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9 September 1979 Hurricane Landing, What Is Now Perkins Landing, Baldwin County, Alabama Class A #26513

Man recalls a sighting after Hurricane Frederic north of Mobile

The witness was walking at night with a flashlight to fetch ice when dogs began barking loudly. A very large hair-covered biped ran from behind a house toward the woods, then rushed to the road edge, stared with glowing eyes and made a loud growling sound. The witness screamed and fled home, and a search the next day found no tracks.

Full-body sightingEyeshineGrowlPossible misidentification
10 October 1978 Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama Class A #35293

Daylight observation remembered of a Bigfoot holding a baby pig near Andalusia

The witness was picking up pecans in the yard with her young daughter in the morning when she heard pigs squealing from the neighbor's pen. She looked toward the wooded back yard and saw a large erect hairy creature with a human-like face holding a baby pig against its chest. After staring at each other, she grabbed her daughter and ran inside shouting for her husband to get his gun, but the creature was gone when he went out to check.

Full-body sighting
Spring 1978 Athens, Limestone County, Alabama Class A #799

Person fishing recounts story of his encounter with a large, bipedal creature that was wading in the water

In the early afternoon the witness was gigging for frogs from a relative's boathouse pier when a tall, dark, hairy biped emerged from a swamp about 175-250 yards away and waded knee-deep into the water. The creature looked both ways, bent over twice to swing an arm into the water with a splash as if fishing, then stared toward the witness before walking back into the swamp like a person. A few minutes later it reappeared at the same spot and repeated the same actions before leaving again and not returning during another hour the witness remained.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1975 This Area Is Located In A Triangle Between Blountsville, Hanceville & Holly Pond., Blount County, Alabama Class C #1830

Two separate sighting reports of a creature

The writer's brother was driving alone late at night on Skyball Mountain when he smelled a strong odor. He saw a large dark hair-covered figure in tall weeds beside the road that stepped onto the road and stared at him while he stopped and watched for a minute or more. The figure then walked into the woods on the other side of the road and he drove home.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
Summer 1975 Between Culman And Warrior Near Blount Springs., Blount County, Alabama Class A #50178

Recollection of a roadside sighting of a white Bigfoot near Blount Springs

The witness was driving a VW bus around a tight curve at night when the headlights illuminated a white-haired creature loping uphill on all fours toward the road. As it reached the road edge within feet of the vehicle, it stood upright on its hind legs. The witness drove past it, did not see it in the mirrors in the dark, and was frightened.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1967 Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama Class A #44487

Memory told of a close dalylight observation outside Alexander City

The witness and a companion were walking down an old pulpwood road with a dog when they noticed a strong goat-like odor and heard rustling and a tree shaking. The witness pulled back branches and saw a tall, hair-covered biped running away downhill on two legs. The companion did not see the creature. The witness lost sight of it in pines and underbrush near a swampy area.

Full-body sightingOdorFootsteps
June 1958 Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama Class A #5954

Daylight sighting at eastern dike of East Lagoon in Aliceville

A teenager walking back from a pond across a field saw a very dark tall figure walking along a path about 50 yards away. The figure was visible from the torso up above tall sagebrush, estimated at about 8 feet tall, and walked with its head slightly bent forward before going into the woods. The witness ran home to tell relatives.

Partial sighting
Summer 1953 Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama Class A #44986

Memory told of a close up daylight encounter with two, possibly young, Bigfoots near Abbeville

The witness, then a child, was walking from a cornfield to a nearby house to fetch water for a cousin. At a dirt road she came within about 10 feet of two small, hairy, human-like figures standing together on the opposite side. They looked at each other for about a minute before she ran to the house, and the figures were gone when she walked back.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1949 Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama Class A #7235

Recollection of an afternoon sighting on Green Mountain

As a child walking home from a relative's house, the witness saw a tall hairy figure standing in a roadside ditch watching him. He ran back to get his relative, and they returned together with a shotgun to find the figure still there watching. As they walked down toward it they lost sight of it, and it was gone when they reached the spot.

Full-body sighting
recent Kansas, Walker County, Alabama Related account #27480

Sasquatch sighting near Kansas, Alabama

The witness's relative by marriage reportedly had a recent sighting of a similar creature at about the same location.

Full-body sighting
in 2011 at noon Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Related account #44849

Sasquatch sighting near Northport, Alabama

About four years before the main event, the witness and his mother watched a shaggy biped cross the road in daylight and sprint into the woods on two legs.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
about a year ago Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama Related account #45498

Sasquatch sighting near Talladega, Alabama

About a year ago around 4 a.m., the witness's spouse saw a roughly 9-foot-tall figure walking at the edge of the woods while dogs barked and howled.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1981 and 1982 Seale, Russell County, Alabama Class A #179

Man and witnesses have two seperate sighting, 1st while fishing, 2nd while driving

In April 1982, the witness and a companion were driving home from their senior prom late at night on a flat road section. Under the car headlights they saw a massive black-furred creature leaning on a road sign, with about ten feet of its chest-down visible but no head in view. Terrified, they sped up and continued driving; about a mile later a tire blew out, and they drove several miles to a house to call for help.

Partial sighting
about 3 1/2 years ago Morgan, Morgan County, Alabama Related account #40417

Growl near Morgan, Alabama

About three and a half years earlier the same witness was camping and cooking, heard growling, saw a tall figure watching, shouted, and the figure ran away, with footprints found nearby the next day.

GrowlFull-body sightingTracks
the next morning around 10:00am. New Market, Madison County, Alabama Related account #416

Sasquatch sighting near New Market, Alabama

The witness's wife reported seeing only the top of a visitor's head pass the kitchen window.

Partial sighting
Date unknown ELKMONT, Limestone County, Alabama Related account #451

Sasquatch sighting near ELKMONT, Alabama

Friends of the witness in the same area saw the creature while feeding cows.

Partial sighting
Two nights after that Gadsden, Etowa County, Alabama Related account #37094

Sasquatch sighting near Gadsden, Alabama

The witness and his son watched a smaller figure at the woods edge stand up to become the 8-foot adult seen days earlier.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 2002;2006 Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama Class A #15102

Daylight sighting by hunter near the Alabama / Mississippi border

Late one afternoon in December 2002 the witness was hunting along a fenceline near home when deer ran past and the witness's dog chased them then fled. Shortly after the witness heard movement in a pine thicket and saw a tall hairy biped emerge, run down the fenceline, cross the fence while chasing the deer, and disappear downhill in under a minute without acknowledging the witness. A follow-up interview added size and appearance details and noted missing pets and livestock near the home.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Related account #27568

Sasquatch sighting near Muscle Shoals, Alabama

While camping in the same area at a later time, the witness and a companion heard a dog bark and growl for an extended time before it ran into the woods and came flying back out whining, after which the companion reported glimpsing something large and brown.

Partial sighting
December 2012, about 12 midnight Gadsden, Etowa County, Alabama Related account #39620

Sasquatch sighting near Gadsden, Alabama

The witness saw a big hairy animal standing over the guardrail at midnight before it entered the woods.

Partial sighting