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1990–1999 Washington #2a314a56-9951-4611-a125-9cc1f4d9ef68

Road crossing in Washington (1990)

While driving slowly up Mount Walker in dense fog with two companions, a huge dark mass crossed the road 50-60 feet ahead from an uphill slope to a steep downhill drop. They stopped, got out, and looked for tracks. They could not identify what it was but felt it was too large for a bear.

Road crossingSilhouette
1990 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/14/sc-ep27-its-a-trap

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1990)

The witness drove slowly down a gravel hill at night and saw yellow eyeshine behind a tree. A tall black Sasquatch stepped into the road, initially seeming to move on its hands then standing upright, swaying while headlights silhouetted it. The witness watched long enough to note size and features, then reversed and drove around it.

EyeshineRoad crossingFull-body sighting
Spring 1990 White Salmon, Klickitat County, Washington Class B #9665

Young girl sees road-crossing figure during car repair stop

When the witness was in elementary school, the witness stopped with parents and companions on a back forest road in Washington while they looked at a truck with trouble. The witness saw a very tall dark silhouette with thick long limbs cross the road in front over a small bridge, moving quickly. No one else in the party noticed it, and the witness recalls no sound or odor.

SilhouetteRoad crossingPossible hoax
15 November 1989 Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Class B #10220

Motorists have nighttime sighting near Pulaski.

The witness was riding home at night with two relatives during high winds and approaching rain when a large hairy figure ran upright across the road ahead of the car. The witness and one relative saw it briefly, while the other relative missed it. They first thought it was a bear but concluded it was something else because it stayed upright and looked more human.

Road crossing
October 1989 Cleveland, Cass County, Missouri Class A #65278

Group spots a bigfoot late at night walking into Glenwild Cemetery south of Cleveland (MO/KS border)

Late at night in fall 1989, the witness was driving seven companions home from a skating rink and slowed for S-curves on the road. A tall light-brown figure crossed in front of the car and headed toward a nearby cemetery. All occupants reportedly watched it for about 10-12 seconds before driving past and taking another way home.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1989 Deleware, Delaware County, Ohio Class A #878

Hikers spot white bigfoot at Higbanks Park outside Columbus, OH

Three people hiking in a metro park heard a large heavy animal running in the woods and making an unnerving sound. A white, roughly 7-foot-tall creature then crossed the road in front of them from one wooded side to the other. After hearing it approach again, they fled and encountered a park officer.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVocalizationFootsteps
15 July 1989 Brick, Ocean County, New Jersey Class B #24738

Man recalls incident years before among homes near Brick

Around midnight on a warm summer evening, the witness was talking with a companion beside a car in front of a home. They noticed a large grayish dog-like shape under a streetlight nearby. When high beams were turned on, the figure stood upright and ran bipedally across the road and around the dark side of the house, disappearing within seconds.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshineUnidentified sound
April 1989 Silverton CO., San Juan County, Colorado Class A #15630

Miner reports pre-dawn road crossing near Silverton

The witness was driving alone to work before dawn when headlights illuminated a tall upright figure descending an embankment and crossing the highway. The figure paused briefly in front of a warning sign, looked toward the vehicle, then went over the opposite embankment out of view. The witness slowed briefly then left in fear and later returned in daylight to find large indentations descending the embankment.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshineTracks
1989–1990 Unionville, Monroe County, Indiana Class A #354

Two sisters observe creature cross the road

Two sisters driving home around 2 a.m. reported a very hairy bipedal creature walking in front of their Honda and touching the front of the vehicle. The creature looked directly at them and continued walking slowly with a sideways gait described as limping or injured, showing no fear. The witness estimated its height at about 5 foot 4.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVehicle contact
Winter 1989 Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri Class A #1138

Family witness a 7-8 foot tall creature, covered with hair, standing in the middle of the road

The witness was riding with family while driving at night on Highway 17 when a tall hair-covered figure was seen standing on the center line. Both the witness's car and an oncoming car stopped and observed it illuminated by taillights for about 30 seconds. The figure then leapt off the roadway into the adjacent creek/river, and both cars drove away without investigating.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
November 1988 Hindustan, Monroe County, Indiana Class A #24815

