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13 June 2009 16 Miles North Of Crouch, Boise County, Idaho Class A #29357

Husband and wife riding ATV's along the Payette River see a Bigfoot

A couple traveling separately on a winding mountain road each reported seeing a large hairy biped. The husband reportedly saw it cross the road and head downhill toward the river, while the wife shortly after saw it cross back and climb uphill. They reunited, compared notes, and later found sign where an animal had passed. Both concluded they had seen the same Bigfoot-like animal.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingGrowl
2009–2010 Crouch And Boise, Boise County, Idaho Class B #29020

Couple describes incidents at two different campgrounds in Boise National Forest

On November 1, 2009, the witness and his wife were camping in a public campground late in the evening. In moonlight they noticed a large, broad, dark shape about six feet tall moving on two legs among the trees near camp, which appeared to stop, look toward them, and sway. With no other campers present, the couple became spooked, packed up, and left.

Partial sightingSilhouette
19 August 2008 Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho Class B #24693

Rock banging, footprints and strange stripped tree on high mountain ranch near Sandpoint

The witness was working alone with a guard dog in a forest clearing being cleared for a runway when, after shutting down machinery, two series of very loud rock-banging sounds came from the shadowed tree line. The dog stayed alert but would not approach, and the witness felt watched and left without seeing the source. Weeks later he found very large deep footprints pointing toward the sound location.

Unidentified sound
May 2008 Athol, Kootenai County, Idaho Class B #63726

Camper reports knocks and camp intrusion at Whitetail Campground in Farragut State Park near Athol

The witness and spouse were sleeping in a family tent in a campground late at night when both awoke to loud footsteps and breaking branches. Something entered their site, brushed against the tent, and moved to mushrooms at the site edge while they shone a flashlight but saw nothing. After a quiet period it left the way it came, and in the morning the mushrooms were gone. The witness doubted bear, moose, or human explanations based on stride, sound, and lack of reaction to light and noise.

Footsteps
August 2007 About 22 Miles From Town In The Sawtooth Forrest, Cassia County, Idaho Class A #20884

Daytime encounter by two people near Rock Creek Road

The witness and a younger relative parked and hiked toward a beaver dam meadow. The relative heard knocking sounds and then saw a tall hunched hair-covered figure with striking yellow eyes watching from the treeline, while the witness smelled a strong odor and the dog barked and kept looking back. The group walked back to the truck without running while hearing twigs snapping behind them, and later wondered if they had disturbed the animal while feeding.

Partial sightingOdorWood knockUnidentified soundFootsteps
July 2007 Leadore, Clark County, Idaho Class A #63250

ATV rider recalls passing very close to a Bigfoot at dusk in Eight Mile Canyon near Leadore

In July 2007 the witness and a companion were riding ATVs back toward camp in the evening when the witness noticed a low shape beside the trail. As he passed, the shape stood to about eight feet, faced away then looked over its shoulder and extended an arm toward him, causing him to duck and accelerate away. He also reported a strong elk-like odor. The companion ahead did not see the figure but noticed the witness was shaken afterward.

Partial sightingOdor
Summer 2007 McCall, Valley County, Idaho Class A #57970

Memory of a moonlight sighting as a Boy Scout at Payette Lake near McCall

The witness and a companion were walking back to their campsite at night when they stopped on a small bridge over a stream. They watched a fur-covered figure crouched at the water's edge drinking with its hand. The figure stood to at least eight feet, stared at them without blinking for a minute or two, then resumed drinking as the two left in fear.

Full-body sightingEyeshinePossible misidentification
4 November 2006 Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho Class A #16527

Multiple witness incident at night near Idaho Falls

The witness was driving home at night with four relatives when the group noticed something beside the road. The driver turned around and approached on foot with a flashlight, then saw a large dark-haired animal stand upright about 30 feet away in a borrow pit. The animal ducked when shouted at but then chased the vehicle, running alongside it at up to 30 mph while making a growling whine sound, with no facial details visible.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingGrowlScreamHowl
November 2006 Ririe, Madison County, Idaho Class B #18958

Screaming and eyeshine witnessed by hunter in the Big Hole Mountains

The witness was riding horseback at night near a creek confluence when a loud raspy scream was heard repeatedly from about 40 yards away in the creek. A second animal to the east answered with a loud whistle and rapid grunts. After turning on lights the witness saw eyeshine from the creek, lost it, then later saw two pairs of eyes on the far bank that turned and moved away.

ScreamWhistleVocalizationEyeshine
August 2006 Clarkia, Shoshone County, Idaho Class A #59472

Husband and wife see large upright figure leap from road around midnight on Freezeout Saddle near Clarkia

The witness and his wife were sleeping in their truck on a mountain ridgeline when they felt strongly uneasy and decided to drive down. A short distance downhill they saw a large brown furry figure in the trail briefly before it left the trail into the trees, bending a small fir. The witness searched with a flashlight but saw and heard nothing further and felt the animal might be hiding nearby, so they left the area.

