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There's a Bigfoot trap in Oregon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot_trap

I wonder if it gets a mention? It does get a mention in the recent Bruce Campbell movie https://www.ernieandemma.com/ - which looks to be even more poignant with his recent cancer diagnosis :-(

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Obviously Bigfoot is too smart to fall for those traps

> The trap's door has been bolted open since 1980 for visitor safety.

"visitor safety" indeed!

Human or bear?

"There is a serious overlap in the intelligence of our smartest bears, and the dumbest tourists." - a National Park Ranger

They were baiting it with carcasses! Everyone knows Bigfoots are vegans and prefer chai soy milk lattes.

As soy is a nut, the chai soy milk lattes may have work. He's an Omnivore, not a Necrophage:

> Bigfoot are omnivores, "They eat both plants and meat. I've seen accounts that they eat everything from berries, leaves, nuts, and fruit to salmon, rabbit, elk, and bear

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot

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