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October 2002 Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas Class A #5316

Daytime sighting by hiker near Spring Creek.

The witness and a companion walked a creek in the late afternoon, and the witness climbed a steep bank to continue on land. From the bank the witness saw a large hair-covered biped in dense woods that moved away very quickly. The companion remained in the creek bed and did not see it, and both left the area along the creek as light faded.

Partial sighting
October 2002 Glide, Douglas County, Oregon Class A #8227

Driver stops, approaches bigfoot on foot around midnight on Hwy 138, 4 miles W of Glide

The witness was driving home around midnight when he saw a tall figure standing by a roadside fence watching him pass. Believing it was a man needing help, he stopped, got out with a flashlight, and started walking back toward it. A loud vocalization shifting from high-pitched to low guttural frightened him, causing him to drop the flashlight and drive away. He returned the next day to recover the flashlight and found only flattened grass with no footprints or hair.

Partial sightingScreamGrowl
24 September 2002 Cascade Locks, Hood River County, Oregon Class A #5100

Hiker sees, attempts to photograph a sasquatch in the Columbia Gorge

While hiking alone and descending a dry trail, the witness heard a loud crashing nearby and saw a large black ape-like animal running uphill, visible from the waist up. The animal tripped, caught itself, showed its face in profile, then disappeared while a fallen tree rocked and a possible face was glimpsed. The witness photographed the area, heard and saw nothing further, found no other tracks, and later found possible scat in the direction the animal headed.

Partial sightingMovement onlyUnidentified sound
9 September 2002 Middleport, Niagara County, New York Class A #12709

Daylight sighting by hiker outside Middleport

The witness stopped at a stone quarry in the late afternoon to look for deer and saw a dark, uniformly colored biped moving very quickly through tall grass on uneven terrain. The figure held its arms at its sides and appeared to float rather than run, crossed a path beside a corn field, then entered standing corn and disappeared. The observation lasted about 15 seconds at an estimated distance of 225 yards.

Partial sighting
8 August 2002 Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee Class A #4736

Man and wife have separate strange encounters in same area

In the early morning the witness was at a rental mobile home property with his wife to check on tenants and let dogs out. The dogs refused to leave the porch while reacting to movement in an adjacent tobacco field. The witness saw a large hunched furred figure with a rounded back in the field and a smaller figure moving away, and heard exchanging chuffing vocalizations and a distressed mewling sound from the field and from across the road near a creek. The figures moved toward tall grass and the tree line, a tree across the road shook as if climbed, a musty odor was noticed, and mashed grass trails were found the next morning.

Partial sightingVocalizationTracksOdorAnimal behaviour
August 2002 Whatcom County, Washington Class A #4808

Road trip pit stop in the woods

The witness pulled to the side of a road near woods and a river around 9 p.m. to relieve himself. The accompanying dog began growling and barking, and the witness saw a very large figure cross the road in about two steps and disappear into the woods about 30 yards away. When the witness walked toward the spot with the dog and a flashlight, the dog refused to advance, a strong musky smell was noticed, and cracking sounds in the vegetation moved toward them, prompting the witness to return to the car and drive away.

Partial sightingRoad crossingOdorMovement only
July 2002 Smithfield And Cleveland Community, Johnston County, North Carolina Class A #4676

Nighttime sighting by a man and his sister on road near Smithfield.

The witness was driving home at night with a relative when headlights revealed eyes ahead on the road. On approaching slowly, the witness described an upright, bear-like figure with dark hair, long limbs, and height comparable to a very tall relative. The witness returned the next morning and found no footprints, attributing this to dry, hard ground.

EyeshinePartial sighting
June 2002 Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon Class A #4481

Sighting by young man trimming lawn near Grants Pass

The witness was mowing a lawn when rocks were repeatedly thrown toward them, accompanied by a foul odor and laughter-like sounds. They then saw a very tall creature behind a tree and fled toward a door. Looking back, they saw it running through trees and brush.

Partial sightingRock throwingOdorVocalization
19 May 2002 Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota Class A #4379

Two witnesses have a daylight encounter in their camp near Spring Valley

The witness and a relative were camping on their property when the relative spotted a hairy man-like figure near the campsite. The witness then saw the upper half of the figure as it stood and walked away toward dense trees and a ravine, later finding large five-toed footprints in a creek bed. Later that day the witness heard a high-pitched scream while alone on a dirt bike, and that night something large reportedly ran past the tent while a neighbor's dog chased it.

Partial sightingTracksScreamFootsteps
March 2002 Shiprock, Teec Nos Pos, San Juan County, New Mexico Class A #12542

River guide sees skinny bigfoot at dusk

After completing a kayak scout of a San Juan River section, the witness drove at dusk to retrieve his truck. Companions ahead alerted him by radio that the passenger saw something near an old sheep corral. He then briefly saw the back of a tall, skinny, gray figure with long arms and a pointy head in his headlights before it left quickly.

