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Two teenagers have a surprise encounter in mid - 80's
Two companions hiking on the floor of a hollow came upon a brown hair-covered shape about 10 feet away near a deadfall. The shape stood to about seven and a half feet tall and ran away bipedally through brush toward a road while the witnesses fled uphill out of the woods. A return visit days later found a large matted clear spot but no footprints or hoofprints.
Nighttime sighting by motorists on Route 116 between Gettysburg and Fairfield
The witness and a companion were driving home late at night when an animal stepped over a roadside fence and crossed the road in front of them. The animal stopped in an open field and looked back while the witness stopped the car and both occupants watched it from about 150 feet away for an extended time. They noted its tall height, hair covering, and red eyes before the witness drove away.
Dusk sighting above a creek in the Severn Run area
The witness, then 13, was playing alone along a stream between subdivisions on a clear late-fall afternoon. Feeling watched, he looked uphill about 250 ft away and saw a tall dark figure standing and looking in his direction. He ran away without looking back and told no one at the time.
Hunched figure seen covered with hair
In mid-summer or early fall of 1978 or 1979, the witness and a friend were in the woods behind the witness's house when they saw a tall hair-covered hunched figure in reeds about 300 feet away. They watched it for about 20 seconds before it noticed them, stood up, and ran into the woods. The witness was struck by how fast it moved through marshy mud that caused the children to sink to their knees.
Youth catches standing figure in flashlight glow during camp-out
Around May 1970 the witness was camping with family at a lakeside campground and lay awake in a tent near midnight. After hearing trash being disturbed, the witness stepped out barefoot with a flashlight and saw a small upright furry creature looking into a hanging trash bag. The creature turned, made a squeal-grunt cry, and dashed away while the witness ran shouting to wake relatives. No tracks were found afterward because the area was trampled.
Young boy startles creature under house porch.
The witness went onto a raised side porch to dump breakfast scraps for dogs and noticed light fur under the porch. Hearing a scuffle, the witness turned and saw a tall fur-covered creature with long arms that looked back while moving around the side of the house. The witness dropped a pan and was unable to scream.
Family describes incidents in Pisgah Nat. Forest ; NC-06 Exped notes
The witness and family were sitting around an outdoor fire at a relative's wooded mountain home around 10 p.m. on a damp night. While listening to recorded purported Bigfoot sounds, they felt watched and then heard saplings breaking upslope followed by a larger tree snapping and sliding toward them. Frightened, the group ran to the house porch.
Deer hunter watches large upright walking animal on Butler Knob
The witness was deer hunting alone on a remote mountain ridge in the early morning around 1972-73. From about 400 yards away on another ridge, the witness watched a very large, very dark upright figure for several minutes. The figure was first mistaken for a bear but kept walking upright too long to be a bear, paused to manipulate a tree limb, then walked over the ridge and was not seen again.
Night sighting on Hwy 97, north of Liberty Hill
The witness was driving at night with a companion when an erect, hair-covered creature crossed the highway in front of the vehicle. The driver braked and alerted the companion, who saw only a brief glimpse as it entered dense woods. The driver searched the crossing point with a flashlight but found no tracks or other sign.
Hairy humanoid biped seen diving into the Great Pee Dee River
The witness and the witness's father were moving slowly upriver by boat when the witness spotted a hairy figure crouched on the bank. They made brief eye contact before the figure dove into the river with arms extended and disappeared. The men went to the spot and found only smears in the clay, then waited about 20 minutes without it resurfacing.
School bus drivers have two daylight sightings near Vanceburg.
The reporter states that in the late 1970s her father was driving a school bus early in the morning when a large hair-covered man- and ape-like creature came down a deer path. He braked and watched it run across the road and continue down the path on the other side for about a minute. An investigator later spoke with the father by phone and recorded additional descriptive details.
Deer hunter has early morning sighting near Blaine
While deer hunting from an old road overlooking a clearing, the witness heard loud crashing moving down through a cedar thicket over about ten minutes. A black, bipedal figure then stepped out and walked quickly across the clearing. The witness left without checking for tracks, and a companion later reported loose scat with grass and hair in the crossing area.
Woman describes creature she observed from window
Late at night the witness looked out a lit room window and saw a very tall copper-haired figure filling the window, with a hair-covered face and large round brown eyes. The witness stared into its eyes without fear at the time and felt it was a female that had lost its young. After the witness's mother screamed, the mother and others in and near the house caught a glimpse as it left toward the area behind the house.
One of several sighting and vocalization reports. When witness called out " it stood up at the edge of the hill and huffed and puffed."
Five people drove to a rural spot at night to hang out. After dogs in a hollow below barked then fell suddenly silent, the group heard movement in brush and saw a tall fur-covered figure stand at the hill edge making huffing sounds. When the driver turned on the car headlights the figure covered its face and moved behind trees as the group fled in the car.
Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet
The witness was walking home through a graveyard at dusk when they noticed a large dark hairy creature among the tombstones. The creature paced, appeared to dig at a grave, made wailing sounds, and made shoulder-shrugging and hopping movements. When it noticed the witness it acted agitated and started toward them, causing the witness to leave.
Drain pipes knocked down after strange howls/screams were heard
The witness reports that during winter 1978-79 the household repeatedly heard loud howls and screams late at night around their rural home. Drain pipes around the home were knocked down and many large human-like footprints were found. The tracks were later destroyed by the witness's father, and the witness interprets the sounds and tracks as a Sasquatch passing through.
A family is shocked to see a large, hairy creature run across a forest road with a pack of dogs in pursuit
The witness was on a family drive with two relatives in Vinton County in the fall of 1986 or 1987 when a tall hair-covered biped ran across the road ahead of their vehicle while being chased by three to four dogs. The creature continued down a hill into pine forest while giving a very loud low-pitched howl that echoed. The occupants did not stop and drove on.
A man relates a series of occurrences on the family farm involving an upright walking hair covered creature
As a young boy at the family property, the witness saw a tall strong creature standing over the burn barrel late at night and noticed a memorable smell. The witness believes the creature continued to live in the hollow and woods around the childhood home.
Encounters with a hairy creature in the same area as the well known "Minerva monster flap."
The witness was lying on the top bunk getting ready for bed at night with the window cranked open. Looking at the tilted glass reflection downward, the witness saw black hair filling the window and then a very large hand between the panes that appeared to feel the glass. The witness fled down the hall in a sleeping bag, and a relative searched outside with a gun but saw nothing.
Sighting in the Audubon wildlife preserve, outside Aurora
The witness rode a bike into a forested wildlife area with a stream and swamp. About 50 yards away, the witness saw a reddish-haired figure walking south toward a road, initially thinking it was a man before deciding it was not. The witness did not recall the lower half of the body, became frightened, and left quickly, only later associating the experience with Bigfoot.