Bigfoot trap

The trap is a wooden box made of 2x12 planks bound together by heavy metal bands and secured to the ground by telephone poles. A U.S. Forest Service special use permit was issued for its construction. The trap's door has been bolted open since 1980 for visitor safety. Its location was originally remote, but since the construction of the Applegate Dam, a road is now near the trap. ==History==

The trap was built in 1974 by the North American Wildlife Research Team (NAWRT), a now-defunct organization based in Eugene, Oregon, that was inspired to build a trap at the location by Perry Lovell, a miner who lived near the Applegate River, who claimed to have found 18-inch-long human-like tracks in his garden. NAWRT operated the trap, keeping it baited with carcasses for six years, but caught only bears. The Bigfoot trap was abandoned and began to deteriorate. In 2006 the U.S. Forest Service, under the "Passport in Time" program, began to repair the trap. The trap has become a tourist attraction and hundreds of people visit it annually. At least one film has been shot on site. ==See also==