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14 April 2026 Westlake, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Class A #80099

Sasquatch sighting near Westlake, Louisiana (2026)

The witness was handling hay bales behind the house and went to retrieve one that had fallen near a swampy drop-off. After circling around a large tree, the witness saw a very large dark upright figure crashing away through vines and palmettos. The figure headed east then turned northwest, wading across a waist-deep canal on two legs before becoming obscured by brush.

Partial sightingFootsteps
23 June 2023 Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Class A #76049

Local resident has close range daylight road crossing encounter 8mi W of Natchitoches

The witness was driving home and turned onto a dirt road when a tall, russet-brown, hair-covered figure crossed the road about 50 feet ahead. It cleared the road in two or three steps and disappeared into pine trees. The sighting occurred about an hour before dark in clear, hot weather.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
8 November 2020 Rosedale, Louisiana #137dc5a0-0d90-4cbb-b9b8-a488a87b448c

Sasquatch sighting near Rosedale, Louisiana (2020)

While driving home late at night on a dark rural road, the witness noticed reflective eyes ahead near a cane field and woodline. As he slowed and passed, he saw a very tall hair-covered biped standing and holding a deer, which stepped to watch him pass. He turned around to look again but the figure was gone, and he watched the area for several minutes without relocating it. He later connected the size and behavior to his earlier camp experience.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
1 June 2019 Louisiana #137dc5a0-0d90-4cbb-b9b8-a488a87b448c

Footsteps in Louisiana (2019)

The witness was camped overnight in a remote forest clearing with his child while another camp was nearby. Around midnight the woods went silent and something large approached on two legs, walking around the tent and making contact along the roof. The witness stayed quiet in the tent holding a handgun until the visitor left toward the woods, with normal night sounds returning much later. In the morning no clear prints were found and the companion said he had heard movement.

FootstepsDoor or window contactOdorVocalization
July 2018 Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Class A #67271

Road crossing sighting by two witnesses on Hwy 175 between Many and Pleasant Hill

The witness was driving with two passengers on Highway 175 toward Many, Louisiana, when an upright, hairy, man-shaped creature crossed the road in a heavily wooded area. The witness saw its right arm and legs as it stepped into the woods and described it as huge and lanky with long hair hanging from its arms. The witness and a relative in the car both reacted verbally at the time and later said they no longer travel there at night.

Road crossingPartial sighting
21 January 2017 Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana Class B #56576

Homeowner describes ongoing activity from a neighboring swamp and takes interesting photos outside Colfax

Around midnight on January 21, 2017 the witness was making calls from the front porch and received a wood knock response from across the street, which drew the dog into the woods. When the dog went quiet the witness entered the woods, beat on an oak and shouted for the dog, then heard knocks, chest-beating, howls, a bluff charge and a tree pushed over while seeing eyeshine. After the witness told the entity to back away, the dog returned and they went home.

Wood knockEyeshineHowlTree breakAnimal behaviour +1
11 May 2015 Melville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Class A #48665

Woman has clear daytime view of a large Biped

On a rainy afternoon a woman who was home alone heard two whoops from the tree line behind her house. She looked up and watched a tall, dark-haired figure step out of the trees, walk five long steps to the side while looking down, and step back into the forest. She called a relative to return home, and a later visit to the spot found trampled vegetation, stacked broken limbs, and a strong odor.

Full-body sightingWhoop
early fall 2013 Louisiana #113ce5d2-096a-4511-b383-f175be4d6b00

Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (2013)

While following a white sedan on a misty morning, the witness saw the car brake hard and then saw a huge black man-like figure stepping off the road into the grass. It filled his passenger window despite being twenty feet or more away. The sedan exited ahead and he did not speak with its occupants.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
February 2010 Georgetown, Grant Parish, Louisiana Class B #28954

Possible encounter by hunters camping in the Kisatchie National Forest

The witness and a relative were sleeping in a tent at their hunting camp when loud screams woke the witness. After a long silent interval, something on two feet circled the tent, cast a tall shadow and scratched the fabric, then crossed a gravel road into the woods followed by repeated stick-struck sounds. The relative woke briefly and also heard part of the screaming. No tracks were found the next morning.

ScreamFootstepsWood knockProperty disturbance
12 December 2005 Golddonna, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Class A #13350

Hunter observes upright hairy creature in the Kisatchie National Forest

The witness was hunting from a chair in Kisatchie National Forest when he saw a very large, very black figure walking through open woods about 60 to 80 yards away. He watched it take about eight or nine steps before it went behind a fallen tree and did not reappear, then he left. He returned the next day to compare the nearby trees to estimate its size.

