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10 October 1978 Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama Class A #35293

Daylight observation remembered of a Bigfoot holding a baby pig near Andalusia

The witness was picking up pecans in the yard with her young daughter in the morning when she heard pigs squealing from the neighbor's pen. She looked toward the wooded back yard and saw a large erect hairy creature with a human-like face holding a baby pig against its chest. After staring at each other, she grabbed her daughter and ran inside shouting for her husband to get his gun, but the creature was gone when he went out to check.

Full-body sighting
Spring 1978 Athens, Limestone County, Alabama Class A #799

Person fishing recounts story of his encounter with a large, bipedal creature that was wading in the water

In the early afternoon the witness was gigging for frogs from a relative's boathouse pier when a tall, dark, hairy biped emerged from a swamp about 175-250 yards away and waded knee-deep into the water. The creature looked both ways, bent over twice to swing an arm into the water with a splash as if fishing, then stared toward the witness before walking back into the swamp like a person. A few minutes later it reappeared at the same spot and repeated the same actions before leaving again and not returning during another hour the witness remained.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1975 This Area Is Located In A Triangle Between Blountsville, Hanceville & Holly Pond., Blount County, Alabama Class C #1830

Two separate sighting reports of a creature

The writer's brother was driving alone late at night on Skyball Mountain when he smelled a strong odor. He saw a large dark hair-covered figure in tall weeds beside the road that stepped onto the road and stared at him while he stopped and watched for a minute or more. The figure then walked into the woods on the other side of the road and he drove home.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingOdor
Summer 1975 Between Culman And Warrior Near Blount Springs., Blount County, Alabama Class A #50178

Recollection of a roadside sighting of a white Bigfoot near Blount Springs

The witness was driving a VW bus around a tight curve at night when the headlights illuminated a white-haired creature loping uphill on all fours toward the road. As it reached the road edge within feet of the vehicle, it stood upright on its hind legs. The witness drove past it, did not see it in the mirrors in the dark, and was frightened.

Full-body sighting
summer 1975 Alabama #113ce5d2-096a-4511-b383-f175be4d6b00

Vocalization in Alabama (1975)

As children the witness and her sister walked down a dirt road to pull down a sapling. A loud lion-like roar sounded nearby. Both fled back to the truck in fear.

Vocalization
Summer 1967 Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama Class A #44487

Memory told of a close dalylight observation outside Alexander City

The witness and a companion were walking down an old pulpwood road with a dog when they noticed a strong goat-like odor and heard rustling and a tree shaking. The witness pulled back branches and saw a tall, hair-covered biped running away downhill on two legs. The companion did not see the creature. The witness lost sight of it in pines and underbrush near a swampy area.

Full-body sightingOdorFootsteps
June 1958 Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama Class A #5954

Daylight sighting at eastern dike of East Lagoon in Aliceville

A teenager walking back from a pond across a field saw a very dark tall figure walking along a path about 50 yards away. The figure was visible from the torso up above tall sagebrush, estimated at about 8 feet tall, and walked with its head slightly bent forward before going into the woods. The witness ran home to tell relatives.

Partial sighting
Summer 1953 Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama Class A #44986

Memory told of a close up daylight encounter with two, possibly young, Bigfoots near Abbeville

The witness, then a child, was walking from a cornfield to a nearby house to fetch water for a cousin. At a dirt road she came within about 10 feet of two small, hairy, human-like figures standing together on the opposite side. They looked at each other for about a minute before she ran to the house, and the figures were gone when she walked back.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1949 Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama Class A #7235

Recollection of an afternoon sighting on Green Mountain

As a child walking home from a relative's house, the witness saw a tall hairy figure standing in a roadside ditch watching him. He ran back to get his relative, and they returned together with a shotgun to find the figure still there watching. As they walked down toward it they lost sight of it, and it was gone when they reached the spot.

Full-body sighting
1920–1939 Alabama #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Z1QkvkCDe_1gy9oXbfkCLuZVvOJ8g6YJetf8Y7Gp24k

Folklore in Alabama (1920)

The guest's grandmother told that as children walking dark trails between houses on large family land, balls of light would appear in the woods to light their way. One night her brother jumped on one, it deformed around him, he fell with burn-like marks, and the lights never returned.

FolkloreHistorical account
Date unknown Kansas, Walker County, Alabama Related account #27459

Sasquatch sighting near Kansas, Alabama

The husband reportedly heard from several other people about seeing something in the area.

recent Kansas, Walker County, Alabama Related account #27480

Sasquatch sighting near Kansas, Alabama

The witness's relative by marriage reportedly had a recent sighting of a similar creature at about the same location.

Full-body sighting
deer season came Walker County, Alabama Related account #1022

Odor near Walker County

During deer season the witness returned to the area, smelled a strong stench, and found a place where a deer had lain now empty with no drag marks.

Odor
in 2011 at noon Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Related account #44849

Sasquatch sighting near Northport, Alabama

About four years before the main event, the witness and his mother watched a shaggy biped cross the road in daylight and sprint into the woods on two legs.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Date unknown Haleyville, Winston County, Alabama Related account #43120

Property disturbance near Haleyville, Alabama

Two cross-members holding chicken wire were ripped down with chickens killed, and caged quail disappeared over time from an enclosure requiring hands to open.

Property disturbance
for the past three years Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama Related account #45498

Sasquatch sighting near Talladega, Alabama

For the past three years dogs have barked nightly around 9:30 to 10:00 p.m.

about a year ago Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama Related account #45498

Sasquatch sighting near Talladega, Alabama

About a year ago around 4 a.m., the witness's spouse saw a roughly 9-foot-tall figure walking at the edge of the woods while dogs barked and howled.

Partial sighting
December 26, 2013 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Related account #35339

Tracks near Tuscaloosa, Alabama

In late 2013 the witness found a line of large tracks in mud and later reported wood knocks, howls, and twisted pine trees.

TracksWood knockHowlTree breakTwist
Date unknown Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Related account #35339

Footsteps near Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The witness later heard branches breaking and footsteps and found yards of fence torn up with posts pulled out.

FootstepsProperty disturbance
fourteen years ago Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Related account #35339

Scream near Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The witness and a relative sitting outside late at night heard the same long guttural yell three times, followed by intense coyote-like yapping.

Scream