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July 1988 Machias, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #1673

A hairy Man-like creature is spotted in a field, close to the road

The witness's car broke down at night and the witness worked on it. While getting back into the car, the witness saw a very large upright hairy human-like figure standing at a fence line in a field about fifty yards away. The figure was described as curious, showing neither aggression nor fear.

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May 1988 California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/ARLj0ESb7pT_OjeQZ2opwAzTqi1bKD3iT0XqF9Jr_cc

Sasquatch sighting in California (1988)

While fishing with a parent on a cold morning, the witness noticed a tall thin creature lying on its stomach behind a hollow log across the stream watching them. After the parent also saw it, a loud sharp crack behind them drew their attention, and the creature leapt over the log and crossed the stream in three steps before disappearing across the road into trees. The parent hurried them out and warned the witness never to tell anyone.

Full-body sightingWood knock
15 April 1988 Carthage, Panola County, Texas Class A #10157

On Sabine River, young fisherman has late night encounter.

The witness and companions were cooking catfish at a hunting camp when a noise came from the well where fish guts had been left. The witness went toward the well with a light and rifle, heard a moan, and saw a large dark form that stood upright. After shouting warnings and firing shots in the air, the witness said the form moved off and footsteps were heard in leaves. The next day large five-toed tracks were found at the well and most of the guts were gone.

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April 1988 Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama Class B #28326

Recollection of seeing a hair covered creature squatting next to a road near Waterloo

The witness and a companion were driving past a grassy roadside area in the early evening when they noticed a dark-haired creature squatted in the grass beside the road with its back to them. The creature kept its head down and appeared to search through the grass with its hands, showing no concern for the passing car. The witnesses turned the car around for another look, but the creature had left, and they did not get out to investigate.

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March 1988 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/01/26/sc-ep75-looking-back-over-the-last-75-shows

Sasquatch sighting (1988)

While driving along the Washougal River with companions, the witness saw a very large light-gray biped across the water. It took a couple steps, grabbed an alder tree, and vanished into brush. Occupants independently drew the same figure, and large tracks were found in the area later.

Full-body sighting
Winter 1988 Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio Class A #4952

Evening sighting by ice fisherman near Friendship Lake

The witness and a relative were driving near a pond at dusk when they saw two large white hairy beings carrying a very large object over a hill toward the pond. When the witnesses stopped to watch, the beings dropped the object, fell to the ground, and tried unsuccessfully to hide in brush. The witnesses drove a short distance to turn around for a better view, and on returning about a minute later the beings and the object were gone.

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1988–1989 South Vienna, Clark County, Ohio Class B #1018

A man driving stops to watch a hair covered creature walk across a cornfield

On Thanksgiving morning the witness was driving back from rabbit hunting and scanning open cornfields for deer when they stopped to watch a large dark hair-covered form walking upright across corn stubble toward the woodline about 1/8 to 1/4 mile away. The witness then left the area. The sighting occurred less than a mile from a lake bank where the witness and three companions had heard an unidentified scream and crashing sounds the previous year, which the witness now links to the same kind of animal.

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Summer 1988 Venice, Sarasota County, Florida Class A #12587

Daylight sighting by fishermen near Venice

Two brothers were fishing from a john boat when they noticed a tall, reddish-brown hairy figure at the edge of the palmettos crouched and drinking water from its hands. The figure stared at them without making any sound and then left quietly. The witnesses reported a musky odor, fled to shore, and never returned to the pond.

Full-body sightingOdor
January 1988 Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas Class A #2774

Large bipedal animal observes couple parking behind school gymnasium

The witness and a companion were sitting in a truck behind a school gymnasium late at night when they felt watched. The witness then noticed a very tall dark figure standing by a tall chain-link fence about 30 yards away. After watching it for about 10 minutes, they saw it turn, walk toward a treeline, look back, and disappear. A daylight return the next day found no evidence.

