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Multiple witness sighting at night, 3 miles east of Mead, Nebraska
On the night of July 4, 1979, the witness was relaxing with a large group at a farmhouse after fireworks when the group saw a very large figure walking quickly across a bean field about 300 yards away. The figure leaned forward and swung its arms as it crossed the field and disappeared behind a hill. The witness and a relative drove into the field and followed a trail to a barbed-wire fence where the ground was torn up, scanned the nearby treeline with spotlights without seeing anything, then backed out.
Possible sighting by off-road bikers near Buck Lake
Two youths riding a dirt bike back toward a farm noticed a tall dark figure walking upright on a rural road. When they stopped near a turn, the figure crouched briefly and then scrambled into the roadside ditch and dense bush. The pair fled to the farm and armed themselves without discussing the sighting at the time.
Possible vocalizations heard by residents in the "Bridgewater Triangle"
In July 1979 the witness reports hearing very loud howling and screaming approaching through dense woods behind the house on three consecutive nights. Each episode involved repeated 20-30 second vocalizations with loud crashing through brush, while other night sounds stopped. On the third night the witness turned on roof floodlights when the source was behind the house; the sound stopped briefly then crashed away quickly in the opposite direction. The witness did not see the source and reports hearing nothing similar after 1979.
Two fisherman hear commotion of a roaring animal on brushy bank of Clendening Lake
The witness was fishing from a boat near shore while a companion napped on board. The witness heard footsteps in water, loud roars, splashing, and an animal squealing but saw nothing because shoreline vegetation was very dense. Frightened, the witness moved away quietly and woke the companion, who heard part of the sounds as they left. At the marina a worker said a news crew had previously covered a Bigfoot report at the lake, which led the witness to consider that explanation.
Couple Has Frightening Encounter Near Lake Shasta
A couple drove to a remote meadow near Squaw Creek and camped overnight. After the campfire burned low at night they heard loud breaking branches, rushing movement circling and approaching the camp, and a loud howl-like vocalization, while their dog growled and a strong foul odor was present. They kept the fire large, shone flashlights into the woods without seeing eyeshine, and left at daylight, later associating the incident with Bigfoot after a friend's comment.
Memory told of a possible daylight sighting as a child on Mount Graham
As a 10-year-old visiting Mount Graham with relatives, the witness sat alone on a fallen tree with her back to an upslope boulder. She felt she was being watched, glanced behind her, and saw a large dark hair-covered creature standing upright partly behind the boulder about fifteen feet away. After a second or two she ran to her family, who dismissed her account.
Woman recalls seeing something strange cross the road while driving at dusk near Ringwood
The witness was driving home from work at dusk on Skyline Drive when rounding a bend she saw the lower portion of a hairy human-like creature crossing the road. The figure moved from the center of her lane off the roadway and into the woods in a single step. She did not see the upper body and stated it was definitely not human.
Avid hiker recalls years of experience living in an area with what local people called the "Shadow People" near Montague
The witness describes repeated activity over years living near woods in White River Township. The witness reports seeing part of a tall hair-covered figure peeking from brush, finding deer carcasses cached high in trees, stacked bone piles and dugout shelters, hearing breathing and strange calls, smelling musk, feeling watched, and being chased at night by a bipedal creature that halted near the road.
Possible brush nest, tracks, smell, noticed by DeMolay teens visiting rural home Dunellon
Three teenagers walked down a dirt road at night to take time-exposure photos of stars away from house lights. They noticed a strong foul odor and an unusual silence, became frightened, and ran back to the house. The next morning they returned and found an area of flattened brush and a very large footprint in damp soil nearby, which they photographed in black-and-white before having to leave.
Unknown animal with loud scream visits lake front home, frightens dog; something heavy is heard walking in the water
The witness and their mother were inside their lakefront home near dusk when outdoor sounds went silent and their tethered dog howled and rushed inside to hide. Both then heard a loud non-human scream described as between a woman and a cougar, followed by loud splashing as something large moved through the water along the lake. After about five minutes normal swamp sounds resumed, suggesting whatever made the sounds continued down the lake.
During his youth, this First Generation American heard several unusual sounds, on two different occasions
In mid-winter 1979, the witness and about five other children were playing outside in snow around midnight during a heavy snowfall on the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona. From the darkness they heard a loud terrible screaming mixed with roaring that continued on and off for about 15 minutes. No creature was seen. The witness later concluded the sound must have been a Bigfoot, noting it matched published recordings and local stories of sheep thefts.
Crashing and snapping sounds heard by campers
Just after sunrise while camping beside a river, the witness and a companion heard breaking and crashing sounds moving through dense forest toward their tent. Heavy, slow footsteps approached to within a few feet behind the tent, paused, then moved away. The witness briefly followed on foot but saw nothing in the dense woods, and later found several small trees snapped or pushed over beyond a tangle of large fallen logs.
Sasquatch evidence near Mount McLoughlin
The witness and a companion were hiking in fresh snow with no prior tracks ahead. They found very large human-like tracks with a long stride and followed them about two miles. Near a turn the tracks stopped, snow clumps rolled down an embankment and brush moved as if something had just jumped uphill, and the pair left quickly.
Teenager has a nighttime close encounter and then sees tracks in the snow in Avery
The witness spent a winter night sleeping on a couch in an unfinished hillside cabin while two dogs slept nearby. During the night a large-sounding movement was heard outside that agitated the dogs for about fifteen minutes, but the witness did not look outside. The next morning the witness found a line of large five-toed footprints in snow that appeared to pass the cabin, step over a barbed-wire fence, and jump a creek before continuing uphill, but heavy snow later covered them.
Woman describes childhood incidents -- possible tracks and vocalization near outside rural home near St.James/Rolla
The witness and relatives moved into a secluded house surrounded by woods on Christmas Day. The next morning the witness noticed large footprints in fresh snow that led from the woods around the side of the house to the high front windows. A relative went outside and noted the prints were much larger than his own feet but dismissed them as boots.
Duck hunter recalls hearing possible vocalizations from three individuals on Stockton Lake
While duck hunting from a canoe on a lake in the early morning, the witness heard very loud sustained calls from three different directions at varying distances. The calls were repeated in turn several times and were described as indicating very large lung capacity. The witness later became convinced the sounds matched published descriptions of Bigfoot calls.
Tracks found by vacationers
The witness was playing in the snow near a river when they noticed a set of large tracks. The tracks led from the river into a patch of low trees. The witness did not follow the tracks out of fear.
Hunter has a close but brief encounter in a hazelnut bog near Middle River
The witness was hunting deer and after a misfire on a deer entered a clearing. He noticed a dark man-like figure to his left that turned away and walked upright into dense brush. He left the area without looking for tracks and never returned to that spot.
Bowhunters get unexpected response near Boston
Three bowhunting companions were camped overnight in an abandoned barn. After the witness made rabbit-distress calls with cellophane, a distant low moan grew into a loud mournful roar twice, followed by total silence from dogs and insects. The men remained silent in their sleeping bags until morning and then packed up and left without hunting.
Several incidents in the woods near the Sulphur River south of Texarkana
The witness and a companion went squirrel hunting in a wooded area early on a Saturday morning. After firing into a squirrel nest, they heard an extremely loud roar twice that seemed to shake the woods. They saw nothing, ran out of the woods past agitated cows at a nearby farm, and did not stop until reaching the witness's house.