Theresa Ann Bier
Could Bigfoot have witnessed Theresa Ann's disappearance?
4.4 (38)
40 mins
Learn about the disappearance of 16-year-old Theresa Ann Bier, who vanished during a camping trip in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains on June 1, 1987. View how she disappeared while camping with 43-year-old Russell Welch, a man interested in the legend of Bigfoot, and how his changing explanations complicated the investigation.
Ep 1:
The Man Who Blamed Bigfoot
A 1987 Sierra Nevada camping trip ends with a teenage girl vanished and a wild claim: Bigfoot took her. Beneath the tabloid frenzy lies a childhood scarred by abuse long before Theresa Ann Bier ever disappeared.
Ep 2:
A House With No Shelter
Passed between an abusive mother, a cruel stepmother, and a predatory guardian, Theresa found no safety anywhere—until a meth-fueled Bigfoot hunter named Skip offered an escape into the mountains that would cost her everything.
Ep 3:
The Staged Campsite Unravels
Investigators unravel Skip's shifting confessions, a faked campsite, and bloodhounds chasing a scent that vanishes into shale—while prosecutors gamble on a future murder charge and watch their suspect walk free.
Ep 4:
No Monster, Only Men
Decades later, theories swirl—serial killers, mine shafts, a haunted backyard—but no body and no justice. The real monster in Theresa Ann Bier's story was never the one in the woods.
Discussions (5)
Rob
Level 4 · 1 week agoDropping charges was the wrong call period
Harrison
Level 2 · 1 week agoDropping all charges to wait on a body was the wrong call. A staged campsite, meth in his shirt, and volunteering there'd be no sexual assault evidence is enough to take to trial. They gave up the one shot they had.
Andrew
Level 3 · 1 week agoCalifornia actually does rank #2 in Bigfoot sightings and the Patterson-Gimlin film WAS shot in NorCal in 1967 👀
