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2 May 2015 Sweden, Maine #ae1d2774-3692-4cde-9244-f821c0834c91

UFO sighting near Sweden, Maine (2015)

While fleeing down Route 93 at high speed, the brothers noticed a single bluish light behind them gaining distance. The light did not bob, make noise, or illuminate the road like a vehicle headlight. After they turned onto a side road and killed their lights, the light never passed and disappeared.

Partial sightingMovement only
2 May 2015 Sweden, Maine #ae1d2774-3692-4cde-9244-f821c0834c91

Sasquatch sighting near Sweden, Maine (2015)

The witness and his brother drove into the woods to meet friends with a Jeep. After noticing unusual quiet and a small rock landing between them, they moved down the trail and stopped. The witness looked down a tree and saw a large dark figure partly behind it, swaying and breathing. His brother told him to get in the truck and they fled without looking back.

SilhouettePartial sightingObject throwingAnimal behaviour
2 May 2015 Sweden, Maine #5fa3d3ec-3a40-431e-b000-6cc9145638a6

Eyeshine near Sweden, Maine (2015)

After returning to a friend's house, the group shined a spotlight into the thick woods. They saw green eyeshine reflecting back from ground level to about four feet up. They dismissed it at the time and ended the evening.

Eyeshine
2 May 2015 Sweden, Maine #5fa3d3ec-3a40-431e-b000-6cc9145638a6

Vehicle contact near Sweden, Maine (2015)

The two friends got the Jeep stuck in a puddle while out of sight of the witness. They reported that something slapped the side of the hard-shell Jeep and then rocked it side to side by the roof. They could not see what it was because of darkness and canopy, then freed the Jeep and drove to meet the witness.

Vehicle contact
2 May 2015 Maine #5fa3d3ec-3a40-431e-b000-6cc9145638a6

Movement only in Maine (2015)

While fleeing down Route 93 at very high speed, the witness and his brother noticed a single blue-white light behind them. The light kept gaining on them over several hills without bobbling, noise, or illuminating the road. After they turned off onto a side road and killed the lights, the light never passed and was gone.

Movement only
2 May 2015 Sweden, Maine #5fa3d3ec-3a40-431e-b000-6cc9145638a6

Rock throwing near Sweden, Maine (2015)

The witness and his brother were waiting in a clearing while two friends drove off in a Jeep. After the woods went quiet and a small rock landed between them, they moved down the trail and stopped. The witness then saw a large dark figure partly behind a tree that swayed and breathed, and they fled in the truck without looking back.

Rock throwingFootstepsPartial sightingSilhouette
7 July 2001 South Arm, ME Or Andover, Oxford County, Maine Class B #3229

Camper reports loud "groaning grunting barking sounds" on consectutive nights while camping near South Arm

The witness camped alone for two nights in mid-July near Lower Richardson Lake. On both evenings after rain eased, the witness heard very loud deep groaning, barking and moaning sounds from a pond area below the tent. The witness stayed in the tent without investigating, heard the sounds again the second night, and left early the next day.

VocalizationGrowl
15 August 1999 Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine Class B #2678

Two men see huge hairy animal near Poland

In August 1999 around 3 a.m., the witness and a relative were driving and turning off a highway. The relative pointed out a large hairy figure in bushes about 100 feet away in the woods. Both glimpsed it briefly in the headlights, describing it only as big and hairy.

Partial sighting
July 1998 Wilsons Mills, Oxford County, Maine Class A #7421

Two witnesses see a sasquatch crossing forest road near Wilsons Mills in daylight

The witness was riding as a passenger in a truck with a companion driver and two children on a forest road in daylight. Both adults reportedly saw a tall, skinny, brown-haired biped cross the dirt road in a few long strides without reacting to the vehicle. The truck slowed near where it entered the woods, but nothing was visible and no tracks were found. Heavy rain that night prevented a follow-up search the next day.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1996–1997 Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine Class A #1188

Two sisters see dark, shaggy haired, bipedal creature standing in middle of road

The witness and a relative were driving to school one morning when they noticed a figure standing at the edge of the road watching their approach. The figure was described as human-sized, covered in very dark shaggy hair, hunched with arms hanging low, standing on two feet. As they drove past it disappeared into the surrounding forest and could not be seen when the witness looked back.

