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1984 Russell, Massachusetts #55fa6665-b129-41ab-ab51-9744aceaeace

Sasquatch sighting near Russell, Massachusetts (1984)

The witness was driving down the mountain to work in the pre-dawn dark when she saw widely spaced red eyes on a hill. She stopped and watched a large hairy biped come down sideways into her headlights. It experienced a loss of time moving to her windshield, communicated reassurance without speaking, then crossed the road through saplings and a creek into the woods.

Full-body sightingEyeshineRoad crossingAnimal behaviour
December 1983 Strawberry Arizona 17 Miles North Of Payson, Gila County, Arizona Class A #7495

Night time road crossing near Strawberry, Arizona

The witness and a companion were driving slowly on a dirt lane through ponderosa pine forest at night when their headlights illuminated a tall hair-covered figure crossing from left to right in front of the car. The figure walked upright with a human-like gait and continued into the woods without looking at or reacting to the car. The witness estimated it at about seven feet tall and 400 pounds with camel-colored hair and a barrel chest.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1983 Oxly, Ripley County, Missouri Class A #28080

Woman remembers evening sighting while driving on Hwy. T near Oxly

The witness and a relative were driving home from church at night when they saw a tall, upright, hair-covered figure standing in the middle of the rural road. They stopped and watched it look toward them for about 15-20 seconds before it leaped over a roadside fence from a standing start and moved bipedally across a field. The pair drove home frightened and locked the house, and did not see it again.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1983 Liberty Hill Near Lake Wateree, Kershaw County, South Carolina Class B #546

Good Samaritan has encounter near Liberty Hill

A driver stopped to help two motorists whose car had left the road after swerving to avoid a large hairy creature chasing a deer across the road. While fetching a rope from his truck to pull their car out, he walked directly into the creature standing behind his truck. He noted a foul smell, red eyes, and a low growl before it walked to the woods edge and then into the woods. He then helped move the car and continued his trip, shaken by the encounter.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingGrowlOdor
7 July 1983 Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa Class A #2264

Woman sees large upright figure cross road near midnight

The witness was sitting on back porch steps late at night waiting for her boyfriend when she saw a large upright figure cross the road about 150 feet away near a streetlight. The figure continued across and disappeared behind tall shrubs along a neighbor's driveway. Neighbor's penned hunting dogs then began barking intensely, and the witness went inside; her mother and boyfriend heard the dogs but did not see the figure.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
July 1983 Seneca, La Salle County, Illinois Class A #11911

Campers have lengthy nighttime encounter near Seneca

Two companions camped in a remote wooded area after clearing a small site and lighting a fire. For several hours something circled the camp a few yards away, producing walking and breathing sounds and a musky odor. One companion glimpsed the figure in firelight as a much taller and wider upright figure, and it followed them out and crossed a road in a few steps as they left.

Partial sightingRoad crossingFootstepsUnidentified soundOdor +1
April 1983 Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina Class A #3332

Motorist slams on his brakes when a 4-5' brown shaggy creature steps in front of his car near Hendersonville

The witness was driving through hills and forest in North Carolina in the early morning while two companions slept. A small brown shaggy creature with a pointed head crossed quickly in front of the car with its arms swinging. The witness braked hard, missed the creature, and woke the companions, initially comparing it to a robed figure.

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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
1983–1984 Walkerville, Michigan #9f0a0b4d-1da4-434a-98ac-25097fcd47d0

Sasquatch sighting near Walkerville, Michigan (1983)

The witness and her sister and her sister's fiance stopped on a remote dirt road at night to relieve themselves. A tall white shaggy biped came from the driver's side and walked at an angle across the headlights into the woods, unhurried and not aggressive. The three fled in the truck and have maintained they saw a non-human creature.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
December 1982 Fieldale, Henry County, Virginia Class B #27472

Man recalls watching a possible late night road crossing from his home outside Fieldale

