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2003 Michigan EP 307

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (2003)

While in his tent the witness heard movement and saw fur rub low against the fabric. A finger then pressed into the tent and slid aside. He believed it was a juvenile and barely slept.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
1 January 2003 Kuckville, Orleans County, New York Class A #11688

Husband and wife see animal near garbage dump

In late January 2003, the witness and his wife were driving through apple orchards at night spotlighting for deer and coyotes. They illuminated a hair-covered figure standing by an old refrigerator at a garbage dump about 75 to 100 yards away, noting reflected eyeshine and height estimated from the fridge. The figure turned and walked into the adjacent woods, and the couple left the area without investigating on foot.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
Fall 2003 Bordentown Nj, Burlington County, New Jersey Class A #11168

Late night sighting by motorists in Crosswicks

A couple driving home late at night saw a dark, shaggy, broad-bodied creature cross the road in front of their car. It moved upright but hunched over in quick strides and disappeared into thick brush on the far side. They slowed to look but saw no further sign, noting a barking dog on the side where it had emerged.

Road crossingPartial sighting
2003–2004 Blaine, Lawrence County, Kentucky Class A #11966

Ginseng hunters have daytime sighting near Blaine.

A couple went ginseng hunting in woods behind their home on a summer morning. The husband heard brush movement across a ditch and then saw a hair-covered figure from the chest up watching them from 20 to 30 feet away. After watching for several minutes, the couple slowly left uphill while the figure continued to observe, and the wife also saw it as they left.

Partial sightingMovement onlyOdorAnimal behaviour
Summer 2003 Beaver Creek State Park, Columbiana County, Ohio Class B #15969

Possible daylight sighting on horse trail in Beaver Creek State Park

The witness was horseback riding on a pine-forest trail with her mother when her horse tensed and bolted. She turned and saw a tall, dark, upright figure behind a log that then ran toward a field. Both horses galloped uncontrolled back toward camp, leaving the riders shaken. She estimated the figure at 7-8 feet and said its proportions did not look human.

Partial sighting
Summer 2003 Middleburg., Clay County, Florida Class A #18065

Daylight sighting by two young female hikers in Jennings State Forest

Two companions hiking a trail to pick berries rounded a corner and saw a tall dark furry figure about 40-50 yards ahead moving away through palmettos, with only the upper body visible. The companion reported loud thrashing and breaking vegetation while the reporting witness recalled no sound. After about half a minute they fled the area in fright.

Partial sightingFootstepsPossible misidentification
Fall 2003 Maybe 20 Miles, Blount County, Alabama Class B #8921

Possible daylight sighting near freeway outside Birmingham

The witness was driving down an on-ramp to Interstate 59 at Exit 166 toward Birmingham in the afternoon when she noticed a figure beside the trees. She described huge green eyes, a visible shoulder, and an arm leaning on a tree, estimating the figure at 6 to 8 feet tall with dark gray-black coloring. The figure stayed behind the tree without moving and was seen only for a few seconds as she drove past.

Partial sighting
Winter 2003 Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas Class A #55376

Two fishermen have close-up sighting while driving home at night from Norfork Lake

Two men driving home from night fishing in the early morning hours saw an upright animal in their headlights on the west roadside. The animal took a long step to the center line, paused and looked at the vehicle occupants, then dropped to its knuckles and swung its body to the east shoulder where it disappeared from view.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
back in like 2003, probably in the spring Alabama EP 111

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama (2003)

The witness, her husband and child had been fishing on private hunting land and were driving out on a county road in daylight. A huge dark-brown hairy animal on all fours ran in front of their SUV and cleared a six-foot embankment in one leap. They stopped and heard it crashing loudly through the woods, and another driver also stopped to look.

