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12 December 1996 Quitman Or Alba, Wood County, Texas Class A #2048

Night time road crossing observation

On a Sunday evening in winter 1996, the witness was driving home from church with at least one other person. They watched a tall, dark, upright figure cross the road and step over a 3.5- to 4-foot barbed-wire fence without breaking stride. The witness identified the figure as a bigfoot.

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December 1996 Between Salitpa And Jackson., Clarke County, Alabama Class A #1907

Motorist sees Bigfoot like creature, hears scream

The witness was in a car in daylight when a large hair-covered creature crossed the road ahead just below a hilltop. The creature was described as moving sideways while crossing. The witness also heard a scream described as unlike anything heard before.

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5 November 1996 La Pine, Deschutes County, Oregon Class A #664

Witness observed a tall rangy fiqure emerge from the treeline

While driving on US Highway 97 near sunset, the witness saw a very tall dark figure emerge from the treeline and cross both lanes in four strides without pausing. The figure moved briskly with swinging arms and a forward-leaning upper torso before disappearing into pines on the far side. The witness's companion was watching a hawk and did not see the figure, and the witness remained uncertain what it was.

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November 1996 Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Class A #11998

Woman in parked car has nighttime sighting along the Ohio River

The witness waited alone in a parked truck at night near the river to pick up relatives. A large hair-covered upright figure emerged from woods about 50 feet away, crossed the road and a field to the river treeline, pausing briefly to look around. The witness locked the doors and turned on the headlights, frightened by the encounter.

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12 October 1996 Milligantown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Class A #14677

Late night road crossing near Apollo

The witness was driving home late at night when a large manlike entity crossed the two-lane road in front of the vehicle in a few fast, smooth steps and disappeared into trees on the far side. The witness stopped, noting no other vehicles or people around, and heard it crashing through brush. The next morning the witness found a path of broken brush and trampled grass where it had crossed but no tracks.

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October 1996 Bismark, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Class A #1640

Nightime sighting by motorists on Hwy 7 North

The witness was driving with a companion when a tall furry biped crossed the highway ahead in the headlights. After driving past the crossing spot, they saw a similar-sized reddish-brown furry creature standing beside the road partly obscured by branches.

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September 1996 Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York Class A #5326

Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek

Late at night the witness was driving on a narrow wooded road when a hairy figure darted from the roadside and crossed in front of the vehicle. The witness braked hard and briefly saw the figure from the side and rear in the headlights as it went up a bank into the woods. The figure was described as tall, powerfully built and long-haired with no visible neck.

Road crossingPartial sighting
June 1996 Hayden, Kootenai County, Idaho Class B #2315

Former Highway patrol officer witnesses a Sasquatch cross the road behind him.

The witness was driving north on Highway 95 in the early morning hours en route to a business appointment in the Coeur d'Alene and Hayden area. He looked in his rearview mirror and saw a large, man-like creature walking across the roadway behind his vehicle. He turned around and returned to the crossing location, but the creature had disappeared into dense vegetation.

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1996–1999 Michigan #ac6a2bec-73d1-4521-a134-bf04ba00cc80

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1996)

While driving early in the morning, headlights revealed a dark crouched figure by the road with its back turned. When lit, it stood, crossed the road in two strides heading south, dropped into a ditch and vanished. The companion also witnessed it but would not label it.

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1996 La Crosse, Wisconsin And LaCresent, Minnesota, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Class C #3044

Second-hand report of creature looking in at woman through window

About two decades ago a woman washing dishes at night saw a large hairy-faced man looking through the window above her sink. Police were called and during the subsequent search an officer saw a tall man-like figure run across a highway. Very large tracks with a long stride were found but dogs could not track anything and the figure vanished into river bottoms. A later visitor examined a cast and said weight distribution argued against a fake shoe.

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1996 Maine #14c1104a-492e-40b0-8630-00aa1158565d

Sasquatch sighting in Maine (1996)

The teenage guest was riding overnight in his uncle's semi-truck in Maine. He saw a dark person-shaped silhouette come from a marsh and run toward the truck, then cross directly in front of it blocking the windshield. His uncle braked hard and sped away terrified, later saying the being looked at him with cold dark eyes and had gray-toned skin.

