When we think about the legendary giant ape known as “Sasquatch”, we often find ourselves subconsciously placing the beast in some lush, dense pine forest, likely in the Pacific Northwest.
This isn’t surprising, as that part of the country is where the legends and sightings of the creature are still the most prevalent, and where a majority of the creature’s most important “evidence” was derived from.
But there are plenty of places far from the northwest where individuals have had experiences with the mythical creature, and it seems as though some pranksters decided to use this to their advantage.
Kentucky residents were likely either amused or bewildered by an official-looking notice that made the rounds on social media and cautioned that Bigfoot had been spotted near the state’s waterways. The odd announcement reportedly popped up on several localized social media groups earlier this month and, as such strange posts tend to do, wound up being shared widely by people online. Emblazoned with the official logo of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, the cleverly crafted but ultimately bogus bulletin supposedly served as a ‘Sasquatch Warning.’
Some folks may very well have been fooled.
Since the warning appeared online at around the same time that a genuine state of emergency was declared because of the aforementioned flooding, it’s understandable how some Kentucky residents might actually believe that Bigfoot was seen roaming the area. Of course, that was not the case and the state’s Department of Fish & Wildlife Resource quickly squashed the Sasquatch rumor, indicating that the warning was fake and local police departments to not share the notice online. The U.S. Forest Service was forced to issue a similar statement back in 2018 when a prankster produced an announcement proclaiming that officials in Montana were on the lookout for Bigfoot following a series of sightings.
As of this writing, no one has come forward to claim the prank as their own.
