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1990 Kentucky #9bd0859b-df59-4297-bea0-831b15ded621

Footsteps in Kentucky (1990)

The guest was fishing alone for catfish at night from a low creek bank with a lantern turned low. He heard something run on bare feet across a road, grab a guardrail, and slide down riprap rocks toward the creek. He then heard movement in cane, a whoop followed by a long vocalization, saw widely spaced reddish-orange eyeshine, and heard baseball-sized rocks hitting the water before it moved away.

FootstepsWhoopVocalizationEyeshineRock throwing
July 1986 Perry County, Kentucky Class B #2429

High-pitched growling scream heard by witnesses.

Two people were walking uphill on a rural road around 2 a.m. when they heard a strange loud scream from the wooded valley below. The sound occurred again about 20-30 seconds later, lasting longer and sounding much closer. They ran uphill to the companion's home.

Scream
January 1984 Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky Class B #9407

Two children discover small footprints frozen on the surface of a creek near Jackson.

As children, the witness and a sibling companion went to play on a creek that had partly thawed and then refrozen hard overnight. They found a line of barefoot-like prints with distinct toes crossing the ice for about twenty feet and continuing up a steep bank. No other prints were present, and the witness judged a human origin unlikely because of the remote location and freezing weather.

Tracks
1984–1985 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky #8ebcc7ee-6871-49bd-b56c-a161f2d5c592

Sasquatch sighting near Muhlenberg County (1984)

The witness was deer hunting with a parent when the parent fired three shots from a nearby holler. The witness moved to the edge of a field, heard talking-like chattering, then saw two quadrupedal hairy animals burst from brush and run toward the witness. Both the witness and the parent fired at the animals, which moved very quickly across the creek bottom and up the opposite ridge.

Full-body sightingChatter
September 1983 Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky Class A #25242

Man recalls being chased by a sasquatch while riding his bike near Waco

In the fall of 1983 the witness rode a bike to a friend's house at the end of a wooded gravel lane and found no one home. He then saw a tall black-haired upright figure tear a limb from a tree and look at him. He fled by bike toward the main road while hearing branches breaking and heavy footsteps alongside him until he reached the highway, where the sounds stopped.

Full-body sightingTree breakFootstepsAnimal behaviour
1983–2010 S1-louisa, Ky/S2 Morehead, Lawrence County, Kentucky Class A #30198

Man tells of his two encounters 30 years apart

The witness reports waking at first light as a child while sleeping on the floor of a relative's house and seeing a figure pass the bedroom window, then look in. The figure reportedly reached an arm through the open window, took jewelry from a dresser, and fled when an adult moved in bed. Adults in the house reportedly said the creature had been around for years and was harmless.

Partial sightingDoor or window contactProperty disturbance
November 1982 Lawrenceburg KY, Franklin County, Kentucky Class A #27955

Man recalls his sighting of a bigfoot near Lawrenceburg

The witness and three companions entered unfamiliar woods to look for mistletoe and walked east along a logging road. Agitated cattle and a bull staring toward a large tree drew their attention, and they saw a very large bipedal creature covered in light brown hair leaning from behind the tree. The group shouted and ran about 300 yards south out of the woods and did not return there.

Partial sighting
October 1982 Chenoa, Bell County, Kentucky Class A #23293

Tall creature with red eyes tries to hide from two boys near Chenoa

At dusk the witness was walking home with a companion when they saw a tall creature standing behind a tree at the edge of the woods by the road about 15 feet away. The companion noticed it first and asked the witness what it was. They watched it for 20 seconds or more and noted its glowing red eyes and ape-like features.

Partial sightingEyeshine
8 August 1982 Maysville (Orangeburg), Mason County, Kentucky Class B #33097

Memory of a possible daylight sighting when returning to retrieve a watch near Marysville

The witness, then a child swimming with siblings, walked back alone to a swimming hole to retrieve a watch. He saw a tall dark upright figure cross his path near a fenceline and take several steps. Startled, he ran home, where family members suggested it was a deer, which he rejects.

