Associated Press - March 17, 2008 2:35 PM ET

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Next month’s hunt for Sasquatch in West Virginia will center around the Greenbrier River region.

The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization Founder and Director Mathew Moneymaker recently released new details about the April 10-13 hunt.

Earlier, the group had declined to release the location of the expedition, fearing that curiosity seekers would compromise the results.

More than 50 West Virginia sightings are documented on the group’s Web site, which says there have been 23 reported sightings in Virginia in the past 50 years. The most recent were in 2004, in Scott and Franklin counties.

The organization estimates there are up to 6,000 such creatures living in the U.S. and Canada.

But skeptics cite the lack of physical evidence.

Information from: The Register-Herald, http://www.register-herald.com

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