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1984 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/29/sc-ep375-investigating-bigfoot

Sasquatch sighting (1984)

In a 1984 daytime sighting, a woman with three young children watched a female creature step into the open about 30 yards away to observe the children playing and laughing. The witness saw breasts, fingernails, blinking eyes and breathing chest, and described its expressions as grinning and non-malicious. She feared it might steal the children but it showed no viciousness.

Full-body sighting
August 1982 Nye County, Nevada #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d

UFO sighting near Nye County (1982)

A family camping at an abandoned mining camp near a military range boundary was told by military personnel to leave due to an escaped convict, but the personnel left for another call. Shortly after, the father was attacked from behind while the mother drove away with the children after hearing screaming and seeing a monster-like pursuer. The father died, his body was recovered inside the range, and years later the son learned from a supervisor that an escaped non-human entity had killed him.

Partial sightingScream
1982 Warm Springs, Nye County, Nevada #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d

UFO sighting near Warm Springs, Nevada (1982)

A family driving across Nevada early in the morning encountered a strange object that approached their station wagon and flew above the road. After a tire blowout, mist, humming and slowed perception, they stopped and hid in brush where a saucer landed and three floating beings took the two children aboard. The parents sought help at a military gate while the children were found the next morning on the test range and later described examinations, pills, a calming ribbon and a map.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
5 November 1980 Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Class A #2426

Early morning sighting by truck driver on I-68. Local police make report

A truck driver hauling steel west on a highway slowed and used high beams to check what was thought to be a hitchhiker on the opposite side. On approaching, the driver reported seeing a tall white-haired ape-like creature. Afterward the driver asked over CB radio about an escaped zoo or circus ape, and police took a statement and filed a report.

Full-body sighting
11 October 1980 Fairview, Fleming County, Kentucky Class A #2382

Man fires shots at an unidentified man or animal near his back porch. Later he finds frozen meat littered about his back yard

The witness was home watching a baseball game when a strange noise from the back porch prompted investigation with a pistol. The witness reported seeing a large dark upright shadow-like figure running toward the woods, firing shots, then seeing it again near an old stable and firing again without hitting it. Afterwards the witness found a porch freezer broken into with frozen food scattered, plus white hairs and ground impressions.

SilhouetteFootstepsUnidentified soundTracksHair +2
7 October 1980 Mayslick, Mason County, Kentucky Class A #2425

Family has evening sighting in Mayslick

The witness was watching television at home at night when a loud disturbance on the porch drew attention. Looking outside, the witness reported seeing a large white hairy creature holding a rooster, which it threw against the house before moving behind the house. The witness pursued it with a pistol and fired twice as it ran out of sight up a gravel road.

Full-body sightingObject throwing
1980–1989 Sheffield, England #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kel8ihK_Y7RmrRU6mVfL6f8BofCDBSSVl7xgN48w1iw

Sasquatch sighting near Sheffield, England (1980)

Children were chased by a tall creature with bright red eyes that ran up a stream close to them. When one child fell, the creature stopped chasing and simply watched from a short distance as they fled.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
1980 Bedford, Virginia #0ad7e1d7-18bc-473d-a117-acc5b0bf0906

Movement only near Bedford, Virginia (1980)

A woman on a farm near Bedford reported long-term poltergeist activity and in 1980 saw three colored balls of light at the foot of her bed that moved down the hall and into a room. Discolored circles were later found on the window screen and reportedly tested as highly irradiated. She reported illness afterward and later hip bone changes described as consistent with radiation.

Movement onlyProperty disturbance
1980–1989 Massachusetts #5793eb91-d33b-45e6-a663-705de133e5c8

Sasquatch sighting in Massachusetts (1980)

Four campers at October Mountain heard rustling in the bushes for about two hours and felt it was not normal animal behavior. They investigated and saw a tall broad-shouldered creature. They then fled the area.

