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4 August 2025 Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma Class A #79001

(LAST WEEK !!! 8/4/25) Motorist on State Hwy 4 observes a bigfoot crossing the Canadian River 15 miles SW of Oklahoma City

The witness was driving north to work across the Canadian River bridge in the morning and looked east down the river. He saw a very large black bipedal figure wading through the water toward the north bank, creating a visible wake. After crossing the bridge he looped back to look again, but the figure had disappeared into trees at the river edge.

Partial sighting
14 August 2010 Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Class A #65296

Daylight sighting between Broken Bow and Little River

The witness and a companion went into woods behind a relative's house to investigate dead fish found earlier by a pond. While the companion stepped away, the witness heard a noise and saw a furry figure peeking from behind a tree 50 to 75 yards away. The figure stepped sideways into full view, and the witness fled running back to the house. The companion did not see the creature.

Partial sightingFull-body sightingUnidentified sound
August 2009 Barnsdall, Osage County, Oklahoma Class A #26543

Nightime roadside sighting south of Woolaroc

Two companions were driving back toward their campsite late at night after dropping others off. They noticed a broad figure squatting in a ditch beside a guardrail that turned its head to watch their vehicle pass. They turned around to look again but it was gone, and a visit the next day found only flattened grass.

Partial sightingEyeshine
5 March 2008 Honobia, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class A #23733

Daylight observation by BFRO investigator near Honobia

The witness and a companion stopped while hiking and watched a reddish primate-like figure peeking from behind trees and brush about 100 feet away. The figure watched them for several minutes, moved away, then reappeared to peek briefly several more times over about 15 minutes. During the encounter they also heard movement in ravines on either side.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
September 2005 Cache, Comanche County, Oklahoma Class A #27206

Young man sees two white hairy creatures while hiking in the Wichita Mountains

The witness hiked ahead of a relative up a mountain near a church camp and heard running ahead. The witness then saw two tall white hair-covered creatures about 25 yards away that crossed the trail and hid with faces covered. The witness spoke to them with no response, called for the relative, and ran until the creatures were out of sight.

Partial sightingFootsteps
July 2005 Lincoln County, Oklahoma Class A #12204

Motorist has midnight road cross encounter.

Late at night while driving home over a river bridge with the convertible top down, the witness saw a large brown-haired being bent over in the lane apparently picking something up. As she slowed and moved to the other lane to pass, the being froze motionless and she was hit by an overpowering foul odor. She then accelerated home to tell her husband. The encounter happened around midnight about a quarter mile from her home.

Partial sightingOdor
January 2005 CACHE, Comanche County, Oklahoma Class A #10234

Large white creature seen in tree

The witness and a companion drove to a tree in the yard to check a prior possible sighting. With bright headlights from about 50 feet away, they saw a large white figure sitting on a branch with broad shoulders and hairy dangling legs moving slightly. After the companion shouted to leave, the witness reversed the car and drove away, then both called relatives.

Partial sighting
August 2004 Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma Class A #10074

Hog hunter has dusk encounter in Love Valley Wildlife Management Area

The witness was hunting hogs from a stand when he smelled a strong musky odor and climbed a ridge to investigate. Objects including a heavy rock were thrown toward him, with one landing at his feet. He then observed a very large dark fur-covered human-like figure through his rifle scope before it turned and walked away.

Partial sightingOdorObject throwingRock throwing
January 2003 Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma Class A #7473

Family finds tracks and has close visual encounter

In January 2003 a relative was chopping wood near the woods edge in the early evening when he noticed a large hairy figure a short distance away, visible from the waist up through a clearing. He froze, dropped the wood, and fled into the house, arriving badly shaken and initially unable to speak before stating he had seen Bigfoot. The figure was reported to have turned and left into denser woods without aggression or sound.

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
1 July 2000 Octavia, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class A #1302

Brief sighting by a fisherman ; Tracks found ; Report from investigators.

The witness was fishing downstream from family members when he briefly saw the lower legs of a dark figure stepping from the creek onto the bank and into dense brush. He searched the spot and found wet marks on rocks, disturbed soil, and dung, which companions helped videotape. He concluded the figure was unlikely to be human given the remote, rugged terrain.

Partial sightingTracksScat
10 June 2000 Gore, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Class A #63286

Brief but clear daylight sighting near Lake Tenkiller

The witness was helping clear land on a forested property when they left companions during a lunch break to explore a ravine and entered a cave containing a large nest of fabric and vegetation. After exiting the cave and moving a short distance away, they heard a huff and saw the head and upper body of a hair-covered creature watching from rocks above the cave. The witness fled uphill to rejoin the companions.

Partial sightingVocalizationStructure or nest
July 1999 Choctaw, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Class A #8381

Young man has midnight close encounter

The witness had been retrieving items from a storage shed with friends and stayed behind to latch the door, then hurried to catch up. Hearing rustling leaves, he stopped and saw a large dark hairy figure about 15 feet away on the other side of a chain-link fence. He watched for about 30-45 seconds, hearing heavy breathing and an intermittent deep growl, then slowly walked away out of fear.

Partial sightingSilhouetteGrowlUnidentified sound
28 September 1997 Muskogee County, Oklahoma Class A #1296

A geologist witnesses a reddish-brown animal hanging from a low branch over the bridge on the opposite bank of the creek from him.

Two geologists were sampling exposed rock near a creek after morning hunting gunfire had stopped. The witness heard rustling, turned, and saw a reddish-brown hair-covered entity hanging by long arms from a low branch over a bridge about 200 to 300 feet away. After about 10 to 15 seconds it dropped behind the bridge out of view and was not seen again. The companion saw nothing, no traces were searched for or found, and the witness remained unsure the sighting was genuine.

Partial sighting
25 November 1996 Smithville, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Class A #25703

Experienced hunter decribes a brief standoff at approx. 80 yards, in daylight, near Smithville

The witness had split from a hunting companion to stalk along a forested ridge on a November morning. He noticed a large, dark-haired bipedal figure emerge below the ridge tip about 83 yards away and step beside a large oak. The two watched each other from behind trees for about three minutes, after which the figure left toward the woods following a loud snap the witness later attributed to an armadillo. He found no tracks on the hard ground.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
June 1992 Can't Remember, Atoka County, Oklahoma Class A #742

Boys have early morning encounter at watermelon patch off road

Late at night the witness and a friend stood in a rural road with dogs while waiting. They both saw a figure standing erect behind a large tree by a melon patch about 50-60 yards away. A deep, resonating growl came from the field that frightened them and the dogs, and they fled. They later heard whistles and howls from the woods for hours before falling asleep near dawn.

Partial sightingGrowlHowlWhistle
Spring 1981 Wilburton, Latimer County, Oklahoma Class A #8678

Mother and sons have encounter with unidentified "prowler."

In the evening the witness and two family members were at home when a strong foul odor entered through open windows. A relative then saw a large hairy unclothed figure watching the house, chased it toward the chicken area where it carried a chicken, hit a wire fence and leapt over a brush pile to escape. Later a hairy face appeared in the living-room window, a storage building and freezer were found entered, and responding deputies found nothing.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingOdorProperty disturbance
August 1966 Edge Of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Class A #34555

Woman recalls her nighttime face to face encounter at her window outside Tulsa

Late at night three girls were lying on a bed by an open screened window talking quietly. After hearing footsteps and bushes rustling, a tall hair-covered creature placed its face at the window inches from the witness and stared for several seconds. The witness screamed and the group fled to another room, after which police searched but found nothing. The witness later said the creature matched descriptions of bigfoot she heard.

Partial sightingFootstepsOdor