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1978 South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/03/show-notes-with-shannon-jesus-payan

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (1978)

The caller says at fourteen while deer hunting he waited alone on a riverbank in fog. Something came out of the river about fifty feet away, walked upright and dark like a bear but with rounded primate ears. It moved branches with a hand, sniffed his incoming trail, then angled off. He was terrified and did not tell his father for years.

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July 1975 Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Class A #26029

Recollection of a twilight encounter on Lake Keowee

While walking in a remote forested area near a lake at twilight, the witness saw a large reddish figure cross a dirt road and enter dense forest. The figure reportedly noticed the witness, then ran uphill paralleling the road while emitting a loud distress-like scream with heavy footfalls. The frightened witness fled the area.

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18 July 1968 Chesnee, S.C., Spartanburg County, South Carolina Class B #13674

Sightings around a property near Chesnee

The witness and three young companions were swimming at a creek when the companions ran past telling the witness to run. The witness looked back and saw a large hairy figure leaning on a tree by the creek. The group fled up a steep railroad embankment, then heard something charging up behind them pushing pines aside, so they escaped down the other side through briars and vines.

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Fall 1964 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Class B #5381

Solider describes late night encounter on Fort Jackson

While on a solo night escape-and-evasion march at Fort Jackson, the witness stopped at a fire-lane crossing around 2 a.m. in total darkness. Something approached, moved away after being challenged, made growling talk-like sounds, then approached again before crashing away through brush. Startled, the witness ran and eventually reached another soldier with a fire and truck.

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Summer 1964 Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina Class B #975

Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.

The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.

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since March 2023 Union SC, Union County, South Carolina Related account #75643

Unidentified sound near Union SC, South Carolina

Since March 2023 the witness heard what was likely the same creature at least a handful of times at the property.

Unidentified sound
for many years Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Related account #26029

Sasquatch sighting near Seneca, South Carolina

Other local residents reportedly saw and heard a similar creature in the same area over many years.

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BFRO YEAR: 1985/86 Marietta, Greenville County, South Carolina Class B #791

very loud vocalizationSounds heard by four witnesses near a farmers field used for crops.

The witness was spending the weekend at a friend's house when the group heard loud high- and low-pitched screaming on a summer Saturday night. Three of them walked toward a field near a river with a flashlight and saw red eyes in the brush while hearing limbs breaking, then ran back to the house. Screaming reportedly continued for hours, and the next midday they found a snapped vine, bark torn high on a tree, disturbed ground, and a partial large heel print.

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Sometime during the end of deer season. Erhardt, Colleton County, South Carolina Related account #10623

Unidentified sound near Erhardt, South Carolina

The lodge foreman reportedly heard noises in the area in the past while hunting late in deer season.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Erhardt, Colleton County, South Carolina Related account #10623

Unidentified sound near Erhardt, South Carolina

The guide said he had previously heard strange noises while hunting in the same swamp area.

Unidentified sound
One another night Summerville, Charleston County, South Carolina Related account #13673

Door or window contact near Summerville, South Carolina

On another night the household was awakened by a loud thud at the house, a relative screamed about something at a window, then they heard slow heavy footsteps leaving over the fence into the woods without seeing it.

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recently Bluffton, SC (2 Miles Inland Of Hilton Head Island, SC And 1 Mile East Of Hardeeville, SC), Beaufort County, South Carolina Related account #24916

Unidentified sound near Bluffton, SC (2 Miles Inland Of Hilton Head Island, SC And 1 Mile East Of Hardeeville, SC), South Carolina

A relative reported a recent hailstorm that sounded like rocks being thrown against the house.

Unidentified sound
It's nearing dark Hartwell, Anderson County, South Carolina Related account #19926

Unidentified sound near Hartwell, South Carolina

The investigator reported hearing something parallel him along the trail while returning to the parking area near dark in fog.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown York, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near York, South Carolina

Two men went to look for missing calves near a creek. They found cattle bones and foam on the water, then saw something hidden in a red clay bank swaying. It yelled at them and one man ran away, followed by the other.

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at least in the same month South Carolina #b249adab-db11-4aee-b2d1-0fe9333640b7

Tracks in South Carolina

After leaving a fishing rod wedged in a tree over baited pond channels overnight, they returned at dawn to find the rod gone. At the base of the tree in murky water they saw a large heel-shaped depression with skin-line detail. They first suspected the grandfather had taken the rod as a prank, but he denied it.

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about two years later South Carolina #b249adab-db11-4aee-b2d1-0fe9333640b7

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina

While walking a dirt road home at night after shining fields, the pair heard a loud exhaling rush from a ditch and saw bushes erupt. They observed a large dark two-legged silhouette cross a moonlit cotton field with heavy footfalls felt in the ground. They ran to the house and later were dismissed when they told others.

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we were 13 or 14 at the time South Carolina #b249adab-db11-4aee-b2d1-0fe9333640b7

Vocalization in South Carolina

Two friends squirrel hunting in a fenced former fox-training woods noticed total wildlife silence, then a foul odor, then a loud roar accompanied by a large pine falling in the distance. The ground shook when the tree hit and they fled to the grandfather's farmhouse. The grandfather laughed and used a local term for a wild hairy creature.

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Date unknown South Carolina #55fa6665-b129-41ab-ab51-9744aceaeace

Vocalization in South Carolina

After moving to a house in the woods, the witness was on the front porch when she heard a very loud grunt ending in a higher-pitched tone, likened to a short elk sound. She ran inside frightened. No one else believed her account.

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about 14 years ago, 26-27 years old Pumpkin Town, South Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dzYmY9lbC1iYHEh3dzlkvI_Am4pt08R8ydMw8QXqLKo

Sasquatch sighting near Pumpkin Town, South Carolina

The witness was in a military tent with several friends and a dog when the dog began growling. He saw a huge cone-headed shadow with long arms standing on two feet outside the tent staring in. He held an axe waiting for it to rip the tent, but it walked away after about a minute.

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Date unknown Anderson, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/17/sc-ep414-the-creature-started-to-rock-the-van

Sasquatch sighting near Anderson, South Carolina

The guest and his wife were sitting in a borrowed van in the driveway late at night when the wife saw someone run past and a loud whoop and growling started beside the van. The creature shook the van and was lit by brake lights, then the father fired a shotgun from the porch and it leapt across the driveway into the woods. Later that night rocks were thrown at the trailer damaging a fan and siding, and next morning bent van metal, foot impressions, feathers and a missing chicken were found.

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