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April 1980 Canton, Fulton County, Illinois Class A #10892

Youth has daylight sighting in swampy area near Canton Lake

The witness went to the bottom of a hill near a relative's home at Canton Lake to smoke. After hearing a crushing and rustling noise, the witness saw a tall black bipedal being about twenty yards away that looked at the witness and raised its arms. The witness then ran back up the hill to the relative's home.

Full-body sightingOdorMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
April 1980 Sonoma County, California Class A #2864

A Young Man, While Camping with 20 Others, Comes Face-to-face with Creature

At a youth camp at night, the witness was inside a dorm getting ready for bed when campers in another dorm shouted about someone outside. Minutes later the witness watched a figure near a dumpster walk toward the dorm and peer in through a window from about 12 feet away for 20 to 30 seconds before disappearing. The next morning a discarded box was found on the ground with large footprints nearby.

Partial sightingFull-body sightingTracks
April 1980 Between Carson And Home Valley, Skamania County, Washington Class A #1707

Department of Natural Resources tree-planting crew views two animals walking upright near Home Valley

In spring 1980 the witness was working with a tree-planting crew on state land along the Columbia River when the crew noticed two upright figures walking side by side in a valley below. The crew first thought they were bears but rejected that because the figures walked upright in stride. The pair continued walking together for a long distance while the crew watched.

Full-body sighting
March 1980 Saylorville, Polk County, Iowa Class B #26713

Possible approach to homes at night near the Des Moines River outside Saylorville

The witness was awakened at night by distressed dogs and heard a heavy, bipedal-sounding walker moving in dry reeds behind the house. Two large neighbor dogs repeatedly charged into the dark toward the sound and yelped as if struck, retreating to the porch light. The disturbance lasted about an hour and was also watched by family and neighbors. Days later the witness found reeds smashed flat along the fenceline and a large mashed area, but no identifiable footprints.

Footsteps
February 1980 Bakersfield, Kern County, California Class B #13096

Possible nighttime road crossing sighting by motorist near Lamont

The witness and a companion were driving at night on a rural road through farmland when they saw a dark, hairy figure cross the road ahead of them. The figure moved quickly from one side to the other in long, smooth strides without looking toward the car and disappeared into a field. The witness turned back to look with bright lights but saw nothing, and a search the next day found no tracks because the ground was wet and muddy.

Road crossingPartial sighting
February 1980 Arago, Coos County, Oregon Class A #1031

Large Bipedal Animal Seen Crossing Rural Road and Climbing Cutbank

In early-morning darkness and light rain the witness was driving a paper route near Arago when a large reddish-brown long-haired animal crossed the road and scaled a steep grassy roadcut within about 15 feet of the truck. The animal moved very fast with rear legs set wide apart and spine not flexing like a bear, using its front limbs hand-over-hand, showing broad shoulders, a flat-profile face and a part in the wet hair along its spine. It reached the top in seconds and went out of sight.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
12 January 1980 Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama Class A #27067

Motorists pulled over on a rural highway at night describe standoff in headlights east of Clayton

In winter 1980 the witness and six relatives stopped in a car at night east of Clayton and watched a tall dark hairy figure standing motionless in the headlights about 30 yards away for two to three minutes. The figure stared at them while frozen mid-stride, then darted into nearby woods in under a second after the driver flashed the lights. The witness reports lasting fear of being alone in woods since the incident.

Full-body sighting
11 January 1980 Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #1671

Motorists spots a bigfoot

The witness was driving to work early in the morning when she noticed a large animal in the middle of the highway. As she got closer it stood upright and left the roadway in only two steps into the woods. She was frightened and concluded the animal was a bigfoot, but did not tell anyone for several years.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
1980–1981 Mashpee, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Class C #1198

Two witnesses observe creature on edge of forest

Two coworkers claimed to see a tall, dark, hair-covered biped accompanied by a black dog at a garden center entrance in Mashpee in the fall of 1980 or 1981 between 2 and 3 a.m. They reported extreme shock and drove away at high speed. The area was described as adjacent to the largest forest tract on Cape Cod near an Army training base.

Full-body sighting
1980–1983 Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky Class B #1850

Man relates series of events over several years after seeing a report posted from 3-4 miles away

The witness lived on wooded acreage in the early 1980s and reported ongoing strange activity over several years. He described finding a pole teepee structure and twisted saplings, hearing distant whistle-like sounds and whistling on the hill, seeing red and green eyeshine at night, pursuing unseen footsteps in snow without finding tracks, and having rocks and wood thrown. He stated he never had a clear sighting but concluded an intelligent, elusive presence lived nearby.

