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June 1982 Council, Adams County, Idaho Class A #2063

nighttime road crossing sighting

Late at night in 1982, a driver and a passenger were traveling on a wooded highway when the driver braked suddenly. The driver said a tall, dark, hairy biped was striding across the road in the headlights about 75 feet away and continued on. The passenger had been asleep and did not see it, being awakened by the braking and shout.

Road crossing
15 May 1982 Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, Missouri Class A #4421

Soldier in basic training has daylight sighting at Fort Leonard Wood

The witness was riding in the back of a military truck with their platoon traveling on dirt roads to an overnight guard assignment. At a T-intersection, the witness saw a tall brown-haired figure on the road about 30-40 feet away that looked toward the vehicle and then ambled across into the woods. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds and no one else in the truck was awake to see it. The witness was dropped at a remote bridge site about 10 minutes later and spent the night there.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
May 1982 San Diego County, California Class A #2816

Late Night Encounter Near Meadow Above the Infantry Training School

The witness was overseeing a large group of youths at a nighttime bivouac and had just settled them to sleep when he noticed a tall dark silhouette standing beyond the tents. The figure stayed in place, moving its upper body slightly as if surveying the area, while the witness slowly backed toward staff to retrieve a flashlight. When he returned with light the figure was gone, and a check at daybreak found flat open ground with no object that could have explained the shape.

Silhouette
April 1982 Bagwell, Red River County, Texas Class A #4143

While searching for their uncle, two boys see a tall creature look at them, grunt and run off towards the woods

The witness and a companion entered a cleared pasture near dark to look for a relative and approached a figure they first mistook for the relative. From about fifty feet they realized it was a hairy biped about six and a half feet tall. The creature turned to look at them, grunted, then ran toward the woods and stepped over a fence as they screamed.

Full-body sightingVocalization
April 1982 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California Class A #25444

High school teacher recalls a nighttime sighting while camping in the Los Padres National Forest

Four people camped by a river heard a loud crashing sound while eating dinner. They saw a large hairy biped running down a nearby trail illuminated by their campfire. After they yelled it glanced toward them, continued over a ridge and out of sight within seconds. They kept watch in shifts overnight and found no tracks the next morning.

Full-body sightingFootstepsMovement only
March 1982 Deersville, Harrison County, Ohio Class A #35079

Dairy worker describes 5am sighting between Tappan and Clendening Lake

Early one morning in March 1982 the witness was feeding young cattle in an outdoor pen on a dairy farm. After hearing a grunt, the witness saw a tall dark bipedal figure stand up near a hay feeder and then walk away toward the woods and over a fence. The witness heard crunching footsteps and fence noise for several seconds, then later found no tracks after the frost melted.

Full-body sightingVocalizationFootsteps
6 February 1982 Texarkana, Morris County, Texas Class A #58136

Six witnesses in three cars see a sasquatch in Big Piney Woods

Three cars traveling together at night on a rural road through forest slowed when a creature was seen crouched on the left side. It stood and crossed the road between the lead and middle cars, then stopped in a drainage ditch on the right where it was watched in headlights for about a minute. The cars continued without stopping until reaching a gas station much later.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
15 January 1982 Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Class A #4081

Early morning sighting of young sasquatch in snow

On a snowy night in winter 1982, the witness was walking home from work along a roadway when they noticed a dark, hair-covered figure in a nearby ravine. The figure, estimated at about five feet tall, appeared to be playing in the snow, scooping and throwing it over its head and rolling around. The witness watched from about 30-35 yards away while continuing to walk until out of sight, then ran away in fear.

Full-body sighting
January 1982 Milton & Allentown, Santa Rosa County, Florida Class A #989

Deer hunter spots a large animal run across open area

The witness was deer hunting in the morning near Milton, Florida, overlooking a cleared powerline area. From about 100 yards away, the witness saw a large reddish-brown animal running bipedally across the clearing at high speed. The witness then left the area and did not return.

