AGENT J.L. PORTER — CASE FILE ADMINISTRATOR
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FOLKLORE (BATFF)
BADGE: BATFF-002
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE
This archive contains official case documentation related to Subject BF-01 ("Beerfoot"), compiled from Agent T.W. Dunlap's field records (1977–2008) and supplemented by my own investigative work since 2019.
For those unfamiliar: Agent Dunlap was the Bureau's primary—and only—investigator assigned to the Beerfoot case until his abrupt departure in 2008. The position sat vacant for eleven years until the FBI released those damn Bigfoot papers and suddenly everyone with a missing wallet and a fuzzy memory had a cryptid story to share. The Bureau, in its infinite wisdom, decided someone should sit in this basement office and sort through the fairy tales.
That someone is me.
My job is to organize Dunlap's chaotic filing system (and I use the term "system" generously), digitize his reports, and document any new incidents that meet investigative standards—or at least sound interesting enough to record. Posts in this archive include transcriptions of Dunlap's original case files as well as my own field observations.
My superiors aren't going to read this anyway, so consider this your front-row seat to the strangest assignment in federal employment.
— Agent J.L. Porter, BATFF Badge #002
CASE FILE: 2019-114
REFERENCE: Pattern Review – Recurrent Non-Transactional Beer Loss Reports
REPORTING AGENT: J.L. Porter, BATF-F-002
DATE FILED: January 5, 2026
FILE STATUS: Active Review
CASE FILE: 1975-008
REFERENCE: Schlitz Incident (Dec. 26, 1975)
REPORTING AGENT: J.L. Porter, BATF-F-002
DATE FILED: December 26, 2025
FILE STATUS: Reopened
CASE FILE BF-01-003
SUBJECT: BF-01 (“Beerfoot”) – Investigative Mission Statement & Field Methodology
REPORTING AGENT: T.W. Dunlap, BATF-F-001
DATE FILED: May 12, 1977
DIGITIZED BY: Agent J.L. Porter, BATF-F-002
DIGITIZATION DATE: November 2019
CASE FILE BF-01-002
SUBJECT: BF-01 (“Beerfoot”) – Physical Description & Behavioral Profile
REPORTING AGENT: T.W. Dunlap, BATF-F-001
DATE FILED: April 3, 1977
DIGITIZED BY: Agent J.L. Porter, BATF-F-002
DIGITIZATION DATE: October 2019
CASE FILE BF-01-001
SUBJECT: BF-01 (“Beerfoot”) – Initial Assignment Documentation
REPORTING AGENT: T.W. Dunlap, BATF-F-001
DATE FILED: March 15, 1977
DIGITIZED BY: Agent J.L. Porter, BATF-F-002
DIGITIZATION DATE: October 2019