Bigfoot reports from the 1980s
853 cases, best-documented first. Page 2 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 · El Dorado County, California · 1986
Witness reports seeing a huge hairy man-like creature walking along the roadside on Highway 50 in late summer 1986.
Bigfoot · Tioga, Louisiana · 1980
Witness reports seeing a large, black, humanoid figure with messy hair step over a fence and walk into the woods near Rogully Swamp in the late 1970s.
Bigfoot · Coconino County, Arizona · 1989
Witness reports seeing a tall, broad, brownish-black figure walking down a wash while hunting deer in 1989.
Bigfoot · Longview, Washington · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, bipedal creature step over a guardrail on State Route 4 in July 1984.
Bigfoot · Snohomish County, Washington · 1980
Two backpackers report seeing a large, dark, human-like form with unusually long arms waving menacingly at Stujack Pass on Mount Pugh.
Bigfoot · Palmyra, Tennessee · 1989
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, bipedal creature that stood up from all fours and ran into the woods while driving on a hilly road.
Bigfoot · Forks of Salmon, California · 1984
Witness reports a large, agile creature walking on its hind legs and circling their camp for hours in the Marble Mountains Wilderness.
Bigfoot · Perry County, Kentucky · 1986
Witnesses report hearing a high-pitched growling scream they later identified as matching Bigfoot sounds recorded in Ohio.
Bigfoot · Trenton, Ontario · 1982
Witness reports seeing a large brown figure and finding a giant human-like footprint in the snow while ice-skating with their sister.
Bigfoot · Oregon · 1989
Witness reports hearing a similar low-to-high pitched howl again while walking alone on a dirt road near a creek bridge two nights later.
Bigfoot · Clackamas County, Oregon · 1984
Witness reports seeing a huge, dark, hairy manlike being running across the river near Molalla in 1984.
Bigfoot · San Antonio, New Mexico · 1986
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy bigfoot running across the highway at night before it disappeared into an embankment.
Bigfoot · Kirkland Lake, Ontario · 1986
Witness reports watching a massive hairy creature sitting cross-legged in a blueberry patch eating berries before it stood and walked away.
Bigfoot · Douglas County, Oregon · 1989
Witness reports hearing a strange, deep guttural sound advancing into a howl from the creek bottom while outside with cousins in summer 1989.
Bigfoot · Woodmansie, New Jersey · 1980
Witness reports hearing loud screams and seeing stepping sounds from a creature in the woods while bowhunting.
Bigfoot · Goodells, Michigan · 1988
Witness reports hearing heavy footsteps and a piercing scream from an unseen creature in the woods near Pine River, followed by seeing a large shadowy figure with glowing eyes and dark fur over…
Bigfoot · Dallas, Oregon · 1982
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, upright, hairy creature resembling an 8ft tall man cross a clear-cut area under power lines, followed by a smaller companion.
Bigfoot · Capitol State Forest, Washington · 1982
Witness reports investigating large tracks and scratched trees in the Porter Creek area of Capitol Forest.
Bigfoot · Uintah County, Utah · 1980s
Witness reports seeing a large creature swinging its arms and striding past their house in Lyman while dogs howled.
Bigfoot · Hematite, Missouri · 1980
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-colored creature at least 6 or 7 feet tall moving through pine trees while riding a 4-wheeler on their property.
Bigfoot · Newport, Indiana · 1985
Witness reports seeing a large, broad, dark-colored creature with swinging arms walking away from the road in a depression near U.S. 41.
Bigfoot · Buffalo Creek, Oklahoma · 1988
A young hunter reports encountering a large, stocky, six-foot-tall animal with brown hair that moved through a clearing and then threw rocks from the creek bed while stalking him.
Bigfoot · Lake Palestine, Texas · 1981
Witness reports seeing a 7-8 foot tall dark-colored creature walking upright on its rear legs near a lake during a thunderstorm.
Bigfoot · Clayton, Alabama · 1980
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, humanoid creature with huge eyes standing motionless in the headlights before fleeing into the woods.
Bigfoot · Cumberland County, North Carolina · 1989
Witness reports finding large, barefoot human-like footprints and a smaller set in a clearing at Fort Bragg.
