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Claudia Ackley was a hiker who saw something in the mountains.
One spring afternoon, on a trail with her daughters, she filmed what she described as an 800-pound ape-like creature. The next day she returned and found a 22-inch footprint.
Authorities told her she had seen a bear.
She sued the state to force it to acknowledge Sasquatch's existence, founded a PTSD support group for fellow witnesses, and spent her remaining years as the foremost champion of a creature the government refused to name.
No agency ever admitted what she saw.
Claudia is dead.