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Six Years In The Making

Six Years In The Making

Find and kill a sasquatch.

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How to unlock the Six Years In The Making achievement in Red Dead Redemption - Definitive Guide

To get this achievement you need to start the mission The Start of the Conservation Movement in Tanners Reach (Tall Trees, marked with a question mark). A crazy man will give you a circle on your map that tells you where to find one of these creatures. Shoot it a couple of times and you have yourself an achievement.

If you want to know what to look for the creatures are large and fairly ape-like.

This achievement is a reference to GTA San Andreas released in 2004, 6 years before Red Dead Redemption. There was a rumor that there was a sasquatch somewhere in the desert but of course there was no sasquatch to be found.

Update: The achievement has had trouble unlocking for people but the website shows many recent winners so the achievement is likely fixed. See the comments for any new developments.
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16 Dec 2010 23:29

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I remember the sasquatch myth developing more through the trolling of fans rather than Rockstar.
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By Kelvin Thorn on 02 Jan 2011 18:00
Nice reference !

I loved that stranger mission, it was hilarious
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By DaShAg on 30 Mar 2011 20:24
Is this a missable achievement?
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By Kloxicon on 06 Jun 2011 19:56
There is an other mission (with a ? on the map) when you have to kill sasquatchs. At Tanner's Reach too, a survivor tells you his daughter has been killed by a sasquatch. He ask you to kill 6 of them and send you near Aurora Basin (at north of Tanner's Reach).
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By StunNuts on 20 Oct 2011 21:23
I'm sorry but that is incorrect. It's not "another mission", you just described the start of the conservation movement.
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By John Caboose on 21 Oct 2011 09:26
+1 from me too for the reference explanation.
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By JayQ2 on 22 Oct 2012 20:19
It was kind of depressing.......
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By ScottMacFreedom on 07 May 2013 12:33
Completed the mission killing all of them but didn't get the achievement, what might have happened??
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By Gu Mancha on 15 Jul 2016 02:38
Funny same just happened to me. ..no cheevo
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By B1GB4LLERS on 12 Aug 2016 00:10
Ditto with the mission and no achievement.
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By Ackis on 19 Aug 2016 13:56
Must be some sort of error on Xbox One, if anyone gets it to unlock post how in the comments.
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By John Caboose on 19 Aug 2016 15:47
I shot the first 3 sasquatch for the mission on the Xbox One and no achievement. The game automatically saved every time I killed one so I ended my game mid mission. I fired it up on the Xbox 360 and the first sasquatch I killed (4th for the mission) popped immediately. Hope this helps anyone who can't get the achievement to pop.
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By oxBURN3Rxo on 22 Jul 2017 20:54
It’s not glitchy exclusively on XB1, just killed one on 360 and it didn’t pop.
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By Piston Toyota on 19 Oct 2017 07:15
Oof.... Should have read this prior to doing the mission. I noticed the zombies were weird and shooting at me with no heads or arms. Cheevo didn't pop after killing the hairy bastards. I guess I gotta so a quick start-over and get this unlocked before continuing with the normal playthrough
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By AcaelusT on 14 Apr 2020 04:32
Yea, I didnt get after killing 3 sasquatches and then later noticed zombies and survivors without heads or arms
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By OdderrOtterr72 on 18 May 2020 14:40
dont pop
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By on 14 Jul 2020 10:09
Saddest mission ever haha
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By I Aint A ShoOk1 on 06 Apr 2024 21:28
+1 for explaining the reference behind the name, that's what I was interested in. lol.
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By Patsreds on 26 Jan 2011 08:04
Not really no. The Start of the Conservation Movement is main story if I remember correctly. Otherwise you can just go to Tanner's Reach when you please.
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By John Caboose on 06 Jun 2011 22:07
You dont need a xbox 360 to fix the problem. If you noticed sometimes zombies spawn without head. That means game is glitching. So here is the steps: First you need to save your game in a safe zone/house so when you start a New game you wont loose your current progress. After that hit start button under game section choose New game. Now all you have to do is first quest then it will show up on your map as a question mark. Simply go there and take the quest. Now before killing a sasquatch just make sure game is not glitching. If you are not simply go to 1st location and kill it. It will unlock immediately. :)
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By Zukape on 28 Apr 2018 18:50
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Heres a lovely guide from Achievement Hunter.
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29 Nov 2010 13:43

talk to the stranger and a yellow circle will pop up on were to find him... Watch the vid it will help alot more!!!
its my vid so feel free to comment on it !!!
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03 Jan 2012 08:38

Sasquatches can be found in the Tall Trees area after starting the side mission called "Birth of the Conservation Movement" where you will be tasked with killing 6 Sasquatches. Go to the Tall Trees area of the map and enter the spot that is marked by a green question mark, which will then change to a large green circle if a Sasquatch is nearby. These creatures will usually run away from you but at least one shot close range will kill him and pop the trophy.

You don't have to kill all 6 Sasquatches, since you will be given the option to either kill or ignore the final one.

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