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1976–1978 Glass Community (Obion Is The Closest Town), Obion County, Tennessee Class A #25432

Man relates a series of encounters with a white bigfoot near Obion

The witness was walking home from town late at night looking down. He looked up to find an off-white, Bigfoot-like creature squatting on its hands and feet a short distance in front of him. They saw each other at the same time, the creature stood up and they stared for several seconds before running in opposite directions.

Full-body sighting
1976 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Vehicle contact near Flintville, Tennessee (1976)

A woman told police a large hairy figure broke her car antenna, jumped on the roof, and bounced up and down.

Vehicle contact
1974–1975 Leiper's Fork, Williamson County, Tennessee Class A #6463

Afternoon sighting by youth along isolated road near Leiper's Fork

The witness and a companion parked their mini bike and walked down a farm path while looking for fishing bait. About 30 to 40 yards away, the witness saw a hairy, stocky creature standing bent over and moving its arms through a patch of May apple. Both individuals ran while the creature watched them, then it reportedly resumed its prior activity.

Full-body sighting
Spring 1974 Atwood, Gibson County, Tennessee Class B #11328

Young girl has sighting near Milan

The witness and an older sibling took a vehicle to a burn site at the woods edge to burn household trash. While watching the fire, the witness heard a loud growl and saw a black, hairy, man-shaped figure walking into the woods over a slight rise. The pair fled to the house, where penned dogs were barking excitedly.

Partial sightingGrowl
19 December 1970 Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee Class B #56809

Memory told of seeing a tall figure on a rock embankment at night near Crossville

The witness had pulled over at night and was outside the vehicle with a companion when movement on a rock cliff across the road caught attention. The witness watched a tall, dark, hair-covered upright figure with a broad torso for several seconds before it turned and disappeared silently. The companion reportedly saw only a brief shadowy movement, and a next-day check of the spot found nothing unusual.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
April 1970 Smokemont, Sevier County, Tennessee Class A #23645

Sighting by motorist in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not far from the park entrance

In late spring 1970, two people sightseeing by car on Highway 441 near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line claimed a tall, slender hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of them. The creature walked upright on two legs from the right side to the left without looking at them, then continued into roadside bushes where only its head remained briefly visible. The witnesses estimated its height at about seven feet and noted clean straight walnut-brown hair, long arms, and lack of a visible neck.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1970–1979 Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TSom5b4VZXPaXcHqhX6Okop_It5_GjCVQMhe6zJwH6s

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1970)

The witness, recently out of the military, was fly-fishing with three relatives in a steep, remote river gorge. He turned to see an upright animal at close range that quickly climbed the steep bank to the ridgeline. The group then heard extremely loud guttural vocalizations and huffs, saw movement on the ridge, and had a large rock land in the water near them. They left at dusk and later agreed among themselves it had not been a bear despite one relative's dismissive explanation.

Partial sightingVocalizationRock throwingMovement only
Summer 1969 Montgomery County, Tennessee Class C #6444

A set of red eyes were seen by witness.

Two people were fishing at a river at night when wildlife sounds suddenly stopped. One of them went to the top of the bank with a rifle and spotlight and observed red eyes estimated to be 7 to 8 feet high near the fence. Shots were fired toward the eyes, impacts were heard, and the eyes closed with nothing further seen. The pair left quickly, had to move crowded livestock to exit, and never returned.

Eyeshine
1955 Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee Class B #24547

Witness describes childhood experiences as well as some recent Class B incidents near Ethridge

The witness describes growing up in a remote wooded home where the family routinely encountered a tall white figure with red eyes called Whistling Paddy. She recalls hearing its whistling and screaming sounds as a child, while relatives reported seeing it around the home, especially at dusk when it came for vegetable scraps. The family did not generally fear it but brought children inside after dark.

WhistleScream
Summer 1905 Dollar And Buena Vista, Carroll County, Tennessee Class C #4543

Sighting along side of road by teens walking home from a party

The witness's great-aunt recounted that as a young girl around 1905 she and two siblings were walking home from a party at night when they saw a dark-haired, man-like thing sitting in a field beside the road. The entity silently watched them and turned its head as they passed, its eyes reflecting the moonlight. The three walked home arm in arm, with one looking back to check if it was following.

Partial sightingEyeshine
about the same time Pidgon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee Related account #24667

Sasquatch sighting near Pidgon Forge, Tennessee

Another family parked in the same area reported seeing the same creature about the same time, saying it came within five feet of their car.

Partial sighting
around 11:30 PM CST Pidgon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee Related account #24667

Sasquatch sighting near Pidgon Forge, Tennessee

On the previous night, the parents briefly glimpsed a large hair-covered biped moving into brush by the road and initially thought it might be a bear.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1965-66 Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee Class A #25440

Man recalls multiple witness encounter near Hendersonville

Six people arriving by car at a new house at the edge of a subdivision saw a tall hair-covered man-like figure digging in a trash can at the end of the driveway. Under the headlights it looked toward them, then strode and loped away bipedally with a very long stride without dropping to all fours. After a companion retrieved a gun the figure was gone, and a neighbor's normally aggressive barking dog was found silent, frightened and hiding under a deck.

Full-body sighting
March 13, 2012 Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee Related account #35914

Tracks near Harriman, Tennessee

Other individuals reportedly found grass footprints in about the same area in March 2012.

Tracks
Date unknown Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee Related account #6461

Sasquatch sighting near Covington, Tennessee

Other people are said to have seen the creature in that area and now avoid it after dark.

BFRO YEAR: 1990-1994? Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee Class B #882

Young Man finds footprints in snow

As a boy walking in snow on a relative's farm, the witness claims to have found adult-sized human-like footprints with four toes on each foot in an open field near a road. No photos were taken and similar tracks were noted the following year. The witness also describes hearing an unidentified scream years later and now wonders whether the two incidents could be related.

Tracks
Before we moved out of that house Kodak, Sevier County, Tennessee Related account #36205

Sasquatch sighting near Kodak, Tennessee

The witness reports continued strange occurrences at the house after the sighting but no further visual encounters.

through the years Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee Related account #6445

Sasquatch sighting near Springfield, Tennessee

A relative reports having had many sightings and strange occurrences in the area over the years.

BFRO YEAR: '92-'93 Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee Class B #11682

Young men have frightening vocalization incident near Stones River

The witness and two companions hiked a horse trail along a river at night. They heard repeated loud branch breaks that seemed to follow them as they tried to leave. At the base of a bluff area they heard an extremely loud scream that echoed down the river, then ran to a nearby house where they heard the scream again from the woods.

Tree breakUnidentified soundScreamOdor
BFRO YEAR: 1988 or 89 Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee Class A #10783

Motorist has nighttime sighting of animal near Smyrna

The witness was driving home from work at night in heavy ground fog when a creature stepped onto the road ahead and walked across to a partly cleared lot. The witness watched it disappear into fog and darkness, then after calming down drove home, ran inside, and locked up. The witness described the encounter as terrifying and reported sleeplessness for weeks afterward.

Road crossingPartial sighting