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BFRO YEAR: 2002;2006 Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama Class A #15102

Daylight sighting by hunter near the Alabama / Mississippi border

Late one afternoon in December 2002 the witness was hunting along a fenceline near home when deer ran past and the witness's dog chased them then fled. Shortly after the witness heard movement in a pine thicket and saw a tall hairy biped emerge, run down the fenceline, cross the fence while chasing the deer, and disappear downhill in under a minute without acknowledging the witness. A follow-up interview added size and appearance details and noted missing pets and livestock near the home.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Related account #27568

Sasquatch sighting near Muscle Shoals, Alabama

While camping in the same area at a later time, the witness and a companion heard a dog bark and growl for an extended time before it ran into the woods and came flying back out whining, after which the companion reported glimpsing something large and brown.

Partial sighting
December 2012, about 12 midnight Gadsden, Etowa County, Alabama Related account #39620

Sasquatch sighting near Gadsden, Alabama

The witness saw a big hairy animal standing over the guardrail at midnight before it entered the woods.

Partial sighting
A few nights later about 1:30am Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Related account #577

Sasquatch sighting near Muscle Shoals, Alabama

A few nights later around 1:30am, dog stared and growled at moving human-shaped shadow across house windows estimated tall enough to cast high shadow.

Silhouette
BFRO YEAR: 79, 80, 99 Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Class A #577

Man has repeated visits at family farm

In early fall 1980 around 7 p.m., the witness was in the kitchen after feeding horses while his wife brought in laundry. Both heard screaming near the corral gate, the wife ran inside frightened and horses fled, and the witness glimpsed a very tall dark furry figure moving through a lit patch while it screamed and made clicking growling noises before he went back inside and locked doors.

ScreamPartial sightingGrowlMovement only
one night Opp, Covington County, Alabama Related account #8635

Tree break near Opp, Alabama

The witness and a companion heard loud limb-breaking sounds behind the house that stopped when approached and lit.

Tree break
About a year before that Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama Related account #273

Tracks near Heflin, Alabama

The witness and a relative found human-like barefoot prints in dried mud while hiking far in the woods.

Tracks
when he was younger Franklin County, Alabama #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/12/18/sc-ep283-sasquatch-and-smallpox

Sasquatch sighting near Franklin County

The witness and his father were fishing from a small boat when they noticed something in the water. It stood up, looked at them, then walked smoothly up a steep rocky bank and disappeared over the top. Neither discussed it until years later, and the sighting changed the witness's interests.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Z1QkvkCDe_1gy9oXbfkCLuZVvOJ8g6YJetf8Y7Gp24k

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama

The hunter was in a raised stand on his own property in the morning and repeatedly mistook a dark shape for a neighbor's large dog. On a closer look it stood upright and stared at him. He tried to photograph it with his phone, considered using his rifle for proof, then looked away and it was gone silently.

Full-body sighting
about two years later Huntsville, Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/wKBMUErQckcOOKKPjvphbi36Ep-KPr9r2OBfkPaxO9Y

Sasquatch sighting near Huntsville, Alabama

Two friends sat in a parked car at night on a power-line trail waiting for others. The witness saw a large silhouette block the moonlit trail beside a low-hanging limb, then take a couple steps across. Only two thick legs were visible, estimated seven feet tall with a very deep chest, and it struck the limb with an audible crack. Both occupants fled in the car and met their friends coming up.

Partial sightingSilhouetteTree break
Date unknown Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Odor in Alabama

From a blind in the afternoon the witness shot a doe that ran into the tree line. Following blood and a strong gut-like stench that grew stronger, the witness found the deer on its side with the body undulating and something large behind it. After a loud heavy exhalation, the witness yielded the deer and left.

OdorPartial sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Scream in Alabama

Walking in with lights to a shooting hut after being dropped off, the witness went too far toward the plot and heard a piercing scream likened to a woman in a slasher film. Looking up, the witness saw two eyes on a rear road as coyotes erupted, then retreated to lock inside the hut and later told the father nothing was seen.

ScreamEyeshine
Date unknown Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Howl in Alabama

As an adult accompanying an ailing father hunting, the witness sat on the floor of a shooting hut while the father sat in a chair. A loud howl likened to a known recorded howl sounded, shaking the witness and bringing tears and memories of childhood rock-throwing. No creature was seen.

Howl
Date unknown Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kTDgzxKGmJusUbFfUiu5FEkGl-kZ7GWDLMMvIOBm3kQ

Tree break in Alabama

While deer hunting on a calm afternoon the witness heard a snap and watched a tall dead pine fall about seventy-five yards away. On night walks out he heard steps pacing him and stopping when he stopped. On night shifts napping in graveyards he heard loud wood knocks and odd owl-like calls from thick swamps.

Tree breakFootstepsWood knockVocalization
in October Coffey County, Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kTDgzxKGmJusUbFfUiu5FEkGl-kZ7GWDLMMvIOBm3kQ

Sasquatch sighting near Coffey County

On a dark October night the witness drove toward home and watched a shadowy figure cross the road in headlights. At first like a person in a parka, it showed long hair on the arms and reflective streaks. It stood well above an eight-foot post, then vanished when he turned back.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
Date unknown Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kTDgzxKGmJusUbFfUiu5FEkGl-kZ7GWDLMMvIOBm3kQ

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama

The witness photographed a bend in the road and later noticed a bent-over Bigfoot-like shape in the image. A repeat photo at the same time next day showed nothing there. He estimated it would have been about ten feet tall upright.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
I was 14 when we got back. Enterprise, Alabama #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/21/sc-ep28-i-shot-a-skunk-ape

Footsteps near Enterprise, Alabama

The witness was alone at night after pulling a deer into the woods to gut it. He heard cracking and clean snapping of branches circling just out of sight about 20 yards away. He could see nothing in the thick dark until his father drove by and he ran to the truck.

FootstepsMovement only
Date unknown Alabama #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/03/25/sc-ep24-bigfoot-roundtable-with-coonbo

Scream in Alabama

Arriving late at a camp in an old state park, the witness gave a loud call and immediately received a loud scream from less than a hundred yards uphill. A female then gave repeated rally calls while retreating with young. A companion captured the sequence on a recorder, later preserved only as a copy.

ScreamVocalization
early Saturday morning Alabama #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/03/sc-ep206-the-creature-at-the-window

Dogman sighting in Alabama

Early one Saturday morning the witness drove with his dog to a remote wooded dirt-road area and stopped to let the dog out. Looking down an intersecting road he saw a large black wolf-like animal that then stood on its hind legs and took a couple balanced steps. Frightened, he grabbed the dog and drove away, watching the creature drop to all fours and run angrily across the road.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Date unknown Brantley, Alabama #da492166-5b88-4d79-8fa4-577182c0370b

Wood knock near Brantley, Alabama

The witness was tent camping on family property and stepped a few steps from camp around midnight to relieve himself. He heard three loud whacking sounds like leather striking a pine, then several seconds of steps, then three strikes again from an estimated thirty to forty yards away. He stood briefly, heard nothing further, and returned to his tent.

Wood knockFootsteps