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2000–2001 Paulding, Michigan EP 1174

UFO sighting near Paulding, Michigan (2000)

The witness and spouse traveled to view reputed lights and waited until around 2 a.m. They saw two lights that shifted colors between blue, red and white and moved forward and back down a trail. The lights did not approach the guardrail that night.

Partial sighting
Fall 2000 Fairplay, Park County, Colorado Class B #3112

UK Gypsies vacate Colorado campsite after encounter with 7' creature

A large group was gathered for a nighttime barbecue and fire at a forest clearing when a very loud high-pitched scream was heard from just outside the clearing. Moments later a very tall powerfully built ape-like creature covered in long beige hair with dark areas on the face and elbows was seen entering the clearing and then leaving at great speed. The group fled in panic leaving belongings behind, and a follow-up visit about a week later found no belongings or tracks.

ScreamFull-body sighting
1 January 2000 Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington Class B #1917

BFRO field investigator finds sasquatch tracks in the snow

The witness and companions drove up a snowy mountain road to search for Sasquatch sign. On the drive back down, the witness stopped after spotting tracks crossing the road and recorded them on video. Others joined to examine and follow the trail into the woods until wind and snow obscured it. The group noted the tracks had not been present on the way up.

Tracks
22 December 1999 Latham, Pike County, Ohio Class A #4964

Evening sighting by couple near Latham

The witness and a companion went to check on a relative's property and found a partly full burn barrel tipped over. While crossing the yard to prop the barrel upright, they heard brush breaking and saw a very tall hairy creature with long arms staring at them near the woods. After the witness shouted, the creature turned and walked slowly toward the woods with long strides and swinging arms, and the pair ran to their car.

Full-body sighting
12 December 1999 Missouri Valley, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Class B #2509

Campers get visited in the middle of the night and hear vocalizations.

The witness and a companion were camping in separate tents. Around 2:55 a.m. the witness was awakened by footsteps circling the tent and stopping behind his head, then realized the companion was still inside his own tent. When the witness moved to go outside, the unseen visitor crashed away through trees toward the river. Neither camper saw anything, and both reported feeling watched all night.

Footsteps
December 1999 Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado Class A #3506

Trucker has nighttime roadside sighting south of Colorado Springs near Ft. Carson

The witness was driving a tractor-trailer south on a dark highway in the early morning when headlights lit a figure on the east side of the road. The figure first appeared bent over, then stood upright as the truck approached, showing wide shoulders, an ape-like face, and yellow eyeshine. The witness passed at highway speed within moments and could not discern fur color.

Partial sightingEyeshine
28 November 1999 Talehina, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class B #1300

12"-14" tracks found by two friends after they felt like they were being " stalked " by something unknown while deer hunting.

While deer hunting from a tree stand in the morning, the witness was approached by a companion who was pale and frightened and said something had stalked him aggressively and emitted a terrifying yell. The two investigated together and reported finding trees snapped off high above the ground and deep elongated impressions in dry ground, which they followed for two miles into dense foliage. The witness adds that he was stalked himself the next day.

ScreamFootstepsTracksTree breakAnimal behaviour
25 November 1999 Georgia EP 313

Sasquatch sighting in Georgia (1999)

A local woman was driving north between two towns when a large creature came up an embankment and crossed the road in front of her vehicle. She braked hard as it stopped briefly in her headlights, giving her a clear head-to-toe view before it continued on. She later described being stricken with fear, comparing the feeling to nearly having a head-on collision.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
15 November 1999 Oil Trough Arkansas/ Newark, Independence County, Arkansas Class A #6932

Duck hunter observes apelike creature across White River

The witness was duck hunting from a blind on a river during the afternoon. Across the river about 100 yards away, the witness saw a large hairy apelike creature flipping over stones and walking with an odd long-striding gait. The sighting was made by a single observer.

Full-body sighting
November 1999 Grays Harbor County EP 1014

Sasquatch sighting near Grays Harbor County (1999)

Driving a truck with spotlights near midnight on a two-lane by swamp, the witness first thought a bow hunter in a ghillie suit stood by the road. Up close it stood on a ten-foot bank with head five to six feet above the road, eight to ten feet tall, staring, causing intense fear. The witness drove past, armed, turned to look again and it was gone.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteRoad crossing
November 1999 Northern Ontario, Canada, Ontario Class A #4713

Moose hunter has morning encounter in hills of northern Ontario

While moose hunting alone, the witness slipped and fell in moss. On looking up he saw a black, large, upright creature about 10 yards away staring at him. When he raised his rifle it screamed, ran away upright at high speed in a manlike manner, and disappeared.

