THE BIGFEET OF BRITAIN

STU NEVILLE crosses the country on a quest for the British Bigfoot as sightings continue to come in from Bristol to Bolam Lake, from Tunbridge Wells to Wallasey. But is there any decent evidence for a Big Hairy Monster in these Isles? And if not, then just what are people seeing in the woods?

In the autumn of 2012, reports began to emerge from a particular area of a shadowy, hulking figure stalking around wooded areas and giving walkers a fright. Local newspapers spoke excitedly of an apeman that “towers eight-foot [2.4m] tall, is covered in hair and has red demonic eyes”. All of this sounds very familiar to anyone who follows such reports, and indeed wouldn’t raise too many eyebrows had it come from the Pacific Northwest or the Caucasus. However, this hotbed of Bigfoot activity was a little less expected: Royal Tunbridge Wells. Kent Online was on the scene fast, asking if local residents had seen a “Yeti-like” creature, helpfully printing a picture of a big hairy manlike beast and one ofTunbridge Wells High Street for comparison purposes, just in case the…

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