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2022 Hot Springs, North Carolina #63170ee6-6148-46f1-b490-292dde8cc477

Structure or nest near Hot Springs, North Carolina (2022)

The witness parked by a gated abandoned road and walked about a mile, then left the road to inspect tire marks. He found teepee-like stick structures, snapped saplings he could not break, and downed trees funneling movement into a wash. Birds went silent, loud tongue-clicking surrounded him with an answering whistle, and objects sounding like rocks were thrown as he left. From a field with a large quartz rock he saw a dark shape in a distant tree.

Structure or nestTree breakVocalizationWhistleRock throwing +1
18 November 2019 Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Class A #67749

Deer hunter sees tree shaking, then see the large shaker, outside Wilkesboro

The witness was deer hunting from a stand on wooded acreage in daylight when a tree was seen shaking violently. Looking through a scope, the witness saw a large black-haired creature with a cone-shaped head standing back in the woods swaying side to side for several seconds and noticed a wet-dog-like smell. The witness also reported a teepee-like stick structure and pictures of footprints.

Partial sightingOdorTracksStructure or nest
January 2017 Jacksonville, North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/lyh6Q5ehMqbfY7uVOBR9MrGdYBz8OG9LiDuVOKhL5is

Sasquatch sighting near Jacksonville, North Carolina (2017)

The witness lived with children in a rental trailer near woods where toys disappeared, trash was disturbed, and the children felt watched. Returning late at night to find the front door open, the witness stepped onto the deck and saw a huge hairy figure emerge and growl. The witness fled inside and later moved away within weeks.

Full-body sightingGrowlProperty disturbanceHowlTree break
July 2016 North Carolina #d3f321e5-d856-4ba2-a32d-0b5a98248803

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (2016)

The witness and his wife were hiking to Crabtree Falls in July 2016 when they left the main trail to follow a creek uphill through boulders. Near the top of a 25-30 foot cascade the witness saw a tall lanky hairy figure crouched above the water with its arm in the falls. After his wife screamed the creature stood, grunted, stared briefly, then crossed the creek in one step and climbed out of sight, after which the couple left and avoided hiking for months.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTracks
October 2015 El Dorado, Uwharrie, Montgomery County, North Carolina Class B #50074

Possible encounter scares a camper from his hammock while in the Uwharrie National Forest

The witness spent the night in a hammock set a short distance into the woods beside a campground site while his wife slept in a tent. After 2:30 a.m. he heard prolonged branch-breaking sounds around him and a very deep, prolonged vocalization, which seemed to stop when he shone a light and resume when it was off. He retreated to the tent, where both occupants continued to hear breaking culminating in one very loud break. The next morning they found no footprints or broken limbs, only rock piles they noted.

VocalizationTree breakUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
29 June 2015 Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina Class B #49148

Appalachian Trail Hikers find possible tracks and hear a late night howl near Franklin

Two people on a backpacking trip camped for the night and heard a long two-toned howl after midnight, followed by distant whoops over about two hours. The next day while hiking they found large deep human-like footprints crossing the trail at two gaps, with about five-foot stride, plus piled limbs in tree forks and overturned mushrooms nearby. They photographed the prints and noted a bloody stick but did not keep it.

HowlWhoopTracksTree break
November 2014 Troy, Montgomery County, North Carolina Class B #47026

Camper is subjected to possible intimidation behavior in the Uwharrie National Forest

The witness and a companion were camping overnight in hammocks when a prolonged series of nighttime disturbances began. The witness heard crashing movement, branches breaking, rocks banged together, and a large object thrown through the woods landing nearby. Birds, an owl, and distant dogs vocalized during the sequence, which ended with a long wail, after which the woods went quiet. The pair left the area the next morning.

Movement onlyFootstepsTree breakUnidentified soundRock throwing +3
October 2011 Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina Class B #67582

Likely Sasquatch activity around farm property near Green River gamelands

At about 2 a.m. during a break in a storm, the witness heard something at the backyard wire fence and went outside armed with a relative. They heard footsteps and loud cracks first mistaken for gunfire and fired weapons toward the sound. The cracking was then recognized as wood splitting as a huge tree was pushed over, crashing down and shaking the house, after which the family heard loud footfalls running away.

FootstepsTree breakProperty disturbance
18 October 2010 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina Class B #32444

US Marine has a possible encounter with his deer kill outside Jacksonville

The witness shot a deer at dusk and dragged it toward his truck after dark. On the trail he saw a widely spaced pair of large eyes at about his own height that stayed after he fired a handgun into the ground, then left to the side through dense brush with loud crashing. He smelled a foul musky odor and found pushed-over vegetation where it left, felt watched while field-dressing the deer, and later found part of the carcass dragged about 300 yards.

