Squatchology: December 2008

I sometimes drop my guard and mention to folks that I have a Bigfoot website. After an awkward pause, they usually ask me why I decided to start Squatchology. While I have always been a Bigfoot enthusiast, I decided to start paying more attention to the subject when I came across an article about the Elkins Creek Bigfoot cast. This casting of a Bigfoot track surprised me because it was taken within 30 minutes of my home in LaGrange, Georgia. The track measured 17.5" long by 8.5" wide and is considered a very impressive print due its dermal ridge patterns.

Drawing Depicting a Squatch Encounter in Richmond County, Georgia

Prior to reading about the Elkins Creek cast, I had never thought about the existence of Bigfoot in Georgia. Like most people, I thought Bigfoot's domain was limited to the Pacific Northwest, Louisiana bayous, and Florida swamps. My newfound curiousity lead me to search the Internet for other Georgia Squatch sitings. I was surprised to see just how many Bigfoot sightings there are in the Peach State. There are even some sitings in my own county, Troup county. Here is a list of some of my favortes; the first three are virtually in my backyard:

Troup County -Six- to seven-foot Squatch seen wandering around West Point Lake.
Troup County - Squatch scares daylights out of man and dog alike.
Heard County - Squatch spotted near Yellow Jacket Creek.
Fannin County - A Squatch family of three is witnessed by U.S. soldiers rummaging through the charred remains of a helicopter crash.

A quick perusal of the internet will lead you to a number of interesting Georgia Bigfoot stories. Here is another interesting story I found related to Troup County:

North Troup County: 1955 or 1956, Bigfoot Eyes a Hog

Moving 20 miles west and just south of the Heard County line, on Ringer Road, a young boy on his way to feed his family's hog spotted what he described as a "bigfoot type creature." With "long, light brownish hair all over its body" the creature appeared eight feet tall to the boy. His brother, while not seeing the creature, confirmed seeing strange large four-toed tracks near the family's hog pen. According to the brothers, a neighbor of theirs had said he had shot at the bigfoot more than once with his 30-30 rifle. This same older man, they said, called the creature a "`bung-a-dingo.'" How he and other neighbors, who had also seen the 4-500 pound entity, arrived at this peculiar name in not known. While no other bigfoot sightings have been documented in Troup County. Other bigfoot sightings in years past have occurred elsewhere in the THC.(SOURCE)

Finally, here is a link to a story about a possible Bigfoot lair in Talbot County, Georgia (SOURCE ; read the stories on this site!). Check out the pictures: