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The creek where, in 1967, the famous film of a creature said to be Bigfoot walking through the forest was shot.

EncyclopediaBigfoot
LocationUnited States Northern California
Type of placeRiver
Map positionApproximate position (City, rounded to about 10 km), not the exact place

A hairy, ape-like cryptid two to three meters tall said to live in the forests of North America. The name spread with news of giant footprints in 1958, and it became world-famous with film footage in 1967.

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