This group was looking for Bigfoot. Now they also look for missing people

On June 17, 2020, during a camping trip in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Kelly Stolp and an old Army buddy, Mike Palagi, 38, experienced what they now refer to as “the founding incident” – they heard what they believe to be Bigfoot.

Since then, their friend Tanner Hoskins formed the Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search. The group searches across Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana to gather clues that might inform what the two men heard in the woods four years ago.

But it turns out the remote areas with plenty of reported Bigfoot sightings also have scores of missing people who have never been found. So the group has branched out, looking not just for signs of Sasquatch but cold cases in the woods.

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