Search results

323 encounters
June 2000 El Dorado County, California Class A #147

Sound reports from resident in South Lake Tahoe

The witness reports hearing loud mournful screams and wails almost nightly for three months at a home south of South Lake Tahoe, often described as paired calls that converge then stop. Recordings were made mostly from a bedroom window between late evening and morning. The witness with a companion also backpacked, made all-night forest forays, and camped with bait to locate the source, finding tracks and bed-like structures with torn branches, while noting dogs refused some areas and little wildlife was seen.

ScreamTracksStructure or nest
May 2000 Hamden, Vinton County, Ohio Class A #7995

Young teen is chased by a seven foot tall hairy creature

The witness stopped while riding a motorcycle on family property at night and saw a tall hairy figure in a ditch that stood up. The figure chased the witness as he rode toward his house, continued approaching after two crashes, and left after a yard floodlight was turned on. Large humanlike footprints were found in the area the next day.

Full-body sightingEyeshineTracks
21 April 2000 Gypsum, Eagle County, Colorado Class A #1355

BFRO Investigator, Keith Foster's evaluation of tracks found on the south shore of the Eagle River. App. 1 mile east of the town of Eagle.

The witness reported finding three large human-like footprints while fly fishing on the south shore of a river east of town. The prints were documented with photographs and tape measurements, including one about 18 to 19 inches long with a 38-inch step to the next print. The investigator stated that bear, human, and hoax explanations were ruled out by visual examination and estimated a very heavy animal from depth and area.

Tracks
April 2000 Taft, Muskogee County, Oklahoma Class A #8591

Oil well owner and rig hand have road crossing encounter.

The witness and a coworker were driving when a tall hairy biped carrying an animal carcass over its shoulder crossed the road ahead of them from east to west during a rain squall. The crossing lasted only a few seconds before the creature disappeared into a creek bed. The next day they found partial footprints along the creek bank but lost the trail in dense undergrowth.

Road crossingFull-body sightingTracks
6 February 2000 Gold Bar, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #1674

18" tracks found in the snow by two witnesses who felt like they were being " hunted " by something big.

Two people driving in a snowy forested area found large bare footprints about 18 inches long along the road. After parking and making loud knocks with logs, they heard a distant bark, human-like whistling from multiple directions, and later fast bipedal footsteps. A companion reported seeing something cross the road during the footsteps and hearing a branch break nearby. Feeling they were being approached, both left the area around 12:30.

TracksVocalizationWhistleFootstepsRoad crossing +1
February 2000 Mecca Twp, Trumbull County, Ohio Class A #4978

Prints found following sighting near Mosquito Lake

The witness was walking behind their home in the late afternoon when they saw a large black creature near the road. The witness yelled at it and it ran down the street toward the woods. The witness went to the road, did not see the creature, but found very large human-like tracks in the snow.

Full-body sightingTracks
February 2000 Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas Class A #7971

Coon hunter and dogs experience close encounter in Sulphur River bottoms between Doddridge and Fouke.

The witness was coonhunting with dogs in flooded timber at night when the dogs treed separately. After catching their own dogs, the witness heard wading steps, a growl and a whistling sound and smelled a strong putrid odor while the dogs whimpered. The witness then saw a very tall hair-covered creature standing behind them that hissed and splashed water toward them before the witness fled. The creature followed briefly then moved away making moaning sounds, and the witness saw a very large four-toed footprint while leaving.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootstepsGrowlWhistle +4
February 2000 Imperial, Pecos County, Texas Class A #4140

Two rabbit hunters witness large, upright, hairy creature near the Pecos River late at night

Two people who were working while talking and looking for rabbits reported seeing a large upright hairy creature they said was not a person. They described it as very mobile and said it jumped a four-foot fence with ease, estimating its weight at 450 to 500 pounds. They reported finding footprints the next day but taking no photos because they had no camera.

Full-body sightingTracks
5 January 2000 Opelika/Auburn Area, Lee County, Alabama Class A #7427

Four youths have harrowing experience in Alabama backwoods.

Four young men camped on a companion's land and heard approaching grunts, heavy footsteps and foul odor across a creek at dusk. After a rock was thrown toward the unseen sounds, something shrieked, circled the camp and emitted a loud high-pitched scream, prompting them to leave and later return with a parent. The primary witness heard noises again overnight, and the next morning the group found large footprints, hair and a bedding area before the primary witness briefly saw a tall hair-covered upright creature that looked at him and ran away.

Full-body sightingScreamGrowlFootstepsOdor +4
2000–2003 Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas Class A #7907

Family has encounters on private, hunting land in Red River - Sulphur River corridor.

The witness was hunting from the ground off a road with a relative nearby. After hearing tree breaks, movement, strange noises and heavy footsteps, the witness saw a large red bipedal animal walk along the road. When the witness spoke on the radio the animal screamed and ran away, and two large footprints were later found in silt.

