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May 2012 DeBary, Volusia County, Florida Class B #35574

Possible sighting and footprints found by father and son while setting turtle lines outside Deltona

A witness and his two sons were leaving an area where they had been setting turtle lines when the witness saw a tall reddish biped near a dirt road about a quarter-mile away that stepped into the woods. He stopped without describing it aloud, and a son asked if he had also seen it, indicating the son had seen the same thing. They found two barefoot-like prints beside deer tracks at the spot, but rain covered them before photos could be taken.

Full-body sightingTracksProperty disturbance
May 2012 Kearney, Clay County, Missouri Class A #59450

Close-up nighttime sighting from a car near Kearney

Four occupants sat chatting in a parked vehicle late at night after walking the area. After feeling uneasy they started the vehicle and noticed a large crouched figure with red eyes about 30 yards away. As they turned to leave the figure stood, and they passed within about 7-10 feet, seeing a tall, broad, human-like face before driving away.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
May 2012 Oklahoma #31526f64-b5d1-411c-a23b-6b18348a195f

Sasquatch sighting in Oklahoma (2012)

At Area X, after rocks were thrown on cabin tin roofs, five people sat outside in daylight and heard walking. Two creatures, a larger and a smaller one, approached from the bottleneck area. The witness stood, pointed, and ran toward them, triggering a camera without capturing them, and the pair fled rapidly and quietly up a steep hillside.

Full-body sightingRock throwingFootsteps
May 2012 Monroe County, Michigan #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/VPtSeCcL5RZz6k0N8RKsllN61SSaTU_fdYmqP1o4Ex0

UFO sighting near Monroe County (2012)

The witness and a companion were outside a rural farmhouse late at night when they noticed a bright light down the road. The light rapidly approached to within about 35 feet and hovered silently a few feet off the ground. After under a minute of observation, the companion retrieved a spotlight, and as soon as it was aimed the light vanished instantly. The witness checked the area the next day and found no marks or disturbance.

Full-body sightingMovement only
May 2012 Connecticut #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kTDgzxKGmJusUbFfUiu5FEkGl-kZ7GWDLMMvIOBm3kQ

Property disturbance in Connecticut (2012)

The witness hung meat, sweets, wind chimes and plastic ducks with cameras but never photographed the taker, finding chewed toys with straight human-like teeth marks. A porch camera later caught a translucent moving outline and a figure walking down deck steps. After whistling exchanges by a brook, a video showed eyeshine with a turning blinking head close to where he had stood.

Property disturbancePartial sightingEyeshineWhistleMovement only
May 2012 Kanopolis State Park, Saline County, Kansas Class B #35287

Possible encounter while fishing at Kanapolis Lake

Late at night while fishing at the Kanopolis Lake spillway, the reporter noticed movement on a hill and then a large figure peeking from behind a tree about 150-200 yards away. The reporter and an adult companion watched it peek in and out for about 45 minutes, seeing red eye-shine with and without a flashlight. Near the end, the companion heard a single knock and a 3-4 second high-pitched scream from the figure's area, which the reporter could not hear over the flowing water.

Partial sightingEyeshineWood knockScream
May 2012 Bailey, Park County, Colorado Class A #35596

Early evening sighting by two women hiking in Bailey

Two women on an evening hike heard a loud branch break and saw a large bipedal figure running parallel to them through the forest and down a hill. They watched it for several seconds as it moved very fast with long strides and a forward lean, making no running noise despite dry ground cover. Both described it as tall, bulky and covered in dark grey to black hair, concluding it matched a bigfoot and was not a human or common animal.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
26 April 2012 Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma Class B #35188

Possible daytime sighting behind a home outside Anadarko

Around noon the witness looked out a bathroom window at home near the river and saw a large hair-covered biped about 20 yards away. The creature was seen from behind from the waist up above tall grass as it walked along the tree line toward the river. It took several steps into the trees and down toward the river bottom and disappeared, with longer hair on the head and reddish-brown color in sunlight.

Partial sighting
April 2012 Wellston, Manistee County, Michigan Class B #43519

Night fishermen startled while in their boat at Tippy Dam Campground

The witness and two relatives were night fishing from a boat in a remote cove. Something in the woods threw large rocks into the water near and over the boat. They shined a light, heard fast movement in brush, and glimpsed a large dark shape going over a dune before leaving quickly.

