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7 August 2018 Whitehall, Warren County, New York Class A #59838

Motorist sighting at night approx 2 miles from NY/VT state line outside Whitehall

Late at night while driving to help a friend, the witness saw what first looked like logs on the roadside. On closer approach it appeared as a dark hair-covered figure seen from behind, which stepped easily over a roadside railing and went down into the woods toward power lines. The next day footprints at the spot were cast during a site visit with a local researcher.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
4 August 2018 Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut Class A #60892

Afternoon sighting by motorist, Wilbur Cross Parkway, approx midway between Berlin and Woodbridge

The witness was riding as a passenger in a daytime car trip when she noticed a very tall hair-covered biped in a clearing beside the road. The figure was walking north and she kept watching it as the car passed until she lost sight of it. She told the driver what she had seen, but the driver had been driving and did not see the figure.

Full-body sighting
22 July 2018 Compton, Newton County, Arkansas Class A #62625

Daylight sighting by two hikers at trailhead for Hideout Hollow in Buffalo National River

The witness and a companion arrived at a forest trailhead around noon to hike to a waterfall. After hearing an odd sniffing sound at the car, they started down the trail and saw a large brown hair-covered biped running through the woods with its arms up and dark hairless hands. As they retreated quickly to the car, something moved fast over their heads through the branches, frightening them enough to leave the area.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundObject throwing
July 2018 Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Class A #67271

Road crossing sighting by two witnesses on Hwy 175 between Many and Pleasant Hill

The witness was driving with two passengers on Highway 175 toward Many, Louisiana, when an upright, hairy, man-shaped creature crossed the road in a heavily wooded area. The witness saw its right arm and legs as it stepped into the woods and described it as huge and lanky with long hair hanging from its arms. The witness and a relative in the car both reacted verbally at the time and later said they no longer travel there at night.

Road crossingPartial sighting
24 June 2018 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Class A #59632

Woman watches a sasquatch walk from her bathroom window near Vernonia

Around 7:30 in the morning the witness was at home after briefly letting her dog out and the dog came straight back inside. She noticed a strong sewage-like smell and heard sticks breaking beside the house. Looking out the bathroom windows she watched a large dark upright creature walk north about 20 feet away and continue upslope toward the cemetery.

Full-body sightingOdorFootsteps
26 April 2018 Cook, St. Louis County, Minnesota Class A #59346

Daytime road crossing on MN-73 near the town of Cook

The witness was driving on Highway 73 in the early afternoon when he saw a large brown animal squatting by the roadside. As he approached, it stood bipedally and crossed the highway in three steps into a swampy area. He stopped and found patted-down grass where it had been but no distinct prints due to wet ground, and noted a strong rancid odor at the site.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
21 April 2018 Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio Class A #60924

Homeowner across the street from East Fork State Park (30mi SE of Cincinnati) describes possible encounter at night

Late at night the witness was alerted by his dog barking intensely at the woods across the street. He shone a flashlight and saw blinking eyeshine high up, which a family member dismissed as an owl. After firing a BB gun toward the light, he heard something crash quickly through dense undergrowth to the left while the dog ran to keep pace and kept staring at the spot where the movement stopped.

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March 2018 Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana Class A #60871

Man has nighttime sighting of creature walking across his property

Over several months, a couple at a rural home report nightly sounds including knocks, whistles, calls and footsteps, along with missing poultry, cats and a displaced ball. About one to two months ago, the husband witness saw a tall, hair-covered biped walk past their trailer and behind it, disappearing in under ten seconds. The couple report feeling scared to go outside and believe more than one creature may be in the area near caves.

Full-body sightingWood knockWhistleVocalizationFootsteps +2
29 January 2018 Holt, Clinton County, Missouri Class A #58980

Truck driver watches a sasquatch vanish into a treeline near Holt

The witness was driving a semi-truck southbound on I-35 near mile marker 35 when he noticed a tall brown bipedal figure ahead by the treeline. The figure took a few large steps into the woods and disappeared within seconds as the truck approached. Unable to slow safely in traffic, the witness continued past and later noted the time and location.

Full-body sighting
December 2017 Rice, Stearns County, Minnesota Class A #58895

Nighttime sighting by a motorist near the city of Rice

About a month before the report, the witness was driving home at night when his headlights caught a tall bipedal figure crossing the two-lane highway ahead. The lower legs and large feet were clearly lit while the upper torso was more shadowed, described as about 7.5 to 8 feet tall, about 3 feet wide, with long black matted hair and long arms swinging as it walked. The figure crossed from east to west in four steps, traveling between a wooded area and the river area.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
13 November 2017 Wind Gap, Northampton County, Pennsylvania Class A #58534

Deer hunter has a dusk sighting near Wind Gap

The witness was deer hunting at sunset when deer ran through as if being pushed by something. A tall reddish-brown bipedal figure followed the deer, approached a dead deer, looked toward the witness, then disappeared back up the hill. A wood knock was also noted.

