Has Bigfoot been spotted in Myrtle Beach area? Where to find the legendary creature
Has Bigfoot been spotted in the Myrtle Beach area?
Like many areas across the country, Horry County also has had reports of the legendary creature. In fact, Horry County ranks among the top 5 counties in South Carolina for sightings.
South Carolina even has a South Carolina Bigfoot Festival each October, and now, Myrtle Beach is hosting its first Myrtle Beast (Beast is correct) Bigfoot Festival.
Myrtle Beach and Horry County have long been known for its UFO sightings, known as a UFO hot spot because of the thousands of reported sightings over the years.
So it’s no surprise that the Grand Strand would be a place for additional paranormal activity.
The most recent sighting was reported in 2007 in the Little River area, according to the Bigfoot Field Research Organization, the oldest and largest organization that keeps track of Bigfoot sightings, using volunteers to ensure a report is credible, according to its website.
The person reported walking along Highway 17 about 9 p.m. and heard a noise in the woods and then what sounded like something stomping in the woods.
“As I approached an area that was partially lit by a company that had an outside light on I could see at the edge of the woods a creature that appeared to be squatting down with its long arms in front of it,” the person reported. “The hair looked to be about maybe 5 inches long and a light reddish color. It looked more ape like.”
The biggest sighting, however, happened in 1974 by a security police officer at the U.S. Air Force in Myrtle Beach. The officer reported seeing in a heavily wooded area a creature mid-stride, just as it was about to leap over a ditch by the roadside. It made the 14- to 16-foot jump and then disappeared into the tree line.
The officer said the creature had light brown fur, was 7 to 8 foot tall and probably weighed about 400 to 450 pounds.
The Bigfoot Field Research Organization identifies Bigfoot as a “large ape” that are spotted mostly in forested regions with abundant protein sources, such as deer. Because their group is small and mobile, it makes it difficult for humans to hunt or see them.
John Stamey, who lives in Conway, has written six books on the paranormal and is an organizer of such events as the Bigfoot Festival and the World UFO conference, said there have actually been about seven Bigfoot sightings in Horry County.
“Bigfoot is a cool thing,” Stamey said. “We’ve had a lot of sightings. It’s hard to deny that big foot is real, at least for me.”
Stamey knows there are skeptics out there, but the “skeptics can never disprove Bigfoot.”
And while those who live in Myrtle Beach might not have a Bigfoot sighting, Stamey said “if you’re out in the woods, you might.”
