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22 October 2020 Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia Class A #67232

Night time sighting by motorist outside Williamsburg near I-64

The witness was driving family members back to a hotel at night when she saw a very large solid black bipedal figure cross the road in front of the car. She described it as extremely broad and muscular, visible only as blackness with no discernible features, showing its side as it moved quickly from right to left into the woods. No other occupants saw it because they were not looking, and she did not stop because the children were frightened.

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2018 Patrick County, Virginia #775fd8d9-a575-428b-a66d-c3fb3092ea9a

Sasquatch sighting near Patrick County (2018)

The witness was driving at night on a rural mountain road toward a rented cabin when a bright orange circular light ahead flared intensely and then went black. He stopped and found a live deer lying on its side in the road that appeared paralyzed and uninjured, then briefly turned to get his phone and found it gone without sound or trace. The surroundings went completely silent before a tall, top-heavy muscular silhouette appeared about 50 yards away and stared at him. After a peaceful-feeling standoff the figure walked up a bank and left, and forest sounds returned.

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10 June 2011 Ft. Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia Class B #35981

Possible encounter behind a fish hatchery near Fort Chiswell

The witness and a companion were leaving a fishing spot behind a fish hatchery at dusk when the witness heard a crash and saw a tall dark standing figure on the trail they had just used. The companion ran ahead while the witness briefly watched the figure before running to a truck in fear. The figure was described as very tall with broad shoulders and seen only as a silhouette for a few seconds.

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15 November 2008 Fort A.P. Hill VA, Caroline County, Virginia Class B #34337

Large man-like figure seen in the trees by a Marine training at Fort A. P. Hill

Three service members were on overnight guard duty at a wooded bivouac during a 2008 training exercise. The main witness looked up from a seated position and saw a large heavily built human-like figure silhouetted in the trees above about 30 feet away, holding trees with long outstretched arms. He blinked to check his vision, watched it move silently between trees, then it vanished. In the morning the two companions posted apart independently said they had seen something in the trees, and the three concluded they had seen the same figure circling their position.

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December 1998 Between Louisa And Mineral VA, Louisa County, Virginia Class A #7294

Witnesses in van catch brief glimpse of bipedal figure walking along road near Louisa

After a late work shift, the witness was riding in a van with coworkers on a rural road at night. In the headlights the witness saw a tall, thin dark figure cross the road and enter roadside woods, moving in an unfamiliar gliding manner that first caused fear. Another woman in the van confirmed she was watching the same spot and shared the fear reaction, and both later described wonder at seeing something unfamiliar.

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June 1984 Sherando, Augusta County, Virginia Class B #16777

Possible trash snatching (2 witnesses) outside Sherando

The witness and a companion were sleeping in their truck at a forest camp late at night when a large bipedal shape walked past and went to trash bags hung high in a tree. The shape reached up, carried one bag into the woods where tearing and eating sounds were heard, then returned about half an hour later to take a second bag. The pair remained in the truck, then packed up and left to spend the rest of the night elsewhere.

Partial sightingSilhouetteProperty disturbanceUnidentified sound
1979–1980 Goshen, Virginia #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5

Sasquatch sighting near Goshen, Virginia (1979)

The witness, then a young child, was walking with a small group in a scout camp to look for deer tracks. He felt another presence on a parallel path, heard cracking noises and smelled skunk. He then saw a tall dark manlike silhouette 30-40 feet away watching the group before they moved on.

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August 1978 Either Jamaica Or Church View, Middlesex County, Virginia Class A #4103

Daytime sighting on Route 17 near Church View

In 1978 while driving on Route 17 in Virginia, the witness slowed for a dead animal in the road and noticed a strong swampy odor. He glimpsed a dark figure crouching at the woods edge, then watched in the rearview mirror as it entered the roadway in a few long strides, paused in a hunched posture over the carcass, and retreated quickly when another car approached. He was shaken and later wondered if the figure could have been a sasquatch, but states he cannot identify what he saw.

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November 1973 Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia Class A #18623

Memory told of an early morning encounter with hairy biped near Buchanan

After bedding down in an open three-sided shelter, the witness awoke around midnight to a strong odor and saw a tall hairy bipedal silhouette backlit by the campfire. The figure urinated onto the adjacent occupant's sleeping bag before stepping off the shelter floor and leaving. The group then left the isolated shelter for a more populated campground nearby.

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this year, middle of the summer Virginia #cf65a61e-b0a8-49af-b0e5-5013fbd837d3

Howl in Virginia

A camping party arrived late at a ridgetop site and heard strange howling around 2 to 3 a.m. the first night. The next evening after dinner the dog fixated on brush by a steep drop, where one camper saw paired eyes at close range that avoided a flashlight, followed by branch breaks and a tall tree-like silhouette that walked from one side of camp to the road and later showed yellow eyeshine. The group packed hurriedly, secured the dog and lights, and drove home the same night feeling watched but not directly threatened.

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