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30 July 2000 Ronald, Kittitas County, Washington Class C #175

Campers encounter large animal near Cle Elum

During a family reunion campout, four relatives walked to nearby creek pools at night to look for frogs. They smelled a strong fecal odor and heard rustling and two heavy thuds approaching from dense woods, then fled back to camp. After calming down, some returned armed but found no source, noticed the odor was gone and the dogs had not reacted, and one noted a den-like resting spot across the marshy creek.

OdorUnidentified soundFootsteps
19 March 1999 Queets, Jefferson County, Washington Class C #945

Creature with red glowing eyes seen

The witness was picking brush for sale near an old skid road when he heard loud growls, squeals, and brush breaking. He climbed a side hill and saw a still dark bear draped over a vine maple, then noticed a very large dark-brown biped standing about 50 feet away with its back turned. The creature turned and stared with red glowing eyes, prompting the witness to flee to his truck screaming, after which he refused to return to the woods and his crew left the area.

Full-body sightingGrowlVocalizationEyeshine
12 August 1998 Tulare County, California Class C #2878

Two Local Residents Interviewed about Sighting

The author states this is not a sighting report but a follow-up visit to the location of a prior anonymous Three Rivers report. He describes dense riparian vegetation along a canyon bottom and a dry creek bed that could conceal animal movement, and notes nearby homes along the road. He spoke with two local residents who said they had never heard of the prior sighting and doubted it.

November 1997 Manderfield, Beaver County, Utah Class C #1434

Tracks found by family hunting for arrowheads

The witness was searching for arrowheads with companions when alerted to an unusual track near a small cedar tree. He describes a large human-like left footprint with only three toes impressed in soil, larger than his own boot, plus a second fainter matching print nearby. He interpreted the distance between prints as a long stride that would have cleared the small tree.

Tracks
Spring 1997 Utopia, Brown County, Ohio Class C #3386

Loud vocalizations heard

The witness and a companion were in bed at home when their three dogs barked intensely and then fell suddenly silent. Shortly after the silence, the witness heard a loud deep grumbly yell ending deeper that she had never heard before. The companion also said he heard it while half-asleep, and the dogs remained silent afterward.

Vocalization
1996 La Crosse, Wisconsin And LaCresent, Minnesota, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Class C #3044

Second-hand report of creature looking in at woman through window

About two decades ago a woman washing dishes at night saw a large hairy-faced man looking through the window above her sink. Police were called and during the subsequent search an officer saw a tall man-like figure run across a highway. Very large tracks with a long stride were found but dogs could not track anything and the figure vanished into river bottoms. A later visitor examined a cast and said weight distribution argued against a fake shoe.

Partial sightingRoad crossingTracks
November 1995 Trinity County, Texas Class C #4159

Campers hear unusual grunting sound from behind tent

Four people settling to sleep at a deer hunting camp heard a deep grunting animal shuffling behind a tent. Two of them got up with rifles and lights to investigate, and the animal left quickly while grunting and breaking through brush. They never saw the animal and found no tracks the next morning.

GrowlFootstepsMovement only
22 July 1995 Bella Coola, British Columbia Class C #2420

Chris Murphy speaks with some Bella Coola Indians about sightings in the area

In a trailside interview, a youth told the writer that when he was about twelve he saw a creature down by the river bending over. He first thought it was a bear, but it then stood up and walked away on two legs. The interview occurred during the writer's summer trip to the Bella Coola area.

Full-body sighting
February 1995 Fresno County, California Class C #2960

Howling followed by speech-like vocalization heard

The witness was sitting outdoors with four companions late at night when a distant loud howl-like sound repeated several times, each lasting about 15 seconds. A second prolonged echoing sound resembling garbled speech then continued for about five minutes. Nearby dogs across the lake began barking after the second sound started.

HowlVocalization
Fall 1995 Prince Rupert, British Columbia Class C #2441

Creature seen hiding behind a large boulder

A female forestry technician was alone checking a cutblock and walking out on an old road in the afternoon when she noticed she was being watched. She turned and saw a tall, dark-brown furry animal with long arms walk with bent knees for two strides before hiding behind a large boulder. Spooked, she readied her bear spray and hurried to the beach pickup spot.

