From the ALABAMA BIGFOOT site

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The RFP Research Project (RFPRP)

A History of Bigfoot In Alabama

Does Alabama have any history of a Bigfoot like creature?

Do you believe the Sasquatch/Bigfoot creature has only been seen in the Pacific Northwest?

Do you believe, there was never anything like that in the southern states?

Do you believe Bigfoot is not and never has been in Alabama?

You may be wrong!

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To really look at the history of the state you have to look back to a time before the first european explorers set foot on what is now known as Alabama.

Native Americans had been living in this area for thousands of years before Columbus set sail for the new world.

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The history of Native Americans is so vast that I could never come close to even covering a small part of it. I will try to cover a part in relation to the subject of what we call Bigfoot.

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Did you know the name "Alabama" is a Muskogean Indian word?

It meant "campsite" or "clearing," and became used as a name for one of the major tribes in the area, the Alabama (or Alabamee) Indians. The Alabama Indians were not the only native people of this region.

The original inhabitants of the area that is now known as Alabama included:

*The Alabama tribe

*The Biloxi tribe

*The Cherokee tribe

*The Chickasaw tribe

*The Choctaw tribe

*The Koasati tribe

*The Muskogee (Creek) tribe



Most Native Americans were forced to leave Alabama during the Indian Removals of the 1800's. These tribes are not extinct, but except for the descendants of Alabama Indians who escaped from the Removal, they do not live in Alabama anymore. They were moved to Indian reservations in Oklahoma and Texas instead. The "Trail of Tears" is a sad note in American History.

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We call this creature Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Swamp-ape, Wooley Booger, Hairy Man and Monster.

The name Sasquatch is an Americanized translation of a Salish word that means Wild Man of the Woods.

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Here are some of the names used for these creatures by some of the southern tribes:

eeyachuba (wild man) - Alabama-Coushatta

ha'yacatsi (lost giants) - Caddo

kecleh-kudleh (hairy savage) - Cherokee

nun yunu wi (the stone man) - Cherokee

lofa (smelly, hairy being that could speak) - Chickasaw

kashehotapalo (cannibal man) - Choctaw

nalusa falaya (big giant) - Choctaw

shampe (monster giant)

[Micahn]

I have spent some time in Alabama with friends and hunting and such. I know they could be there but no clue if they really are.
I also feel that they could be all over the east and south. Maybe one day someone will get the proof needed.