Bigfoot reports from the 1980s
853 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 9.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Bigfoot · Braden River, Florida · 1983
A witness reports seeing an eight-foot-tall, auburn-haired creature with long arms and hands past its knees near a riverbank in Florida.
Bigfoot · Maud, Texas · 1986
Witness reports that his nephew encountered a large, hairy humanoid creature while deer hunting near Wright-Patman Lake in November 1986.
Bigfoot · Horton, Texas · 1989
Witness reports a friend who lived in the bottoms saw tracks and the creature many times and was chased while duck hunting.
Bigfoot · Calcutta, Ohio · 1980
Witness reports that his brother observed a tall figure breathing heavily outside a mobile home before walking away.
Bigfoot · Quitman, Mississippi · 1987
Witness reports seeing a tall, reddish-brown furred creature walking upright across highway 512 near Elwood in 1987.
Bigfoot · South Sulphur River, Texas · 1989
Witness reports hunting with a friend and having an encounter where the creature moved in a circle around them without making noise.
Bigfoot · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · 1981
Witness reports seeing a reddish-brown sasquatch digging by a bridge on Highway 68 in October 1981 before it ran across the road.
Bigfoot · Gladewater, Texas · 1987
Witness reports that he and his friend encountered a large, hairy figure while hunting in the river bottoms in 1987.
Bigfoot · Overton, Texas · 1983
Witness reports seeing a small, furry humanoid watching them from the front door before it disappeared.
Bigfoot · Clarksville, Texas · 1987
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, bipedal figure with silver-tinted hair moving quietly through the woods near a creek.
Bigfoot · Lake Cherokee, North Carolina · 1980
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, hairy creature at Lake Cherokee in the late 1970s or early 1980s that watched him before walking away.
Bigfoot · Leesville, Louisiana · 1980
Witness reports seeing two dark-haired, Human/Ape-like creatures drinking from a stream in the woods near Leesville, Louisiana, before they ran away.
Bigfoot · Ebenezer Park, Texas · 1985
Witness reports seeing a female bigfoot standing against a tree near their ATV for about 20 minutes before it disappeared into the woods.
Bigfoot · Karnack, Texas · 1987
A deer hunter reports seeing a large animal emerge from the water and walk into the woods, followed by finding a footprint.
Bigfoot · Chester County, Pennsylvania · 1987
Witness reports seeing a silent, pitch-black figure with a horse-like head and gliding movement in the woods near Erselton, Pennsylvania, which vanished without leaving tracks after being shot at.
Bigfoot · Richardson Grove, California · 1985
Witness reports a dog dragged them up a steep incline to find large footprints and snapped branches high in the trees.
Bigfoot · Montgomery County, Texas · 1983
Witness and his brother report encountering large, hairy humanoid creatures while building a house in Westwood.
Bigfoot · Del Norte County, California · 1985
Witness reports dogs became terrified and heard non-canine howling voices from about 100 yards away in the forest.
Bigfoot · Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area, Oklahoma · 1983
Witness reports seeing a large hairy creature run across the road in front of their truck in July 1983.
Bigfoot · Charlotte, Tennessee · 1985
Witness reports seeing a very tall, hairy creature moving rapidly on two legs through weeds and a yard before disappearing behind a storage building.
Bigfoot · Carthage, Texas · 1988
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, bipedal creature covered in mud-matted hair at a camp well, which fled after he fired shots.
Bigfoot · San Angelo, Texas · 1986
Witness reports a large, hairy creature emerging from brush near a ridge while riding a horse in the afternoon.
Bigfoot · Wilburton, Oklahoma · 1981
Witness reports her son saw a large figure watching the house and later both sons saw a hairy face in the window while smelling a horrific stench.
Bigfoot · Bay City, Texas · 1982
Witness reports seeing a strange figure standing still and peering through their window for about fifteen minutes before disappearing.
Bigfoot · Palo Pinto, Texas · 1988
Witness reports seeing a white humanoid ape and hearing screams from fellow scouts who encountered the creature on a rocky ledge.
