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2000 Georgia #218c1b3e-614f-40af-80c4-6b3360d2262f

Property disturbance in Georgia (2000)

In 2000 two campers with dogs at a primitive site felt something grab and shake their tent after they pushed back and shouted. They fled to town and called authorities, leaving gear and dogs. Wardens later found the tent destroyed, gear scattered, one dog cowering and soiled, and the other dog missing.

Property disturbance
7 November 1997 Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin Class A #1105

Newspaper article about a track find and investigation

A press report said three large footprint-like impressions were found on a Monday in the wooded Blue Hills area near Rice Lake. An investigator described the impressions as about 16 to 17.5 inches long and 8 inches wide, with one showing five toes and a stride of about 4.5 feet, suggesting a Bigfoot. He said he would do more preliminary searching before deciding on a full-scale expedition.

Tracks
1992 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/03/04/sc-ep-303-trackway-near-sunnyslope-washington

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1992)

A prospector reportedly found a dead creature in a mountain campsite area in 1992 and called the forest service. The story was written up in the local paper and then went cold. The campground where it was found closed afterward and never reopened.

Full-body sightingHistorical account
1 August 1990 Eldon, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Class A #2041

August 1 1990 Oklahoma, Cherokee County, near Eldon

On August 1, 1990, a woman at a mobile home near Eldon, Oklahoma reported hearing noises and smelling a bad odor before seeing a very tall, heavy creature. A deputy later found large impressions at the scene. Two days later, two other residents reported a similar upright animal at a trash pile nearby.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundOdorPossible misidentification
1989 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1989)

A group of teens reported a large ape-like figure moving across a field at the town edge.

Full-body sighting
1989 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Vehicle contact near Flintville, Tennessee (1989)

A church pastor complained that something destroyed his car windshield and antenna.

Vehicle contact
Spring 1985 Riverside County, California Class C #2228

Reference to a local newspaper article about tracks found near Bautista Road

A local newspaper reportedly published an article about footprints found in the Anza area near Bautista Road. The current author did not claim to have seen the footprints directly but referenced the article. No date, discoverer, or description of the prints beyond their location is provided.

Tracks
2 July 1980 Lake County, Florida Class A #725

Large tracks found investigated by Federal authorities

A contractor doing roadwork found about half a dozen large footlike prints near a bulldozer in a remote part of the Ocala National Forest. Law enforcement and forestry personnel made casts of the prints, described as 17 inches long with an arch, five toes and a four-foot stride. Most investigators viewed the prints as a possible hoax but ordered casts because of lingering doubt.

Tracks
1980 Corbett #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c

Sasquatch sighting near Corbett (1980)

In 1980 a group of teenagers parked along the Sandy River near Corbett after a McDonald's run saw one come out. At first they thought bear, then realized it was not. One girl described it as calm, at peace, and studying them.

Full-body sighting
1980–1984 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Door or window contact near Flintville, Tennessee (1980)

A housewife said a black hairy figure chased her into her house and beat on the door.

Door or window contact
1980–1984 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Vehicle contact near Flintville, Tennessee (1980)

A plumber reported that his truck windshield was smashed by the monster.

Vehicle contact
11 September 1978 Humboldt County, Iowa Class A #1268

More sightings of a strange creature centering around the town of Ottosen. Other stories told about strange sounds, footprints and animal mutilatations.

A witness doing dishes at night looked up to see a hairy-headed creature with burning red eyes staring through a nearby window for about three minutes. Frozen with fear, the witness screamed, and the creature fled into the darkness outside the rural home.

Partial sighting
25 November 1977 Montgomery County, Kansas Class A #1332

newspaper article about a sighting by a jogger. Later, a sherif deputy found a track at the scene of the incident.

Late on Thanksgiving night in 1977, the witness was returning home from jogging when he heard a noise in nearby bushes and ran uphill toward his house. He then turned and watched a large figure running along the road before it went over a barbed-wire fence with little effort and disappeared into a field. A deputy later reported finding an unusually large, deep foot-shaped track in gravel.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
15 November 1977 Marion County, Florida Class A #728

a close-range, daytime sighting by a 67-year-old Baptist minister

A minister cutting wood with a chain saw in a national forest noticed an upright, hairy creature standing in palmetto bushes and watched it for about 30 seconds. The creature was described as very tall with dark hair on the head and chest, little hair on the arms, none on the face, with a flat face and nose and sunken eyes. The witness went back to a truck to get an ax, but the creature had disappeared upon return.

Full-body sighting
5 October 1977 Marion County, Florida Class A #726

A hitchhiker reports seeing a bigfoot in a forested area off U.S. 441

A hitchhiker reported encountering a Bigfoot-like creature in a lightly wooded area south of Belleview in darkness. The creature was described as taller than the six-foot witness, brown and black in color, with a horrible garbage-like odor. The account comes from a 1977 newspaper article which notes the sighting was not substantiated.

Partial sightingOdor
1977 Holly, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Holly, Texas (1977)

Two teenage boys clearing brush saw an animal approach, growl and pelt them with rocks, hitting one in the leg. They fled to a nearby house and returned with an older girl carrying a rifle. The creature was still there growling and throwing rocks, a shot was fired with a heavy recoil knocking the shooter down, and both groups left.

Full-body sightingGrowlRock throwing
1977 Sussex County, New Jersey #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/06/30/sc-ep37-cops-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Sussex County (1977)

A family on a farm found a solid wooden garage door torn off and eight pet rabbits killed and mutilated with little blood, after hearing a woman-like scream. On subsequent nights they saw a seven-foot hairy creature near the road and under the yard light. They fired on it as it entered the coop and came toward them, then sent children away. Police blamed a bear, raccoon or wild dog.

Full-body sightingScreamProperty disturbanceDoor or window contact
26 April 1976 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1976)

A young child playing in a yard screamed as a tall hairy figure bounded toward the house and reached for the child. The mother smelled a foul odor, grabbed the child, and ran inside. Police who responded heard unrecognized howls and had rocks thrown at them.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlScreamRock throwing
1976 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Vehicle contact near Flintville, Tennessee (1976)

A woman told police a large hairy figure broke her car antenna, jumped on the roof, and bounced up and down.

Vehicle contact
28 October 1975 Jefferson County, Iowa Class A #1270

Newspaper article about "The Lockridge Monster."

A farm wife driving past an abandoned farmyard just before dark reported seeing a hair-covered creature with a monkey-like face. She left the area quickly without lingering. The report was part of a series of accounts of a bear-like animal in a turkey-farming community that also included turkey losses and large tracks.

Partial sighting