Claimed encounters in Nebraska
46 entries reported in Nebraska, 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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Sasquatch sighting near Omaha, Nebraska (2024)
At midday the witness was standing by his truck in his ex-wife's driveway when he briefly saw a large hairy figure walking behind nearby buildings. He tried to follow it toward the adjacent woods but saw and heard nothing further. Hours later he was told two workers behind the same house had also reported seeing a monster.
Possible daylight sighting of a Sasquatch on the Omaha Indian Reservation
The witness was day-hiking with companions on a reservation trail when a companion noted movement in the woods. In a clearer area the witness saw a light-brown arm-like shape swing down, while the companion reported seeing the upper body of a light-brown Sasquatch ducking behind cover. The witness photographed the spot and later revisited it to estimate height from a marker stick.
Daylight sighting by two turkey hunters in Gifford Point WMA, four miles south of Omaha
The witness and a relative were bow-hunting for turkey and had set decoys and a blind before stopping for lunch. The witness noticed a figure squatting at a trailhead across a field and alerted the relative. Both watched it stand, turn, and walk away into the woods down a slope toward the river, grabbing an overhead branch as it left. Afterwards they went to the spot and used the height of the grabbed branch to estimate the figure at about eight feet tall.
Possilble daylight sighting by hikers (at 300-400 yds.) in Chadron State Park
Two hikers on a park trail noticed a distant tall figure covered in black fur standing on a limestone ridge. They watched it for several minutes as it stood upright and swayed before it walked behind rocks and disappeared into the forest. A third hiker walking ahead did not see it.
Various sightings by a family next to Lauritzen Botanical Gardens
In April 2002 just before sunrise, the witness let her dogs into the fenced backyard. The dogs ran barking toward the fence then retreated yelping as she noticed a tall hair-covered figure behind a tree in the neighboring yard. The figure leaped sideways between trees then moved forward toward her to within about 20 feet on the other side of the fence, causing her to flee inside and lock the doors.
3AM Encounter next to Lauritzen Botanical Gardens, prior incidents mentioned
In summer 2005 the witness drove back from a relative's house late at night and pulled into the mother's driveway. The headlights illuminated a large hairy figure standing partly behind a dumpster at the bottom of the driveway, which looked toward the witness without moving. The witness froze, tried to call inside, then left and slept in the car up the street until morning.
Three witnesses observe large creature run in front of them while parked in Red Cloud State Park
The witness and two companions were sitting in a parked car at a campground campsite at night. A very tall, slender bipedal figure ran across their front view about 40 feet away at high speed, seen only as a silhouette in moonlight. The group was frightened and left immediately without driving toward the direction it went. The witness later felt no human could have run that fast through the brush and vegetation.
Three witnesses encounter a large creature while walking down a gravel road outside South Sioux City
Late at night three people walking on a gravel road smelled a strong foul odor. When they returned to the spot, a tall creature stood up from the roadside ditch, frightening them and causing them to flee. As they ran home they saw deer in a nearby cornfield and heard an extremely loud screeching-howling sound.
Motorist has possible night time sighting near Dorchester
The witness was driving north on a highway at night approaching a lit intersection. A tall dark figure emerged from the roadside ditch, approached the car in one stride, and stared at the witness. The witness continued to the stop sign, saw the figure standing in the middle of the road in the rearview mirror, and drove on without stopping.
Nighttime sighting by a motorist on a road south of Crawford
The witness was driving south on a curving highway at night with high beams on. A tall, black-furred human-like figure stepped to the edge of the road and stopped on the white line as the truck approached. The witness slowed thinking it might be someone needing a ride, then accelerated away when close and stopped miles down the road to process the sighting.
Newspaper account of an encounter with an unknown creature near Salt Creek
A motorcyclist turning onto Fairfield Street claimed a Bigfoot-like creature ran in front of him and caused him to fall. The creature then continued south toward Salt Creek while emitting a terrible smell. The frightened rider got up and left. A nearby resident recalling the story years later said it was in the local newspaper the next day.
Creature seen walking across pasture in daylight north of Grand Island
The witness was in his pickup at the mailbox on a very cold, windy winter morning when he noticed movement in a pasture about a quarter-mile away. He watched for about 10 to 12 seconds as a large, dark-brown, long-haired, man-like figure with long arms took large steps south toward a shelterbelt, glanced toward him, then moved faster and disappeared into the trees. He did not go to look for tracks in the snow because he was afraid.
Multiple witness sighting at night, 3 miles east of Mead, Nebraska
On the night of July 4, 1979, the witness was relaxing with a large group at a farmhouse after fireworks when the group saw a very large figure walking quickly across a bean field about 300 yards away. The figure leaned forward and swung its arms as it crossed the field and disappeared behind a hill. The witness and a relative drove into the field and followed a trail to a barbed-wire fence where the ground was torn up, scanned the nearby treeline with spotlights without seeing anything, then backed out.
Hunter has evening sighting near Bazile Creek State Wildlife Management Area
The witness reported seeing a gray-haired, muscular biped standing on the edge of a ravine about 40 yards away. The being stood erect and turned its head side to side before looking at the witness, who ducked, and when the witness looked again it was gone. The sighting occurred in a wooded ravine area about an hour before sunset.
Sasquatch sighting in Nebraska (1976)
The next morning while riding past a dilapidated small house, the witness glimpsed what looked like three small whitish-haired heads with backs turned, bobbing as if eating inside a dark window. He questioned whether it was imagination or a curtain after being unnerved the night before. His horse then bolted and carried him into a thorn tree.
Sasquatch sighting in Nebraska (1976)
The witness woke overnight feeling watched while sleeping around a campfire and saw a hairy silhouette on a hill about 50 to 60 feet away. He first thought it was a counselor, then noticed very long arms and body hair as it stared and swayed side to side for a couple minutes. It then walked down into thick brush without audible footsteps and he lay back down without alerting others.
Partial sighting in Nebraska (1976)
A girl camper ran to the boys' side overnight saying she saw an ugly black face peering in the bathroom window. The children first thought it was a joke but she appeared terrified. The next day the group found large muddy handprints with an oddly offset thumb on the outside wall under a high small window.
Teen has nighttime sighting near Fontenelle Forest
On the third night of a three-day series, the witness walked home across a field after dark and heard footsteps converging to intercept him, smelled a strong foul odor, and sensed something pass very close unseen. From his illuminated backyard he then saw a tall, dark-haired bipedal figure standing by a clothesline pole about 40-50 feet away, staring at him for about 20 seconds before he ran inside.
Sighting and other observations along the Niobrara River
In fall 1974 the witness was bowhunting and driving along the Niobrara River when he stopped to check a ravine. He saw a tall coal-colored hairy creature about 40 to 50 feet away watching him for about two seconds before it turned and ran south up the ravine on two feet. He stayed parked a few minutes afterward and initially told no one.
Late Afternoon sighting by motorist near Blue Springs
The witness was driving south on Highway 77 near Blue Springs, Nebraska when a large bipedal creature stepped out of a ditch and crossed the road in three strides. An oncoming vehicle also slowed at the spot and its occupants confirmed they had seen it. The witness described a massive, 7-8 foot tall animal covered in blackish-brown hair that continued into the opposite ditch. The creature was in full view for less than five seconds.