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May 2020 Harsburg, Boone County, Missouri Class B #65870

Possible daylight sighting near Missouri River and Katy Trail outside Hartsburg

On a sunny late morning the witness was driving slowly south on a rural road south of town. He saw a large upright figure crossing ahead, coming from the direction of the river and heading toward the bluffs. The figure walked very quickly with long strides and swinging arms across an open planted field. The witness followed briefly by vehicle but remained about 100 yards away before the figure disappeared into woods after about one to two minutes.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
April 2014 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #64096

6:30am sighting by two hunters driving 100 yds south of Cooper's Landing

The witness was driving with a relative on a river road in early morning light when a large, black, soaking-wet creature jumped from the river side onto the road in front of them. The creature then leapt up the bluff on the opposite side and disappeared without sound. The witnesses stopped, looked for it briefly, then continued to their hunting area after a short discussion.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 2013 Fraser, Boone County, Iowa Class B #41845

Group of campers has strange encounters over three nights near Fraser

A group camping near a river spent three late nights walking north of their campsite to look for Sasquatch. They claim loud tree knocks, howls, grunts, heavy bipedal movement and red glowing eyes, plus a shadowy figure that rose from about five feet to about eight feet tall. They also claim a glow stick left on a gravel road was later found moved to the base of a hollow tree.

Wood knockFootstepsEyeshineHowlVocalization +3
23 July 2013 Ogden, Boone County, Iowa Class B #41700

Motorist observes a dark shaggy figure running on the road in daylight near Ogden

The witness was driving west on a paved rural road after collecting a child from camp when a dark upright figure was spotted walking on the gravel shoulder well ahead. As the vehicle closed the distance, the figure looked toward the vehicle, ran along the shoulder, cut across into the opposite lane while moving uphill, then turned off onto a tractor access and vanished into a cornfield and woods about 100 yards away. The witness's son in the vehicle also saw the figure, while the daughter did not, and the witness described it as dark and shaggy with a fast, unusual motion that left doubt about whether it was human.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
November 2012 Boone, Boone County, Iowa Class A #44429

Truck driver watches a Bigfoot chase Deer across US-30 west of Boone

A semi-truck driver traveling east on Highway 30 through the Des Moines River valley at twilight saw three deer run across the road ahead, followed about 75 yards behind by a tall hairy biped apparently chasing them. The biped crossed the highway ditch and lane in a few long strides. As the truck reached the crossing point, the creature stood at the edge of the tree line about 75 feet off the road watching the truck pass and turning to watch the deer.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
September 2011 Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky Class A #31368

Nighttime sighting by motorcyclist near Petersburg

The witness was riding a motorcycle east on KY 8 after leaving a friend's house and slowed for a bend known for deer crossings. A small bipedal creature crossed from the oncoming lane into his lane, and he swerved to miss it by less than a foot. He stopped past the crossing point, turned to aim his headlight on it, and watched it enter thick brush beside the road.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
20 January 2008 Outskirts Of Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #27125

Late night Winter sighting by pedestrian along W. Nifong Blvd. in Columbia

The witness was walking along a roadside in Columbia, Missouri around 1:30 a.m. when a large bipedal creature paralleled him from behind a tree line. He stopped to face it and described a tall dark-haired figure with a cone-shaped head that emitted a low growl. After he looked away and kept walking, the creature followed briefly then disappeared.

Full-body sightingGrowl
29 July 2006 Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Class A #15355

Early morning sighting by bat survey crew

While checking nets during a late-night bat survey, the witness and two coworkers heard a whoop and then saw a tall hair-covered biped cross a dirt road in front of them. The creature looked at them, took two steps up an embankment and disappeared. The group fled and later returned with two more people to find large footprints in mud and trampled vegetation before leaving the site.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingWhoopTracks
2004–2005 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class B #27023

Huge animal screams and circles campsite at Finger Lake Park

Four people were camping around a campfire at Rocky Fork Lake in July 2004 when a large animal came from the woods to the south, circled the campsite three times at close range, and ran toward the lake emitting a high-pitched howl and pig-like squeals before running behind the camp. The group later noticed smeared foot impressions at the site, but rain had obscured detail and no identifiable evidence was preserved.

Movement onlyHowlScreamTracks
Spring 2000 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #58092

Recollection of a daytime bike path crossing in front of three youths near Columbia

Three children walking and biking on a wooded bike path near a lake in the afternoon watched a thin grey-haired biped step out of the woods, cross the path, and enter the woods on the other side. The creature did not look at them, vocalize, or act threateningly, and the sighting lasted only seconds. The witnesses then ran back to a house, scared.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
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
Summer 1994 Richwood, Boone County, Kentucky Class A #24800

Woman remembers a shaggy white-haired creature watching her while she walked her dog outside Richwood

The witness was walking a dog in a backyard bordering woods during the middle of the day when the dog stopped and growled toward the fence. About 50 feet away at the fence line, a tall off-white hair-covered creature stared at the witness for a few minutes. When the creature turned to run, the witness retreated to the house with the dog and the creature was gone.

Full-body sighting
21 December 1977 Boone County, Indiana Class A #2459

Evening sighting by motorists along I-65 near mile marker 131.

The witness and their spouse were driving on the interstate at night when they saw a large creature cross the road ahead of them. The creature crossed three lanes in about four steps from left to right and was illuminated by oncoming traffic. By the time their car reached the crossing point, it was gone. Both occupants reported seeing it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
The next night Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Related account #15355

Unidentified sound near Ridgeview, West Virginia

On the following night, two coworkers in the same area heard noises in the woods and found an area trampled down by something larger than a deer or bear.

Unidentified soundTracks
On the second night of our 6-day survey Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Related account #15355

Whoop near Ridgeview, West Virginia

On an earlier night, the witness and a coworker heard a loud whooping howl nearby and heard rustling of something large moving in the woods.

WhoopHowlUnidentified sound