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August 1983 Liberty Hill Near Lake Wateree, Kershaw County, South Carolina Class B #546

Good Samaritan has encounter near Liberty Hill

A driver stopped to help two motorists whose car had left the road after swerving to avoid a large hairy creature chasing a deer across the road. While fetching a rope from his truck to pull their car out, he walked directly into the creature standing behind his truck. He noted a foul smell, red eyes, and a low growl before it walked to the woods edge and then into the woods. He then helped move the car and continued his trip, shaken by the encounter.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingGrowlOdor
Summer 1981 PICKENS, Pickens County, South Carolina Class A #16962

Possible early morning sighting along country road near Pickens

Around mid-summer 1981, the witness was riding a bicycle home in the early morning hours ahead of a companion. Near an intersection he looked back and saw a whitish object moving quickly from one side of a barbed-wire fence to the other into woods, knocking branches aside. He did not get a clear view and first thought of a horse, but on revisiting the site the next day concluded a horse could not have moved that way through the dense cover.

Partial sighting
Summer 1978 Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina Class A #18632

Woman describes childhood sighting (multi-witness) on abondonned RR bed outside Barnwell

Three children playing near an old railroad bed in the evening heard a shrill wailing sound and went to investigate. On the other side of the track bed they saw a tall, very hairy creature standing and looking at them. After staring for about 15 seconds, the children ran screaming back to the house.

Full-body sightingScream
1978 South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/03/show-notes-with-shannon-jesus-payan

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (1978)

The caller says at fourteen while deer hunting he waited alone on a riverbank in fog. Something came out of the river about fifty feet away, walked upright and dark like a bear but with rounded primate ears. It moved branches with a hand, sniffed his incoming trail, then angled off. He was terrified and did not tell his father for years.

Partial sightingVocalization
July 1975 Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Class A #26029

Recollection of a twilight encounter on Lake Keowee

While walking in a remote forested area near a lake at twilight, the witness saw a large reddish figure cross a dirt road and enter dense forest. The figure reportedly noticed the witness, then ran uphill paralleling the road while emitting a loud distress-like scream with heavy footfalls. The frightened witness fled the area.

Full-body sightingScreamFootsteps
18 April 1974 Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina Class A #11487

Security policeman has nighttime sighting at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

While on night patrol as a military security officer, the witness turned vehicle headlights back on in a curve and illuminated a large hairy human-like creature mid-stride. The creature leapt over a roadside ditch and disappeared into the treeline within about three seconds. The witness reported the encounter to a supervisor, who advised against filing an official report.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
6 June 1970 Summerville, Charleston County, South Carolina Class A #13673

Various incidents around home with women and children only, near Summerville

During the summer of 1970, the witness and four companions were playing outside at night in the backyard when they noticed a strong dead-like odor. They then observed red glowing eyes in the dark woods beyond the chainlink fence from a taller-than-human figure that stood watching them. Frightened, the children ran inside to tell relatives but were not believed.

EyeshineOdor
18 July 1968 Chesnee, S.C., Spartanburg County, South Carolina Class B #13674

Sightings around a property near Chesnee

The witness and three young companions were swimming at a creek when the companions ran past telling the witness to run. The witness looked back and saw a large hairy figure leaning on a tree by the creek. The group fled up a steep railroad embankment, then heard something charging up behind them pushing pines aside, so they escaped down the other side through briars and vines.

Partial sightingFootsteps
Fall 1964 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Class B #5381

Solider describes late night encounter on Fort Jackson

While on a solo night escape-and-evasion march at Fort Jackson, the witness stopped at a fire-lane crossing around 2 a.m. in total darkness. Something approached, moved away after being challenged, made growling talk-like sounds, then approached again before crashing away through brush. Startled, the witness ran and eventually reached another soldier with a fire and truck.

VocalizationGrowlFootstepsMovement only
Summer 1964 Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina Class B #975

Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.

The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
since March 2023 Union SC, Union County, South Carolina Related account #75643

Unidentified sound near Union SC, South Carolina

Since March 2023 the witness heard what was likely the same creature at least a handful of times at the property.

Unidentified sound
every few nights thereafter Union SC, Union County, South Carolina Related account #75643

Door or window contact near Union SC, South Carolina

After covering window gaps with foil, something tapped on the bedroom window every few nights and the witness did not respond.

Door or window contact
A few more nights later Union SC, Union County, South Carolina Related account #75643

Sasquatch sighting near Union SC, South Carolina

A few more nights later the witness again saw the same large head looking down through the same bedroom window gap and moved to the other side of the bed.

Partial sightingSilhouette
A few nights later Union SC, Union County, South Carolina Related account #75643

Sasquatch sighting near Union SC, South Carolina

A few nights after the first sighting the witness saw the same large head looking down through the same bedroom window gap and rolled over to look away.

Partial sightingSilhouette
earlier Chesnee, S.C., Spartanburg County, South Carolina Related account #13674

Property disturbance near Chesnee, S.C., South Carolina

A pasture owner reportedly found several calves killed near the creek location.

Property disturbance
for many years Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Related account #26029

Sasquatch sighting near Seneca, South Carolina

Other local residents reportedly saw and heard a similar creature in the same area over many years.

Partial sightingVocalization
BFRO YEAR: 1982 or 83 Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, South Carolina Class A #4196

Night sighting on Hwy 97, north of Liberty Hill

The witness was driving at night with a companion when an erect, hair-covered creature crossed the highway in front of the vehicle. The driver braked and alerted the companion, who saw only a brief glimpse as it entered dense woods. The driver searched the crossing point with a flashlight but found no tracks or other sign.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingPartial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1985/86 Marietta, Greenville County, South Carolina Class B #791

very loud vocalizationSounds heard by four witnesses near a farmers field used for crops.

The witness was spending the weekend at a friend's house when the group heard loud high- and low-pitched screaming on a summer Saturday night. Three of them walked toward a field near a river with a flashlight and saw red eyes in the brush while hearing limbs breaking, then ran back to the house. Screaming reportedly continued for hours, and the next midday they found a snapped vine, bark torn high on a tree, disturbed ground, and a partial large heel print.

EyeshineScreamOdorTracksTree break
Sometime during the end of deer season. Erhardt, Colleton County, South Carolina Related account #10623

Unidentified sound near Erhardt, South Carolina

The lodge foreman reportedly heard noises in the area in the past while hunting late in deer season.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Erhardt, Colleton County, South Carolina Related account #10623

Unidentified sound near Erhardt, South Carolina

The guide said he had previously heard strange noises while hunting in the same swamp area.

Unidentified sound