Road crossingSilhouettePartial sighting
June 2006 Small: Burgdorff, Large: McCall, Valley County, Idaho Class B #15621

Members of a Boy Scout troop hear possible vocalizations at Loon Lake

The witness was camping with a scout group at Loon Lake when two groups of loud, low howl-like calls were heard from a distance through the forest in the early morning. The witness, accompanied by relatives in the tent, described the calls as powerful and haunting and thought they came from a very large animal. Other campers also heard the sounds, with some attributing them to wolves, while the witness later felt they matched a sasquatch howl recording.

HowlPossible misidentification
10 February 2006 Clark Fork, Bonner County, Idaho Class B #13828

Possible tracks found outside Clark Fork, near Spring Creek Road

The witness was walking in hills several miles from the house when they came across large prints in snow. The prints were described as 15-17 inches long, wide, with toes, and the witness stepped on one before noticing them. The witness took photos and later described three good bipedal prints that dwarfed a size 13 boot, noting melt-freeze conditions may have enlarged them.

Tracks
6 October 2005 Garwood, Kootenai County, Idaho Class B #15206

Possible tracks found on Buckles Mountain

While deer hunting with a companion in the morning, the witness discovered a set of very large tracks with visible toe prints along a forest service road. The tracks measured about 16 inches long and appeared fresh following morning rain. The witness, describing experience distinguishing fresh tracks, interpreted them as possibly made by Bigfoot.

Tracks
July 2005 Troy, Latah County, Idaho Class A #12913

Long-duration daylight sighting (distant) on Moscow Mountain

Two companions resting on a high rock overlook watched a large dark biped and a smaller blonde biped moving below in a clear-cut and on a fire road. Over about 20 minutes the figures foraged, interacted closely, and walked erect toward and past the observers before disappearing behind trees. Later the same day the witnesses returned to the spot and reported crushed grass, long stride impressions, and large and small bare footprints.

Full-body sightingTracksAnimal behaviour
August 2004 Mackay, Custer County, Idaho Class B #10960

Possible stalking outside a campers' tent in the White Knob mountains

On the last night of a camping trip, the witness lay awake in a tent around midnight and heard close footsteps and deep breathing from a large presence outside. The witness sat up, armed, and turned on a flashlight, after which all sounds stopped and a sudden intense dread lifted. No animal was seen, no odor was noticed, and nothing further happened that night.

FootstepsUnidentified sound
June 2004 Lowman, Boise County, Idaho Class B #15416

Possible vocalizations heard by campers near Lowman

A family was setting up camp at a remote site in the afternoon when loud high- and low-pitched screams were heard coming from nearby woods. The sounds seemed to come from different directions in turn and continued off and on for about 30 minutes. The reporting witness first wondered if people were playing by the river but later felt the sounds matched a presumed vocalization heard on a show.

Scream
January 2004 Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho Class B #7864

Couple hears strange night time howls across stream from their home

On a winter evening at home, the witness went outside with the dog and heard prolonged loud howling he did not recognize. He brought his wife to listen, and they later heard what sounded like two separate sources calling from across a gulch while neighborhood dogs barked. After comparing internet animal sounds they felt the howls most closely resembled an alleged Ohio howl recording, but a later check of the area found no tracks.

Howl
14 October 2003 Coeur D' Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho Class A #7180

Man sees bi-pedal creature while talking with friends

The witness and three companions were socializing at a gravel turnout late at night. The witness noticed a tall, solid-black, man-like outline about 15 yards away behind a boulder barrier. After about five seconds, the figure turned and walked on two legs down a ledge and into the tree line. Two companions also reported seeing it, while the third companion did not see it before it disappeared.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
21 June 2003 Fish Haven, Bear Lake County, Idaho Class B #28386

Camper and his three dogs hear possible vocalizations and cut camping trip short in Beaver Creek

The witness was camping with three dogs and playing with them near the campfire before sunset when loud primate-like calls were heard from up the mountain and canyon. After the witness mimicked the calls, the callers replied and appeared to move closer, while the dogs grew fearful and cowered. Once sounds were very close in the trees after dark and the dogs barked aggressively at the vehicle windows, the witness left the area by vehicle.

VocalizationAnimal behaviour
20 April 2003 St. Maries, Latah County, Idaho Class A #7993

Dark colored biped crosses highway 6 in front of vehicle

The witness was driving with companions toward Potlatch when a large dark figure appeared by the road. The figure crossed the highway in three long steps, swinging its long arms, then crossed a ditch and disappeared into the pine forest. The witnesses looked but did not see it again in the woods.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing