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March 1987 Lima, Allen County, Ohio Class A #3351

Late night sighting by teen at Lost Creek Golf Course

The witness was walking home across a golf course in the early morning hours when he heard a noise from a creek below a bridge. He looked down and saw a large dark-haired bear-like creature bent over drinking water, which looked up with a human-like face. After only a couple seconds he ran home without looking back.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
March 1987 Robbinsville, Monroe County, Tennessee Class A #16970

Fly fisherman recalls daylight sighting of a shaggy light haired creature on all-fours in the Cherokee National Forest

Two companions hiking toward a creek to fly-fish watched a large whitish animal cross the trail about 50 yards ahead and remain visible for several seconds while moving on all fours. It was described as bear-sized with shaggy light hair, a flat sparsely haired face with no muzzle or visible ears, and very long legs. Shortly afterward limbs in a nearby tree shook vigorously, but the animal was not seen again.

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Summer 1987 Rutherford County, Tennessee Class A #6449

Sighting by friends walking in woods near Percy Priest Lake

Two people were walking through the woods when they came to a clearing. They saw a sasquatch-like figure walking across the far side of the clearing that did not look toward them. The witnesses quickly fled the scene.

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Fall 1987 Fayetteville TN, Lincoln County, Tennessee Class A #23823

Man recalls seeing a large creature while driving at night near Fayetteville

The witness, then 17, was driving home late at night on a rural road and noticed something on the roadside that was first mistaken for a deer or cow. As the car passed, the figure stood up from a hunched position, and after the witness stopped past it and reversed, it was seen walking into the road behind the car within about 25 to 30 yards. The witness described it as much larger than a person, about 6.5 to 7 feet tall and very wide, and frightened, drove away quickly toward the highway.

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middle of summer in 1987 Arcadia, Michigan #80f34d53-8c17-4ef7-9108-6d4485cef694

Sasquatch sighting near Arcadia, Michigan (1987)

The witness, then fifteen, was riding a moped home from work in the early morning. A tall shaggy-haired creature stepped into the road directly in front of him and stopped. He swerved to avoid hitting it, then looked back and it was gone, and he waited under a streetlight until sunrise.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1987–1989 Butterfield, Arkansas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/hJA1VjGrpz3nurD-riiPpucW4OyxD4SpK99gttclG4I

Sasquatch sighting near Butterfield, Arkansas (1987)

As a young child visiting grandparents in Arkansas, the witness approached a small furry baby crawling near a compost pile by a fence. A much larger creature appeared in light through the trees, pointed between the baby and the child and motioned for the child to come closer. When the child's grandmother called for dinner, the large one blended into the background and additional figures moved away down the fence line.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourMovement only
Fall 1987 Karnack, Harrison County, Texas Class A #8067

Deer hunter encounters bigfoot at Caddo Lake near Karnack

The witness was concealed while deer hunting at the water's edge when he noticed movement to the side. He watched a large hair-covered biped rise from a crouch in shallow water, look side to side, then walk out of the water into the woods and disappear over about two minutes from about 50 yards away. On the return to the truck he found a single very large footprint in loose soil.

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Winter 1987 Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas Class A #9038

While hunting in Sabine River bottoms, two boys have daytime encounter

In 1987 two companions hunting after school were walking on a dirt road in river bottoms and looking down a right-of-way. A large hair-covered figure at least 7 feet tall came out of the trees, walked along the tree line, then went back into the trees without crossing. The witnesses were carrying guns but ran home.

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January 1987 Newport, Vermont #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/02/12/sc-ep298-the-face-was-human-like-but-bigger-and-wider

Sasquatch sighting near Newport, Vermont (1987)

The witness left a house on a snowmobile on a dark snowy night and chose a snow-covered dirt road instead of the trail. The headlight revealed a large figure standing in a snowbank beside a farm field about 15 feet away. The figure stared at the witness for about ten seconds before the witness sped away for home.

