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12 December 2004 Batesville/oxford, Marshall County, Mississippi Class A #27167

Deer hunter sees what he thinks is a bear through his rifle scope, until it stands and walks away, north of Oxford

The witness arrived at dawn to hunt deer from a climber stand about 20 feet up a pine. After hearing wood knocks and tree breaks for several minutes, he spotted a tall figure about 200 yards away and viewed it through a rifle scope, describing an 8-foot upright figure with a flat face that smelled the air then ran off on two legs. He climbed down, found a large five-toed human-like track where it had slid, heard whoops from two directions, and left the area.

Full-body sightingWood knockWhoopTracksTree break
15 June 2004 Enterprise/Meridian, Clarke County, Mississippi Class A #12290

Motorists have early morning sighting near Enterprise

The witness was driving on Interstate 59 toward Meridian with a relative around 3 a.m. in very heavy rain. A tall hair-covered biped came from the left and moved across the front of the vehicle. The driver slowed and swerved to avoid hitting it within a few feet, and it kept crossing to the east without stopping. Both occupants took the animal to be a bigfoot.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
2000–2007 Collins, Mississippi #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/zYZFSrKmpyeKt4oS-a_oTWgKRVVgQjQ0AHnGVNIWZlc

Unidentified sound near Collins, Mississippi (2000)

Over seven years hunting the same lease, the witness repeatedly heard loud crashing like a vehicle moving through woods that stopped at cover, rhythmic knocking like hammering heard day and night, careful footsteps around his blind with nothing visible, and children's voices playing in a creek bed that vanished when he investigated. He initially rationalized the sounds as deer, neighbors, or real children.

Unidentified soundWood knockFootstepsVocalization
January 1998 Shaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi Class A #8732

Motorist has late night sighting of a light colored creature on rural highway

The witness was driving north on a highway in the early morning when a large upright creature crossed the road ahead. The witness slowed while passing as the creature stood in a ditch facing away from the road. The encounter lasted about 15 seconds and was lit only by the car headlights.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
16 October 1997 Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi Class A #1345

creature leaned on the hood of a car.

The witness reported driving on a country road when a large creature crossed and stopped in front of the car. After the witness brightened the headlights, the creature approached, struck the car and leaned on the hood while screaming loudly. The witness reversed around it and drove away while still hearing it screaming in the distance.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshineScreamVehicle contact
12 October 1997 Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi Class B #8429

Afternoon sighting by mother and daughter in Honey Island Swamp

Two witnesses taking a dog for exercise at the end of a swamp road noticed a large dark hairy torso-like shape beside a tree about 50-75 feet away and watched it shift for a few minutes. After driving to two other spots up the road, they heard footsteps approaching and then something running toward them through the woods, which frightened the dog. They left the area and returned later that afternoon, but the shape was gone.

Partial sightingFootstepsMovement only
Fall 1997 Buzzard Roost, George County, Mississippi Class A #4767

Brothers have nighttime sighting near Leaf River Wildlife Management Area

The witness was driving at night with a relative while looking for deer when gold eyes were noticed off the left side of the road. On approaching, they saw a roughly six-foot-tall figure with long brown hair standing by a fence and swaying side to side. They drove slowly past without stopping and did not return.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
1997 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/14/sc-ep27-its-a-trap

Scream in Mississippi (1997)

The witness's cousin was inside a bedroom at the aunt's property when something caught her attention outside. The cousin then reported something screaming loudly at her and called for the grandmother to come. The family later had the mother move into the property.

Scream
spring of 1993 Poplar Creek, Mississippi #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43

Sasquatch sighting near Poplar Creek, Mississippi (1993)

While riding home on the school bus with a school friend, the witness looked toward an open field by a bridge near the family land. A broad, squatted creature was scooping water with its hand to drink. The bus continued on after a few seconds and the friend immediately called it a Bigfoot.

Full-body sighting
1990 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/04/14/sc-ep27-its-a-trap

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1990)

The witness drove slowly down a gravel hill at night and saw yellow eyeshine behind a tree. A tall black Sasquatch stepped into the road, initially seeming to move on its hands then standing upright, swaying while headlights silhouetted it. The witness watched long enough to note size and features, then reversed and drove around it.

EyeshineRoad crossingFull-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
15 August 1981 Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class B #13347

Possible daylight sighting by boy near Meridian

The witness was walking alone in thick woods carrying a BB gun late in the morning. The witness noticed a brown-colored subject moving very fast at an angle across the view, first thinking it was a person on a dirt bike. The witness then realized there was no engine noise, only the sound of breaking sticks, and left the area quickly without telling anyone at the time.

Partial sightingFootsteps
1981–1982 Mississippi #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/24/sc-ep18-sasquatch-stories-with-jim-grant-aka-bear

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1981)

The witness crawled through a cane thicket to inspect an oak tree for a deer stand and found a large hairy creature sleeping. It woke, stood, paced and vocalized, then bluff-charged to within a few yards before veering off and crashing through the thicket. The witness kept his rifle ready, backed out scratched by briars, and was followed by screaming until he reached his truck and drove home.

Full-body sightingVocalizationScream
October 1979 Jackson Miss., Hinds County, Mississippi Class A #27012

Witnesses tell of a sighting they had as teenagers outside Jackson - w/sketch by artist

Four people parked in a car by a small pond at night heard a loud growl from across the water. When headlights were turned on they saw a large dark hairy figure with a cone-shaped head and green eyes that moved its head and made grunting sounds. After difficulty starting the car, they heard a loud prolonged roar and saw the figure still there as they drove away.

Partial sightingEyeshineGrowlVocalization
1979 Mississippi #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/oP-q5-zQUMNO5Ocs25SakZ02hZ1jpOu3JQKlaUH-aIU

Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1979)

While family played in the front yard, the guest and his young nephew went to the back pasture gate and found it open. The nephew fled saying monster, and the guest then saw a tall slender black figure standing by trees with hands on a branch, watching the yard. The guest ran to tell his mother.

Full-body sighting
Spring 1977 Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class A #1342

Child sees a large, dark face staring at him from the bushes.

The witness was sitting at the edge of a creek swimming hole with a young relative while companions played in the water. The witness stared at a bush across the water and then discerned a large dark face watching from between branches, with very large hands also visible. After a short time the witness became terrified, grabbed the relative and fled screaming, followed by the others. Only the witness reported seeing the face.

Partial sighting
August 1975 MERIDIAN, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Class A #4681

Nighttime sighting by teens, near Meridian

Three teenagers stopped at night on a dirt road near a one-lane bridge to relieve themselves. They heard repeated grunting and growling from an oak tree with a thrashing limb, then watched a large hairy biped drop into a ditch and run through the car's high-beam illumination. It leapt off the bridge bank out of sight while its footsteps were heard continuing south, after which the group fled in the car.

Full-body sightingGrowlFootsteps
Summer 1975 Hancock County, Mississippi Class A #1341

Family witness a large, hair covered creature eating food from their garden.

The witness woke upstairs at night after a neighbor's dog barked and looked out a window with siblings at a garden below. They described a large human-like entity covered in dark hair squatting and eating vegetables, which looked up with glowing eyes but showed no fear. After a relative fired a gun into the air, the entity stood, ran bipedally toward nearby woods and a river, and large human-like footprints were found in the garden the next morning.

Full-body sightingEyeshineTracks
Fall 1973 Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi Class B #2376

Young couple encounter a rancid smell

The witness and his wife drove a short distance from a relative's home to their trailer to pick up diapers for their baby. At the house they found their penned hounds barking unusually and noticed a strong rancid odor at the back of the house. They collected the diapers and left without further investigation that night. The following evening they heard a television news account of a nearby sighting that also mentioned a rotting-meat smell.

Odor