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3 July 2004 Butte Falls, Jackson County, Oregon Class A #8986

While towing trailer to campsite, family has mid-morning road encounter near Butte Falls

The witness was driving while towing a trailer to a campsite with his wife and daughter when he and his wife saw a pitch-black hair-covered figure by the highway. The figure stepped from the road into the forest and was gone when they looked for a person or vehicle nearby. The witness returned about an hour later to search for tracks but found none because the ground was dry and hard.

Partial sighting
July 2004 In Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class A #10114

A few witnesses see something reach through an open window in Mescalero N.M

The witness was staying with a companion in the living room of a relative's house late at night after a relative had reported a very tall figure outside. After hearing noises like objects being thrown in the dining room, the witness went to check and saw a large hand reach through the window, across a table, and take a bowl containing food. Those present were frightened and the witness called the conservation office, after which nothing further happened that night.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundProperty disturbance
July 2004 Evaro, Missoula County, Montana Class A #9873

Woman reports sighting at the edge of backyard

On a sunny mid-July 2004 afternoon the witness went to sit on the back porch after the dogs barked then whined at the dog door. From about 200-300 yards away she watched a tall rust-colored hairy biped peeking around a tree and swaying to watch her for about six minutes, later stepping in front of the tree while staying hunched. After checking children in the front yard she found it gone, and later found flattened grass and knapweed at the tree.

Partial sighting
July 2004 Wishkah, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class A #36326

Nighttime sighting by campers stopped on remote road near Wishkah

Two people stopped on a remote logging road at dusk to check their truck bed before meeting friends at a campsite. After getting back in with headlights on, they saw a large hair-covered figure standing in the road about 15-20 feet ahead. Before they could react, it jumped from a standstill up and over a roughly six-foot road bank and disappeared silently.

Partial sighting
20 June 2004 Peshtigo, Marinette County, Wisconsin Class A #51317

Motorist has dusk sighting on Hwy. 41 outside Peshtigo

The witness was driving home south of Peshtigo at dusk when headlights caught a large dark creature crossing the highway in front of the car. The witness slowed and watched it cross the southbound lanes, median, and northbound lanes into the woods over several seconds. The witness also noticed a strong skunk-like odor, then secured the car and left the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
15 June 2004 Salt Springs, Marion County, Florida Class A #23076

Road grader operator observes creature crossing logging road in Ocala National Forest

The witness was grading a remote forest road around noon when he spotted a large hairy creature about 200 yards ahead standing by the road and looking at him. After watching for about a minute, the creature crossed the road in three steps and disappeared into the woods. The witness drove to the crossing point and found large human-like footprints and broken branches, left food and water, and found them untouched on his return pass.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracksTree break
15 June 2004 Enterprise/Meridian, Clarke County, Mississippi Class A #12290

Motorists have early morning sighting near Enterprise

The witness was driving on Interstate 59 toward Meridian with a relative around 3 a.m. in very heavy rain. A tall hair-covered biped came from the left and moved across the front of the vehicle. The driver slowed and swerved to avoid hitting it within a few feet, and it kept crossing to the east without stopping. Both occupants took the animal to be a bigfoot.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
15 June 2004 Concrete, Skagit County, Washington Class A #10509

Large animal seen crouching near Baker Lake

The witness was driving out of a campground near Baker Lake in the early afternoon when she noticed a large fur-covered creature about 50 feet away up a hill. The creature was still and crouching with its back turned, exposing its back, shoulders, hips and upper buttocks with sparse reddish hair and visible musculature. After watching for a few seconds and not wanting to disturb it, she drove away.

Partial sighting
June 2004 State Highway 30 - 45 Minutes West Of Customs Station Alaska/Canadian Border., Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #9317

Driver on Alcan Highway has noon, road encounter near Alaska-Canada border

The witness was driving westbound toward Tok with a companion while towing a trailer. The witness noticed a tall, light-colored animal standing at the treeline with its back turned, reaching up a white-bark tree with its right arm. The witness stopped the truck to get a camera, but the animal was gone by the time they exited the truck. The witness later estimated its height at over nine feet by measuring a similar tree from memory.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
June 2004 Badin Or Albermarl, Montgomery County, North Carolina Class A #8983

Campers have morning sighting in Uwharrie National Forest

The witness and his father were driving back toward their campsite in the national forest in the morning when they saw a large upright figure on and crossing the dirt road. The figure briefly stopped, looked toward them, then stepped off the road and walked downhill into the woods, at one point completely blocking a roadside sign from view. They drove to the spot where it left the road and found the brush undisturbed and no tracks.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
June 2004 Marys Home, Miller County, Missouri Class A #8890

Truck driver has daylight sighting on country road near Marys Home

The main witness was driving a feed truck north on Highway 17 when he rounded a curve and saw a tall dark figure standing in the roadway ahead. The figure was looking away from the road, and after the driver briefly looked away it had disappeared. The driver's relative later met him at the location and found matted grass near a fence and agitated cattle but no clear footprints.