Bigfoot · Old River, Texas · 1983
Witness reports being chased by a tall, hairy creature with blackened skin while riding a bike in the woods.
Bigfoot · Silver, Texas · 1988
Witness reports hearing loud roars and screams, being pelted with rocks, and finding fresh humanoid tracks and possible feces on their vehicle while fishing near a bridge.
Bigfoot · Caddo Lake, Louisiana · 1989
Witness reports seeing a six-foot tall, barrel-chested humanoid walking on two legs in a pipeline clearing and later finding a beaten path.
Bigfoot · Buna, Texas · 1983
Witness reports that as a child, they and their cousin saw a large, hairy humanoid running across a field from the woods near Buna, Texas.
Bigfoot · Big Cedar, Oklahoma · 1986
Witness reports seeing a creature while deer hunting in Bowie County, Texas in 1986.
Bigfoot · Pineville, Louisiana · 1980
Witness reports seeing a face about 7ft up standing next to a broken tree after cattle panicked and finding reddish hair on a fence.
Bigfoot · Bagwell, Texas · 1983
Witness reports that while searching for their uncle in a pasture, they encountered a six-and-a-half-foot-tall hairy creature that grunted and ran into the woods.
Bigfoot · Red River County, Texas · 1983
Witness reports that their aunt screamed while seeing a hairy creature crossing the road in headlights before it jumped into the woods.
Bigfoot · Spicewood Springs Branch, Texas · 1980
Witness reports that his friend saw a large, hairy figure trotting upright on two legs across the road while they were parked for target practice.
Bigfoot · Walla Walla County, Washington · 1982
Paul Freeman claimed to have found massive footprints with dermal ridges and finger-like details in the Blue Mountains region of Washington in 1982.
Bigfoot · 1980
A fuel truck driver saw a human body covered in black hair floating in a vortex brought by a mudflow.
Bigfoot · Тоҷикистон · 1980
Three hunters observed two enormous jondors chasing and killing a bear.
Bigfoot · 1980
Witnesses report that a hairy man died in a mudflow and his corpse was carried away by the river current.
Bigfoot · 1981
Passengers in a car saw two tall, naked human figures standing on a rocky outcrop.
Bigfoot · 1980
Mine workers searched the coast for 20 kilometers downstream but found nothing.
Bigfoot · Gulf Port, Illinois · 1985
Witness reports seeing a creature resembling a black tree with a grinning face in a cornfield ridge while arrowhead hunting, which later disappeared.
Bigfoot · Fannin County, Georgia · 1985
Witness [name] reports seeing three large, bipedal, hairy creatures with chimp-like faces scavenging a helicopter crash site in Georgia while on guard duty.
Bigfoot · Prineville, Oregon · 1989
Witness reports hearing rhythmic wood-on-wood knocking sounds that stayed ahead of him while he walked, later attributing the noise to Bigfoot after reading about 'tree whacking'.
Bigfoot · Chiefland, Florida · 1989
Witness reports seeing several pairs of large red eyes high up near their bus in a desolate area before dawn.
Bigfoot · Hawkins County, Tennessee · 1981
Witness reports hearing screaming and growls resembling a woman, large cat, and mule while circling their house on a remote farm in Hawkins County, TN.
Bigfoot · Bellefonte, Pennsylvania · 1987
Witness reports seeing an enormous, upright, hairy creature crossing a dirt road in front of their car.
Bigfoot · Yamhill, Oregon · 1984
Witness reports hearing a very low, long howl that sounded like Bigfoot while on a gravel logging road in the hills northwest of Yamhill.
Bigfoot · Washington, District of Columbia · 1980
Witness reports hearing a distant wailing cry at night and finding a large footprint in the mud in front of his tent the next morning during a solo camping trip.
Bigfoot · Town of Lake George, New York · 1980
Witness reports hearing and observing a large creature following her and her husband along a road on Prospect Mountain during dusk.
Bigfoot · Fremont County, Colorado · 1985
Witness reports seeing a large black furry humanoid walking briskly among cows in Phantom Canyon.
