Claimed encounters in Pike County, Kentucky
10 entries reported in Pike County, 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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Pre-dawn sighting by a deer hunter in his truck near Elkhorn
The witness had parked his truck on a ridge road before dawn to deer hunt. After hearing coyotes, he got back in the truck and then saw a tall hair-covered human-like figure emerge from the woods beside the truck. The figure paused facing the truck, then walked around it and left down the point out of sight. The witness stayed in the truck until daylight, then found skid marks where it descended but no footprints.
Bipedal creature observed on a cliff outside Pikeville
In April 2005 the witness was looking out a doctor's office window toward a rock cliff when he saw a tall, thin brown creature. The creature walked slumped over on two legs, moving three times between the cliff edge and the treeline before disappearing. A second person in the office also saw it, but it was gone before others could be shown it.
Several people witness 7 to 8 foot tall creature on an old mining road
A group of eight people were raccoon hunting with dogs when the dogs returned frightened with tails tucked. Shortly after starting to drive out, they saw a huge standing figure ahead of the truck estimated at 7.5 to 8 feet tall and dark in color. After backing up and later returning on foot, they found a large human-like footprint in mud in the road. They heard sticks breaking, left quickly, later returned to find the track destroyed by their vehicle, and subsequent visits produced no further sightings.
Man recalls his early morning sighting driving to work near Chloe
The witness was driving to work westbound on US 460 east of Shelbiana in the morning when a tall, hairy biped came from the river side, went over the guardrail and took two steps across the two-lane highway. The creature looked directly at the witness before disappearing into woods and a ravine on the other side. The witness drove on, turned around to look again, but it was gone.
Possible encounters at a home located on a steep hillside near Ransom
The witness was sitting outside on a warm late evening visiting with his father when he heard steady bipedal-sounding footsteps descending the steep wooded hill behind the house. The sounds grew closer to the treeline, stopped and shuffled briefly, then returned up the hill until out of earshot. The witness saw no light and heard no voice, and his father heard nothing.
Unidentified sound near Ransom, Kentucky
A relative reportedly sat on the porch one night and heard similar noises from the same hillside.
Tracks near Ransom, Kentucky
As a child the witness and family found many large humanlike tracks in snow leading from the steep hillside to the house.
Animal behaviour near Elkhorn City, Kentucky
A group of men released coon dogs that quickly returned begging to be boxed, unusual for experienced dogs.
Unidentified sound near Elkhorn City, Kentucky
The witness and companions took dogs coon hunting; dogs refused to leave sight and returned quickly, while rocks were heard rolling down a steep hill.
Two teens find prints in the snow near Kimper
Two teenagers hiking in snowy hills found very large bare footprints that ended after a short distance. Frightened, they returned home without looking up to see what made them. The witness still wonders whether something was above in the trees.