Bigfoot Warning Signs Pop Up in Pennsylvania Parks!

Signs that warn of the presence of Bigfoot are popping up in Pennsylvania state parks.

The warning signs that have been nailed to trees state that there have been “encounters” in the area and call on visitors to “observe elevated park etiquette, be cautious of your surroundings and to keep the location of any small children/pets within a tighter scope of awareness.”

They also warn: “Do not approach the creature.”

Actual warnings or a Halloween prank? No one knows for sure, but park officials say they have nothing to do with the signs.

“Bigfoot is not real,” Wesley Robinson, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, told the press.

The signs state that there have been “encounters” in the area and call on visitors to “observe elevated park etiquette, be cautious of your surroundings and to keep the location of any small children/pets within a tighter scope of awareness.”

They also warn: “Do not approach the creature.”

Robinson added that the signs, which have been turning up for months in “many parks,” are removed whenever spotted by rangers or other park officials.

Visitors have been posting images of the signs on social media, including one that drew a response from the conservation department, which runs the state’s parks:

Nope. Rangers are aware and are removing them and investigating the situation. These were not posted by DCNR and is an unauthorized use of our logo.

The agency’s claim that “Bigfoot isn’t real” is unlikely to end the debate about the cryptid anytime soon as searching for Sasquatch remains a popular pastime in parks around the nation.

Oklahoma lawmakers even proposed a Bigfoot hunting season ― complete with a cash prize ― not to kill the creature, just to find evidence of it.

While the majority of Bigfoot sightings seem to take place in the Pacific Northwest and California, Pennsylvania has had its share of Sasquatch activity over the years. The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization has 124 “credible” sightings in Pennsylvania listed in its database.