Bigfoot reports from the 1980s
854 cases, best-documented first. Page 4 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 · Whatcom County, Washington · 1989
Witness reports that a group of army scouts observed a huge, bear-like creature climb a waterfall in 10 seconds and later threw rocks at their camp.
Bigfoot · Steelville, Missouri · 1982
Witness reports his son saw a tall, hairless black man down a road, followed by heavy noises and broken brush in the woods that night.
Bigfoot · Clairton, Pennsylvania · 1988
Witness reports observing a large humanoid shape rise from a thicket and scale a steep hillside in seconds near Clairton.
Bigfoot · Trinidad, Colorado · 1985
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, bipedal creature running into a canyon at daybreak while their dog barked hysterically.
Bigfoot · Newberry, South Carolina · 1980s
A timber cruiser reports seeing a large, hairy, man-like creature in a ravine near Newberry, South Carolina, which escaped with unnatural speed.
Bigfoot · Richwood, West Virginia · 1987
Witness reports seeing a large, dark brown, two-legged animal standing across the river from Krofford Hole before it walked up the hillside.
Bigfoot · Rockaway Township, New Jersey · 1983
Witness reports that four high school friends heard a loud howl and large noises like branches shaking while sitting near Split Rock Reservoir Dam in New Jersey.
Bigfoot · Dewey County, Oklahoma · 1983
Witness reports hearing wood knocks, finding a large nest-like structure and broken trees, and hearing ape-ish vocalizations while hunting north of Reydon.
Bigfoot · Port Alberni, British Columbia · 1985
Witness reports seeing a large, upright, hairy figure that was neither human nor bear while babysitting in a remote house.
Bigfoot · Hagaman, Illinois · 1989
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark-colored creature standing by the road on IL Hwy 108 near Hagaman Bottoms that reached out at their car.
Bigfoot · Washington County, Indiana · 1981
Witness reports hearing a loud, horrible scream during raccoon hunting that terrified his dogs and prompted him to load his gun.
Bigfoot · Grand County, Colorado · 1980s
Witness reports finding three large pine trees ripped from the ground and planted upside down with roots in the air during a horse trip.
Bigfoot · Dickson, Tennessee · 1987
Witness reports encountering a tall, black, bipedal creature standing on two legs near a ridge in 1987.
Bigfoot · Lexington, Michigan · 1987
Witness reports seeing a hunched, monkey-like creature with light hair and a slanted forehead emerge from bushes into their yard at night.
Bigfoot · Venice, Florida · 1988
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, non-human creature drinking from a pond near Venice.
Bigfoot · Keyport, Washington · 1988
Witness reports seeing a huge, hairless-necked humanoid standing upright and moving rocks with his Marine buddy.
Bigfoot · Colbert County, Alabama · 1980
Witness and his wife report seeing a tall black creature with silver/grey fur and hearing it scream near their stables.
Bigfoot · Glacier County, Montana · 1982
Witness reports that while riding horses on the Blackfeet Reservation, their horses became frightened and they saw a tall, hairy bipedal creature cross the trail in front of them.
Bigfoot · Nelson County, Kentucky · 1988
Witness and wife report hearing something moving in cedar trees that followed them parallel on a path without being seen.
Bigfoot · Pineville, Louisiana · 1985
Witness reports seeing a large upright creature in the shadows of a pine forest while looking at the sky for Haleys comet.
Bigfoot · Manila, Utah · 1989
Witness reports hearing a loud, deep resonating roar from an unknown large animal while camping in the Uinta Mountains.
Bigfoot · Letcher County, Kentucky · 1980s
Witness reports a large creature looking through a bedroom window at his sleeping brother.
Bigfoot · Ironton, Ohio · 1980
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, bipedal creature near Little Storms Creek that followed them to their house.
Bigfoot · Coral Springs, Florida · 1985
Witness reports three teenagers heard grunts and saw a creature slam dumpster lids before it approached their tent near the Everglades at 2 AM.
Bigfoot · Davie, Florida · 1980
Witness reports seeing a humanoid creature with a head and brown coloration raise its arms while standing across a canal from them.
Bigfoot · Badlands National Park, South Dakota · 1989
Witness reports seeing a gigantic, 11-12 foot tall creature with amber eyes grab a deer from a fence and run through the Badlands.
Bigfoot · Oregon · 1988
Witness and family found a large three-toed footprint along the creek in the summer prior to the vocalization incidents.
Bigfoot · Mount Vernon, Washington · 1986
Witness reports a huge creature rolling a can of fish into their campsite and then screaming loudly for 30 minutes before running off through the swamp.
Bigfoot · Kent, Ohio · 1986
Witness reports hearing a loud, high-pitched howling sound at night in a wooded area behind their apartment complex for nearly twenty years, speculating it might be Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Eagle, Colorado · 1986
Witness reports hearing loud, guttural vocalizations and smelling a foul odor at their campsite in Grizzly Creek canyon, accompanied by dogs barking and smashed grass found the next morning.
