The FBI Vault - Bigfoot Files
The FBI releases its file on Bigfoot
Release consists of the Bureau laboratory’s 1976 analysis of hair and tissue allegedly belonging to the “legendary creature of the Pacific Northwest mountains” Written by JPat BrownEdited by Beryl LiptonRelease consists of the Bureau laboratory’s 1976 analysis of hair and tissue allegedly belonging to the elusive woodland creature Shortly after lunchtime on what was shaping up to be a relatively uneventful Wednesday, the @FBIRecordsVaultTwitter account - which posts sporadic updates to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s FOIA reading room - tweeted out the following. And with that, the Wednesday officially became eventful.
The 22-page release consists largely of correspondence between Peter Byrne (dubbed one of the Four Horsemen of Sasquatchery) of the Bigfoot Information Center and Exhibition and Jay Cochran, Jr., Assistant Director of the FBI’s Laboratory Division. Byrne first reached out to Cochran in August 1976, asking if Cochran could either confirm or deny the numerous stories within the Bigfoot community that hairs had been sent to the Bureau’s labs for analysis.