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December 1986 San Antonio Nm, Socorro County, New Mexico Class A #66089

Night time sighting on I-25 within Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

The witness was driving south on Interstate 25 with his wife on Christmas Eve 1986 when both saw a tall, hairy figure run across the highway heading west. The driver pulled over to shine headlights toward it, but the figure had gone over an embankment and was not seen again.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
29 November 1986 Hennepin, Putnam County, Illinois Class A #27374

Man remembers his daytime sighting as a youth living south of Hennepin

The witness was riding a BMX bike on a snow-covered road in the afternoon when they saw a tall, long-haired figure crossing the road about 50 yards ahead. The figure was described as about eight feet tall with light brown hair. The witness ran inside for a camera but could not find one, and the next day found footprints with a relative.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracks
15 November 1986 Erie, Whiteside County, Illinois Class B #12919

Youth has nighttime sighting along Rock River

The witness was home alone in the evening when the dogs became agitated and ran toward the pasture and river. The witness followed carrying a shotgun and observed a hairy humanlike figure near where the dogs stopped at the river edge. After a shot was fired into the air the figure departed with a distinctive walk and the witness returned quickly to the house. Large footprints were noted in the snow between the pasture and the river.

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November 1986 Maud, Bowie County, Texas Class A #8039

Deer hunter encounters tall, upright, hairy creature near Wright Patman Lake

Late one afternoon the witness walked through a creek bottom toward a relative's deer stand. He smelled a foul odor and heard something large moving in a swampy thicket. The animal crossed an opening 50 to 75 yards away, and he watched it for about 30 seconds as it covered about 30 feet in a few long steps. He described it as a 6 to 7 foot tall, broad, stooped biped covered in dark brown hair.

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15 October 1986 Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine Class A #859

Two men in car see hairy, upright animal on side of road near Turner, Maine

The witness was a passenger with a companion driving on a back road toward a club when they passed a very hairy upright animal on the roadside that appeared mid-stride and ready to cross. Both occupants noticed it and immediately confirmed to each other what they had seen. At the club, other people said similar sightings had occurred in the area under the local name Loopgaroo.

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October 1986 Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio Class A #6062

Three teenagers witness a "thing" crouched on the road, stand up, take three quick steps, and jump over the reeds down a hill

Late at night in 1986 the witness was riding as a passenger with two friends on a curvy road toward an old Montessori. Under a streetlight they encountered a crouched figure sitting in the middle of the road. The figure stood up, took a few large steps and leaped over roadside reeds down the hill and vanished.

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October 1986 Moody, St. Clair County, Alabama Class A #8679

Adult recalls childhood sighting at dusk near Moody

When about 11 years old, the witness was picking rocks in a ditch at dusk with a dog when a tall, hunched, naked entity covered in gray-white matted hair appeared a few feet away staring. The witness screamed, the dog fled toward the house, and the entity screamed back in a loud high-pitched voice before sprinting away up the ditch. The witness ran home and reported a shaggy old man to a parent but was not believed.

Full-body sightingScream
27 September 1986 Milltown, Sebastian County, Arkansas Class B #11252

Teenagers have nighttime sighting of animal near Milltown

In fall 1986 the witness was driving a pickup with two companions on a rural dirt road at night with the headlights off. He saw a figure emerge and walk across the road ahead toward a pasture for about five seconds before he looked down for the lights. The female companion also saw it and became distressed, while the male companion did not see it, and the group turned back without continuing to the lake.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
15 September 1986 Dupont And Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Washington Class A #32824

Recollection of a road crossing at dusk while working as an MP on Fort Lewis

While driving in a truck at twilight, the witness and a companion watched a large upright furry figure cross the road in a few long strides and disappear into the trees at the road edge. After stopping and getting out, they heard movement ahead in the woods, then a loud scream, and ran back to the truck while wailing continued behind them. They agreed they had encountered a bigfoot and returned the next day to find broken limbs but no footprints.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingFootstepsScreamAnimal behaviour
15 September 1986 Discovery Bay, Jefferson County, Washington Class A #39025

Man remembers his daylight sighting of a bigfoot standing on a stump next to Discovery Bay

The witness, traveling with four companions for target practice, left the truck and saw a tall upright figure standing on a stump overlooking the bay. The figure turned to look at the witness, stared, then turned away, turned again after the witness shouted, and walked quickly into dense forest. The companions did not see the figure but all later found prints, heard crashing branches, and noticed a faint unusual odor.

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9 September 1986 York County, South Carolina Class A #977

Boy witnesses Large, brown creature with yellow teeth eating grapes.

The witness, then age 13, rode a bike up the road to get a newspaper with a dog alongside and noticed a strong onion-like odor. In a hollow beside the road the witness saw a very large, light-brown hair-covered creature eating wild grapes that looked at the witness and moved toward them. The frightened witness fled home on the bike as the dog also ran home, then looked back to see the creature climb over a fence and go back into the forest.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour