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16 October 1997 Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi Class A #1345

creature leaned on the hood of a car.

The witness reported driving on a country road when a large creature crossed and stopped in front of the car. After the witness brightened the headlights, the creature approached, struck the car and leaned on the hood while screaming loudly. The witness reversed around it and drove away while still hearing it screaming in the distance.

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13 October 1997 Gladstone & Rapid River, Delta County, Michigan Class A #29675

Daylight multi-witness road-crossing sighting just outside Gladstone (MI-UP)

A woman driving home with her children at dusk saw a brown figure crouched on the highway median outside Gladstone. The figure stood up, crossed the highway in a couple of steps, lowered its arms to its sides, and disappeared into the woods. She described it as extremely fast and graceful and concluded it could only have been a Bigfoot.

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October 1997 Shady Grove, Crittenden County, Kentucky Class A #2367

Unusual screams and two sightings near Shady Grove

The witness was driving with companions late at night to look around. A companion noticed two red eyes on a bank, initially thought to be a raccoon, then the creature blinked and walked upright on two legs across the road about 100 yards ahead. The group locked the doors and drove away as the creature disappeared into a timbered thicket.

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15 September 1997 Eden, Liberty, Weber County, Utah Class A #5813

Family members see large, hairy bi-ped walking along mountain road

The witness was riding in a car with two relatives driving back over a mountain pass late at night. They encountered a tall, dark, hairy figure walking on and across the road. After a companion shouted at it from the car, the figure kept walking without changing pace and left the road up into the mountains.

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2 September 1997 Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado Class A #1354

5:30am sighting by motorist 1 mile southwest of Sedalia on Highway 67

Early one morning the witness was driving east on Highway 67 after stopping to pick up a newspaper. In the headlights a large black biped ran from the north side of the road across in front of the vehicle and up an incline to the south. The witness described it moving very fast on two legs and glancing back over a hunched shoulder while maintaining eye contact. The witness stated it did not look like a known four-legged animal and was left frightened.

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7 July 1997 Edmond, Logan County, Oklahoma Class A #1298

Morning road crossing sighting near the town of Edmond.

The witness was driving in a truck in the morning when a hairy creature crossed a dirt road ahead. It was walking at first but moved into a fast gait after noticing the approaching truck. After crossing, it disappeared into the woods. The witness heard nothing and did not search for footprints.

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3 July 1997 Neilton, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class A #1225

Creature seen crossing road

The witness was driving alone toward a family camp when a large white-haired biped crossed the highway about 50 yards ahead. The figure walked upright with wide strides, moving from dense forest on one side to an overgrown old logging road on the other without looking toward the car. The witness slowed at a pullout, noted the location relative to a curve warning sign, and later measured the spot as one mile north of a highway turnoff.

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July 1997 Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Class A #3563

Two cousins spot large creature as it dashes across path

The witness and a cousin were riding four-wheelers on a woodland path when a tall brown furry biped dashed across the path about twenty yards ahead in about 3-5 seconds. The companion asked if it was a bear, but the witness rejected that because of its roughly eight-foot height and fast running on two legs.

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June 1997 Marion County, Missouri Class A #1118

Witness saw man-like creature in a corn field.

The witness was riding a four-wheeler on an old gravel road in a rural area with a cornfield on one side and woods on the other. From a distance the witness saw a figure first thought to be a dog, then recognized as man-like as they got closer. The figure rose from a kneeling position, moved to the roadway, looked at the witness, and then went into the woods. The witness paused briefly and then turned around and rode away, afraid it might return.

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1997–1998 Rose City/lupton, Oscoda County, Michigan Class A #25622

Two men see a bigfoot cross a road near Rose City

After helping at another house, the witness and a companion drove home through wooded roads late at night. Their headlights caught a very large, tall, dark-brown figure running across the road about 40 to 50 feet away. In a few long strides it disappeared into the woods, and the frozen ground left no tracks to examine.

