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26 October 2016 Campbellsville, Larue County, Kentucky Class A #55870

Sightings and constant activity at a home near Campbellsville

The witness reported hearing noises around the home weekly for months and then seeing a white, roughly 8.5- to 9-foot-tall creature about 40-50 feet away across the street near the forest at about 530am in the dark while using a strong flashlight. A footprint was found the next day. The witness was alone with dogs at the time.

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1 January 2013 Wallins, Harlan County, Kentucky Class A #38980

Teen on four-wheeler has sighting on family property near Wallins

The witness was riding a four-wheeler on private property to handle trail cameras near dusk. After topping a ridge and shutting off the vehicle, the witness saw a tall hairy biped about 30 feet away running away and knocking over a small tree. The witness heard crashing sounds during the flight and noticed a faint musky smell afterward.

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December 2012 Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Class A #38122

Nighttime sighting outside a residence north of Hayes Cemetery near Grayson

The witness was alone at home at night and stepped onto the porch after a relative reported screams nearby. After howling without response, the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure peek from behind a pine tree, make eye contact, then step out and leave in three large strides across the road. The witness later measured the standing height against the tree and photographed and measured a single footprint left in the yard.

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October 1994 Virgie, Pike County, Kentucky Class A #2435

Several people witness 7 to 8 foot tall creature on an old mining road

A group of eight people were raccoon hunting with dogs when the dogs returned frightened with tails tucked. Shortly after starting to drive out, they saw a huge standing figure ahead of the truck estimated at 7.5 to 8 feet tall and dark in color. After backing up and later returning on foot, they found a large human-like footprint in mud in the road. They heard sticks breaking, left quickly, later returned to find the track destroyed by their vehicle, and subsequent visits produced no further sightings.

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April 1991 London, Laurel County, Kentucky Class A #18297

Man recalls face to face childhood encounter near London

In April 1991 around 2 p.m., the witness was playing with a BB gun near a garden and ravine, jumped onto a rock, and encountered a roughly 5-foot tall hair-covered creature within about 13 feet. The creature ran away through the woods with loud branch-breaking sounds, and the witness fled to the house then returned with a relative. They found broken branches, slide marks, and a three-toed footprint, though the witness later noted the tracks might not be from the same animal.

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September 1983 Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky Class A #25242

Man recalls being chased by a sasquatch while riding his bike near Waco

In the fall of 1983 the witness rode a bike to a friend's house at the end of a wooded gravel lane and found no one home. He then saw a tall black-haired upright figure tear a limb from a tree and look at him. He fled by bike toward the main road while hearing branches breaking and heavy footsteps alongside him until he reached the highway, where the sounds stopped.

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15 August 1978 2 Miles From Slade. 52 Miles Southeast Of Lexington, Powell County, Kentucky Class A #912

While observing a footprint, youth looks off the path to see shiny haired creature looking at him

In August 1978 a 10-year-old camping with family walked alone at dusk to fetch ice. On a muddy road the witness smelled a strong odor and found a single large bare five-toed footprint, then noticed a dark hairy biped 50 to 80 yards away across a stream that walked gracefully into the treeline in a few seconds. The witness ran back to camp, and relatives later saw the same footprint.

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1975 Spottsville, Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/09/22/sc-ep51-spottsville-monster-part-1

Sasquatch sighting near Spottsville, Kentucky (1975)

In 1975 the witness's family living near Spottsville, Kentucky experienced repeated activity over many months. She described hearing loud limb breaks and an elephant-like scream, smelling a dead-like odor, finding footprints, and losing livestock and pets with entrails removed. She twice saw an 8-foot hairy figure on the property, and four armed relatives fired from the roof as the figure ran past a barn and jumped a fence unaffected.

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1975 Spotsville, Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/05/18/sc-ep-105-throwback-part-2

Sasquatch sighting near Spotsville, Kentucky (1975)

A family home in Kentucky was terrorized in 1975 by tall hairy creatures over an extended period. Witnesses described seeing a figure watching from a gully, hearing limbs breaking, finding livestock killed, and seeing a figure under a light and exiting a barn. Fear became so intense the father prepared to burn the house with the family inside rather than risk an attack.

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Fall 1972 Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky Class A #26605

Man recalls early morning sighting while squirrel hunting near Salyersville

The witness was sitting quietly while squirrel hunting in Magoffin County in late September 1972 when he saw a large reddish-brown creature about 70 yards away. The creature walked away on two legs from right to left, pausing briefly to look around before continuing out of sight, apparently unaware of the witness. Afterward the witness found several large human-shaped footprints where the creature had walked.

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1969–1970 Kentucky #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FKgzPJcCl-LD7jEndUrZ-Fc4pEQLLYAlJdZ35UatlYQ

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1969)

Two lifelong friends were target shooting with small-caliber rifles along a river while a nearby reservoir was filling and flooding caves. After one rifle jammed, they returned to their car when they heard limbs snapping and saw small trees swaying and breaking. They circled back to the riverbank clearing and came face to face with a hair-covered creature standing on a deadfall, which one of them shot multiple times in the chest. The creature fell silent, then revived and ran one way while the two men fled the other, later tracking it and sparking local monster lore.

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Date unknown Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

The guest's hunter uncle joined family members to look for the creature near the pond after dark. A figure stood up very close with its arms raised and the uncle fired a carbine, believing he hit it under the arms. The creature made a loud noise and fled, leaving fatty bloody material but no blood trail, only footprints and broken vegetation.

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So fast forward a few more days Kentucky #9bec03bd-cbfa-416a-93b8-8401a62e7c0e

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

A few days later the witness was counting cattle in the morning when he noticed a huge upright figure between a barn and a tree across the field. The figure grunted, swiped and broke a large branch, then walked away. The witness later returned with others and estimated the branch height at about eight to nine feet.

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Date unknown Kentucky #4369c15d-f856-44da-a531-37c1124d7dcf

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

The guest's grandfather was sitting on his vehicle eating sardines when a grayish hairy figure appeared and stared for several minutes with only slight swaying. He set the food down, left, and found it gone the next day, then left food there about every two weeks and saw the figure a few times. On the last visit he saw a large black one with a younger one, the large one shaking trees and throwing things while the young one left, after which he stopped going there.

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during the summer while school was out when I was 15 or 16 Kentucky #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xCnS3JHtFLPkTNFKI-OKoR2E87ZPdIYhgWWoDZEht14

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

Teenagers walking home late at night through a game reserve heard heavy footsteps behind them. They turned to see a tall thick bipedal creature that darted into the woods breaking limbs. They returned the next day to find broken pine saplings where it had gone through.

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almost two years ago Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/12/06/sc-ep171-it-was-acting-like-a-crazy-person-throwing-a-tantrum

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

The guest and a friend were walking a remote field in Kentucky to look for artifacts and re-examine barefoot-like prints found the prior days. From several hundred yards away they watched a hair-covered biped stand up, pace near the treeline, flail its arms, puff its chest, and repeatedly pick up dirt clods to sling toward them. The pair kept their distance and walked out to the road, feeling the animal was agitated and territorial and did not follow them.

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Date unknown Kentucky #1f8ff7cc-97e6-40e2-a370-dd815123b81f

Rock throwing in Kentucky

A neighboring farmer told the guest that rocks would hit his barn roof while he worked inside. He later saw a creature standing on the hill across the pond and photographed it, also photographing a track line in snow with very long strides.

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