Case file · Cryptid
Woodbooger of Norton
Southwest Virginia's name for a Bigfoot-like creature. After Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot visited in 2011, Norton declared a Woodbooger sanctuary at Flag Rock and began a festival in 2014; a statue followed in 2015.
2014 CE · 36.92, -82.63 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Mostly a tourism symbol built on older 'booger' (bogey) lore of the mountains.