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1983–1984 Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/OJyBFBo3E5nWOmT6AA3fl3zJ4R85B6A9sKIOwQk5AGQ

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1983)

The witness and a friend drove around a dark rural bend and saw a tall mass on the roadside berm. As they passed within feet in a car with a sunroof, the witness looked up to see red eyes looking down into the car. They agreed they had seen it but kept quiet, and a next-morning check found only mashed grass.

Partial sightingEyeshineRoad crossing
10 October 1982 Watson, Delta County, Michigan Class A #20202

Motorist sighting on County Road 426 between Cornell and Watson

In the fall of 1982 the witness was driving at dusk and noticed a tall hair-covered figure standing at the edge of the road. She slowed and observed it for several seconds, noting its long arms, dark face and red-glowing eyes. The figure then jumped quickly into a nearby swamp as she drove away.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
October 1982 Chenoa, Bell County, Kentucky Class A #23293

Tall creature with red eyes tries to hide from two boys near Chenoa

At dusk the witness was walking home with a companion when they saw a tall creature standing behind a tree at the edge of the woods by the road about 15 feet away. The companion noticed it first and asked the witness what it was. They watched it for 20 seconds or more and noted its glowing red eyes and ape-like features.

Partial sightingEyeshine
6 February 1982 Texarkana, Morris County, Texas Class A #58136

Six witnesses in three cars see a sasquatch in Big Piney Woods

Three cars traveling together at night on a rural road through forest slowed when a creature was seen crouched on the left side. It stood and crossed the road between the lead and middle cars, then stopped in a drainage ditch on the right where it was watched in headlights for about a minute. The cars continued without stopping until reaching a gas station much later.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
January 1982 Brinnon, Jefferson County, Washington Class B #40378

Fishermen recount having large rocks thrown at them while fishing Steelhead on the Duckabush River

Three companions were night-fishing from a log on a river about 1 a.m. when large splashes and watermelon-sized rocks thrown from the opposite bank soaked them. In dim lantern light they saw two huge figures standing on a ledge across the uncrossable river, swaying, with glowing greenish eyes. They shouted at the figures, another rock was thrown near them downstream, and they fled on foot to their vehicle.

Partial sightingSilhouetteEyeshineRock throwing
September 1981 Yale, St. Clair County, Michigan Class A #821

a family reports repeated encounters on their farm. (From newspaper articles.)

Two young family members went to the barn after dark to check animals and one touched fur in the dark and then saw a tall furry biped with red eyes. The creature followed as they left the barn without harming them. An older relative then confronted it with a shotgun, fired in the air, and it ran into the woods making a noise.

Full-body sightingEyeshineGrowlUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
8 August 1981 Shawano, Town Of Wescott, Shawano County, Wisconsin Class A #135

Two couples shine owl and observe large hairy primate

In summer 1981 four young people parked at night with headlights toward the woods and noticed eyeshine high in the trees. When bright headlights were turned on they reported seeing a huge standing figure that turned and walked away, prompting them to flee in reverse. They returned in daylight the next day and noted a large circular area of burned grass tops.

EyeshineFull-body sighting
January 1981 Whitehall, Washington County, New York Class A #2704

Man has clear sighting of a bipedal primate on clear winter night

Late at night two people parked near a bridge watched a tall figure cross a marsh, step over a fence without stopping, then turn and run toward them at high speed. They drove away over the bridge while the figure pursued briefly before breaking off at the hardtop road and returning to the forest. The writer states the figure matched no known animal or human they had encountered.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
1981–1982 Round Mountain, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/05/04/sc-ep100-the-hunter-or-the-hunted

Sasquatch sighting near Round Mountain, California (1981)

In the evening after dark, the witness's sister went into a bedroom to let a cat out, flipped the curtain and light on, and found a large hairy face with glowing eyes staring through the glass from less than two feet away. She screamed and froze, and by the time others ran in from the living room the figure had leapt off the porch and vanished. She later described height to the top of the door frame, dirty matted hair and a wide face.

Partial sightingEyeshine
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
September 1980 McCall, Valley County, Idaho Class B #58890

Memory told of a scary nighttime encounter with a tall, bright green-eyed animal while fishing at a mountain lake near McCall

Two companions fishing at a mountain lake got off the trail in thick brush on a very dark stormy night and noticed bright green eyes watching them from well above ground level. The figure with the eyes followed them to the lakeshore and then to their truck, staying in the trees and staring without sound or movement even when they charged toward it yelling. They backed away slowly, freed their stuck truck, and drove home, telling no one for years.

