, as

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Wilson told the Mansfield News Journal, mainstream science is

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<v Speaker 1>still unconvinced. National Sasquatch Awareness Day on October twenty first

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<v Speaker 1>insured a social media surge with trending lists naming Washington State,

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<v Speaker 1>West Virginia, Oregon, and British Columbia as top bigfoot hotspots

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<v Speaker 1>based on sighting stats, climate and sheer wilderness. Places like

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<v Speaker 1>Willow Creek, California claimed a Bigfoot Capital of the World

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<v Speaker 1>Moniker again and Schumania County, Washington even reminded us it

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<v Speaker 1>officially protects the creature under county law. Meanwhile, Decatur, Illinois,

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<v Speaker 1>is offering Bigfoot night hikes this weekend, complete with s'mores

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<v Speaker 1>and the ambient sounds of the forest, plus guest talks

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<v Speaker 1>on famous local encounters, blending education and campfire lore. Announced

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<v Speaker 1>by local parks officials. On the media front, Bigfoot enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>a star turn on the California Now podcast, where Josh

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<v Speaker 1>Myers and a guest dissected the creature's role in northern

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<v Speaker 1>California legends, adding to a recent groundswell of weird California

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<v Speaker 1>content being shared online. Coast to Coast AM's Best Of

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<v Speaker 1>featured yet another round of late night speculation about Bigfoot's

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<v Speaker 1>intelligence and hidden culture, with author Tom Cantrell offering more

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<v Speaker 1>mystical take still unverified by conventional science. Despite the buzz,

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<v Speaker 1>there have been no verified sightings or scientific breakthroughs, just

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<v Speaker 1>fresh debate, clever festivals, and a whole lot of new

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<v Speaker 1>tiktoks about accidental blurry encounters in the woods. If Bigfoot

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<v Speaker 1>is out there, he's as good at pr as he

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<v Speaker 1>is at staying hidden. And that is it for today.

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