Full-body sighting
2 February 1981 Louellen, Harlan County, Kentucky Class A #10556

Two miners have nighttime sighting near Louellen

The witness and a companion were driving to work in the early morning when they saw an animal squatting by the road near dumped garbage. They watched it in the headlights as it moved backward into the road, looked at them, then squatted and leaped off the road into a ravine. A torn bag of garbage was found where it had been kneeling.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
1981–1982 Kentucky #9bdb0699-2477-4b65-b7ca-a51f1a3bc0f2

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1981)

While his parents were away on a trip, the witness was home with his cousin when a very tall white-haired creature filled his bedroom window and stared down at him, frightening him. He fled to the living room and saw a second similar white creature standing on a nearby hill overlooking the house.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1980–1983 Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky Class B #1850

Man relates series of events over several years after seeing a report posted from 3-4 miles away

The witness lived on wooded acreage in the early 1980s and reported ongoing strange activity over several years. He described finding a pole teepee structure and twisted saplings, hearing distant whistle-like sounds and whistling on the hill, seeing red and green eyeshine at night, pursuing unseen footsteps in snow without finding tracks, and having rocks and wood thrown. He stated he never had a clear sighting but concluded an intelligent, elusive presence lived nearby.

Structure or nestTwistFootstepsEyeshineWhistle +2
1980 Kentucky #9bdb0699-2477-4b65-b7ca-a51f1a3bc0f2

Howl in Kentucky (1980)

Later in 1980, while walking with his mother to a neighbor's house at night, the witness heard a loud close howl he now associates with the Ohio howl. Both he and his mother were frightened.

Howl
1980 Kentucky #9bdb0699-2477-4b65-b7ca-a51f1a3bc0f2

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1980)

While playing with his dog in the yard in spring, the witness fell backward and saw a large cinnamon-brown human-like creature watching from the wood line about 25 feet away. The dog fled silently, the creature looked curious rather than threatening, then turned and walked into the woods.

Full-body sighting
23 December 1978 Germantown, Mason County, Kentucky Class A #79768

Dairy farmer (former Marine) sees line of bigfoots (7) on his farm 10 miles west of Maysville

A dairy farmer preparing to milk cows in late afternoon saw seven [name withheld] upright figures moving single file across a distant ridgeline. The lead figure paused and faced the witness while the others continued down toward a wooded creek area. When the witness started toward the area, nearby heifers stampeded past him, and he decided not to follow and returned to the house.

Full-body sighting
November 1978 Boston, Nelson County, Kentucky Class B #23730

Bowhunters get unexpected response near Boston

Three bowhunting companions were camped overnight in an abandoned barn. After the witness made rabbit-distress calls with cellophane, a distant low moan grew into a loud mournful roar twice, followed by total silence from dogs and insects. The men remained silent in their sleeping bags until morning and then packed up and left without hunting.

VocalizationHowl
15 August 1978 2 Miles From Slade. 52 Miles Southeast Of Lexington, Powell County, Kentucky Class A #912

While observing a footprint, youth looks off the path to see shiny haired creature looking at him

In August 1978 a 10-year-old camping with family walked alone at dusk to fetch ice. On a muddy road the witness smelled a strong odor and found a single large bare five-toed footprint, then noticed a dark hairy biped 50 to 80 yards away across a stream that walked gracefully into the treeline in a few seconds. The witness ran back to camp, and relatives later saw the same footprint.

Full-body sightingOdorTracks
1978–1988 Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky Class B #3269

Matching vocalizations heard a decade apart

In August 1988 on a rural farm with woods and creeks, the witness and a relative stood outside after dark to listen for a strange sound. They heard loud cries alternating from woods on both sides of the road where two creeks met, suggesting two animals, while noticing a strong musty odor and unusual silence of normal night sounds. Neither saw anything, and a next-day search along the creek banks found no tracks. Days later they felt the cries matched a vocalization heard in a Sasquatch movie.

VocalizationHowlOdor
Fall 1978 Lockport, Henry County, Kentucky Class A #2383

Tall, hairy creature observed standing near a hitching post near family barn..

In fall 1978, after hearing horses causing a disturbance at the barn below the house, the witness and a companion went down a trail to investigate. They saw a very tall hair-covered creature standing by a hitching post that only reached its knees. The companion fled uphill while the witness watched the creature walk away with long smooth strides into the trees, hearing light rustling as it moved uphill.

Full-body sightingMovement only
July 1977 Chavies, Perry County, Kentucky Class A #2430

Incident near a horse corral in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, 10 miles north of Hazard.

The witness was staying with relatives in a secluded hollow and watching television late at night when a pony in a nearby corral became agitated. The witness and a cousin went outside and saw a very tall, broad creature moving away from the corral, stepping over a fence and fleeing across a road and creek up a hillside, seeing only its back. The next morning they found only a dirt slide where it had climbed, and learned a relative's chained dog nearby had disappeared that night.

Partial sighting