Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1970)
Account
The witness, recently out of the military, was fly-fishing with three relatives in a steep, remote river gorge. He turned to see an upright animal at close range that quickly climbed the steep bank to the ridgeline. The group then heard extremely loud guttural vocalizations and huffs, saw movement on the ridge, and had a large rock land in the water near them. They left at dusk and later agreed among themselves it had not been a bear despite one relative's dismissive explanation.
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- Gait src
- moved rapidly up steep bank to ridge
- Posture src
- upright
- Other features src
- flashes of fur; trees moving, snapping noises
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