Stardew Valley players are surprised to discover that a legendary cryptid is wandering around in their games after a rare sighting is reported. The beloved indie game is a farming and town sim at its heart, but it's known for being so much more than that. The title has plenty of other things to do, from battling and romancing to more mysterious activities like helping small apple-looking creatures restore balance to nature (all in a day's work).

Fans are now realizing, though, that the game was hiding even more secrets than they'd realized. Player and Redditor n00tn00t29 was going about their day when "the music stopped abruptly" and a set of mysterious massive footprints appeared in the snow path in front of their character. The Redditor turned to the community for help figuring out what these footprints mean, only to discover that the cause of the huge markings was Stardew Valley's resident cryptid, Bigfoot.

Who Left These Massive Footprints Behind In Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley Fans Share Sightings Of The Mysterious Creature

The rare sighting has caused other fans to come forward with their own sightings. Some players have seen the footprints too, but others report catching sight of Bigfoot itself running through the woods. Many sightings seem to happen around the Wizard's tower, but a handful were seen in other locations like on the mountain trail to Robin's house. Bigfoot even appears at inopportune moments, as Jonelololol found out when it showed up during a heart event with Emily.

What's likely supposed to be a silly Easter egg actually has some of the players freaked out. Many fans report feeling scared by the sighting, like blupblupbrr, whose Bigfoot moment happened when "it was raining and dark." The player didn't stick around to learn more about what they'd seen. Instead, they report that they "immediately noped outta there."

Our Take: Bigfoot Being In Stardew Valley Is Both Hilarious & Terrifying

ConcernedApe Loves Adding Easter Eggs To Stardew Valley

The creator of Stardew Valley, ConcernedApe, is known for adding silly Easter eggs to the title, like an entire basement labyrinth themed around the feed your horse for a speed buff.

The Bigfoot Easter egg has some players genuinely freaked out, though. Stardew Valley is a relaxing and cozy game, so seeing a dark shape suddenly go running through the woods as you're doing your everyday tasks is unnerving. The unexpected jump-scare just goes to show that you never know what you'll find next in Stardew Valley.

Source: n00tn00t29/Reddit, Jonelololol/Reddit, blupblupbrr/Reddit