Full-body sighting
1982–1983 Clewiston, Hendry County, Florida Class A #11762

Daylight sighting by motorist couple in the Montura Estates area

The witness and her husband were driving slowly through a sparsely populated development after shopping. They noticed a tall, dark, hair-covered figure walking along and then across the road ahead of them. When they closed to about 100-150 feet and stopped, they observed its long hair, large size, and human-like walk before it stepped into dense vegetation and disappeared. They searched nearby roads but did not see it again.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1982 Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia Class A #2279

Multiple witness sighting near Beards Creek Church, outside Glennville

The witness and two friends drove down a dirt road late at night toward an old graveyard. Near a new church light they saw a tall bipedal figure that ran toward the new graveyard. They followed it by car until it stood up from behind a large headstone, stared at them briefly, then ran into the woods.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1982 Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas Class A #10273

Teen has visual encounter through window.

The witness was alone at home at night when he noticed a large figure standing outside a window and appearing to peer in through sheer curtains. The figure stayed motionless and silent while the witness watched its bulk, stooped posture, one clenched hand, and eyes. After several minutes the witness went to get a rifle and upon returning the figure was gone. A search the next day found no evidence.

Partial sighting
Summer 1982 Lincoln, Lewis And Clark County, Montana Class A #1519

Boys observe hairy man-like creature several times

Two days after a distant sighting, the witness and companions were walking back toward the cabin across a field on a sunny day. About 50 yards away they saw a creature sitting on an old tree stump just inside the woods watching them. The witness said it turned by moving its whole upper torso as if it had no neck, then looked back before the group fled.

Full-body sighting
Fall 1982 Blackfeet Reservation, Glacier County, Montana Class A #1517

Horse-riding witnesses see hairy bipedal animal cross trail on Blackfeet Reservation

The witness and cousins were riding horses home through a brushy trail in the evening when their horses became agitated. A very tall, very hairy bipedal figure ran beside them, crossed the trail about 40 feet ahead, paused at the brush edge to stare, then disappeared into trees. The group returned the next day and found high broken branches and footprints.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1982 Mt Hood, Hood River County, Oregon Class A #63738

Daylight sighting by horseback rider below Bald Butte, Mt. Hood zone

The witness and a young relative rode a horse up a hillside and stopped for cocoa before dusk. The horse reacted fearfully, and the witness saw a large hairy biped about 50 yards away that took a step toward them then turned and walked away. The pair fled with the horse and the witness reported the sighting to a parent after returning.

Full-body sighting
7 November 1981 Cove, Apache County, Arizona Class A #8685

Morning sighting in the Lukachukai Mountains of northeast Arizona

The witness was deer hunting on a mountain ridge in the morning when separated from companions. He heard brush crashing and saw a very large black hairy biped moving downhill through tall oak brush toward a trail and into the forest, smelling a strong musky odor. He watched it through his rifle scope but did not shoot, then left by a road while hearing movement alongside and firing once to scare it.

Partial sightingOdorMovement only
November 1981 Bon Wier/Newton, Newton County, Texas Class A #13833

Early evening sighting by motorist two miles outside Bon Wier

The witness and their spouse were driving on Highway 190 in southeast Texas at dusk in fall 1981 or 1982. A tall, lean, hairy figure stepped into the road ahead of them, paused near the center to look toward the vehicle, then continued off the road into vegetation. The pair watched for about ten seconds and drove past without stopping.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
26 October 1981 East Of Bedford In., Lawrence County, Indiana Class A #3233

Couple view figure standing on gravel road looking at them

The witness and a companion had pulled off a gravel road east of Bedford in the afternoon when the companion said someone was watching. The witness then saw a tall hair-covered biped standing in the road about 50 to 60 yards ahead. After the witness stepped out with a rifle and started approaching, the creature turned and ran through briars into a cornfield, and the pair left.

Full-body sightingOdor
October 1981 Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas Class A #6178

Motorist crossing a bridge sees sasquatch digging in the dirt below

In early to mid-October 1981, the witness was driving to work on old Highway 68 toward Fayetteville. Near the bridge at Fairmount Road, the witness saw a reddish-brown figure digging at the ground beside the bridge. The figure looked up as the car passed, then jumped up and ran across the road in long, fast strides.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingAnimal behaviour
4 September 1981 Wall, Monmouth County, New Jersey Class A #66051

Youths have evening encounter near Allaire State Park

The witness and a companion were in an open school field at dusk when the witness noticed a large shadowy figure across the field. The figure then ran silently and very fast directly toward them, appearing as a huge reddish-brown shaggy man/ape-like creature. The witness shouted to run and both fled through a neighboring yard to the witness's home. A return search the next day found nothing.

Full-body sighting