THE EVOLUTION OF BIGFOOT - FROM ANCIENT STORIES TO VIRAL VIDEOS

Freaky Folklore

Eeriecast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 840 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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In this bonus episode of Freaky Folklore, host Carman Carrion explores how Bigfoot went from ancient Native American legends to TikTok fame—discovering how this legendary creature has changed with each generation, from sacred forest guardian to reality TV star, and what that tells us about ourselves. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion! https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/?hl=en https://twitter.com/CarmanCarrion Subscribe to Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY Please Review Us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by: CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast Soundstripe: https:// Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there folklore fans, welcome to a freaky folklore bonus episode.
0:05.0	I'm your host, Carmen Carion, and today we're diving into one of the most famous monsters in American history.
0:12.0	But here's the twist. We're going to see how this creature has totally changed over time.
0:17.0	You might think Bigfoot started with those grainy videos you've seen on YouTube,
0:21.6	or maybe that famous footage from the 1960s.
0:24.6	But actually, this story goes way, way back, thousands of years back,
0:30.6	to when Native American tribes told completely different stories about these forest creatures.
0:35.6	Today we're going on a journey through time to see how Bigfoot went from sacred indigenous
0:41.3	wisdom to newspaper headlines, from Hollywood movies to reality TV shows, and now to
0:47.8	TikTok videos and memes.
0:50.3	Each generation has basically remade Bigfoot to fit what they needed, and that's actually pretty fascinating.
0:57.0	So buckle up, because we're about to discover how a legendary forest guardian became America's most famous cryptid,
1:06.0	and why that transformation tells us as much about ourselves as it does about any monster.
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1:24.7	about how Native American sacred stories got turned into pop culture entertainment, plus some hoaxes and pranks that really fooled people.
1:33.3	Nothing too scary but definitely some interesting stuff about how legends spread and change.
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