First-hand Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #0303c0f7-cf80-404b-ae8e-4e525e901be2

Sasquatch sighting in New Jersey (1980)

1980–1981 New Jersey 5 witnesses

Account

The witness was hiking with companions through woods toward a familiar spring when they noticed a large dome-shaped structure woven from vegetation beside a water-filled fire cut, with a partially consumed deer carcass inside. Shortly after examining the carcass from across the cut, the group heard movement and saw a very tall, muscular, reddish-brown hair-covered being standing in the open about 30 to 40 feet away. The being emitted an extremely loud, escalating scream that the witness felt in the chest, then lunged toward the group. The group fled back along the trail without looking back until reaching near home, and did not report the event to family at the time.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Described appearance

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Height src
easily eight feet tall
Build src
massive, muscular, gargantuan
Hair colour src
reddish brown
Hair length src
long, matted like dreadlocks
Face src
face not seen, covered in hanging hair
Arms src
long, dangly, massive arms
Legs src
very similar to arms, orangutan-like
Posture src
upright standing, not moving
Other features src
grayish-black skin under hair, head like mound with no visible neck

Facts & provenance

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Date
1980–1981
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0303c0f7-cf80-404b-ae8e-4e525e901be2 · transcript:00:03:05-00:05:02 · read with 85% confidence
Place
New Jersey
Account type
First-hand
Witnesses
5
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0303c0f7-cf80-404b-ae8e-4e525e901be2 · transcript:00:06:45-00:08:40 · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported
1
Witness was
hiking with companions to a spring
Witness's word for it
a monster
Creature category
SASQUATCH

Evidence & investigation

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Structure
transcript:00:10:35-00:12:56

Source timeline

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