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21 May 1977 Havelock, Carteret County, North Carolina Class B #33358

Military officer recalls possible daylight sighting while driving in the Croatan National Forest

Three people driving on a forest road in the early afternoon came around a bend and saw a very large dark bipedal figure about 75 yards ahead walking toward them. After a few seconds the figure turned and walked into the woods. They drove to the spot, stopped and waited briefly, but saw nothing further and found no tracks on the hard dry ground.

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November 1976 Falcon, Sampson County, North Carolina Class A #6267

Two young men are confronted in broad daylight by a large creature near Falcon

On a November 1976 afternoon two young men hunting squirrels walked toward a river when a large hairy biped came up from the river bottom toward them. It stopped about 30 feet away, looked at them, snapped a small dead tree and vocalized. The pair retreated over a ridge and ran, later discussing whether it had been a person in costume.

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1976 Chatham County, North Carolina #59321171-6806-4d6d-8ffe-b5c669b83190

Sasquatch sighting near Chatham County (1976)

Witnesses around the Cape Fear River reported a tall hairy biped that screamed and moved with a slumping gait. The creature was said to leave large three-toed footprints. The author presents this as a 1976 flap in Chatham County.

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Fall 1973 Between Cullowee And Franklin., Macon County, North Carolina Class A #3333

Large creature turned and stared at couple

The witness and a companion were driving on remote backroads at night when small pines moved and a large figure emerged. The creature crossed the road in two steps, pausing midway to turn and stare at them. The witness estimated it was about seven and a half feet tall with ice-blue eyes. The companion was frightened and would not allow the witness to leave the car to check for footprints.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
September 1967 Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina Class A #18516

Daylight sighting by farmer (and children) plowing field next to the Yadkin River

A child riding on a tractor with a parent at dusk reported a large hair-covered figure stepping into the tractor lights near a tobacco barn. The figure reportedly paused to look at the riders, then left the road in a single long step into adjacent woods. The parent briefly followed on foot and later searched with a hunting firearm but reported finding nothing.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
BFRO YEAR: 1971 or 72 Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina Class A #3439

Young boy startles creature under house porch.

The witness went onto a raised side porch to dump breakfast scraps for dogs and noticed light fur under the porch. Hearing a scuffle, the witness turned and saw a tall fur-covered creature with long arms that looked back while moving around the side of the house. The witness dropped a pan and was unable to scream.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
about ten years ago Rocky Mount, N.C., Nash County, North Carolina Related account #26076

Sasquatch sighting near Rocky Mount, N.C., North Carolina

A relative driving alone at night in the same area years later reported a nearly identical road encounter and was left terrified.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
BFRO YEAR: 71' or 72' Casar, Cleveland County, North Carolina Class A #10608

Deer hunter watches large upright walking animal on Butler Knob

The witness was deer hunting alone on a remote mountain ridge in the early morning around 1972-73. From about 400 yards away on another ridge, the witness watched a very large, very dark upright figure for several minutes. The figure was first mistaken for a bear but kept walking upright too long to be a bear, paused to manipulate a tree limb, then walked over the ridge and was not seen again.

Full-body sighting
in the last decade Ft. Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina Related account #18680

Sasquatch sighting near Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

Another individual who trained at Fort Bragg reported seeing a sasquatch there in the last decade.

Full-body sighting
in the 1980's Ft. Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina Related account #18680

Sasquatch sighting near Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

Another individual who trained at Fort Bragg reported seeing a sasquatch there in the 1980s.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

The witness and two young relatives rode off-road vehicles across the creek to old log barns and stopped. They heard a distant noise, then saw a hairy figure dart across a distant field with long strides and swinging hair. Its footfalls thudded deeply and it turned its whole upper body to glance sideways before disappearing.

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when brother and cousin were 15, 16 North Carolina #dccb8130-881e-46af-9c62-f45ca4459603

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

Two teen relatives were in a back bedroom when dogs began making noise. They watched something come up the driveway from the cornfield, enter an open tractor shed, and toss the dogs aside. It then passed the bedroom window with its head above the window top, walking upright with a sway, before crossing a fence back to the field.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Bessemer City, North Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/11/01/sc-ep160-multiple-incidents

Sasquatch sighting near Bessemer City, North Carolina

While driving, the witness saw a smaller hairy figure run down a power-line clearing into the woods as if playing. He turned around, parked, searched on foot, found a large deer and another buck, and thought it had been chasing deer. He also looked in nearby abandoned buildings but found no prints.

Full-body sighting
decades later North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

Decades after the teenage encounter, the same witness reportedly saw another creature in the same swamp area where he now conducts research. No descriptive details are given for this second sighting in the telling.

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when he was a teenager North Carolina #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

As a teenager hunting hog with dogs alongside his father, the witness saw a Bigfoot moving away to avoid the hunt. Described as like a big gorilla with a sagittal crest, the sighting frightened him so much he avoided those woods for five years.

Full-body sighting
when I was maybe six North Carolina #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/06/25/sc-ep337-childhood-encounters-with-the-creature

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

As children playing behind a newly placed trailer in the evening, the witness and his two brothers heard a loud scream and saw a black hairy creature in a nearby tree. The branch broke and the creature fell about 12 to 15 feet, landing with barely bent legs before walking toward them. The children fled to the trailer, and two hid in an old freezer chest where the creature huffed at them through the lid before walking away.

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Date unknown Hendersonville, North Carolina #a9c5aa7d-c6b9-4a04-a998-8725da833d4b

Sasquatch sighting near Hendersonville, North Carolina

On another camping night two people returning to the bonfire thought two companions were wrestling by the fire. A spotlight revealed a large gray figure standing over the seated pair with arms out as if to grab them. The seated pair felt sudden fear and clung to each other crying without seeing it. When lit, it turned, took three steps, and disappeared.

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Date unknown North Carolina #d0d8938b-644f-43b8-ae67-2239b45d690b

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

A man and his wife encountered two very human-looking creatures while on four-wheelers during severe hurricane rain and wind. The larger female and smaller juvenile struggled to climb a muddy bank, then stared at the witnesses for several seconds with a look described as terror. The female then grabbed the juvenile and ran up the road and down another bank.

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about five weeks ago Cherokee, North Carolina #1c382fe9-201d-418b-bd13-7c87ccc363f8

Sasquatch sighting near Cherokee, North Carolina

About two football fields from the prior laughing incident, the witness saw bright red eyes about three feet off the ground that looked like a crouched mass. As he approached it stood to tower over him, revealing black hair, gray skin on face, chest and palms, and wide shoulders. It growl-barked, stared at him, then backed silently into the darkness and vanished.

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