Claimed encounters in Kentucky
333 entries reported in Kentucky, each linked to the report or podcast segment it came from. Narrow them down with the filters, or see them on the map.
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Country boys have frightening nightime encounter 50 miles south of Louisville
The witness and two companions stopped on a rural back road at night and heard a distant knock, then sounds of wood breaking after the witness whistled. After driving on to turn around and stopping again, the witness shone a light into the woods and saw a tall dark hairy figure with eyeshine watching them. The encounter lasted only a few seconds before the group drove away in fear.
Movement only in Kentucky (2025)
The witness bowhunted a different public area and after dark noticed one then two green hovering lights at tree-top height moving steadily toward him without bobbing. He left quickly, and while walking out through a field and old road he loaded his pistol, heard heavy paired footsteps and something keeping pace with him off the road. The sounds stopped at a creek, and he ran to his truck and left.
Footsteps in Kentucky (2025)
The witness was turkey hunting in a different area and saw hens on a peaceful evening. While walking out on a county road bordered by fields and honeysuckle he heard bushes shake, a grunt and loud stopping footsteps. He briefly saw a figure moving fast tree to tree off the road, ran to his truck after crossing water where the sounds stopped, and had no further incidents.
Animal behaviour in Kentucky (2024)
The guest's roommate was hunting on leased private land about a mile and a half away the same afternoon. The woods were lively then went dead silent for a few minutes while he felt dread and drew his gun. After a few minutes the dread lifted and the woods became active again.
Wood knock in Kentucky (2024)
The witness hiked into public land to bowhunt deer from a climber stand. After the woods went silent he heard two wood knocks, then saw a black bipedal figure through timber that vanished. Moments later a very large jet-black wolf-like animal appeared nearby staring at him, stalked toward a cedar thicket and disappeared. While hiking out he heard a deep scream-howl, panicked and ran to his truck and avoided the woods for the rest of deer season.
Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (2022)
In November 2022 the witness took a young child deer hunting and sat against a tree on a ridgeline at dawn. After hearing a loud baby-like cry and a heavy barreling sound down the cliff, the witness saw a large black-haired bipedal creature stop nearby, appear angry, then soften, gesture with its hands, back away, and leap up the cliff out of sight. The witness left with the child and later found large marks where the creature had climbed.
Daylight sighting by hunter 30 miles southeast of Louisville
The witness was sitting in a deer stand above a creek in heavily wooded bottomland waiting for deer. After smelling a musky odor and hearing leaves rustling behind the stand, the witness turned and saw a large dark-brown hairy biped across the creek about 60 yards away walking parallel to the water. The creature briefly turned its head toward the witness, continued swiftly with its arms swinging, and stayed in view for 10 to 15 seconds before moving away through trees.
Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (2021)
The two hikers set up a thermal camera on a tripod in a field to watch for deer and bear at night. They observed a large upright creature crossing a road on thermal, approaching to about 90 feet, then fleeing into a thicket where facial details were seen. Later they heard a howl, whoops from multiple directions and grunting near the truck, then felt an impact while driving out that left a dent from a thrown rock.
Whoop in Kentucky (2021)
After moving onto a wooded hillside property, the witness and family began hearing loud whooping and prolonged howling that did not sound like known animals. On one night while inside the house, the witness heard chattering and grunting right outside the door that stopped when the door was opened. The sounds were unfamiliar and recurred close to the home.
Tracks in Kentucky (2021)
The couple left the trail to look for sheds and reached a slipping area of soft dirt from old logging. They found what looked like two barefoot prints with toe impressions where loggers would not have left prints. The prints led to an old grown logging trail, they heard an unidentified knock-like noise, and they left.
Tracks in Kentucky (2021)
The witness and his girlfriend found large footprints while walking out to set paper targets at a forest shooting range. One print was estimated at thirteen and a half to fourteen inches. A photo was taken showing the girlfriend's shoe beside the print for scale.
Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (2020)
The witness was driving at night to a cabin to quarantine after testing positive for illness. A buck walked into the road and stared toward a tree line instead of at the vehicle. The witness then noticed orange eyeshine and a large dark creature moving low like a spider, which rose onto two legs and chased the deer out of headlight range. After stopping, the witness heard a loud crash in the woods on the opposite side and drove away.
Partial sighting in Kentucky (2020)
The teenage son was watching police lights from a car in the driveway late at night and turned to see a human-like shape peeking over a hedge by a fence. He brought his mother out with a weak flashlight and both saw the shape looking at them in moonlight. The next day they found all grass smashed where it stood and a path leading up into the woods with no trail toward the house or road.
Sasquatch sighting near Chaplin, Kentucky (2019)
The witness reports briefly seeing the same type of creature from the same stand in November 2019.
Passenger has a possible evening sighting in Sandy Hook
The witness was riding as a passenger at night when she saw a large bipedal figure at the roadside. The figure crossed the road quickly in front of the car and turned its head toward the vehicle before leaving down a steep slope. The companion driver saw only movement and a shadow, and a later check of the area found nothing.
Farmer family frightened by ongoing Class B activity around rural home in hollers 12.5 miles south of Grayson
The witness reports ongoing nighttime disturbances over about a month, coinciding with logging on an adjacent property. Claimed activity includes tree knocks, footsteps and running around the house, growling outside, and slaps or thuds against the house. The family reports feeling watched while walking from their parked car to the house, the outside dog refusing to leave the porch after dark, and one night a branch landing on the porch followed by a shotgun shot into the air to scare whatever was there.
Whoop in Kentucky (2017)
While bow hunting in Kentucky the guest heard a plain higher-pitched whoop on the trail and changed plans. Later after shooting a doe, he and two others found a large heel-like impression at the water's edge leading into the water. He never told the landowner about the whoop.
Early morning visitor forces couple to flee camp near Gilbertsville
The witness and his wife were sleeping in a tent at a remote campground when nocturnal animal calls erupted and then suddenly stopped. They then heard loud heavy bipedal footsteps with cracking wood approaching their camp. The witness searched the treeline with a flashlight and vehicle high beams but saw nothing, then the entity ran away crashing through limbs and exhaling loudly. At daylight they found broken branches and bare-foot slide marks, then broke camp and left.
Scream near Pikeville, Kentucky (2017)
The witness and a fellow priest were in a lit open picnic area returning toward the building when they felt heavy stomping that shook the ground and heard a powerful scream-howl. Attempts to return to the building or cars triggered more screaming, grunting and felt vibrations, keeping them on a picnic table until sunrise. At sunrise they heard crashing and saw trees moving as something scaled a steep rocky hill incredibly fast, and a neighboring resident later said food offerings were left to calm activity.
Whistle near Pikeville, Kentucky (2017)
The witness hiked alone up the old coal road in darkness to get back in shape and pray. Loud bird-like whistling kept pace nearby, pebbles and rocks landed precisely at the feet, a large stick landed pointing at the witness, and loud trudging was heard. The witness backed down the road, then ran to a lit area as rapid movement rushed uphill faster than a person could move.