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1960–1969 Amity, Arkansas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/hJA1VjGrpz3nurD-riiPpucW4OyxD4SpK99gttclG4I

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.

Road crossingPartial sighting
October 1943 Memphis And Little Rock Ark., Lonoke County, Arkansas Class A #2494

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.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Spring 1920 Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas Class C #4088

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.

Full-body sighting
28 March 1856 Paraclifton, Arkansas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/cijfno2JjIwKuXOWOOTabQswJ2QIODxqGgTLbpFafK4

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.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 07-26-08 Dardenelle, Yell County, Arkansas Class B #24276

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.

Full-body sighting
about a year before the smell/footprint incident Palestine, St. Francis County, Arkansas Related account #13516

Whistle near Palestine, Arkansas

The mother heard a single eerie nasal screaming whistle from nearby woods at dusk about a year before the odor and footprint incident.

Whistle
around 10 pm Belleville, Yell County, Arkansas Related account #22101

Footsteps near Belleville, Arkansas

A companion left alone at the campsite reported hearing something walking around the camp without seeing it.

Footsteps
while we went out and cut some more wood Belleville, Yell County, Arkansas Related account #22101

Odor near Belleville, Arkansas

A companion left alone at camp reported feeling watched while the small dog barked and howled toward the woods and an odor was smelled.

OdorAnimal behaviour
a week or two before he first saw the tracks Dover, Pope County, Arkansas Related account #3226

Footsteps near Dover, Arkansas

The witness's wife heard something walking back and forth and breathing in a thicket without emerging.

Footsteps
Date unknown Oxley, Searcy County, Arkansas Related account #8819

Vocalization near Oxley, Arkansas

Two other people hiking near rock formations in the same general area heard a loud humming sound and turned back without seeing anything.

Vocalization
About three hours later Dover, Arkansas [or Hagarville], Pope County, Arkansas Related account #62203

Howl near Dover, Arkansas [or Hagarville], Arkansas

Several hours after the dawn encounter, while loading the second harvested deer by the truck, the witness heard loud hollering and screaming from the field and perceived one or more unseen animals charging toward him before fleeing in the truck.

HowlScream
Date unknown Benton, Saline County, Arkansas Related account #3143

Scream near Benton, Arkansas

Relatives have heard strange screaming sounds and felt watched in the same general area.

Scream
BFRO YEAR: 1975? Benton, Saline County, Arkansas Class B #3143

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.

Full-body sighting
about 2003 Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas Related account #56443

Property disturbance near Pocahontas, Arkansas

The witness and her husband found a chewed cell phone in dead grass and over several days objects were moved between the grass and a tin pile.

Property disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 2004-Present Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas Class B #56443

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.

GrowlOdor
Date unknown North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas Related account #39922

Sasquatch sighting near North Little Rock, Arkansas

Other mountain lion sightings have been reported at Camp Robinson.

The very next day North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas Related account #39922

Growl near North Little Rock, Arkansas

The witness returned to the same area the next evening and heard the same loud sound from farther down the valley.

Growl
About 6 months or so, after moving in Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas Related account #59520

Sasquatch sighting near Wesley, Arkansas

The children became afraid to sleep in their rooms because they felt someone was watching them.

before dark Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas Related account #59520

Animal behaviour near Wesley, Arkansas

The witness was knocked forward by an unseen force while returning from the coop before dark but saw no one.

Animal behaviour
After that Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas Related account #59520

Property disturbance near Wesley, Arkansas

Tools, toys, and carts were moved around the property and dogs disappeared after the August vocalization.

Property disturbance