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1980–1985 Missouri #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/06/sc-ep53-finding-tracks-and-running-into-sasquatch

Property disturbance in Missouri (1980)

As retold from her mother, an uncle fled a remote farmhouse with his family after a creature harassed them, then returned with another uncle to find the interior destroyed. During the same period a small dog that ran into the dark was thrown hard against the house and survived but remained fearful outside afterward.

Property disturbanceObject throwing
1980–1989 Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TSom5b4VZXPaXcHqhX6Okop_It5_GjCVQMhe6zJwH6s

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1980)

Years later while working in law enforcement, the witness drove to a remote trailhead to pick up a fire-watcher ranger during a dry fall with active forest fires. Concerned when the ranger did not appear after dark, he walked up the trail with a flashlight and rifle and found the ranger hiding by a rock. Together they watched a tall, long-armed figure with large reflective eyes at the far edge of a clearing for an extended period before it crouched, raked grass, backed into the woods, and circled away crashing through brush. The ranger later said he had already encountered the same figure on the trail, where it screamed at him, caused him to drop his kit, and threw his bag, which was never recovered.

Full-body sightingEyeshineVocalizationObject throwingMovement only
1980–1989 South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/02/01/sc-ep402-giant-chimpanzee-on-all-fours-chasing-the-deer

Door or window contact in South Carolina (1980)

The guest's mother had her front door destroyed by something trying to get inside in the early morning hours. She fired a rifle at it inside the house, suffering hearing loss, and later replaced the door with a metal door with two deadbolts.

Door or window contactProperty disturbance
1980–1984 Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/07/31/sc-ep347-east-texas-encounter

Property disturbance in Texas (1980)

While squirrel hunting the witness ate part of a pack of crackers and left the rest on a stump. When he returned the next morning the crackers were gone and small white onion-like wildflowers had been left on the stump. He says this was when he began connecting his experiences.

Property disturbance
1980–1984 Virginia #05462760-445b-42b9-8818-e62fd11edf6a

UFO sighting in Virginia (1980)

A farm resident reported waking to three softball-sized colored orbs hovering in line at the foot of her bed, moving in formation down a hallway and into a dining room before disappearing. Next morning she found three circular discolored spots on a window screen. A team radiochemist analysis reportedly found high irradiation and neutron flux effects, and she later reported flu-like illness and porous hip bone described as radiation-like.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
1980–1989 Crater Lake, Klamath County, Oregon Class A #8025

Camper has night sighting near Crater Lake

The witness was camping with relatives south of Crater Lake and sleeping alone in a tent at night. While lying in a sleeping bag, the witness heard footsteps approach from the wooded side and saw a human-like outline shadowed in a distant campfire glow. The figure bumped the corner of the tent, shaking it, paused as if staring, then moved toward the front where it could no longer be heard on pavement.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootstepsProperty disturbance
September 1979 Detroit, Red River County, Texas Class A #8083

Boy encounters bigfoot while fishing on a pond just north of Detroit

The witness was fishing alone at a pond in the evening when the birds went silent and he felt watched. He saw a large dark hairy biped step from cedars to a fence about 60 yards away and watch him from beside a tree. He fled leaving his gear, and returned the next morning to find the tackle disturbed and the stringer of fish gone except for one fish head.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
September 1979 Weed, Siskiyou County, California Class B #5220

Son and step Father have a strange encounter on the north/east side of Mt.Shasta

The witness and a relative were camping in a remote wooded area when the witness was awakened around 3 a.m. by noises around the truck, including an ice chest being knocked over and a violent impact that rocked the vehicle, followed by a loud piercing scream-like sound. The relative also woke, and in the morning they found the camp in disarray with a dozen eggs missing, the empty carton later found away from camp, and a dent in the truck. No creature was seen and no tracks were found, and the pair stayed up until morning before leaving.

ScreamVehicle contactProperty disturbance
June 1979 Place not stated Related account #28740

Chatter (1979)

While camping with companions the group heard unintelligible chatter from across a lake, later had small rocks lobbed near them, and the witness saw the head and upper body of a dark hair-covered creature at close range.

ChatterRock throwingPartial sightingProperty disturbance
May 1979 Haydenville, Hocking County, Ohio Class A #8394

Family has encounters with a large, hair covered creature just on the edge of Wayne National Forest

Late one spring night in 1979, the witness and a sibling were in bed in a downstairs bedroom when they saw a tall hairy figure looking in the window and then at the back door apparently trying to get inside. Their mother also saw the figure at the back door and called out for help before contacting the sheriff. Deputies searched the surrounding woods but reportedly found only a burned area of ground from apparent vomit and a small knocked-down tree.

