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April 2014 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #64096

6:30am sighting by two hunters driving 100 yds south of Cooper's Landing

The witness was driving with a relative on a river road in early morning light when a large, black, soaking-wet creature jumped from the river side onto the road in front of them. The creature then leapt up the bluff on the opposite side and disappeared without sound. The witnesses stopped, looked for it briefly, then continued to their hunting area after a short discussion.

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November 2012 Boone, Boone County, Iowa Class A #44429

Truck driver watches a Bigfoot chase Deer across US-30 west of Boone

A semi-truck driver traveling east on Highway 30 through the Des Moines River valley at twilight saw three deer run across the road ahead, followed about 75 yards behind by a tall hairy biped apparently chasing them. The biped crossed the highway ditch and lane in a few long strides. As the truck reached the crossing point, the creature stood at the edge of the tree line about 75 feet off the road watching the truck pass and turning to watch the deer.

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September 2011 Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky Class A #31368

Nighttime sighting by motorcyclist near Petersburg

The witness was riding a motorcycle east on KY 8 after leaving a friend's house and slowed for a bend known for deer crossings. A small bipedal creature crossed from the oncoming lane into his lane, and he swerved to miss it by less than a foot. He stopped past the crossing point, turned to aim his headlight on it, and watched it enter thick brush beside the road.

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20 January 2008 Outskirts Of Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #27125

Late night Winter sighting by pedestrian along W. Nifong Blvd. in Columbia

The witness was walking along a roadside in Columbia, Missouri around 1:30 a.m. when a large bipedal creature paralleled him from behind a tree line. He stopped to face it and described a tall dark-haired figure with a cone-shaped head that emitted a low growl. After he looked away and kept walking, the creature followed briefly then disappeared.

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29 July 2006 Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Class A #15355

Early morning sighting by bat survey crew

While checking nets during a late-night bat survey, the witness and two coworkers heard a whoop and then saw a tall hair-covered biped cross a dirt road in front of them. The creature looked at them, took two steps up an embankment and disappeared. The group fled and later returned with two more people to find large footprints in mud and trampled vegetation before leaving the site.

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Spring 2000 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #58092

Recollection of a daytime bike path crossing in front of three youths near Columbia

Three children walking and biking on a wooded bike path near a lake in the afternoon watched a thin grey-haired biped step out of the woods, cross the path, and enter the woods on the other side. The creature did not look at them, vocalize, or act threateningly, and the sighting lasted only seconds. The witnesses then ran back to a house, scared.

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Summer 1994 Richwood, Boone County, Kentucky Class A #24800

Woman remembers a shaggy white-haired creature watching her while she walked her dog outside Richwood

The witness was walking a dog in a backyard bordering woods during the middle of the day when the dog stopped and growled toward the fence. About 50 feet away at the fence line, a tall off-white hair-covered creature stared at the witness for a few minutes. When the creature turned to run, the witness retreated to the house with the dog and the creature was gone.

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21 December 1977 Boone County, Indiana Class A #2459

Evening sighting by motorists along I-65 near mile marker 131.

The witness and their spouse were driving on the interstate at night when they saw a large creature cross the road ahead of them. The creature crossed three lanes in about four steps from left to right and was illuminated by oncoming traffic. By the time their car reached the crossing point, it was gone. Both occupants reported seeing it.

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