Bigfoot warnings popping up across Pennsylvania state parks are a hoax, authorities confirm
PENNSYLVANIA, US: Bigfoot warning posters that have recently popped up in various Pennsylvania state parks are nothing but a hoax, according to authorities. The signs have been sighted along state trails and parks, urging residents to report Bigfoot sightings. One of the signs claimed, “Warning! Due to encounters in the area of a creature resembling ‘Bigfoot,’ we are instructing all park visitors to observe elevated park etiquette, be cautious of your surroundings, and to keep the location of any small children/pets within a tighter scope of awareness. Do not approach the creature! Report any sightings to a ranger, front office, or to the DCNR Office of Missing Persons. Do not post sightings on social media.” The poster also contained the same message in Spanish.
However, according to Wesley Robinson, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which oversees all state parks, the posters are a hoax, spread by unknown people. According to Daily Star, he said, “These signs were not posted by DCNR. We have seen them at parks for months and they are removed when they are reported or found by staff because they have not been authorized. We have seen them at many parks, but I don’t have a number for how many parks where the signs had been posted.”
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According to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization database, Pennsylvania records frequent Bigfoot sighting reports, with the most recent sighting reported in June 2022. According to the authorities, some state parks in Pennsylvania occasionally advise campers to adhere to bear country customs, like locking up their food. However, no Pennsylvania state park has ever issued a request for "elevated park etiquette" due to a Bigfoot sighting.
Meanwhile, Bigfoot sightings aren't limited to Pennsylvania alone. Earlier this year, a fisherman spotted a 'half-man, half-dog' beast walking along a riverbank in Texas, which experts claimed could be Bigfoot. The man was frightened when he first saw the huge, strange beast, but he managed to record it on video. He had been fishing off the coast of San Benito, Texas, according to the Daily Star. In the footage, the huge figure could be seen appearing to drink from the river while crouched on four legs, before standing up and walking away on just two.
