Petroglyphs discovered at California’s Painted Rock depict the crying family of this creature. Anthropologist Grover Krantz’s tenure was delayed for conducting controversial research on this creature. A common name for this creature is derived from the anglicization of a native Halkomelem word. The city of Willow Creek is known for sightings of this creature and is only 50 miles away from where the (*) Patterson-Gimlin film was captured. This creature earned its name from an object discovered in 1958 in Six Rivers National Forest which Jerry Crew held a plaster cast of on the front page of the Humboldt Times. This creature is often conflated with Florida’s “skunk ape” and the yeti of the Himalayas. For 10 points, name this cryptid known for leaving extremely large tracks in the Pacific Northwest. ■END■
ANSWER: Bigfoot [or sasquatch]
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