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WEST BEND - The jury is still out as to the identity of a large creature spotted near Station Way in the town of Erin on Nov. 9.
At around 1 a.m., a man contracted to pick up animal carcasses for the state Department of Natural Resources stopped his truck on Highway 167, about a third of a mile east of Station Way to load a deer. As he sat in the cab filling out the necessary paperwork, he felt the truck rock and checked his mirror, seeing an animal reaching for the doe with its front paws.
The incident, which some suggest could have involved Bigfoot, touched off a media frenzy, bringing in hunters from as far away as California.
Bay-area-based Bigfoot hunter Thomas Biscardi visited the site most recently early Wednesday morning, and has come to no conclusion on whether or not this animal was Bigfoot.
"We have not found any hair samples or prints that could be cast and analyzed," said Biscardi.
Although they differ when it comes to methods and philosophy, author and researcher Linda Godfrey is also planning to visit the site and has interviewed the man who reported the incident as well as communicating with others that may have seen something unusual in the Washington County area.
Biscardi has been searching for Bigfoot for 33 years and says he has had a half-dozen encounters with the creature.
"It’s a passion. When you get the Bigfoot bug, when you get that close, you think the next one will be it," said Biscardi, who hopes someday to capture a Bigfoot for scientific study.
Godfrey has compiled well over 100 reports of sightings in Wisconsin and Michigan over the past 14 years and has written two books about cryptids - a term used for unknown animals.
She said whatever the creature is; it is certainly shy and elusive.
"I believe it’s quite intelligent and very talented at staying out of sight," said Godfrey, whose studies began when she was a newspaper reporter at The Week, a Walworth County newspaper based in Delevan.
She wrote about an animal that became the title of her first book, "The Beast of Bray Road," about a wolfheaded furry creature.
"From that point on, I sort of became creature central," said Godfrey. "Not only for people who found things they couldn’t explain, but the media came to me."
Both Godfrey and Biscardi agree that the man’s story is worth investigating.
"He is a credible person - the sheriff feels the same way - believe me, he wasn’t under the influence," said Biscardi.
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