Bigfoot in Virginia!
The witness, William Dranginis, says Bigfoot investigators in the Northwest laughed at him, but Virginia encounters with the Sasquatch are not that unusual. I found two, from the 70s and 80s, without too much effort. You can read them
here and
here.
Both reports are from this excellent
Bigfoot in the News page. They list sightings going back to the 1800s. And frankly, with all due respect to West Coast researchers, "Wildman" sightings in the East predate West Coast sightings simply because of settlement patterns. Bigfeet might only live in the western woods because they were moved out of their natural habitat by the arrival of colonists. A Sasquatch "Trail of Tears", if you will.
posted by Prof. Hex at 12:14 PM