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Sasquatch sighting near Amity, Arkansas (1960)
The guest's father as a teenager drove to the family's rural property after nearby flooding and sightings. He saw a fast upright figure cross the road in three long steps. He stopped, lit a honeysuckle-covered bush with headlights and flashlight, saw a dark hand move and then stared face to face with the figure for minutes before it walked away.
Bus driver encounters ape like creature during an unscheduled stop
The witness was six years old and riding in the back of a bus at night with family. After the driver reboarded saying a big ape had almost gotten him, the bus started moving and the witness and a relative watched a large ape-like figure cross the highway behind the bus and enter the woods on the other side. Other passengers including parents also saw the start of the crossing.
1920's sighting Southest of Booneville
A witness was with a berry-picking group when a tied horse began struggling against its tree. The witness heard the commotion, approached the horse, and saw a hairy manlike creature after the horse. The creature then ran into the brush, and the group left the area.
Sasquatch sighting near Paraclifton, Arkansas (1856)
A newspaper correspondent described a party tracking a famous wild man to a frozen lake where dogs lost the trail. A rider watched the figure break ice with its arms, come ashore and shake itself. When headed off, it dragged the hunter down, gouged his eyes and bit him, destroyed the saddle and bridle, then rode the horse toward the mountains using a sapling as a club.
Possible sighting of an upright creature crossing the road at dusk by a woman driving to Spring Lake
The witness was driving with two children on a dirt road toward Spring Lake in the evening when she saw a black upright figure at the roadside. The figure was walking on two legs as it left the road and entered the brush. She did not stop to check for tracks and later estimated the figure was about seven feet tall with wide shoulders and long arms.
Two children have encounter west of Benton
The witness and their uncle were playing on hay bales in a field when the witness spotted a large bipedal human-like figure leaning against a tree at the forest edge. The witness watched alone for several minutes, then showed it to the uncle and they watched together for several more minutes before becoming frightened and running to tell a relative. The relative searched with binoculars but the figure was gone.
Possible sightings and strange incidents experienced over time on rural property near Pocahontas
The witness was sitting in a deer stand on hunting land when dogs ran through the woods and rolled in dirt at a fence corner. After getting down to chase the dogs off, the witness smelled a musky sour odor like a dead animal. A deep long growl then came from the woods across the powerline about 50 yards away, prompting the witness to back away and run to the truck.
Partial sighting in Arkansas
The guest briefly mentioned that the oldest brother had reported something coming out of a swamp at him while hitchhiking in Arkansas. No further details were given in this telling.
Sasquatch sighting in Arkansas
The witness's stepfather was working at night hauling oil with headlights on and hoses attached. He looked up from paperwork and saw an approximately nine-foot-tall figure standing by a tree that pulled a branch down to its chest, exposing its face. He fled in fear, driving off with the hose still attached, and later avoided going outside and moved the family.
Animal behaviour in Arkansas
The guest recalls stories his grandmother told about her childhood on a rural family farm. During one spring or summer when a strange animal was in the area, cattle stayed near the barn and hunting dogs refused to leave the porch, even when chased off. The family came to associate the disturbance with a wild creature visiting the property.
Scream near Reeder, Arkansas
After the road sighting the witness continued to a flooded creek to set duck decoys. He heard unusually loud and persistent hog-like squeals circling at a constant distance, then the woods went silent and a very loud, long scream directed at him caused intense fear. He abandoned his decoys and ran to his truck and later told a friend he thought he had seen Bigfoot.
Sasquatch sighting near Reeder, Arkansas
While driving to a duck-hunting spot on a cold January afternoon, the witness slowed his truck after noticing rapid movement in the woods. He watched a nude, dark brown bipedal figure sprint across the road without slowing for ditches and continue into the trees. He estimated it was about six feet tall and moved with exceptional speed.
Growl in Arkansas
On another night the brothers were fishing without a light at a pond on posted university land. They heard loud snorting, growling, and heavy running back and forth close behind them. Feeling threatened, they left immediately.
Sasquatch sighting in Arkansas
The witness and his younger brother were driving in a pickup at night near the family home. A dark hairy biped stepped from roadside vegetation into the headlights and looked at them while crossing. They stopped, got out, and searched by a metal gate but it had vanished.
Sasquatch sighting near Batesville, Arkansas
The witness was driving home on a two-lane highway in north-central Arkansas after sunset when a fast, reddish-haired ape-like animal carrying a raccoon in its mouth ran into the road. He struck it squarely with his car at highway speed, feeling a violent impact that was heard by his girlfriend on the phone. After stopping he found no damage to the car and no airbag deployment, but extensive blood on the passenger side, yet no body, blood, hair, or raccoon at the impact site. He also describes a brief dull flash at impact and time seeming to slow.
Animal behaviour in Arkansas
The witness camped with family and two dogs on the Buffalo River. A normally bold protective dog nudged the witness, pushed the child's chair over, and stared up the access road. The family got into a vehicle where the dog stared out a cracked door all night, with no sounds or further activity.
Rock throwing in Arkansas
On a multi-day float with three companions, the witness camped 200 feet away downriver. At night he heard rocks landing in the river and then on the bank, which stopped when companions turned off music. Later he heard prolonged loud splashing like playing in the water across the river but could see nothing.
Scream near Mountain Home, Arkansas
A couple months after the pool sighting, the witness was sitting high in a large oak tree on the same property. A loud scream came from the adjacent wood line and shook him. He dropped from the tree and ran home, later concluding it was not a cougar.
Sasquatch sighting near Mountain Home, Arkansas
The witness and a companion were swimming in an above-ground pool when the witness felt watched. He saw a white face with shoulders above six-foot brush about 100 yards down a clear cut. Both boys looked, confirmed it, glanced at each other, and it was gone.
Tracks near Eureka Springs, Arkansas
After moving to a remote wooded property, the family found a very clear large human-like footprint with toes that was photographed with a tape measure. On separate occasions the child experienced a rock thrown past him near a creek, faint whooping, small trees moving together, a high scream-like whoop followed by a tree being pushed over, and the adults heard trees breaking and splashing into a pond. Dogs that normally chase sounds fled back to the house during these events.