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23 August 2026 Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky Class B #82512

Country boys have frightening nightime encounter 50 miles south of Louisville

The witness and two companions stopped on a rural back road at night and heard a distant knock, then sounds of wood breaking after the witness whistled. After driving on to turn around and stopping again, the witness shone a light into the woods and saw a tall dark hairy figure with eyeshine watching them. The encounter lasted only a few seconds before the group drove away in fear.

Wood knockTree breakPartial sightingEyeshine
17 November 2020 Kentucky #f95a37f7-4714-4ecf-ab4b-b5925c922eec

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (2020)

The witness was driving at night to a cabin to quarantine after testing positive for illness. A buck walked into the road and stared toward a tree line instead of at the vehicle. The witness then noticed orange eyeshine and a large dark creature moving low like a spider, which rose onto two legs and chased the deer out of headlight range. After stopping, the witness heard a loud crash in the woods on the opposite side and drove away.

Full-body sightingEyeshineUnidentified sound
this past summer Cumberland County, Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/02/12/sc-ep405-i-shot-it

Sasquatch sighting near Cumberland County (2017)

A doctor with a zoology degree drove late at night on a remote Cumberland County highway and saw deer, then large iridescent green eyes about eight feet up by a guardrail. Passing by, he glimpsed a Bigfoot side profile with heavy brow walking in the ditch, then a third set of eyes. The images replayed in his mind afterward.

Partial sightingEyeshineRoad crossing
October 2015 Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky Class B #56202

Hunters have a possible encounter early in the morning on their farm near Auburn

The witness was waiting alone in a deer stand before dawn on opening day. She noticed two steady red eye-like lights about 30 feet away that blinked after she blinked. She then heard loud movement through leaves toward an old road, followed by a whoop that rose from low to very loud, before the source moved away along a ridge.

EyeshineWhoopFootsteps
October 2009 Edmonton, Metcalfe County, Kentucky Class A #32589

Witness recounts sighting in yard near Edmonton

The witness said he went outside at night with a flashlight and a handgun after suspecting someone was stealing gas from his truck. About 20 yards away he noticed an unusual bush-like shape that stood up to about 8 feet tall, showing a pale ring around its face and reddish-brown body hair, with red eye reflection. After holding gazes briefly, the figure turned and walked out of the yard past an empty house and up the street out of sight.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootsteps
21 October 2008 Slade, Powell County, Kentucky Class B #24948

Campers experience possible harassment all night in the Red River Gorge

Three people camping overnight near a creek reported prolonged howling in the evening and a close loud scream during the night. Through the night they heard movement around the tents, sticks hitting trees, branches breaking, and had objects disturbed including a tent stake pulled out. They also reported white eyeshine, a pungent odor, a dark figure seen in the treeline after daylight, and footprints and torn branches found in the morning.

HowlScreamWood knockEyeshinePartial sighting +5
14 June 2008 Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Class A #24674

BFRO Investigator videotapes encounter in Daniel Boone National Forest

An investigator hiked with two companions to the top of a rocky ridge at night to look into recurring activity. While the companions scanned with night vision and a camcorder, the investigator illuminated a sasquatch-like figure standing close below the rocks with a headlamp and watched it withdraw and walk away. The companions recorded eyeshine in the opposite direction, suggesting a second animal, and the group heard footsteps following them as they descended. They later reviewed the tape and confirmed eyeshine had been recorded.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootstepsObject throwing
20 February 2003 Pine Knot, KY. And Williamsburg, McCreary County, Kentucky Class A #5881

Man observes sasquatch looking at him along Highway 92 near Pine Knot

The witness was driving at night when movement beside the road caused them to slow, thinking it might be a deer. Up close they described a tall gray hair-covered figure near the tree line with large reddish-reflecting eyes that repeated arm movements before walking into the woods. The frightened witness drove away to a relative's house to calm down.