Road crossingFull-body sightingTree break
2003 Louisiana EP 989

Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (2003)

Two officers driving in the early morning in central Louisiana stopped beside a freshly hit deer on the highway shoulder. They watched a large hair-covered human-like figure squatted beside the carcass raking insides out and eating rapidly. After watching for a couple minutes they drove around it at close range and left, later returning to find the carcass gone.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
2003 Fairbanks, Alaska EP 926

Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska (2003)

While driving down from a remote mine after an extended shift, two occupants noticed what looked like a burnt stump in a fenced slurry pond valley that began walking upright. They watched it take about ten steps before it entered the treeline, noting a tall dark form with long thin limbs. They were too exhausted to report it and continued home.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
summer of 2003 Missouri EP 818

Sasquatch sighting in Missouri (2003)

The witness was hiking a logging trail beside a meadow when he mistook a stooped animal digging in an uprooted tree for a bear and called out while drawing a handgun. The animal stood to about seven feet, showed raised hair that settled after he holstered the weapon, and fixated on the yellow towel around his neck, which he tossed toward it before backing away. Turning, he faced a much larger second individual about ten feet away and fainted, waking minutes later to find both gone, the towel missing, and a folded leaf with grubs inside his cap.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
2003 Place not stated EP 782

Sasquatch sighting (2003)

The witness was deer hunting alone from a climbing stand in a remote valley. After hearing brush explode and later feeling watched, the witness saw a hair-covered bipedal female creature stalking and then running alongside. The creature chased the witness down a dim road to the truck, after which the witness fled and suffered nightmares for two years.

Full-body sightingFootstepsAnimal behaviour
2003 Ohio EP 759

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (2003)

The witness and her boyfriend were driving slowly on a gravel road toward a cabin cookout. She caught movement in the passenger mirror, turned to look out the back, and both saw a tall black-furred biped take two long strides from one roadside into brush and vanish. They drove on in shock without speaking and later told family, but a medical emergency overshadowed the report.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
summer of 2003 Comox Valley EP 750

Sasquatch sighting near Comox Valley (2003)

The witness took two young children camping at the upper lakeside campground. After the boys went to bed one reported growling, so the witness walked with a hatchet and flashlight to check. About ten feet away he saw a very large eyeshine figure rocking slowly, then a second smaller set of eyes beside it, before backing away and guarding the tent all night.

EyeshinePartial sighting
2003 Idaho EP 737

Sasquatch sighting in Idaho (2003)

During the annual week-long elk hunt with his long-time hunting partner, the witness waited in a concealed roadside alcove while his partner still-hunted the opposite side of a brushy clearcut canyon and reported via radio a dark upright figure moving toward the witness. The figure crossed the road about 30 yards from the witness in a few silent steps and dropped into the canyon, after which both hunters left for camp. After returning on ATVs to measure a branch the figure had passed under they saw the figure standing across the canyon watching them before it walked into timber, after which they packed up and the witness stopped hunting.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
January 2003 Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Class A #13028

Two young men have a surprise backyard encounter while watching a meteor shower south of Jasper

The witness and a companion were playing darts and watching meteors from a relative's yard at night. A roughly five-foot-tall hairy biped jogged across the lit front yard, paused to look at them for a few seconds, then sprinted rapidly into darkness. Both witnesses reported seeing it, while the resident relative did not.

Full-body sighting
January 2003 Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma Class A #7473

Family finds tracks and has close visual encounter

In January 2003 a relative was chopping wood near the woods edge in the early evening when he noticed a large hairy figure a short distance away, visible from the waist up through a clearing. He froze, dropped the wood, and fled into the house, arriving badly shaken and initially unable to speak before stating he had seen Bigfoot. The figure was reported to have turned and left into denser woods without aggression or sound.

Partial sighting
2003 South Carolina EP 402

Full-body sighting in South Carolina (2003)

A delivery driver encountered a growling very big black dog in the carport that charged him, causing him to flee without finishing deliveries. When the guest picked up his package, the clerks debated the breed, and he told them he owns no dog.

Full-body sightingGrowl
2003 Place not stated EP 1289

Sasquatch sighting (2003)

Firefighters camped by a river near an active fire watched a tall brown-haired bipedal figure on the opposite bank about 25 yards away. The figure remained visible for several minutes under flashlights. It then noticed the attention and retreated into the trees.

Full-body sighting