Bigfoot · Somerset County, Pennsylvania · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large, fast-moving creature in the woods near Laurel Hill Turnpike that smelled like body odor and wet dog.
Bigfoot · Stevenson, Washington · 1985
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy humanoid creature while caddying at a golf course in Washington.
Bigfoot · Merritt, British Columbia · 1981
Witness reports observing a footprint frozen in mud while deer hunting.
Bigfoot · White City, Oregon · 1988
Witness reports finding large footprints and a cast in Oregon, then later seeing a two-legged creature with long brown hair running away.
Bigfoot · Carter County, Kentucky · 1980s
Witness concludes that an intelligent entity is living nearby based on various unexplained events including rock throwing.
Bigfoot · Sykesville, Maryland · 1981
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy humanoid creature slam a stray dog on the south bank of the Patapsco River.
Bigfoot · Frozen Camp, West Virginia · 1983
Witness reports hearing a loud, lion- or elephant-like call from multiple directions at night while camping in the forest.
Bigfoot · Canton, Illinois · 1980
Witness reports seeing a tall, black, foul-smelling bipedal being standing twenty yards away in a swampy area near Canton Lake.
Bigfoot · Henderson County, Texas · 1989
Witness reports a series of encounters with a large white humanoid creature on their family's property that was initially thought to be a ghost or banshee but later identified as bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Luce County, Michigan · 1986
Witness reports seeing a large black creature on the side of H37 that stood on its hind legs and disappeared into the woods.
Bigfoot · Hempstead County, Arkansas · 1985
Witness reports seeing a huge, reddish-brown hairy figure standing on the roadside that outstretched its arms, which she and her ex-husband concluded was bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Carp, Ontario · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large primate-like animal while driving with his brother in the Dunrobin area.
Bigfoot · Smithfield, Ohio · 1988
Witnesses report seeing two large white hairy creatures carrying a truck-bed-sized object over a hill towards a pond before dropping it and hiding in the bushes.
Bigfoot · Erie County, Pennsylvania · 1988
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, gorilla-like creature with glowing red eyes walking on two legs near their home in Harborcreek, PA.
Bigfoot · Washington, District of Columbia · 1982
Witness reports seeing a huge, tailless creature running on all fours across the road at night.
Bigfoot · Bakersfield, California · 1980
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, slouched humanoid crossing a rural road at night near Lamont.
Bigfoot · Mechanicsburg, Ohio · 1983
Witness reports seeing a large footprint and later a black manlike figure bobbing on a tree limb while with a friend.
Bigfoot · Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana · 1981
Witness reports seeing an upright, black, hairy creature lumbering towards them and their cousin while riding a minibike in Louisiana.
Bigfoot · Morgantown, West Virginia · 1988
Witness reports being paralleled by a heavy, large creature making loud noises and breaking branches while walking along railroad tracks.
Bigfoot · Washington, District of Columbia · 1980
Witness reports hearing twigs break and seeing clumsy deer/elk behind them, later suspecting a Sasquatch encounter due to tracks and wailing sounds.
Bigfoot · Tsaile, Arizona · 1989
Witness reports hearing a loud, deep yell/roar in a canyon in the Chuska Mountains and later recalling sheepherders describing an ape-like creature with reddish hair in the same area.
Bigfoot · Crater Lake, Oregon · 1980
Witness reports hearing footsteps and seeing a large, human-like shadow that bumped their tent while camping south of Crater Lake in the 1980s.
Bigfoot · Xenia, Ohio · 1988
Witness reports that a group of ROTC cadets were stalked by an unseen entity making heavy footsteps and dropping rocks, which then charged them through the woods.
Bigfoot · Lake Tawakoni, Texas · 1986
Witness reports seeing a young bigfoot emerge from their tent at Lake Tawakoni and later hearing a deep grunt near the campsite.
Bigfoot · Murphy, Oklahoma · 1987
A witness in a tree stand reports being pelted with rocks and intimidated by a heavy-footed creature that breathed heavily and growled before leaving.
Bigfoot · Columbiana County, Ohio · 1982
Witness reports a second encounter with a bigfoot while laying on their bed after coming home from a baby shower.