Rock throwingPartial sightingMovement only
April 2012 Nearest City Well Between Tawas City And Whittemore MI, Iosco County, Michigan Class A #40204

Daylight sighting by a young man fishing near Whittemore

The witness was fishing alone along a river when a rock splashed nearby. The witness then saw a large apelike animal leaning over the bank to look at them, heard loud knocks and a sudden silence, and later watched it cross a fence and run uphill out of sight across a field. Shortly afterward three relatives said they had heard a growl and heavy footsteps leaving nearby woods.

Partial sightingRock throwingFootstepsWood knockGrowl
April 2012 Shipman, Macoupin County, Illinois Class B #41043

Possible nighttime sighting and ongoing activity on a farm east of Shipman

Around 3 a.m. the witness was sitting on the house steps smoking while home alone. Hearing dogs bark, she saw a tall black mass peeking and leaning out from behind a shed about 50 yards away, making out head, shoulder and knee. She ran inside to get a gun, and when she came back out the figure was gone.

Partial sighting
April 2012 Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama Class A #79523

Motorist reports 3am road crossing sighting on Hwy 40 across Tennessee River from Scottsboro

The witness was driving up a mountain road in the early morning after taking a friend home. Near a curve sign, a figure initially mistaken for a trash bag stood on two feet and stepped across the two-lane road in front of the vehicle. The figure then stepped over a guardrail and disappeared down the mountainside toward the river. The witness drove to the top, returned to the spot to look again, and saw nothing.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
29 March 2012 Little Manatee River State Park, Hillsborough County, Florida Class A #41448

Motorist has daytime sighting along I-75 near Ruskin

The witness was driving north on the highway in the afternoon when she noticed a hair-covered, human-like figure walking quickly parallel to the road in a grassy meadow near the woodline. As she pulled alongside it, the figure turned its whole body, bent its head, and walked into dense brush where it disappeared. Afterward she noticed a strong rotten-egg/sulphur odor in her car that lasted about 10 minutes.

Full-body sightingOdor
20 March 2012 Rainer, Thurston County, Washington Class A #34710

While target shooting a family observes a large bi-ped in a blackberry patch near the town of Rainier

The witness and four companions were pausing in a hay field during a target-practice outing when the witness spotted a large dark figure rising from a blackberry patch. The figure walked across a trail, paused by a fir tree and looked toward the group, then continued into an adjacent field. The group went to the spot, found flattened brush and a bent-grass trail, estimated the figure's height against the tree, took photos, and then heard knocking beats and hooting sounds after birds flushed and dogs barked in the distance.

Full-body sightingWood knockWhoopTracksUnidentified sound
16 March 2012 Brandywine, Rockingham County, Virginia Class B #34583

Driver passes tall bipedal figure at night along Route 33

The witness was driving east on Route 33 at night with a friend when headlights illuminated a tall, black-haired biped walking behind a guardrail. Shortly before the sighting, a loud sustained high-pitched sound was heard. The witness felt panicked and shaken, while the passenger reported only seeing a black blur.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingVocalization
6 March 2012 Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois Class A #39267

Motorist reports his second sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro

The witness was driving across railroad tracks in late morning when he noticed two dark figures near vegetation about 100 yards away. One figure was standing upright while the other was sitting. He remained in his truck and watched for about a minute before traffic behind him and an approaching train caused him to drive on.

Full-body 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
March 2012 Bethel Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Class A #34485

Daylight sighting from a senior apartment building near Bethel Park

On a cold snowy morning the witness was sitting inside a fourth-floor residence when turkeys and deer moved down a hill. Less than five minutes later he saw a large hairy animal near the top of the hill. The animal moved on all fours, then stood partially erect and ran on two feet into the forest, observed for about seven seconds from about 150 feet.

Full-body sighting
March 2012 Austintown/Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio Class B #40715

Possible daylight sighting by a passenger traveling along I-80 over the Meander Creek Reservoir

While riding as a passenger across a bridge over the reservoir on the way home, the witness saw a large hairy bipedal figure at the treeline near the bank. The figure was standing upright holding onto a tree and looking out over the water as the car passed. No other occupants in the vehicle saw it, and no other traces were noticed.

Full-body sighting
March 2012 Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Class B #35218

Possible incidents at Bear Island Campground in Big Cypress National Preserve

The witness was camping with companions in Big Cypress Preserve and walked to a parked Jeep to get a phone. About 15 feet into the woods he saw yellow human-like eyes at about his own eye level and smelled a strong skunk and wet-dog odor. Frightened, he returned to the campfire and later revisited the spot with a companion and spotlight but found nothing.

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