Man recalls his observation of a creature crossing a road while hunting in the Morgan-Monroe State Forest

On the last day of deer season in November 1988 at dusk, the witness was in a parked car after hunting when a dark brown, husky, six-foot figure emerged from brush and walked quickly across the road without acknowledging the witness. The figure continued into woods down a steep hill and disappeared. The witness searched on foot with a flashlight and then by car, finding no other people or vehicles, and found no tracks when returning the next day.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1988 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Class B #29403

Witness recalls a possible daytime sighting while 4-wheeling as a youth west of Nashville

The witness was riding an ATV on a logging road with his stepbrother riding behind him when a tall hair-covered biped dashed across the road directly in front of them. The figure cleared the logging road in about two steps and disappeared into thick brush on the other side. The witness sped away in fear and the passenger did not see the figure. The witness later returned to the spot but found no tracks or odor, only a seldom-used path through the brush.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1988 Hoopa, Humboldt County, California Class A #11576

Woman has close up night sighting in car lights on Highway 299

Two people in a car at night watched a large hair-covered figure enter the highway from the driver's side and cross in three unhurried strides while turning its upper body to glance at them. The passenger described a tall robust adult male with long legs, human-like hands and nose, and shaggy hair darker with a rusty hue on the torso and face and lighter dirty-blonde on the arms. The figure moved with a fluid human-like arm swing but with same-side arm and leg moving together.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
10 October 1987 Elwood, Clarke County, Mississippi Class A #14144

Night time sighting by motorists on Highway 512 near Elwood (passenger's observation)

In 1987 two college roommates were driving at night when a tall, hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of their car. By the time they reached it, the creature was at the roadside and turned its head to look at them as they drove past. They continued to a family home and reported what they had seen.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
10 October 1987 Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi Class A #13918

Night time sighting by motorists on Highway 512 near Elwood (driver's observation)

In 1987 the witness and a college roommate were driving on Highway 512 in Mississippi late on a Saturday night after a football game. A very tall upright creature covered in reddish-brown fur stepped from roadside bushes and crossed the highway in front of their car. It paused near the center line to look toward the headlights, then continued into the woods on the far side.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
9 October 1987 Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania Class A #79435

Two witnesses independently report same 1987 road crossing of a bigfoot 5mi north of Penn State Univ

Late at night two occupants driving slowly on a rural road braked for a very large upright hairy figure that stepped into the road in front of the car. The figure crossed the road in one or two strides, stepped over a barbed-wire fence, and disappeared. The occupants did not stop to look back and drove back to town rapidly.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
September 1987 Harmony, Warren County, New Jersey Class B #13276

Motorist has nightime sighting near Harmony

The witness was driving home from work at night when headlights revealed an upright figure standing in the road ahead. The figure briefly turned its head toward the car, then ran across the road on two legs with long hopping strides and disappeared into the woods. The witness, who hunts locally, said it was not a bear or other familiar animal.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
July 1987 Ashford, Pierce County, Washington Class A #23614

Motorist returning from fireworks display gets a good look at a bigfoot near Ashford

After midnight while driving west toward Elbe, the witness saw a large hairy figure cross the highway ahead and enter fir trees. As the car closed the distance, the figure stepped onto the grass and pushed a fir bough from its face, showing a gorilla-like ear. The witness braked and turned toward the trees but the car stalled and the adult passenger became upset, so the witness left and returned the next day to look for sign.

Road crossingSilhouettePartial sighting
12 March 1987 Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #8597

Bigfoot crosses road in front of two teens going to school

The main witness had just entered a companion's car for the trip to school when an animal-like figure emerged from a roadside swamp. It paused crouched, started across the road and then ran quickly on all fours into woods. Both occupants were frightened and puzzled by what they had seen.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingWhoop
middle of summer in 1987 Arcadia, Michigan #80f34d53-8c17-4ef7-9108-6d4485cef694

Sasquatch sighting near Arcadia, Michigan (1987)

The witness, then fifteen, was riding a moped home from work in the early morning. A tall shaggy-haired creature stepped into the road directly in front of him and stopped. He swerved to avoid hitting it, then looked back and it was gone, and he waited under a streetlight until sunrise.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing