Claimed encounters in Marion County, West Virginia

6 entries reported in Marion County, West Virginia, 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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20 April 1999 Rivesville And Jordan, Marion County, West Virginia Class A #1202

Series of accounts under investigation by the curators regarding reports of a large creature.

Three relatives riding an ATV in a hollow in the evening stopped to watch a tall fur-covered biped about 200 feet away for about two minutes. The creature faced them, then strode across a field with swinging arms and entered the woods. The group estimated its height at 8 to 9 feet and concluded it was not a bear.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Rivesville And Jordan, Marion County, West Virginia Related account #1202

Sasquatch sighting near Rivesville And Jordan, West Virginia

An ATV rider from a nearby town reportedly claimed a single sighting in the hollow that others dismissed.

Partial sighting
Years ago Rivesville And Jordan, Marion County, West Virginia Related account #1202

Sasquatch sighting near Rivesville And Jordan, West Virginia

A teenage neighbor reportedly saw a similar creature in the same hollow years earlier but was not believed.

Partial sighting
Two days later, in the morning Rivesville And Jordan, Marion County, West Virginia Related account #1202

Wood knock near Rivesville And Jordan, West Virginia

Two relatives heard loud knocking on one side of the woods and intense screaming on the other while mushroom hunting, with sounds escalating as an engine started and movement crashing toward them before stopping.

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The next day Rivesville And Jordan, Marion County, West Virginia Related account #1202

Sasquatch sighting near Rivesville And Jordan, West Virginia

Two relatives returned the next day, watched the creature emerge from woods, cross a road and hillside, and disappear into woods despite being shouted at.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1978-79 Marion County, West Virginia Class A #1201

Drain pipes knocked down after strange howls/screams were heard

The witness reports that during winter 1978-79 the household repeatedly heard loud howls and screams late at night around their rural home. Drain pipes around the home were knocked down and many large human-like footprints were found. The tracks were later destroyed by the witness's father, and the witness interprets the sounds and tracks as a Sasquatch passing through.

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