Patterson–Gimlin, 1967
The famous footage was made at Bluff Creek on October 20, 1967. The exhibit introduces its local setting and lasting role in Bigfoot history.
Watch the museum video ↗Bigfoot Collection
Whether skeptic, believer, or simply curious—start here.
Footprint casts, photographs, research, and historical documents illuminate the mystery that put Willow Creek and Humboldt County on the map.
Bigfoot Capital of the World
Step into the legend.
Just miles from Bluff Creek, the museum preserves physical evidence and stories connected with decades of searching, reporting, and debate.
Bigfoot footprint casts
The collection includes casts associated with the Patterson–Gimlin film and other reported encounters across several decades.
Browse the cast list →The Titmus Collection
Curator Eric Nelson guides and interprets this collection as a Bigfoot researcher, documentary film subject, and public speaker.
Collection object
A tangible part of the mystery.
Casts preserve the length, outline, depth, and surface features of reported tracks. Displayed together with field notes, dates, locations, photographs, and witness accounts, they let visitors examine how Bigfoot evidence has been documented over time.
The Titmus Collection includes casts associated with major Northern California reports as well as examples from other locations and decades.
From the museum archive
Selected Bluff Creek sighting records.
The museum’s sightings document gathers reported tracks and encounters from the Bluff Creek area and beyond. These entries are presented as historical reports, not verified conclusions.
Road builders reported 17-inch tracks around a parked tractor north of Weitchpec. Additional tracks were reported the following month, when plaster casts were made.
Bob Titmus and Ed Patrick reportedly found tracks on a Bluff Creek sandbar, part of a series of late-1950s track reports from the area.
The archive records Bob Titmus finding an extended trackway along Bluff Creek Road and in the creek bottom.
The mystery remains
The history is preserved.
The collection does not ask every visitor to reach the same conclusion. It offers a place to examine material, understand the regional story, and keep asking good questions.