Bigfoot Bulletin

History

The Bigfoot Bulletin was one of the earliest newsletters dedicated specifically to Sasquatch and Bigfoot research. It emerged during the period when the Patterson-Gimlin film (1967) and a series of Pacific Northwest sighting reports transformed Bigfoot from regional folklore into a national phenomenon. The Bulletin documented sighting reports, footprint discoveries, and field investigations with the seriousness of a research journal.

During the 1960s through the 1980s, cryptozoology and ufology shared significant overlap in investigators, methods, and publication networks. Many researchers who investigated UFO sightings also pursued Bigfoot reports, and the same small-press infrastructure that produced UFO newsletters served the cryptozoology community. The Bigfoot Bulletin sits at this intersection, and its presence in the NHI Archive reflects those historical connections.