Whitehall, New York – Police Saw Bigfoot and Couldn’t Pull the Trigger

About this episode

The episode recounts the true story of a Bigfoot sighting in Whitehall, New York, involving police officers and local folklore.

Based on true events. In August of 1976, three teenagers driving an isolated road outside Whitehall, New York came face to face with a seven-foot creature with glowing red eyes. They did what no one in a monster story is supposed to do — they went straight to the police. And within days, the police saw it too. Trained officers. State troopers. Spotlights. Official reports. What happened on Abair Road turned a tiny Adirondack village into the Bigfoot Capital of the Northeast — a town that eventually passed a law making it illegal to harm the creature. But not everyone who met the Beast of Whitehall drove away with a story. Locals still speak of the ones the woods kept — and of a rifle found leaning against a tree, unfired. Join Carman Carrion for the true story of the Abair Road incident, the police officer who couldn't pull the trigger, and the town that chose to protect its monster. #Whitehall #NewYork #Bigfoot #Sasquatch #AbairRoad #DestinationTerror #Cryptid #BigfootSighting #Adirondacks #BigfootCapital #BeastOfWhitehall #CryptidEncounters #TrueHorror #RealTerror #ParanormalPodcast #HorrorPodcast #DarkHistory #UnexplainedMysteries #CreepyHistory #Eeriecast #CarmanCarrion…

People in this episode

Host: Carman Carrion

Topics covered

• Bigfoot
• true crime
• paranormal
• local folklore
• cryptids
• police encounters

Keywords

• Bigfoot
• Sasquatch
• Abair Road
• cryptid encounters
• police report
• true horror
• real terror

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Whitehall, New York, Adirondack, Northeast, Beast of Whitehall

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