Bigfoot · Lawrenceville, Virginia · 1980
Witness reports seeing a huge, hairy, man-like figure standing in a corn field near Greensville Co., Virginia, while riding on a school bus.
Bigfoot · Kelowna, British Columbia · 1984
Witness reports finding large, bipedal footprints in the snow on Dilworth Mountain near Kelowna that dwarfed their hiking boot, accompanied by a smaller set of prints.
Bigfoot · Tuscarawas County, Ohio · 1988
Witness reports seeing a six-foot-tall black humanoid throwing rocks in the woods near Urichsville.
Bigfoot · Arago, Oregon · 1980s
Witness reports finding overturned soil indicating a large animal had recently climbed the roadcut after rain removed footprints.
Bigfoot · Sidney, Ohio · 1982
Witness reports seeing a large shadowy figure walking slowly away from an open garage door in the dark.
Bigfoot · Weaverville, California · 1980
Witnesses report hearing a loud, multi-toned scream resembling a woman's cry, mountain lion cries, and a bear growl, followed by their mule exhibiting signs of extreme fear and an unexplained swollen…
Bigfoot · Bowie County, Texas · 1984
Witness reports seeing a tall, black-haired figure standing at the edge of a creek near the Sulphur River.
Bigfoot · Bleakwood, Texas · 1986
Witness reports seeing a large, light golden brown, human-shaped creature on the road at night which caused them to lose control of their vehicle.
Bigfoot · Deersville, Ohio · 1982
Witness reports seeing a 7-foot tall figure standing up near a creek and walking towards the woods while feeding dairy heifers.
Bigfoot · Harford County, Maryland · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large dark bipedal creature cross Rt 165 in six steps.
Bigfoot · Kemmerer, Wyoming · 1985
Witness reports seeing three upright, hairy creatures near a truck in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
Bigfoot · Fresno County, California · 1984
Witness reports hearing an unexplained scream from across Doris Lake in the John Muir Wilderness while fishing at dusk.
Bigfoot · Alpine, Arizona · 1986
Witness reports seeing a large, furry animal walking upright on two legs near the side of the road at night.
Bigfoot · Amherst County, Virginia · 1988
A lifelong hunter reports hearing a horrifying roar and scream from an unseen creature directly under his tree stand in the mountains of Virginia.
Bigfoot · Dewey County, Oklahoma · 1983
Witness reports smelling a skunk-like odor in a plum thicket and feeling danger from the creature that roared the previous night.
Bigfoot · Hammondsville, Ohio · 1982
Witness reports seeing a group of six hairy, bipedal creatures moving strategically through a gully near their farmhouse in late 1982.
Bigfoot · Butte County, California · 1985
Witness reports hearing a large bipedal creature grunting aggressively near the outhouse at night.
Bigfoot · Aberdeen, Washington · 1984
Witness reports seeing a huge, upright, dark-furred figure identified as a Sasquatch while driving on B Street in Aberdeen.
Bigfoot · Polk County, Tennessee · 1986
Witness reports seeing a large black and gray humanoid creature with a mustache accent and bright brown eyes near Chilhowee Campground.
Bigfoot · Frederick, Oklahoma · 1987
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-haired humanoid creature striding at high speed near an airport hangar in Frederick, Oklahoma, which looked like known bigfoot footage.
Bigfoot · Naples, Florida · 1983
Witness reports seeing a dark brown to black bipedal creature standing approximately 6.5 feet tall while hunting hogs near Cypress Bayheads.
Bigfoot · Glennville, Georgia · 1982
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy bipedal creature under a street light near a church that stared at them before running into the woods.
Bigfoot · Oil City, Louisiana · 1987
Witness reports seeing a 6ft tall, shaggy dark brown creature walking upright towards them before it bolted into the woods.
Bigfoot · Deschutes County, Oregon · 1980
Witness reports seeing a bear-like creature stand up on its hind legs at approximately 7 feet tall along a creek in Oregon.
Bigfoot · Louisa, Kentucky · 1983
Witness reports hearing brush move high off the ground and seeing glimpses of black while ginseng hunting, concluding a bipedal creature was following him.
