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October 1981 Tabernacle NJ, Burlington County, New Jersey Class B #14232

Possible Nightime Encounter In Wharton State Forest

When the witness was 14, he camped alone in a forested area and noticed something in the brush paralleling him as he returned to camp near dark. The presence circled the camp and later approached the tent, producing an extremely loud scream followed by growls and chatter, then retreated after the frightened witness yelled back. The witness stayed awake all night, left at first light, and never saw what made the sounds.

Movement onlyScreamGrowlChatterFootsteps +1
October 1981 Casselberry, Seminole County, Florida Class B #1079

Foot steps heard in wood line. Weeks later more sounds heard

Two companions walking at night to a school dance heard loud crashing steps near a wooded sanctuary. They turned and saw two trees being parted high above the ground. The witness states he never saw the source and both fled home in fear.

FootstepsMovement only
October 1981 Pillowville-Christmasville Communities, Carroll County, Tennessee Class B #4381

Brief dusk sighting near Pillowville

The witness and a companion were walking along a road after sundown when the witness heard movement on an elevated fence row. The witness climbed up to look across a cut corn field and saw a tall slender brown shaggy figure walking along a ditch, which stepped into a ditch bank after being shouted at. They ran back to the companion's house, and the witness returned the next day to find large human-like footprints in lime dust.

Full-body sightingFootstepsTracks
September 1981 Brinnon, Jefferson County, Washington Class A #941

Sighting by a hunter on the edge of a road

The witness was walking back to his camper after hunting when he heard heavy footsteps and waited on the road. An upright bear-like figure appeared in an opening, faced him and froze for a few seconds before turning and leaving silently. He later searched for tracks but found none due to hard ground, then returned with his wife to estimate its size.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
15 August 1981 Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class B #13347

Possible daylight sighting by boy near Meridian

The witness was walking alone in thick woods carrying a BB gun late in the morning. The witness noticed a brown-colored subject moving very fast at an angle across the view, first thinking it was a person on a dirt bike. The witness then realized there was no engine noise, only the sound of breaking sticks, and left the area quickly without telling anyone at the time.

Partial sightingFootsteps
August 1981 Humboldt County, California Class B #2142

Campers smell foul odor

Around midnight during a meteor shower outing, the witness was alone in a clearing, felt watched, then heard nearby rustling and ran back to camp. Shortly after, the group noticed an extremely strong sulfurous musky odor coming from a stand of trees. They pursued stomping and thrashing sounds uphill but never saw the source, and the pursuers fled after the sound and smell abruptly stopped.

OdorMovement onlyFootstepsAnimal behaviour
2 July 1981 Colville, Stevens County, Washington Class A #1113

Northeast Washington resident sees a bigfoot looking in the window

In late June or early July 1981, the witness was sleeping on the floor of a friend's home when awakened by an unusual humming and grumbling sound. She saw the outline of a large broad-shouldered figure with a muscular arm and hand cupped to look through a high upper window, which she estimated would require at least seven feet of height. The figure looked in for about a minute, then walked around the house into the woods as the humming resumed. A search the next morning found no tracks in the hard-packed dirt.

Partial sightingSilhouetteVocalizationFootsteps
31 January 1981 Peebles, Adams County, Ohio Class B #3352

Large footprint found in sandbar

Two people walking with a dog heard something moving through the woods away from them and followed the sound to a creek. On a sandbar in the middle of the creek they found a single large, fresh human-like barefoot print and saw no other prints on the higher far bank. They inferred a very long stride and returned up the road without seeing the source.

FootstepsTracks
Spring 1981 Bakerville, Humphreys County, Tennessee Class B #6418

Turkey hunter is followed Northeast of Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Duck River Unit.

The witness was turkey hunting with a companion in wooded river bottomland and walked back toward the parked truck after dark. An unseen source in the woods kept pace about 100 feet away for about ten minutes, including keeping up when the witness ran about 100 yards. The witness heard it snap a large fallen tree in two, suggesting great weight. The witness reached the road area, slept in the truck overnight, and heard no additional screams or strange noises.

FootstepsTree break
Summer 1981 Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas Class A #11430

Two young men have a sighting while spelunking near Huntsville.

Two companions searching for a cave rested in a pasture near a wooded ridge around midday. They heard something large moving in the woods behind them and then saw a tall hair-covered being partly obscured behind a tree a short distance away. The figure disappeared quietly without a clear departure sound, leaving them frightened, and they left the area quickly.

