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Sasquatch sighting near Luray, Virginia (1936)
A construction crew camped in a Virginia valley in the mid-1930s reported repeated visits by large hairy beings that stole food, left huge footprints, and were seen felling and dragging trees. Early one August morning in 1936 a being reached into a tent and pulled a sleeping worker out by the ankle. Other workers threw hand axes and chased it with rifles and shotguns, firing many shots without killing it, after which sentries were posted day and night.
Youth catches standing figure in flashlight glow during camp-out
Around May 1970 the witness was camping with family at a lakeside campground and lay awake in a tent near midnight. After hearing trash being disturbed, the witness stepped out barefoot with a flashlight and saw a small upright furry creature looking into a hanging trash bag. The creature turned, made a squeal-grunt cry, and dashed away while the witness ran shouting to wake relatives. No tracks were found afterward because the area was trampled.
Sasquatch sighting near Rocky Mount, Virginia
A couple weeks before the July 2012 update, neighbors claimed a small bear ran out of the witness's backyard.
Sasquatch sighting near Blackstone, Virginia
The witness's spouse glimpsed a large hairy creature diving into the treeline near the mailbox.
Sasquatch sighting near Blackstone, Virginia
On two evenings a year apart the witness saw a very large backpack-wearing ghillie-suited figure walking along the road.
Sasquatch sighting near Blackstone, Virginia
A young daughter in the family reported seeing a large hairy man outside a window.
Sasquatch sighting in Virginia
A prior guest officer was parked at a lit church in the early morning with radar alerting. He saw a cloaked predator-like form move and stop behind a pillar, too large to be hidden. It then appeared to uncloak as a huge light brown figure and ran extremely fast down a walkway and road out of view.
Sasquatch sighting in Virginia
A man a couple miles from the main case location came home from work and smelled a foul odor while opening his back door. He turned and saw a Bigfoot-type creature standing in the field next to him. He struggled to get the door open, entered, and when he looked back the creature was gone.
Sasquatch sighting in Virginia
The witness, six months pregnant, walked half a mile into family woods to be alone after an argument. A very large hairy figure approached on its belly then stood to about nine feet, displaying threatening behavior. A second figure arrived and appeared to scold the first in language-like vocalizations before looking at the witness. The witness fled back to the house when able to move.
Sasquatch sighting in Virginia
With her husband home, the guest heard a loud owl overhead answered from across the driveway by a second owl-like call that cracked. She took burst phone photos toward the woodline in the dark and on brightening saw a boxy standing figure looking toward her. The next morning she found deadfall trees newly lined along the driveway and tested that stepping over the line triggered the garage motion light, concluding the line marked the light's boundary.
Sasquatch sighting in Virginia
The guest went fishing at a beaver pond and was walking home through woods at sunset. He smelled a strong odor, heard movement, then entered a clearing where a large figure stood, grunted, touched his chest, looked him over, then walked past behind him. He returned home shaken, avoided the area, and remains wary in the woods.
Sasquatch sighting in Virginia
A woman who worked at the nearby store told the owner she saw a bear grab a milk jug from the trash with its paw and walk off on two legs into the woods like a person. The witness thought it was probably not a bear.
Dogman sighting in Virginia
A driver saw what looked like a white polar bear crossing the road toward a canyon. On approaching, he realized it was a large white wolf-like creature with a long tail. He did not call it Bigfoot or Dogman.
Paranormal encounter in Virginia
A man interviewed about five years earlier described encountering three figures in black cloaks at Devil's Marble Yard across the James River just after sundown. He could see no faces or hands, only blackness, and all three were the same size and build. He thought they floated rather than walked and assumed they were Satan worshipers, and he never returned.