Bigfoot · Moores Hill, Indiana · 1982
Witness reports hearing loud, bird-like and chimp-like calls coming from a creek near their campsite in July or August 1982.
Bigfoot · Big Lake, Washington · 1980
Witness reports seeing a black, non-bear, non-human creature crossing a dirt road in the mountains east of Big Lake, WA, which stopped to look at them before running into the brush.
Bigfoot · Warren County, North Carolina · 1983
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, mottled figure moving upright through heavy vegetation near Shocco Creek.
Bigfoot · Clark County, Washington · 1980s
Witness reports seeing a large, unidentified creature cross the road in one step while waiting for a bus.
Bigfoot · Port Richey, Florida · 1981
Witness reports observing a slim, hairy, bipedal creature with a simian face in the headlights of his car near Port Richey, Florida.
Bigfoot · La Porte, Indiana · 1987
Witness reports a large figure standing in a trail dip threw logs and stumps, screamed, and chased them after they yelled at it.
Bigfoot · Union County, Oregon · 1982
Witness reports seeing an approximately 8 ft tall creature standing next to a tree and walking across a road on Mt. Emily in 1982.
Bigfoot · Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana · 1983
Witness reports hearing something walking through the water and cracking tree limbs while their boat was stuck in shallow water, leading them to believe it was a bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Puyallup, Washington · 1983
Witness reports seeing a tall black shape striding through the underbrush near Puyallup after hearing screams and crashing.
Bigfoot · Yelm, Washington · 1987
Witness reports being watched and followed by an unseen creature that left a large footprint with a pinky toe stuck out near Yelm.
Bigfoot · Sweden Valley, Pennsylvania · 1986
Witness reports hearing strange vocalizations and seeing a 7-foot tall hairy figure moving unnaturally fast before disappearing behind closely spaced trees.
Bigfoot · Acton, Maine · 1985
Witness reports hearing a noise while gathering firewood in southern Maine and turning to see an unknown creature standing 30 feet away watching them before fleeing.
Bigfoot · Hampton, Tennessee · 1984
Witness reports hearing a loud yell and grunting sounds from an unseen entity that shook their leanto and scattered rocks while camping with friends.
Bigfoot · Roscommon County, Michigan · 1984
Witness reports that four teenagers stopped dead in their tracks while walking on a two track north of camp and saw a large, dark, tall figure staring at them before running back to camp.
Bigfoot · Bloomfield, Missouri · 1986
Witness reports seeing a dark brown creature running on two legs across a road in Stoddard County, Missouri, during the winter of 1986.
Bigfoot · Crittenden County, Arkansas · 1980
Witness reports seeing a dark, hairy, upright figure near the water's edge while fishing.
Bigfoot · Jenner, California · 1981
Witness reports hearing a blood-curdling scream near their tent at Fort Ross Historical Park in the summer of 1981, which they attribute to a sasquatch.
Bigfoot · Paris Township, Ohio · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large hairy hand with long fingernails pressing against an open mobile home window from outside.
Bigfoot · Jigger, Louisiana · 1980
Witness reports seeing a tall, black, pointed-scalp creature standing at the edge of the woods while playing with two friends.
Bigfoot · Cornell, Michigan · 1982
Witness reports hearing a strange sound resembling an elephant trumpet from behind the hunting blind.
Bigfoot · Emery County, Utah · 1988
Witness reports hearing a loud, piercing scream from across the canyon while elk hunting in James Canyon.
Bigfoot · Bradford, Arkansas · 1985
Witness reports seeing a tall, slim, reddish-brown haired bigfoot through his bedroom window while lying in bed.
Bigfoot · Kittitas County, Washington · 1983
Witness reports hearing loud whistling and clicking noises at night near Milk pond and a drum-like sound during the day at Milk Lake, with her husband suggesting it was Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Chehalis River Surge Plain Natural Area Preserve, Washington · 1982
Witness reports investigating large tracks discovered along the Chehalis River at Elma Gate boat launch.
Bigfoot · Tabernacle Township, New Jersey · 1981
Witness reports being shadowed and circled by a stealthy creature that screamed loudly like a car horn before walking off.
Bigfoot · Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba · 1981
Witness reports seeing a slim, light brownish/grey hairy creature with arms past its knees during their ninth birthday in 1981.
Bigfoot · Oakley, Utah · 1986
Witness reports hearing loud, powerful howling moans unlike coyotes or wolves and seeing a large creature move through their campsite at night.
Bigfoot · Groveland, California · 1985
Witness reports hearing heavy footsteps of a large creature near their tent in Yosemite and noting the unusual silence of crickets.
Bigfoot · New Marceline City Lake, Missouri · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy figure crossing the road near zz.
