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Date unknown Louisa, Kentucky #1f8ff750-46df-47ab-9d7d-fec2c6137c69

Movement only near Louisa, Kentucky

The guest went for a night walk in the woods near the family trailer to look at stars. A strange light stayed above him and seemed to follow as he moved. He panicked and ran to the house, then realized the light was his own flashlight in his back pocket.

Movement onlyPossible misidentification
a few years later Florida #a1037b54-6796-41ce-9ea4-e7ea731aa4d8

Sasquatch sighting in Florida

A few years after the 1918 incident the community reportedly captured another hair-covered figure in the same swamp area. The teller suggests this individual and the 1918 figure were humans with a hair-growth condition from a family that arrived in 1901, distinct from the original 1884 wild man.

Full-body sightingHistorical accountFolklorePossible misidentification
Date unknown Ohio #ffac90f6-aeb6-4f58-923f-21180d3f60c6

Growl in Ohio

The witness and siblings parked and crossed a creek toward a field when companions heard a deep sound the witness missed. On the return they all heard a guttural growl from the creek area, gave it room, and left. A bear was mentioned as a possible explanation.

GrowlUnidentified soundPossible misidentification
a couple of weeks later Utah #a7729d16-99c8-4f12-870c-c31ef9065932

Unidentified sound in Utah

A couple of weeks after the camping trip the witness returned to the same general area with his brother to scout for hunting. While sitting near a small lake they repeatedly heard sounds of rocks or boulders being moved nearby every few minutes. They did not investigate and left without seeing what made the noise.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
Date unknown Nowata, Oklahoma #668cc6d0-f876-4ac6-83ca-81af3a71a7b0

Sasquatch sighting near Nowata, Oklahoma

While hunting over multiple seasons, one hunter repeatedly saw large round dark shapes partly obscured by trees that he first took for deer rumps. The shapes never offered a full shot and sometimes appeared as several at once, with slight movement. He later concluded they were peeking creatures rather than deer.

Partial sightingMovement onlyPossible misidentification
Date unknown Florida #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/tlRGHMrE5m2HIKPOHxBWxhPt_WvpEE_Gpp438UyZmYY

Vocalization in Florida

The evening after hunting, the witness and the cousin walked toward the truck at dusk and felt surrounded by unseen sources making varied bird and owl-like animal noises all around them. The sounds followed until near the truck then stopped. The witness suggested poachers while the cousin insisted it was not poachers.

VocalizationUnidentified soundMovement onlyPossible misidentification
Several days ago Gabriola Island, British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/weUO3iVDcD-8AkTR0U7VAl4UyyLecpz3pUPIRZ5-JWk

Sasquatch sighting near Gabriola Island, British Columbia

Two hunters heard mumbling and found a giant hairy figure rocking in a cave with folded arms. The figure appeared to utter broken phrases and wore leaves around its midsection. When one hunter moved his gun, the figure shrieked, leaped into the water and swam and paddled away, then vanished into brush.

Full-body sightingVocalizationPossible misidentification
Date unknown Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kTDgzxKGmJusUbFfUiu5FEkGl-kZ7GWDLMMvIOBm3kQ

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama

The witness photographed a bend in the road and later noticed a bent-over Bigfoot-like shape in the image. A repeat photo at the same time next day showed nothing there. He estimated it would have been about ten feet tall upright.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
Date unknown Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/08/25/sc-ep45-bigfoot-destroyed-my-camper

Sasquatch sighting

A lost Marine sniper student in a ghillie suit wandered near FBI cadets doing night exercises. The cadets saw a figure emerge, grunt, and return to the woods and reported a small Bigfoot. The next morning instructors realized the figure was the missing student.

Partial sightingVocalizationPossible misidentification
Date unknown Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/08/25/sc-ep45-bigfoot-destroyed-my-camper

Silhouette

While training at Fort A.P. Hill, the guest saw an outline in the tree line. His companion grabbed a weapon, approached briefly, then insisted they stay by the vehicle. They saw nothing further, and range staff later suggested it could have been SEAL Team personnel training there.

