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September 1998 Cuba, Sandoval County, New Mexico Class B #5535

Elk hunters threatened by deep, angry growl in Jemez Mountains

In September 1998 the witness and a companion were stalking elk in the morning when they heard a very loud, low, powerful growl nearby. The witness, an experienced hunter, said he had never heard anything like it and his companion was very frightened. They stopped hunting for the day and returned to camp without seeing the source.

Growl
August 1997 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class A #3895

Incidents around home on Mescalero IR

In March 1997, two sisters driving to their mother's house encountered a large hairy figure sitting beside a dirt road. When headlights illuminated it, the figure stood to seven feet or taller and then moved toward the river. The witnesses were frightened and said it was neither a bear nor a human.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
Summer 1996 San Juan County, New Mexico Class B #491

Observations by locals along the San Juan River

The witness reports a large hairy thing that walks along the San Juan River onto the reservation and is known to local residents. The thing is said to smell strongly, make loud noises that set dogs howling, and appear every few years near the witness home about an eighth-mile from the river. Residents avoid going down to the river because of its presence.

Partial sightingVocalizationOdor
July 1995 Cloudcroft, Otero County, New Mexico Class B #7823

Campers hear screams around midnight

Two campers were awakened in their tent around 1 a.m. by distant screams that grew closer as the source moved through the campground. The screams sounded like a woman or baby, with grunts and sniffing pauses between, and the source stopped very close to their tent before moving away and fading. The witnesses stayed inside the tent and never saw the source.

ScreamGrowl
November 1987 Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico Class B #9918

Pre-dawn screams on the Mescalero Reservation

About 20 years ago, the witness and a cousin were walking early in the morning toward the paved road to hitchhike to work. From the treeline across the road they heard frightening noises that seemed to follow them, stopping when they stopped and moving when they ran, with branches snapping audible. With no nearby houses for refuge, they flagged down a passing truck and got in.

VocalizationFootsteps
December 1986 San Antonio Nm, Socorro County, New Mexico Class A #66089

Night time sighting on I-25 within Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

The witness was driving south on Interstate 25 with his wife on Christmas Eve 1986 when both saw a tall, hairy figure run across the highway heading west. The driver pulled over to shine headlights toward it, but the figure had gone over an embankment and was not seen again.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
May 1983 Cuba, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class A #8409

Sasquatch reaches into tent of adult camper

The witness was sleeping alone in a tent on a group camping trip when a strong odor woke them. A large hairy arm reached in through the tent flap, felt around, then withdrew. The witness then perceived two tall figures outside through the tent fabric and heard male and female vocalizations as the beings yelled and ran away.

Partial sightingSilhouetteVocalizationScreamWhoop +1
November 1982 Lindrith, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Class B #20011

Hunters experience powerfull knocks on camper and hear vocalizations outside Jicarilla Indian Reservation

During an evening at a deer-hunting camp, the group heard loud bangs on the side of their camper on two occasions but found no one outside. Later that night while around a campfire, all five heard prolonged screaming and moaning sounds coming from across an arroyo toward the foothills. Two members walked toward the sounds but saw nothing, and a search of the area the next day found nothing unusual.

Vehicle contactScream
July 1980 Toadlena, San Juan County, New Mexico Class A #490

Navajo man describes sighting at a sheep herder camp in Chuska Mountains

The witness was spending the summer with family at a mountain property with a cabin and livestock. Near dusk after dinner, a relative ran back frightened and the family gathered at the doorway to look toward the well. The witness saw a grayish-brown hairy figure kneeling at the well as if drinking or washing, which then looked over its shoulder revealing manlike features, frightening the witness who ran inside to hide.

Partial sighting
November 1976 Pinon N.M., Otero County, New Mexico Class A #8417

Daylight sighting by a deer hunter

The witness had separated from companions while deer hunting and was resting near a small meadow in thick pinyon forest. A tall, dark, hair-covered bipedal figure emerged from the tree line, crossed along the edge of the meadow in daylight, and re-entered the trees without noticing the witness. The witness did not pursue, confront, or shoot at it.

Full-body sighting
1974 Farmington, New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/24/show-notes-with-shannon-author-and-investigator-linda-godfrey

Dogman sighting near Farmington, New Mexico (1974)

A group preparing for an outdoor barbecue near an abandoned adobe hut noticed a dog wandering nearby. When shouted at, the animal rose onto its hind legs and ran toward them on two legs. The group fled to their cars.

Full-body sighting
seven years later Alamogordo, New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/09/13/sc-ep49-bigfoot-encounter-stories

Sasquatch sighting near Alamogordo, New Mexico

Seven years after the paper-route events, while stationed in southern New Mexico, the witness drove at night with his girlfriend on a scenic road above the city. Both saw glowing eyes and a large silhouette step from one shoulder across the road and down a steep embankment. They agreed it was a Sasquatch and drove away.

EyeshineSilhouetteRoad crossing
Date unknown New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/05/sc-ep411-river-monster-investigation

Vocalization in New Mexico

The guest's daughter was leaving for work around 3:30 when both women heard a deep duck-like sound from the east field. The family's ducks were already put up, so they believed something was mimicking the ducks.

Vocalization
about four, three years ago New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/05/sc-ep411-river-monster-investigation

Cryptid sighting in New Mexico

The guest's oldest son went out to a trailer to wash up and heard something by the tractor behind the house. He saw a very tall half-man half-horse standing as tall as the tractor canopy. It jumped the fence and ran toward the river sounding like a horse, and huge horseshoe-like prints were later found.

Full-body sightingTracks
last summer New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/14/sc-ep200-the-200th-show-part-two

Property disturbance in New Mexico

A family keeping sheep in a dark corral found one animal dead with its head separated from its body one summer morning. Additional sheep went missing, including one taken the previous week. The researcher urged them to add lighting around livestock.

Property disturbance
a couple weeks ago New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/14/sc-ep200-the-200th-show-part-two

Tracks in New Mexico

An older woman got up early to warm her car and found a footprint by the vehicle and a handprint on the rear window. She had also noticed small rocks being thrown at the windows. She was advised to trigger the car alarm to scare off whatever was nearby.

TracksHandprintObject throwing
just last Wednesday New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/14/sc-ep200-the-200th-show-part-two

Sasquatch sighting in New Mexico

A young couple reported that late at night something dark blocked their bright porch light while looking in the front window and then manipulated the front doorknob. The young woman fled to tell her partner, who lit and threw a firecracker outside. The visitors said they heard the intruder run away.

Partial sightingSilhouetteDoor or window contactFootsteps
Date unknown New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/09/13/sc-ep145-tribal-police-and-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting in New Mexico

The host relayed a researcher's account that youths on a reservation shot and killed one of these creatures and photographed it. Tribal elders were upset and federal agents allegedly confiscated pictures and ordered silence.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown New Mexico #9de1e7c1-7793-4ab5-9cae-9c7d1b2bc4cf

Cryptid sighting in New Mexico

A New Mexico deputy almost struck a creature with his vehicle. He described it as having the body of a Sasquatch and the head of a lion. The host cites it as an early Catman-type report from that region.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
throughout the whole summer to last month Tohachi, New Mexico #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/5jpTrfNa6ieiQcpy2O-o26VSjQvKbhmYJi9tyKPRHR4

Sasquatch sighting near Tohachi, New Mexico

A family on a ranch loses cattle, sheep and smaller animals through the summer, finding carcasses broken apart with bones and footprints. While checking cows they photographed a large black creature sitting on a hill ledge that was gone when they circled back.

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