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Morning sighting by carpenter crew near Ochopee
A work crew waiting on the roof of a house in early daylight watched a tall hairy figure come out of the basement and walk upright toward nearby trees. The figure then squatted about 40 yards away facing the crew without sound before standing, looking west, and vanishing within a few steps. The crew later noted a foul odor and a makeshift sleeping spot of clothes, rags, weeds and fur under the basement stairs.
Two fisherman hear commotion of a roaring animal on brushy bank of Clendening Lake
The witness was fishing from a boat near shore while a companion napped on board. The witness heard footsteps in water, loud roars, splashing, and an animal squealing but saw nothing because shoreline vegetation was very dense. Frightened, the witness moved away quietly and woke the companion, who heard part of the sounds as they left. At the marina a worker said a news crew had previously covered a Bigfoot report at the lake, which led the witness to consider that explanation.
Couple Has Frightening Encounter Near Lake Shasta
A couple drove to a remote meadow near Squaw Creek and camped overnight. After the campfire burned low at night they heard loud breaking branches, rushing movement circling and approaching the camp, and a loud howl-like vocalization, while their dog growled and a strong foul odor was present. They kept the fire large, shone flashlights into the woods without seeing eyeshine, and left at daylight, later associating the incident with Bigfoot after a friend's comment.
Motorist describes nighttime sighting/encounter in headlights on US-2, west of St. Ignace
Late at night the witness was driving east through a national forest when he noticed red eyeshine in the road ahead. He braked to a stop and found a very tall, slender, fur-covered figure standing in front of the vehicle, staring at him for about a minute and a half. The figure then walked off the road, crossed to the nearby tree line while looking back several times, and disappeared into the forest.
Two witnesses observe a Sasquatch at dusk in the White River National Wildlife Refuge
The witness and a companion were driving north on the levee gravel road at dusk after a fishing trip. An upright hair-covered figure emerged from tall grass, crossed the road in front of the vehicle headlights, and went down into tall grass on the other side and out of sight. As the vehicle passed through the path it had taken, the witness smelled a very strong musty and putrid odor.
Morning sighting near Pelican Lake
A group of six people observed a large, brown, long-haired, foul-smelling animal for about 15 seconds in the morning. The animal walked quickly away without running and disappeared into a swampy wooded area when they tried to follow. The witness found footprints, made a cast of one and gave it to the state natural resources agency without receiving a response, and noted another print in stream clay. No vocalizations were heard and the encounter was described as not life-threatening.
While walking home alone at night, man encounters a large, hairy, human-like creature.
Late at night the witness walked down a snowy farm lane and saw a large dark hairy figure standing by a pond about 80 to 100 yards away, feeling that it was watching them. The witness ran down the lane while loud crashing noises from the woods kept pace, then continued to a relative's house and collapsed inside without reporting what happened at the time.
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.
Possible brush nest, tracks, smell, noticed by DeMolay teens visiting rural home Dunellon
Three teenagers walked down a dirt road at night to take time-exposure photos of stars away from house lights. They noticed a strong foul odor and an unusual silence, became frightened, and ran back to the house. The next morning they returned and found an area of flattened brush and a very large footprint in damp soil nearby, which they photographed in black-and-white before having to leave.
Unknown animal with loud scream visits lake front home, frightens dog; something heavy is heard walking in the water
The witness and their mother were inside their lakefront home near dusk when outdoor sounds went silent and their tethered dog howled and rushed inside to hide. Both then heard a loud non-human scream described as between a woman and a cougar, followed by loud splashing as something large moved through the water along the lake. After about five minutes normal swamp sounds resumed, suggesting whatever made the sounds continued down the lake.
Sasquatch sighting near Goshen, Virginia (1979)
The witness, then a young child, was walking with a small group in a scout camp to look for deer tracks. He felt another presence on a parallel path, heard cracking noises and smelled skunk. He then saw a tall dark manlike silhouette 30-40 feet away watching the group before they moved on.
Odor (1979)
While squirrel hunting on a foggy damp morning, witness heard sniffing, deep primate-like grunts and movement through a thicket ending in a loud two-legged splash and heavy breathing without seeing the source.
Movement only in Washington (1979)
After a football game in 1979 the witness was with a group of high school children parked by an old dump. They heard something forcing its way through heavy brush toward the cars. Everyone panicked and drove away without seeing what made the noise.
Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (1979)
The guest and his friend went behind a pond to flank others during a nighttime bottle-rocket war. They heard loud raspy heavy breathing and saw a tall hairy figure approach on two legs. The guest shone a flashlight on its torso and yellow eyeshine before it raised a large hand to block the light, and both boys fled screaming.
Sasquatch evidence near Mount McLoughlin
The witness and a companion were hiking in fresh snow with no prior tracks ahead. They found very large human-like tracks with a long stride and followed them about two miles. Near a turn the tracks stopped, snow clumps rolled down an embankment and brush moved as if something had just jumped uphill, and the pair left quickly.
Man recounts his possible encounter during bowhunting season while attending college
While bowhunting from a tree stand, the witness heard loud high-pitched shrieking and saw brush shaking as an unseen animal moved through thick briars. A hunting companion positioned below reportedly saw the animal on two legs and described it as apelike. Both left the area out of fear and did not return.
Nine year old playing hide and seek comes face to face with a small ape-like creature
The witness, then nine years old, went outside at dusk during a hide-and-seek game to look for siblings in a pine grove behind the house. The witness followed glimpsed movement around the trees, then saw a small dark-faced figure with large eyes watching through a pine and moving to keep eye contact. A high-pitched noise sounded from the trees, the figure ran away, and the witness ran back to the house.
Woman wakes to find sasquatch staring at her son while in her car
The witness stopped to nap in her parked car with her infant son at a rustic picnic area at night. She awoke to a horrible smell and saw a dark-haired bipedal creature 3-4 feet away, leaning over the hood and staring through the windshield. After a few minutes of it staring, she started the car, reversed, and drove away east.
While observing a footprint, youth looks off the path to see shiny haired creature looking at him
In August 1978 a 10-year-old camping with family walked alone at dusk to fetch ice. On a muddy road the witness smelled a strong odor and found a single large bare five-toed footprint, then noticed a dark hairy biped 50 to 80 yards away across a stream that walked gracefully into the treeline in a few seconds. The witness ran back to camp, and relatives later saw the same footprint.
Daytime sighting on Route 17 near Church View
In 1978 while driving on Route 17 in Virginia, the witness slowed for a dead animal in the road and noticed a strong swampy odor. He glimpsed a dark figure crouching at the woods edge, then watched in the rearview mirror as it entered the roadway in a few long strides, paused in a hunched posture over the carcass, and retreated quickly when another car approached. He was shaken and later wondered if the figure could have been a sasquatch, but states he cannot identify what he saw.