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Summer 1969 Montgomery County, Tennessee Class C #6444

A set of red eyes were seen by witness.

Two people were fishing at a river at night when wildlife sounds suddenly stopped. One of them went to the top of the bank with a rifle and spotlight and observed red eyes estimated to be 7 to 8 feet high near the fence. Shots were fired toward the eyes, impacts were heard, and the eyes closed with nothing further seen. The pair left quickly, had to move crowded livestock to exit, and never returned.

Eyeshine
1964 Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/08/sc-ep367-is-this-thing-something-more

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1964)

The guest recalled playing with other children in a barn loft in the summer and staying behind to tie a shoe. After the others left down the ladder, something jumped down in the loft and moved to a hay door. The guest saw only its back and later concluded it was not human.

Partial sighting
1959 Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/08/sc-ep367-is-this-thing-something-more

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1959)

The guest relayed an older brother's account from years earlier of walking back from a store when a hairy man stepped out of the woods. The figure stopped in front of him, looked him over, grunted, and continued into the woods. The brother reportedly told the story for the rest of his life.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1955 Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee Class B #24547

Witness describes childhood experiences as well as some recent Class B incidents near Ethridge

The witness describes growing up in a remote wooded home where the family routinely encountered a tall white figure with red eyes called Whistling Paddy. She recalls hearing its whistling and screaming sounds as a child, while relatives reported seeing it around the home, especially at dusk when it came for vegetable scraps. The family did not generally fear it but brought children inside after dark.

WhistleScream
Summer 1905 Dollar And Buena Vista, Carroll County, Tennessee Class C #4543

Sighting along side of road by teens walking home from a party

The witness's great-aunt recounted that as a young girl around 1905 she and two siblings were walking home from a party at night when they saw a dark-haired, man-like thing sitting in a field beside the road. The entity silently watched them and turned its head as they passed, its eyes reflecting the moonlight. The three walked home arm in arm, with one looking back to check if it was following.

Partial sightingEyeshine
BFRO YEAR: 1965-66 Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee Class A #25440

Man recalls multiple witness encounter near Hendersonville

Six people arriving by car at a new house at the edge of a subdivision saw a tall hair-covered man-like figure digging in a trash can at the end of the driveway. Under the headlights it looked toward them, then strode and loped away bipedally with a very long stride without dropping to all fours. After a companion retrieved a gun the figure was gone, and a neighbor's normally aggressive barking dog was found silent, frightened and hiding under a deck.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1990-1994? Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee Class B #882

Young Man finds footprints in snow

As a boy walking in snow on a relative's farm, the witness claims to have found adult-sized human-like footprints with four toes on each foot in an open field near a road. No photos were taken and similar tracks were noted the following year. The witness also describes hearing an unidentified scream years later and now wonders whether the two incidents could be related.

Tracks
BFRO YEAR: '92-'93 Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee Class B #11682

Young men have frightening vocalization incident near Stones River

The witness and two companions hiked a horse trail along a river at night. They heard repeated loud branch breaks that seemed to follow them as they tried to leave. At the base of a bluff area they heard an extremely loud scream that echoed down the river, then ran to a nearby house where they heard the scream again from the woods.

Tree breakUnidentified soundScreamOdor
BFRO YEAR: 1988 or 89 Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee Class A #10783

Motorist has nighttime sighting of animal near Smyrna

The witness was driving home from work at night in heavy ground fog when a creature stepped onto the road ahead and walked across to a partly cleared lot. The witness watched it disappear into fog and darkness, then after calming down drove home, ran inside, and locked up. The witness described the encounter as terrifying and reported sleeplessness for weeks afterward.

Road crossingPartial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 94 or 95 Bon Aqua, Hickman County, Tennessee Class A #10486

Early morning sighting near Bon Aqua

The witness was washing dishes in a rented farmhouse in the early morning and looked out the back window. She saw a very large, tan, long-haired creature hurrying across a fenced field toward a tree line, observing its face, arms and legs as it passed a break in the fence. She moved between windows to keep watching until it disappeared into the trees, and did not go outside to look for tracks.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 2000 or 01 Tracy City, Grundy County, Tennessee Class B #19100

Hikers hear characteristic vocalizations on Fiery Gizzard Trail

Two companions were hiking back toward the trailhead through a gorge when the surrounding woods erupted in loud screaming and whooping vocalizations lasting a few seconds. The sounds seemed to come from more than one nearby source, then stopped abruptly into complete silence. The pair had no visual contact with the source and finished the hike without further incident.

