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June 2000 Christopher Creek, Gila County, Arizona Class B #29441

Possible nighttime sighting outside a home near Christopher Creek

The witness was staying alone in a trailer and went uphill to check what triggered a house motion light. He reports seeing a giant upright human-like silhouette near the house that made a loud howl/scream/growl directed at him before turning toward the forest. He ran back to his trailer and found no clear footprints the next morning due to dry ground.

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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.

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17 May 2000 Red River, Taos County, New Mexico Class B #4904

Professor and students discover series of large footprints crossing high mountain trail

The witness was hiking with straggling students toward a mountain lake when they found a line of very large human-like barefoot prints crossing the trail at a right angle. The prints were described as huge, wide, unusually deep, and widely spaced on a steep snowy slope, heading away from the lake. The witness told the students the prints were probably enlarged hiker tracks but privately regarded them as extremely unusual.

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7 May 2000 Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio Class B #4555

Large footprints found by individual while he was repairing a fence.

The morning after dogs repeatedly barked toward the woods overnight, a resident found fence wires pulled down and a large print in sandy soil near the fence. He searched downhill and found a second similar print on a creek sandbar. The family reported the finds, and investigators visited that afternoon and measured both prints.

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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.

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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.

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April 2000 Horton, Jackson County, Michigan Class B #2537

Footprints, sometimes in pairs, seen periodically on family property

The witness went out in daylight to check for deer tracks. On hard ground he found two sets of large human-like footprints that appeared to be trailing four to five deer from a northern swamp toward southern swamps. He described this as the first of many similar footprint finds.

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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.

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April 2000 Markleeville, Alpine County, California Class B #802

Three hikers observe tracks while mountain biking on a trail in a canyon

While hiking a trail to mines with two companions, the witness found large five-toed human-like footprints in mud and sand, including a 13-15 inch track and smaller tracks, and took photos. On the return in lower light the witness found additional clearer tracks. When left alone on the trail the witness felt watched and hurried down.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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17 January 2000 Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon Class B #658

Large, barefoot, bipedal tracks found by trapper in a densely forested area

An experienced trapper reported finding a line of at least twenty large barefoot bipedal tracks that crossed a road and continued down a slope across a creek. The witness followed them briefly but stopped due to snow, blowdown timber and an approaching windstorm, and the original tracks were not measured or photographed. Weeks later an investigator toured the area with the witness and later found two additional tracks in soil, one estimated at 16 inches long with five toes visible and no claw marks.

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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.

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2000 Owensboro, Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Scream near Owensboro, Kentucky (2000)

As a teenager living on his mother's horse farm, the guest repeatedly heard loud dawn screams and movement near the trash burn pit. One snowy night the household arrived to find the porch light out and heard a whimpering cry and heavy bipedal steps moving around the house and into the woods, followed by a loud hiss that shook the horse barn where a large dog was chained. The next morning the family found large barefoot-like tracks in snow leading from the driveway around the house and over a fence, which they followed for about half a mile and photographed beside a size 14 shoe.

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winter of 2000, after Christmas, early snowfall morning Connecticut #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/_hVc2jjpNEX4qdmXMbKY0skHADpEZsL8LB4C5TH0IS4

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (2000)

After months of rabbits and chickens disappearing from locked hutches without feathers or remains, the witness went to feed animals after fresh snow. He found open doors and human-like footprints leading to the tree line and felt watched. He threw a stick at a trunk-like shape in the woods, which then stood and ran off on two legs crashing through trees. The family later moved cages closer to the house and continued to occasionally hear loud screams from the woods.

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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.

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2000–2001 Indiana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/09/11/sc-ep252-hear-nothing-see-nothing-know-nothing

Scream in Indiana (2000)

The brothers were hunting deer from a blind with two younger companions when a shot deer could not be found. After splitting up to search a dense thicket at dusk, the group reunited and heard a loud sustained scream from close range at head height. They left quickly without acting afraid and were paralleled to their trucks by something noisy breaking branches. Both adult hunters later confirmed they heard it matching their pace.

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Winter 2000 Clark Fork, Bonner County, Idaho Class B #20221

Winter hikers find trail of footprints near Clark Fork

Two companions hiked through deep snow toward a waterfall in winter and found a trail of very large human-like footprints with a long stride. No other human tracks were present, and the trail crossed a ravine from one wild area to another. They concluded the prints were made by a large bipedal creature. No creature itself was seen.

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