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Young teen is chased by a seven foot tall hairy creature
The witness stopped while riding a motorcycle on family property at night and saw a tall hairy figure in a ditch that stood up. The figure chased the witness as he rode toward his house, continued approaching after two crashes, and left after a yard floodlight was turned on. Large humanlike footprints were found in the area the next day.
Family views large, reddish-brown animal near their home outside of Morton
The witness was locking the door after the mother and her friend left for town and saw a tall hairy figure walking through a neighbor's yard. The witness ducked behind the door and the figure was gone when they looked again. Moments later the mother called to say she and her friend had seen a large hairy animal cross the road ahead of their car and step over a metal gate.
Memory told of a daylight sighting as a youth near Fenton
The witness, then a teenager, was playing with a companion on a relative's wooded property when the companion came running back in panic. The witness then saw a tall, bulky, dark-brown-furred figure standing about sixty feet away beyond a gate, poking the ground with a stick. After briefly watching, the witness fled to the house, and a later search of the area found no tracks or other sign.
Oil well owner and rig hand have road crossing encounter.
The witness and a coworker were driving when a tall hairy biped carrying an animal carcass over its shoulder crossed the road ahead of them from east to west during a rain squall. The crossing lasted only a few seconds before the creature disappeared into a creek bed. The next day they found partial footprints along the creek bank but lost the trail in dense undergrowth.
Newspaper deliveryman sees large gray colored creature that was walking on two legs and carrying dead animal. (Newspaper account, follow-up by the BFRO and Sheriff's documents included.)
The witness was driving on a rural highway before dawn when a large dark figure was seen in the road ahead. The figure stepped into a roadside ditch while apparently carrying an animal resembling a goat or sheep. When the witness slowed for a better look, the figure turned and looked toward the vehicle before the witness left quickly.
Motorist has a possible nighttime sighting west of Albion
Late at night the witness was driving home from work when a strong odor was noticed through an open vehicle window. The witness then saw a very large dark figure beside the road between a ditch and a field about 120 feet away in the headlights, moving upright and pausing as the vehicle passed. The witness was frightened and said the figure was not a coyote, wolf, or bear known from the area.
Young man has road cross encounter at dusk
A driver reported watching a large, brown, heavy-set creature slowly jog across a remote two-lane road and continue up a hill on two legs without looking at him. The observation lasted about 10 seconds at dusk. He first thought it was a bear but changed his mind when it moved bipedally like a person.
Prints found following sighting near Mosquito Lake
The witness was walking behind their home in the late afternoon when they saw a large black creature near the road. The witness yelled at it and it ran down the street toward the woods. The witness went to the road, did not see the creature, but found very large human-like tracks in the snow.
Nighttime sighting by two teens in southern Conecuh County
Two companions parked a motorcycle on a dirt road late at night and walked toward a nearby residence when they heard loud heavy footsteps and brush crashing approaching from a swampy area. They ran back to the motorcycle and fled as the sounds and heavy breathing closed in. As they drove away, one rider looked back and saw a very large, wide, dark hairy figure leap onto the road, land on all fours, then stand erect and grunt. The figure was silhouetted in bright moonlight, preventing detail of face or hands, and was estimated at about seven feet tall.
Coon hunter and dogs experience close encounter in Sulphur River bottoms between Doddridge and Fouke.
The witness was coonhunting with dogs in flooded timber at night when the dogs treed separately. After catching their own dogs, the witness heard wading steps, a growl and a whistling sound and smelled a strong putrid odor while the dogs whimpered. The witness then saw a very tall hair-covered creature standing behind them that hissed and splashed water toward them before the witness fled. The creature followed briefly then moved away making moaning sounds, and the witness saw a very large four-toed footprint while leaving.
Six foot tall or taller, black creature was observed leaping into the air and disappearing into the trees on a bike trail near the Des Moines River
The witness was walking down a trail in daylight with snow on the ground when a nearby deer appeared to be looking at something behind it. The witness then saw a tall, slim black figure with a human-like torso about 300 feet away. After briefly hunkering down, the figure turned and bounded away through the trees, disappearing in about three seconds.
Two rabbit hunters witness large, upright, hairy creature near the Pecos River late at night
Two people who were working while talking and looking for rabbits reported seeing a large upright hairy creature they said was not a person. They described it as very mobile and said it jumped a four-foot fence with ease, estimating its weight at 450 to 500 pounds. They reported finding footprints the next day but taking no photos because they had no camera.
Sasquatch sighting near Interlochen, Florida (2000)
On a cold Friday winter night under a full moon, the witness ran at full speed into an upright hairy figure while trying to ambush children walking the dirt road. He stared at it from about two feet for up to two minutes, noting size and mange-like appearance, before it swung hand-over-hand through trees into swamp water. He was left with an overpowering sweet garbage-like body odor lasting days and moved his family away within weeks.
Sighting by logger, Recent incidents near a rural home.
A relative told the reporter by phone that a man found three large hairy manlike creatures on his porch and yard. The man reportedly shot one with a rifle, after which two others came out of nearby forest and carried the shot one away. The reporter states the FBI was called and took blood and hair samples, and that the reporter later overheard game wardens on a scanner discussing the same incident.
Nighttime sighting by trucker near Honobia
In July 1983 the witness was driving a tanker truck in the Honobia-Pickens area. A very large hairy creature ran across the road in front of the truck, nearly being hit, and continued running without stopping. The witness estimated it at about seven feet tall with a brownish upper body and lighter lower body and noted it wore no shoes.
Sighting in wheat field near Fouke
The witness reports encountering a tall, hairy, human-like creature walking away from them. The creature stopped and looked in the witness's direction, which frightened the witness. A strong musky odor was smelled on the wind during the encounter.
Four youths have harrowing experience in Alabama backwoods.
Four young men camped on a companion's land and heard approaching grunts, heavy footsteps and foul odor across a creek at dusk. After a rock was thrown toward the unseen sounds, something shrieked, circled the camp and emitted a loud high-pitched scream, prompting them to leave and later return with a parent. The primary witness heard noises again overnight, and the next morning the group found large footprints, hair and a bedding area before the primary witness briefly saw a tall hair-covered upright creature that looked at him and ran away.
Memory told of a close encounter by motorists just north of Rushville
The witness was driving with a relative on a highway through woods at night when headlights illuminated a tall dark bipedal figure standing in the road. The figure bent down, picked up a smaller dark figure, looked toward the car, then carried the smaller figure against its chest while moving quickly on two legs into the woods. Both occupants of the car observed the figure and were left in shock.
Daylight sigting by a deer hunter near Gulf Hammock
While hunting deer with dogs, the witness stood alone on a dirt road watching the tree line. A tall gray hair-covered figure crossed the road in two strides and continued without reacting to her presence. She left to find another hunter, and later told camp companions who said it was a swamp monkey.
Woman has close daylight sighting while driving through Payne's Prairie outside Gainesville
The witness was driving in the early morning with a young child when a hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of the car and paused. The witness stopped a short distance away and watched the figure before it continued across the road and disappeared into roadside vegetation. The figure was described as muscular and wearing a crude covering draped over its shoulders.