The North American Wood Ape Conservancy (NAWAC) is a scientific-research organization dedicated to studying the North American wood ape, the animal many people call “bigfoot” or “sasquatch”. We are an all-volunteer, nonprofit 501©3 organization with members from all over the world and from all walks of life.

Our members are investigating one of the greatest natural enigmas of our time, and our main goal is to ultimately have the wood ape species documented, protected, and the land they inhabit protected.

Another goal of the NAWAC is to help educate people about the wood ape species by sharing the experiences and knowledge we’ve gained over the last several decades.

• The NAWAC Catalog of Recorded Audio, is a catalog of some of our most notable recorded audio events that we attribute to the North American wood ape.
• The “Ouachita Project Monograph”, a highly detailed document concerning our long term study efforts in our main area of operation.
• “Tag 7”, a technical report describing a novel technique developed and implemented by the NAWAC for attaching radio telemetry devices to our target species, the wood ape.

We also produce our own podcast entitled, Apes Among Us.

Feel free to also explore our database of historical reports and encounters and learn about our report classification system. If you feel like you’ve had an encounter with a wood ape, you may also submit an incident for us to investigate.