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23 August 2026 Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky Class B #82512

Country boys have frightening nightime encounter 50 miles south of Louisville

The witness and two companions stopped on a rural back road at night and heard a distant knock, then sounds of wood breaking after the witness whistled. After driving on to turn around and stopping again, the witness shone a light into the woods and saw a tall dark hairy figure with eyeshine watching them. The encounter lasted only a few seconds before the group drove away in fear.

Wood knockTree breakPartial sightingEyeshine
18 October 2018 Sandy Hook KY, Elliott County, Kentucky Class B #61097

Passenger has a possible evening sighting in Sandy Hook

The witness was riding as a passenger at night when she saw a large bipedal figure at the roadside. The figure crossed the road quickly in front of the car and turned its head toward the vehicle before leaving down a steep slope. The companion driver saw only movement and a shadow, and a later check of the area found nothing.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
October 2015 Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky Class B #56202

Hunters have a possible encounter early in the morning on their farm near Auburn

The witness was waiting alone in a deer stand before dawn on opening day. She noticed two steady red eye-like lights about 30 feet away that blinked after she blinked. She then heard loud movement through leaves toward an old road, followed by a whoop that rose from low to very loud, before the source moved away along a ridge.

EyeshineWhoopFootsteps
18 June 2014 Bowling Green, Logan County, Kentucky Class B #46334

Guy exploring creeks finds tracks then growled at by large dark figure 10mi northeast of Russellville

The witness returned on a Sunday afternoon to a wooded creek confluence where large tracks had been found days earlier. While approaching, something large moved alongside through the woods breaking branches, and the witness found large footprints including a tiny print in one heel. The witness then heard a large splash in the creek followed by paired guttural growls that stopped after the witness whooped, and later described seeing a large hairy figure peeking from behind a tree across the creek.

TracksPartial sightingGrowlMovement only
16 April 2014 Dunmor, Logan County, Kentucky Class B #44861

Passenger on US Hwy. 431 spots a tall, dark figure walking uphill south of Dunmor

The witness was riding as a passenger while a companion drove on a sunny April afternoon. As they traveled past woods along a creek, he noticed a large upright figure moving uphill beside the road. The observation was brief in clear daylight as the vehicle continued past.

Partial sighting
3 March 2012 Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky Class B #41776

Humanoid figure spotted at night near Octagon Hall during paranormal investigation

During a nighttime paranormal investigation, two people walked to a tree clump in open fields after hearing about a sighting the night before. After making whoop and howl sounds and hearing possible distant replies, they watched a tall dark human-like silhouette peer from behind a tree 30-40 yards away and sway side to side for several minutes. When they tried to approach, the figure disappeared, and checking the tree revealed nothing to explain what they had seen.

Partial sightingSilhouetteUnidentified sound
January 2012 Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky Class B #31824

Suspicious figures seen at dawn west of Louisa

The witness was driving a morning bus route past a horse pasture when he noticed two upright, hair-covered figures where he did not expect trees. One figure was standing and the other was kneeling or squatting, both with their backs to the road. He noted brownish hair, pointed heads with no visible neck, and large muscular builds. On a later pass the same morning the field was empty.

Full-body sighting
January 2010 Sanders (Carrollton), Carroll County, Kentucky Class B #27184

Mother and son have a possible early morning sighting near Eagle Creek

The witness was driving behind a pickup while taking a child to school before daylight when a tall, dark, bipedal figure ran across the road closely in front of the lead truck. The witness saw its full silhouette in the lead truck's headlights as it continued into roadside woods. The child also reacted to seeing something, and the lead driver was believed to have braked for it.

SilhouetteRoad crossing
21 October 2008 Slade, Powell County, Kentucky Class B #24948

Campers experience possible harassment all night in the Red River Gorge

Three people camping overnight near a creek reported prolonged howling in the evening and a close loud scream during the night. Through the night they heard movement around the tents, sticks hitting trees, branches breaking, and had objects disturbed including a tent stake pulled out. They also reported white eyeshine, a pungent odor, a dark figure seen in the treeline after daylight, and footprints and torn branches found in the morning.

HowlScreamWood knockEyeshinePartial sighting +5
June 2005 Mays Lick, Fleming County, Kentucky Class B #25702

Piercing scream heard by twelve people near Mays Lick

The witness's husband and another adult were sitting with boys camping in the woods on a moonlit night when the husband noticed a figure moving between trees, with moonlight visible between its legs. The group left the woods, and the next day the witness found footprints and poured a mold of one, plus other ground and vegetation signs. The investigator later reported the couple described a seven-foot-tall, wide-shouldered creature with a cone-shaped head and no neck.

Partial sightingTracks
January 1996 Flatwoods, Greenup County, Kentucky Class B #16896

Possible sasquatch seen squatting in a road near Flatwoods

Two people were walking on a gravel road at night when they noticed a large dark object ahead. As they approached, it rose from a crouch revealing a very tall black furry figure that they watched for about 20 seconds. The figure then walked into the adjacent woods, and the pair fled the area.

Full-body sighting
8 August 1982 Maysville (Orangeburg), Mason County, Kentucky Class B #33097

Memory of a possible daylight sighting when returning to retrieve a watch near Marysville

The witness, then a child swimming with siblings, walked back alone to a swimming hole to retrieve a watch. He saw a tall dark upright figure cross his path near a fenceline and take several steps. Startled, he ran home, where family members suggested it was a deer, which he rejects.

Full-body sighting
1980–1983 Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky Class B #1850

Man relates series of events over several years after seeing a report posted from 3-4 miles away

The witness lived on wooded acreage in the early 1980s and reported ongoing strange activity over several years. He described finding a pole teepee structure and twisted saplings, hearing distant whistle-like sounds and whistling on the hill, seeing red and green eyeshine at night, pursuing unseen footsteps in snow without finding tracks, and having rocks and wood thrown. He stated he never had a clear sighting but concluded an intelligent, elusive presence lived nearby.

Structure or nestTwistFootstepsEyeshineWhistle +2
BFRO YEAR: 1975-77 Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky Class B #10765

Youth watches animal hiding behind trees near Nolin Lake

The witness, then a child on a family vacation at a wooded campsite at Nolin Lake, was standing inside a camper at dusk looking down a hill. The witness saw a grayish-brown hairy figure partly hidden behind a tree, showing head, shoulder, arm, hip and thigh. After turning to speak with a parent, the witness looked back and the figure was gone, and remained frightened inside the camper.

Partial sighting