Regional names

Regional Bigfoot names and related creatures in US folklore. Summaries describe reports and traditions, not confirmed animals. Indigenous traditions are described with respect and are labeled 'sometimes associated with Bigfoot' rather than treated as sightings. Excluded: Himalayan cousins (non-US), Wendigo, Dogman, Ozark Howler, Batsquatch and Wild Man of the Navidad (no adequate source or outside scope).

Bigfoot / Sasquatch. Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, is described as a large, hairy, humanoid creature said to live in North American forests. 'Sasquatch' is believed to be an anglicized form of the Halq'emeylem word sasq'ets, roughly 'hairy man'. 'Bigfoot' entered wide use after the 1958 Humboldt County footprint reports. Mainstream science does not recognize the animal; the evidence offered is anecdotal or disputed. Source: Wikipedia: Bigfoot.
Skunk Ape. Described as a bipedal ape-like creature about 5 to 7 feet tall with mottled reddish-brown hair and a skunk-like odor, often said to be smaller than northern Bigfoot descriptions. Mainstream scientists generally attribute reports to folklore, misidentification and hoaxes. Source: Wikipedia: Skunk ape.
Bardin Booger. A local name for a Bigfoot-like creature reported in the small community of Bardin, Putnam County, beginning in the 1940s. Usually discussed as part of Florida's skunk ape lore. Source: Wikipedia: Skunk ape (Bardin section).
Fouke Monster. Reports between 1971 and 1974 described a bipedal creature about 7 feet tall and 250 to 300 pounds, covered in long dark hair, with a strong odor. Journalist Jim Powell of the Texarkana Gazette named it. Earlier local sightings were credited to the 'Jonesville Monster'. Skeptic Joe Nickell suggested a 1955 report matched a misidentified black bear. Source: Wikipedia: Fouke Monster.
Honey Island Swamp Monster. Described as a 7-foot, bipedal, gray-haired creature with yellow or red eyes and a bad smell; alleged footprint casts show four toes. Ecologist Paul Wagner, who runs swamp tours there, has reported no evidence. Source: Wikipedia: Honey Island Swamp monster.
Momo (Missouri Monster). Witnesses described a roughly 7-foot, dark-haired, man-like creature with a putrid odor. A witness named Doris described a 'pumpkin-shaped head' and glowing orange eyes. A 20-person search party found nothing. Source: Wikipedia: Momo the Monster.
Mogollon Monster. Described as more than 7 feet tall with long black or reddish-brown hair, red eyes and a strong odor; accounts mention whistles, thrown stones and screams. Reports range along the Rim from Prescott to Williams, Alpine and Clifton. Source: Wikipedia: Mogollon Monster.
Ohio Grassman. Ohio's regional name for a Bigfoot-like creature. A Perry County Tribune feature reports descriptions ranging from 5 to 10 feet and 300 to 1,000 pounds, with long dark hair, a heavy odor and, in some accounts, bright orange eyes, which gave rise to the nickname 'Orange Eyes'. Source: Perry County Tribune: Ohio Grassman legend has brought attention to county.
Minerva Monster. A cluster of alleged Bigfoot-like sightings around Minerva in August 1978, revisited in a 2015 Small Town Monsters documentary featuring witnesses, a former Akron Beacon Journal reporter and a Stark County deputy. Source: Wikipedia: Minerva Monster (2015 film).
Dewey Lake Monster. Residents described a hairy creature about 10 feet tall and 500 pounds with glowing eyes. Police found nothing, local businesses sold 'monster burgers' and hunting kits, and Chicago papers dubbed Sister Lakes 'Monster Town USA'. A 1983 South Bend Tribune retrospective suggested intoxicated strawberry pickers imagined it. Source: Wikipedia: Dewey Lake Monster.
Big Muddy Monster. In 1973 Murphysboro police investigated reports of a large, upright figure covered in light-colored hair. One police narrative names four carnival workers who described a 7-to-8-foot figure near carnival ponies. The City of Murphysboro publishes the case file (police reports, letters, sketches and photos) and says 'the case remains open'. Dates for individual incidents differ between secondary sources, so check the case file before quoting a date. Source: City of Murphysboro: The Big Muddy Monster (case file).
