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1980–1989 Orchard, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/06/sc-ep53-finding-tracks-and-running-into-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Orchard, Texas (1980)

As children playing at the grandmother's house, the witness and four other children noticed what looked like a bush in a pasture where none should be. It stood up and walked toward the river direction. They ran inside to tell the grandmother.

Full-body sightingMovement only
1980–1989 Packwood, Lewis County, Washington Related account #5453

Sasquatch sighting near Packwood, Washington (1980)

A motorist braked and swerved to avoid a large hairy animal squatting in the road that stood on two legs and left the road.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1980 Sunriver, Deschutes County, Oregon Class A #667

Witnesss saw a large, light reddish brown, hairy man standing in the road shielding it's eyes from the headlights of her car

The witness was driving home at night in summer 1980 with family asleep in the car when a light-colored, hairy, male figure emerged from roadside trees and stopped in the headlights. She stopped the car and observed it face-to-face, noting its size, musculature, long head hair, facial hair, and strong odor before it walked off the road. Her companions slept through the event.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
15 December 1979 St. Libory, (20 Miles N Of Grand Island), Howard County, Nebraska Class A #15615

Creature seen walking across pasture in daylight north of Grand Island

The witness was in his pickup at the mailbox on a very cold, windy winter morning when he noticed movement in a pasture about a quarter-mile away. He watched for about 10 to 12 seconds as a large, dark-brown, long-haired, man-like figure with long arms took large steps south toward a shelterbelt, glanced toward him, then moved faster and disappeared into the trees. He did not go to look for tracks in the snow because he was afraid.

Full-body sighting
December 1979 Richmond County, Georgia Class A #2218

Man approached at close range by man/ape creature at Fort Gordon, US Army Signal School

In the early afternoon the witness was about to enter brush ringing a stream inlet when a very tall, hair-covered human-like figure came within about 20 feet at a slow walk. The witness described its size, hair, facial features and muscular build, noting it was defensive but not threatening and made no sound. The witness withdrew to a truck without being followed, and also noted a very large track, sand mounds, possible vomit and scat, and bark damage in the same area.

Full-body sightingTracksScatTree break
10 November 1979 Naples, Ontario County, New York Class A #7368

Morning sighting by deer hunter near Naples

As a teenager pushing deer for his father on a hunting trip, the witness rested against a fallen tree in a gully. After hearing a branch snap, he saw a tall, dark, hair-covered figure standing on the opposite ridge about 30 feet away, which watched him for several minutes before taking a step toward him. The witness fled on foot to the road and waited for his father, who did not believe the account.

Full-body sighting
November 1979 Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana Class A #21821

Daytime Sighting by Caver West of Lake Monroe

The witness was waiting above ground while two companions explored a pit, sitting reading in a jeep in a grassy clearing. He noticed a dark form moving in the treeline and called out, thinking it was the landowner, then moved to a power-line opening for a clearer view. The figure paused and stared for about 10 seconds, appearing as a 6-7 foot tall biped covered in long dark brown fur/hair, before walking away into the trees.

SilhouetteFull-body sightingFootsteps
November 1979 Direct, Lamar County, Texas Class A #7758

Road encounter with bigfoot near Direct, Texas

Two people driving on a gravel road at night saw a tall gray-haired biped cross the road in front of their car and step over a barbed-wire fence. The animal moved slowly and showed no reaction to the vehicle. After driving on, the pair got stuck turning around in a wheat field, then drove back past the site without seeing the creature again.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
20 October 1979 Pembine, Marinette County, Wisconsin Class A #48085

Memory told of a sighting by a father and two sons grouse hunting at dawn near Pembine

The witness and two family members were heading out grouse hunting in the early morning when a dark, very large form crossed the road ahead of them where there were no houses or side roads. The figure walked upright with a leaning gait and long swinging arms and was watched for about five seconds. At the time the father doubted the identification, but decades later he agreed with the younger witnesses that it had been a Bigfoot.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
15 September 1979 Warrior, Jefferson County, Alabama Class A #10498

Hiker has daylight sighting near Warrior

In early fall 1979 the witness was walking wooded trails near home with a young relative on a warm sunny midday. After going a short distance the witness looked up a hill to the left and saw a very large hair-covered biped standing motionless among small pines and looking toward them. The witness fled toward the road, later telling the companion who had not seen it, and a later return to the spot found nothing.

