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July 1980 Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio Class A #7803

Three college students witness a large creature standing just off of the railroad tracks.

Three college students walked back to their dorms along railway tracks at night after buying snacks. Ahead of them a dark shape crossed the tracks and briefly blocked a distant streetlight. A short distance later they smelled a strong wet-dog odor and the reporter saw a tall creature at close range with shining eyes. The group fled to their dorm, later drove back for another look without approaching closely, and the reporter retrieved dropped groceries the next day.

SilhouetteEyeshineOdorPartial sighting
April 1980 Canton, Fulton County, Illinois Class A #10892

Youth has daylight sighting in swampy area near Canton Lake

The witness went to the bottom of a hill near a relative's home at Canton Lake to smoke. After hearing a crushing and rustling noise, the witness saw a tall black bipedal being about twenty yards away that looked at the witness and raised its arms. The witness then ran back up the hill to the relative's home.

Full-body sightingOdorMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
1980–1999 Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Class A #36667

Memory told of encounters on a farm near Ottawa

The witness was walking back to the house on a relative's farm at night after feeding dogs when a tall, hairy, foul-smelling being stood in the path near the driveway. The witness froze as the being bent down and stared directly. A relative opened the door and reacted, after which the being looked up and walked away.

Full-body sightingOdor
Spring 1980 Orlando, Orange County, Florida Class A #1275

Bigfoot rips door off of home. Witness has to flee from home

Late one night the witness was sitting on the porch at home alone with a dog when something was heard breaking through brush. The witness went inside for a rifle, heard the thing move to the back of the house and try the door, then fled through an orange grove, fell into a swamp and lost the rifle. After looking back and seeing a creature, the witness reached the road and got help, and friends later found the back door torn off.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundDoor or window contactProperty disturbanceOdor
1980 Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Class A #1155

Newspaper account of an encounter with an unknown creature near Salt Creek

A motorcyclist turning onto Fairfield Street claimed a Bigfoot-like creature ran in front of him and caused him to fall. The creature then continued south toward Salt Creek while emitting a terrible smell. The frightened rider got up and left. A nearby resident recalling the story years later said it was in the local newspaper the next day.

Road crossingOdor
Summer 1980 Sunriver, Deschutes County, Oregon Class A #667

Witnesss saw a large, light reddish brown, hairy man standing in the road shielding it's eyes from the headlights of her car

The witness was driving home at night in summer 1980 with family asleep in the car when a light-colored, hairy, male figure emerged from roadside trees and stopped in the headlights. She stopped the car and observed it face-to-face, noting its size, musculature, long head hair, facial hair, and strong odor before it walked off the road. Her companions slept through the event.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
October 1979 Hilt, Siskiyou County, California Class A #5284

Hunter/Logger has a sighting in a closed logging area near Hilt

The witness returned to a secluded previously logged area to hunt with a dog. About 100 yards away, a dark brown hair-covered figure was seen crouching behind brush and staring at the witness and dog. The dog froze with raised fur and refused to advance. After a brief look through a rifle scope noting human-like eyes and black facial skin, the witness smelled strong body odor and quickly left the area.

Partial sightingOdor
6 September 1979 Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma Class A #27477

Man remembers seeing a large white hairy man at a cemetery outside the city of Jay

Two people sitting in a cemetery after dark heard something approaching down a ridge and through trees. A tall white hair-covered human-like figure stepped over the fence, crossed the cemetery, then noticed the witnesses and left quickly over the opposite fence into timber with loud crashing. The witnesses reported a very strong unpleasant odor during the encounter.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdor
August 1979 Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Class A #7205

Morning sighting by carpenter crew near Ochopee

A work crew waiting on the roof of a house in early daylight watched a tall hairy figure come out of the basement and walk upright toward nearby trees. The figure then squatted about 40 yards away facing the crew without sound before standing, looking west, and vanishing within a few steps. The crew later noted a foul odor and a makeshift sleeping spot of clothes, rags, weeds and fur under the basement stairs.

Full-body sightingOdor
June 1979 I Believe It Was Manistique, Mich, Mackinac County, Michigan Class A #20173

Motorist describes nighttime sighting/encounter in headlights on US-2, west of St. Ignace

Late at night the witness was driving east through a national forest when he noticed red eyeshine in the road ahead. He braked to a stop and found a very tall, slender, fur-covered figure standing in front of the vehicle, staring at him for about a minute and a half. The figure then walked off the road, crossed to the nearby tree line while looking back several times, and disappeared into the forest.