Structure or nestTwistFootstepsEyeshineWhistle +2
Summer 1980 Cabell County, West Virginia Class B #1200

Witness heard what sounded like "people talking backwards."

The witness and a companion were night fishing at a rural lake when they heard loud, unintelligible voice-like sounds from the woods uphill behind them. Shortly after, a very loud and frightening scream came from just up the hill, terrifying both of them. They left the area immediately and the witness reports not returning.

VocalizationScream
1 January 1980 Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Class A #37522

Homeowner recalls night time sighting in NW Decatur

Late at night the witness stood at an upstairs window watching barking dogs when a very large fur-covered figure crossed the backyard clearing. The figure paused, turned and looked up at the witness for nearly a minute before continuing downhill, ducking under tree branches and disappearing from view as the dogs fell silent. At daylight the dogs were unharmed and no physical traces were found on the frozen ground.

Full-body sighting
1980–1999 Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Class A #36667

Memory told of encounters on a farm near Ottawa

The witness was walking back to the house on a relative's farm at night after feeding dogs when a tall, hairy, foul-smelling being stood in the path near the driveway. The witness froze as the being bent down and stared directly. A relative opened the door and reacted, after which the being looked up and walked away.

Full-body sightingOdor
1980 Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois Class C #2806

The "Big Muddy Monster" flap of Murphysboro

In the late 1970s to early 1980s, residents around the Big Muddy River reported a foul-smelling, hairy hominid-like creature. Witnesses described seeing and hearing it near the river and finding footprints, with size and color accounts varying. The writer compiled these secondhand accounts and notes the creature was never reported as violent.

Full-body sightingVocalizationOdorTracks
Spring 1980 Orlando, Orange County, Florida Class A #1275

Bigfoot rips door off of home. Witness has to flee from home

Late one night the witness was sitting on the porch at home alone with a dog when something was heard breaking through brush. The witness went inside for a rifle, heard the thing move to the back of the house and try the door, then fled through an orange grove, fell into a swamp and lost the rifle. After looking back and seeing a creature, the witness reached the road and got help, and friends later found the back door torn off.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundDoor or window contactProperty disturbanceOdor
1980–1981 Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida Class B #13976

Possible tracks and sounds outside a home near Lady Lake

As a child staying at a relative's house near lakes and woods, the witness heard growling, snorting and footsteps outside a bedroom window late at night and stayed in bed frightened. The noises lasted several minutes. The next morning the witness found two very large human-like bare footprints in a sand pile in the driveway and measured them, but relatives dismissed them. The witness now interprets the incident as involving a bigfoot.

GrowlVocalizationFootstepsTracks
1980–1989 Geneva, Alabama, Holmes County, Florida Class A #9545

Motorist has morning sighting on road outside Sweet Gum Head

The witness was driving home from a night shift in the morning when she saw a very tall dark figure ahead on the road. The figure crossed the road and walked straight into thick woods as she approached. As she got closer she realized it was completely covered in medium brown hair and about seven feet tall, which frightened her and she drove on. She avoided the route for a time but later resumed using it without further sightings.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1980–1981 St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Class B #1498

Hunters witness a large, dark, manlike creature pull a stump from the ground.

Two hunters walking toward a river heard a splash and saw a dark, muscular, hairy creature with its back to them. The creature pulled a cypress stump from the mud, threw it into the river, then turned to look at them and walked briskly away along the riverbank. The men then found large human-like footprints at the spot where it had stood.

Full-body sightingTracksObject throwing
1980–1989 Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Class A #1461

Witnesses saw Creature next to a Broken Tree

A group of youths watching cattle from a hill saw the herd become anxious and flee a corner of the field. They went to the fencerow to investigate and found reddish hair on barbed wire and a small pine twisted and knocked over high up. After hearing movement, two of them saw a face with gray-white eyes and reddish hair about seven feet up near the broken tree and watched it for about two minutes before fleeing.

Partial sightingHairTwistTree breakMovement only
Summer 1980 Jigger, Franklin Parish, Louisiana Class A #23745

Man recounts boyhood sighting at home near Jigger

On a clear sunny afternoon the witness as a child was playing in the woods behind the house with a relative and a companion when they heard something large breaking limbs and fled to the yard. From the yard about 300 yards away they saw a tall black man-shaped figure standing between trees at the woodline watching them until they went inside. The figure was described as about seven feet tall, muscular with long arms and a pointed head.

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