Full-body sighting
1996 Maine #14c1104a-492e-40b0-8630-00aa1158565d

Sasquatch sighting in Maine (1996)

The teenage guest was riding overnight in his uncle's semi-truck in Maine. He saw a dark person-shaped silhouette come from a marsh and run toward the truck, then cross directly in front of it blocking the windshield. His uncle braked hard and sped away terrified, later saying the being looked at him with cold dark eyes and had gray-toned skin.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteRoad crossing
15 October 1986 Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine Class A #859

Two men in car see hairy, upright animal on side of road near Turner, Maine

The witness was a passenger with a companion driving on a back road toward a club when they passed a very hairy upright animal on the roadside that appeared mid-stride and ready to cross. Both occupants noticed it and immediately confirmed to each other what they had seen. At the club, other people said similar sightings had occurred in the area under the local name Loopgaroo.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1985 Acton, York County, Maine Class A #1190

Creature seen by witness

The witness was collecting firewood on a relative's land in southern Maine in the summer of 1985. After hearing an unspecified noise behind them twice, the witness turned and saw an entity standing about 30 feet away watching them. The witness then left the area quickly.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
summer of 1985 Maine #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/06/25/sc-ep337-childhood-encounters-with-the-creature

Sasquatch sighting in Maine (1985)

While jogging on a wooded dirt trail in the evening, the witness came around a bend and saw a huge reddish-brown shaggy animal standing in marsh water about 20 yards away. The animal was bent over with its back to him, digging into the bank with both hands and flinging mud behind it. Realizing it was not a bear or moose, the witness ran home terrified and returned once the next day before avoiding the spot.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
25 June 1974 York Or Kennebunk, York County, Maine Class B #883

Camper hears screams while camping in Kennebunk, Maine

The witness and a companion camped overnight in a tent in scrub pine after returning from a motorcycle rally. Late at night something approached the tent, producing a strong odor, audible movement, breathing and ground vibration, and a loud scream that continued intermittently before leaving. At daylight the witness found large indistinct impressions in grass and broken ferns leading toward a cliff but no clear tracks.

ScreamFootstepsOdorTracks
July 1973 Cumberland County, Maine Class A #1186

Series of sightings taking place over three days

A woman driving home in the evening saw an ape-like animal peeking from bushes about twenty feet away, which then ran on two legs into dense woods. She returned later with neighbors and from her car saw it again peering from the fork of a tree while others searched on foot. Officers from multiple agencies searched the area that night without locating the animal.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Wilson Mills, ME/ Errol, Oxford County, Maine Related account #55290

Tracks near Wilson Mills, ME/ Errol, Maine

The witness returned to the site with two additional people to view the track and noted a high break in a healthy tree.

TracksTree break
Over several months Blaine, Aroostook County, Maine Related account #76760

Property disturbance near Blaine, Maine

Over several months the household's chickens and turkeys declined sharply with only feathers found and no bodies or blood.

Property disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1973 or '74 Penobscot County, Maine Class A #1189

Sighting by a motorist

The witness was driving on Route 95 through forested wilderness in early evening daylight. A large, dark, hairy creature crossed the southbound lanes from the treed median to the woods, moving swiftly, smoothly and fully erect. The witness stopped the car and looked into the woods where it went but saw no further trace. Three companions in the car were dozing and did not see it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Date unknown Burnham, Waldo County, Maine Related account #51005

Sasquatch sighting near Burnham, Maine

A friend of the owner's father avoids the larger quarry due to an undisclosed experience.