The Town That Cried Bigfoot ()

Found Footage

• Documentary • 46m

Overview

In the bitter winter of 1978, four desperate council members from a small Virginia town hatched a daring Bigfoot hoax to save it from the brink of bankruptcy. But as the money grew, so did the greed-triggering the town's first unsolved murder.

Director

Mark Dossett

Writer

Mark Dossett

Top Billed

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Keywords

corruption 1970s bigfoot west virginia mockumentary thief murder scam hunting county jail tourist attraction virginia crooked sheriff small town sheriff hoax 1980s southern sasquatch sasquatch state crimes tourist trap political scandal bigfoot hunter small southern town mayoral election gritty lumber mill unsolved murder