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WSDOT Tracks Possible Bigfoot Sighting
State transportation officials spotted some peculiar activity on their traffic cameras this week.
SHERMAN PASS, WA — The Washington State Department of Transportation is on the hunt for a large bi-pedal figure after something resembling Bigfoot was spotted on traffic cameras over Sherman Pass this week. While the Pacific Northwest is no stranger to Sasquatch — we even named a music festival after him — it's been far too long since we've had the chance to debate the merits of his existence.
WSDOT shared static images from a camera on Sherman Pass Wednesday, showing an oh-so-familiar silhouette.
Sasquatch spotted!!! I'm not superstitious... just a little stitious. Have you noticed something strange on our Sherman Pass/SR 20 webcam before? If you look closely by the tree on the left there looks to be something... might be Sasquatch... We will leave that up to you! pic.twitter.com/RaDGqQdEUF
— WSDOT East (@WSDOT_East) January 22, 2020
"If you look closely by the tree on the left there looks to be something...might be Sasquatch...We will leave that up to you," the agency posted on Twitter.
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The post has since been retweeted more than 2,000 times and liked nearly 7,000 times, drawing a predictable number of skeptics.
"Or a man wearing a hoodie," one such naysayer wrote.
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WSDOT's Snoqualmie Pass Twitter account posted a video Thursday showing a lumbering figure trudging across the snow.
I think Bigfoot is making the rounds across our mountain passes. @wsdot_east showed him on Sherman Pass the other day and now he is on the wildlife overcrossing on I-90 just east of Snoqualmie Pass. #doyoubelieve pic.twitter.com/gysrH5wG2r
— I-90 Snoqualmie Pass (@SnoqualmiePass) January 23, 2020
Elaborate ruse, or breakthrough? The mystery continues, but the truth is out there. I want to believe.
So I did spend the day with crews who plow over Sherman Pass. The camera is snowed in currently but I thought I would share its location. Little hard to get to with all the snow that is currently on the ground. Will investigate #Bigfoot sighting this spring once the snow clears. pic.twitter.com/8VCUGbKfwr
— WSDOT East (@WSDOT_East) January 24, 2020
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