Bigfoot · Riverdale, Georgia · 1984
Witness reports seeing a massive, hairy, human-like creature standing parallel to them in the woods before it chased them while making loud grunting sounds.
Bigfoot · Alger County, Michigan · 1984
Witness reports hearing a screech from the woods while camping on M-28 that sounded similar to a previous encounter.
Bigfoot · Wichita County, Texas · 1989
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy bipedal creature run across the highway near Henrietta, Texas in March 1989.
Bigfoot · Town of Williamstown, New York · 1985
Witness reports a large figure attempted to enter their cabin at night and left large footprints in the snow outside.
Bigfoot · Baxter County, Arkansas · 1980
Witness reports hearing deep grunting sounds and seeing trees moving as if something large were walking through the brush while fishing on the White River.
Bigfoot · Apache County, Arizona · 1982
Witness reports hearing identical screams under the same conditions three years after the first incident.
Bigfoot · Amite County, Mississippi · 1988
Witness and co-worker saw a large man-shaped creature walk across the road near an old house.
Bigfoot · Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 1984
Witness reports hearing a high, throaty wailing scream echoing off the mountainside near Snoqualmie Pass that reminded them of Sasquatch recordings.
Bigfoot · West Linn, Oregon · 1987
Witness reports hearing screams that sounded like a woman or moaning from a brushy area near his new home, later associating the sound with Bigfoot reports in the Wallowas/Blue Mountains.
Bigfoot · Lowell, Michigan · 1983
Witness reports hearing footsteps and seeing a large hairy humanoid shape while walking home in Lowell, MI.
Bigfoot · Monroe County, Tennessee · 1987
Witness reports seeing a large, shaggy, white creature trotting on all fours across a trail in Cherokee National Forest.
Bigfoot · Kennedy Meadows, California · 1986
Witness reports hearing loud vocalizations resembling a howler monkey and grizzly bear while camping with a friend.
Bigfoot · Luna Pier, Michigan · 1980
Witness reports seeing a huge, 7-foot tall, reddish-brown furry humanoid creature standing in a woodlot lane while squirrel hunting.
Bigfoot · Newcomerstown, Ohio · 1983
Witness reports observing a large, black, furry creature with a massive upper body snapping branches in the woods near Newcomerstown.
Bigfoot · Burlington, Illinois · 1984
Witness reports hearing a strange scream and a distant answer while sitting on a log in the woods.
Bigfoot · Jacksonville, Illinois · 1986
Witness reports seeing a bigfoot walking across a pasture while riding a three-wheeler at night.
Bigfoot · Nordman, Idaho · 1980
Witness reports seeing a bigfoot-like creature walking alongside and in front of their pickup truck on a logging road for 20 to 30 seconds.
Bigfoot · Saylorville, Iowa · 1980
Witness reports hearing heavy walking and rustling in reeds near a swamp while dogs attacked an unseen entity that repulsed them.
Bigfoot · Rising Fawn, Georgia · 1987
Witness reports seeing a large, reddish-brown, hair-covered creature standing on the bank of a pond while fishing.
Bigfoot · Cleveland, Missouri · 1988
Witness reports seeing a seven-foot-tall bipedal being covered in light brown fur jump into a ditch and over a fence while driving on a dirt road many years ago.
Bigfoot · Elkwater, West Virginia · 1989
Witness reports seeing two large, hairy humanoids in a tree stand in West Virginia, one smaller and reddish-brown, the other larger and black, which communicated with loud howls before fleeing.
Bigfoot · Snohomish, Washington · 1986
Witness reports seeing a huge, dark brownish biped with green eyes standing by the road at night near Monroe.
Bigfoot · Lumby, British Columbia · 1986
Witness reports hearing a scream with human yelling and animal growl-scream qualities from behind their house in Lumby in 1986, later comparing it to a recorded sasquatch call.
Bigfoot · Dickinson County, Michigan · 1984
Witness reports seeing three-toed tracks in mud and hearing a low growl and a woman's scream at an all-boy summer camp.