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September 1998 Cuba, Sandoval County, New Mexico Class B #5535

Elk hunters threatened by deep, angry growl in Jemez Mountains

In September 1998 the witness and a companion were stalking elk in the morning when they heard a very loud, low, powerful growl nearby. The witness, an experienced hunter, said he had never heard anything like it and his companion was very frightened. They stopped hunting for the day and returned to camp without seeing the source.

Growl
Summer 1996 San Juan County, New Mexico Class B #491

Observations by locals along the San Juan River

The witness reports a large hairy thing that walks along the San Juan River onto the reservation and is known to local residents. The thing is said to smell strongly, make loud noises that set dogs howling, and appear every few years near the witness home about an eighth-mile from the river. Residents avoid going down to the river because of its presence.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdor
July 1995 Cloudcroft, Otero County, New Mexico Class B #7823

Campers hear screams around midnight

Two campers were awakened in their tent around 1 a.m. by distant screams that grew closer as the source moved through the campground. The screams sounded like a woman or baby, with grunts and sniffing pauses between, and the source stopped very close to their tent before moving away and fading. The witnesses stayed inside the tent and never saw the source.

ScreamGrowl
November 1987 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class B #9918

Pre-dawn screams on the Mescalero Reservation

About 20 years ago, the witness and a cousin were walking early in the morning toward the paved road to hitchhike to work. From the treeline across the road they heard frightening noises that seemed to follow them, stopping when they stopped and moving when they ran, with branches snapping audible. With no nearby houses for refuge, they flagged down a passing truck and got in.

VocalizationFootsteps
May 1983 Cuba, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class A #8409

Sasquatch reaches into tent of adult camper

The witness was sleeping alone in a tent on a group camping trip when a strong odor woke them. A large hairy arm reached in through the tent flap, felt around, then withdrew. The witness then perceived two tall figures outside through the tent fabric and heard male and female vocalizations as the beings yelled and ran away.

Partial sightingSilhouetteVocalizationScreamWhoop +1
November 1982 Lindrith, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class B #20011

Hunters experience powerfull knocks on camper and hear vocalizations outside Jicarilla Indian Reservation

During an evening at a deer-hunting camp, the group heard loud bangs on the side of their camper on two occasions but found no one outside. Later that night while around a campfire, all five heard prolonged screaming and moaning sounds coming from across an arroyo toward the foothills. Two members walked toward the sounds but saw nothing, and a search of the area the next day found nothing unusual.

Vehicle contactScream
Date unknown New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/05/sc-ep411-river-monster-investigation

Vocalization in New Mexico

The guest's daughter was leaving for work around 3:30 when both women heard a deep duck-like sound from the east field. The family's ducks were already put up, so they believed something was mimicking the ducks.

Vocalization
just last Wednesday New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/14/sc-ep200-the-200th-show-part-two

Sasquatch sighting in New Mexico

A young couple reported that late at night something dark blocked their bright porch light while looking in the front window and then manipulated the front doorknob. The young woman fled to tell her partner, who lit and threw a firecracker outside. The visitors said they heard the intruder run away.

Partial sightingSilhouetteDoor or window contactFootsteps
about a year ago New Mexico #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/5jpTrfNa6ieiQcpy2O-o26VSjQvKbhmYJi9tyKPRHR4

Sasquatch sighting in New Mexico

About a year ago the neighbor heard loud slapping and saw three Bigfoot in a riverside cornfield below his mother's mesa. Two large ones repeatedly ran at each other and struck chests together while the third sat and watched.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourUnidentified sound
past two months, end of August into September to October New Mexico #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/5jpTrfNa6ieiQcpy2O-o26VSjQvKbhmYJi9tyKPRHR4

Vocalization in New Mexico

A man living about 10 miles from the investigator reports a Bigfoot repeatedly chasing his horse and trying to reach goats. He hears yelling and running, finds dogs crying, and shines a flashlight to chase it off during early-morning visits.

VocalizationFootstepsAnimal behaviour
Date unknown New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/07/17/sc-ep343-sasquatch-encounters

Sasquatch sighting in New Mexico

The same gentleman reportedly saw the larger figure across the road in a field. It dropped to all fours, gave a small yell, and ran back toward the river. The investigator describes such figures in the area as 6.5 to 7.5 feet, scraggly, with monkey-like yet human-looking hair-covered faces.

Full-body sightingVocalization
about two and a half months ago, about 11 o'clock, repeated two-three days later New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/07/17/sc-ep343-sasquatch-encounters

Scream in New Mexico

Neighbors heard a very loud yell/scream around 11pm that prompted many to turn on lights and use flashlights. The sound moved west and recurred a few days later closer to a mobile home. Two families reportedly moved out because of how big and loud it was.

Scream
the next year Lindrith, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Related account #20011

Scream near Lindrith, New Mexico

The witness returned to the same area the following year and heard similar screams from much farther away.

Scream
Friday night about July 14, 2001 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Related account #1918

Sasquatch sighting near Mescalero, New Mexico

On a later night the daughter was awakened by heavy footsteps and saw the head and shoulders of a large dark creature pass between the house and clothes lines.

Partial sightingFootsteps
Last summer Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Related account #1918

Sasquatch sighting near Mescalero, New Mexico

The witness's mother was awakened by barking dogs, looked out a window, and saw a dark figure walking up the road while hearing deep grunting, with trees partly blocking the view.

Partial sightingVocalization
the following morning Thoreau, McKinley County, New Mexico Related account #28964

Unidentified sound near Thoreau, New Mexico

The witness returned to the same location with a relative the next morning to search for footprints, found none because the snow had melted, and heard a loud crashing noise in nearby trees.

Unidentified sound
A couple years ago Jemez Pueblo, Los Alamos County, New Mexico Related account #28218

Scream near Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

A companion and relatives at the same meadow reportedly heard prolonged shrieks and later watched an upright figure move between trees on a ridge, followed by a loud nighttime shriek from the ridge.

ScreamPartial sighting