Partial sighting
16 February 2002 Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia Class A #30006

Hikers startled by encounter at remote cabin near Woodstock

Three backpackers camping at a remote stone cabin heard loud heavy bipedal footsteps circling their site for an extended period and retreated inside. After the sounds stopped outside a shuttered window, the shutters were opened to reveal a large dark hairy face with large eyes staring in from very close range. After a few seconds of mutual staring the creature left quickly and no further sounds were heard overnight. They left in the morning and found no tracks due to ice.

FootstepsPartial sightingEyeshine
2002–2004 Pleasant Hill, Jefferson County, Ohio Class A #8785

Family has series of experiences north of Steubenville off of State Route 213

Two boys were playing near a creek valley across from a house and waded into the water after hearing movement in the brush. One of them noticed a large very dark brown monkey- or gorilla-like creature watching them from behind bushes on the far bank. After staring for what seemed a minute, both fled uphill and watched it moving through the brush in an upright walk.

Partial sightingMovement only
December 2001 Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida Class A #5702

New Year's Eve, two cousins observe creature watching them

On New Year's Eve evening the witness and a companion were playing near a wooded area behind a relative's house during a fireworks gathering. They saw a very large furry figure with red eyes standing partly behind a tree watching them, then saw it walking away on two legs with an ape-like limping gait. Both ran back to tell their parents, then returned minutes later with a flashlight but the figure was gone.

Partial sighting
11 November 2001 Hermitage, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Class A #3401

Motorist and passenger catch glimpse of humanlike figure crossing the road

The witness was driving on a back road at night with three companions when a light-brown figure crossed the road in front of the car and entered the woods. Only the witness and the front-seat companion saw the mid- and lower torso and legs moving with fast, person-like strides. The driver slowed with intent to stop but kept driving after the back-seat passengers asked not to stop.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
November 2001 Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado Class A #3636

Nighttime sighting of two furry bipeds in Eagle River during snowstorm

The witness was driving west on a snowy highway at night when headlights revealed two upright, furry figures walking in the middle of the river. The witness pulled over and watched them from about 30 feet away, noting human-like shape with long arms, elbows and knees, and a face-to-face look with the nearer one. After passing them and getting out to look upriver, the witness waited several minutes but the figures did not reappear around the bend, then drove home.

Partial sighting
27 October 2001 Big Cedar, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class A #4532

Small sasquatch seen in tree by hunter, near Big Cedar

While hunting deer from a tree stand in the afternoon, the witness noticed movement in a large tree about sixty yards away. He watched for about six seconds a dark, chimpanzee-like primate about three to four feet tall standing erect on a branch. The animal appeared to look toward him before turning and disappearing into foliage; its feet and lower legs were not visible.

Partial sighting
25 October 2001 Huntington Lake, Fresno County, California Class A #9296

Hunter has daytime sighting near Huntington Lake

While hunting in dense pines the witness repeatedly heard loud expulsions of air and branches breaking moving around him. After returning to the area with his father, deer were spooked by the same sound. The witness then saw a large black-haired figure sitting under a pine about 30 yards away and stared at it before it stood and bounded away making the same noise.

Partial sightingVocalizationFootstepsTree break
7 October 2001 Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Class A #3214

BFRO Researcher has sighting in Severn Run State Park

The witness parked alongside the road in Severn Run State Park at twilight and stood behind the car looking into the woods while researching an earlier report. Through fog over a stream, about 150 yards away, the witness saw a light-tan, 8- to 9-foot animal standing in undergrowth and looking toward them. The animal stayed frozen despite shouting, clapping and whistling, and after about 15 minutes the witness left without obtaining photos.

Partial sighting
September 2001 Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa Class A #3093

Observation of possibly two animals in or near back yard of apartment complex

Over two nights a group of five gathered outside on the property for hide-and-seek and heard strange noises. The husband and a companion went to investigate and saw an entity 50 yards away hiding between two silos, noted for goldish reflective eyes, with a second smaller similar entity present on the last night. Tracks with reported measurements were found where they investigated.

Partial sightingEyeshineUnidentified soundTracks
September 2001 Crescent City, Del Norte County, California Class A #3075

A young man observes a creature with a gorilla face

The son, riding as a passenger in a vehicle traveling alongside a river, reported seeing a large hairy animal squatting on a rock in the water appearing to drink with its hand. The father, who was driving, did not see the animal. The sighting was very brief, lasting only seconds, and was said to have occurred in the early afternoon.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour