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1970–1972 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/25/sc-ep393-the-christmas-show

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1970)

Three children were catching lightning bugs in a pasture at dusk while their grandfather called them from the porch. The grandfather saw an upright figure on a fence line drop to all fours and lope toward the children. He ran shouting, the children froze or fled, and the creature stopped, stood erect, then walked away into cedar trees while watching them.

Full-body sightingMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
1969–1970 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/24/sc-ep18-sasquatch-stories-with-jim-grant-aka-bear

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1969)

The witness and his siblings were catching fireflies in a pasture when their grandfather saw something loping toward them on all fours and ran shouting to distract it. The children then saw a hairy, mangy-looking creature approach within about ten yards. It stopped when the grandfather arrived, stood erect while watching them, then walked into the [name withheld].

Full-body sighting
1968 Lowndes County, Mississippi Class A #1344

while playing tag with several other children witness saw a white hairy creature.

About 30 years ago in Columbus, the witness was playing tag with a group of children in a front yard at dusk when the other children fled frightened toward nearby adults. The witness then saw a white, hairy, slightly hunched figure standing and peeking around the corner of a duplex, with the top of its head level with the top of a window estimated at over seven feet. The figure moved slightly side to side before the witness backed away, and it was gone when checked shortly after, with no trace found the next morning.

Partial sighting
1966 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/24/sc-ep18-sasquatch-stories-with-jim-grant-aka-bear

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1966)

The witness, then six, woke at night in a shared bedroom and heard cooing and clicking outside. He saw a large monkey-like creature leaning over a fence about 15 to 20 yards from the window, swaying its head. He woke his younger brother, both ran to their mother, who told them to go back to sleep without checking.

Full-body sightingVocalization
Summer 1950 Attala County, Mississippi Class A #1339

Creature seen by witnesses

The reporter recounts childhood stories from older relatives about a creature inhabiting a swampy, logged area. One story describes relatives and companions seeing a strange human-like figure beside their dying fire. Other stories describe loggers abandoning work in fright and hunting dogs being attacked and disappearing for days.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
later that day (about 4:00 pm) Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi Related account #8429

Sasquatch sighting near Picayune, Mississippi

The witnesses returned to the first viewing spot later the same afternoon and could not find the shape.

later in December Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi Related account #77455

Unidentified sound near Purvis, Mississippi

Later in December while hunting alone on the western edge of the same swamp, the witness heard something large splashing in the water for over an hour.

Unidentified sound
mid November Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi Related account #77455

Wood knock near Purvis, Mississippi

In mid-November the witness and a relative were deer hunting in the same general area when they heard loud knocks from the swamp, returned them, and received a response.

Wood knock
BFRO YEAR: 1978-79 KNOXVILLE, Franklin County, Mississippi Class A #12122

Morning sighting by hunter in Homochitto National Forest near Knoxville

The witness was deer hunting in the morning and waiting against a tree when a nearby deer spooked. He then heard heavy breathing and saw a tall hair-covered upright creature standing a few feet behind him. He fled leaving his gun, then returned with two companions to find large three-toed tracks leading to a creek.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTracks
BFRO YEAR: 2021-22 Lauderdale, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class B #72081

Possible ongoing sasquatch incidents around rural property 17mi NE of Meridian

The witness reports hearing wolf-like but different howls and daytime knocks over the past couple weeks after a two-year quiet period, with sounds heard on both sides of the road. The activity was first noticed near a shooting house when animals went quiet, and included a very active episode around 12:30 a.m. The witness and two neighbors have heard two different sounds, and dogs avoid the area.

HowlWood knock
This past July or August Burnsville, Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/01/26/sc-ep75-looking-back-over-the-last-75-shows

Sasquatch sighting near Burnsville, Mississippi

The driver broke down on a rainy highway and was working in the back of a tall cargo van. A snorting sound came from outside, and a large hairy face appeared inches away in the open door. The creature vibrated the van with a loud growl, reacted to a pistol, then left. Lightning revealed two more figures nearby, and the driver fired and fled to town.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdorVehicle contact
when I was seven years old Mississippi #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/emxwtZ2Fw-5pmgp2LbbBKp6yQuE0M6VuF9UCVxWFsX0

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi

A seven-year-old on grandparents porch watched a huge baboon-faced biped at a neighbor trailer window interact with a small woman, who then set out caged animals. A second breasted creature crawled around the trailer, stood, took the cages, and both left.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourProperty disturbance
Date unknown Mississippi #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/oP-q5-zQUMNO5Ocs25SakZ02hZ1jpOu3JQKlaUH-aIU

Vocalization in Mississippi

Over a period on the farm, the guest and his young nephew repeatedly heard loud prolonged vocalizations and crying-like sounds while outside. The mother dismissed them as a horse, donkey, or bobcat. The guest later doubted those explanations because of loudness and duration.

VocalizationUnidentified sound
Date unknown Mississippi #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/oP-q5-zQUMNO5Ocs25SakZ02hZ1jpOu3JQKlaUH-aIU

UFO sighting in Mississippi

On the night the family moved away, they burned trash and drove to the road. A sister pointed to a light apart from the fire. The guest described it as a comical-looking UFO, not a saucer, before they drove on.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/28/sc-ep19-bigfoot-stories-with-tim-coonbo-baker

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi

The witness and a research partner drove into a gravel road below the picnic area armed with shotguns. After a loud scream at the truck, they turned around in a field and were charged by three large creatures. They faced off at close range with guns shouldered while the creatures screamed loudly, then the largest led the others back into the brush and the men fled.

Full-body sightingScream
after I left the government in 1993 Boonville, Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/28/sc-ep19-bigfoot-stories-with-tim-coonbo-baker

Sasquatch sighting near Boonville, Mississippi

While living in a rural rental house, the witness realized Sasquatch-like creatures were coming around trying to get his puppies. Driving home at night, his headlights caught an alpha male and another in the road in front of the house. Later tracks were found in front of the bay window with very long strides, and leap measurements showed about sixty feet covered in three jumps.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracks
about six or seven months after California incident Silver Creek, Mississippi #4b183319-d906-433b-8510-ee4a692bd2c2

Wood knock near Silver Creek, Mississippi

While hiking with a different companion near Silver Creek, the pair camped near a bridge by a creek. After dark they heard a loud splash, then a very loud wood knock, then another splash like a thrown rock. They moved to the top of the bridge and left on foot when another knock sounded as they walked away.

Wood knockRock throwing
Date unknown Mississippi #4418ad4c-0a84-423b-854b-7f180f281c36

Property disturbance in Mississippi

The witness shot a large buck through the vitals at close range and heard it crash. He waited until about ten o'clock, then trailed lung blood to the crash site where the body was gone with no further blood trail. He searched for two days without finding the deer or buzzards and concluded it had been picked up and carried off.

Property disturbance
One night specifically Mississippi #4418ad4c-0a84-423b-854b-7f180f281c36

Vocalization in Mississippi

The witness was camping overnight on the hunting property during deer season, sleeping in his vehicle. He heard an owl-like sound that struck him as a person imitating an owl and spoke toward it with no reply. Shortly after he heard a fox-like yip that also sounded wrong about fifty yards behind him, after which he retrieved his gun and got into his vehicle.

Vocalization
One night specifically, if it was deer season Mississippi #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/hJCv7jAnpRT4l2iSCF8pVyQguxrETpdh8XPWI5PKGCI

Vocalization in Mississippi

While camped overnight for deer season on the same property the guest heard an owl-like sound that resembled a man imitating an owl. He called out thinking it was the friend who connected him to the land, received no answer, then heard an odd fox yip behind him.

Vocalization