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Possible footprint found near Peoria
The witness was walking along a creek bed in heavily wooded terrain when they found a very large footprint with five distinct toes. After photographing it with makeshift scale items, they heard movement and a large branch being twisted on the hillside and left the woods. An investigator later visited the site with the witness and summarized the track as a 17-inch-long left-foot impression.
Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County (2011)
On day five of a two-week fantasy live-event, the guest and a staff member walked toward a river around 1 a.m. They heard a snap and saw a tall hairy biped walking parallel, which stopped, stared, then entered the woods. Both screamed and ran back, and staff found a large footprint in grass the next morning.
Sasquatch sighting near Van Buren County (2011)
During a two-week fantasy role-play event around 1 AM, the witness and a staff member walked toward a river and heard a snap. A tall hairy figure walked parallel to them, stopped, turned its upper body to stare, then entered the woods. They screamed and ran, and staff found a large footprint in the grass the next morning.
Family has recurring encounters at home near Forsyth
The witness and her husband were awakened after midnight by strange sounds from their children's bedroom heard through a baby monitor, including squeaking at the window and a thump against the house wall. After the husband turned on exterior lights, the witness saw a large shadow move quickly away from the house toward nearby woods. Shortly after, both heard a very loud double whoop vocalization twice, which the husband said could not have been an owl.
US Forest Service employee unnerved by possible vocalizations near Lydick Lake
While working in a national forest around noon in August 2011, the witness heard high-pitched yelps or screams from one direction answered by very low guttural whoops from another direction. The two sets of sounds were described as about a mile apart and about a half mile away, repeating in a call-and-response pattern that sounded like communication. The witness, who described experience with wolves and other wildlife, stated the sounds were not wolves and searched nearby roads by truck without seeing the source.
Camper sighting at night, rocks thrown, on North Fork of Coeur d'Alene River near Enaville
After finishing dinner while camping, the witness and a companion were sitting by the fire when their dogs ran into the woods and returned frightened. The witness illuminated a large dark figure leaning from behind a tree about 30 feet away. A large rock was then thrown from the woods over the fire between the two people, the witness fired two shots into the air, and the figure was heard moving, breaking a tree, splashing across the creek, and ascending the opposite hillside. The pair left most gear behind, drove home, and returned the next morning to recover equipment and examine the broken tree.
Campers hear rock clacking and wood knocking at lake
The witness and a companion were sleeping in tents at a lakeside campsite around 1:30 a.m. They awoke to rocks being struck together nearby, then heard heavy footsteps approaching and retreating. They then heard a tree struck with wood, a brief silence, and a rock thrown through branches landing near their tents, followed by more rock sounds fading as the source moved off.
Hunter finds a possible footprint near Olive Branch
The witness arrived at a hunting area well before dawn and waited in the car, noticing a chill and a faint skunky musky odor. After sunrise he walked to a pond and then east along a fire access road, where he found a single very fresh footprint with visible toes in the dust of a turkey scratch. He photographed the track beside his boot, but wind erased the dust detail by the next day.
Vocalization near Saint Louis, Missouri (2011)
During a hot spell three sober people fished a river slew at night, hearing labored breathing, smelling rotten wet-dog and septic odor, and having pebbles then a very heavy rock thrown toward them. After hearing huffs near a fallen tree they paddled out, then saw a very tall hairy figure with enormous hands cross a levee and cornfield in moonlight. They fled by truck to a gas station several miles away.
Loud scream heard near Dead Horse Lake
The witness had gone to sleep late in the evening and was awakened around midnight by a strange, unsettling call from the south that was unfamiliar. Soon after, coyotes and elk to the northwest and northeast began vocalizing intensely. The witness later listened to recordings labeled as Bigfoot and felt the earlier call matched exactly.
Brothers find tracks in a snow bank near Tam McArthur Rim
The witness and his brother were backpacking off-trail when they found multiple barefoot prints in a snowbank at about 6000 ft. The prints were described as much longer and wider than a size-ten foot, even allowing for melting. They could not explain who would be barefoot in snow at that elevation and raised a brave hiker or a bigfoot as possibilities.
Hunter hiking has a Sasquatch cross trail in front of him.
The witness was hiking alone on a remote trail when he heard branches cracking, heavy breathing and grunting, and smelled rotting meat and wet hair. About ten yards away a tall creature took a wide step across the trail, paused to look at him for a second, then continued into thick trees off the trail.
Near collision during an early morning sighting on Hwy. 53 outside Jacksonville
Early on a mid-August morning the witness was traveling north on Highway 53 when a tall, muscular bipedal figure ran across the road in front of the vehicle without looking toward it. The witness described it crossing in about four strides and continuing into the woods while a trailing car slowed behind.
Photo of a possible footprint taken by campers in the Fort Hill Area
The witness was hiking with two companions on a hill trail when they found a large human-like footprint in mud. Shortly after, they heard a loud crash like a tree or branch breaking and then heard something moving in dense brush alongside the trail, keeping pace as they walked. The follower stopped when they stopped and continued for several minutes before stopping. They never saw the source and photographed the track.
Reoccurring activity on a farm near Fife Lake
Around 3:30 a.m. on a warm night in late summer 2011, the witness ran outside with a rifle and flashlight after hearing a chicken squawking. About 100 feet away behind the garage, the witness saw huge orange eyes staring from above a chicken coop and estimated the figure at 6 to 7 feet tall. After briefly looking down to ready the rifle, the figure was gone, and the witness heard something crashing fast through brush to the southwest with heavy breathing. A chicken was found alive but missing rear feathers with a pile of feathers nearby and no digging.
Marine veteran hears strange howls late at night near Acworth
Around 2 a.m. in late August 2011, the witness stepped onto his mother's back deck in Paulding County, Georgia to smoke. From the woods behind the house he heard a loud, deep howl repeated several times over about five minutes. Unable to match it to known wildlife or other sources, he went inside frightened and later found online howl recordings he felt matched what he heard.
Wood knock in Missouri (2011)
The caller was alone at night in a gazebo overlooking a lake on his grandparents' 40-acre property in northern Missouri in August 2011. He heard a single sharp knock from below the dam, then felt overwhelming fear and retreated to the house before returning. After shining a powerful green laser toward the swampy area, something crashed loudly down the hill breaking trees, and next day he found freshly snapped trees.
Late afternoon sighting of a road crossing on Hwy 52 north of Dubuque
The witness was driving home from work in the late afternoon when a dark hairy figure crossed the highway and leapt over a guard cable into thick brush. As passing the spot, the witness saw its shoulder and raised arm, noting a tall muscular build and cone-shaped head. The witness turned back to search but the figure was gone, and no tracks were found on a return visit the next day.
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.
Unknown nighttime visitor at a campsite on Lake Jeannette
The witness and a companion were camping in a tent when the witness heard loud, heavy bipedal footsteps approaching around 4 a.m. After the witness shouted, something threw a rock at the tent and then walked rapidly away with the same loud steps. The companion heard the rock strike the tent. In the morning the witness could not reproduce the loudness of the steps.