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23 August 2026 Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky Class B #82512

Country boys have frightening nightime encounter 50 miles south of Louisville

The witness and two companions stopped on a rural back road at night and heard a distant knock, then sounds of wood breaking after the witness whistled. After driving on to turn around and stopping again, the witness shone a light into the woods and saw a tall dark hairy figure with eyeshine watching them. The encounter lasted only a few seconds before the group drove away in fear.

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Fall 2025 Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia Class B #79369

Train spotters describe night time incident at Folkston Funnel (railroad junction)

Four people were train-spotting and camping by railroad tracks at night when they heard noise in brush across the tracks and saw eyeshine and a large silhouette swaying. They reported a foul odor, cats fleeing, and rocks thrown toward them from the brush direction, with impacts sparking on the tracks. One teen went inside while the remaining witnesses heard chatter and a branch snap south of the first figure, leading the witness to think two creatures were present. The witness then lit the brush and saw a tall bipedal silhouette stand before it disappeared, with no further activity over the next two nights.

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January 2025 Pearlington Ms, Hancock County, Mississippi Class B #78460

Couple observers possible bigfoot eyeshine near road on north boundary of Pearlington

The witness and a companion were driving at night in a swamp buffer zone when they noticed eyeshine in the fork of an oak tree. They stopped about 30 feet away and watched a single large amber eye lean out, move and stare at them for a few minutes without a visible face. Frightened, they drove past without checking behind the tree and saw nothing on the return pass.

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September 2024 Smackover AR, Union County, Arkansas Class B #78093

Nighttime sighting of a possible bigfoot by motorists just outside Smackover

Around 2am the witness was driving a coworker home when headlights revealed red eyes behind a tree. The figure peeked out with its head tilted, then turned to show its chest, arm, shoulder and legs before taking one step and vanishing. The witness described it as huge, about 7-8 feet tall with very wide shoulders and grayish hair mixed with black, and said the companion confirmed seeing it.

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August 2023 Holt, Clinton County, Missouri Class B #76259

Resident sees two sets of large green eyes reflecting spotlight around 1am near Holt

Late at night the witness was outside with dogs and scanned with a spotlight toward a soybean field clearing about 300 feet away. The light revealed two sets of reflective eyes estimated to be about seven feet high that moved behind a bush and repeatedly peeked out. After watching them disappear and reappear, the witness went inside for about twenty minutes and returned to find the area empty.

EyeshinePartial sightingUnidentified sound
14 April 2023 Dellrose, Lincoln County, Tennessee Class B #77199

Growl near Dellrose, Tennessee (2023)

Late at night the witness was gaming at home when she heard a deep growl that grew louder and shifted into a loud distressed bellowing outside her office window. She looked toward the window and saw a pair of yellow-green luminous eyes watching her for a few seconds before they turned and moved away. She initially thought the eyes might be human but concluded they were not, and the next day found no tracks beneath the window.

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4 March 2022 Henderson, Rusk County, Texas Class B #72276

Couple describes sasquatch incidents around rural home 22 miles south of Longview

The witness was [name withheld] when she felt watched and noticed a pair of red eyes looking through the bathroom window, partly obscured by a plant. She looked away startled, the motion light came on, and when she looked back the eyes were gone. Her partner later estimated from her indication that the eyes had been about 6 ft 8 in to 7 ft off the ground and about 6 inches apart, and found no tracks or marks outside.

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30 January 2021 Faithorn, Menominee County, Michigan Class B #67602

Coyote hunters watch upright figure at night in woodline with glowing yellowish eyes outside Faithorn

The witness and companions were calling coyotes at the edge of a field at night when they noticed yellowish eyeshine behind a tree. They watched through scopes as the source of the eyeshine moved behind the tree, crouched low, briefly disappeared, reappeared nearby, crouched again and then vanished. An apparent wood knock had been heard earlier in the outing.

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21 July 2020 Mt Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Class B #65795

Motorists' sighting of a possible sasquatch along Interstate 64 outside Mt. Vernon

The witness was driving on an interstate at night with two companions when a large bipedal figure was seen walking along the treeline. The figure made eye contact, took a couple of steps toward the trees, looked back again, then continued into the woods. It was described as very tall, stocky, light tan in color, stooped, with red eyeshine.

