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Summer 1973 Springfield, Newington Forrest, Fairfax County, Virginia Class A #23400

Upright creature crosses road in the path of a car near Newington Forest

In summer 1973 the witness was driving on Pohick Road with her children in the evening when a tall hair-covered bipedal creature stepped into the road in front of her car. It stopped two to three yards from the hood, turned toward the headlights and stared for a few moments. It then crossed to the shoulder in one stride with a smooth gait and went into the woods.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
September 1970 Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia Class A #24569

A couple remembers their daylight sighting while driving thru the Shenandoah National Park many years ago

A couple driving west over Skyline Drive in the morning saw a large hairy biped running toward the road. The driver slowed as the creature crossed about 10 feet in front of the car, continued past the car, then went up a steep embankment into dense foliage and out of sight. The witnesses said it ran on two legs the entire time, never slowed, and ignored them.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
15 May 1970 PURCELLVILLE VA, Loudoun County, Virginia Class A #35477

Memory told of a nighttime sighting while joy riding on train tracks near Purcellville

In May 1970 the witness and a companion were riding in a Jeep along railroad tracks at night. About 70 to 100 yards ahead, a large bipedal hair-covered creature crossed the tracks in a few steps. The pair stopped, then reversed quickly to leave the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
July 1957 Quantico VA, Prince William County, Virginia Class A #679

Marine had late night sighting on military base in Quantico

The witness was on night guard duty at a Marine camp when a dog walking with them began barking. The witness looked up and saw a tall figure covered in light-brown hair standing nearby that did not move when encouraged to chase it. After the witness chambered a round in a rifle, the figure ran away on two legs and was not seen again.

Full-body sighting
August 1936 Luray, Virginia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/LjviJdFXrUavchlExmK9LAx2OXIcLEoi3KGO4HIJCrE

Sasquatch sighting near Luray, Virginia (1936)

A construction crew camped in a Virginia valley in the mid-1930s reported repeated visits by large hairy beings that stole food, left huge footprints, and were seen felling and dragging trees. Early one August morning in 1936 a being reached into a tent and pulled a sleeping worker out by the ankle. Other workers threw hand axes and chased it with rifles and shotguns, firing many shots without killing it, after which sentries were posted day and night.

Full-body sightingTracksProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1970? Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Class A #7392

Youth catches standing figure in flashlight glow during camp-out

Around May 1970 the witness was camping with family at a lakeside campground and lay awake in a tent near midnight. After hearing trash being disturbed, the witness stepped out barefoot with a flashlight and saw a small upright furry creature looking into a hanging trash bag. The creature turned, made a squeal-grunt cry, and dashed away while the witness ran shouting to wake relatives. No tracks were found afterward because the area was trampled.

Full-body sightingVocalizationProperty disturbance
Date unknown Virginia #80f34d53-8c17-4ef7-9108-6d4485cef694

Sasquatch sighting in Virginia

A prior guest officer was parked at a lit church in the early morning with radar alerting. He saw a cloaked predator-like form move and stop behind a pillar, too large to be hidden. It then appeared to uncloak as a huge light brown figure and ran extremely fast down a walkway and road out of view.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Virginia #0ad7e1d7-18bc-473d-a117-acc5b0bf0906

Scream in Virginia

A family near Smith Mountain Lake reported triangular UFOs, poltergeist activity, a crop circle, screams from the woods, intelligently moving orbs and ozone smells. A witness a couple miles away reported a Bigfoot-type creature and quartz was noted on the ground. The investigator describes it as a case with cryptid, paranormal and UFO elements.

ScreamMovement onlyOdor
for the past five years Lee County, Virginia #ffa970ff-7711-4667-940d-bb29f00963b5

Growl near Lee County

The guest and one fellow investigator camped in a research area in Lee County chosen after a Dogman report. They heard a growl, a distant tree fall, and something running around camp that was too fast to pinpoint on thermal, then found X-shaped tree structures without roots. On later visits team members saw a large dark humanoid with a conical head peek from behind a tree, found broken branches, and heard loud peacock-like bird sounds with nothing visible.

