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September 2017 Idaho #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/17/sc-ep414-the-creature-started-to-rock-the-van

Sasquatch sighting in Idaho (2017)

A family was driving slowly up a rocky canyon in a large vehicle while the mother and young son walked ahead after stopping to clear brush. The son saw a large hairy biped stand up and step across the trail into tall brush, while the mother only glimpsed something brown entering the brush. As the family drove out, large rocks came down the shale slope nearby, and the father reported a strong feeling of being watched.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingRock throwing
5 August 2017 Coolin, Bonner County, Idaho Class B #58026

Hikers find footprints, possible nest and hear wood knocks mid-day near Coolin

A group of six hikers on the second day of a trek along Lion Creek found large footprints at a pressed-down nest site with a strong musty odor. After leaving the site they heard three tree knocks from shifting locations and sticks breaking. Follow-up documented nest size, track spacing and depth, and track photos.

TracksOdorWood knockStructure or nestUnidentified sound
17 June 2017 Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho Class B #57784

Traveler sleeping at rest stop near Malad City awakened by possible wood knocks

The witness had stopped for the night to sleep in a pickup camper at a freeway rest stop. After first hearing brush-breaking sounds and a single loud wood knock around 11 pm, the witness fell back asleep. Around 3 am closer brush-breaking followed by two wood knocks from separate uphill directions prompted the witness to leave and drive to a nearby town.

Wood knockMovement only
Summer 2017 Cascade, Valley County, Idaho Class B #57765

Cabin owners have a strange night near Warm Lake

The witness and family were sleeping in a cabin when an extremely foul odor came in through an open window, prompting the witness to close the window and turn off a fan. The son later reported waking several times hearing something outside and feeling watched, and on the last waking seeing the outline of a head outside a high living-room window. A morning search found no tracks besides their own, no vocalizations were heard, and the indoor dog remained quiet.

OdorPartial sighting
7 October 2016 Pocatello, Bingham County, Idaho Class B #57872

Hunter's whistles answered while digiscoping a Moose on Fort Hall Indian Reservation

While hunting in southeast Idaho in fall 2016, the witness was photographing a moose through a spotting scope and whistled to make it stop. Five high-pitched whistles came in immediate response from a brush patch, which the witness believed was not the moose. The witness then saw what looked like brown eyes in the brush where the moose had put its head down, and took grainy photos that showed nothing significant.

WhistlePartial sighting
September 2016 Idaho Falls, Idaho #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/yzwiKTmVr4WtxWd-fPZvIeK-aXNJlf55ro11duS_woA

Sasquatch sighting near Idaho Falls, Idaho (2016)

After an argument, the witness drove into mountains outside town to sleep in his car by a creek. While sitting in the car using his phone, he looked up and saw a large hairy biped standing with its back to him in the creek. When he turned on the headlights it dropped instantly and reappeared peering through bushes at the bank, locking eyes briefly before he reversed and fled.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingAnimal behaviour
26 June 2016 Norman, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #56490

Fisherman has late afternoon sighting on Upper Priest River

The witness was fishing upstream on the Upper Priest River when he felt watched. On returning downstream he saw movement behind a tree and then a large dark human-like figure standing 20 to 30 yards away. The figure looked at him for a few seconds, then turned and walked away bipedally with little noise. The witness ran back to his truck and avoided the area for the rest of the summer.

Full-body sighting
26 December 2015 Priest River, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #56861

Visitor to a ranch has evening sighting near Priest River

The witness was outside a ranch house at night while taking a dog out. He noticed a large figure standing just beyond the tree line about 100 feet away and watched it for one to two minutes. The figure then moved quickly along the tree line and disappeared into the forest. The witness went back inside, and the next day found wind-distorted imprints in the snow in the area.

Partial sightingTracks
20 October 2015 Spencer, Clark County, Idaho Class A #50124

Elk hunter has late afternoon sighting near Spencer

The witness was set up alone for an evening hunt at the head of a draw accessed by ATV. At about 200 yards he saw two tall dark figures walking side by side up the trail toward him. After about 20 seconds the figures turned off the trail into timber, showing very long arms, and disappeared. The witness waited then rode back toward camp.

Full-body sighting
June 2015 Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho Class B #59185

Camper finds possible tracks on a sandbar along Henry's Fork River

The witness and three companions were camping and hiked to a sandy point on a river bend. At the river's edge the witness found 10-11 very large human-like footprints that appeared to come out of the water onto the sand and then go back into the water. The companions also viewed the tracks. The witness photographed the tracks with a foot for scale but later lost the phone containing the images.

