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6 September 2004 OCKLAWAHA, Marion County, Florida Class A #9282

Two bipedal animals seen in the aftermath of Frances

Early in the morning the household was awakened by tapping at a bedroom window and noticed a foul odor. Two family members went outside and saw large hairy bipedal creatures that ran toward the woods. The sighting lasted seconds, after which no tracks were found and dogs refused to approach.

Full-body sightingDoor or window contactOdor
August 2004 El Campo, Wharton County, Texas Class A #9312

Woman and her husband have night time encounter near El Campo

The witness was sitting on the porch at night when the dogs reacted to a heavy stepping sound nearby. After getting her husband, the couple watched a grayish hair-covered biped about 5 feet tall leap onto and off a refrigerator on a trailer, knocking the trailer off its blocks. The animal then fled on two legs in a stooped posture toward the road while the husband fired a pistol into the ground.

Full-body sightingFootstepsProperty disturbance
Summer 2004 Ft Stewart, Liberty County, Georgia Class A #28526

Encounter by a squad on maneuvers while training at Fort Stewart

During military wargame training in the woods, a squad heard a low growl and high scream and saw a distant figure they first mistook for opposing forces. After they called out, the figure stood to about seven to eight feet, was judged not human, and threw rocks toward them before running to the treeline. The group reported hearing strange sounds from the woods for the rest of the night.

Full-body sightingGrowlScreamRock throwing
August 2003 Blaine, Lawrence County, Kentucky Class A #34725

Ginseng hunter has an unexpected encounter near Blaine

In August 2003 the witness left relatives fishing to hunt ginseng on a ridge near Yatesville Lake. He claimed hearing wood-like knocks and rocks moving through the trees, then seeing a large upright hair-covered figure watching him from across a hollow. He said he spoke to it, then hurried down the mountain hearing crunching steps and more thrown rocks behind him, and then packed his family out of the area.

Full-body sightingWood knockRock throwingFootsteps
May 2002 Plainwell, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Class A #4414

Nighttime sighting by four witnesses, near Plainwell

Late at night at home, the witness and three companions heard banging on the deck and went outside to investigate. In moonlight they saw a large shape kneeling on the lawn that stood and ran across the lawn, through a puddle, and up a driveway. The group later heard low growling and groaning, and the following afternoon the witness found a large footprint in a nearby sandbox.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteProperty disturbanceGrowlVocalization +1
9 December 2001 Quinlan, Hunt County, Texas Class A #7632

Bigfoots observed demonstrating intimidation behavior near Lake Tawakoni

The witness and a companion followed noises into woods on private property after seeing large movement in the treeline. After a deep growl and handgun shots, they were confronted at the treeline by two large hairy figures that stomped, rocked, and threw branches. They slowly backed out while keeping the gun pointed, then heard a loud whinny-like shout as they left.

Full-body sightingGrowlChatterVocalizationFootsteps +5
31 October 2001 Lynchburg, Virginia #fd919012-cf7c-4cac-8883-e95a9e75154b

Paranormal encounter near Lynchburg, Virginia (2001)

The witness drove to a Blue Ridge Parkway overlook on Halloween night to clear his head and walked down a trail to a bench. After noticing unnatural silence and hearing branch snaps circling him, he returned to his car. While sitting in the car he heard repeated impacts like cones hitting the vehicle and saw tall black hooded figures in the treeline and prone shapes on the grass that appeared closer each time he looked away, with faint flickering lights near their faces. He spoke to them, then drove away, later finding no damage and noticing maps show the turnout on the opposite side of the road from his memory.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundObject throwingVehicle contactMovement only
May 2001 Georgia #5ea669eb-5843-4a22-8bfa-23e7591d0edb

Sasquatch sighting in Georgia (2001)

The witness, a Marine designated marksman, was ordered to kill an aggressive animal near Lake D on a Navy base on the Georgia-Florida border. After hearing a splash and seeing a branch thrown into the water one evening, he returned the next evening and watched a tall, long-haired biped cross a road about 40 yards away. He shot it twice, and it collapsed and died. Superiors and two men in a white car secured the body, told him to stay in place and later to forget the incident, and no written statement was ever taken.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingObject throwingUnidentified soundVocalization +1
July 2000 Utah #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/09/15/sc-ep362-the-eyes-and-face-looked-very-human-like

Sasquatch sighting in Utah (2000)

The second guest was sleeping in a makeshift lean-to with several other scouts during a survival exercise when getting up at night revealed a very tall, wide, dark hairy biped staring at the shelter. The figure approached with heavy steps and pushed on the shelter logs, causing partial collapse, before the group shouted and adults ran over as something crashed away into the woods. Leaders dismissed the claim as a prank and told the group to go back to sleep.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalizationProperty disturbance
February 2000 Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas Class A #7971

Coon hunter and dogs experience close encounter in Sulphur River bottoms between Doddridge and Fouke.