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12 December 1996 Quitman Or Alba, Wood County, Texas Class A #2048

Night time road crossing observation

On a Sunday evening in winter 1996, the witness was driving home from church with at least one other person. They watched a tall, dark, upright figure cross the road and step over a 3.5- to 4-foot barbed-wire fence without breaking stride. The witness identified the figure as a bigfoot.

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December 1996 Between Salitpa And Jackson., Clarke County, Alabama Class A #1907

Motorist sees Bigfoot like creature, hears scream

The witness was in a car in daylight when a large hair-covered creature crossed the road ahead just below a hilltop. The creature was described as moving sideways while crossing. The witness also heard a scream described as unlike anything heard before.

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5 November 1996 La Pine, Deschutes County, Oregon Class A #664

Witness observed a tall rangy fiqure emerge from the treeline

While driving on US Highway 97 near sunset, the witness saw a very tall dark figure emerge from the treeline and cross both lanes in four strides without pausing. The figure moved briskly with swinging arms and a forward-leaning upper torso before disappearing into pines on the far side. The witness's companion was watching a hawk and did not see the figure, and the witness remained uncertain what it was.

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November 1996 Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Class A #11998

Woman in parked car has nighttime sighting along the Ohio River

The witness waited alone in a parked truck at night near the river to pick up relatives. A large hair-covered upright figure emerged from woods about 50 feet away, crossed the road and a field to the river treeline, pausing briefly to look around. The witness locked the doors and turned on the headlights, frightened by the encounter.

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12 October 1996 Milligantown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Class A #14677

Late night road crossing near Apollo

The witness was driving home late at night when a large manlike entity crossed the two-lane road in front of the vehicle in a few fast, smooth steps and disappeared into trees on the far side. The witness stopped, noting no other vehicles or people around, and heard it crashing through brush. The next morning the witness found a path of broken brush and trampled grass where it had crossed but no tracks.

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October 1996 Bismark, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Class A #1640

Nightime sighting by motorists on Hwy 7 North

The witness was driving with a companion when a tall furry biped crossed the highway ahead in the headlights. After driving past the crossing spot, they saw a similar-sized reddish-brown furry creature standing beside the road partly obscured by branches.

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September 1996 Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York Class A #5326

Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek

Late at night the witness was driving on a narrow wooded road when a hairy figure darted from the roadside and crossed in front of the vehicle. The witness braked hard and briefly saw the figure from the side and rear in the headlights as it went up a bank into the woods. The figure was described as tall, powerfully built and long-haired with no visible neck.

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June 1996 Hayden, Kootenai County, Idaho Class B #2315

Former Highway patrol officer witnesses a Sasquatch cross the road behind him.

The witness was driving north on Highway 95 in the early morning hours en route to a business appointment in the Coeur d'Alene and Hayden area. He looked in his rearview mirror and saw a large, man-like creature walking across the roadway behind his vehicle. He turned around and returned to the crossing location, but the creature had disappeared into dense vegetation.

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1996 La Crosse, Wisconsin And LaCresent, Minnesota, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Class C #3044

Second-hand report of creature looking in at woman through window

About two decades ago a woman washing dishes at night saw a large hairy-faced man looking through the window above her sink. Police were called and during the subsequent search an officer saw a tall man-like figure run across a highway. Very large tracks with a long stride were found but dogs could not track anything and the figure vanished into river bottoms. A later visitor examined a cast and said weight distribution argued against a fake shoe.

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1996 Maine #14c1104a-492e-40b0-8630-00aa1158565d

Sasquatch sighting in Maine (1996)

The teenage guest was riding overnight in his uncle's semi-truck in Maine. He saw a dark person-shaped silhouette come from a marsh and run toward the truck, then cross directly in front of it blocking the windshield. His uncle braked hard and sped away terrified, later saying the being looked at him with cold dark eyes and had gray-toned skin.

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