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Dahl’s Chainsaw Art

A yard full of chainsaw-carved wooden figures in Keystone, South Dakota: bears, a bald eagle and a cowboy, with a log arch reading World’s Largest Bigfoot
Artwork FileKeystone, South Dakota

Dahl’s Chainsaw Art

SeenSep 2026

Jarrett and Jordan Dahl · Keystone, South Dakota, United States

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-69178 (public domain); from the SAU archive.

Brothers Jarrett and Jordan Dahl carve bears, eagles and other figures with chainsaws at their carving yard by the road in Keystone, on the way to Mount Rushmore. The centerpiece is a giant wooden Bigfoot. Source Source Source Checked

Seen Sep 2026. Evidence date: 2026-09-12. Dated reporting on the Bigfoot and the Dahls’ property, not confirmation of present condition. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. Two brothersJarrett and Jordan Dahl learned carving from a family friend and set up shop in Keystone. Source Checked
  2. Black Hills woodThey carve ponderosa pine and other local woods. Source Checked
  3. A wooden BigfootTravel South Dakota calls the centerpiece in Keystone the World’s Largest Wooden Bigfoot Sculpture. Source Reported
  4. Carving in publicVisitors may catch Jarrett or Jordan carving in person. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Carving yard by the road in Keystone · South Dakota, United States Source Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 20181 Jul

    605 Magazine on Jarrett Dahl

  2. 20218 Dec

    Highsmith photographs the Keystone yard

  3. 202513 Oct

    KOTA TV on the Keystone shop

  4. 202612 Sep

    Cowboy State Daily on the Bigfoot

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Artists
Jarrett and Jordan Dahl Source Checked
Place
Keystone, South Dakota Source Checked
Technique
Chainsaw carving Source Checked
Wood
Ponderosa pine and other local woods Source Checked
Centerpiece
A giant wooden Bigfoot Source Source Checked

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-69178 (public domain); from the SAU archive.

Last checked: 27 October 2026 · How we verify art