Second-hand Bigfoot Society EP 430

Sasquatch sighting near Dayton, Tennessee (1960)

1960–1969 Dayton, Tennessee 1 witness

Account

A relative riding horseback across a field came upon a large hairy figure sleeping on the ground. The horse jumped clear over the sleeping figure, startling both the animal and the creature. The figure leapt up and fled while the rider struggled to stay mounted.

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Posture src: sleeping in field

Facts & provenance

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Date	1960–1969 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:18:03-00:20:03 · read with 80% confidence
Place	Dayton, Tennessee Stated Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:18:03-00:20:03 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	35.4954, -85.0087 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 430 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Dayton city (GEOID 4719700), matched from nearest town 'Dayton'
Account type	Second-hand Derived Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:18:03-00:20:03 · read with 80% confidence
Witnesses	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:22:04-00:24:06 · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:22:04-00:24:06 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	riding horse across field Stated Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:22:04-00:24:06
Witness's word for it	one of those bigfoots Stated Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:22:04-00:24:06
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 430 · transcript:00:22:04-00:26:08 · read with 75% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 430 Podcast Interview

Published 2024-05-12 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:22:04 (account ends about 0:26:08) Hash ca90854225a9

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