Full-body sighting
1995 Constance, Boone County, Kentucky Class C #2365

Strange "yowling" sounds heard behind home in Constance

Friends living by the Ohio River reported hearing loud yowling from the woods behind their house that they could not identify as a known animal. They also reported hearing something crashing through underbrush on a steep hillside. No visual sighting or footprints were reported, and the reporter relaying the account noted it could be a known animal such as a coyote, bobcat, or bear.

VocalizationUnidentified soundPossible misidentification
July 1994 Sooke, British Columbia Class C #2448

Creature seen on a Vancouver Island beach in full daylight

A beach resident told the reporter he had encountered a sasquatch on the beach about a month earlier. The creature reportedly came out onto the open beach in daylight, noticed the witness, and then quickly retreated into the surrounding forest. The only descriptive detail the reporter recalled was that it was very dark in colour.

Full-body sighting
July 1989 Missoula, Missoula County, Montana Class C #1649

Witnesses hear two powerful vocalizations near their property on the Flathead Reservation

The witness was called outside by a relative who had heard a strange sound in the forest. Both then heard loud, resonant, high-pitched vocalizations from the woods, later seeming to come from two different directions as if answering each other. Dogs nearby barked toward the forest while the sounds occurred. After several exchanges over a few minutes the sounds stopped and did not recur.

Vocalization
Fall 1988 Santa Paula, Ventura County, California Class C #2888

High-pitched Whistling Heard at Ant Campground

In 1988 at Ant Campground in the Condor Refuge, a report described high-pitched whistling and movement in the chapparal area along Aqua Blanca Creek. No visual contact or further details about the source were provided.

WhistleMovement only
Spring 1985 Riverside County, California Class C #2228

Reference to a local newspaper article about tracks found near Bautista Road

A local newspaper reportedly published an article about footprints found in the Anza area near Bautista Road. The current author did not claim to have seen the footprints directly but referenced the article. No date, discoverer, or description of the prints beyond their location is provided.

Tracks
October 1984 Frazier, Roosevelt County, Montana Class C #1700

Witnesses hear unusual screams while hunting & note local Indian stories regarding Bigfoot

The witness and three companions were hunting deer at dusk in brushy river bottomland. While separated along irrigation canals and field edges, they heard prolonged loud screaming with gurgling and hooting from about 100 yards away in dark woods. Frightened, they regrouped, fled to their vehicle, picked up the fourth hunter on the road, and left the area.

ScreamVocalization
17 August 1983 Issaquah, King County, Washington Class C #1387

Father and son hear heavy footsteps made by an apparent bipedal creature

The witness and a relative were walking in dense woods when they heard large, heavy bipedal footsteps on the other side of a dirt mound. The footsteps approached to within a few feet, stopped for several minutes, then resumed and moved away. As they left the area they noticed a strong ammonia-like odor.

FootstepsOdor
1983 Fayettville, Madison County, Arkansas Class C #4089

Backpackers find long, oval shaped nests, three miles from camp

During a 1983 backpacking trip in wooded hills in Arkansas, the witness and friends found three oval rock-and-leaf structures described as nests, with bark-stripped branches beside two of them, plus a very large scat pile and a pine tree with bark stripped in long strips. They remained in the area two more days hearing unidentified spooky noises but reported seeing no animal.

Structure or nestScatTree breakUnidentified sound
February 1981 Julian, San Diego County, California Class C #2779

A Local Writer Discusses Her Experiences Pursuing Local Reports and Legends

The author went with a young tribal guide to a canyon on a reservation where the guide said Bigfoot hid in caves. The guide refused to enter a taboo area near the caves, and they waited without a reported sighting. They hiked back and the author left the area at dusk.

September 1980 Rusk County, Texas Class C #4156

Loud, high-pitched, close-range screams directed at bowhunters

The witness and his father were scouting a river-bottom area for deer stand sites at dusk when they heard a loud, long, high-pitched scream three times from the edge of the woods about 150 yards away. They could not see the source as darkness fell. Perceiving the vocalizations as directed at them to leave, they ended scouting and returned to camp.

Scream