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BFRO YEAR: 1971 or 72 Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina Class A #3439

Young boy startles creature under house porch.

The witness went onto a raised side porch to dump breakfast scraps for dogs and noticed light fur under the porch. Hearing a scuffle, the witness turned and saw a tall fur-covered creature with long arms that looked back while moving around the side of the house. The witness dropped a pan and was unable to scream.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #41506

Sasquatch sighting

The witness reports watching a large upright creature jump off a cliff into Lake James and thrash in the water.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 71' or 72' Casar, Cleveland County, North Carolina Class A #10608

Deer hunter watches large upright walking animal on Butler Knob

The witness was deer hunting alone on a remote mountain ridge in the early morning around 1972-73. From about 400 yards away on another ridge, the witness watched a very large, very dark upright figure for several minutes. The figure was first mistaken for a bear but kept walking upright too long to be a bear, paused to manipulate a tree limb, then walked over the ridge and was not seen again.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #13170

Sasquatch sighting

The witness recalls prior close encounters with bears, including one standing in a relative's yard.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1982 or 83 Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, South Carolina Class A #4196

Night sighting on Hwy 97, north of Liberty Hill

The witness was driving at night with a companion when an erect, hair-covered creature crossed the highway in front of the vehicle. The driver braked and alerted the companion, who saw only a brief glimpse as it entered dense woods. The driver searched the crossing point with a flashlight but found no tracks or other sign.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingPartial sighting
BFRO YEAR: ?84-86? Darlington Sc, Darlington County, South Carolina Class A #2549

Hairy humanoid biped seen diving into the Great Pee Dee River

The witness and the witness's father were moving slowly upriver by boat when the witness spotted a hairy figure crouched on the bank. They made brief eye contact before the figure dove into the river with arms extended and disappeared. The men went to the spot and found only smears in the clay, then waited about 20 minutes without it resurfacing.

Full-body sighting
probably October of that same year Summerville, Charleston County, South Carolina Related account #13673

Sasquatch sighting near Summerville, South Carolina

On an early morning in October that year the witness went to turn off a pumphouse light and saw an ape-like, tall, dark-brown-haired creature with a sloping forehead and hooded eyes standing across the fence rocking side to side before disappearing.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
at 4:30 AM Place not stated Related account #71792

Sasquatch sighting

While departing in two vehicles, the group saw a deer sprint between the vehicles from residential yards toward forest.

Full-body sighting
Last year Place not stated Related account #46578

Sasquatch sighting

Last year the witness and a companion driving on a dead-end road by a graveyard watched a black 7- to 8-foot figure run on two legs into the woods while crashing through brush.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 197? Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky Class A #6210

School bus drivers have two daylight sightings near Vanceburg.

The reporter states that in the late 1970s her father was driving a school bus early in the morning when a large hair-covered man- and ape-like creature came down a deer path. He braked and watched it run across the road and continue down the path on the other side for about a minute. An investigator later spoke with the father by phone and recorded additional descriptive details.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
BFRO YEAR: About 1992 Blaine, Lawrence County, Kentucky Class A #7023

Deer hunter has early morning sighting near Blaine

While deer hunting from an old road overlooking a clearing, the witness heard loud crashing moving down through a cedar thicket over about ten minutes. A black, bipedal figure then stepped out and walked quickly across the clearing. The witness left without checking for tracks, and a companion later reported loose scat with grass and hair in the crossing area.

Full-body sightingMovement only
one day in March 2005 Place not stated Related account #27024

Sasquatch sighting

The witness and three companions saw an upright figure running through the woods while mudding in a field.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1979 -'84 Wayne County, West Virginia Class A #1207

One of several sighting and vocalization reports. When witness called out " it stood up at the edge of the hill and huffed and puffed."

Five people drove to a rural spot at night to hang out. After dogs in a hollow below barked then fell suddenly silent, the group heard movement in brush and saw a tall fur-covered figure stand at the hill edge making huffing sounds. When the driver turned on the car headlights the figure covered its face and moved behind trees as the group fled in the car.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteVocalizationMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #55583

Sasquatch sighting

The witness reports walking between a female with two young and a male near Bickles Knob.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #14280

Sasquatch sighting

While riding an ATV through fields, the witness and her daughter saw a large hair-covered animal shaking a deer stand that then ran toward them, so they fled home and a spouse later checked and found nothing.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbanceAnimal behaviour
in 2006 Place not stated Related account #14739

Sasquatch sighting

The witness and three companions saw a tall gray-haired creature with orange eye reflection near a pine tree off the viewing-area road.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
the beginning of September Place not stated Related account #16204

Sasquatch sighting

The witness and her companion heard heavy walking on the porch and a van door slam after leaving chicken out, then saw two creatures side by side in woods across the road before a warning shot made them run.

Full-body sightingVocalizationFootsteps
the next weekend Bradshaw, McDowell County, West Virginia Related account #63863

Sasquatch sighting near Bradshaw, West Virginia

The same witness returned the following weekend with five companions to the same path, where the group found two large human-like footprints, heard something ahead on the path, and all six watched a figure move away over the ridge.

Full-body sightingTracksUnidentified sound
BFRO YEAR: est.1990 Marmet, Kanawha County, West Virginia Class A #23191

Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet

The witness was walking home through a graveyard at dusk when they noticed a large dark hairy creature among the tombstones. The creature paced, appeared to dig at a grave, made wailing sounds, and made shoulder-shrugging and hopping movements. When it noticed the witness it acted agitated and started toward them, causing the witness to leave.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1986 or 1987? Dundas, Vinton County, Ohio Class A #8017

A family is shocked to see a large, hairy creature run across a forest road with a pack of dogs in pursuit

The witness was on a family drive with two relatives in Vinton County in the fall of 1986 or 1987 when a tall hair-covered biped ran across the road ahead of their vehicle while being chased by three to four dogs. The creature continued down a hill into pine forest while giving a very loud low-pitched howl that echoed. The occupants did not stop and drove on.

Road crossingFull-body sightingHowl