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About a month later Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Related account #1461

Movement only near Pineville, Louisiana

About a month later a companion re-entered the woods with his dog while the witness waited at the fence, then ran back saying he saw it.

Movement onlyPartial sighting
a few years back Greenwell Springs, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Related account #6530

Scream near Greenwell Springs, Louisiana

A relative heard an animal running into the woods while screaming on one night.

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BFRO YEAR: Mid- to Late-1970s Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Class A #1460

Two Large Creatures Were Seen Coming Out of Creek

As a child camping with family, the witness woke at night and stayed up to watch raccoons. Two large hair-covered creatures waded across a creek into the camp, growling and grunting while going through items left out. The frightened witness hid and remained still until they left the way they came, after which the raccoons returned.

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on the occasions this thing visited close to our home Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Related account #2080

Animal behaviour near Lisbon, Louisiana

When the visitor came close the family dogs would not bark and would leave for days, and family members often felt watched along the road.

Animal behaviour
On another night, in the early fall Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Related account #2080

Footsteps near Lisbon, Louisiana

On another night a relative and the witness heard walking and stick-breaking outside open windows with heavy breathing and a slight deep moan, but were too frightened to look.

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BFRO YEAR: 92 or 93 Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Class A #3631

Late afternoon sighting by motorists, off I-49 20 miles south of Natchitoches

The [name withheld] was driving north on I49 when they saw a tall, black, hairy bipedal creature standing about 100 yards away near a fence and woods. Another driver ahead also appeared to see it, and both drivers later stopped at a gas station and confirmed to each other that they had seen something unusual. The [name withheld] stated it was not a bear and has since shown the spot to friends but never investigated on foot.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 97-98 Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana Class B #12087

Trapper experiences nighttime vocalizations

The witness was baiting coon traps on a powerline edge after dark when he heard something approaching in the woods. The source stayed about 10 yards inside the treeline pacing back and forth and did not emerge. When the witness shone a flashlight toward the sounds he could see nothing for undergrowth, heard whooping, and the source ran off.

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Early February Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana Related account #56576

Tracks near Colfax, Louisiana

In early February the witness mowed a path across the street, found a fresh large footprint, photographed the area, then heard human-like sloshing in the swamp and left.

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Since October Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana Related account #56576

Howl near Colfax, Louisiana

Witness reports repeated howls, wood knocks, and eyeshine from the hardwoods across the street since October.

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a few days prior to incident Westlake, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Related account #80099

Animal behaviour near Westlake, Louisiana

The witness's household pets and yard cats behaved differently a few days before, with small dogs alerting at the yard edge and refusing to leave the driveway.

Animal behaviour
Date unknown Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Related account #4552

Sasquatch sighting near Norwood, Louisiana

A friend of the witness reportedly had a similar experience in the same area.

when he was a youth working for the Civilian Conservation Corps Morganza, Pointe Coupe Parish, Louisiana #5f830af4-b4f3-41af-b8e3-743099a9e8cc

Scream near Morganza, Louisiana

While working on flood-control construction, the crew heard loud screaming and banging from the swamp over several days around lunch and shutdown time. One morning they found fuel drums knocked over and dented, blood on equipment and soil, and large tracks around the site. The source of the sounds and disturbance was never identified.

ScreamTracksProperty disturbance
Date unknown Lisbon, Louisiana #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Sasquatch sighting near Lisbon, Louisiana

The witness's grandmother, while on the porch, said she saw a thing walk across the pasture and step over a barbed wire fence without stopping. The next day the family found huge human-like but three-toed footprints crossing the fence and ditch to a dirt road, with long strides, including an imprint in soft rock. They also found coarse brown hair on the fence wire that smelled bad.

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Date unknown Louisiana #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Scream in Louisiana

The witness went squirrel hunting with the stepfather in Middle Fort Bottom toward dusk. Something paralleled them in the woods, stopping when they stopped. When they stopped once, something nearby gave a very loud scream described like a tornado siren mixed with a distressed cow, and it continued to follow them until they reached the car.

ScreamMovement only
10, 11 years old Lisbon, Louisiana #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Footsteps near Lisbon, Louisiana

At night with windows open, the witness heard heavy footsteps breaking limbs and crunching leaves approach the bedroom window, then loud breathing in and out. The witness was paralyzed with fear until the mother pulled the witness from bed. After something struck the back of the house hard, the witness, mother, and grandmother saw a huge brown-haired form blocking the dining room window before it moved sideways toward the bedroom.

FootstepsVocalizationProperty disturbancePartial sighting
Date unknown Lisbon, Louisiana #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Structure or nest near Lisbon, Louisiana

The witness and the witness's stepfather walked in the woods where the earlier growl happened and found what looked like a makeshift shelter under a rotted stump with vines over the front. Beside it were small picked-clean bones in one neat pile and feathers in another neat pile. They speculated about a homeless person but noted raw birds would not be eaten that way.

Structure or nest
Date unknown Lisbon, Louisiana #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Sasquatch sighting near Lisbon, Louisiana

At night the witness's grandmother said a large dark man-like figure was standing outside staring through the sliding glass door by the driveway. She was frightened enough to call police. By the time officers arrived after about 30 minutes, it was gone.

Full-body sighting
When I was about nine years old Lisbon, Louisiana #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Growl near Lisbon, Louisiana

The witness and two other children walked past a forbidden cattle guard toward the woods and smelled something like something dead. After a few more steps, something gave a deep guttural growl from the edge of the woods to their left. They ran back to the house and were scolded for going past the guard.

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Date unknown Lisbon, Louisiana #cafe23b1-d981-48b0-967f-a80c345fc358

Vocalization near Lisbon, Louisiana

The witness's grandmother was deer hunting on a hill and heard what she thought was a buck snorting behind a thicket. When it did not emerge, something screamed very loudly at her. She was so frightened she tumbled down the hill and hurt herself.

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Date unknown Louisiana #482fbd82-1be1-4cc5-af04-4b1af06d924e

Footsteps in Louisiana

On his first trip to the Louisiana area the guest sat all night in a tripod stand over a clear-cut meadow on a fence line. About midnight he heard heavy bipedal footsteps approach from behind without a light, then cross a barbed-wire fence. Loud clicking began and was answered from both sides as the animals moved away through brush.

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