In 1976, Cherie Darvell and her fellow filmmakers allegedly succeeded in inducing one of these occurrences using marshmallows tainted with urine and menstrual blood. For 10 points each:
[10h] Russell Welch claimed that what unusual occurrence happened to the missing Theresa Bier as she hiked through the Sierra Nevada? The unwise consumption of Albert Ostman’s snuff distracted a family of four during one of these alleged occurrences.
ANSWER: being kidnapped by Bigfoot [accept similar answers like Bigfoot kidnapping a person; accept Sasquatch in place of “Bigfoot”; prompt on kidnapping or abduction by asking “by whom?”] (The family of four were a Daddy Bigfoot, a Mommy Bigfoot, and two Bigfoot kids.)
[10e] Ostman held this profession, also shared by five men assaulted by rock-throwing Sasquatches at Ape Canyon. The Cornish knockers and German kobolds warned these people of impending collapses by knocking on the walls.
ANSWER: gold prospectors [or miners; accept specific subtypes like coal, copper, tin, or silver miners]
[10m] In 1929, this Bigfoot relative terrified the chiropteran occupants of the Perky Bat Tower by violently shaking it. This Floridian cryptid, identified with the Bardin-Booger, is seen crouched amongst some grass in a famous photo.
ANSWER: Skunk Ape [accept Esti Capcaki]
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