Full-body sighting
1980–1984 Virginia #05462760-445b-42b9-8818-e62fd11edf6a

UFO sighting in Virginia (1980)

A farm resident reported waking to three softball-sized colored orbs hovering in line at the foot of her bed, moving in formation down a hallway and into a dining room before disappearing. Next morning she found three circular discolored spots on a window screen. A team radiochemist analysis reportedly found high irradiation and neutron flux effects, and she later reported flu-like illness and porous hip bone described as radiation-like.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
1979 Place not stated Related account #10438

Sasquatch sighting (1979)

While squirrel hunting in 1979 witness briefly saw what looked like Spanish moss that he thought was hair on a head peering from around a tree at 50-60 yards before it vanished.

Partial sighting
August 1978 Stark County, Ohio Class A #4977

Sasquatch sighting near Stark County (1978)

A group gathered on a front porch at night heard noises near an old chicken coop and saw two pairs of yellow eyes that appeared to be two feline-like animals in the headlights. A large hairy biped then stepped in front of the animals and lurched toward a car, prompting the group to flee inside and call deputies. The biped later stood outside a lit kitchen window for several minutes while occupants held firearms but did not shoot, then left before deputies arrived, leaving a strong odor.

Full-body sightingEyeshineUnidentified soundOdor
23 February 1978 Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas Class A #1312

Chief of police in Chetopa finds two and a half miles of tracks that measured 17 inches in length, 5 5/8 in width. Thousands of curious people came out to look at the tracks. The incident was reported on the local TV news

The police chief in Chetopa reported discovering a two-and-a-half-mile trail of large footprints and recorded their dimensions. The discovery attracted thousands of onlookers and was covered on local television news. The chief later suggested the trail was a hoax made with wooden feet, an explanation the compiler doubts.

TracksPossible hoax
Summer 1978 Sullivan County, Indiana Class B #2470

Two people observe a large bipedal creature under a security light.

Late at night, a young man and his girlfriend were talking beside a parked car at her home when both saw a large hair-covered biped appear under an outside light about 100 feet away. The creature was first crouched, then stood, stared briefly, stepped over a low fence and disappeared into a soybean field while nearby horses were heard running. A next-morning search found only indistinct impressions after rain.

Full-body sighting
1978 Riley County, Kansas Class A #1315

Couple reported being stalked while walking along a dark country road.

Two companions were walking in a rural area at night and noticed something following them for an extended distance while hearing movement in nearby brush. Only the companion reportedly saw the figure, described as a very tall biped that emerged from the tree line at close range. He did not mention it at the time and told the other walker about it years later.

Partial sightingFootsteps
October 1977 Strawberry, Tuolumne County, California Class B #1955

Witness reports loud screaming near Strawberry

A witness at recreational cabins reported hearing very loud, high-pitched screaming for approximately two minutes around 1 a.m. The sound was estimated to originate from less than 50 meters away. The cabin was in the southeast portion of a lake with no other cabins behind it.

Scream
20 August 1977 Montana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants

Sasquatch sighting in Montana (1977)

Five campers in Montana left their camp during a nighttime thunderstorm and saw a huge upright creature by a tree. After shotgun shots were fired nearby to scare it, the creature charged toward their car taking very long strides. They escaped by driving away when it was about 20 feet from the vehicle.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
8 August 1977 British Columbia Class B #2443

Lots of tracks found while fishing

Five people fishing in a remote creek area found about half a dozen very large footprints that appeared to be about a week old. The tracks ran from the creek across sandy soil toward rocky brush and were described as about 17 inches long and 10 inches wide. Casts were later made from the tracks and the find was reported in newspapers.

Tracks
18 May 1977 Preble County, Ohio Class A #4970

Case report about a sighting by a boy and local rumors about a bigfoot in area.

Two boys were walking their dog in the evening when they noticed a strong rotten-egg smell and saw a large hairy creature. The creature chased them across a field toward home, taking very large steps, and disappeared from view near railroad tracks and a highway. After reaching home they told a parent, who called law enforcement, and responding deputies searched the area.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
1 May 1977 Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado Class A #1075

Teens fire at big black thing peeking in window of home

The witness and a companion were alone at the witness's parents' house at night when they saw a head looking in through the front door. They retreated to a bedroom without curtains where they heard breathing and scratching and saw a hairy hand against the window screen. The companion fired two shots that missed, and the figure ran away. A sheriff who responded found bullet holes but no blood or footprints.

Partial sightingDoor or window contactUnidentified sound