Bigfoot · Wayne County, Pennsylvania · 1985
Witness reports seeing a massive, bipedal, hairy creature with long arms and a gorilla-like profile that threw rocks and moved rapidly along a tree line.
Bigfoot · Ferry County, Washington · 1980s
Witness and hunting partner report finding extremely large bipedal tracks in the snow that were at least 4 inches longer than their boots.
Bigfoot · Long Prairie, Minnesota · 1989
Witness and a friend report seeing a dark figure moving along the woods perimeter while burning garbage near Long Prairie.
Bigfoot · Mecosta, Michigan · 1982
Witness reports hearing a loud, piercing scream and seeing something run down a hill through the woods while walking home alone at night.
Bigfoot · Fayetteville, Tennessee · 1987
Witness reports seeing a large, bipedal creature standing on the side of a dark road while driving at night.
Bigfoot · Grays Harbor County, Washington · 1982
Witness reports seeing a male sasquatch standing about 10 feet away while hiding along the edge of a field during a graduation party.
Bigfoot · Hendersonville, North Carolina · 1983
Witness reports seeing a small, brown, shaggy creature with a pointed head cross in front of their car while driving near Hendersonville.
Bigfoot · Mercer County, Pennsylvania · 1986
Witness reports seeing a large dark-brown biped walking past their truck in Hell's Hollow.
Bigfoot · Williams, Arizona · 1982
Witness reports seeing different sizes of footprints and believing an entire family of bigfoot lives in the area.
Bigfoot · Perry County, Indiana · 1981
Witness reports seeing a tall dark man pacing near the water's edge while watching his boys swim at Tipsaw Lake.
Bigfoot · Laytonville, California · 1987
Witness reports hearing a two-footed creature yell at them from a ledge and willow bush near Rattlesnake Creek before it left.
Bigfoot · Clyde, Ohio · 1983
Witness and his cousin heard a very similar unidentified sound while squirrel hunting in the woods in fall 1983.
Bigfoot · Town of Springdale, Wisconsin · 1989
Witness reports hearing a loud bipedal walker and receiving a guttural growl while waiting for a hunting friend near the woods edge.
Bigfoot · Bluffton, Indiana · 1989
Witness reports hearing a terrifying scream and a large tree snapping twice while working as a night watchman at the park.
Bigfoot · Twin City, Georgia · 1986
Witnesses report seeing a 7-8 foot tall reddish-brown hairy humanoid pacing along the riverbank and later leaving hand impressions in the mud.
Bigfoot · Wallowa, Oregon · 1988
Witness reports seeing two young Bigfoot playing in a clear-cut while elk scouting.
Bigfoot · Bakerville, Tennessee · 1981
Witness reports being followed by a heavy, unseen creature that kept pace with him while he walked and ran back to his truck in the dark.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Washington · 1983
Witness reports hearing a big creature crashing through alders and finding broken trees the next morning.
Bigfoot · Santa Rosa, California · 1986
Witness reports seeing a huge brown/black hairy creature trucking up Bennett Peak at a fast pace while clearing foliage.
Bigfoot · Brinnon, Washington · 1981
Witness reports seeing a large, upright creature resembling a bear that froze and then disappeared silently near a logging road.
Bigfoot · Onekama, Michigan · 1984
Witness reports seeing a tall, non-human creature walking on a hill near a migrant worker camp in Bear Lake, Michigan.
Bigfoot · Pasco County, Florida · 1984
Witness reports hearing a howling/growling noise in an open field, approaching the tree line to see an 8-foot tall creature that ran off towards a swamp.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Indiana · 1986
Witness reports hearing the same noise across the highway while sitting at home reading around midnight.
Bigfoot · Crane Lake, Minnesota · 1986
Witness reports hearing cracking sounds and footfalls circling him in the brush near Ramshead Lake, followed by a large wet footprint found at camp the next morning.
Bigfoot · Gasquet, California · 1985
Witness reports hearing primate-like voices and heavy tramping near their campsite in 1985, followed by finding scuffed ground in the morning.
