Meet the Bigfoot hunters of the Hudson Valley — they’ve investigated hundreds of sightings, including one in a Dairy Queen dumpster
NY Post
On a sunny and brisk Sunday afternoon at Poet’s Walk Park in the Hudson Valley, the scenic, Hudson River-adjacent trails are filled with outdoor enthusiasts, all eagerly taking in the fresh air.
Just a few hundred meters away from the gaggles of day-trippers and Lululemon-sporting second homers, however, a different scenario is unfolding — a small group makes their way through a nearly-silent forest, led by longtime local Gayle Beatty.
They’re not here to get their daily steps in — Beatty is an avid Bigfoot researcher, and her crew of hardy upstaters are searching for none other than the hairy, bipedal cryptid.
The idyllic, thick stand of oak, beech and maple trees, where hikers are afforded only occasional peek-a-boo views of the river and Catskill mountains beyond, might seem like just another scenic Upstate spot to the uninitiated, but Beatty and her crew at Bigfoot Researchers of The Hudson Valley say they’ve seen multiple signs of the elusive beast in the immediate area.
Today, they’re out here hunting for more.
Normally associated with the primeval Pacific Northwest forest — the Native American legend of Sasquatch, or “hairy man” in the Salish language, goes back centuries, while the modern nickname of Bigfoot was coined much later, in the 1950s — a patch of riverfront near Bard College, two hours north of Manhattan, seems an unlikely spot for a sighting.
