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February 2000 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa Class A #1271

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.

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February 2000 Imperial, Pecos County, Texas Class A #4140

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.

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February 2000 Interlochen, Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/17/sc-ep211-running-right-into-a-creatureliterally

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.

Full-body sightingOdor
28 January 2000 Pickens, McCurtain County, Oklahoma Class A #1299

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.

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28 January 2000 Honobia, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class A #1506

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.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
15 January 2000 Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas Class A #4090

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.

Full-body sightingOdor
5 January 2000 Opelika/Auburn Area, Lee County, Alabama Class A #7427

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.

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January 2000 Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois Class A #40457

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.

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2000–2001 Gulf Hammock, Levy County, Florida Class A #14457

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.

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Summer 2000 Gainsville, Alachua County, Florida Class A #27076

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.

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January 2000 CENTERVILLE, Hickman County, Tennessee Class A #565

Man witnesses creature running across road in January, and hears vocalization in October

The witness was traveling into town in the early morning when an animal about six to seven feet tall ran out of the woods in front of them. The witness first thought it was a bear but dismissed that idea because local bears were not that tall and did not run upright on their hind legs.

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2000 Oklahoma #b46fa661-1edf-42c9-8f97-de7bd2f9b1aa

Dogman sighting in Oklahoma (2000)

The witness was getting a ride home from factory night shift. About a block from home, they saw a man-sized hairy figure walk across a busy highway and stop on the roadside. As they drove slowly past on the passenger side, the figure stared at the witness. Years later the driver confirmed she had also seen it and called it Bigfoot.

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2000–2001 Louisiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/-N1T0y_giFiQ3cYTMOoEtVmwVK0KijoF9Zy-5wP3i5s

Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (2000)

While driving lights to others after a shot was reported, the witness saw a small quadruped cross immediately in front of the truck. It stayed low, moved smoothly without bobbing, bringing hind legs far forward, then leapt into the woods. A front-seat companion turned in time to see it enter the tree line.

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Spring 2000 Columbia, Boone County, Missouri Class A #58092

Recollection of a daytime bike path crossing in front of three youths near Columbia

Three children walking and biking on a wooded bike path near a lake in the afternoon watched a thin grey-haired biped step out of the woods, cross the path, and enter the woods on the other side. The creature did not look at them, vocalize, or act threateningly, and the sighting lasted only seconds. The witnesses then ran back to a house, scared.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
2000 Massachusetts #5793eb91-d33b-45e6-a663-705de133e5c8

Sasquatch sighting in Massachusetts (2000)

A report filed in 2000 described a Bigfoot-type creature at Cobble Mountain Reservoir. It was consistently described as over seven feet tall with broad shoulders and an upright primate form. Some accounts gave it glowing red eyes and others glowing white eyes.

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Fall 2000 Linden, Cass County, Texas Class A #67313

Fisherman and his mom have a close encounter 4 miles west of Linden

The witness and his mother were fishing with his father in a roadside wash at dusk when they heard footsteps in the water that sounded bipedal. A very large, wide figure then came into view in the open wash about 20 feet away, walked past them, turned and went up the bank into the woods. They shouted to the father and quickly left without discussing the event further.

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summer of 2000 Ohio #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/05/27/sc-ep438-i-hit-one-with-my-car

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (2000)

The witness was driving away from a private lake late at night when a small hairy biped ran across the road into the front of the car. The impact caused major front-end damage and left fur and blood, and the witness heard a thud as the animal hit the pavement. While slowing, the witness heard a loud roar from the treeline and later heard crashing and growling alongside the road while driving around the lake, feeling chased.

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2000 Arkansas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/03/03/sc-ep20-finding-sasquatch-tracks

Sasquatch sighting in Arkansas (2000)

The guest was driving home at night in summer around 2000 with her daughter and a friend after a ball game. She saw a large black hairy biped walking across the highway. She kept it to herself at the time and later told her husband, noting it was not a deer or bear.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
January 2000 Honobia, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/01/20/sc-ep11-the-siege-at-honobia

Sasquatch sighting near Honobia, Oklahoma (2000)

The property owner walked up to a dumpster after hearing digging and found a creature standing inside about two feet away looking down at him. When he raised a firearm the creature's eyes widened and it dropped down. It then burst out the back, ran on all fours before rising to two feet, and cleared a six-foot fence in a long jump.

Full-body sightingMovement only
January 2000 Honobia, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/01/20/sc-ep11-the-siege-at-honobia

Sasquatch sighting near Honobia, Oklahoma (2000)

After a creature growled through a back window, the two brothers went outside after it. One brother fired three shots that struck it in the back, head and lungs. They listened from the porch as it gurgled and died near the wood line, then other individuals rushed in, picked up the body over a shoulder and carried it away.

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