Bigfoot · Seminole County, Florida · 1980s
Witness reports a large bipedal creature watching from across the creek and later reacting to a spotlight with a howl before fleeing.
Bigfoot · Hanna, Utah · 1985
Witness reports hearing heavy footsteps and seeing large footprints near Betsy Lake while camping in the mid-1980s.
Bigfoot · Mount Manitou, Colorado · 1983
Witness reports waking up to see giant hairy legs standing in front of their tent fire on Barr Trail.
Bigfoot · Forest County, Pennsylvania · 1980
Witness reports hearing a loud roar from a tree line while exploring an abandoned farmhouse.
Bigfoot · Village of Rye Brook, New York · 1986
Witness reports seeing a huge brownish figure about 8 to 9 ft tall leaning against a building in a wooded area near Rye Brook, New York, which vanished before they could investigate footprints.
Bigfoot · Smyrna, Tennessee · 1988
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot / Sasquatch stepping onto the road from a clearing near Percy Priest lake in the summer of 1988 or 1989.
Bigfoot · Tavares, Florida · 1985
Witness reports seeing a huge blackish brown creature running upright across the road near Lake Jem in late 1985.
Bigfoot · Cocoa, Florida · 1989
Witness reports seeing a 7-8 foot tall dark creature running upright toward their car on Nova Road before it stopped to watch them drive away.
Bigfoot · Carter County, Kentucky · 1980s
Witness tracks an unseen creature through snow for a mile and a half, hearing it walk ahead but never seeing it.
Bigfoot · Douglas County, Missouri · 1982
Witness reports that three people were circled by multiple Bigfoot creatures at their campsite and later saw one break a tree while hunting.
Bigfoot · Gila County, Arizona · 1981
Witness reports finding a large human-like track in the mud at an old homestead in the Sierra Anchas.
Bigfoot · Kent, Ohio · 1985
Witness reports hearing an unearthly shriek while walking through a wooded patch near Kent State University with another student.
Bigfoot · Salina, Utah · 1988
Witness reports being woken by hard hits on their camper in the middle of the night, resulting in a large dent and trampled grass, which they rule out as bears or falling branches.
Bigfoot · Puyallup, Washington · 1983
Witness reports encountering a tall, red-haired humanoid creature in a ditch while walking home from school with a friend.
Bigfoot · Sumter County, Georgia · 1986
Witness reports hearing a deep woof from the tree line and being shadowed by parallel footsteps while walking back to their vehicle with two brothers.
Bigfoot · Mahoning County, Ohio · 1982
Witness and twin brother report seeing a tall, dark, motionless humanoid standing by trees in Salem, Ohio, which smelled like a dead skunk.
Bigfoot · Paris Township, Ohio · 1989
Witness reports seeing a large humanoid figure standing on the ground behind them while they were on a raised porch.
Bigfoot · Cleveland, Missouri · 1989
Witness reports that eight people in a car saw a bigfoot walking into a cemetery on Holmes Road around 11 pm in the fall of 1989.
Bigfoot · Gila County, Arizona · 1983
Witness reports seeing a large, light-haired humanoid cross a dirt lane in front of their car near Strawberry, Arizona.
Bigfoot · Cabell County, West Virginia · 1980
Witness reports hearing voices sounding like people talking backwards followed by a blood-curdling scream while fishing at night.
Bigfoot · Broome County, New York · 1985
Witness reports seeing the legs of a large, hairy, bipedal creature from 100 feet away across a creek.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · 1982
Witness reports that three hunters encountered a hulky, dark-colored figure walking upright towards them in the pre-dawn woods, which stopped 50 feet away and then retreated.
Bigfoot · Greenville, Texas · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large, unidentified creature standing on his mother's porch in Texas that did not match any known animal descriptions.
Bigfoot · Maple Falls, Washington · 1987
Witness reports a family was disturbed by loud, high-pitched screams from an unseen creature near their A-frame house, leading to shots fired and audio recordings.
Bigfoot · Pulaski, Tennessee · 1989
Witness reports seeing a bigfoot-like creature running across US 64 near Pulaski while driving home from a dinner theatre.