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May 2000 Greenwater, King County, Washington Class B #1815

Hiker encounters intimidating beating sounds and heavy running footsteps

The witness parked to hike a closed-area trail and heard loud, fast drumming sounds from two directions that could be felt as percussion. After smelling a strong unfamiliar musky odor, the witness heard and felt heavy footsteps moving rapidly through brush ahead and then across a second trail as if cutting them off. The witness fled cross-country back to the vehicle without ever seeing the source and heard the drumming again near the vehicle.

Wood knockFootstepsOdorMovement only
7 April 2000 Fenton, Whiteside County, Illinois Class A #29287

Memory told of a daylight sighting as a youth near Fenton

The witness, then a teenager, was playing with a companion on a relative's wooded property when the companion came running back in panic. The witness then saw a tall, bulky, dark-brown-furred figure standing about sixty feet away beyond a gate, poking the ground with a stick. After briefly watching, the witness fled to the house, and a later search of the area found no tracks or other sign.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
March 2000 Albion, Edwards County, Illinois Class B #34919

Motorist has a possible nighttime sighting west of Albion

Late at night the witness was driving home from work when a strong odor was noticed through an open vehicle window. The witness then saw a very large dark figure beside the road between a ditch and a field about 120 feet away in the headlights, moving upright and pausing as the vehicle passed. The witness was frightened and said the figure was not a coyote, wolf, or bear known from the area.

Full-body sightingOdor
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
February 2000 Interlochen, Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/17/sc-ep211-running-right-into-a-creatureliterally

Sasquatch sighting near Interlochen, Florida (2000)

On a cold Friday winter night under a full moon, the witness ran at full speed into an upright hairy figure while trying to ambush children walking the dirt road. He stared at it from about two feet for up to two minutes, noting size and mange-like appearance, before it swung hand-over-hand through trees into swamp water. He was left with an overpowering sweet garbage-like body odor lasting days and moved his family away within weeks.

Full-body sightingOdor
15 January 2000 Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas Class A #4090

Sighting in wheat field near Fouke

The witness reports encountering a tall, hairy, human-like creature walking away from them. The creature stopped and looked in the witness's direction, which frightened the witness. A strong musky odor was smelled on the wind during the encounter.

Full-body sightingOdor
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
Fall 2000 Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan Class B #45976

Trucker recounts possible early morning experience while making a delivery outside Spring Arbor

The witness stopped his grain truck on a dark rural road to prepare the trailer for unloading at a nearby farm. While outside the truck he heard loud pacing, branch-snapping and thrashing from woods on one side of the road and smelled a strong dead-animal odor from a ditch on the other side, accompanied by intense fear and a sense of being watched. He ran back to the cab and drove to the farm to unload. After unloading, he returned to the area and found the noises, odor, and fear were gone.

Movement onlyOdor
2000–2003 Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas Class A #7907

Family has encounters on private, hunting land in Red River - Sulphur River corridor.

The witness was hunting from the ground off a road with a relative nearby. After hearing tree breaks, movement, strange noises and heavy footsteps, the witness saw a large red bipedal animal walk along the road. When the witness spoke on the radio the animal screamed and ran away, and two large footprints were later found in silt.

Partial sightingFootstepsTracksScreamTree break +2
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
summer of 2000 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/08/10/sc-ep134-encounters-while-camping

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (2000)

Years later while researching in Washington, the witness and his wife were slowly cruising forest roads looking for trails. A huge black blur crossed immediately in front of their vehicle too fast to follow, brushing a tree that kept rocking. They saw no animal after stopping and heard no further crashing, concluding it must have been a Sasquatch moving at full speed downhill.

Road crossingPartial sightingMovement only
2000 Cloudy, Oklahoma #2f7eaa58-0d7a-4bf5-9858-57aac63df1d2

Unidentified sound near Cloudy, Oklahoma (2000)

After the fire died the witness lay in the tent and heard loud breathing approach, stop behind the tent blocking moonlight, shuffle the cooler, then sniff at his head. He yelled and hit the tent, after which it urinated on the tent, hollered loudly and left breaking and twisting high pine branches. Next morning he found large compressed impressions and damaged branches.

