Northwest Minnesota group searches for the elusive Bigfoot

Several years ago, Nathan Kniefel decided to go winter camping in Hubbard County, in northwestern Minnesota. It was a cold December day in the woods, but during the course of his stay, he saw something that would send another type of chill up his spine: large footprints that looked very much like a human s but were too big to be from a man. Kniefel s thoughts raced and he remembered the documentary films he d seen about the legendary Sasquatch — otherwise known as Bigfoot. Could one of the creatures have crossed his campground? It wouldn t have been out of the ordinary, he thought, since northern Minnesota has attracted a lot of stories over the decades about Bigfoot sightings. There s even a northern Minnesota town — Remer, population 381 — dubbed Home of Bigfoot for the propensity of alleged creature sightings in the area stretching back to the early 1900s. Every July, the town hosts Bigfoot Days, a community celebration centered around the elusive ape-like beast. I