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2016 New Mexico #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/NQZPbxMC39Tlwf-PX2v5G33-jlhNSUjSgIYO5AEFnrI

Cryptid sighting in New Mexico (2016)

The witnesses went late at night with a cousin to a canyon clearing with stacked stones and possible ritual remains. They saw a pale skeletal head peering over rocks, then fled in the vehicle. The tall pale being chased on all fours, keeping pace with the vehicle, then stopped at the canyon edge near paved road.

Partial sightingFull-body sighting
August 2011 New Mexico #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c

Odor in New Mexico (2011)

The witness and her husband were camping on their property when she smelled a strong pungent odor. They took weapons and walked toward the forest side. They saw coyote-like animals and something huge and black bent over, which vanished when she looked away momentarily.

OdorPartial sighting
6 September 2010 Jemez Pueblo, Los Alamos County, New Mexico Class B #28218

Possible nighttime encounter by a couple camping in the Jemez Mountains

The witness and a companion were sleeping in their vehicle at a forest campsite. During the night they heard something rubbing against the vehicle, knocking items over, and rummaging around camp, including toppling chairs and a canopy. The companion, while lying down, reported seeing a tall black shape pass the window and leave away from roads. In the morning the chairs were overturned and the canopy was found upside down about 20 feet away, with otherwise little disturbance and no clear prints.

Partial sightingVocalizationFootstepsVehicle contactProperty disturbance
July 2009 Red River, Taos County, New Mexico Class A #26460

Eight foot plus figure photographed peering into couple's RV near Red River

Early one morning while preparing to leave a campground, a couple noticed a large figure standing outside their trailer's bedroom window peering in. The privacy glass showed only a shadowy chest, head and part of an arm, which the companion photographed. When the witness opened a distant door and turned on a light, the figure was gone but quick footsteps were heard leaving down a gravel road. After sunrise they found large footprint-like impressions in the gravel near the trailer.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootstepsTracks
1 January 2005 Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico Class A #10349

Motorist has nighttime sighting below Raton Pass

The witness was driving at night on I-25 over Raton Pass when he noticed a figure on the roadside. Immediately after his car passed, the figure stood upright and crossed the two-lane road behind the car in two to three long strides, seen in the rearview mirror. He described a very stocky figure about six and a half to seven feet tall with dark brown medium-length hair that appeared to flow with movement.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
July 2004 In Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class A #10114

A few witnesses see something reach through an open window in Mescalero N.M

The witness was staying with a companion in the living room of a relative's house late at night after a relative had reported a very tall figure outside. After hearing noises like objects being thrown in the dining room, the witness went to check and saw a large hand reach through the window, across a table, and take a bowl containing food. Those present were frightened and the witness called the conservation office, after which nothing further happened that night.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundProperty disturbance
October 2003 RED VALLEY, San Juan County, New Mexico Class A #11589

Mother and daughter see creature from the road

The witness and the witness's mother were driving slowly on a mountain road looking for cattle when the witness noticed movement behind pine trees. They stopped and saw a tall reddish-brown figure standing by a tree, which then turned and moved quickly away into thick brush with long hairy arms swinging. Frightened, they turned the truck around and drove quickly back to the house where they told a relative.

Partial sighting
March 2002 Shiprock, Teec Nos Pos, San Juan County, New Mexico Class A #12542

River guide sees skinny bigfoot at dusk

After completing a kayak scout of a San Juan River section, the witness drove at dusk to retrieve his truck. Companions ahead alerted him by radio that the passenger saw something near an old sheep corral. He then briefly saw the back of a tall, skinny, gray figure with long arms and a pointy head in his headlights before it left quickly.

Partial sighting
June 2000 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class A #1918

Nighttime sightings on Mescalero IR

The reporter woke about 3 a.m. and saw a tall black figure walking up the road near a street light, noticing a dead-like odor. After it passed behind trees, the reporter woke the mother and both watched its figure through trees in a ditch by the road. They described it as playing with a can or object lying by the road.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
Summer 1996 San Juan County, New Mexico Class B #491

Observations by locals along the San Juan River

The witness reports a large hairy thing that walks along the San Juan River onto the reservation and is known to local residents. The thing is said to smell strongly, make loud noises that set dogs howling, and appear every few years near the witness home about an eighth-mile from the river. Residents avoid going down to the river because of its presence.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdor
May 1983 Cuba, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class A #8409

Sasquatch reaches into tent of adult camper

The witness was sleeping alone in a tent on a group camping trip when a strong odor woke them. A large hairy arm reached in through the tent flap, felt around, then withdrew. The witness then perceived two tall figures outside through the tent fabric and heard male and female vocalizations as the beings yelled and ran away.

Partial sightingSilhouetteVocalizationScreamWhoop +1
July 1980 Toadlena, San Juan County, New Mexico Class A #490

Navajo man describes sighting at a sheep herder camp in Chuska Mountains

The witness was spending the summer with family at a mountain property with a cabin and livestock. Near dusk after dinner, a relative ran back frightened and the family gathered at the doorway to look toward the well. The witness saw a grayish-brown hairy figure kneeling at the well as if drinking or washing, which then looked over its shoulder revealing manlike features, frightening the witness who ran inside to hide.

Partial sighting
just last Wednesday New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/14/sc-ep200-the-200th-show-part-two

Sasquatch sighting in New Mexico

A young couple reported that late at night something dark blocked their bright porch light while looking in the front window and then manipulated the front doorknob. The young woman fled to tell her partner, who lit and threw a firecracker outside. The visitors said they heard the intruder run away.

Partial sightingSilhouetteDoor or window contactFootsteps
October of last year and this spring, late spring New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/07/17/sc-ep343-sasquatch-encounters

Handprint in New Mexico

A family twice found a large handprint on a vehicle, first last October and again in late spring. On one evening they saw something looking in the window above the TV. On another night a child saw a small monkey-like figure playing by a tree that left when disturbed. Dogs react with fear when it is around.

HandprintPartial sightingFull-body sighting
Friday night about July 14, 2001 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Related account #1918

Sasquatch sighting near Mescalero, New Mexico

On a later night the daughter was awakened by heavy footsteps and saw the head and shoulders of a large dark creature pass between the house and clothes lines.

Partial sightingFootsteps
Last summer Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Related account #1918

Sasquatch sighting near Mescalero, New Mexico

The witness's mother was awakened by barking dogs, looked out a window, and saw a dark figure walking up the road while hearing deep grunting, with trees partly blocking the view.

Partial sightingVocalization
Date unknown Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Related account #537

Sasquatch sighting near Mescalero, New Mexico

Other people reportedly saw the creature around the reservation near dumpsters or crossing roads, sometimes with a stench that frightened dogs.

Partial sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
at night Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Related account #537

Sasquatch sighting near Mescalero, New Mexico

Other people reportedly saw a tall hairy creature eating from dumpsters at night.

Partial sighting
A couple years ago Jemez Pueblo, Los Alamos County, New Mexico Related account #28218

Scream near Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

A companion and relatives at the same meadow reportedly heard prolonged shrieks and later watched an upright figure move between trees on a ridge, followed by a loud nighttime shriek from the ridge.

ScreamPartial sighting