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September 2024 Smackover AR, Union County, Arkansas Class B #78093

Nighttime sighting of a possible bigfoot by motorists just outside Smackover

Around 2am the witness was driving a coworker home when headlights revealed red eyes behind a tree. The figure peeked out with its head tilted, then turned to show its chest, arm, shoulder and legs before taking one step and vanishing. The witness described it as huge, about 7-8 feet tall with very wide shoulders and grayish hair mixed with black, and said the companion confirmed seeing it.

Partial sightingEyeshine
8 August 2018 Acorn, Polk County, Arkansas Class B #72313

Possible daylight sighting by motorist 2 miles north of Mena

The witness was driving on a back road in the afternoon when she noticed a very tall gray figure near railroad tracks and high vegetation. She first thought it was a hunched person in a hooded sweat suit, but the way its arm moved made her feel it was not human. She drove to the spot where it appeared to be heading but did not see it again.

Partial sighting
6 June 2004 Oxley, Searcy County, Arkansas Class B #8819

Woman on horseback hears footsteps; observes animal running away through woods

The witness was riding horseback along a dirt road on a hillside in the afternoon when the horse shied sideways. She heard two heavy footsteps and vegetation being trampled close to the road. She then glimpsed a large white hairy figure moving quickly through the brush, only partly visible, before the sounds and figure disappeared suddenly.

Partial sightingFootsteps
October 1989 DeQueen, Sevier County, Arkansas Class B #30063

Man recalls nighttime encounter near DeQueen

The witness drove with a companion to a turnaround at the end of a rough logging road through pine woods to talk. After getting out of the car, the witness heard loud bipedal footsteps approaching and then watched a huge human-like figure move through the trees for about ten seconds. The figure stopped about twenty yards away and looked over the treetops before the witness fled in the car. The witness returned with a relative the next day and reported the trees were nine to ten feet tall, with the head just above that level.

Partial sightingFootstepsEyeshine
27 September 1986 Milltown, Sebastian County, Arkansas Class B #11252

Teenagers have nighttime sighting of animal near Milltown

In fall 1986 the witness was driving a pickup with two companions on a rural dirt road at night with the headlights off. He saw a figure emerge and walk across the road ahead toward a pasture for about five seconds before he looked down for the lights. The female companion also saw it and became distressed, while the male companion did not see it, and the group turned back without continuing to the lake.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1970–1979 Tull, Saline County, Arkansas Class B #4095

Surprise observation by two hunters on the opposite bank of the river

Two relatives were hunting near a river and stopped at the edge to drink when they heard brush noises from across the water. A large brown figure emerged from the brush, moved downshore and crossed to their side while running on two legs. They then crossed to the other side and headed back upstream toward their trucks without further strange encounters.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: 07-26-08 Dardenelle, Yell County, Arkansas Class B #24276

Possible sighting of an upright creature crossing the road at dusk by a woman driving to Spring Lake

The witness was driving with two children on a dirt road toward Spring Lake in the evening when she saw a black upright figure at the roadside. The figure was walking on two legs as it left the road and entered the brush. She did not stop to check for tracks and later estimated the figure was about seven feet tall with wide shoulders and long arms.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1975? Benton, Saline County, Arkansas Class B #3143

Two children have encounter west of Benton

The witness and their uncle were playing on hay bales in a field when the witness spotted a large bipedal human-like figure leaning against a tree at the forest edge. The witness watched alone for several minutes, then showed it to the uncle and they watched together for several more minutes before becoming frightened and running to tell a relative. The relative searched with binoculars but the figure was gone.

Full-body sighting