Full-body sightingScream
November 1999 Whitehall, Washington County, New York Class B #15398

Possible tracks & smell noticed by hunter at Black Mountain outside Whitehall

The witness was deer hunting along a logging road in a mountainous area in 1999 when he noticed wide, footlike tracks in mud and a sudden strong foul odor. The smell dissipated quickly but was unlike anything he had encountered before, including bear odor. The toe details of the tracks were obscured by mud, preventing determination of claws or other features. He reported feeling unsettled and later told family and hunting companions.

TracksOdor
1 November 1999 Lima, Allen County, Ohio Class B #3350

large footprints found.

The writer reports finding about 20 large and smaller footprints in an open field near larger woods with a creek bed. The larger and smaller prints reportedly met and then continued together toward a gravel road leading toward another section of woods. Estimated dimensions and stride were noted and photographs were taken and submitted to the BFRO.

Tracks
November 1999 Cleveland And Helen, White County, Georgia Class A #7237

Evening sighting by motorist on Hwy 75 near Duke's Creek

On Thanksgiving night in 1999 the witness was driving north on a highway just after sundown when headlights illuminated a large bipedal figure crossing the road. She braked to a stop within a few yards as the figure paused mid-stride, turned its head to look toward her vehicle, then walked on and leapt down an embankment toward a creek and woods. She described it as much taller than a person, lean and muscular, covered in dark hair with little facial hair and wearing no clothes.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
November 1999 Goshen, Washington County, Arkansas Class B #10093

Vocalizations, heavy footsteps & tree shaking

The witness was standing in the yard at night when a hooting howl was heard from the treeline. Dogs ran toward the woods barking as brush and limbs thrashed along the edge and heavy thumping footsteps were heard. The witness followed the sounds along the treeline with a rifle before returning to the house and confirming a relative next door had not left home. The witness interpreted the sounds and movement as a sasquatch disturbed in the woods.

HowlFootstepsMovement only
November 1999 Sugar Camp, Oneida County, Wisconsin Class B #38361

Memory told of a possible encounter by a hunter tracking a deer near Sugar Camp

While deer hunting the witness followed buck tracks down to a dense, mossy creek bottom. There he reported an intense putrid odor, a feeling of being watched and hunted, and profound fear despite hearing nothing and seeing nothing. He left quickly with weapons ready and ended hunting for the day.

Odor
November 1999 Holtville, Imperial County, California Class A #8345

Truck driver has a short but memorable encounter

A semi-truck driver pulled over at a desert highway pullout at night and got out of the truck. He heard rocks falling, noticed a strong decaying odor that became gagging, and saw a large hairy biped cross the road in front of his headlights while making a loud grunt. Frightened, he got back in the truck and drove away.

Partial sightingRoad crossingVocalizationFootstepsOdor
14 October 1999 Kilgore, Rusk County, Texas Class A #7546

Driver and child see a bigfoot on side of the road.

The witness was driving home with her young daughter at night with high beams on when she noticed something crouched beside the road. As they got closer it turned, stood up and looked toward the car, then took about two steps down an embankment into the woods. Startled, the witness drove home quickly without confirming whether her daughter had seen it.

Partial sighting
9 October 1999 Atwood, Moultrie County, Illinois Class B #29241

Memory of possible vocalizations and rock throwing southwest of Atwood

The witness, then a child, was walking through woods and field toward ponds to feed fish when a loud high-pitched scream came from the woods and trees shook in a visible path without wind. After waiting, the witness continued to the pond embankment where a boulder-sized rock landed nearby from higher ground. Two sisters were present for the rock incident, and the witness reported repeated rock-throwing at that embankment and occasional feelings of being watched.

ScreamMovement onlyRock throwing
4 October 1999 Prospect, Jackson County, Oregon #5100

Man see a BF while hunting. Party heard sounds near camp.

The witness was walking slowly through dry woods when they noticed movement about 75 yards downslope. They saw a dark brown/black animal moving on two legs, which they first thought might be a bear. The animal walked briskly and fluidly through the woods for about 15-20 seconds, turning away from a meadow and heading downslope through the trees.

Partial sighting