Bigfoot
Mythical creature
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| 2024 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Booking.com aired a Super Bowl LVIII commercial featuring Tina Fey as Bigfoot being groomed by Jack McBrayer.
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| 2024 |
Big Foot
The song reached number 11 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart (RMNZ).
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| 2024 |
Big Foot
The song debuted at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the Billboard Global 200, achieving significant chart performance.
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| 2024 |
Big Foot
Accumulated 4.1 million on-demand audio streams upon release, with 1.1 million streams in the last day of the tracking week.
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| 2024 | Journalist John O'Connor published 'The Secret History of Bigfoot', exploring the Bigfoot enthusiast subculture and the diverse beliefs of Bigfooters. |
| 2024 | Mayor Grant Nicely of Derry, Pennsylvania declared Bigfoot the 'official cryptid' of the borough, establishing legal protection for the creature. |
| 2024 | Bigfoot was used as a mascot for a government recycling campaign in Whitfield County, Georgia. |
| 2024 | Release of Sasquatch Sunset, a film depicting a family of Bigfoot and their alleged behaviors as reported by enthusiasts and researchers. |
| 2024 | United Soccer League (USL) announces the Bigfoot Football Club based in Maple Valley, Washington, set to begin competing in 2025. |
| December 28 2024 | Two men were found deceased in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state after setting off on Christmas to search for Bigfoot, prompting a large-scale search and rescue effort by the Skamania County Sheriff's Office. |
| October 29 2024 | Undead Nightmare was released for Windows PC. |
| August 2024 | Most recent update to Sneaky Sasquatch was released, continuing the game's ongoing development. |
| January 30 2024 |
Big Foot
Nicki Minaj releases a rap version and a cappella version of 'Big Foot' as digital download through Young Money and Republic Records
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| January 29 2024 |
Big Foot
Nicki Minaj releases 'Big Foot', a diss track targeting Megan Thee Stallion, produced by Tate Kobang and ZellTooTrill.
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| January 28 2024 |
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Nicki Minaj states that 'Big Foot' has been ready for two days and she was waiting for producer Lil Juju to clear the beat.
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| January 26 2024 |
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Megan Thee Stallion releases the single 'Hiss', which prompts Nicki Minaj to create a diss track in response.
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| 2023 | Bigfoot Festival in Marion, North Carolina saw approximately 40,000 attendees, providing a significant economic boost to the small town. |
| December 2023 |
Skookum cast
Ben Radford publishes 'Is Bigfoot Dead?', updating his timeline from 2000-2023 and concluding that Bigfoot is 'nowhere to be seen' and likely does not exist.
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| October 2023 | Shannon Parker uploaded a viral video of an alleged Bigfoot sighting on Facebook, reportedly filmed while riding the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado. The video's authenticity was widely debated. |
| May 2023 | A data study revealed that internet search terms 'Bigfoot' and 'Sasquatch' are searched over 200,000 times annually in the United States and over 660,000 times worldwide |
| April 2023 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Splatoon 3 featured Bigfoot as the third option in the Cryptid Splatfest event (Nessie vs. Aliens vs. Bigfoot).
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| 2022 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Nerf announced Murph, a dart-covered Bigfoot, as their new mascot, highlighting Bigfoot's continued popularity in pop culture.
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| 2022 | The Bigfoot Crossroads of America Museum and Research Center in Hastings, Nebraska was selected for addition to the U.S. Library of Congress archives. |
| 2022 | Bigfoot is selected as the official mascot for the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon. |
| 2022 | Grays Harbor County, Washington, passes a resolution creating a 'Sasquatch Protection and Refuge Area' after a local elementary school's classroom project. |
| 2022 | John Keilman of the Chicago Tribune wrote an article discussing recent Bigfoot sightings, contextualizing the phenomenon alongside UFO investigations |
| 2022 | An Oklahoma man claimed to have killed his friend, believing he had summoned Bigfoot and was going to be sacrificed to the creature. |
| October 31 2022 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Grand Theft Auto Online released a Bigfoot costume for players who completed specific Halloween event tasks.
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| July 7 2022 | Wildlife educator Coyote Peterson claimed to have excavated a large primate skull in British Columbia, which was later dismissed by scientists as a likely replica and potentially a publicity stunt. |
| June 26 2022 |
Portlock, Alaska
The 'Alaskan Killer Bigfoot' series made its linear cable television debut on Travel Channel.
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| April 2022 | A man in Mobile, Alabama posted fake Bigfoot photos on Facebook as an April Fools' Day hoax. |
| 2021 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Jeff Goldblum joined Bigfoot hunters at Mount Shasta in an episode of The World According to Jeff Goldblum about monsters.
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| 2021 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Ford introduces a 'Sasquatch' package for the 2021 Ford Bronco, incorporating Bigfoot-themed branding into their vehicle lineup.
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| 2021 |
Visitor from the East
The short story 'Visitor from the East' was reprinted in Turtledove's short-story collection 'The Best of Harry Turtledove'.
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| 2021 | U.S. Representative Justin Humphrey proposed an official Bigfoot hunting season in Oklahoma, offering a $3 million bounty for a live capture. |
| 2021 | Premiere of Alaskan Killer Bigfoot, a television show exploring Bigfoot-related mysteries in Alaska. |
| December 2021 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Veganuary launched an advertisement with a Bigfoot (voiced by James Cromwell) planning to switch to a vegan diet to help prevent climate change.
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| December 7 2021 |
Portlock, Alaska
The reality TV series 'Alaskan Killer Bigfoot' premiered on Discovery+ streaming platform.
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| September 6 2021 | The 'Finding Bigfoot: The Search Continues' special aired on Animal Planet for the first time. |
| February 8 2021 | The series returned with a two-hour special 'Finding Bigfoot: The Search Continues', featuring the return of all four original cast members and focusing on new technologies, exclusively on Discovery+. |
| 2020 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
MetaZoo, a cryptozoology-themed collectible card game, was released featuring Bigfoot as a prominent Beastie character.
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| 2020 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Two Bigfoot-themed films released: 'Bigfoot Family' and 'Bigfoot vs. the Illuminati', continuing the ongoing cultural exploration of the legendary creature.
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| 2020 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Oregon fire safety officials began a forest fire safety campaign called 'Safer with Sasquatch'.
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| 2020 | Sneaky Sasquatch was named Apple Arcade Game of the Year, achieving top performance by ranking as the #1 game in the United States and #5 in Canada on the Apple Arcade platform. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bigfoot became a central figure in North American social distancing advocacy campaigns, being dubbed the 'Social Distancing Champion' and featured in numerous internet memes. |
| 2020 | A poll suggested that approximately 1 in 10 American adults believe Bigfoot to be a real, living creature |
| June 16 2020 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Max Brooks releases the novel 'Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre', a fictional account of a Bigfoot attack at Mount Rainier.
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| March 2020 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Progressive Insurance launched a commercial featuring Flo and a Bigfoot named Darryl discussing outdoor recreational vehicles.
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| 2019 |
Bigfoot in popular culture
Harry Turtledove publishes 'Three Men and a Sasquatch' story, further exploring the concept of Sasquatches as a distinct race of human beings.
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