Full-body sightingWood knock
12 November 2017 Parma, MT Area, Sanders County, Montana Class A #63381

Daylight sighting by motorists near the Flathead River

Two occupants driving toward Missoula in morning daylight spotted a very tall, uniformly black bipedal figure moving rapidly across an open hillside across the highway and river. The driver watched it with binoculars while the passenger attempted cell-phone photos, observing for about two to two-and-a-half minutes as it crossed right to left then turned uphill with long strides and swinging arms. Both described it as much larger than a person and moving at a running pace despite a relaxed walking gait.

Full-body sighting
11 November 2017 Vichy, Maries County, Missouri Class A #59532

Two coyote hunters have nighttime sighting driving back to the farm near Arley

Two companions were hunting coyotes at night when one was paralleled in the woods by something that returned his whistles. After reuniting they drove toward the house and illuminated a tall shaggy biped in the field below the barn. They watched it briefly in the headlights before it turned and walked into a cedar thicket while their dog chased it a short way and returned.

Full-body sightingWhistleFootsteps
28 October 2017 Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio Class A #58458

Daytime road crossing on State Route 19 just outside of Fremont

The witness was driving south with his wife on a clear afternoon when they saw a tall, hairy biped cross the road ahead of them from a field into woods. They watched it continuously as they approached, noting its long arms, long strides, and large size. After it disappeared over a guardrail into a steep wooded ravine, they stopped but could not relocate it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 2017 Vestaburg, Montcalm County, Michigan Class A #58621

Ongoing activity including a late night sighting at a home east of Vestaburg

Around 2 a.m. on a clear night in late October, the witness heard growls and other noises outside his home and went out with a flashlight to investigate. He reported a strong dead-animal odor, movement across the road, and green eyeshine, then watched a tall dark bipedal animal cross the road into his woods and viewed it at close range in the treeline before retreating to the house. He reported hearing noises through the rest of the night and finding a few tracks afterward.

VocalizationGrowlWhoopEyeshineSilhouette +6
16 September 2017 Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois Class A #58238

Nighttime road crossing between Rochester and East Lake Drive

Around 5 a.m. while driving home from work in the dark, the witness saw a two-legged creature run across the road ahead of the car and into a cornfield near a river. The creature was described as about six to six and a half feet tall, dark dirty black and grey, very muscular, with little visible neck and no clothes. The witness did not see long hair or the face.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
9 September 2017 Samuels, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #58251

Wife and husband find tracks, have afternoon sighting near Hellroaring Ridge

While driving in a gated area to bear hunt, the witness saw a tall black upright figure moving through saplings. On driving back through the same spot, the companion watched a similar tall black figure with wide shoulders and a rounded head for 15-20 seconds before it stepped behind a tree and vanished. Moments later the companion saw branches about seven feet high moving in a row as if something tall had run through.

Partial sightingMovement only
11 August 2017 Mountain View Ar, Stone County, Arkansas Class A #62595

Two fishermen describe daylight sighting 10 miles south of Mountain View

The witness and a companion were wade fishing in an isolated creek when they noticed a beaver-like shape in deeper water upstream. After the witness made noise, the animal swam to the bank and rose up standing upright in chest-deep water, revealing reddish fur and long massive arms, then stared briefly before climbing a steep erosion bank with a small tree, uprooting the tree. The pair heard it crashing away through thickets and immediately left the area.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
August 2017 Fort McCoy, Marion County, Florida Class A #59858

Multiple witnesses, daylight sighting, Hopkins Prairie, Ocala NF, next to Florida Trail

Four people driving two jeeps on the inner perimeter road of Hopkins Prairie stopped when a large creature appeared about 100 to 150 yards away at the edge of a campground. They watched it walk around a small area with long arms swaying at its sides before it turned and walked into the campground and disappeared. They then went to the spot and found a footprint in wet ground and flattened grass with a stride too wide for a relative to match.

Full-body sightingTracks
August 2017 The One With The Big Ball Of Twine [Cawker, Kansas], Mitchell County, Kansas Class A #59633

Two motorists (female) report road crossing Sasquatch on Interstate 24 among cornfields right outside Cawker City famously known for the 'The World's Largest Ball of Twine'

The witness was riding as a passenger in a truck heading east at night with two companions. A large hairy biped emerged from a cornfield, crossed the two-lane highway on all fours in jumps in front of the truck, then stood upright on the far side before disappearing into corn on the other side. The witness observed its size, build, hair and facial features in moonlight and vehicle light and asked the driver not to stop.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine