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August 1969 Alleen, Little River County, Arkansas Class A #1944

Family has multiple encounters with white bigfoot creature

A family was camping by a river when the mother went behind the truck at night and saw a whitish upright creature at close range. She ran screaming to the others, and the family hurriedly broke camp while an older brother fired shots as the creature circled and crossed the road. Afterwards they found three-toed footprints near the truck and a large dent where the creature had struck the vehicle, then left immediately.

Full-body sightingEyeshineTracksVehicle contact
Fall 1961 Wheatley, Lee County, Arkansas Class A #7234

Daylight sighting by two sisters near their farm in the early 1960s

The witness was playing in the front yard of a farm in the afternoon and saw a very tall, long-haired figure walking along the road and appearing to search the ditches. The witness screamed, and the mother and older sister came out and also saw it before driving toward it for a closer look. The figure ran under a bridge and into the woods and was lost from sight. The next day, large footprints were found in the road.

Full-body sightingTracks
October 1943 Memphis And Little Rock Ark., Lonoke County, Arkansas Class A #2494

Bus driver encounters ape like creature during an unscheduled stop

The witness was six years old and riding in the back of a bus at night with family. After the driver reboarded saying a big ape had almost gotten him, the bus started moving and the witness and a relative watched a large ape-like figure cross the highway behind the bus and enter the woods on the other side. Other passengers including parents also saw the start of the crossing.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Spring 1920 Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas Class C #4088

1920's sighting Southest of Booneville

A witness was with a berry-picking group when a tied horse began struggling against its tree. The witness heard the commotion, approached the horse, and saw a hairy manlike creature after the horse. The creature then ran into the brush, and the group left the area.

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28 March 1856 Paraclifton, Arkansas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/cijfno2JjIwKuXOWOOTabQswJ2QIODxqGgTLbpFafK4

Sasquatch sighting near Paraclifton, Arkansas (1856)

A newspaper correspondent described a party tracking a famous wild man to a frozen lake where dogs lost the trail. A rider watched the figure break ice with its arms, come ashore and shake itself. When headed off, it dragged the hunter down, gouged his eyes and bit him, destroyed the saddle and bridle, then rode the horse toward the mountains using a sapling as a club.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 07-26-08 Dardenelle, Yell County, Arkansas Class B #24276

Possible sighting of an upright creature crossing the road at dusk by a woman driving to Spring Lake

The witness was driving with two children on a dirt road toward Spring Lake in the evening when she saw a black upright figure at the roadside. The figure was walking on two legs as it left the road and entered the brush. She did not stop to check for tracks and later estimated the figure was about seven feet tall with wide shoulders and long arms.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1975? Benton, Saline County, Arkansas Class B #3143

Two children have encounter west of Benton

The witness and their uncle were playing on hay bales in a field when the witness spotted a large bipedal human-like figure leaning against a tree at the forest edge. The witness watched alone for several minutes, then showed it to the uncle and they watched together for several more minutes before becoming frightened and running to tell a relative. The relative searched with binoculars but the figure was gone.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Arkansas #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Sasquatch sighting in Arkansas

The witness's stepfather was working at night hauling oil with headlights on and hoses attached. He looked up from paperwork and saw an approximately nine-foot-tall figure standing by a tree that pulled a branch down to its chest, exposing its face. He fled in fear, driving off with the hose still attached, and later avoided going outside and moved the family.

Full-body sighting
about five years ago, early January, about 1:30 or 2 in the afternoon Reeder, Arkansas #1ed3194b-dc97-487f-a4a8-e553acd7d74a

Sasquatch sighting near Reeder, Arkansas

While driving to a duck-hunting spot on a cold January afternoon, the witness slowed his truck after noticing rapid movement in the woods. He watched a nude, dark brown bipedal figure sprint across the road without slowing for ditches and continue into the trees. He estimated it was about six feet tall and moved with exceptional speed.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
the beginning of this year Batesville, Arkansas #4075b81b-4f87-4765-8b19-06a0259a543f

Sasquatch sighting near Batesville, Arkansas

The witness was driving home on a two-lane highway in north-central Arkansas after sunset when a fast, reddish-haired ape-like animal carrying a raccoon in its mouth ran into the road. He struck it squarely with his car at highway speed, feeling a violent impact that was heard by his girlfriend on the phone. After stopping he found no damage to the car and no airbag deployment, but extensive blood on the passenger side, yet no body, blood, hair, or raccoon at the impact site. He also describes a brief dull flash at impact and time seeming to slow.

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Date unknown Arkansas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/hJA1VjGrpz3nurD-riiPpucW4OyxD4SpK99gttclG4I

Sasquatch sighting in Arkansas

The guest's father and younger brother walked to a rural mailbox without a flashlight under moonlight. A figure ran silently across the road immediately in front of them, close enough to touch. Both described it as relatively smaller, about six and a half feet tall.

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Date unknown Bull Shoals, Arkansas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/24/sc-ep213-dark-waters

Sasquatch sighting near Bull Shoals, Arkansas

Two power line survey workers doing soil borings heard deep chirping calls, then a log flew over their heads and a Sasquatch appeared. They fled along the riverbank with the animal trailing above them. It struck their truck as one scrambled inside, and both later avoided woods work.

Full-body sightingObject throwingVocalizationVehicle contact
just this past weekend Arkansas #6f5c50e8-cbf4-4c23-ac9a-3d5f8b308499

Sasquatch sighting in Arkansas

Early in a daytime float the witness saw motion on a bluff and first thought two hikers were heading to a cave. She realized both figures appeared entirely brown, with the larger ushering the smaller into the cave and turning its whole upper body to look toward the river. They disappeared into the cave before her husband could see them.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
a few years ago Arkansas #f5dcf095-d4a4-4058-b0ab-3ffd7a69af9e

Sasquatch sighting in Arkansas

Two brothers were driving to deer hunt around 4 a.m. when a huge completely black biped crossed the road at the end of a bridge in two to three steps. The driver braked and screamed, then turned around and left. Days later they returned and judged it had been as tall as 9 to 10 foot bridge warning signs.

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