Tracks
24 October 2014 Coolin, Bonner County, Idaho Class B #56270

Hunter finds broken turtle shells and hears possible vocalizations near Coolin

The witness was hunting near a marsh trail when he found two broken turtle shells sitting on logs. After sitting to wait for deer he heard whoop-like calls from five directions for about 15 minutes, some seeming to come from trees, until he stood and the area went silent. While walking out he heard a loud bat-like crack and whooshing through nearby brush but saw nothing.

WhoopWood knock
October 2014 Salmon ID, Lemhi County, Idaho Class B #59343

Father and son experience "disappearing stump" on Carmen Creek Road while scouting for deer during the day outside the city of Salmon

The witness and his son were driving on a rough road while hunting for deer late in the day. The witness stopped to scan a ridge about 300 yards away and saw a large dark standing figure near a tree that they joked looked like Bigfoot but assumed was a stump. After driving to a dead end and returning less than three minutes later, the figure was gone. The witness remains uncertain what it was and is not convinced it was Bigfoot.

SilhouettePossible misidentification
2 November 2013 Priest Lake, Bonner County, Idaho Class B #42647

Hunter finds possible footprints and knuckle prints near Priest Lake

While hunting deer in the late morning, the witness found two sizes of barefoot-like impressions in frozen dirt along the same trail. Some impressions showed five toes with no claw marks. The larger prints were bigger than the witness's boot and spaced wider than the witness could step, while the smaller prints were roughly boot-sized.

Tracks
June 2013 Stanley, Custer County, Idaho Class B #56257

River rafter has rocks thrown toward him while hiking near Sheepeater Hot Springs

The witness was hiking alone along a river trail toward a hot springs to rejoin the group. Two rocks landed close in front of him in succession, but he did not see what threw them. He first suspected companions ahead on the hillside, but they denied throwing anything when he arrived. He reported a strange, eerie feeling during the incident.

Rock throwing
December 2012 Kamiah, Idaho County, Idaho Class A #38287

Dogs alert homeowner to a late night visitor outside Kamiah

The witness was awakened around 3:30 a.m. by dogs barking in an outdoor kennel and went outside with a flashlight to investigate. She noticed movement near fruit trees by the driveway and saw a very tall figure that paused behind a tree before running uphill on two legs with swinging arms. The figure looked pale silvery-gray and shaggy, glanced over its shoulder, then leapt off the road down a steep embankment into brush. Next morning she found matted grass and a hole in the bramble where it left the road, but no clear tracks.

Partial sightingFull-body sightingOdor
10 August 2011 Enaville, Shoshone County, Idaho Class A #69141

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.

Partial sightingRock throwingTree breakFootsteps
March 2011 Grand View, Owyhee County, Idaho Class B #39086

Vehicle shaken in a remote desert location near Grand View

The witness spent the night in a parked car in a gravel pit with a dog while watching a movie on a laptop. Something abruptly pushed the rear of the car down about a foot, jolting the vehicle. The witness looked out, saw nothing in the darkness, and heard nothing leaving. The dog stayed curled up tightly without barking, which the witness described as highly unusual, and no tracks or marks were found the next morning.

Vehicle contact
15 February 2011 Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho Class A #57248

Late night road crossing sighting near Potlatch on Hwy 95 spooks woman

Late at night in February 2011 the witness was driving on Highway 95 between Potlatch and Tensed when a very large dark bipedal form crossed the road in front of the car. The witness stopped in the empty highway but the figure vanished from the lit pasture and ditch without being seen again. The witness fled home in dread and later interpreted the figure as possibly Sasquatch-related.

Road crossingSilhouetteFull-body sighting
June 2010 Coeur D'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho Class B #30868

Tracks found during a nature ride near Mica Peak

Two quad riders stopped near waterfalls and discovered a large footprint on a trail, photographing it with a shoe for scale. The witness later visited the site with a relative and observed additional prints descending a hillside and crossing the trail into cedar trees. An attempt to make a plaster cast failed for lack of plaster, and rain later washed the imprint away.

Tracks
7 October 2009 Council, Adams County, Idaho Class B #65779

Hunter describes trailer shaking then scream/howl outside Council on boundary of Payette NF and Boise NF

The witness was sleeping in a travel trailer at a hunting camp when violent shaking woke him. An air horn had no effect, but setting off the truck panic alarm with lights and horn stopped the shaking. About five minutes later a very loud howl-growl-scream came from behind the trailer. The next day the witness and a companion could not replicate the movement by pushing the trailer.

Vehicle contactHowlGrowlScream