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around September, late September, early October Baker City, Oregon #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/p5089l9pxVVFHpY9Y0X0d7kfQXijg8Gt1DlFN6F_F8g

Sasquatch sighting near Baker City, Oregon

The witness, a long-haul driver on a first solo delivery run, parked overnight at a brake-check pull-off. After stepping out to urinate and returning to the cab, a large tawny creature rose from behind a dumpster and stared from a few feet away, making aggressive faces and growling sounds. A second female-looking creature carrying small animals then emerged without acknowledging the witness, after which both left quickly and the witness drove away.

Full-body sightingGrowl
Date unknown Anderson, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/17/sc-ep414-the-creature-started-to-rock-the-van

Sasquatch sighting near Anderson, South Carolina

The guest and his wife were sitting in a borrowed van in the driveway late at night when the wife saw someone run past and a loud whoop and growling started beside the van. The creature shook the van and was lit by brake lights, then the father fired a shotgun from the porch and it leapt across the driveway into the woods. Later that night rocks were thrown at the trailer damaging a fan and siding, and next morning bent van metal, foot impressions, feathers and a missing chicken were found.

Full-body sightingWhoopGrowlChatterVehicle contact +3
Date unknown Hanging Rock, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/07/08/sc-ep39-monster-of-the-woods

Unidentified sound near Hanging Rock, Ohio

The witness and friends camped at a favorite ridge site between two ponds and were awakened by loud splashes. Later something circled the tent sniffing closely and gave a deep snarl near the witness's head. Both tent occupants stayed frozen until it left, found no tracks in the morning, and never returned.

Unidentified soundGrowlAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Twinsburg, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/07/sc-ep26-witness-encounters-with-bigfoot

Odor near Twinsburg, Ohio

The witness and a friend were fishing along a wooded river gorge and noticed a rotten musky urine odor. While hiking and fishing back downstream they heard shuffling and footsteps in leaves. The witness felt watched, turned toward the sounds, then heard a deep guttural growl that felt physical in the chest and backed toward the river while the friend ran ahead.

OdorFootstepsGrowlMovement only
about two years ago Utah #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/09/25/sc-ep256-i-ran-so-far-away

Footsteps in Utah

The witness was camping with friends in a Utah canyon and became separated alone in the woods while playing a nighttime game. After hearing a grunt and a deep growl and seeing an arm wrap around a tree, he watched a tall, muscular, thin-haired biped step between trees while staring at him. He fled toward approaching headlights, fell down a drop to the road breaking his collarbone, and was picked up by a passing couple who took him to a ranger station.

FootstepsVocalizationGrowlFull-body sightingAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Houma, Louisiana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/24/sc-ep213-dark-waters

Dogman sighting near Houma, Louisiana

A fisherman trolling for redfish with his dog sees a large black shape moving between trees. The animal shows its head, described as a huge wolf, stares at the dog and growls. The fisherman flees by boat and later learns a local has seen the wolf-like animal before.

Partial sightingGrowlMovement only
on a previous outing Carroll County, Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/17/sc-ep210-encounter-while-investigating-a-property

Growl near Carroll County

On an earlier night visit to the swampy back side of the same ridge, two researchers sat on ATVs with engines off. They heard an extremely deep low guttural growl from dense foliage and quickly left the area.

Growl
I was a teenager back then Dexter, Missouri #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/28/sc-ep204-that-is-not-a-bear

Sasquatch sighting near Dexter, Missouri

The witness was home at night with two female relatives when they went to open a sliding glass door for air. Pulling back the curtain, the witness came face to face with a tall gray-white hairy creature bent down with a hand reaching for the door handle. Both screamed, the creature made a horrible groan and ran down the hill toward woods and swamp. Tracks were later seen around the door leading toward the woods.

Full-body sightingGrowlTracksDoor or window contact
when we were about 10 years old Ogleville, Indiana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/11/22/sc-ep167-that-is-when-the-rock-throwing-started

Scream near Ogleville, Indiana

At about age ten, the witness and a friend were walking by a pond at night when cattle began running in circles. They fired BB guns and yelled, then heard a very loud high-pitched scream lasting seconds ending in a low gurgly growl. They ran away.

ScreamGrowlAnimal behaviour
around the late 90s, early 2000s Pike County, Georgia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/11/15/sc-ep165-calling-911-and-reporting-a-sasquatch

Tracks near Pike County

Years after the original case the guest and a small research group followed the same creek and found another set of submerged tracks with a 72-inch stride, estimated to mean a very tall individual. On the same trip that night the group heard a growl that seemed to come from the middle of their campfire area. They looked but saw nothing.

