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1969–1970 Kentucky #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FKgzPJcCl-LD7jEndUrZ-Fc4pEQLLYAlJdZ35UatlYQ

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1969)

Two lifelong friends were target shooting with small-caliber rifles along a river while a nearby reservoir was filling and flooding caves. After one rifle jammed, they returned to their car when they heard limbs snapping and saw small trees swaying and breaking. They circled back to the riverbank clearing and came face to face with a hair-covered creature standing on a deadfall, which one of them shot multiple times in the chest. The creature fell silent, then revived and ran one way while the two men fled the other, later tracking it and sparking local monster lore.

Full-body sightingTree break
1967–1993 Ransom, Pike County, Kentucky Class B #30814

Possible encounters at a home located on a steep hillside near Ransom

The witness was sitting outside on a warm late evening visiting with his father when he heard steady bipedal-sounding footsteps descending the steep wooded hill behind the house. The sounds grew closer to the treeline, stopped and shuffled briefly, then returned up the hill until out of earshot. The witness saw no light and heard no voice, and his father heard nothing.

Footsteps
1960–1964 Louisville, Kentucky #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FKgzPJcCl-LD7jEndUrZ-Fc4pEQLLYAlJdZ35UatlYQ

Sasquatch sighting near Louisville, Kentucky (1960)

As teenagers, the witness and her boyfriend parked in a dirt cul-de-sac in a wooded park to spend time together. They heard heavy footsteps, snapping twigs and rustling circling them in the dark but could see nothing. When they drove away, the witness looked back and saw a tall, broad, long-armed silhouette step into the light under a street lamp, prompting them to flee. She later heard that a woman's mutilated body was found in the park, after which the park was placed under a nighttime curfew.

SilhouetteFootsteps
summer 1958 Elkhorn City, Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/17/sc-ep236-its-skin-was-charcoal-gray

Sasquatch sighting near Elkhorn City, Kentucky (1958)

The guest's teenage mother and aunt were sitting outside a general store when they noticed a hair-covered figure walking on a ridge by an old sheep pasture. The store owner came out and also watched it. After watching them for two to three minutes while hunkered down, the figure stood, walked away along the ridge looking back, and disappeared into timber.

Full-body sighting
October 1953 Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky Class A #1024

An account of bigfoot tool use

In childhood, the witness and a companion heard a thumping noise while playing and went to investigate. They saw a large hairy animal squatting nearby using pieces of firewood to dig in the ground. The animal stood up, bared its teeth silently, and walked toward them, causing them to flee into the companion's house. When an adult checked moments later, the animal was gone leaving only disturbed ground.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
Summer 1950 Warfield Ky, Martin County, Kentucky Class A #5678

Woman recalls childhood sighting near Warfield

While searching for a rock cliff with a cave with companions in a heavily wooded mountain area, the witness noticed a muscular figure standing on a rock above them. The figure watched the group for about fifteen seconds while holding a heavy stick before stepping out of sight, after which the group fled. The witness later described the encounter to a relative who advised keeping it private.

Full-body sighting
1950–1959 Cary, Bell County, Kentucky Class A #2364

Two teenage boys encounter a white ape-like animal

Two boys were playing in the afternoon near a slate dump and coal mine entrance when they saw an upright gray-white ape-like creature standing at the mine mouth with an arm resting on a high timber. They watched each other briefly while it moved its arm, and the boys became frightened and ran to get parents. When they returned, the creature was gone.

Full-body sighting
1950–1969 Kentucky #cb946455-d79d-4e6c-8c7d-fb639f566e42

Movement only in Kentucky (1950)

The guest's mother said that when she was a child staying with her cousin in a house next to a creek, they would hear something large moving up and down the creek lifting and moving rocks with stomping and strange noises. Dogs in the area would hide under the porch during these visits. The girls would stay in bed terrified listening.

Movement onlyUnidentified sound
1950–1959 Kentucky #1f8ff7cc-97e6-40e2-a370-dd815123b81f

Property disturbance in Kentucky (1950)

The guest said research indicated that in the 1950s a creature raided local livestock, prompting the sheriff to form a posse. The posse chased it around the county but never found it.

Property disturbanceHistorical account
BFRO YEAR: early90s PIKEVILLE, Pike County, Kentucky Class B #4624

Two teens find prints in the snow near Kimper

Two teenagers hiking in snowy hills found very large bare footprints that ended after a short distance. Frightened, they returned home without looking up to see what made them. The witness still wonders whether something was above in the trees.

