Complex sentence: The notoriety of ape-men grew over the decade, culminating in 1958 after large footprints were found on multiple occasions at a road-construction site along Bluff Creek in Del Norte County, California by bulldozer operator Gerald Crew.
Split into simpler sentences: The notoriety of ape-men grew over the decade. This notoriety culminated in 1958 after large footprints were found on multiple occasions at a road-construction site along Bluff Creek in Del Norte County, California by bulldozer operator Gerald Crew.