Whether you believe Bigfoot is real is a matter of personal opinion. What cannot be argued, however, is the fact that people in literally dozens of countries around the world claim to have encountered the creature or something similar to it.

According to Google Maps, Bigfoot goes by 58 different names around the world, and over just the past couple of years in the United States, the creature has reported to have been spotted in Washington, Kentucky, Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, the Florida panhandle, northern California, Oklahoma, North Carolina, or West Virginia.

The most famous of the thousands of Bigfoot sightings over the centuries, the Patterson-Gimlin film, was recorded on October 20, 1967, by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin.

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