Partial sightingFootstepsTracksScreamTree break +2
October 1999 Randle, Skamania County, Washington Class A #4779

Large animal lures men away from possible younger animal near Mt. St. Helens

Four relatives drove to the Mt. St. Helens area to look for Bigfoot in poor winter weather. From a viewpoint, a relative using a spotting scope watched a large dark upright figure move across a distant meadow and later return with a smaller figure first mistaken for a stump. The group searched the area without regaining visual contact. Shortly afterward at a nearby creek, the driver found a large bare footprint in mud and made a plaster cast of it.

Partial sightingTracks
June 1999 Chilliwack, British Columbia Class A #3368

"Tree stump" jumps up and runs away

The witness was hiking with family on a trail near their campsite at midday. He noticed a stump-like shape in a sunlit area that suddenly stood and ran away bipedally for about 100 yards. His family did not see it. He reported it to a park worker and later returned to find large tracks and disturbed wood.

Full-body sightingTracksTree break
May 1999 Copemish/Thompsonville, Manistee County, Michigan Class A #26544

Daylight sighting of a white creature while walking near Thompsonville

The witness was on an early spring morning walk along a two-track through swampy woods when she heard movement and saw a large white figure moving quickly away about 50 yards away through dense undergrowth. She followed it visually for some distance and noted its rapid movement and swinging arms. The next day she returned to the same area and found very large footprints with only three toes visible and widely spaced, which she interpreted as confirming the figure was not a human.

Full-body sightingFootstepsTracks
March 1999 Cocoa, Osceola County, Florida Class A #731

Motorist found six thirteen by eight and a half inch tracks near a small bridge that led to a large gate.

Late in the morning while driving, the witness stopped by the roadside and found a line of large footprints. The six prints spanned about 30 feet and appeared to cross the road, pass over a 4.5-foot gate, and continue toward a treeline and gully. The witness photographed the prints and noted their dimensions.

Tracks
2 January 1999 Osceola County, Florida Class A #736

while sitting on a tree stand hunter observed bi-pedal creature walking at high speeds.

The witness was hunting from a tree stand when a tall bipedal creature moved past quickly. The witness reported a strong zoo-like odor and described the animal as hunched with a coned head, wide shoulders, and black hair. Footprints were found in the area.

Full-body sightingOdorTracks
November 1998 Dover, Pope County, Arkansas Class A #3226

Man finds 3-toed prints & wife has sighting

During modern-gun deer season the witness was walking on a road between two fields when he noticed footprint-like impressions in the road and at the field edge. He returned the next morning to photograph one impression with a shotgun and boot for scale. He described it as about boot-length, wider than a bare foot, with three toes, and interpreted several impressions as a running stride toward a nearby thicket.

Tracks
September 1998 Porcupine, Shannon County, South Dakota Class A #5173

Large bipedal animal frequently observed by a South Dakota family

A family reports seeing an unidentified tall biped around their rural home over four years, usually at night. The creature is described as 7 to 9 feet tall, walking upright with a slight hunch and running too fast to follow. Footprints, hair, possible saliva, blood stains, and snapped small trees were also found on the property. Up to nine family members in three houses have seen it when arriving, leaving, or moving between houses.

Full-body sightingTracksHairTree breakBlood or tissue
September 1998 Ione, Pend Oreille County, Washington Class A #1570

Three sets of tracks found

Two bear hunters on foot found three sets of large footprints traveling together in a muddy flat back in the woods. The prints were in a low area filled with rain water and were judged to be fairly recent because the edges lacked degradation. A single plaster cast of the largest print was made within 24 hours, but the cast was poor due to inexperience.

Tracks
4 August 1998 Conejos County, Colorado Class A #1350

Report of a field investigation over several days

Three researchers camped in a remote timbered drainage in early August 1998 to study suspected sasquatch activity. Over two afternoons they heard loud primate-like calls and screams around camp, and during two nights they heard conversational vocalizations, rhythmic rock-clicking, and stealthy footfalls that alarmed horses. They also detected red eyeshine and later found a fresh animal bed overlooking the camp. They left early, concluding no conclusive evidence was obtained but the area warranted further investigation.

VocalizationScreamFootstepsEyeshineUnidentified sound +1
22 May 1998 Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #1257

Family on their way home see a large, hairy creature cross the road

Four people driving home reported a large hairy bipedal figure crossing the road in front of them and disappearing into brush toward a river. They described it as about seven feet tall and ape-like, covering a roughly 35-foot-wide road in four to five steps. They later returned to look for tracks and reported finding unfamiliar inward-pointing prints, but no other sounds or signs.

Road crossingFull-body sightingTracks