Unidentified soundFootstepsProperty disturbanceOdorScream +2
November 1999 Whitehall, Washington County, New York Class B #15398

Possible tracks & smell noticed by hunter at Black Mountain outside Whitehall

The witness was deer hunting along a logging road in a mountainous area in 1999 when he noticed wide, footlike tracks in mud and a sudden strong foul odor. The smell dissipated quickly but was unlike anything he had encountered before, including bear odor. The toe details of the tracks were obscured by mud, preventing determination of claws or other features. He reported feeling unsettled and later told family and hunting companions.

TracksOdor
November 1999 Goshen, Washington County, Arkansas Class B #10093

Vocalizations, heavy footsteps & tree shaking

The witness was standing in the yard at night when a hooting howl was heard from the treeline. Dogs ran toward the woods barking as brush and limbs thrashed along the edge and heavy thumping footsteps were heard. The witness followed the sounds along the treeline with a rifle before returning to the house and confirming a relative next door had not left home. The witness interpreted the sounds and movement as a sasquatch disturbed in the woods.

HowlFootstepsMovement only
November 1999 Sugar Camp, Oneida County, Wisconsin Class B #38361

Memory told of a possible encounter by a hunter tracking a deer near Sugar Camp

While deer hunting the witness followed buck tracks down to a dense, mossy creek bottom. There he reported an intense putrid odor, a feeling of being watched and hunted, and profound fear despite hearing nothing and seeing nothing. He left quickly with weapons ready and ended hunting for the day.

Odor
November 1999 Holtville, Imperial County, California Class A #8345

Truck driver has a short but memorable encounter

A semi-truck driver pulled over at a desert highway pullout at night and got out of the truck. He heard rocks falling, noticed a strong decaying odor that became gagging, and saw a large hairy biped cross the road in front of his headlights while making a loud grunt. Frightened, he got back in the truck and drove away.

Partial sightingRoad crossingVocalizationFootstepsOdor
9 October 1999 Atwood, Moultrie County, Illinois Class B #29241

Memory of possible vocalizations and rock throwing southwest of Atwood

The witness, then a child, was walking through woods and field toward ponds to feed fish when a loud high-pitched scream came from the woods and trees shook in a visible path without wind. After waiting, the witness continued to the pond embankment where a boulder-sized rock landed nearby from higher ground. Two sisters were present for the rock incident, and the witness reported repeated rock-throwing at that embankment and occasional feelings of being watched.

ScreamMovement onlyRock throwing
October 1999 Huntington Lake, Fresno County, California Class B #1496

Cousins have late night experience with strange screams near Huntington Lake

The witness and a relative were walking in a meadow below ranch buildings around dusk when they heard a prolonged loud screaming vocalization from nearby trees and heard movement circling the meadow. They retreated to ranch buildings and continued hearing vocalizations around the ranch overnight. The next day they found no tracks on frozen ground but found a large handprint with long fingers on a food storeroom door.

ScreamMovement onlyHandprint
September 1999 Cohasset, Itasca County, Minnesota Class A #69601

Grouse hunter describes encounter with a sasquatch 11 southwest of Grand Rapids, MN

While grouse hunting on a trail before dusk, the witness noticed a foul odor and a tall hair-covered figure crouched behind a wood pile about 40 yards ahead. The figure stood upright on two legs, looked at the witness, then turned and walked away over a hill into a clearcut. The witness followed to a hilltop to watch it walk through young trees before it disappeared into a swamp.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
8 August 1999 Buford, Gwinnett County, Georgia Class B #18001

Possible vocalizations near Plunketts Road outside Buford

Four people in a house heard very loud deep shrieks from beyond the backyard tree line at night. Two of them went onto the patio with a rifle and flashlight; when the light was pointed at the treeline the shrieks stopped and something was heard moving away through the woods while grunting deeply. The next day the witness followed a wide trail of fresh tree damage through the woods for about two hours.

ScreamGrowlMovement onlyTree breakTwist