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Ape Canyon

Cougar, Washington

Gorge on Mount St. Helens named for a 1924 story of miners besieged by rock-throwing 'apemen'. A popular trail runs alongside it.

The creature

Bigfootaka Sasquatch, SkookumA huge, hair-covered, upright ape said to roam North American forests.

Nearby

31 mi · Roadside attraction · Toutle, WANorth Fork Survivors BigfootA towering concrete Bigfoot beside a gift shop and an A-frame half-buried by the 1980 Mount St. Helens mudflow.Free to look 54 mi · Museum · Boring, ORNorth American Bigfoot CenterCliff Barackman of TV's Finding Bigfoot runs this museum near Mount Hood, packed with footprint casts, field gear and a walk-through history of Sasquatch research.$8 adults 86 mi · Festival or event · McMinnville, ORMcMenamins UFO FestivalBorn from the famous 1950 Trent farm saucer photos, this long-running festival brings speakers, an alien costume parade and a lot of beer to McMenamins Hotel Oregon.Usually mid May. 2027 dates not announced yet 215 mi · Museum · Harrison Hot Springs, BCHarrison Visitor Centre and Sasquatch MuseumFree museum in the village where the word Sasquatch was born, from the Sts'ailes Sa:sq'ets. Casts, carvings, a longhouse room and an 8-foot statue for photos.Free

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