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1996 Snohomish County, Washington #f0a14331-02fe-4029-8c15-4d318d8545ef

Sasquatch sighting near Snohomish County (1996)

The witness was riding with two friends at night when a large hairy creature came out of a ditch on all fours in front of the car. It paused to look toward the headlights, then bounded across the road and up an embankment with unusually fast, skittering movement. The witness recalls seeing a large charcoal-gray human-like foot as it left.

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November 1995 Ainsworth Hotsprings, British Columbia Class A #2418

8ft tall creature crosses road near Ainsworth Hotsprings

The witness was driving to work in the morning when a dark figure climbed a roadside bank, stood up, and crossed the highway in a few very long strides to the treeline. The figure was estimated at 7 to 8 feet tall, appeared covered in hair, walked slightly slouched, and paused to look toward the witness. The witness continued driving and returned later, but rain had packed down the site and no footprints were found.

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16 October 1995 Plumas County, California Class A #2226

Two sightings by locals from the town of Quincy

Two witnesses driving at night saw a large fur-covered animal cross the highway in front of their car and climb a steep bank into the forest. They returned in daylight and found large deep footprints in snow, which they photographed and displayed with a written account. The writer later examined the photos and spoke with the witnesses and found them convincing.

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October 1995 Hiram, Portage County, Ohio Class B #5259

While driving to a job a man witness's an unknown eight foot tall biped cross the road

The witness was driving uphill in the morning when they saw a tall dark figure crossing the road at the crest ahead, initially perceiving it as a man carrying sticks. The witness reached the spot quickly and found no one there, noting the roadside was heavily wooded with culverts. Years later the witness concluded the figure may have been a Bigfoot seen from about 200 feet away.

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30 August 1995 Lemhi County, Idaho Class A #2317

Witness spots a seven foot tall, brown creature in his headlights

The witness was driving on a road north of the Salmon River around midnight after dropping off companions. Headlights illuminated a brown upright animal about seven feet tall standing on the road. After about ten seconds the animal jumped agilely off the road down toward the narrow river bottom.

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8 August 1995 Sumter County, South Carolina Class A #971

Small. Child-like Bigfoot seen crossing road

The witness was traveling by car with a companion at night when a small hairy creature crossed the road ahead of them. The creature paused in the middle of the road to look toward the vehicle, then leapt into an adjacent swamp and disappeared. It was described as about five feet tall with dark brown hair and an unusual gait that was difficult to imitate.

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August 1995 Del Norte County, California Class A #1557

A television production crew from Los Angeles videotapes what appears to be a Bigfoot

A television crew driving a large RV on a narrow forest road at dusk in rain spotted a figure ahead and filmed it as it walked bipedally across the road in front of them, illuminated by headlights, before disappearing behind a tree. Two witnesses ran outside to try for more footage but conditions were too dark and dense. The investigator later described the videotaped subject as a large, shaggy male figure and reported enhancements showed no sign of costume or effects.

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July 1995 Sylvania/Tisdale, Saskatchewan Class B #24643

Manlike form seen crossing road at night in a thunderstorm near McKague

In 1995 the witness was riding in the backseat of a car driving home from Barrier Lake after midnight in rain and thunderstorms, watching the ditch for deer. During lightning flashes the witness saw a tall, featureless black human-like figure run from a field across the ditch and road in front of the vehicle into the treeline. Only the witness and the front passenger who were watching that side saw it; the driver and others did not notice it.

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July 1995 Wilkes County, North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Xex4ffcbBPlPy7AERGjWXQMOsiF5D8Mn8liYu-F1Pgc

Sasquatch sighting near Wilkes County (1995)

The witness and a friend were driving slowly up a gravel mountain road at dusk toward a friend's house. They came around a curve and saw a tall, orange-haired biped standing by the roadside, which then crossed in front of the truck and ran up a steep bank with ease. The witness got out, smelled a foul odor and heard it crashing through brush uphill, and returned the next day to find no trace.

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