Claimed encounters in McDowell County, West Virginia
7 entries reported in McDowell 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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Bow hunters observe a bigfoot in daylight near Bradshaw
Two companions were bow hunting in the mountains when they noticed movement below them that they first thought was another hunter. On closer view about 50 yards away they described a very tall, muscular figure covered head to toe in fur. They watched it walk about 100 yards until it left their view.
Rural residents describe loud vocalizations and strange incidents near Iaeger
The witness was sitting on the front porch late at night when he heard a loud scream at a distance, followed later by crashing brush and a series of loud moans, growls and howls from across the road. He judged the vocalizations as extremely powerful and unlike any known animal and inferred the source was very large. He went inside and locked the doors.
Many tracks found and terrible screams heard
A hunter reported seeing a tall, black-haired biped twice at dusk while sitting in non-running vehicles in the woods, and the creature ran each time. The account includes reddish eyes and an estimated height of at least eight feet. The reporter, who did not see the creature, relayed the hunter's description along with related track and scream reports from the same mountain area.
Woman remembers daylight sighting while walking in the Slate Creek area
In August 1969 the witness was walking on a hillside path above her sister, who was walking on a dirt road toward the store. When her sister passed a natural spring, a tall hairy creature stood up from the brush, and the witness screamed for her sister to run. Her sister saw the creature and ran, while the creature quickly stooped back down and moved into brush along the creek.
Sasquatch sighting near Iaeger,, West Virginia
The witness's dogs hid in fear, neighboring dogs barked intensely, and a neighbor's horses refused to leave their barn the next morning.
Door or window contact near Iaeger,, West Virginia
Two weeks before the follow-up, something slapped the side of the witness's house around midnight and woke him.
Sasquatch sighting near Bradshaw, West Virginia
The same witness returned the following weekend with five companions to the same path, where the group found two large human-like footprints, heard something ahead on the path, and all six watched a figure move away over the ridge.