Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1980)
Account
Years later while working in law enforcement, the witness drove to a remote trailhead to pick up a fire-watcher ranger during a dry fall with active forest fires. Concerned when the ranger did not appear after dark, he walked up the trail with a flashlight and rifle and found the ranger hiding by a rock. Together they watched a tall, long-armed figure with large reflective eyes at the far edge of a clearing for an extended period before it crouched, raked grass, backed into the woods, and circled away crashing through brush. The ranger later said he had already encountered the same figure on the trail, where it screamed at him, caused him to drop his kit, and threw his bag, which was never recovered.
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- tall; described as size of 7'2" to 7'3" basketball player
- Build src
- lean, V-shape, bigger in shoulders than hips, chunky not fat
- Face src
- animal's face
- Eyes src
- very large eyes with reflection
- Arms src
- very long, extending almost to knees or past knees
- Gait src
- deliberate steps walking backwards; crouched then stood
- Posture src
- upright, standing frozen then crouched
- Other features src
- little reflection off eyes; raked grass with arms
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