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1988 Texas #f7520a18-5134-4df1-8669-ed504cd07553

Footsteps in Texas (1988)

The guest and the same cousin were hunting with dogs at night along a creek bed near a dirt road curve. Both felt watched and heard extra steps behind them, then returned toward the parked truck. At the road the dogs froze, and the guest's spotlight revealed a hairy figure across the road by a culvert that covered its face with a hand before stepping into the dry creek as they left.

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1988 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/12/sc-ep79-is-bigfoot-real-by-jack

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1988)

While driving up toward the snow line where they had been finding tracks, the witness and others came around a bend. They saw something across the river by the water. It apparently heard the car and fled.

Full-body sightingMovement only
Fall 1988 Throckmorton County, Texas Class A #4158

Brothers encounter a large, very well-built, man-like creature

The witness and a relative were walking between ponds at night with lights when they spotted a tall human-like figure watching from behind a tree. After the witness whistled, the figure stepped into the road and took a few walking steps toward them, prompting both to flee back to camp. They later returned with tools to check the area but found no trace of the figure.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
1988 Alberta #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/05/23/sc-ep221-deep-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting in Alberta (1988)

Four campers were playing cards when two walked toward the washroom and nearly bumped into a tall figure that grunted. They fled to cars, then illuminated it with headlights as it left toward the treeline. A nearby truck with three other people may have also seen it.

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November 1987 Oil City, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Class A #1313

creature walked directly towards witness.

The witness stopped his boat along Black Bayou and approached a levee to check a pond for ducks. From behind a tree he watched a shaggy bipedal creature walk toward him along the levee, closing from about 200 yards to about 100 yards. The creature paused and looked toward his hiding spot, then ran over the levee into dense woods, covering distance much faster than the witness could while running to the levee top for another look.

Full-body sighting
10 October 1987 Elwood, Clarke County, Mississippi Class A #14144

Night time sighting by motorists on Highway 512 near Elwood (passenger's observation)

In 1987 two college roommates were driving at night when a tall, hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of their car. By the time they reached it, the creature was at the roadside and turned its head to look at them as they drove past. They continued to a family home and reported what they had seen.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
10 October 1987 Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi Class A #13918

Night time sighting by motorists on Highway 512 near Elwood (driver's observation)

In 1987 the witness and a college roommate were driving on Highway 512 in Mississippi late on a Saturday night after a football game. A very tall upright creature covered in reddish-brown fur stepped from roadside bushes and crossed the highway in front of their car. It paused near the center line to look toward the headlights, then continued into the woods on the far side.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
10 October 1987 Florence, Fremont County, Colorado Class A #3185

Co-workers stunned by giant hairy "man-thing" walking down town street

The witness and a co-worker were closing a shop in the early morning when the co-worker called the witness to the front. They watched a very large, reddish-brown, hair-covered figure walk down the street under a streetlight, cross the road, and disappear past a car wash and storage units. When the witness shouted, the figure turned its head to look but kept walking without stopping.

Full-body sighting
9 October 1987 Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania Class A #79435

Two witnesses independently report same 1987 road crossing of a bigfoot 5mi north of Penn State Univ

Late at night two occupants driving slowly on a rural road braked for a very large upright hairy figure that stepped into the road in front of the car. The figure crossed the road in one or two strides, stepped over a barbed-wire fence, and disappeared. The occupants did not stop to look back and drove back to town rapidly.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1987 Stillwell, La Porte County, Indiana Class A #2076

8'-9' Tall BF throws heavy objects, screams, and chases witness

The witness was camping alone at dusk when he heard movement and grunting approaching the campsite and then had a stump and a log thrown close to him. He fled down a trail while hearing running steps alongside him, then encountered a very tall standing figure that screamed. He ran to a companion's home and returned hours later to find the tent torn down and the thrown wood on the ground.

Full-body sightingScreamVocalizationFootstepsObject throwing +2
September 1987 Harmony, Warren County, New Jersey Class B #13276

Motorist has nightime sighting near Harmony

The witness was driving home from work at night when headlights revealed an upright figure standing in the road ahead. The figure briefly turned its head toward the car, then ran across the road on two legs with long hopping strides and disappeared into the woods. The witness, who hunts locally, said it was not a bear or other familiar animal.

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