Full-body sightingEyeshineOdor
June 1979 Elaine, AR 10 Miles Away, Desha County, Arkansas Class A #63860

Two witnesses observe a Sasquatch at dusk in the White River National Wildlife Refuge

The witness and a companion were driving north on the levee gravel road at dusk after a fishing trip. An upright hair-covered figure emerged from tall grass, crossed the road in front of the vehicle headlights, and went down into tall grass on the other side and out of sight. As the vehicle passed through the path it had taken, the witness smelled a very strong musty and putrid odor.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
21 May 1979 Pelican Lake, Langlade County, Wisconsin Class A #7232

Morning sighting near Pelican Lake

A group of six people observed a large, brown, long-haired, foul-smelling animal for about 15 seconds in the morning. The animal walked quickly away without running and disappeared into a swampy wooded area when they tried to follow. The witness found footprints, made a cast of one and gave it to the state natural resources agency without receiving a response, and noted another print in stream clay. No vocalizations were heard and the encounter was described as not life-threatening.

Full-body sightingOdorTracks
January 1979 Patton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Class A #2452

While walking home alone at night, man encounters a large, hairy, human-like creature.

Late at night the witness walked down a snowy farm lane and saw a large dark hairy figure standing by a pond about 80 to 100 yards away, feeling that it was watching them. The witness ran down the lane while loud crashing noises from the woods kept pace, then continued to a relative's house and collapsed inside without reporting what happened at the time.

Full-body sightingOdorMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
September 1978 Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio Class A #7431

Nine year old playing hide and seek comes face to face with a small ape-like creature

The witness, then nine years old, went outside at dusk during a hide-and-seek game to look for siblings in a pine grove behind the house. The witness followed glimpsed movement around the trees, then saw a small dark-faced figure with large eyes watching through a pine and moving to keep eye contact. A high-pitched noise sounded from the trees, the figure ran away, and the witness ran back to the house.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundOdor
September 1978 Manistique, Schoolcraft County, Michigan Class A #2554

Woman wakes to find sasquatch staring at her son while in her car

The witness stopped to nap in her parked car with her infant son at a rustic picnic area at night. She awoke to a horrible smell and saw a dark-haired bipedal creature 3-4 feet away, leaning over the hood and staring through the windshield. After a few minutes of it staring, she started the car, reversed, and drove away east.

Partial sightingOdor
15 August 1978 2 Miles From Slade. 52 Miles Southeast Of Lexington, Powell County, Kentucky Class A #912

While observing a footprint, youth looks off the path to see shiny haired creature looking at him

In August 1978 a 10-year-old camping with family walked alone at dusk to fetch ice. On a muddy road the witness smelled a strong odor and found a single large bare five-toed footprint, then noticed a dark hairy biped 50 to 80 yards away across a stream that walked gracefully into the treeline in a few seconds. The witness ran back to camp, and relatives later saw the same footprint.

Full-body sightingOdorTracks
August 1978 Either Jamaica Or Church View, Middlesex County, Virginia Class A #4103

Daytime sighting on Route 17 near Church View

In 1978 while driving on Route 17 in Virginia, the witness slowed for a dead animal in the road and noticed a strong swampy odor. He glimpsed a dark figure crouching at the woods edge, then watched in the rearview mirror as it entered the roadway in a few long strides, paused in a hunched posture over the carcass, and retreated quickly when another car approached. He was shaken and later wondered if the figure could have been a sasquatch, but states he cannot identify what he saw.

Partial sightingSilhouetteOdor
August 1978 Millers Creek/North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina Class A #27908

Man recalls his 1978 close encounter with a large hair covered creature in Wilkesboro

The witness was walking on dirt roads in the early morning and crouched in a cornfield to avoid oncoming vehicle headlights. While crouched, the witness smelled a bad mildew-like odor and then saw a large hairy figure standing motionless at the mountain edge about 30 to 40 feet away. The two stared at each other before the witness ran to the road, hit a barbed-wire fence, and fled.

Full-body sightingOdor
August 1978 Stark County, Ohio Class A #4977

Sasquatch sighting near Stark County (1978)

A group gathered on a front porch at night heard noises near an old chicken coop and saw two pairs of yellow eyes that appeared to be two feline-like animals in the headlights. A large hairy biped then stepped in front of the animals and lurched toward a car, prompting the group to flee inside and call deputies. The biped later stood outside a lit kitchen window for several minutes while occupants held firearms but did not shoot, then left before deputies arrived, leaving a strong odor.

Full-body sightingEyeshineUnidentified soundOdor
August 1978 Crescent Lake Junction, Deschutes County, Oregon Class A #37044

Memory told of a daylight sighting while fishing a creek near Crescent Lake Junction

The witness was fishing alone up a creek in the afternoon when he came within about 25 yards of a large hair-covered figure resting against a stump. The two made eye contact for several seconds before both fled in opposite directions, the figure running up the creek. The witness described it as a clear daylight sighting and did not return to look for traces.

Full-body sightingOdor