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Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (1978)

1978 morning, foggy, fall South Carolina 1 witness

Account

The caller says at fourteen while deer hunting he waited alone on a riverbank in fog. Something came out of the river about fifty feet away, walked upright and dark like a bear but with rounded primate ears. It moved branches with a hand, sniffed his incoming trail, then angled off. He was terrified and did not tell his father for years.

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Sightings

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Described appearance

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Height src
about seven and a half foot tall
Hair colour src
all black like a bear

Facts & provenance

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Time of day
morning, foggy, fall
Place
South Carolina
Map point
33.7440, -80.6193 (± 20 km)
USGS GNIS stream 'Congaree River', Richland, matched from place name 'Congaree River'
Account type
First-hand
Witness was
deer hunting with dogs, standing on riverbank
Witness's word for it
that thing
Creature category
SASQUATCH

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2015-02-03 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Listen from 0:18:10 (account ends about 0:30:59) Hash 7861531eb4b9
    Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)