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October 1981 Pillowville-Christmasville Communities, Carroll County, Tennessee Class B #4381

Brief dusk sighting near Pillowville

The witness and a companion were walking along a road after sundown when the witness heard movement on an elevated fence row. The witness climbed up to look across a cut corn field and saw a tall slender brown shaggy figure walking along a ditch, which stepped into a ditch bank after being shouted at. They ran back to the companion's house, and the witness returned the next day to find large human-like footprints in lime dust.

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Spring 1981 Bakerville, Humphreys County, Tennessee Class B #6418

Turkey hunter is followed Northeast of Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Duck River Unit.

The witness was turkey hunting with a companion in wooded river bottomland and walked back toward the parked truck after dark. An unseen source in the woods kept pace about 100 feet away for about ten minutes, including keeping up when the witness ran about 100 yards. The witness heard it snap a large fallen tree in two, suggesting great weight. The witness reached the road area, slept in the truck overnight, and heard no additional screams or strange noises.

FootstepsTree break
Winter 1979 Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee Class A #6445

Late afternoon sighting by siblings on family farm along New Cut Road

Two siblings were playing in a wooded valley by a stream on a family farm in late afternoon when they felt uneasy and heard a loud stick break. As they tried to leave over a fence, the reporter came face-to-face with a huge black hairy figure crouched behind a tree and screamed. The sibling also saw the figure standing fully erect and heard it pursuing him as both fled out of the woods to the farmhouse.

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1970 Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/08/sc-ep367-is-this-thing-something-more

Footsteps in Tennessee (1970)

The guest described leaving a brother's farm in the evening and taking a tractor road through dark woods to avoid being driven back. Something paced the guest at a distance, pushed down fences where the guest crossed gates, then followed very close with extremely heavy footsteps that stopped when the guest stopped. After reaching pasture and pavement the sounds continued from the treeline, a tree was heard falling, and chains were heard beating at an abandoned station before the guest ran to a store.

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About five years earlier Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Related account #9254

Vocalization near Pulaski, Tennessee

About five years earlier, the reporter and the reporter's spouse heard loud pain-like calls at the same trailer and felt something heavy run along and strike the walls, prompting them to leave that night.

VocalizationFootstepsProperty disturbance
several times during summer and fall Dickson, Dickson County, Tennessee Related account #24419

Footsteps near Dickson, Tennessee

The family repeatedly heard splashing footsteps in the creek and loud roaring screams on many nights during that summer and fall.

FootstepsScream
BFRO YEAR: 2012` Andersonville/Norris, Anderson County, Tennessee Class B #34260

Two friends get spooked by a possible encounter near Norris Lake

Two companions rode an ATV to a clearing by a lake and built a large fire at night. Over the evening they heard deliberate footfalls, pacing and stick breaks in the treeline about sixty yards away and noticed the woods go silent. After the witness knocked on a tree and made a whoop call, they heard knocks in reply and then a long deep guttural growl. They rode toward the sound without seeing anything, then put out the fire and left feeling watched and frightened.

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when I was 21 Tennessee #0d307f11-eaea-4d24-9499-39a3c38f8be4

Footsteps in Tennessee

While home alone recovering from a badly rolled ankle, the witness lay on his stomach on the living room couch and became paralyzed yet mentally awake. He felt intensely cold hands forcefully hold his legs and cut under his toes, while hearing movements on the wood floor. Upon fully waking and checking the house, he found no one there but later saw large missing chunks of skin under his toes.

FootstepsAnimal behaviour
about two weeks later at 3:30 in the morning Jefferson County, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/29/sc-ep29-savage-bigfoot-attack

Footsteps near Jefferson County

About two weeks later at 3:30 in the morning the guest sat on the deck steps and heard heavy bipedal footsteps crunching leaves up the fence row. It stepped over a creek without breaking stride. In porch light she saw a large gray-brown hairy portion of its body about 20 feet away, then retreated inside from fear.

