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March 2006 Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina Class A #14154

Night time sighting by motorist near Hartsville

The witness was driving home from work in the early morning when a large upright shape appeared in the opposite lane. Slowing for what was thought to be a deer, the witness realized at close range it was very tall, man-like with arms, and covered in light-colored hair. As the van passed, the creature appeared to lunge toward the vehicle with its shoulders above the van roof, and the witness sped away frightened.

Partial sighting
July 2005 Not Sure, Allendale County, South Carolina Class A #12205

Late night sighting by motorists near GA/SC border

Five occupants of a van driving on Route 301 in South Carolina late at night encountered a tall black hairy biped crossing the road. The driver swerved and braked to avoid a collision as the animal paused, looked toward the vehicle, then hurried across. When the occupants looked back, it was gone.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
11 February 2005 Erhardt, Colleton County, South Carolina Class B #10623

Hog hunter hears possible vocalizations in the late afternoon near Erhardt

The witness was hunting feral pigs from a stand on a dike in a South Carolina swamp in the late afternoon. He heard loud, rapid ape-like 'ooow' vocalizations from the swamp behind him, after which other animal sounds stopped and wildlife fled. He left the stand before dark and later reported finding no tracks on the soft sandy road.

Vocalization
end of summer South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/02/01/sc-ep402-giant-chimpanzee-on-all-fours-chasing-the-deer

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (2005)

At night the guest saw a face in the living room window reflection with bared teeth and darting eyes that exhaled and fogged the glass. It left the porch with loud footsteps and slapped windows at the back of the house. The guest armed himself with a rifle, stayed in the hallway all night, and moved out the next morning.

Partial sightingDoor or window contactFootsteps
10 October 2004 Cordesville, Berkeley County, South Carolina Class B #16734

Possible road crossing sighting in the Francis Marion National Forest

The witness was driving on Hwy 402 at dusk to load steel when an animal was seen ahead on all fours crossing the road. The witness first thought horse or bear but rejected those due to unnatural gait, thin body, excessive height, long dark brown hair, and small head. The witness slowed and stopped where it entered thick woods and estimated it would stand about 9 feet tall, believing it was a bigfoot.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
January 2004 Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina Class B #7865

A family reports strange incidents in the woods behind their property near Shaw Air Force Base

Late at night the witness heard loud walking with dragging footsteps downhill near a path and, with a parent, approached and fired shots without deterring it. They later staked out the area, heard weird noises, and smelled a foul odor. The next morning they found human-like footprints sized to the witness's foot and groups of bent and broken trees.

FootstepsUnidentified soundTracksTree breakOdor
summer of 2004 Oconee County, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/31/sc-ep131-the-sasquatch-property

Sasquatch sighting near Oconee County (2004)

After returning late from out-of-town work in summer, the witness received a neighbor call about a large black figure behind the house. Grabbing a handgun, the witness ran around the house and saw a furry massive figure moving through bushes. A running chase followed across fences, a ravine, garden and barn path to a creek and hill, where the figure pulled away uphill and vanished.

Partial sightingFootsteps
October 2003 Jefferson, Chesterfield County, South Carolina Class A #9475

Two turkey farmers have nighttime sighting near Jefferson

Two coworkers were pumping feed into silos on a turkey farm after midnight. One smelled an unfamiliar odor and shone a spotlight, spotting an animal behind a barn picking objects from the ground and blocking the light with its hand. He alerted his coworker, who also shone his light, saw the large creature walking toward him, then retreated to the front of the farm.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
April 2003 Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina Class A #41739

Motorist watches massive bipedal figure cross a rural road south of Gaffney

The witness was driving to work in the early morning when she saw a large dark animal cross the road ahead and move toward woods. As she passed the crossing point, she saw a massive upright creature with long gray hair and a large white patch on its broad chest on a small hill. She returned after work and found no tracks but noticed a strong smell likened to fresh meat.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
22 August 2002 Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina Class A #4839

Family observes sasquatch along Bethel Road near Lancaster

The witness was driving home at night with a daughter and grandson when a dark figure was seen standing by the roadside. The driver slowed and passed very close, observing a black, heavily built figure standing fully erect with a small head and long arms. After passing, the figure was reported to cross the road behind the car into the woods.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
5 May 2002 Mt. Pleasant, Berkeley County, South Carolina Class B #6020

Sighting along trail in SE part of Francis Marion National Forest

The witness was hiking alone on a narrow wooded trail searching for snakes. About 50 yards ahead, a brown human-shaped figure about person-sized or bigger leaped across the trail from left to right on two legs. The witness stopped to listen, then walked to the crossing point but saw nothing in the dense woods and heard no movement. The witness continued hiking while looking back and only later considered the sighting might be out of the ordinary.