GrowlFootstepsTree breakStructure or nestPartial sighting +1
Date unknown Roanoke, Virginia #ffa970ff-7711-4667-940d-bb29f00963b5

Growl near Roanoke, Virginia

A woman near Roanoke experienced negative entity activity including attacks, apparitions, poltergeist activity, moans, growling and bad smells. A stranger with an official presence came to her door, claimed knowledge of what was happening in her house, and questioned her about it. She told him to leave and he left.

GrowlOdorProperty disturbance
Date unknown Virginia #ffa970ff-7711-4667-940d-bb29f00963b5

Sasquatch sighting in Virginia

A man a couple miles from the main case location came home from work and smelled a foul odor while opening his back door. He turned and saw a Bigfoot-type creature standing in the field next to him. He struggled to get the door open, entered, and when he looked back the creature was gone.

Full-body sightingOdor
30 years ago Virginia #dddbdef1-8afa-40b3-826e-6bf1c59d45e3

Sasquatch sighting in Virginia

The witness, six months pregnant, walked half a mile into family woods to be alone after an argument. A very large hairy figure approached on its belly then stood to about nine feet, displaying threatening behavior. A second figure arrived and appeared to scold the first in language-like vocalizations before looking at the witness. The witness fled back to the house when able to move.

Full-body sightingVocalizationChatterAnimal behaviour
this year, middle of the summer Virginia #cf65a61e-b0a8-49af-b0e5-5013fbd837d3

Howl in Virginia

A camping party arrived late at a ridgetop site and heard strange howling around 2 to 3 a.m. the first night. The next evening after dinner the dog fixated on brush by a steep drop, where one camper saw paired eyes at close range that avoided a flashlight, followed by branch breaks and a tall tree-like silhouette that walked from one side of camp to the road and later showed yellow eyeshine. The group packed hurriedly, secured the dog and lights, and drove home the same night feeling watched but not directly threatened.

HowlEyeshineSilhouettePartial sightingFootsteps +1
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Odor in Virginia

The guest was awakened by a strong smell she associated with prior outside activity and shouted not to strike the balcony. She then moved to the kitchen side and heard something moving on the roof overhead. She described the period as a whirlwind of weirdness.

OdorFootstepsProperty disturbance
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Vocalization in Virginia

After logging repeated overnight knocks and noises, the guest awoke to find the downstairs security light on. A deer stood on the patio sofa close to the house shaking and quivering, which she interpreted as fleeing something in the woods. She had begun keeping a written log because disturbances occurred almost nightly.

VocalizationWood knockAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Scream in Virginia

A woman from the next wooded street approached the guest and husband in their yard to ask about weird nighttime screaming. She described it as sounding like someone murdering a woman and called it unnerving. The guest advised caution at night without naming a cause.

Scream
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Sasquatch sighting in Virginia

While trying to photograph baby flying squirrels from her elevated balcony, the guest moved a flashlight to the ground and discovered two figures watching her from about a dozen feet away. One turned away showing a wide-shouldered, hairy back with large arms and a small conical head on all fours, while the other showed only hair to the side. She inadvertently took photos as both fled, and next morning found torn ground where they had run.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Tracks in Virginia

While retrieving her puppy in daylight, the guest carried him back through the lower side yard and found many footprints in mud of four distinct sizes, some two inches deep, showing toe ridges. She powdered and photographed them, measured examples about seventeen by nine inches and thirteen by eight inches with a sixty-three-inch stride in one running sequence, and made three plaster casts despite inexperience.

Tracks
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Growl in Virginia

After getting a new puppy that alerted in panic, the guest followed it to the side deck and leaned over the edge. Something directly in front of her gave a loud huff-growl she felt physically, though she saw nothing despite a flashlight. A branch then snapped high in the tall trees to her left and fell, after which the dog had already fled inside and she backed inside.

GrowlTree break
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Sasquatch sighting in Virginia

With her husband home, the guest heard a loud owl overhead answered from across the driveway by a second owl-like call that cracked. She took burst phone photos toward the woodline in the dark and on brightening saw a boxy standing figure looking toward her. The next morning she found deadfall trees newly lined along the driveway and tested that stepping over the line triggered the garage motion light, concluding the line marked the light's boundary.

Full-body sightingVocalization