Curious about where to find Bigfoot? If you’re in the U.S., you won’t have to look far.

According to data gathered by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (or BFRO), a virtual community that “essentially seeks to resolve the mystery surrounding the Bigfoot phenomenon,” thousands of Americans across the nation have spotted or encountered the hairy beast in recent decades.

One of the oldest Bigfoot sightings submitted to the organization’s “Geographic Database of Bigfoot/Sasquatch Sightings and Reports” dates back to the summer of 1978 on an Arkansas farm not far from the birthplace of both Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee. The witness was a kid at the time, and had been bending down to pick up a red ball when she noticed “there was this huge monster” looming over the fence looking at her.

“You could tell it was very smart because when I started screaming, it immediately looked right at my house for other humans and got nervous,” she wrote in her report.

“I felt It wanted me. It had long, orangutan-colored hair all over it. The hands looked like a gorilla, but had a full thumb like a human and not the nub like a gorilla. It had hazel yellowish eyes. Its face [was] covered with leathery-looking skin with hair. Long arms, very muscular. Walked and ran on two legs. It smelled like a [sic] unkempt, wet dog, mixed with a skunk and goat smell. Many years later, [while] visiting a zoo, I smelled the primates’ section and my memory was like, ‘Yeah, [this is] that primate smell with goat and skunk and dog.”

In addition to this sighting, there are thousands of other Bigfoot reports on the BFRO’s website. Read through them and you’ll notice that the details tend to differ, especially in terms of what the creature looked like.

But one commonality can be found in most of the reported sightings: fear. Wanting to see a Bigfoot, it turns out, is a lot different from actually encountering one in real life.

As the witness of the 1978 Bigfoot sighting wrote: “As a child, I suffered trauma from experiencing this. I wish I would've never seen it.”

Undeterred and still curious about where to find Bigfoot? Then get ready to plan a road trip.

According to the BFRO’s data, the ape-like cryptid has been spotted in every single state in the country, but tends to inhabit some more than others. Delaware and Rhode Island have the lowest numbers of Bigfoot sightings, followed by North Dakota and Vermont.

The states in which the hairy creature is most commonly spotted are a bit surprising, as well. Big cities and a lack of open spaces apparently aren’t turn-offs for Bigfoot, nor are tropical climates.

So where are you most likely to find Bigfoot? Read on to discover the top five states he’s been spotted in.