Full-body sighting
29 May 2004 Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas Class A #8790

Man sees an upright creature jump across wooded trail

A couple walking on a gated two-track trail near the Trinity River at dusk claimed a rusty-red upright figure about six feet tall leapt across the trail about 40 yards ahead and disappeared into the woods in under a second. They ran to the crossing point and reported hearing it continue running through the woods, flushing birds, and the primary witness smelled a strong musky odor. They found no tracks but noted a clump of freshly uprooted trees nearby.

Partial sightingFootstepsOdorStructure or nest
22 May 2004 Grand Rapids, Manitoba Class A #8757

Geologist sees creature and becomes a bigfoot believer

The witness was driving north on Highway 6 in central Manitoba on a clear late morning. About 200 meters ahead, a black bipedal animal ran across the road from east to west into thick bush in only a few strides, swinging its arms. The witness noted a dead deer on the road not far from where the animal crossed.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
15 May 2004 Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia Class A #38870

LEO recalls his daylight sighting as a youth with his horses NW of Atlanta

The witness was spending time with horses in a fenced pasture next to extensive woods when movement in brush near the barn drew attention and the horses ran toward the house. Thinking the partly obscured shape outside the fence might be a horse, the witness walked toward it and then saw a tall upright figure covered in reddish hair that grunted, looked at the witness, then pushed through small trees and brush leaving the area with loud heavy footsteps. The witness ran to the house and told relatives who were inside.

Partial sightingVocalizationFootstepsAnimal behaviour
5 May 2004 Township Of Unadilla, Close To The Village Of Sidney, Otsego County, New York Class A #12388

Women sees tall animal pass by her bedroom window in morning daylight (8:00 AM)

On a sunny morning in late spring 2004, the witness looked out a bedroom window and saw a tall brown-haired biped striding past within a few feet of the house. She watched it for several seconds before retreating to the bathroom, and when she looked again it was gone. She said she tried to explain it as a bear but remained certain it walked on two legs.

Full-body sighting
May 2004 Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania Class A #8633

Trucker has nighttime sighting on Denton Hill east of Coudersport

The witness was driving a tractor-trailer uphill at night when the car about 100 yards ahead swerved. He then saw a tall, totally black, upright figure on the right shoulder, apparently about to go up a steep slope into the woods. He saw it briefly in headlights before it disappeared.

Full-body sighting
May 2004 Rayburn, Liberty County, Texas Class A #9862

While driving between Trinity River and Cleveland, couple has morning road-cross encounter

The witness's parents were driving west in the morning when a large, hairy, brownish-red creature crossed the highway ahead of them. It moved quickly in a leaping, stooped run, at times touching a hand to the ground, and disappeared into woods along a pipeline trail. The parents slowed to look but saw no further trace of it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
20 April 2004 Stanton Ky., Powell County, Kentucky Class A #8517

Pedestrian has nighttime sighting along the Red River

Around 2:30 a.m. on a clear night, the witness was walking home along a road paralleling a river when a strong bad odor and a loud splash drew attention to the water. About 60 feet away, a large, broad-shouldered, dark, long-haired figure stood upright in the river and appeared to be fishing, moving, splashing, and pausing to look around. The witness watched for several minutes while continuing down the road before leaving the area.

Partial sightingOdorUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
4 April 2004 Big Cedar, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class A #8543

Turkey hunter has close encounter with bigfoot in Kiamichi Mountains

On the afternoon of April 17, 2004, the witness was turkey hunting from a blind in a creek bottom after using a hawk locator call. He noticed what he first thought was a burnt tree about 50 yards away, then realized it was a large, dark-haired bipedal creature watching him. The two stared at each other before the creature turned and walked away upright, and the witness reported being badly frightened and smelling a musky odor when the wind shifted.

Full-body sightingOdor
2 April 2004 Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana Class A #9642

Motorist has daylight sighting of two animals east of Waubee Lake.

The witness was stopped at a rural intersection in daylight when she saw two tall, black, hair-covered bipeds cross the road ahead of her toward woods. They moved quickly in a stooped posture while swinging long arms and covered the road in several steps. She described them as solid black from head to toe with no clothing divisions and somewhat taller than six feet.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing