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Man recalls a close daylight encounter when a bigfoot ran out in front of their truck near Chapel Hill
The witness was riding in a work truck with two relatives returning to a construction site when a tall, slender, dark-furred biped ran into the dirt road about 50 feet ahead and stopped. The creature appeared startled and was holding material that looked like clothing, then bounded across the road, jumped a 4.5-foot fence, and disappeared up a hill. The occupants screamed and the driver braked hard.
Possible sighting by fisherman at Blue Lake
The witness and a companion were fishing from a boat near shore at sundown when a crashing noise drew their attention to the bank. A dark hair-covered human-shaped figure appeared at the water's edge, stared at them briefly, then turned and ran into the trees on two legs. The encounter lasted only seconds, with no vocalizations or odor noted.
Sasquatch sighting near Green Valley, California (1980)
Two teenagers were camping for a week in mountainous pine forest to train for military service. On the second evening at dusk while walking armed along a dirt road, they encountered a very tall dark-haired bipedal figure standing on the road watching them. After a brief staredown the figure turned and walked unhurried into the forest with heavy breaking-branch footsteps, and the next day large footprints were found leading away across a creek.
Daylight sighting by motorists near the town of Big Lake
The witness was coasting in a car with four children on a mountain dirt road in the afternoon when they rounded a bend. An almost-black figure partway across the road heading uphill paused to look at the car, then ran bipedally downhill into thick brush and disappeared. Three of the five occupants saw the brief sighting.
Youth has daylight sighting in swampy area near Canton Lake
The witness went to the bottom of a hill near a relative's home at Canton Lake to smoke. After hearing a crushing and rustling noise, the witness saw a tall black bipedal being about twenty yards away that looked at the witness and raised its arms. The witness then ran back up the hill to the relative's home.
A Young Man, While Camping with 20 Others, Comes Face-to-face with Creature
At a youth camp at night, the witness was inside a dorm getting ready for bed when campers in another dorm shouted about someone outside. Minutes later the witness watched a figure near a dumpster walk toward the dorm and peer in through a window from about 12 feet away for 20 to 30 seconds before disappearing. The next morning a discarded box was found on the ground with large footprints nearby.
Department of Natural Resources tree-planting crew views two animals walking upright near Home Valley
In spring 1980 the witness was working with a tree-planting crew on state land along the Columbia River when the crew noticed two upright figures walking side by side in a valley below. The crew first thought they were bears but rejected that because the figures walked upright in stride. The pair continued walking together for a long distance while the crew watched.
Large Bipedal Animal Seen Crossing Rural Road and Climbing Cutbank
In early-morning darkness and light rain the witness was driving a paper route near Arago when a large reddish-brown long-haired animal crossed the road and scaled a steep grassy roadcut within about 15 feet of the truck. The animal moved very fast with rear legs set wide apart and spine not flexing like a bear, using its front limbs hand-over-hand, showing broad shoulders, a flat-profile face and a part in the wet hair along its spine. It reached the top in seconds and went out of sight.
Motorists pulled over on a rural highway at night describe standoff in headlights east of Clayton
In winter 1980 the witness and six relatives stopped in a car at night east of Clayton and watched a tall dark hairy figure standing motionless in the headlights about 30 yards away for two to three minutes. The figure stared at them while frozen mid-stride, then darted into nearby woods in under a second after the driver flashed the lights. The witness reports lasting fear of being alone in woods since the incident.
Motorists spots a bigfoot
The witness was driving to work early in the morning when she noticed a large animal in the middle of the highway. As she got closer it stood upright and left the roadway in only two steps into the woods. She was frightened and concluded the animal was a bigfoot, but did not tell anyone for several years.
Homeowner recalls night time sighting in NW Decatur
Late at night the witness stood at an upstairs window watching barking dogs when a very large fur-covered figure crossed the backyard clearing. The figure paused, turned and looked up at the witness for nearly a minute before continuing downhill, ducking under tree branches and disappearing from view as the dogs fell silent. At daylight the dogs were unharmed and no physical traces were found on the frozen ground.
Memory told of encounters on a farm near Ottawa
The witness was walking back to the house on a relative's farm at night after feeding dogs when a tall, hairy, foul-smelling being stood in the path near the driveway. The witness froze as the being bent down and stared directly. A relative opened the door and reacted, after which the being looked up and walked away.
Bigfoot rips door off of home. Witness has to flee from home
Late one night the witness was sitting on the porch at home alone with a dog when something was heard breaking through brush. The witness went inside for a rifle, heard the thing move to the back of the house and try the door, then fled through an orange grove, fell into a swamp and lost the rifle. After looking back and seeing a creature, the witness reached the road and got help, and friends later found the back door torn off.
Motorist has morning sighting on road outside Sweet Gum Head
The witness was driving home from a night shift in the morning when she saw a very tall dark figure ahead on the road. The figure crossed the road and walked straight into thick woods as she approached. As she got closer she realized it was completely covered in medium brown hair and about seven feet tall, which frightened her and she drove on. She avoided the route for a time but later resumed using it without further sightings.
Witnesses saw Creature next to a Broken Tree
A group of youths watching cattle from a hill saw the herd become anxious and flee a corner of the field. They went to the fencerow to investigate and found reddish hair on barbed wire and a small pine twisted and knocked over high up. After hearing movement, two of them saw a face with gray-white eyes and reddish hair about seven feet up near the broken tree and watched it for about two minutes before fleeing.
Man recounts boyhood sighting at home near Jigger
On a clear sunny afternoon the witness as a child was playing in the woods behind the house with a relative and a companion when they heard something large breaking limbs and fled to the yard. From the yard about 300 yards away they saw a tall black man-shaped figure standing between trees at the woodline watching them until they went inside. The figure was described as about seven feet tall, muscular with long arms and a pointed head.
While looking into the woods witness saw creature watching them
As children playing in a wooded area, the witness and a cousin were standing by a pond when the witness noticed a black hairy creature standing in the woods watching them. After showing it to the cousin, both children ran away. The witness told parents afterward and never saw the creature again.
Newspaper account of an encounter with an unknown creature near Salt Creek
A motorcyclist turning onto Fairfield Street claimed a Bigfoot-like creature ran in front of him and caused him to fall. The creature then continued south toward Salt Creek while emitting a terrible smell. The frightened rider got up and left. A nearby resident recalling the story years later said it was in the local newspaper the next day.
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.
Witnesss saw a large, light reddish brown, hairy man standing in the road shielding it's eyes from the headlights of her car
The witness was driving home at night in summer 1980 with family asleep in the car when a light-colored, hairy, male figure emerged from roadside trees and stopped in the headlights. She stopped the car and observed it face-to-face, noting its size, musculature, long head hair, facial hair, and strong odor before it walked off the road. Her companions slept through the event.