Full-body sighting
2002 South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/02/01/sc-ep402-giant-chimpanzee-on-all-fours-chasing-the-deer

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (2002)

Coming home around 3 a.m. after a double shift, the guest drove toward a shape in the pasture and realized it was a squatting hairy creature with blood around its mouth holding a dead animal. The creature showed contempt, bared bloody teeth, then stood to about 6 foot 8 and walked away while the guest backed out in his truck.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
1999–2000 Oconee County, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/31/sc-ep131-the-sasquatch-property

Vocalization near Oconee County (1999)

Years after the witness's father died, having lost his natural voice decades earlier, the witness stood in the yard in summer and heard the father's earlier voice calling the witness's name from woods behind the house. The experience was initially thought to be a ghost or hallucination, later considered possible mimicry.

Vocalization
1999 South Carolina #36d76fbd-f151-4752-bd85-20f05bd268fc

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (1999)

The witness was deer hunting alone from a box blind on an old railroad bed in the morning. Through a rifle scope he watched a large black-haired biped move between the woods and a field for about twenty minutes, at one point scratching its leg like a person and checking the wind. After it reached a corn pile it turned toward the blind, froze when the witness waved, then fled extremely fast back the way it came. The witness later told his father and the property manager, who searched the area and nearby houses but found no matching poacher.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
10 October 1998 South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/02/01/sc-ep402-giant-chimpanzee-on-all-fours-chasing-the-deer

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (1998)

The guest was driving his Jeep at night near his hunting spot when a deer bolted across the road. A huge black hairy creature launched off a ridge and chased the deer on all fours across the road into a valley. As the deer neared the treeline, the guest saw the outline of a second, larger creature standing upright as if waiting in ambush.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingSilhouette
October 1998 Salem, Oconee County, South Carolina Class B #26072

Trout fishermen encounter unnerving sounds & rock throwing in Joccasee Gorge

Three college roommates hiked to the Thompson River to fish and camp overnight. After dark they repeatedly heard a childlike crying sound from a nearby ridge, had small river stones tossed into camp, and later heard loud knocks alternating with the cries. At daylight they hiked out, noticing concentrated scat and disturbed ground near oak trees, and concluded the activity was not from a person.

VocalizationWood knockRock throwingScat
September 1998 Mullins, Horry County, South Carolina Class A #23314

Late night roadside sighting by motorist on Hwy. 917 south of Mullins

The witness was driving home late at night in September 1998 when they noticed an animal in a roadside ditch near a river. Believing at first it was a dog possibly feeding on roadkill, they slowed as it turned, pushed itself up with its arms, and began to stand. They described an ape-like, fur-covered creature with a bare orangutan-like face, broad chest, and very long arms, and continued past without stopping.

Partial sighting
5 May 1998 Between Andrews, S.C. And Manning, S.C., Williamsburg County, South Carolina Class A #976

A man witnesses a Large, dark, manlike creature cross the highway

The witness was driving on a highway through forest and swamp late at night when a small fox-like animal ran along and across the road. Immediately after, a large upright shaggy creature leapt across the highway in front of the car from right to left and disappeared into roadside vegetation. The witness reported a foul odor just before the sighting and glowing amber eyes reflecting the headlights, and swerved slightly before continuing home shaken.

Road crossingFull-body sightingEyeshineOdor
15 July 1997 Neeses, Orangeburg County, South Carolina Class A #993

A teenager witnesses a black, fur covered creature attempt to pull a dog pen out of the ground.

Around midday the witness went to check on barking dogs in a pen behind the home. There he encountered a tall, hair-covered figure pulling at the pen wire, which turned to face him before fleeing toward the forest. A relative who ran outside also saw the figure running away. No physical evidence remained the next day after an overnight thunderstorm.

Full-body sightingVocalizationFootstepsOdorProperty disturbance
8 August 1995 Sumter County, South Carolina Class A #971

Small. Child-like Bigfoot seen crossing road

The witness was traveling by car with a companion at night when a small hairy creature crossed the road ahead of them. The creature paused in the middle of the road to look toward the vehicle, then leapt into an adjacent swamp and disappeared. It was described as about five feet tall with dark brown hair and an unusual gait that was difficult to imitate.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing