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July 1988 Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama Class B #43217

Memory of 3 hairy fingers sliding under the front door outside Nauvoo

The witness was watching television in the living room at night while a relative worked outside. The unused front door began to move and its knob turned, and three long hairy fingers with long black nails slid under the gap at the bottom for several minutes. When the fingers withdrew the movement stopped, and the relative later said he had not touched the door.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
April 1988 Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama Class B #28326

Recollection of seeing a hair covered creature squatting next to a road near Waterloo

The witness and a companion were driving past a grassy roadside area in the early evening when they noticed a dark-haired creature squatted in the grass beside the road with its back to them. The creature kept its head down and appeared to search through the grass with its hands, showing no concern for the passing car. The witnesses turned the car around for another look, but the creature had left, and they did not get out to investigate.

Full-body sighting
August 1987 Montevallo, Bibb County, Alabama Class B #21714

Rescue workers describes possible stalking on the Cahaba River outside Montevallo

The witness and a companion were waiting on a riverbank at night to help pull rescue canoes from the water. After hearing brush-breaking and grunting sounds for some time, the witness was rushed by a large upright figure that came within about 10 feet while making loud vocalizations. Both individuals fled and the figure did not pursue further.

SilhouetteVocalizationGrowlMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
October 1986 Moody, St. Clair County, Alabama Class A #8679

Adult recalls childhood sighting at dusk near Moody

When about 11 years old, the witness was picking rocks in a ditch at dusk with a dog when a tall, hunched, naked entity covered in gray-white matted hair appeared a few feet away staring. The witness screamed, the dog fled toward the house, and the entity screamed back in a loud high-pitched voice before sprinting away up the ditch. The witness ran home and reported a shaggy old man to a parent but was not believed.

Full-body sightingScream
July 1985 Orrville, Dallas County, Alabama Class A #14082

Daylight road crossing sighting near Orrville

The witness was driving home in the afternoon when she saw three hair-covered figures of different sizes standing by the road. As she slowed, the figures ran upright across the road in front of her car and disappeared into thick vegetation on the other side. She did not recognize them as any known animal and drove home quickly to tell her family.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1985 Between Prattville And Austuagaville, Autauga County, Alabama Class B #1783

Night hunters hear strange screams in the woods

Two people stood on a hilltop field at night imitating owls to elicit responses. Instead they heard a loud scream or moan from toward the river, heard it again closer after calling again, then heard something large moving quickly uphill through the woods toward them. They retreated to their truck, drove toward the gate, and heard additional screams from the woods and hayfield.

ScreamMovement only
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Dogman sighting in Alabama (1984)

Two coworkers driving to work encountered an upright wolf-like creature standing beside the road. It watched them as they nearly stopped beside it, then crossed behind them and ran up a steep bank. The witness later visited the site and found tracks showing it scaled a high dirt bank in two leaps.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracks
1984 Alabama #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/03/25/sc-ep24-bigfoot-roundtable-with-coonbo

Dogman sighting in Alabama (1984)

Two women driving to work rounded a curve and saw a tall werewolf-like figure standing by a road sign staring at them. The car slid near it and it looked in at the passenger, who felt it was intensely evil. The driver then sped away. The investigator later found smashed grass and clawed toe-ball prints high on the opposite bank and estimated nine feet.

Full-body sighting
15 November 1983 New Market, Madison County, Alabama Class A #416

A resident's early evening sighting next to his home near New Market

The witness was home alone in the evening watching television when a tall dark figure blocked a small window and then walked around to the back door area. He remained still on the couch and watched it look toward the woods, at the ground, and down at him through plastic-covered windows before it left. He then got a firearm and checked outside but found nothing. The next morning a large three-toed footprint was found in a dusty spot beside the trailer.

Full-body sighting
Fall 1983 Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama Class A #33307

Memory told of a close encounter while riding a bike as a teen in Brewton

The witness was riding a bicycle on a trail through woods near a grocery store when a large hairy creature stepped into the path, causing a fall. The creature stood over the witness at close range and produced a loud howl/growl with its mouth open before leaving into the woods at high speed while breaking branches. The witness then rode home quickly and hid inside.

Full-body sightingHowlGrowlMovement only
15 November 1980 Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama Class A #832

Witnesses spot a tall, brown object moving on a hill, also reported are moans and a sighting where red eyes are described

The witness and a companion drove into the driveway of an unoccupied family farm in the evening. The headlights revealed a figure standing at a five-strand barbed-wire fence, holding the top wire while swinging a leg over. Its eyes glowed in the light. The pair left quickly.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
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
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
10 October 1978 Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama Class A #35293

Daylight observation remembered of a Bigfoot holding a baby pig near Andalusia

The witness was picking up pecans in the yard with her young daughter in the morning when she heard pigs squealing from the neighbor's pen. She looked toward the wooded back yard and saw a large erect hairy creature with a human-like face holding a baby pig against its chest. After staring at each other, she grabbed her daughter and ran inside shouting for her husband to get his gun, but the creature was gone when he went out to check.

Full-body sighting
Spring 1978 Athens, Limestone County, Alabama Class A #799

Person fishing recounts story of his encounter with a large, bipedal creature that was wading in the water

In the early afternoon the witness was gigging for frogs from a relative's boathouse pier when a tall, dark, hairy biped emerged from a swamp about 175-250 yards away and waded knee-deep into the water. The creature looked both ways, bent over twice to swing an arm into the water with a splash as if fishing, then stared toward the witness before walking back into the swamp like a person. A few minutes later it reappeared at the same spot and repeated the same actions before leaving again and not returning during another hour the witness remained.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1975 This Area Is Located In A Triangle Between Blountsville, Hanceville & Holly Pond., Blount County, Alabama Class C #1830

Two separate sighting reports of a creature

The writer's brother was driving alone late at night on Skyball Mountain when he smelled a strong odor. He saw a large dark hair-covered figure in tall weeds beside the road that stepped onto the road and stared at him while he stopped and watched for a minute or more. The figure then walked into the woods on the other side of the road and he drove home.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
Summer 1975 Between Culman And Warrior Near Blount Springs., Blount County, Alabama Class A #50178

Recollection of a roadside sighting of a white Bigfoot near Blount Springs

The witness was driving a VW bus around a tight curve at night when the headlights illuminated a white-haired creature loping uphill on all fours toward the road. As it reached the road edge within feet of the vehicle, it stood upright on its hind legs. The witness drove past it, did not see it in the mirrors in the dark, and was frightened.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1967 Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama Class A #44487

Memory told of a close dalylight observation outside Alexander City

The witness and a companion were walking down an old pulpwood road with a dog when they noticed a strong goat-like odor and heard rustling and a tree shaking. The witness pulled back branches and saw a tall, hair-covered biped running away downhill on two legs. The companion did not see the creature. The witness lost sight of it in pines and underbrush near a swampy area.

Full-body sightingOdorFootsteps
June 1958 Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama Class A #5954

Daylight sighting at eastern dike of East Lagoon in Aliceville

A teenager walking back from a pond across a field saw a very dark tall figure walking along a path about 50 yards away. The figure was visible from the torso up above tall sagebrush, estimated at about 8 feet tall, and walked with its head slightly bent forward before going into the woods. The witness ran home to tell relatives.

Partial sighting