Woodbooger. Southwest Virginia's name for a Bigfoot-like creature. Norton has a Woodbooger statue at Flag Rock, an official sanctuary resolution and an annual festival. Cooperative Living reports the city found an 1892 newspaper reference to a 'Woodbooger' (date not independently confirmed). Source: City of Norton: Woodbooger Sanctuary.
Knobby. A big, dark, hairy creature reported around Carpenter's Knob in the winter of 1978-79, with screams and disputed tracks. Hundreds of people gathered, a Shelby radio station broadcast from the area, and a television special was filmed. Source: Foothills Digest: Knobby, North Carolina's Bigfoot.
Sheepsquatch. Described as a huge white animal with a sulfur smell, horns and claws that sometimes runs on all fours. Historian Alex Hall traces it from a 1950s fox-hunters' tale to a Boone County cryptid in the 1990s. It is related to Bigfoot lore by name only. Source: Appalachianhistorian.org: The White Thing to Sheepsquatch.
Lake Worth Monster. Reported in 1969 as part-man, part-goat with fur and scales. Police found no evidence; the photographer of a famous photo later called it a prank, and in 2005 an anonymous letter claimed three high schoolers staged it. Source: Wikipedia: Lake Worth Monster.
Enfield Monster. Henry McDaniel described a 4.5-foot, grayish creature with three legs and pink eyes. A neighbor boy later admitted his report was a hoax, and sociologists cite the episode as a case study in social contagion. Source: Wikipedia: Enfield Monster.
Natchez account (1721). A Jesuit priest living with the Natchez in 1721 reported stories of hairy forest creatures that screamed loudly and stole livestock. It is often cited as an early Southern account. Source: Wikipedia: Bigfoot.
Tsul 'Kalu (Judaculla). In Cherokee tradition Tsul 'Kalu, the 'slant-eyed' or 'sloping' giant, is a great lord of the hunt who is invoked in hunting rites. Some writers associate him with Bigfoot, but he is a figure in a living tradition, not a cryptid report. Source: Wikipedia: Tsul 'Kalu.
Hairy Man (Mayak Datat). The largest figure in the Yokuts pictographs at Painted Rock is called 'Hairy Man'. Author Kathy Moskowitz Strain says the glyphs depict a Bigfoot family. A 1975 Tulare County Board of Education text describes him as a long-haired giant who was 'good in a way'. The site is on reservation land and tribal rules govern access. Source: Wikipedia: Bigfoot.
Ts'emekwes. Lummi families tell of creatures called Ts'emekwes; details of diet and activity vary between families. Some regional stories describe the stiyaha or kwi-kwiyai, a threatening nocturnal race whose names children were warned not to say. Source: Wikipedia: Bigfoot.
Skookum / skoocooms. 'Skookum' is a Chinook Jargon word meaning strong, powerful or monstrous. In 1847 Paul Kane reported Native stories of skoocooms, a race of wild men on Mount St. Helens. The 2000 Skookum cast is claimed as Bigfoot evidence, though skeptics attribute it to an elk. Source: Wikipedia: Skookum.
Dzunukwa (Tsonoqua). A wild woman of the woods in Kwakwaka'wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth tradition. She brings wealth but is also a child-stealing ogress who carries children off in her basket. A Dzunukwa mask is brought out at the end of a potlatch. Most of her homeland is in British Columbia; she is listed here for Pacific Northwest context. Source: Wikipedia: Dzunukwa.
Nantinaq. The Alutiiq of the Kenai Peninsula tell of the Nantinaq, a Bigfoot-like creature. Source: Wikipedia: Bigfoot.
Genoskwa (Stone Giant). Iroquois tradition tells of an aggressive, hair-covered giant with rock-hard skin, the Ot ne yar heh or 'Stone Giant', more commonly called the Genoskwa. Source: Wikipedia: Bigfoot.