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11 August 2005 Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class B #12418

Various sounds heard during the BFRO's Jemez Mts. expedition

The witness and a child sat in a parked pickup with windows down near a night listening location. After waiting, they heard a prolonged clamor of fighting coyotes uphill with a distinct human- or ape-like yowling mixed in lasting about 45 seconds. The witness believed others near the blasting area recorded the sounds and later said several participants agreed they had heard something other than a known animal.

Vocalization
August 2005 Sheepspings, San Juan County, New Mexico Class B #12271

Possible visitation at a camp, 10 miles northeast of Whiskey Lake

The witness and relatives were sleeping in a tent at an abandoned family homesite. In darkness the witness heard bipedal footsteps approach, contact and scratch the rain cover and disturb stakes, then heard a second set of footsteps nearby and distant rock-clicking sounds. After triggering a vehicle alarm, a branch broke as something walked away. In the morning the witness found a footprint-like mark, lifted stakes, and bent trees.

FootstepsUnidentified soundProperty disturbance
21 June 2005 Dulce., Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class B #11976

Vocalizations heard near Dulce

The witness went outside in the early morning to see if there was room in the trash cans. From the direction of the river, the witness heard scream-like vocalizations while the surroundings were otherwise silent. The witness then went inside to get a relative to listen, but no further sounds were heard.

Scream
January 2005 Gubnerdor Nm., Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class A #11109

Close range night time sighting by water hauler near Gobernador (on BLM land)

The witness, a water hauler, was stuck in a ditch in an oil field when they noticed an entity watching them from a few feet away. After turning on work lights, the witness got a clear view before the entity screamed and ran off with long smooth strides. The witness states this was their second sighting in the area.

Full-body sightingScream
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
December 2004 Bloomfield Nm, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class A #11526

Water hauler has late night encounter

The witness, a water hauler, reported being outside his truck at a work site in the early morning when he smelled a foul odor and saw a very large bipedal figure in the moonlight. The figure reportedly moved around the truck but stayed out of the work lights. The sighting lasted about 30 seconds and the figure was described as taller than a nearby 6-foot well head with black hair.

Full-body sightingOdor
14 October 2004 Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico Class B #9992

Fisherman stalked at dawn near Ruidoso

The witness had been camping and fishing for several days and went upstream alone at first light. After feeling watched and noticing the woods go quiet, the witness saw brush and trees shaking but could not make out the source. Minutes later while heading back toward camp, the witness heard a guttural moan or cry from across the river and believed something followed downstream. The witness ran back to camp, injuring an ankle, and noted the behavior and sound differed from prior bear encounters.

Movement onlyVocalization
25 August 2004 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class A #9228

Nighttime sighting by residents on Mescalero IR

Early one morning the witness found the dogs under the house barking toward the back, then saw a big tall hairy entity with red eyes looking at them through the back window. The witness stared at it for a long time and the spouse also saw it and became frightened. Tracks were later noticed in the area.

Full-body sightingEyeshineTracks
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
2 June 2004 Mescalero Apache Nation, Otero County, New Mexico Class B #10126

Possible night time sighting by a resident in the Carrizo neighborhood of Mescalero IR

After being awakened around 1 a.m. by barking dogs and loud screaming and hollering sounds that lasted about ten minutes and came closer, the witness looked out a window and saw a tall hairy man-like figure standing at another window looking in. The witness hid, then later saw the figure walking away into the dark carrying something. A sour body odor was noticed during the presence, and deer jerky hanging on the front porch was missing the next morning.

ScreamSilhouetteOdorProperty 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
September 2002 Rocksprings, McKinley County, New Mexico Class A #10266

Witness sees unknown animal cross dirt road near New Mexico State Route 264

Late at night while driving on a dirt service road for utility work, the witness saw a tall, thin brown-haired creature step into the headlights and cross the road at an angle. The witness watched for about 15 seconds as it took a few long strides between juniper trees before disappearing. After driving away in fear, the witness returned the next day with a co-worker and found widely spaced footprints leading east.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
June 2002 Crystal, San Juan County, New Mexico Class A #4538

Early evening sighting in meadow near Narbona Pass in the Chuska Mountains

The witness was riding as a passenger in a truck in the evening when they noticed a large hair-covered biped about 60 yards from the highway. The animal walked on two legs with long strides and swinging arms while its face was turned toward the witness. The driver did not stop, and the group returned the next morning to videotape the area and cast a track.

Full-body 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
11 November 2001 Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico Class A #3461

2 youths encounter an 8' tall bi-pedal figure while on family campout

While camping overnight on desert BLM land, a family member stepped outside to retrieve items from a vehicle and reported seeing a tall humanoid figure walking through a ravine in moonlight. Shortly after, two family members standing outside heard a loud growl and a dirt-scraping sound. Frightened, they ran inside the trailer, and the group remained inside for the night, later finding no tracks due to windblown sand.

Full-body sightingGrowl
7 July 2000 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class B #537

Nighttime screams heard near residences on Mescalero IR

On the night of July 29, 2000, the witness and companions were getting home late when they heard loud screaming or screeching several times over about 10 minutes from behind houses. Dogs in the area that had been howling and barking became quiet after the sounds. No creature was seen during the main event.

Scream
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
17 May 2000 Red River, Taos County, New Mexico Class B #4904

Professor and students discover series of large footprints crossing high mountain trail

The witness was hiking with straggling students toward a mountain lake when they found a line of very large human-like barefoot prints crossing the trail at a right angle. The prints were described as huge, wide, unusually deep, and widely spaced on a steep snowy slope, heading away from the lake. The witness told the students the prints were probably enlarged hiker tracks but privately regarded them as extremely unusual.

Tracks
2000 New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/03/show-notes-with-shannon-jesus-payan

Vocalization in New Mexico (2000)

The guest says in 2000 while outside with family near evening they heard a long high-pitched scream or howl lasting about fifteen seconds, then silence in the forest, then a longer repeat. He later compared it online to Bigfoot audio and found matches.

Vocalization
November 1998 Tierra Amarilla, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class B #1553

Numerous rocks thrown at elk hunters in deep forest near Tierra Amarilla

The witness, suffering back pain while elk hunting, crawled to a sunny clearing and rested against a low stump. For over an hour, softball-sized rocks were thrown from the treeline at intervals under a minute, striking trees about eight feet up and landing nearby, with no other noise. The witness radioed his brother, who arrived and jointly watched the rock-throwing continue for about 30 minutes. Afterward they searched toward the source but found no tracks due to rocky ground and saw no thrower.

Rock throwing