50 Bigfoot writing prompts

Here are 50 Bigfoot writing prompts: whether you think Bigfoot is real or imaginary, the legendary hairy hominid of the Pacific Northwest makes for great fiction fodder. I recently came across a list of 50 varied writing prompts featuring our friend Sasquatch at the center of stories across genres from science fiction to personal narrative to screenplays.

As an amateur writer always on the lookout for unique story ideas, I was intrigued. Bigfoot’s enduring pop culture popularity means most readers have a baseline familiarity with the cryptid, providing the creative writer a lot to work with in crafting tales around the mythical man-beast. The prompts run the gamut from humor to horror, speculative science to historical fiction.

In my new blog series “Writing Sasquatch,” I will be selecting a few of these Bigfoot-focused story ideas and developing them into full flash fiction pieces just for fun. I’m interested to see where these unusual prompts might transport my imagination. Along the way I’ll share my drafts and process. Maybe these story starts will catalyze your own tales – put on your literary hiking boots and join me on a writing adventure exploring the terrain of everyone’s favorite cryptozoological mystery! The first trailheads await…

50 Bigfoot writing prompts

1. You discover some large footprints and other evidence that Bigfoot has been on your property. Write a story recounting your efforts to get photographic proof.
2. Write a newspaper article interviewing someone who claims to have recently seen Bigfoot while camping in the woods.
3. Tell the story of a childhood experience where you are certain you saw Bigfoot, though no one believed you at the time.
4. Bigfoot wakes up after being frozen in a block of ice for 100 years. Write its observations as it explores the modern world.
5. Write a blog post describing your theories about where Bigfoot originated from and how it has managed to remain so hidden all this time.
6. You are Bigfoot. Tell the story of a typical day living in the forest and avoiding detection.
7. Alternate history story where Bigfoot creatures become domesticated like dogs and live openly among humans.
8. Science fiction story about using DNA technology to enable communication between Bigfoots and humans.
9. Story about a wilderness area that has been set aside as a protected Bigfoot preserve, narrated by one of the rangers who patrols it.
10. Realistic fiction about a team of Bigfoot hunters who get lost in the deep woods.
11. Horror story about a remote cabin where people start getting attacked by a tribe of vicious Bigfoots defending their territory.
12. Satirical news story about the formation of a political action committee to lobby for Bigfoot civil rights.
13. You discover an injured baby Bigfoot. Write about trying to secretly nurse it back to health before releasing it.
14. Write a Bigfoot researcher’s diary chronicling years in the field studying evidence and pursuing sightings.
15. Short suspense story about hiding in a basement while a Bigfoot rampages through the house trying to find you.
16. Historical fiction story set in 19th century California gold rush country with Bigfoot encounters.
17. Screenplay outline in which the discovery of Bigfoot propels a heated debate between scientists about evolution.
18. Poetry collection from the perspective of a wandering Bigfoot longing for companionship.
19. Thriller about a mutant giant Bigfoot captured for experimentation that breaks loose in a major city.
20. Personal essay reflecting on your firm belief in Bigfoot’s existence despite not having seen definitive proof.
21. Comedic first-person account of failed attempts to film a Bigfoot commercial to boost local tourism.
22. Script a buddy comedy movie about two eccentrics determined to get the first clear photos of Bigfoot.
23. Short horror story told from Bigfoot’s perspective as townsfolk try to hunt it down after livestock is killed.
24. Biography profile of a prominent female Bigfoot researcher fighting sexism and ridicule in academia.
25. Imagined folktales passed down by generations of Bigfoots teaching survival skills to their young.
26. Fan-fiction inserting Bigfoot as a minor character into a well-known TV show or movie universe.
27. Write a movie review critiquing the latest cheesy low-budget Bigfoot film.
28. Op-ed arguing Bigfoot deserves protection as an endangered species if definitively discovered.
29. Descriptive passage visualize what you imagine a Bigfoot bazaar deep in the Himalayan mountains might look like.
30. Script an awkward scene in which you must explain to your date you devote weekends to Bigfoot hunting.
31. Develop a Bigfoot character for an original comic book or graphic novel you envision.
32. Short story about a lonely elder in a retirement community who is convinced there is a Bigfoot stalking the grounds at night.
33. TV sitcom spec script that satirizes Bigfoot hunting shows while mocking both believers and skeptics.
34. Poetry imagining the inner anguish of Bigfoot as hunters get dangerously close to its family members.
35. Science magazine article hypothesizing why no Bigfoot bones or fossils have been discovered.
36. Blog post debunking the top 5 most prominent Bigfoot hoaxes and evidence forgeries.
37. Character sketch fleshing out the personality and physical traits of a Bigfoot living among humans in disguise.
38. Government report trying to assess the scope of economic impact Bigfoot tourism has had on local communities.
39. Screenwrite a courtroom scene drama where Bigfoot hunters angrily claim defamation by a vocal critic.
40. Short thriller about a autopsy of bizarre remains that seem to both confirm and contradict Bigfoot theories simultaneously.
41. Write lyrics for a silly country song about a Southerner falling in love with a female Bigfoot.
42. Dialogue between two hikers investigating strange claw marks shredding their tent they can’t identify.
43. Photo essay speculating whether various disputed films or images might show real evidence.
44. Develop a full marketing plan for a hypothetical start-up company offering Bigfoot excursions.
45. Personal narrative recounting the growing obsession that led to the downfall of a once-promising academics career.
46. Work of historical fiction featuring Teddy Roosevelt passionately arguing for protecting Bigfoot as a new subspecies.
47. Script out instructions for advanced stage make-up and costuming to create the most realistic Bigfoot appearance possible.
48. Write a cautionary fable traditional storytellers might share around a campfire about the perils of ignoring Bigfoot warnings.
49. Account of an anthropologist gone rogue, zealously defending Bigfoot kindred spirits he secretly lived among for years.
50. Science essay examining whether discovery of paranormal or supernatural aspects of Bigfoot would upend modern biology.

We hope these 50 bigfoot writing prompts inspired you to write an amazing megahit novel! If you want to share an except leave it in the comments! If these prompts didn’t work for you, we have many more prompts on our site!