ScreamWhoop
BFRO YEAR: 2012` Andersonville/Norris, Anderson County, Tennessee Class B #34260

Two friends get spooked by a possible encounter near Norris Lake

Two companions rode an ATV to a clearing by a lake and built a large fire at night. Over the evening they heard deliberate footfalls, pacing and stick breaks in the treeline about sixty yards away and noticed the woods go silent. After the witness knocked on a tree and made a whoop call, they heard knocks in reply and then a long deep guttural growl. They rode toward the sound without seeing anything, then put out the fire and left feeling watched and frightened.

FootstepsWood knockGrowl
Date unknown Tennessee #18752035-105b-426a-95f0-fd3b44ee1a0d

Animal behaviour in Tennessee

The witness describes being in the bush on a stormy night when hair rose on his neck and a strong voice that was not his own invited him in his head to stay the night to meet them. He sensed two presences on a nearby hill, a prime adult male and a smaller young one, answered mentally that he was not ready, and felt the presence leave. He later asked a counselor about hearing voices and notes similar experiences three other times.

Animal behaviour
when I was 21 Tennessee #0d307f11-eaea-4d24-9499-39a3c38f8be4

Footsteps in Tennessee

While home alone recovering from a badly rolled ankle, the witness lay on his stomach on the living room couch and became paralyzed yet mentally awake. He felt intensely cold hands forcefully hold his legs and cut under his toes, while hearing movements on the wood floor. Upon fully waking and checking the house, he found no one there but later saw large missing chunks of skin under his toes.

FootstepsAnimal behaviour
not too long after that Memphis, Tennessee #0d307f11-eaea-4d24-9499-39a3c38f8be4

UFO sighting near Memphis, Tennessee

While riding in the back seat to pick up his father from work, the witness looked up and saw a large silver, chrome-like blimp-shaped object hovering without lights. Sunlight reflected brightly off its metallic surface. He watched it with fascination and says it resembled no airplane he knew.

Full-body sighting
when I was about eight or nine Tennessee #0d307f11-eaea-4d24-9499-39a3c38f8be4

Partial sighting in Tennessee

While watching television in bed with his mother, the witness noticed movement in the dark hallway outside the bedroom door. A large, bulky blue form crossed the doorway briefly. The sight frightened him, especially coming immediately after a program about abductions.

Partial sightingMovement only
same evening before night encounter Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/emxwtZ2Fw-5pmgp2LbbBKp6yQuE0M6VuF9UCVxWFsX0

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee

Earlier that evening in daylight the ranger saw the creature cross the trail, stared at it, was yelled at and bluff-charged to about fifteen feet before it turned and walked off, dropping his pack in fright.

Full-body sightingVocalization
30-some-odd years ago Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/emxwtZ2Fw-5pmgp2LbbBKp6yQuE0M6VuF9UCVxWFsX0

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee

A deputy walking up to a fire tower at night during a forest fire found a ranger hiding and then watched a tall long-armed creature across a clearing for almost a minute. It crouched, raked grass, stared, then backed into woods and circled while they left opposite way.

Full-body sightingEyeshineAnimal behaviour
As a kid Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/08/sc-ep367-is-this-thing-something-more

Whistle in Tennessee

The guest recalled that as children without television they would sit on the porch after dark and whistle. Whistles answered from different directions in the woods, sometimes for hours. The guest could not prove what was whistling back.

Whistle
About a month ago Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/08/sc-ep367-is-this-thing-something-more

Wood knock in Tennessee

The guest said visits to old roads are done armed or with a companion in the car, using stick knocks and whoops. Knocks and whoops sometimes get answers. About a month before the show the guest whooped from a vehicle and received a strange bird-like call back from a few hundred feet away.

Wood knockWhoopVocalization