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20 August 1993 ELKMONT, Limestone County, Alabama Class A #451

Young man has sighting near home

The witness was looking after his girlfriend and her younger brother when the locked front door knob was jiggled. After leaving to call police from his parents’ house, he stepped outside with a flashlight and saw a tall off-white muscular human-shaped figure standing in the weedy field in moonlight. The figure vanished when he raised the light again, and he later found the weeds mashed down where it stood.

Door or window contactFull-body sightingTracksTree break
April 1992 Ft Rucker, Dale County, Alabama Class B #22899

Possible daylight encounter on Fort Rucker Army Base

The witness was walking alone during a work break to look for arrowheads when he heard movement and grunts near a creek. He briefly saw a large dark man-shaped figure about 6 to 7 feet tall standing in dense woods before it turned and crashed away. He left quickly and initially tried to explain it as a stray horse.

Partial sightingSilhouetteVocalizationMovement onlyPossible misidentification
Summer 1992 GRANT, Marshall County, Alabama Class A #18043

Evening sighting by family driving by Guntersville Lake

The witness was driving with his family at night along a lakeside road when he reported seeing a large dark-haired creature walking away from the shore into the water. He said the creature was visible from the knees up and was carrying a severed dog head by the hair in its left hand, with flesh hanging from the neck. His wife, who looked back, reported seeing only ripples in the water.

Partial sighting
Spring 1990 Kansas, Walker County, Alabama Class A #27480

Woman recounts childhood sighting of a white creature near the town of Kansas

As a child playing outside with a dog, the witness saw a large white hair-covered creature standing behind the dog pen staring. The witness froze briefly then ran terrified down the yard to a relative. When the relative looked, the creature was gone.

Full-body sighting
Fall 1990 Walker County, Alabama Class A #1022

Hunters observe creature walking in the woods

In 1990 the witness and a companion set up in a field behind the home to hunt varmints after chickens had been killed, using a fawn distress call. While listening near dark they heard walking in the woodline about 150 meters away that sounded bipedal. After it got too dark to see, they stood up, shone a light toward the woodline and briefly glimpsed something stepping back, then heard sounds again as a deer ran very close past them.

Partial sightingFootsteps
1990–1994 Huntsville, Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/wKBMUErQckcOOKKPjvphbi36Ep-KPr9r2OBfkPaxO9Y

Footsteps near Huntsville, Alabama (1990)

The witness and four companions camped overnight on a mountain ridge to celebrate finishing a music recording. Late at night they heard clear bipedal footsteps approaching up a steep slope, followed by breaking limbs and circling around their camp outside the firelight for over half an hour. They also heard loud exhaled huffs that frightened them. They abandoned camp and returned the next day for their gear.

FootstepsTree breakVocalizationAnimal behaviour
July 1988 Nauvoo, Walker County, Alabama Class B #43217

Memory of 3 hairy fingers sliding under the front door outside Nauvoo

The witness was watching television in the living room at night while a relative worked outside. The unused front door began to move and its knob turned, and three long hairy fingers with long black nails slid under the gap at the bottom for several minutes. When the fingers withdrew the movement stopped, and the relative later said he had not touched the door.

Partial sightingDoor or window contact
April 1988 Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama Class B #28326

Recollection of seeing a hair covered creature squatting next to a road near Waterloo

The witness and a companion were driving past a grassy roadside area in the early evening when they noticed a dark-haired creature squatted in the grass beside the road with its back to them. The creature kept its head down and appeared to search through the grass with its hands, showing no concern for the passing car. The witnesses turned the car around for another look, but the creature had left, and they did not get out to investigate.

Full-body sighting
August 1987 Montevallo, Bibb County, Alabama Class B #21714

Rescue workers describes possible stalking on the Cahaba River outside Montevallo

The witness and a companion were waiting on a riverbank at night to help pull rescue canoes from the water. After hearing brush-breaking and grunting sounds for some time, the witness was rushed by a large upright figure that came within about 10 feet while making loud vocalizations. Both individuals fled and the figure did not pursue further.

SilhouetteVocalizationGrowlMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
October 1986 Moody, St. Clair County, Alabama Class A #8679

Adult recalls childhood sighting at dusk near Moody

When about 11 years old, the witness was picking rocks in a ditch at dusk with a dog when a tall, hunched, naked entity covered in gray-white matted hair appeared a few feet away staring. The witness screamed, the dog fled toward the house, and the entity screamed back in a loud high-pitched voice before sprinting away up the ditch. The witness ran home and reported a shaggy old man to a parent but was not believed.