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Date unknown Livingston, Polk County, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/05/sc-ep120-saquatch-at-my-window

Growl near Livingston, Texas

A few weeks later the guest returned to the same area with three companions and camped in the pines. After limb-snapping and a deep primate-like call, something approached the tent at night, growled in front and then circled it with light footsteps on pine needles. At daylight they found a large footprint-like impression inches behind the tent where one companion's head had been.

GrowlFootstepsTracksVocalization
Date unknown Livingston, Polk County, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/05/sc-ep120-saquatch-at-my-window

Growl near Livingston, Texas

During a winter night investigation with two companions, the group heard a distant call and later a very close growl near their trucks after dousing the fire. The guest growled back and the unseen animal exchanged escalating growls and a scream about seven or eight times. The sound then faded as if leaving, and the group left.

GrowlScream
Date unknown Garrison, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/05/sc-ep120-saquatch-at-my-window

Growl near Garrison, Texas

After returning from town after dark, the family heard something in the barn. The mother took a pistol to investigate with the aunt while the children stayed back. A loud demonic growl from the barn frightened them and they ran back to the house without seeing anything.

Growl
when he was 16, late summer early fall, end of September Canal Fulton Area, Ohio #72bf139d-1b06-4982-ac93-402c42604856

Scream near Canal Fulton Area, Ohio

The witness was camping with a friend and the friend's parent and walked to a pond after midnight. From woods across the water came a blood-curdling scream lasting seconds, then after silence a second scream that turned into a deep roar. No movement or footsteps were heard and they went back to bed.

ScreamGrowl
two years ago, early November Wisconsin #d070fb8e-62ad-4ee5-8f79-ec7caa2f0af6

Footsteps in Wisconsin

The witness and his young son went squirrel hunting in a public forest reached through a swamp. On the trail back they heard loud bipedal footsteps, heavy raspy breathing, and a powerful growl from very close range but saw nothing despite sparse cover. The unseen presence paced them for about a hundred yards, then growled again and ran toward them through the swamp as they reached the truck and left.

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about five weeks ago Cherokee, North Carolina #1c382fe9-201d-418b-bd13-7c87ccc363f8

Sasquatch sighting near Cherokee, North Carolina

About two football fields from the prior laughing incident, the witness saw bright red eyes about three feet off the ground that looked like a crouched mass. As he approached it stood to tower over him, revealing black hair, gray skin on face, chest and palms, and wide shoulders. It growl-barked, stared at him, then backed silently into the darkness and vanished.

Full-body sightingEyeshineGrowl
Date unknown Provo, Utah #609e3c53-1888-4812-ac23-026fa47a5e3f

Growl near Provo, Utah

A young renter living in an RV on another person's property endured months of torment. Creatures hit the RV, growled, ran off, damaged property, and were captured in photos and video with metallic gate sounds heard. A dogman-like individual with teeth and slobbering also appeared, and the homeowner's arrival scattered the creatures until the renter fled.

GrowlProperty disturbancePartial sightingUnidentified soundMovement only
That night Weaverville, Trinity County, California Related account #8729

Growl near Weaverville, California

Earlier that night the witness hid behind the fence by the maintenance area and made heavy breathing, snorts and growls to scare family around the campfire.

GrowlVocalization
BFRO YEAR: late 70's Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, California Class B #13839

Possible vocals heard by family camping near Happy Camp

A family camping in a primitive riverside area heard an extremely loud, shrill scream from near their trash area about 50 yards away after paper bags flared up the campfire. The sound moved rapidly downriver for several minutes, fading to a deep growl, while the adult dogs whimpered and the family became terrified. The father packed up camp that night and drove the family home, and the family later felt the sound matched a purported Sasquatch vocalization heard on television.

ScreamGrowl
BFRO YEAR: 1973-74 Redding, Ca, Because French Gulch Was A Town Back In The Gold Rush Days Of Old California. People Still Live In The Area Of What Is Now Called French Gulch., Shasta County, California Class B #26381

Man recalls adversarial encounter with an unknown creature near French Gulch

During midnight rounds at an isolated school compound, the witness crossed a suspension bridge and heard something raiding trash cans by the cookhouse. He threw rocks toward a large dark figure under the eaves, which stood erect, stepped onto the bridge, dodged thrown rocks, vaulted the bridge cables and fled upstream on two legs. He noted glowing eyes and a foul stench, then returned to his trailer without anyone else responding.

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