In 1976, BIC director Peter Byrne requested the FBI test a strange hair sample. “We do not often come across hair which we ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The FBI’s FOIA Vault features a revealing 22-page Bigfoot file documenting 1976–77 exchanges prompted by media coverage of alleged Sasquatch evidence ...

The FBI has declassified a 22-page file detailing its 1976–77 investigation into alleged Bigfoot evidence sent by the Oregon Bigfoot Information Center. The sample, about 15 hairs attached to skin, ...

In 1976, a man in Oregon intent on proving the existence of mythical creatures like Bigfoot sent the FBI a hair and tissue sample from what he believed was a “credible sighting.” Now 93, Peter Byrne ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Now, the FBI usually doesn’t make such documents public until after the person dies, which makes one such release from the vault—22 glorious pages ...

The FBI released decades-old files Wednesday that show it tested hairs submitted after a "Bigfoot" sighting in the 1970s and found they had origins in the deer family. In 1976, a man in Oregon intent ...

The FBI’s Vault is a fascinating corner of the internet, and some may believe a fantastic waste of time. The Bureau’s Freedom of Information Act library houses thousands of previously sealed or ...