Fifty years, zero Bigfoot, several bears — so the trap's actual catch rate is 100% 'not Bigfoot.'
Oregon's Bigfoot trap remains conspicuously Bigfoot-free
In 1974 the North American Wildlife Research Team built a Bigfoot trap in Oregon on the logic that nobody had ever caught one. The trap did catch bears, which were released, and it was eventually locked open. It has remained conspicuously Bigfoot-free for five decades.
Source: Oregon's Bigfoot trap remains conspicuously Bigfoot-free — BoingBoing
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Sep 15, 2026.
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