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10 October 1987 Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi Class A #13918

Night time sighting by motorists on Highway 512 near Elwood (driver's observation)

In 1987 the witness and a college roommate were driving on Highway 512 in Mississippi late on a Saturday night after a football game. A very tall upright creature covered in reddish-brown fur stepped from roadside bushes and crossed the highway in front of their car. It paused near the center line to look toward the headlights, then continued into the woods on the far side.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
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
October 1979 Jackson Miss., Hinds County, Mississippi Class A #27012

Witnesses tell of a sighting they had as teenagers outside Jackson - w/sketch by artist

Four people parked in a car by a small pond at night heard a loud growl from across the water. When headlights were turned on they saw a large dark hairy figure with a cone-shaped head and green eyes that moved its head and made grunting sounds. After difficulty starting the car, they heard a loud prolonged roar and saw the figure still there as they drove away.

Partial sightingEyeshineGrowlVocalization
Spring 1977 Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class A #1342

Child sees a large, dark face staring at him from the bushes.

The witness was sitting at the edge of a creek swimming hole with a young relative while companions played in the water. The witness stared at a bush across the water and then discerned a large dark face watching from between branches, with very large hands also visible. After a short time the witness became terrified, grabbed the relative and fled screaming, followed by the others. Only the witness reported seeing the face.

Partial sighting
August 1975 MERIDIAN, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class A #4681

Nighttime sighting by teens, near Meridian

Three teenagers stopped at night on a dirt road near a one-lane bridge to relieve themselves. They heard repeated grunting and growling from an oak tree with a thrashing limb, then watched a large hairy biped drop into a ditch and run through the car's high-beam illumination. It leapt off the bridge bank out of sight while its footsteps were heard continuing south, after which the group fled in the car.

Full-body sightingGrowlFootsteps
Summer 1975 Hancock County, Mississippi Class A #1341

Family witness a large, hair covered creature eating food from their garden.

The witness woke upstairs at night after a neighbor's dog barked and looked out a window with siblings at a garden below. They described a large human-like entity covered in dark hair squatting and eating vegetables, which looked up with glowing eyes but showed no fear. After a relative fired a gun into the air, the entity stood, ran bipedally toward nearby woods and a river, and large human-like footprints were found in the garden the next morning.

Full-body sightingEyeshineTracks
Fall 1973 Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi Class B #2376

Young couple encounter a rancid smell

The witness and his wife drove a short distance from a relative's home to their trailer to pick up diapers for their baby. At the house they found their penned hounds barking unusually and noticed a strong rancid odor at the back of the house. They collected the diapers and left without further investigation that night. The following evening they heard a television news account of a nearby sighting that also mentioned a rotting-meat smell.

Odor
Winter 1973 Amite County, Mississippi Class A #1338

Several incidents in the East Fork Community

The witness and a friend were in the woods near a creek bottom when the friend sensed being watched. The witness saw a figure about 25 yards away that was squatting, then stood seven to eight feet tall, covered in very dark brown hair except the face, and walked upright. It followed them to the edge of the wood line with a long stride and swinging arms while making whistling noises.

Full-body sightingWhistle
1968 Lowndes County, Mississippi Class A #1344

while playing tag with several other children witness saw a white hairy creature.

About 30 years ago in Columbus, the witness was playing tag with a group of children in a front yard at dusk when the other children fled frightened toward nearby adults. The witness then saw a white, hairy, slightly hunched figure standing and peeking around the corner of a duplex, with the top of its head level with the top of a window estimated at over seven feet. The figure moved slightly side to side before the witness backed away, and it was gone when checked shortly after, with no trace found the next morning.

Partial sighting
Summer 1950 Attala County, Mississippi Class A #1339

Creature seen by witnesses

The reporter recounts childhood stories from older relatives about a creature inhabiting a swampy, logged area. One story describes relatives and companions seeing a strange human-like figure beside their dying fire. Other stories describe loggers abandoning work in fright and hunting dogs being attacked and disappearing for days.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
later that day (about 4:00 pm) Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi Related account #8429

Sasquatch sighting near Picayune, Mississippi

The witnesses returned to the first viewing spot later the same afternoon and could not find the shape.

after WWI Attala County, Mississippi Related account #1339

Sasquatch sighting near Attala County

An older relative and another man were logging when something frightened them so badly they quit and would not return.

later in December Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi Related account #77455

Unidentified sound near Purvis, Mississippi

Later in December while hunting alone on the western edge of the same swamp, the witness heard something large splashing in the water for over an hour.

Unidentified sound
mid November Purvis, Lamar County, Mississippi Related account #77455

Wood knock near Purvis, Mississippi

In mid-November the witness and a relative were deer hunting in the same general area when they heard loud knocks from the swamp, returned them, and received a response.

Wood knock
BFRO YEAR: 1978-79 KNOXVILLE, Franklin County, Mississippi Class A #12122

Morning sighting by hunter in Homochitto National Forest near Knoxville

The witness was deer hunting in the morning and waiting against a tree when a nearby deer spooked. He then heard heavy breathing and saw a tall hair-covered upright creature standing a few feet behind him. He fled leaving his gun, then returned with two companions to find large three-toed tracks leading to a creek.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTracks
BFRO YEAR: 2021-22 Lauderdale, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class B #72081

Possible ongoing sasquatch incidents around rural property 17mi NE of Meridian

The witness reports hearing wolf-like but different howls and daytime knocks over the past couple weeks after a two-year quiet period, with sounds heard on both sides of the road. The activity was first noticed near a shooting house when animals went quiet, and included a very active episode around 12:30 a.m. The witness and two neighbors have heard two different sounds, and dogs avoid the area.

HowlWood knock
Date unknown Elwood, Clarke County, Mississippi Related account #14144

Sasquatch sighting near Elwood, Mississippi

Other people in the same area were said to have had sightings, as relayed to the witness by the roommate.

This past July or August Burnsville, Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/01/26/sc-ep75-looking-back-over-the-last-75-shows

Sasquatch sighting near Burnsville, Mississippi

The driver broke down on a rainy highway and was working in the back of a tall cargo van. A snorting sound came from outside, and a large hairy face appeared inches away in the open door. The creature vibrated the van with a loud growl, reacted to a pistol, then left. Lightning revealed two more figures nearby, and the driver fired and fled to town.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdorVehicle contact
Date unknown Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/04/26/sc-ep98-the-big-thicket-monster

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi

A deer hunter in a climbing stand watched brush moving about 200 yards away and saw a large dark form squatting and disturbing a tree. When his stand made noise it looked at him, stood on two legs and ran. He found a huge slide track, then heard a wood knock and a whoop from different directions and left, later refusing to return.

Full-body sightingWood knockWhoopTracks
about six or seven months after California incident Silver Creek, Mississippi #4b183319-d906-433b-8510-ee4a692bd2c2

Wood knock near Silver Creek, Mississippi

While hiking with a different companion near Silver Creek, the pair camped near a bridge by a creek. After dark they heard a loud splash, then a very loud wood knock, then another splash like a thrown rock. They moved to the top of the bridge and left on foot when another knock sounded as they walked away.

Wood knockRock throwing