Bigfoot's Martian adventure

When Bigfoot was a no-show at Bigfoot Day in Willow Creek, Calif., last fall, I speculated that it was perhaps because the elusive Northwest forest giant was a known shapeshifter. But new evidence has emerged that Sasquatch might merely have changed venues. Recent photographic evidence from NASA suggests he's on Mars.

When Bigfoot was a no-show at Bigfoot Day in Willow Creek, Calif., last fall, I speculated that it was perhaps because the elusive Northwest forest giant was a known shapeshifter. But new evidence has emerged that Sasquatch might merely have changed venues. Recent photographic evidence from NASA suggests he's on Mars. How would we know this now that the Weekly World News has gone kaput? Well, try watching CNN or reading The Daily Telegraph. There you will find a remarkable picture taken four years ago by the Mars explorer Spirit. Could it be that Bigfoot has shipped out for Mars to find greater solitude? Or could the long rumored UFO-Bigfoot connection is real and that the creature originated elsewhere. Mars could be its barren home planet, or perhaps Bigfoot spacemen are exploring the wilds of the galaxy in their spacecraft, just like we hope to do. Willow Creek proclaims itself to be "The Bigfoot capital of the World." But who's the "Bigfoot Captial of the Solar System?" That title is now up for grabs.

About the Author

Knute Berger is Mossback, Crosscut's chief Northwest native. He also writes the monthly Grey Matters column for Seattle magazine and is a weekly Friday guest on Weekday on KUOW-FM (94.9). His newest book is Pugetopolis: A Mossback Takes On Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of Seattle Nice, published by Sasquatch Books. In 2011, he was named Writer-in-Residence at the Space Needle and is author of Space Needle, The Spirit of Seattle (2012), the official 50th anniversary history of the tower. You can e-mail him at mossback@crosscut.com.

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