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27 October 1990 Red Lake, Ontario Class A #13267

Morning encounter with a moose hunter in northern Ontario

While hunting moose by ATV the witness stopped on a trail for a snack while a companion rode ahead to scout. After hearing brush movement and heavy footsteps, the witness saw a tall, muscular, dark-haired biped step onto the trail, look toward the companion's direction and then at the witness, sniff and grunt, then walk silently across a meadow into thick brush. After the companion returned they found only indistinct marks and disturbed vegetation, then heard a single loud crack like wood being struck and fled the area.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalizationWood knockTracks +1
1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Footsteps in North Carolina (1990)

A week later the witness returned to the same woods with a relative and dogs. Footsteps followed them and stopped when they stopped, then something circled them whooping and making gibberish sounds while another answered from the right. Trees sounded like they were being ripped up and the dogs fled the area.

FootstepsWhoopVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviour
1990–1994 Huntsville, Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/wKBMUErQckcOOKKPjvphbi36Ep-KPr9r2OBfkPaxO9Y

Footsteps near Huntsville, Alabama (1990)

The witness and four companions camped overnight on a mountain ridge to celebrate finishing a music recording. Late at night they heard clear bipedal footsteps approaching up a steep slope, followed by breaking limbs and circling around their camp outside the firelight for over half an hour. They also heard loud exhaled huffs that frightened them. They abandoned camp and returned the next day for their gear.

FootstepsTree breakVocalizationAnimal behaviour
1990–1994 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/06/sc-ep198-i-know-what-i-saw

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1990)

The witness had moved to a remote rural property to help a relative with horses. After months of unease, inner voices warning away from the stable, horses acting strangely, and a sense of being watched while watching television, the witness awoke at night to shaking, heavy breathing and snoring mimicry outside. Looking from an upstairs window the witness saw a very tall hairy apelike form peering into a lower window that turned, vocalized, and frightened the witness into a corner until daylight, after which the witness left the property within days.

Full-body sightingVocalizationGrowlFootstepsUnidentified sound +1
23 November 1989 Elkwater, Randolph County, West Virginia Class A #12959

Sightings by two hunters in tree stands outside Elkwater

The witness was deer hunting from an old tree stand on a mountain crest in the morning and dozed off. A strong odor and rustling woke the witness to see a small reddish-brown hair-covered biped below eating discarded fruit. A much larger black hair-covered biped then approached vocalizing, the two interacted and appeared to notice the witness before leaving, and a hunting companion nearby also reported seeing a large upright figure moving fast through trees.

Full-body sightingOdorVocalizationChatterHowl +3
October 1989 Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois Class A #10910

Hunter has daylight sighting near Sandoval

The witness was hunting and walking back to a vehicle when they heard noises in brush and across a field. They crouched in brush and saw a large dark brown creature crouching across the field, which then stood erect, grunted, raised its left arm, and walked back into the woods. The witness did not pursue and left directly for the vehicle.

Full-body sightingVocalizationUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
25 June 1988 Keyport, Kitsap County, Washington Class A #1393

Sighting by two hikers

Two companions on a hiking and camping trip followed grunting and rock-crashing sounds along a remote game trail. Through dense woods they saw bulky upright figures, first taken for a standing bear but judged to be something unfamiliar with a large upper body and no visible neck. When they returned to the spot the figures were gone, leaving stacked large rocks, broken branches and a powerful dung-like smell, after which they left the area.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdorAnimal behaviour
August 1987 Montevallo, Bibb County, Alabama Class B #21714

Rescue workers describes possible stalking on the Cahaba River outside Montevallo

The witness and a companion were waiting on a riverbank at night to help pull rescue canoes from the water. After hearing brush-breaking and grunting sounds for some time, the witness was rushed by a large upright figure that came within about 10 feet while making loud vocalizations. Both individuals fled and the figure did not pursue further.

SilhouetteVocalizationGrowlMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
1987 Calhoun, Mcminn County, Tennessee Class A #6421

Teenage boy witnesses a large blond or tan bigfoot at his door and hears whistling vocalizations.

The witness was reading late at home while dogs barked outside in the rain. A large hairy figure passed the back door making whistling and other sounds, and the porch light went out. The witness opened the door to a strong odor and saw the figure standing about 30 feet away before it left toward the woods amid crashing sounds and a distant answering whistle.

Partial sightingWhistleVocalizationMovement onlyOdor +3
August 1986 Hood River County, Oregon Class A #670

One eight-footer and one three-footer seen by witness

The witness was camping with companions on a multi-day hike and looked out of a tent early in the morning to see two hair-covered figures in vegetation about seventy feet away. The larger figure reached toward branches while the smaller handled a stick, then the larger vocalized, took the smaller's hand, and both left behind trees. The companions did not see the figures, and the witness later mentioned the sighting to a ranger while leaving the area.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
24 September 1985 Cedarville, Crawford County, Arkansas Class A #27482

Man recalls incident while camping as a teenager near Cedarville

Two teenagers camped on a mountain logging road were harassed by thrown sticks, loud grunting and tree-banging sounds, and a strong foul odor. When they shone a light into the woods about 25 yards away, they saw a very tall fur-covered figure that ducked behind a tree. They put out their fire and fled down the trail, saying the figure followed them most of the way back.