Partial sightingEyeshineDoor or window contactTree break
Summer 1979 Montague, Muskegon County, Michigan Class B #31302

Avid hiker recalls years of experience living in an area with what local people called the "Shadow People" near Montague

The witness describes repeated activity over years living near woods in White River Township. The witness reports seeing part of a tall hair-covered figure peeking from brush, finding deer carcasses cached high in trees, stacked bone piles and dugout shelters, hearing breathing and strange calls, smelling musk, feeling watched, and being chased at night by a bipedal creature that halted near the road.

Partial sightingVocalizationUnidentified soundFootstepsOdor +4
November 1978 Maryland #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/05/sc-ep395-i-saw-a-dogman

Dogman sighting in Maryland (1978)

The witness and his girlfriend were parked in a lot at night when deer ran past and something thumped the car. The witness got out with a flashlight thinking friends were pranking him and came face to face with a huge wolf-headed creature that growled. He scrambled back into the car and fled, later finding a dent, and both occupants remained frightened for months.

Partial sightingGrowlEyeshineVehicle contact
September 1978 Emily, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Class B #33137

Husband and wife have bedtime visitors at their window near Emily

One evening in September 1978 around 10:30 p.m., the witness and his wife were going to bed when something was noticed outside their bedroom window. After turning on the light, they reported seeing three bipedal creatures with widely spaced orange-rimmed eyes peering through the screen, one stooping to look in. The visitors then made a loud vocal sound and left walking bent forward.

EyeshinePartial sightingScreamVocalizationDoor or window contact +1
September 1978 Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California Class B #7676

Hunters have strange night experiences near Groundhog Meadow

A witness and his son were camping by a horse corral after building deer blinds. Early in the evening they heard two loud low-pitched screams from different directions, then later watched a pair of red eyes about six to seven feet off the ground for about an hour. Later that night something struck the side of their truck-mounted camper hard enough to shake the truck, but they found nothing outside.

ScreamEyeshineVehicle contact
15 August 1978 Don't Know, British Columbia Class A #24806

Motorists recount incident on the side of a highway near the BC-Alberta border

The witness and companions had pulled to the side of a road to sleep in their car late at night. After hearing a slap or thump on the roof, the witness looked out and saw a tall, hair-covered biped running across the road toward the woods, lit by passing headlights. The group then left to sleep at a truck stop instead.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVehicle contact
July 1978 Cave Junction, Josephine County, Oregon Class B #6724

Two young campers have frightful, dawn encounter near Cave Junction

Two sisters sleeping in a tent trailer awoke early in the morning to scratching on the bottom, top and sides of their bunk. When they unzipped a window they smelled a strong foul odor and saw dark brown fur pressed against the mesh. They woke their parents, but whatever was there was gone by the time the parents went outside.

Partial sightingOdorProperty disturbance
7 June 1978 Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia Class A #32435

Memories told of activity over several years at a family home near Oglethorpe

A family living in a rural wood-frame home reported repeated nighttime visits over several years by two large hair-covered bipeds, one larger and one smaller. The creatures were said to peer in windows, mimic an infant's sounds, produce a strong septic odor, throw heavy tanks, damage a vehicle, and leave hair on the house. Livestock on surrounding farms were found dead with intestines removed. After the father fired through a wall at one creature, only the smaller one was reportedly seen, and activity lessened after relatives guarded the house and a protective ritual was performed.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingVocalizationGrowlObject throwing +6
April 1978 Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois Class B #23760

Memory told of possible vocalizations and rocks thrown at Lake Kinkaid

In 1978 two people were fishing from a boat on a lake at dusk and stopped in a cove. They heard grunting and saw trees shaking violently on a brushy cliff, but saw no animal. Two large rocks were thrown from shore toward the boat, landing very close, prompting them to leave.

VocalizationRock throwingMovement only
1978–1979 Huntsville, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/06/08/sc-ep111-what-was-that

Sasquatch sighting near Huntsville, Texas (1978)

The witness was at a cabin in East Texas in the evening and went to her truck to get a wallet. As she grabbed the door handle the whole truck shook violently and she saw a huge dark mass hunched in the bed, taller than the cab. The mass flew silently across the road and railroad tracks while both she and her fiancé watched, and no tracks were found the next day.

Partial sightingVehicle contactMovement only
1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Unidentified sound near Benzie County (1978)

Everyone was asleep when screaming and commotion from the pig pen woke the household. The father went out with a flashlight while the family stayed inside. He found one pig scratched as if something had reached over the pen, and the pigs were soon butchered to avoid another attempt.

Unidentified soundProperty disturbance