Case file · 1976 · Legends & Creatures
The FBI's Bigfoot File
Fifteen Hairs
The day America's top crime lab was asked to test Bigfoot's hair.
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This 7 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- FBI Vault: Bigfoot (released file, 1976 to 1977)
- NPR: FBI's Website Reveals A Case Involving Bigfoot (2019 report)
- NBC News: FBI releases 'Bigfoot' documents from 1970s (2019 report)
- The Spokesman-Review: Oh, deer: Documents reveal FBI once tested hair an Oregon man thought was from Bigfoot (Associated Press, 2019)
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