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21 January 2017 Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana Class B #56576

Homeowner describes ongoing activity from a neighboring swamp and takes interesting photos outside Colfax

Around midnight on January 21, 2017 the witness was making calls from the front porch and received a wood knock response from across the street, which drew the dog into the woods. When the dog went quiet the witness entered the woods, beat on an oak and shouted for the dog, then heard knocks, chest-beating, howls, a bluff charge and a tree pushed over while seeing eyeshine. After the witness told the entity to back away, the dog returned and they went home.

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18 August 2016 Eldon, Miller County, Missouri Class B #55997

Witness has possible sighting, howls, knocks and structures on his property outside Eldon

Late at night the witness, his wife and his oldest son stepped onto their porch with a spotlight after their dog barked aggressively toward the trees. They observed large orange glowing eyes about eight feet off the ground behind an oak about 75 yards away for two to three minutes. When the witness shouted, the creature ran off showing its full side profile, and the family was startled by its massive size, massive arms and speed.

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15 August 2016 Adel, Cook County, Georgia Class B #58046

Multiple incidents near rural home outside Adel

The witness sat alone on the back patio at night facing the woods and spoke aloud. Three figures approached from different directions with audible walking and breaking limbs. The witness shone a flashlight on the closest one, seeing a large squatting outline with widely spaced bright green eyeshine, then went inside and still heard movement an hour later.

EyeshinePartial sightingFootstepsTree break
August 2016 Challenge, Yuba County, California Class B #78946

Several incidents 2 miles west of New Bullards Bar Reservoir

The witness and a companion were watching a meteor shower on their wooded property when the witness shone a flashlight beyond the garden and saw large, wide-set eyeshine. The entity hid its head behind a fence post and peeked out for about a minute. It then abruptly left the area, with branches breaking heard as it walked bipedally into the woods.

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22 March 2016 Between Wilkes Barre And Scranton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Class B #51535

Possible nighttime sighting from a home SW of Scranton

Around 2:30 AM on March 22, 2016, the witness watched from a kitchen window as an upright figure walked through the backyard. The figure was described as large, taller than the swing set and wider than the witness, with eye shine. The witness searched for prints afterward but found none because the ground was frozen hard.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
October 2015 Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky Class B #56202

Hunters have a possible encounter early in the morning on their farm near Auburn

The witness was waiting alone in a deer stand before dawn on opening day. She noticed two steady red eye-like lights about 30 feet away that blinked after she blinked. She then heard loud movement through leaves toward an old road, followed by a whoop that rose from low to very loud, before the source moved away along a ridge.

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30 September 2015 Lee Vining, Mono County, California Class B #49896

Possible encounter at night by hunters camping at Virginia Lakes

A family was camped in a trailer near a treeline with a deer carcass stored nearby. During the night the family was awakened by rocks hitting the trailer, knocking sounds, growls, screams and whoops. The witness later went outside with a flashlight and saw a single glowing red eye high in the treeline. In the morning stacked rocks were gone, footprints were found, and a large pine by the carcass had been pushed over.

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July 2015 Bryson, Jack County, Texas Class B #49309

Possible nighttime activity during a hog hunt on a ranch near Bryson

The witness and three relatives were hog hunting at night from two positions separated by several hundred yards. Around midnight they heard bipedal footsteps, grunting, whistling, whoops and reciprocal tree knocks, smelled a strong foul odor, and had small sticks thrown at their position. After a shot was fired into the ground, heavy running was heard moving toward the second position where glowing eyes were seen, and the group left around 2 a.m.

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14 May 2015 Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa Class B #48686

Possible midnight road crossing near Iowa Falls

The witness was driving home from work at nearly midnight when something jumped onto the road at the top of a hill. It looked toward the vehicle for a second or two, showing big red eyes, then quickly crossed to the woods on the other side. The witness described it as gigantic and black, and said its speed and the height of its eyes made him think it was a Bigfoot.

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October 2014 Fort Ashby, Mineral County, West Virginia Class B #46665

Possible activity including eye glow outside a home near Fort Ashby

Around 1 a.m. the witness got up for water and looked out the kitchen window. About 20 yards into the woods behind the house, three pairs of red glowing eyes moved single file at an estimated 7 feet off the ground. No bodies could be seen in the darkness except moving branches, and the movement was described as smooth, balanced and agile.

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19 June 2014 Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama Class B #45498

Strange occurrences are ongoing at a rural home outside Talladega

Late at night at home, the witness heard dogs barking and howling and went to the door with a flashlight to scan the woods. The beam caught two pairs of eyeshine on either side of a tree a short distance inside the treeline at different heights. The eyes looked toward the witness and then toward each other before withdrawing into the woods out of view.

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