Full-body sighting
9 September 1979 Hurricane Landing, What Is Now Perkins Landing, Baldwin County, Alabama Class A #26513

Man recalls a sighting after Hurricane Frederic north of Mobile

The witness was walking at night with a flashlight to fetch ice when dogs began barking loudly. A very large hair-covered biped ran from behind a house toward the woods, then rushed to the road edge, stared with glowing eyes and made a loud growling sound. The witness screamed and fled home, and a search the next day found no tracks.

Full-body sightingEyeshineGrowlPossible misidentification
6 September 1979 Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma Class A #27477

Man remembers seeing a large white hairy man at a cemetery outside the city of Jay

Two people sitting in a cemetery after dark heard something approaching down a ridge and through trees. A tall white hair-covered human-like figure stepped over the fence, crossed the cemetery, then noticed the witnesses and left quickly over the opposite fence into timber with loud crashing. The witnesses reported a very strong unpleasant odor during the encounter.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdor
September 1979 Detroit, Red River County, Texas Class A #8083

Boy encounters bigfoot while fishing on a pond just north of Detroit

The witness was fishing alone at a pond in the evening when the birds went silent and he felt watched. He saw a large dark hairy biped step from cedars to a fence about 60 yards away and watch him from beside a tree. He fled leaving his gear, and returned the next morning to find the tackle disturbed and the stringer of fish gone except for one fish head.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
14 August 1979 Banf, Alberta Class A #5044

Two hikers share sighting in which each sees a different creature

The witness and a companion were backpacking and bushwhacking toward a fire road in the evening. After hearing a strange whistle and footsteps near a stream, they stopped in a meadow. Each then watched a separate upright, two-legged creature cross the area, one dark and one dirty-white, before the pair left quickly for the fire road.

Full-body sightingWhistleFootsteps
August 1979 Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Class A #7205

Morning sighting by carpenter crew near Ochopee

A work crew waiting on the roof of a house in early daylight watched a tall hairy figure come out of the basement and walk upright toward nearby trees. The figure then squatted about 40 yards away facing the crew without sound before standing, looking west, and vanishing within a few steps. The crew later noted a foul odor and a makeshift sleeping spot of clothes, rags, weeds and fur under the basement stairs.

Full-body sightingOdor
August 1979 Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri Class A #43612

Woman recalls encounter she had as a youth on rural property north of Bethany

An 11-year-old fishing alone at a pond near her father's home climbed a fence post at sunset when she heard a loud roar and saw a tall upright animal at the wood line waving its elongated arms above its head. After watching for about 20-30 seconds she ran to the house, locked the doors, and slept on the floor that night in fear.

Full-body sightingVocalization
August 1979 Marinette, Marinette County, Wisconsin Class A #27630

Man recalls observing creature in a field near Marinette

The witness and two relatives were driving back roads at night to look for deer and stopped at an intersection. About 10 yards away on the right, the witness saw a brown shaggy animal initially squatting that then stood to over 8 feet and looked toward the car. The witness rolled up the window and the group drove on, later realizing all three had seen it. The sighting lasted at least a minute and the animal may have been eating something beforehand.

Full-body sighting
August 1979 Zavalla, Angelina County, Texas Class A #24970

Man recalls daytime sighting 30 years ago as a seismic hole driller in the Angelina National Forest

While taking a break from seismic drilling on machines in a forest opening, the witness and a coworker noticed the woods go unusually quiet. The witness saw a large dark hairy figure stand up about 100 yards away and walk bipedally across the opening before disappearing into a ravine. The sighting lasted only seconds, and the coworker verbally confirmed seeing it.

Full-body sighting
4 July 1979 3 Miles East Of Mead, Saunders County, Nebraska Class B #6410

Multiple witness sighting at night, 3 miles east of Mead, Nebraska

On the night of July 4, 1979, the witness was relaxing with a large group at a farmhouse after fireworks when the group saw a very large figure walking quickly across a bean field about 300 yards away. The figure leaned forward and swung its arms as it crossed the field and disappeared behind a hill. The witness and a relative drove into the field and followed a trail to a barbed-wire fence where the ground was torn up, scanned the nearby treeline with spotlights without seeing anything, then backed out.

Full-body sightingTracks
July 1979 Boyle, Alberta Class B #6829

Possible sighting by off-road bikers near Buck Lake

Two youths riding a dirt bike back toward a farm noticed a tall dark figure walking upright on a rural road. When they stopped near a turn, the figure crouched briefly and then scrambled into the roadside ditch and dense bush. The pair fled to the farm and armed themselves without discussing the sighting at the time.

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