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15 August 1993 Inman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Class A #417

Family's daylight encounter near Inman

The witness and a relative were on their deck at night when their dog barked persistently at the woods edge. The witness approached and found a crouched hairy animal that then stood upright on two feet and ran into the woods, knocking down trees amid screaming. The group fled inside with children, and the next day found hair, footprints, and disturbed garden produce in the woods.

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7 July 1993 Pinevill S.C., Berkeley County, South Carolina Class A #789

Creature stepped out in front of witnesses.

The witness and a companion were camping at night when they heard something heavy climbing the bluff toward camp. They fled to the truck and drove slowly past the camp entrance with headlights on. A tall, hairy biped stepped into the road, stared at them, then walked away on two legs. They found larger-than-human footprints and disturbed ground the next day.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracksOdorMovement only
Winter 1991 Cross Anchor, Laurens County, South Carolina Class A #24235

Man recounts watching a sasquatch cross road near Cross Anchor

In 1991 around 1-2 a.m., the witness and a companion were driving backroads looking for deer when they saw a bipedal figure cross the road ahead in the headlights. They drove closer, stopped, and shone a flashlight into the woods where a figure stood behind a tree about 20 yards in. The figure stepped out, appeared to look toward them with red eyeshine, then walked away into the woods, and the pair drove off frightened.

Road crossingFull-body sightingEyeshine
July 1987 Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Class A #13170

Daylight sighting by motorists on Hwy 24 near Seneca

The witness was riding as a passenger with a relative on a familiar road to visit friends when both noticed an animal in the road near a bridge over a swampy pond. After the driver slowed and sounded the horn, the animal stood upright, looked toward the car, then sprinted quickly across the swamp toward the woods. The witness stated familiarity with bears and claimed this was not a bear. When they returned shortly after, they saw remains of a small animal in the road that it may have been eating.

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9 September 1986 York County, South Carolina Class A #977

Boy witnesses Large, brown creature with yellow teeth eating grapes.

The witness, then age 13, rode a bike up the road to get a newspaper with a dog alongside and noticed a strong onion-like odor. In a hollow beside the road the witness saw a very large, light-brown hair-covered creature eating wild grapes that looked at the witness and moved toward them. The frightened witness fled home on the bike as the dog also ran home, then looked back to see the creature climb over a fence and go back into the forest.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
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
Summer 1978 Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina Class A #18632

Woman describes childhood sighting (multi-witness) on abondonned RR bed outside Barnwell

Three children playing near an old railroad bed in the evening heard a shrill wailing sound and went to investigate. On the other side of the track bed they saw a tall, very hairy creature standing and looking at them. After staring for about 15 seconds, the children ran screaming back to the house.

Full-body sightingScream
July 1975 Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Class A #26029

Recollection of a twilight encounter on Lake Keowee

While walking in a remote forested area near a lake at twilight, the witness saw a large reddish figure cross a dirt road and enter dense forest. The figure reportedly noticed the witness, then ran uphill paralleling the road while emitting a loud distress-like scream with heavy footfalls. The frightened witness fled the area.

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18 April 1974 Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina Class A #11487

Security policeman has nighttime sighting at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

While on night patrol as a military security officer, the witness turned vehicle headlights back on in a curve and illuminated a large hairy human-like creature mid-stride. The creature leapt over a roadside ditch and disappeared into the treeline within about three seconds. The witness reported the encounter to a supervisor, who advised against filing an official report.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Summer 1964 Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina Class B #975

Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.

The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1982 or 83 Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, South Carolina Class A #4196

Night sighting on Hwy 97, north of Liberty Hill

The witness was driving at night with a companion when an erect, hair-covered creature crossed the highway in front of the vehicle. The driver braked and alerted the companion, who saw only a brief glimpse as it entered dense woods. The driver searched the crossing point with a flashlight but found no tracks or other sign.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingPartial sighting
BFRO YEAR: ?84-86? Darlington Sc, Darlington County, South Carolina Class A #2549

Hairy humanoid biped seen diving into the Great Pee Dee River

The witness and the witness's father were moving slowly upriver by boat when the witness spotted a hairy figure crouched on the bank. They made brief eye contact before the figure dove into the river with arms extended and disappeared. The men went to the spot and found only smears in the clay, then waited about 20 minutes without it resurfacing.

Full-body sighting
probably October of that same year Summerville, Charleston County, South Carolina Related account #13673

Sasquatch sighting near Summerville, South Carolina

On an early morning in October that year the witness went to turn off a pumphouse light and saw an ape-like, tall, dark-brown-haired creature with a sloping forehead and hooded eyes standing across the fence rocking side to side before disappearing.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
summertime around August when I was 12 Spartanburg, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/03/show-notes-with-shannon-jesus-payan

Sasquatch sighting near Spartanburg, South Carolina

The caller says at age twelve after spending the day knocking and calling he turned to walk home, heard a twig snap, and saw a tall lanky black figure. It raised its hands in a waving motion mimicking him. They faced each other about ten seconds at about fifty yards before he backed away.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
during the summer to fall, when I was turning 12 to 13 York, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near York, South Carolina

The witness was sent up a gravel farm road to get the evening paper. Near a berry thicket the witness saw a tall hairy figure pulling vines to its mouth. The figure looked at the witness, grimaced, and came forward, then stepped over a fence. The witness fled back to the house on a bicycle.

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we were both 18, senior year South Carolina #b249adab-db11-4aee-b2d1-0fe9333640b7

Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina

The friend later called late at night while driving with his girlfriend to report a road-crossing creature caught in headlights on a highway curve. It was described as reddish-brown, about six to seven feet tall, stooping and bounding across in two leaps with visible breasts. The girlfriend was upset and wanted to leave while the friend wanted to circle back to look.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Date unknown South Carolina #55fa6665-b129-41ab-ab51-9744aceaeace

UFO sighting in South Carolina

The witness's son and his friend were driving home at night when they encountered a big bright light at a side street and main road intersection. They were unsure if a transformer had blown. The account was relayed to the witness, who was unsure whether they were kidding.

Full-body sighting
a couple of days later and the next night South Carolina #55fa6665-b129-41ab-ab51-9744aceaeace

UFO sighting in South Carolina

A couple days after the grunt, an opaque ball of light with contents inside appeared just beyond the porch railing and held position. When the witness stepped closer it backed off, moved around the house to the garden fence, and blinked out. It returned the next night with the same behavior, this time also seen by the witness's son.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Columbia, South Carolina #55fa6665-b129-41ab-ab51-9744aceaeace

UFO sighting near Columbia, South Carolina

While living on Lake Murray, the witness was on the back porch when a large ball of light bigger than an exercise ball came through the yards toward the lake. She asked her husband if he saw it, but he did not. It returned the same way then disappeared without being seen leaving over the lake.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Anderson, South Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/17/sc-ep414-the-creature-started-to-rock-the-van

Sasquatch sighting near Anderson, South Carolina

The guest and his wife were sitting in a borrowed van in the driveway late at night when the wife saw someone run past and a loud whoop and growling started beside the van. The creature shook the van and was lit by brake lights, then the father fired a shotgun from the porch and it leapt across the driveway into the woods. Later that night rocks were thrown at the trailer damaging a fan and siding, and next morning bent van metal, foot impressions, feathers and a missing chicken were found.

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