Does 'Bigfoot' Lurk In Pennsylvania's Woods?

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Bigfoot lives!Larry Brink thinks the day will come when that headline will not be confined to supermarket tabloids.Brink, a 37-year-old Harborcreek resident, said he believes Bigfoot is out there — and he's not alone.He and some other Pennsylvanians are convinced the mythical ape-like creature could be lurking nearby.While the Pacific Northwest has long been America's hotbed for Bigfoot sightings and searchers, many believers now think Bigfoot might be stomping through Penn's Woods.They claim to be hot on the trail of the proto-human whose legend stretches back more than 5,000 years.Members of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society last February searched a forested area around Guys Mills in Crawford County after an Erie resident who owns land there said he glimpsed a large creature running through the woods.The Bigfoot Society investigators didn't spot an 8-foot-tall Sasquatch, but they did find a pile of bones and a large sampling of "scat'' that they hope to have analyzed at a laboratory.The reported sighting is one of a several from Erie and Crawford over the last 25 years and scores more from across the state of Pennsylvania.Yet for all the mysterious claims and the hours spent investigating in the field, Bigfoot Society members admit they still lack the smoking gun — credible proof that Bigfoot exists.

"People think we're crazy for doing this, but what happens when something does get discovered?'' said Brink, northwest regional investigator for the Bigfoot Society. "Then, all of a sudden, we are not the crazy ones.''Indeed, Bigfoot believers are often dismissed as kooks, crackpots or conspiracy theorists.Yet, Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society founder Eric Altman, 33, of Jeannette, said that people from all walks of life — and socioeconomic status — have either joined his organization or believe that Bigfoot may exist.

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