Around 3 a.m. on a cold clear night during Christmas season, the witness got up for a drink and looked out the back-door window toward a lit road. He watched a tall, hairy, upright figure with long arms climb a steep bank, grip a bridge rail, cross the two-lane road in one stride, and disappear down the opposite bank. The observation lasted about five seconds under a street light.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
November 1982 Between Piqua And Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio Class A #841

Boy has several late night encounters near Sidney

While driving home at night with two relatives, the witness saw a large hairy figure on hands and knees chasing a small animal across the road in the headlights. As the car closed to about 15 to 20 feet, the figure stood upright to about six and a half to seven feet tall and walked quickly off the road in two steps. The group drove home quickly and a relative dismissed it as a large dog, which the witness rejected.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
21 August 1982 LaGrande, Union County, Oregon Class A #58004

Archery hunter recalls daytime sighting on Mt. Emily

While driving to the summit with his wife, the witness noticed a dark figure sitting at the base of a tree that he first mistook for a hunter. The figure stood up, walked across the road behind their vehicle, paused about 30 seconds to look at them, then descended a steep hillside out of sight. The witness estimated it at about 8 feet tall by a nearby tree and described it as massive, dark brown and long-haired with wide shoulders and long arms.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1982 Lewiston, Trinity County, California Class A #14642

Evening road crossing sighting near Lewiston (Hwy 299)

A couple driving at night braked as a large dark hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of their car. The wife described it as 6 to 7 feet tall, very thick, with exaggerated arms, moving unhurriedly toward Lewiston Lake. Her husband, who was driving, backed up to look around afterward but has since refused to discuss the incident.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
7 July 1982 Port Angeles (Fairview District), Clallam County, Washington Class A #1504

Nighttime sighting by motorist on Hwy 101 (Coast Highway), 7-8 miles east of Port Angeles

The witness was driving east on Highway 101 after work when headlights revealed a tall hair-covered figure. The figure crossed the four-lane highway north to south in a few rapid, fluid strides, glanced toward the vehicle, and disappeared into tall dry grass toward the foothills.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
June 1982 Council, Adams County, Idaho Class A #2063

nighttime road crossing sighting

Late at night in 1982, a driver and a passenger were traveling on a wooded highway when the driver braked suddenly. The driver said a tall, dark, hairy biped was striding across the road in the headlights about 75 feet away and continued on. The passenger had been asleep and did not see it, being awakened by the braking and shout.

Road crossing
15 May 1982 Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, Missouri Class A #4421

Soldier in basic training has daylight sighting at Fort Leonard Wood

The witness was riding in the back of a military truck with their platoon traveling on dirt roads to an overnight guard assignment. At a T-intersection, the witness saw a tall brown-haired figure on the road about 30-40 feet away that looked toward the vehicle and then ambled across into the woods. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds and no one else in the truck was awake to see it. The witness was dropped at a remote bridge site about 10 minutes later and spent the night there.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
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
1982–1983 Clewiston, Hendry County, Florida Class A #11762

Daylight sighting by motorist couple in the Montura Estates area

The witness and her husband were driving slowly through a sparsely populated development after shopping. They noticed a tall, dark, hair-covered figure walking along and then across the road ahead of them. When they closed to about 100-150 feet and stopped, they observed its long hair, large size, and human-like walk before it stepped into dense vegetation and disappeared. They searched nearby roads but did not see it again.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
November 1981 Bon Wier/Newton, Newton County, Texas Class A #13833

Early evening sighting by motorist two miles outside Bon Wier

The witness and their spouse were driving on Highway 190 in southeast Texas at dusk in fall 1981 or 1982. A tall, lean, hairy figure stepped into the road ahead of them, paused near the center to look toward the vehicle, then continued off the road into vegetation. The pair watched for about ten seconds and drove past without stopping.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1981 Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas Class A #6178

Motorist crossing a bridge sees sasquatch digging in the dirt below

In early to mid-October 1981, the witness was driving to work on old Highway 68 toward Fayetteville. Near the bridge at Fairmount Road, the witness saw a reddish-brown figure digging at the ground beside the bridge. The figure looked up as the car passed, then jumped up and ran across the road in long, fast strides.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingAnimal behaviour