**HOAX
See note below
Sullivan County, Tennessee
Bristol, Cherokee National Forest, March 2001
Closest road: U.S. hwy 321 near Watagua
Lake
Time: 7:17 am
I want people to be able to see it but I do not want it hurt. As I came
out of the house that moring on my way to work I heard dogs in the woods
barking. The next thing I knowed a large hairy animal ran by on his two
back legs. His feet where huge. The creature ran into the woods, and that
was the last I saw of him for a few days. I throw my trash into a barrel
out behind my house, a few days later the can had been dumped all over
the place and their was the same footprints back again. Now it is about
a everyday experience of the creature comes back early in the morning
and goes throuch the trash. I even have him on video in the trash. There
are a lot of pine trees and mountains in the area along with rocks. The
creature was about 7' 6" with black hair all over his body like a
monkey. He walks on his back two legs with huge feet that measured 23
inches in the footprints. He still comes to the trash can everynight and
I have him on tape. Matt Blevins
Report logged by Bobbie Short on Thursday, March 29, 2001 at 09:55:53
REMOTE_HOST: 208.183.105.4
REMOTE_ADDR: 208.183.105.4
REMOTE_USER: Blevins@State of Tennessee, Department of Education, Nashville
In answer to many requests about the video in this account: The
witness Matt Blevins wrote
on 23 April 2001 in reply to investigator Donny Butts inquiry about the
alleged video:
"Dear Donny Butts, Thanks for your interest, I have not made any more
videos. I may post pictures in the future. The encounters still occur
about once a week. I'll write you back if I decide to send videos. Matt"
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**After many back and forth emails to the alleged witness, his vocational
teacher and his ISP - this alleged incident and the alleged videotape
has been declared a hoax perpetrated by a vacational school student. The
following email was received after almost a year of continued
follow-up on this case by many people including bigfoot
investigator Efram White of Nashville, TN.
The hoaxer writes: ""Hey, Sorry I have no proof of Bigfoot.
I am sorry that I can't help you in your research and I would like for
my report to be taken off the internet. I am extremely sorry for this
incident and my best regards you in finding Bigfoot. Thanks Matt Blevins
Friday, February 01, 2002 6:48 AM""
His teacher writes his gaggle.net account has been closed.
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