Full-body sighting
2005 Ponchatoula, Louisiana #d33cd13e-e333-4f8e-a312-435f741c0342

Sasquatch sighting near Ponchatoula, Louisiana (2005)

The witness went to a pond behind the house to get water for laundry after the storm. Across the pond a bear-like animal grabbed a catfish, then stood on two legs and stretched with the fish in its hands. It then turned and went back into the woods while the witness froze and then ran inside.

Full-body sighting
2004 Louisiana #77cf1842-3060-4f8d-8c70-66ca2d90345f

Dogman sighting in Louisiana (2004)

The witness and her college roommate were driving at night from her mother's village back toward campus. She slowed to look at what she first thought was a person peering into a house window. The figure turned toward the car and was recognized as a tall, fur-covered canine-like being that then ran toward them on two legs before dropping to four. They accelerated away onto the winding road toward the interstate and did not return.

Full-body sighting
12 November 2003 Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Class A #9567

While taking dog outside witness sees large bipedal shadow next to his shed

Late on a winter night the witness took the dog outside and saw a large hair-covered figure standing near a small building about 20-25 feet away. The witness and figure observed each other while the dog wanted to go inside and a strong foul smell was present. After briefly looking away at a noise, the witness went inside for a handgun, and on returning the figure was gone though sounds remained in the woods. A large footprint was found the next day.

Full-body sightingOdorUnidentified soundTracksAnimal behaviour
2003 Louisiana #5f830af4-b4f3-41af-b8e3-743099a9e8cc

Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (2003)

Two officers driving in the early morning in central Louisiana stopped beside a freshly hit deer on the highway shoulder. They watched a large hair-covered human-like figure squatted beside the carcass raking insides out and eating rapidly. After watching for a couple minutes they drove around it at close range and left, later returning to find the carcass gone.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
28 January 2001 Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Class B #4552

Strange late night sounds heard near Norwood

The witness was rabbit hunting at night and walking out of the woods along an old lane. Something in the brush to the side paced him for about 150 yards, stopping when he stopped, but his flashlight revealed nothing. Becoming scared, he turned off the light and ran to his truck.

Movement only
10 October 2000 Sorrento, Ascension Parish, Louisiana Class A #514

Early evening sighting by motorist near Sorrento

The witness was driving west on a highway at dusk with headlights on when a tall hairy biped rose from a roadside ditch into the headlight beam. The witness described a very thin light-gray animal with a small round head, extra-long arms, and pale areas around the eyes standing upright. Alone and unable to turn, the witness continued driving without stopping.

Full-body sighting
8 August 2000 Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Class A #3777

Logger has two encounters over three day period

The witness and a companion were surveying a property line early in the morning when they saw a creature standing beside a large bush near a drying bayou about eighty feet away. One of them shouted at it and it fled north. Tracks and hair found at the site were later documented by an investigator, with the hair analysis determining the hairs were bovine.

Full-body sighting
2000–2001 Louisiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/-N1T0y_giFiQ3cYTMOoEtVmwVK0KijoF9Zy-5wP3i5s

Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (2000)

While driving lights to others after a shot was reported, the witness saw a small quadruped cross immediately in front of the truck. It stayed low, moved smoothly without bobbing, bringing hind legs far forward, then leapt into the woods. A front-seat companion turned in time to see it enter the tree line.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
1998–2000 Georgetown, La Salle Parish, Louisiana Class A #1458

A motorist observed a hunched over, brownish-red creature crossing the road #2. Cast made of a 12" track, only a couple of days old, that was found 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile into the woods by BFRO investigator Scott Kessler

The witness was driving west on a gravel road in the afternoon when a brownish-red creature crossed the road south to north a short distance ahead. The witness estimated it at 6-7 feet tall and over 300 pounds, moving very fast in a few steps with arms pumping and a hunched posture. The witness stopped at the crossing point but noted no odor and found no tracks due to hard ground.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
6 December 1996 Pollock, Grant Parish, Louisiana Class A #1537

Forest Service surveyor finds over 20 large foot prints along a forest service road

The witness stopped after noticing large footprints on the side of a road and found over 20 tracks that entered the woods, crossed the road, and continued into the woods. The tracks had five toes, were larger than the witness's size-12 boot, and sank deeper than the witness's boot print. Deer tracks and deer hair were also present around the tracks. The witness left to get a camera and returned to take five Polaroid photos of the tracks.

Tracks