Full-body sightingScream
July 1985 Orrville, Dallas County, Alabama Class A #14082

Daylight road crossing sighting near Orrville

The witness was driving home in the afternoon when she saw three hair-covered figures of different sizes standing by the road. As she slowed, the figures ran upright across the road in front of her car and disappeared into thick vegetation on the other side. She did not recognize them as any known animal and drove home quickly to tell her family.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1985 Between Prattville And Austuagaville, Autauga County, Alabama Class B #1783

Night hunters hear strange screams in the woods

Two people stood on a hilltop field at night imitating owls to elicit responses. Instead they heard a loud scream or moan from toward the river, heard it again closer after calling again, then heard something large moving quickly uphill through the woods toward them. They retreated to their truck, drove toward the gate, and heard additional screams from the woods and hayfield.

ScreamMovement only
1984 Alabama #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/02/28/sc-ep19-bigfoot-stories-with-tim-coonbo-baker

Dogman sighting in Alabama (1984)

Two coworkers driving to work encountered an upright wolf-like creature standing beside the road. It watched them as they nearly stopped beside it, then crossed behind them and ran up a steep bank. The witness later visited the site and found tracks showing it scaled a high dirt bank in two leaps.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracks
1984 Alabama #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/03/25/sc-ep24-bigfoot-roundtable-with-coonbo

Dogman sighting in Alabama (1984)

Two women driving to work rounded a curve and saw a tall werewolf-like figure standing by a road sign staring at them. The car slid near it and it looked in at the passenger, who felt it was intensely evil. The driver then sped away. The investigator later found smashed grass and clawed toe-ball prints high on the opposite bank and estimated nine feet.

Full-body sighting
15 November 1983 New Market, Madison County, Alabama Class A #416

A resident's early evening sighting next to his home near New Market

The witness was home alone in the evening watching television when a tall dark figure blocked a small window and then walked around to the back door area. He remained still on the couch and watched it look toward the woods, at the ground, and down at him through plastic-covered windows before it left. He then got a firearm and checked outside but found nothing. The next morning a large three-toed footprint was found in a dusty spot beside the trailer.

Full-body sighting
Fall 1983 Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama Class A #33307

Memory told of a close encounter while riding a bike as a teen in Brewton

The witness was riding a bicycle on a trail through woods near a grocery store when a large hairy creature stepped into the path, causing a fall. The creature stood over the witness at close range and produced a loud howl/growl with its mouth open before leaving into the woods at high speed while breaking branches. The witness then rode home quickly and hid inside.

Full-body sightingHowlGrowlMovement only
15 November 1980 Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama Class A #832

Witnesses spot a tall, brown object moving on a hill, also reported are moans and a sighting where red eyes are described

The witness and a companion drove into the driveway of an unoccupied family farm in the evening. The headlights revealed a figure standing at a five-strand barbed-wire fence, holding the top wire while swinging a leg over. Its eyes glowed in the light. The pair left quickly.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
12 January 1980 Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama Class A #27067

Motorists pulled over on a rural highway at night describe standoff in headlights east of Clayton

In winter 1980 the witness and six relatives stopped in a car at night east of Clayton and watched a tall dark hairy figure standing motionless in the headlights about 30 yards away for two to three minutes. The figure stared at them while frozen mid-stride, then darted into nearby woods in under a second after the driver flashed the lights. The witness reports lasting fear of being alone in woods since the incident.

Full-body sighting
15 September 1979 Warrior, Jefferson County, Alabama Class A #10498

Hiker has daylight sighting near Warrior

In early fall 1979 the witness was walking wooded trails near home with a young relative on a warm sunny midday. After going a short distance the witness looked up a hill to the left and saw a very large hair-covered biped standing motionless among small pines and looking toward them. The witness fled toward the road, later telling the companion who had not seen it, and a later return to the spot found nothing.

Full-body sighting
9 September 1979 Hurricane Landing, What Is Now Perkins Landing, Baldwin County, Alabama Class A #26513

Man recalls a sighting after Hurricane Frederic north of Mobile

The witness was walking at night with a flashlight to fetch ice when dogs began barking loudly. A very large hair-covered biped ran from behind a house toward the woods, then rushed to the road edge, stared with glowing eyes and made a loud growling sound. The witness screamed and fled home, and a search the next day found no tracks.

Full-body sightingEyeshineGrowlPossible misidentification