Tracks
BFRO YEAR: Sep 2014 Berea, Madison County, Kentucky Class B #47067

ATV riders near Berea have scary ride out of woods at night

The witness and four companions were riding ATVs at night when they heard a single loud branch snap followed by dead silence. After moving to a clearing, a large log and then a limestone slab were thrown from an uphill wooded area toward a companion's ATV, barely missing the rider. Loud thumps and breaking branches suggesting something heavy running downhill followed, and the group started their vehicles and left quickly.

Object throwingRock throwingFootstepsTree break
BFRO YEAR: 197? Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky Class A #6210

School bus drivers have two daylight sightings near Vanceburg.

The reporter states that in the late 1970s her father was driving a school bus early in the morning when a large hair-covered man- and ape-like creature came down a deer path. He braked and watched it run across the road and continue down the path on the other side for about a minute. An investigator later spoke with the father by phone and recorded additional descriptive details.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
BFRO YEAR: About 1992 Blaine, Lawrence County, Kentucky Class A #7023

Deer hunter has early morning sighting near Blaine

While deer hunting from an old road overlooking a clearing, the witness heard loud crashing moving down through a cedar thicket over about ten minutes. A black, bipedal figure then stepped out and walked quickly across the clearing. The witness left without checking for tracks, and a companion later reported loose scat with grass and hair in the crossing area.

Full-body sightingMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 1951/2 Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky Class A #2155

Woman describes creature she observed from window

Late at night the witness looked out a lit room window and saw a very tall copper-haired figure filling the window, with a hair-covered face and large round brown eyes. The witness stared into its eyes without fear at the time and felt it was a female that had lost its young. After the witness's mother screamed, the mother and others in and near the house caught a glimpse as it left toward the area behind the house.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1975-77 Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky Class B #10765

Youth watches animal hiding behind trees near Nolin Lake

The witness, then a child on a family vacation at a wooded campsite at Nolin Lake, was standing inside a camper at dusk looking down a hill. The witness saw a grayish-brown hairy figure partly hidden behind a tree, showing head, shoulder, arm, hip and thigh. After turning to speak with a parent, the witness looked back and the figure was gone, and remained frightened inside the camper.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

The guest's mother was alone in the attached garage bottle-feeding her dog's puppies at night. She noticed light through the garage window was blocked and saw a figure close enough to distinguish its bare chest. She placed the puppies in a box, took them inside and shut the door.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Kentucky #6e9c6cb9-4e1d-4cc4-92d8-28bd1d0c15df

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky

The guest's hunter uncle joined family members to look for the creature near the pond after dark. A figure stood up very close with its arms raised and the uncle fired a carbine, believing he hit it under the arms. The creature made a loud noise and fled, leaving fatty bloody material but no blood trail, only footprints and broken vegetation.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTracksTree break
about 22 years ago Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/01/sc-ep76-open-phone-lines-and-your-thoughts-1

Vocalization in Kentucky

The witness walked alone to his deer stand before dawn on opening day on his Kentucky property. About 20 feet into the woods he heard a grunt followed by a powerful roar that vibrated through him and froze him, then a second similar call nearby, indicating two animals. He stood motionless for several minutes, then eased away and waited in his stand until daylight. Days later he glimpsed a large gray head at the woods edge and later found a buck with a shattered leg and torn hip, and the next summer heard a frenzied coyote chorus end in sudden silence.

VocalizationGrowlPartial sightingUnidentified sound
Date unknown Louisa, Kentucky #1f8ff750-46df-47ab-9d7d-fec2c6137c69

Movement only near Louisa, Kentucky

The guest went for a night walk in the woods near the family trailer to look at stars. A strange light stayed above him and seemed to follow as he moved. He panicked and ran to the house, then realized the light was his own flashlight in his back pocket.

Movement onlyPossible misidentification
Date unknown Louisa, Kentucky #1f8ff750-46df-47ab-9d7d-fec2c6137c69

Cryptid sighting near Louisa, Kentucky

The guest was alone at night on family land where relatives told stories of a misshapen local monster. He heard what sounded like horses approaching, then saw a glow and heard heavy steps. A dark furry quadruped with a misshapen head and greenish glow around the head crossed the field, looked at him, then darted back into the woods.

Full-body sightingFootsteps