The witness was coonhunting with dogs in flooded timber at night when the dogs treed separately. After catching their own dogs, the witness heard wading steps, a growl and a whistling sound and smelled a strong putrid odor while the dogs whimpered. The witness then saw a very tall hair-covered creature standing behind them that hissed and splashed water toward them before the witness fled. The creature followed briefly then moved away making moaning sounds, and the witness saw a very large four-toed footprint while leaving.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootstepsGrowlWhistle +4
5 January 2000 Opelika/Auburn Area, Lee County, Alabama Class A #7427

Four youths have harrowing experience in Alabama backwoods.

Four young men camped on a companion's land and heard approaching grunts, heavy footsteps and foul odor across a creek at dusk. After a rock was thrown toward the unseen sounds, something shrieked, circled the camp and emitted a loud high-pitched scream, prompting them to leave and later return with a parent. The primary witness heard noises again overnight, and the next morning the group found large footprints, hair and a bedding area before the primary witness briefly saw a tall hair-covered upright creature that looked at him and ran away.

Full-body sightingScreamGrowlFootstepsOdor +4
summer of 2000 Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/05/27/sc-ep438-i-hit-one-with-my-car

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (2000)

The witness was driving away from a private lake late at night when a small hairy biped ran across the road into the front of the car. The impact caused major front-end damage and left fur and blood, and the witness heard a thud as the animal hit the pavement. While slowing, the witness heard a loud roar from the treeline and later heard crashing and growling alongside the road while driving around the lake, feeling chased.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVehicle contactScreamGrowl +1
January 2000 Honobia, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/01/20/sc-ep11-the-siege-at-honobia

Sasquatch sighting near Honobia, Oklahoma (2000)

The property owner's sibling arrived with two small children and got out to open the driveway gate. Three creatures came out of the wood line, growled and threw softball-sized rocks at the car and at her. The children hid inside the car shaking and the sibling could barely speak afterward.

Full-body sightingGrowlRock throwing
March 1999 North Of Redding CA, Siskiyou County, California Class A #1391

Man has late night sighting north of Redding

The witness was driving north and pulled off near Edgewood to eat and nap in the parked car. The witness awoke around 1:30AM to a rock hitting the hood, then turned on the headlights and saw a tall chocolate-colored creature watching nearby. After about 20-30 seconds it walked away into brush in a few long strides, and the witness left and later contacted authorities.

Full-body sightingEyeshineRock throwing
1999 Marietta, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/02/24/sc-ep408-i-watched-his-expressions-change-on-his-face

Sasquatch sighting near Marietta, Oklahoma (1999)

The witness was catfishing with his father, wife, uncle and cousin at a rock levee. Rocks were repeatedly thrown from the levee top only when someone was near the fish stringer. When he turned, the group saw a very tall, very wide female creature holding a tree and throwing rocks while grunting and swaying, then they fled to the truck and left all gear.

Full-body sightingRock throwingGrowl
November 1998 Gabbs, Nevada #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/MoB1lB6mgEp8z_oZgazLZqWBk4Tcpk0FUMWkz1BtkrY

Chatter near Gabbs, Nevada (1998)

The guest took his children and his daughter's boyfriend to cut firewood. They heard child-like giggling, found stacked wood thrown from the truck and food missing, and saw large footprints. While driving out, a log hit the truck hood and two large dark figures ran down the canyon alongside them.

ChatterTracksFull-body sightingObject throwing
28 September 1998 Woodland Park, Douglas County, Colorado Class A #880

Rockhound startled to find he's being observed

The witness was looking for rocks in a forested area in the early morning and returned to the parked car to find the windshield wipers flipped outward. The witness then noticed a dark crouched mass at the tree line first taken for a bear. After getting into the car and slamming the door, the witness saw the figure stand about 7-8 feet tall and run away over a rock mound, then drove away.

SilhouetteFull-body sightingProperty disturbance
1998–1999 West Virginia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/25/sc-ep393-the-christmas-show

Sasquatch sighting in West Virginia (1998)

Three teenagers were fishing and cooling off in a creek when something crashed down the steep hillside, threw a rock between them and screamed and roared. They scrambled to the bank and saw a large hairy human-like creature at close range making a display, tearing up ground and showing its teeth. They fled, leaving all their gear, and never returned.

Full-body sightingScreamGrowlRock throwingObject throwing +1
28 November 1997 Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/06/01/sc-ep110-hunter-shoots-a-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting in Oklahoma (1997)

The guest was deer hunting from a power line easement and was walking back to the truck in late afternoon when a baseball-sized rock hit his chest and a creature screamed and ran toward him. He dropped his rifle, reached the truck, and when the creature came over the truck bed within feet while screaming, he shot it with a pistol above the left eye. The creature screamed and fled through the woods, and as he drove away a soccer-ball-sized rock struck his truck.

Full-body sightingScreamRock throwingVehicle contactFootsteps
16 October 1997 Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi Class A #1345

creature leaned on the hood of a car.

The witness reported driving on a country road when a large creature crossed and stopped in front of the car. After the witness brightened the headlights, the creature approached, struck the car and leaned on the hood while screaming loudly. The witness reversed around it and drove away while still hearing it screaming in the distance.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshineScreamVehicle contact