EyeshineFootstepsAnimal behaviour
July 1980 Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio Class A #7803

Three college students witness a large creature standing just off of the railroad tracks.

Three college students walked back to their dorms along railway tracks at night after buying snacks. Ahead of them a dark shape crossed the tracks and briefly blocked a distant streetlight. A short distance later they smelled a strong wet-dog odor and the reporter saw a tall creature at close range with shining eyes. The group fled to their dorm, later drove back for another look without approaching closely, and the reporter retrieved dropped groceries the next day.

SilhouetteEyeshineOdorPartial 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
1980–1989 Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TSom5b4VZXPaXcHqhX6Okop_It5_GjCVQMhe6zJwH6s

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1980)

Years later while working in law enforcement, the witness drove to a remote trailhead to pick up a fire-watcher ranger during a dry fall with active forest fires. Concerned when the ranger did not appear after dark, he walked up the trail with a flashlight and rifle and found the ranger hiding by a rock. Together they watched a tall, long-armed figure with large reflective eyes at the far edge of a clearing for an extended period before it crouched, raked grass, backed into the woods, and circled away crashing through brush. The ranger later said he had already encountered the same figure on the trail, where it screamed at him, caused him to drop his kit, and threw his bag, which was never recovered.

Full-body sightingEyeshineVocalizationObject throwingMovement only
1980–1989 Roanoke, Virginia #7ae3c1b1-c91c-4e55-a7e2-84e3f8ba2559

Eyeshine near Roanoke, Virginia (1980)

A teenager staying alone at a remote hunting cabin after companions left and did not return spent nights unsettled by a wet-animal odor and a feeling of being watched. While sleeping outside by a fire pit, the fire died low and a large unseen presence approached, producing deep growls, snot-blowing sounds, stomping that vibrated the ground, and a pair of very high, widely spaced, bright red glowing eyes. The witness remained still praying until morning, when the presence was gone, and later told companions who laughed.

EyeshineGrowlFootstepsOdor
October 1979 Jackson Miss., Hinds County, Mississippi Class A #27012

Witnesses tell of a sighting they had as teenagers outside Jackson - w/sketch by artist

Four people parked in a car by a small pond at night heard a loud growl from across the water. When headlights were turned on they saw a large dark hairy figure with a cone-shaped head and green eyes that moved its head and made grunting sounds. After difficulty starting the car, they heard a loud prolonged roar and saw the figure still there as they drove away.

Partial sightingEyeshineGrowlVocalization
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
17 August 1979 West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois Class A #11273

Youth has sighting along abandoned railroad line on edge of West Frankfort

On a summer evening in the late 1970s, the witness rode a bicycle onto an abandoned railroad-bed trail near woods. Behind dumped washers and dryers the witness saw a hair-covered figure that stood upright, grunted, and shook a sapling. The witness fled east, looked back to see the figure on the trail, then watched it walk back into the treeline.

Partial sightingEyeshineVocalizationAnimal behaviour
10 August 1979 Princeton WV, Mercer County, West Virginia Class A #24061

Family gathering interrupted by 8-foot tall visitor at the kitchen window

The witness and extended family had arrived late for a summer visit at the grandparents' mountain home and were talking inside. An older relative noticed something at the high kitchen window, prompting several men to go outside with firearms. The grandfather fired a shotgun toward the rear of the house while the witness, locked out front, saw the outline of a shoulder and head with reflective eyes near the roofline. The group regrouped inside, and dogs normally around the house were absent that night but returned frightened in the morning.

Partial sightingSilhouetteEyeshine
June 1979 I Believe It Was Manistique, Mich, Mackinac County, Michigan Class A #20173

Motorist describes nighttime sighting/encounter in headlights on US-2, west of St. Ignace

Late at night the witness was driving east through a national forest when he noticed red eyeshine in the road ahead. He braked to a stop and found a very tall, slender, fur-covered figure standing in front of the vehicle, staring at him for about a minute and a half. The figure then walked off the road, crossed to the nearby tree line while looking back several times, and disappeared into the forest.

Full-body sightingEyeshineOdor