EyeshineOdorTree breakMovement onlyProperty disturbance +1
18 October 2008 Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina Class B #26013

Deer hunter finds possible footprint near Ellerbe

While scouting and then deer hunting near a river over several weeks, the witness reports a persistent foul odor, sounds of being followed, and repeated loud wood knocks. The witness found single very large deeply impressed tracks on two occasions, plus stick formations, flattened vegetation, long strides in leaves, and animal remains including hide on a high limb and a bloody disturbed area. A wildlife biologist viewed the first track but considered it contaminated, and later investigators visiting the site found no tracks or signs.

OdorWood knockTracksStructure or nestFootsteps
30 September 2008 Little Switzerland, Mcdowell County, North Carolina Class B #24988

Possible late evening incidents at a mountain home near Little Switzerland

The witness stayed two nights at a friend's house on a wooded mountain development. On the first night outside the house he reported paired knocking sounds, stones hitting the roof, and a brief glimpse of gray movement. The next day he found two partial human-like footprints in a steep bank near a trail. On the second night he heard more knocks and howling, then was awakened by loud pounding on the roof and walls that the host also heard.

Wood knockRock throwingMovement onlyTracksHowl +2
12 December 2000 Between Hendersonville, NC And Mountain Home, Henderson County, North Carolina Class B #2054

Tracks found before Christmas, near Hendersonville

During a December 2000 snowstorm evening the witness's normally calm dog reacted intensely as if an animal was outside. About two and a half hours later the witness found a single line of very large, deep, widely spaced footprints in snow crossing the yard from one wooded area to another. The witness compared the prints to their own boot and stride and judged they were made around the time of the dog's reaction, but blowing snow had obscured detail.

Tracks
16 January 1999 Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina Class B #10776

Mother and daughter find footprints in their front yard in Pilot Mountain

On a snowy early winter morning, a witness noticed three large human-like footprints in otherwise undisturbed snow and asked the second witness to look. Both went outside and inspected three very large five-toed prints that appeared isolated without a trail leading in or out. The prints were later described as pristine and measuring sixteen inches long by seven inches wide.

Tracks
9 September 1998 Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina Class B #3331

While out trout fishing, father and son come across one big footprint in the sand

The witness was trout fishing along a creek with a companion. The witness noticed a disturbed sand bar suggesting something had forded the creek, then found a single large footprint in wet sand between rocks. The witness compared the print to their own boot and described it as much larger and wider.

Tracks
1997–1998 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina (1997)

The witness's older relatives were sitting at a field wood line when a large upright creature approached them quickly, sounding like it was tearing down trees. One shone a light and threw the flashlight toward it, and both were left badly shaken in their truck. One has since refused to return to that area.

Full-body sightingTree break
1990–1994 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Footsteps in North Carolina (1990)

A week later the witness returned to the same woods with a relative and dogs. Footsteps followed them and stopped when they stopped, then something circled them whooping and making gibberish sounds while another answered from the right. Trees sounded like they were being ripped up and the dogs fled the area.

FootstepsWhoopVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviour
9 August 1989 Ft. Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina Class B #18680

Soldier on maneuvers finds large, human-like footprints at Fort Bragg

The witness was on a military training exercise at Ft. Bragg when he walked away from his group after sunrise to a small sandy clearing. He found very large human-like barefoot tracks with a smaller set of child-sized tracks crossing the clearing into surrounding pines. He followed them across the clearing where they disappeared into the trees, but returned without others examining them due to lack of time.

Tracks
March 1988 Yancey County, North Carolina Class B #3339

Deep impressions seen in the snow

The witness and companions drove to the summit of Mt. Mitchell in snow and spotted deep impressions in a roadside snowbank on the way down at night. They returned in daylight and examined a trackway of large prints in 18-inch-deep snow leading up a steep bank into the woods. The prints were about 14 by 7 inches with faint possible toe marks and no claws, and the stride suggested a biped that climbed in two steps and stepped over a three-foot-high branch. They searched the road in both directions without finding a crossing point and concluded the animal had traveled along the road.

Tracks
22 March 1987 Glendale Springs, Ashe County, North Carolina Class B #2149

Park Rangers and residents of Glendale Springs observe large footprints in deep snow

The witness claimed large foot-shaped tracks were found in deep snow around their home in Glendale Springs. The tracks were described as 12 to 16 inches long and spaced 5 to 6 feet apart, extending over a mile or more and appearing to cross a split-rail fence in one stride. More than ten residents and park rangers reportedly saw the tracks and photos were taken, while rangers suggested rabbits or small animals as an explanation.

TracksPossible misidentification
1983 Forsyth County, North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/getbB_16nwpZEww6fJEI-cUABLcp24LPCKmiLpKZqDY

Sasquatch sighting near Forsyth County (1983)

The witness and a friend parked in a car on a wide tractor path near creek bottoms at night to drink before a party. A very large hair-covered biped took one long stride into the path about 20-25 feet away and faced the car for a minute or more, breathing heavily and flexing its fists. After a whistle-like sound from the woods, the creature made a dismissive huff, stepped out of sight in one stride, and left silently. The two men drove away and did not return.

Full-body sightingTracksWhistleVocalizationAnimal behaviour