FootstepsPartial sighting
Date unknown Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/olHAmeaF1h2FB35Y6BlsZwQ2P54LC8nMp0bO6eHe0hI

Dogman sighting in Tennessee

While driving home from a night shift along a river road in the early morning, the witness saw a solid black figure emerge and chase the car on all fours with audible breathing and claws. The witness drove faster, saw green eyeshine in the taillights, and followed it for about two miles until it turned off into an old field. The witness could not identify the animal and wondered about a dogman-like creature.

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late September, early October, last night in yard Linsdale, Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/JIXgl3Wz15O7YUv4aMl5Gq6qfU8nSrXrFWjjSs1TQUE

Sasquatch sighting near Linsdale, Tennessee

After returning to the house, the guest heard heavy walking in the treeline and saw a very large hairy biped about 30 yards away. He describes it as jet black with shorter hair, a bare face, and enormous chest and shoulders. It took a step with arm swing and hid behind three oaks, peeking out until the friend also glimpsed it.

Partial sightingFootstepsAnimal behaviour
late September, early October, last night on hill Linsdale, Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/JIXgl3Wz15O7YUv4aMl5Gq6qfU8nSrXrFWjjSs1TQUE

Wood knock near Linsdale, Tennessee

On the last night out, the pair sat back-to-back on a man-made ridge and made knocks, howls and other calls. Responses approached, then stopped, followed by heavy bipedal steps and rocks thrown from the front on both sides. They threw rocks back for many minutes until a rock came from the direction they had entered, making the guest conclude they were surrounded.

Wood knockWhoopVocalizationFootstepsRock throwing +1
probably about two, three years Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/11/sc-ep323-one-of-them-threw-a-rock-at-me

Chatter in Tennessee

The witness entered a drawn bow-hunt area before daylight and heard chattering like a samurai movie from two individuals. Calls and flashlight produced silence, then movement split to both sides of the trail as he climbed down. As he left, unseen individuals followed, mumbled, threw rocks and sticks, and struck his truck before rangers moved him to another area.

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23, 24 years ago Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/11/sc-ep323-one-of-them-threw-a-rock-at-me

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee

The witness was bow hunting with a friend on private land they had used for years. While hiding beside a trail to play a prank, he grunted like a deer at an approaching figure he assumed was his friend. The figure stopped, stared directly at him, then crashed away through extremely thick briars and vines, and the real friend arrived moments later from a different direction.

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about 14 Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/01/29/sc-ep294-i-had-it-in-my-crosshairs-set-for-a-headshot

Footsteps in Tennessee

From a morning tree stand, the witness heard slow methodical crunching steps approaching through a cedar thicket. When the witness called out, something answered with a deep guttural growl-huff. The witness froze, then heard it leave and fired a shot to alert the father.

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Date unknown Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/05/02/sc-ep215-the-creature-was-looking-at-me-intently

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee

The witness left his tent during a multi-day backpacking trip and walked up a trail where he found a large hairy figure squatted in the trail. The figure watched him while something large crashed down the slope breaking young trees. After grunting at him, the figure stood and loped away while the witness sprinted back to camp and stayed silent about the event.

Full-body sightingVocalizationFootstepsTree break
late at night, around 1am to 2am Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Unidentified sound in Tennessee

After the fence encounter the witness heard walking behind an abandoned barn, then recorded video from several football fields away of loud deep thuds on the farmer's barn for about ten minutes while birds panicked. The girlfriend later heard tapping inside the abandoned barn midday, and the witness later heard loud whoops from the woods while inside the house.

Unidentified soundVocalizationWhoopFootstepsProperty disturbance
about 2 in the morning Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee

Around 2 a.m. while taking the dog out, the witness heard thundering footsteps approaching and saw a very tall, very broad hairy figure run to the fence line, slam a tree and give a deep grunt. The dog froze silently with hair up, and the witness had to drag the dog inside, then shook and locked up the house.

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probably about between 12 and 13 Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Wood knock in Tennessee

After weeks of getting knock and whoop replies in woods near a neighborhood, the witness and a friend did knocks and a deep howl one night and heard heavy running and branches breaking toward them. They ran to a cul-de-sac and watched a tall hairy ape-like figure reach around a tree and step into a house floodlight, stare at them, then walk back into the woods.

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