World's Largest Bigfoot (Dahl's Chainsaw Art)

Keystone, South Dakota, United States

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Billie is a seated chainsaw-carved Sasquatch about 23 feet tall, made from ponderosa pine, cedar and cottonwood by Dahl's Chainsaw Art. It stands at the corner of the carvers' property on Highway 16A in Keystone, South Dakota, less than three miles from Mount Rushmore.

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Billie the Bigfoot sits at a bend in the road on the edge of Keystone, close enough to Mount Rushmore that, in Cowboy State Daily's account, travelers heading there turn around for a second look. As one visitor told Cowboy State Daily, "We drove by it, and we turned around."

The seated Sasquatch is about 23 feet tall and was carved with chainsaws from ponderosa pine, cedar and cottonwood by Dahl's Chainsaw Art, the business of brothers Jarrett and Jordan Dahl. He holds a flagpole 54 feet tall, the height Cowboy State Daily says the figure would reach standing. Round logs on the limbs and torso suggest a shaggy coat.

The Hill City Prevailer reported in December 2020 that Billie was carved on site by Dahl's crew with carvers from Kentucky and was due to be unveiled on December 19 of that year. Dahl estimated its weight at as much as 30,000 pounds, adding "I'm just throwing a number out there." Accounts of the build differ. The Prevailer said the carving took about eight days; Cowboy State Daily, in September 2026, says about two months and dates the figure's place on the corner to 2023, the year it reports Guinness World Records measured it and named it the world's largest Bigfoot.

The corner previously held two statues roughly 20 feet tall; Cowboy State Daily says they are now displayed elsewhere on the property. Billie is not for sale, though the Dahls will carve a smaller Sasquatch elsewhere on commission.

Dahl's has galleries in Keystone, Hill City and Deadwood. At Keystone, 121 Roy Street, the business says visitors may catch a carver at work, and Cowboy State Daily found visitors wandering among the carvings.

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Roadside Sasquatch on the corner of the Dahl's Chainsaw Art property, with more carvings and a gift shop around it. Cowboy State Daily (September 2026) described visitors pulling off the highway to wander the grounds while chainsaws buzzed; the business says visitors may catch a carver at work.

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At Dahl's Chainsaw Art, 121 Roy St., Keystone, SD 57751, on the corner of Highway 16A, visible from the road. The grounds belong to a working gallery business, so respect posted limits and check its hours before going in.

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A chainsaw-carved wooden Smokey Bear about 30 feet tall stands on Main Street at Dahl's Chainsaw Art in Hill City, South Dakota. A team of seven, including Dahl's Chainsaw Art owner Jordan Dahl and his brother Jarrett, built it in about ten days of physical work, reported in May 2021.

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