Louisiana Woman Says She Fed Her Baby Bigfoot Tomatoes

Jefferson Parish, La. - Louisiana has no shortage of strange stories, creepy creatures, and mysterious things lurking in out swamps. But this particular story might be one of the wildest we've come across.

According to a woman identified as L. Melacetti, said she found an abandoned baby Bigfoot in the Louisiana swamps, and spent 8 years helping raise him.

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Louisiana Woman Says She Found an Abandoned Baby Bigfoot

Avondale, Louisiana Melacetti claimed she discovered the baby Bigfoot in the mid 1960s.

According to her account, the little guy weighed approximately 20 pounds, had a hairless face, and was lying near the mud and water in the swamp. She believed its parents had either abandoned it or died.

Feeling sorry for the baby creature, she claims she took it home for a few nights to help nurse it back to health.

According to scenicsasquatch.com, Melacetti "she has physical evidence, including pictures and a personal diary, which she may release at a later time."

Melacetti says while taking care of the baby Sasquatch, she fed him lettuce, eggs, tomatoes, and goat's milk. Apparently, tomatoes were a particular favorite she says.

Louisiana Bigfoot — TSM Staff Photo/Michael Dot Scott

The Baby Bigfoot Kept Coming Back to Her House

Melacetti claimed she eventually released the young creature back into the wilderness. However, according to her story, it didn't stay away for long.

The alleged Bigfoot continued returning to her remote home, usually in the evening when fewer people were around.

She said she continued feeding and looking after the creature as it grew older, eventually becoming something of a friend for roughly 8 years claiming that after a few years it started bringing another Bigfoot around.

Melacetti claimed she eventually had to leave her remote home and move back into town because of her age. She believed the creatures continued living somewhere in the Louisiana swamps in Jefferson Parish.

She also reportedly said she had taught them enough about avoiding hunters to help keep them safe.

Did She Ever Release Pictures or Proof of the Louisiana Bigfoot?

Melacetti reportedly claimed she had photographs and a personal diary documenting her experiences of her years with the Bigfoot. She said she might release those photos and her diary someday, but the original story did not include photographs or independently verified physical evidence according to scenicsasquatch.com.

She says “I have given you the story. Tell it. That’s all. Only another person besides you knows my secret now, my friend Maggie who contacted you about it."

Whether you believe in Bigfoot or think these stories are bologna, the idea of a woman raising a baby Sasquatch on tomatoes and goat's milk is certainly one of the more unusual Louisiana stories we've heard.

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