Bigfoot reports from the 1980s
1,047 cases, best-documented first. Page 11 of 11.
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 · 1984
Witness reports that there were encounters with Bigfoot in Virginia back in 1984.
Bigfoot · Alberta, Canada · 1988
Witness reports a large, grey and black, bipedal hairy creature walking across Haig Lake, followed by the discovery of huge footprints near a garbage pit.
Bigfoot · Sweden · 1985
Two elderly moose hunters in Helsingland tracked a big, smelly unknown animal through the woods that terrified their dogs.
Bigfoot · Louisiana · 1986
A friend of the witness's sister reported seeing a large dark man standing on two feet and digging in trash late at night.
Bigfoot · Virginia · 1981
Witness reports his father saw a tall, slender, hairy humanoid with a bald face and heard a deep growl before it ran off with heavy footsteps.
Bigfoot · England, United Kingdom · 1988
A shepherd reports finding large, deep footprints alongside her own and her dogs' tracks on Cross Fell in 1988, which she attributes to a Bigfoot-like creature.
Bigfoot · Alaska · 1980
A witness reports that a native man saw a hairy person about 6 to 7 feet tall walking on a dirt road near Skilak Lake in late October or early November 1998.
Bigfoot · Victoria, Australia · 1984
A witness reports that her father spotted a large animal on all fours through a rifle scope which then stood on two legs and walked away.
Bigfoot · 1980s
A class A sighting occurred in Washington County a long time ago.
Bigfoot · Queensland, Australia · 1984
Witnesses describe the smaller creature as almost definitely a child, wiry and gangly with patchy black fur.
Bigfoot · Queensland, Australia · 1980
Witnesses report hearing thumping feet and seeing a large, dark brown creature which they shot at before it fled.
Bigfoot · Georgia · 1986
Mr [name] reports seeing a giant hairy manlike creature in Jenkins Gap while digging for ginseng.
Bigfoot · Ohio · 1980
Witness reports that the Columbus Dispatch reported a number of bigfoot sightings coming from the Zaleski area in 1980.
Bigfoot · Florida · 1980
The narrator's father reports seeing a dark profile of a head and shoulders near a pond, which he later identified as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · England, United Kingdom · 1988
[name] reports finding unusual footprints and hearing a violent swishing rumbling sound on the summit of Cross Fell in 1988.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1988
A camp guide and his girlfriend hear noises and see yellow eyes while boating on the lake near the camp.
Bigfoot · Ísland · 1980s
The narrator's friend reports seeing a giant man walking alongside horses in Iceland during the 1980s.
Bigfoot · New South Wales, Australia · 1980s
Witness reports her aunt saw a large, dirty brown hairy primate-like creature standing in the bushes while she was relieving herself near Kiandra.
Bigfoot · Colorado · 1980s
Witnesses report hearing a heavy animal approach their camper and emit 'whoop' sounds in the foothills of the San Juan Mountains.
Bigfoot · New South Wales, Australia · 1985
Witness reports that three people saw a large, two-legged hairy creature upending a neighbor's rubbish bin at night.
Bigfoot · Colorado · 1985
Witness reports a huge light brown creature with human and primate features picking pine nuts before standing up and walking toward the family.
Bigfoot · Idaho · 1986
Witness's uncle reports seeing eye shine from a creature near recently planted trees in Bear Valley.
Bigfoot · Louisiana · 1980s
[name] reports being chased by an ape-like creature while hunting in Louisiana.
Bigfoot · Queensland, Australia · 1980
A witness reports seeing a small monkey-like creature on the roof of his chicken shed before it bounded into nearby trees.
Bigfoot · Queensland, Australia · 1984
Witness reports seeing a black-furred humanoid creature squatting on a rock near Little Nerang Creek, which was then taken away by a larger adult.
Bigfoot · Oregon · 1980s
A witness reports that a teammate on the cross country team saw a hairy man standing by a tree trunk while training in southern Oregon.
Bigfoot · Nevada · 1984
Witness reports finding a natural shelter with tramped pine needles near a boulder in the area where the creature was seen.
Bigfoot · 1981
Witness reports [name] saw a bigfoot chase a deer from his deer stand in Louisiana, which roared and fled when he fired a warning shot.
Bigfoot · 1987
[name] reports that while driving in Canada in 1987, he saw an enormous, hairy creature walk directly in front of his vehicle.
Bigfoot · Queensland, Australia · 1985
Witness D reports seeing a large, black, hairy creature crouching in a reserve near Stanthorpe in the mid-1980s.
Bigfoot · Victoria, Australia · 1980
Witness reports that he and four friends observed a large, hairy creature resembling Chewbacca sitting on an embankment before it ran into the forest.
Bigfoot · Washington · 1982
The ISC Newsletter reports that the Gray's Harbor Sheriff's Department investigated four series of Sasquatch footprints found at Abbott Hill, Worman's Bar, Elma Gate, and Porter Creek sites.
Bigfoot · 1984
Witness reports that campers left their gear and refused to return to Myth Mesa because they were scared by a creature called the Gray Ghost.
Bigfoot · 1980s
Grandmother reports seeing a huge white creature standing beside her mother's house in the mid-80s.
Bigfoot · 1980
Elders claim the drowned jondor was a young one whose parents found him at night and took him away.
Bigfoot · 1981
A student in Port [name] reports seeing a mysterious figure in the dark that whistled and hid behind trees.
Bigfoot · 1980
Witness reports two men on perimeter duty in Colorado mountains in 1980 saw something and were ordered by their sergeant to keep it secret.
Bigfoot · 1980s
Witness reports finding a pyramid of torn open spam cans and later missing hot peppers left out as bait.
Bigfoot · 1980s
Witness reports hearing clanking rocks and guttural voices from two directions while backpacking in the Sierras.
Bigfoot · Ohio · 1988
A bigfoot photograph taken by [name] in Ohio is reported to possibly be a young bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Colorado · 1980s
Witness reports that [name] saw a massive, eight-foot-tall sasquatch with a chiseled bodybuilder physique and significant width in the woods about 20 years ago.
Bigfoot · Washington · 1982
Witness reports that U.S. Forest Service patrolman Paul Freeman saw a Sasquatch in 1982 and footprint casts were made showing dermatoglyphic patterns.
Bigfoot · 1981
Witness's uncle reports a Bigfoot encounter in the outskirts of the Shawnee National Forest.
Bigfoot · Lancashire, England · 1980s
Witness D.B. reports a second sighting of a similar large dark creature during winter training, which snarled at him from 30ft away and climbed a steep hill in three seconds.
Bigfoot · Oregon · 1986
Witness's aunt and cousins report a Bigfoot walking across a highway in the middle of nowhere, stopping to watch them pass.
Bigfoot · Monaro, New South Wales · 1981
Witnesses report seeing a huge, broad, hair-covered giant with long arms and dark brown to reddish hair standing beside a tree on a hillside.
Bigfoot · Summerville, Georgia · 1984
China's Wildman Research Association reported new evidence of ape-like creatures described as tall, erect, and covered with reddish brown fur.