Partial sightingFootsteps
1981–1982 Greene County, Pennsylvania #31526f64-b5d1-411c-a23b-6b18348a195f

Sasquatch sighting near Greene County (1981)

The witness and his friend camped and fished over a weekend at a remote creek below a ridge road. They experienced pebbles and rocks thrown, pacing, huffing, wood knocks, a disturbed fire pit and scattered poles. A large creature then came down the ridge into the creek, growled at them from about 20 yards, and left. A DNR officer later found prints, cast them, and called them bear tracks.

Full-body sightingGrowlRock throwingWood knockFootsteps +2
25 October 1980 Woodmansie, Burlington County, New Jersey Class B #1429

Bowhunters hear loud, high pitched screams 15 miles West of Batsto River, near Pine Barrens region

The witness was bowhunting from a climbing tree stand at dusk when he heard extremely loud screams and heavy footsteps moving around his stand within 50 yards. Frightened, he jumped from the stand and retreated toward the road while the unseen source paralleled him and continued screaming. At the road his hunting companion was waiting on top of the vehicle, having also heard the vocalizations.

ScreamFootstepsAnimal behaviour
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
3 October 1980 Keno, Klamath County, Oregon Class B #681

Footsteps heard outside of camper trailer near Bear Valley National Bald Eagle Refuge

The witness and a young relative spent the night in a camp trailer near the family house. Over several hours at night they heard heavy bipedal footsteps circling the trailer, brushing and clawing sounds on the siding, door and ceiling vent, and later blows to the trailer. The witness reported a brief glimpse of a long shaggy finger-like shape through the vent screen, and said the sounds withdrew when a car approached and returned later.

Partial sightingWhistleFootstepsDoor or window contactProperty disturbance
October 1980 Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana Class B #1278

While hunting with his dog, a hunter observes a creature in the brush

While hunting with a dog in the late afternoon, the witness felt watched. The dog ran into a thicket and barked, then a loud scream was heard over the barking followed by snapping branches, and the dog fled home. The witness then saw a tall dark outline standing in the brush about 25 yards away that seemed to start moving toward him, so he ran home and found the dog hiding.

Partial sightingScreamFootsteps
October 1980 Gardiner, Park County, Wyoming Class B #26521

Memory told of heavy, bipedal running heard while camping in Yellowstone National Park

In the winter of 1980 the witness and a relative camped overnight in a tent in Yellowstone after hiking and fishing. Around 10 at night while inside the tent they heard and felt something large and heavy run past on two legs for about ten seconds. They remained inside terrified until daybreak and found no tracks in the morning.

Footsteps
15 September 1980 Winlock, Lewis County, Washington Class B #27897

Memory told of being followed and hearing possible vocalizations at a house near Napavine

In 1980 a teenage witness walking up a long driveway by dense brush heard something bipedal pacing her from cover, seeing only treetops move. That night she and her sister heard very loud repeated whoop-like calls followed by a long sad wailing cry from the woods behind their unfinished house. She interpreted the daytime pacing and nighttime calls as connected and attributed them to Bigfoot.

FootstepsMovement onlyWhoopHowl
September 1980 McCall, Valley County, Idaho Class B #58890

Memory told of a scary nighttime encounter with a tall, bright green-eyed animal while fishing at a mountain lake near McCall

Two companions fishing at a mountain lake got off the trail in thick brush on a very dark stormy night and noticed bright green eyes watching them from well above ground level. The figure with the eyes followed them to the lakeshore and then to their truck, staying in the trees and staring without sound or movement even when they charged toward it yelling. They backed away slowly, freed their stuck truck, and drove home, telling no one for years.

EyeshineFootstepsAnimal behaviour
August 1980 Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio Class A #3301

Daytime sighting in a wooded area a few miles east of Interstate 271

Two children testing walkie-talkies in dense woods noticed a dark-faced figure watching them from behind a fallen tree. After several minutes of it shifting position and studying them, they backed away, saw it rise and place its hands on the trunk, then screamed and ran. They heard a loud crack and glimpsed the black, powerfully built biped running away almost silently.

Partial sightingFull-body sightingAnimal behaviourFootstepsOdor
June 1980 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana Class A #2472

Large, unknown man-like creature approaches man tending rabbits.

The witness went out early in the morning to feed rabbits and heard movement in dense brush. A dark, man-like figure covered in black hair was seen at close range; it swayed, appeared to study the witness, and started to approach. The witness ran to the house without hearing any sound from the figure.

Full-body sightingFootstepsAnimal behaviour