SilhouettePossible misidentification
Date unknown Missouri #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/08/20/sc-ep353-something-in-the-road

Partial sighting in Missouri

While driving at night on a back gravel road, the witness passed a large black animal moving on all fours. He did not see its head or ears and said it did not run like a black bear, which he said are not this far north. He did not stop.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
probably two years ago, right before Christmas, in December Mercer, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/08/20/sc-ep353-something-in-the-road

Sasquatch sighting near Mercer, Pennsylvania

The witness was driving home from the midnight shift on Route 62 toward Mercer in the early morning. He saw a giant tan-brown biped walking up the roadside with its back to him. His coworker ahead saw the same figure on the opposite side of the road, while coworkers behind saw nothing.

Full-body sightingPossible misidentification
when I was about 17 Logan, Utah #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/11/sc-ep323-one-of-them-threw-a-rock-at-me

Sasquatch sighting near Logan, Utah

The witness went with family at night to look for Bigfoot on a dirt road. He felt dread, shone a flashlight into a hillside and saw a pair of huge widely spaced amber eyes about fifteen feet away. After a slow blink and a powerful huff, the eyes vanished, shots were fired into the ground and the group ran to the car where a ranger warned of dangerous things.

EyeshineVocalizationMovement onlyPossible misidentification
in high school, that night Virginia #1910903f-b673-486d-ad96-16bf5eb0d6ce

UFO sighting in Virginia

While burning cardboard at a barrel with friends, the group watched an orange lantern-like light maneuver sharply, shift color, shrink away and blink out. Immediately after, a loud roar and crashing moved up and down the adjacent woods. The group extinguished the fire and ran inside; town friends called it a cow, which the witness rejects.

Partial sightingGrowlFootstepsMovement onlyPossible misidentification
14, 15 or so Virginia #1910903f-b673-486d-ad96-16bf5eb0d6ce

Footsteps in Virginia

As a teenager the witness hunted squirrels near a pine barren when woods went silent and he felt watched. He heard a loud thump and movement paralleling him to the yard. After firing leftover rounds, something crashed up and down inside the treeline without crossing, barked at by dogs, and was heard by parents, but never seen.

FootstepsMovement onlyUnidentified soundPossible misidentification
last night Waycross, Georgia #f5dcf095-d4a4-4058-b0ab-3ffd7a69af9e

Unidentified sound near Waycross, Georgia

A listener recorded strange loud sounds from a back porch at night. The recording includes discussion among those present and dogs reacting as the sound moves closer. The host played the clip and concluded it was likely a mountain lion.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
BFRO YEAR: 1994,1995 Pinecrest, Tuolumne County, California Class A #868

Campers have sighting above Pinecrest

A group camping with horses heard the horses startle something at dusk and then saw a huge brown figure about 6 feet tall running extremely fast across a meadow away from the horses in a cloud of dust. One tethered horse was so frightened it jumped over another horse. The witness concluded the figure could not have been a bear because of the sound it made and the way it ran.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundPossible misidentification
BFRO YEAR: 1952-53 Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington Class A #4353

Young man encounters two large, upright animals near the Columbia River, west of Longview

The witness walked alone down a wooded path to a spring on a relative's farm. Near the spring the witness watched a hair-covered bipedal creature squatting and drinking for one to two minutes. A vocal sound from behind startled the first creature to standing and revealed a second taller creature close behind the witness. The witness ran away through the woods to the path and was not followed.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingVocalizationWhistleOdor +1
BFRO YEAR: 1994-96 Lost Lake OR, Hood River County, Oregon Class B #4604

Daytime sighting by young camper at Lost Lake

While hiking near a creek behind a store at Lost Lake, the witness saw a crouched dark-gray figure that looked like a fallen tree or stump. The witness left to retrieve a camera, marking the spot with a rock pile. When returning about 15 minutes later, the figure was gone and the rock pile had been knocked over. A companion was also present and saw the figure.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbancePossible misidentification
BFRO YEAR: 94 or 95 South Of Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon Class B #412

Cousins followed for a quarter mile

The witness and a relative drove into a forested area near lava flows and walked a short distance down a trail to watch the sunset. They heard grunting and other sounds and noticed bushes moving as something appeared to follow them for about a quarter mile. Back at the car, something very close screamed and shook the bushes violently, frightening them into quickly driving away.

GrowlScreamMovement onlyAnimal behaviourPossible misidentification