Partial sightingObject throwingTwistVocalizationWood knock +3
October 1984 Cumberland, King County, Washington Class A #1382

Creature observed by hunters

While hunting with a companion, the witness smelled a strong animal odor and saw a large hairy figure crouching near a swamp. The figure stood to full height and was watched for several minutes, reacting nervously to movement and making vocal sounds. The pair fired into the road to scare it, and the creature then fled into the timber.

Full-body sightingVocalizationOdorAnimal behaviour
September 1984 Genoa, Douglas County, Nevada Class A #5909

Two Hikers Have Close Encounter Near Genoa

Two companions hiking a steep mountain trail stopped near a cabin and creek to rest and gather cones. They reported a tall hair-covered biped appearing very close across the creek, watching them, vocalizing, then moving uphill without slipping. The being paralleled them as they descended and was last seen crouching on a boulder near their vehicle.

Full-body sightingOdorVocalizationAnimal behaviour
summer of 83 Tennessee #0d307f11-eaea-4d24-9499-39a3c38f8be4

Cryptid sighting in Tennessee (1983)

The witness woke in his parents' bed to find the room filled with intense red light. Silhouetted figures with bulbous heads lined both sides of the bed while cluttered voices sounded in his head, giving the impression of being studied. His parents remained asleep, and he recalls no transition to sleep, remembering nothing again for days.

SilhouetteVocalizationAnimal behaviour
1983 Forsyth County, North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/getbB_16nwpZEww6fJEI-cUABLcp24LPCKmiLpKZqDY

Sasquatch sighting near Forsyth County (1983)

The witness and a friend parked in a car on a wide tractor path near creek bottoms at night to drink before a party. A very large hair-covered biped took one long stride into the path about 20-25 feet away and faced the car for a minute or more, breathing heavily and flexing its fists. After a whistle-like sound from the woods, the creature made a dismissive huff, stepped out of sight in one stride, and left silently. The two men drove away and did not return.

Full-body sightingTracksWhistleVocalizationAnimal behaviour
1982–1983 Minnesota #0e4939bb-283b-4433-bb60-7a871a2483da

Sasquatch sighting in Minnesota (1982)

The witness had left a pack with clothes and snacks at his deer stand the day before opening weekend and had noticed snacks missing in prior years. Approaching the stand over a ridge, he heard banging and watched a small ape-like juvenile jumping on the stand, swinging from a branch and climbing the ladder for several minutes. When it noticed him it made a low distress call, followed by an extremely loud roar from a wooded island about 100 yards away that he felt in his chest. He fled immediately and returned about a week later to find the stand torn down and the pack and contents shredded over a wide area.

Full-body sightingVocalizationProperty disturbanceAnimal behaviour
October 1981 Louisiana #f03793c4-e1f8-439c-8dd5-4dc1ce4f1096

Vocalization in Louisiana (1981)

The witness went fishing before sunrise and heard a loud groan-growl from across the road that frightened him. After calming down elsewhere, he drove back, noticed paired trails in dew leading into oak woods, and followed them to a tree where a tall hair-covered biped stepped out. The two stared at each other, the creature appeared amused then agitated, building to a vocal display and urinating. Believing he was about to be killed, the witness fired a handgun into its chest at close range; the creature bled from the wound and mouth, stood, and climbed down a bluff toward water, after which the witness left and later found the road closed.

VocalizationGrowlFull-body sightingTracksAnimal behaviour
October 1981 Louisiana #9aa5cf45-fbfb-4853-83f2-c41e34a2f18d

Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (1981)

The witness, then 18, had gone fishing at dawn near a lake and heard an unusually deep groan-growl from across the road. After driving away to calm down, he returned, parked, armed himself with a large-caliber pistol, and followed disturbed dew trails into oak woods. About six feet from an oak tree a tall hair-covered biped stepped out, exchanged prolonged looks, then appeared to work itself into an agitated vocalizing state while urinating. The witness fired at close range into its chest, saw heavy bleeding from the wound and mouth, and watched it clutch its chest, stand, and disappear over a bluff toward the water.

Full-body sightingGrowlVocalizationTracksAnimal behaviour
17 August 1979 West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois Class A #11273

Youth has sighting along abandoned railroad line on edge of West Frankfort

On a summer evening in the late 1970s, the witness rode a bicycle onto an abandoned railroad-bed trail near woods. Behind dumped washers and dryers the witness saw a hair-covered figure that stood upright, grunted, and shook a sapling. The witness fled east, looked back to see the figure on the trail, then watched it walk back into the treeline.

Partial sightingEyeshineVocalizationAnimal behaviour
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