Full-body sightingEyeshineAnimal behaviour
October 1997 Shady Grove, Crittenden County, Kentucky Class A #2367

Unusual screams and two sightings near Shady Grove

The witness was driving with companions late at night to look around. A companion noticed two red eyes on a bank, initially thought to be a raccoon, then the creature blinked and walked upright on two legs across the road about 100 yards ahead. The group locked the doors and drove away as the creature disappeared into a timbered thicket.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
July 1995 Wolfe County, Kentucky #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/getbB_16nwpZEww6fJEI-cUABLcp24LPCKmiLpKZqDY

Footsteps near Wolfe County (1995)

Five teenagers camped overnight under a cliff overhang in the national forest. Around midnight they heard heavy bipedal footsteps approach and stop behind a large poplar tree below the camp. Two of them used flashlights to watch red eyeshine peeking from the tree, then the creature stepped fully into view for about ten seconds before retreating behind the tree and later leaving diagonally through the hollow making huffing sounds.

FootstepsEyeshineFull-body sighting
1990 Kentucky #9bd0859b-df59-4297-bea0-831b15ded621

Footsteps in Kentucky (1990)

The guest was fishing alone for catfish at night from a low creek bank with a lantern turned low. He heard something run on bare feet across a road, grab a guardrail, and slide down riprap rocks toward the creek. He then heard movement in cane, a whoop followed by a long vocalization, saw widely spaced reddish-orange eyeshine, and heard baseball-sized rocks hitting the water before it moved away.

FootstepsWhoopVocalizationEyeshineRock throwing
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
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
mid September 2011 Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky Related account #30673

Sasquatch sighting near Brandenburg, Kentucky

The witness's son and daughter encountered a large dark-furred creature with shining eyes in the yard near the garage amid a strong stench.

SilhouetteEyeshineOdor
one night last summer Jessamine County, Kentucky Related account #46624

Sasquatch sighting near Jessamine County

On another night the witness and a companion saw red glowing eyes about eight feet high in the valley when shining a light.

Eyeshine
The next weekend Mays Lick, Fleming County, Kentucky Related account #25702

Sasquatch sighting near Mays Lick, Kentucky

Four people in a truck at night shone a spotlight through the woods, saw a figure behind a tree with red eyes, then heard it running uphill.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootsteps
around 10 o'clock at night during farmhouse period Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/20/sc-ep55-spottsville-monster-part2

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

The guest recalls a night when several armed men waited on the farmhouse roof. After hours they heard a dog yelp, saw eyeshine and heard a bone chilling growl, then fired dozens of shots with deer slugs. Men fell off the roof and the ladder was kicked, and next day a gutted dog carcass with no blood was found where the creature had been.

EyeshineGrowl
about three weeks to a month later Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/01/sc-ep419-i-would-not-believe-it-if-i-didnt-see-it

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

After returning to the quarry area, the guest met an old woman who knew about the baby in the tree and invited him to her house. Over five or six visits he saw two juveniles inside the house sniffing and eating muffins, interacted with a young golden-haired female on the porch, saw many eyeshine when a TV played cartoons, and watched a huge alpha male called Papa talk with the woman outside at night before leaving.

Full-body sightingEyeshineVocalizationFootstepsOdor
Date unknown Owensboro, Kentucky #4a2bd381-ea8b-47d0-bf1e-5514668f86e1

Sasquatch sighting near Owensboro, Kentucky

A lady who grew up with her sister in a house near the uncle's property was in the kitchen at night. After hearing something she pulled back the curtains to see a giant hair-covered red-eyed figure staring in. She screamed and it ran toward the hills where the uncle's property is.

Partial sightingEyeshine
one night Owensboro, Kentucky #4a2bd381-ea8b-47d0-bf1e-5514668f86e1

Eyeshine near Owensboro, Kentucky

After locals told him about eyes, the guest parked at a dead-end road by the state park, turned off his lights, and watched. After 10-15 minutes he saw two to three pairs of red eyes gliding through the trees with no sound. He says it recurred on later visits and someone photographed the eyes.

Eyeshine