Bigfoot · Twisp, Washington · 1986
Witnesses report hearing multiple unidentifiable high-pitched and deep guttural calls from the brush near their campsite in Chelan County during the summer of 1986.
Bigfoot · Portland, Tennessee · 1986
Witness reports seeing a tall, reddish-brown, muscular humanoid with a gorilla-like face near an electric fence and pond.
Bigfoot · Englewood, Tennessee · 1981
Witness reports seeing a seven-foot tall, dark brown to black, hairless hairy man with human-like facial features staring at them from across the road while playing in a garage.
Bigfoot · Franklin, North Carolina · 1985
Witness reports seeing a creature squatting by a creek on a logging trail in Franklin, NC, which stood up and looked at him before he ran away.
Bigfoot · Graham, Washington · 1984
Witness saw a creature walking under a tree branch during a storm and later measured its height via displaced branches.
Bigfoot · Rio Arriba County, New Mexico · 1983
Witness reports waking up to a massive hairy arm reaching into their tent and seeing two eight-foot tall figures outside before they ran away.
Bigfoot · Lewis and Clark County, Montana · 1982
Witness reports seeing a bigfoot sitting on a tree stump and observing them from 50 yards away.
Bigfoot · Manistee, Michigan · 1983
Witness reports hearing and smelling a loud, foul-smelling creature crashing through the woods while deer hunting.
Bigfoot · Washington Shore Visitor Facility, Washington · 1980
Witness reports that the entire planting crew observed two Sasquatches walking upright side by side in a valley near Home Valley, Washington.
Bigfoot · Moody, Alabama · 1986
Witness reports seeing a tall, hunched, naked creature with long grayish-white shaggy hair and a human-like face that screamed like a woman before running away.
Bigfoot · Severna Park, Maryland · 1981
Witness reports seeing a large, dark brown creature standing on a hill near a stream in Maryland.
Bigfoot · Tulare County, California · 1987
Witness reports hearing an unearthly screaming howl from a distance while camping at Morraine Lake in the High Sierra Trail area.
Bigfoot · Erie, Illinois · 1986
Witness reports seeing a hairy humanoid figure near the river while their dogs reacted aggressively.
Bigfoot · Bemidji, Minnesota · 1983
Witness reports seeing a black upright head appearing and disappearing above pine trees in a cedar swamp for 10 to 15 minutes during early dusk.
Bigfoot · Calcutta, Ohio · 1982
Witness reports seeing a brownish, hairy, monkey-like creature crouched on a wooded hillside along Sprucevale Road while driving at night.
Bigfoot · Jefferson, Iowa · 1983
Witness reports seeing a large, upright, hairy creature cross the road near her home at midnight.
Bigfoot · Churchtown, Ohio · 1984
Witness reports seeing a large, hair-covered gray or white figure standing by a fence line near a cornfield while driving home after fireworks in Beverly, Ohio.
Bigfoot · Fresno County, California · 1981
Witness reports hearing a distinct, distant wailing animal call similar to primate vocalizations while fishing at Fleming Lake.
Bigfoot · Orangeville, Pennsylvania · 1989
Witness reports hearing a howl/scream similar to a Bigfoot recording while walking their dog near Orangeville, Pennsylvania.
Bigfoot · Chemult, Oregon · 1989
Witness reports seeing a big brown hairy creature walking along the forest edge near Chemult around 1967.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Arkansas · 1986
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot staring through a bedroom window and later running through a field near an old barn.
Bigfoot · Bon Wier, Texas · 1981
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, bigfoot-like creature walking across Highway 190 near Bon Wier, Texas, in the fall of 1981.
Bigfoot · Wayne County, Pennsylvania · 1985
Witness reports seeing a massive, intelligent ape-like creature that moved quickly, vocalized, and stared at them before fleeing.
Bigfoot · Harmony Township, New Jersey · 1987
Witness reports seeing a tall, two-legged creature crossing Ridge Road at night near the upper Delaware Valley.
Bigfoot · Mount Hood, Oregon · 1982
Witness reports seeing a huge hairy man near Bald Butte while riding with their cousin and horse.
Bigfoot · Evansville, Indiana · 1980
Witness reports seeing a dark, hairy man-like figure with deep eye sockets that approached them while they were tending to rabbits.
Bigfoot · Chapel Hill, Tennessee · 1980
Witness reports a tall, slender, dark-furred bipedal animal ran into their truck's path on a dirt road near Chapel Hill, TN, in the summer of 2007.
Bigfoot · Ocean County, New Jersey · 1983
Witness reports seeing a large, silent figure with red-reflecting eyes that growled and caused them to flee while stealing wood in Jackson, NJ.
Bigfoot · Village of Kinderhook, New York · 1983
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy man-like creature getting up from a crouching position in a cow pasture near Kinderhook.
Bigfoot · Sonora, California · 1983
Witness reports seeing a huge, man-like figure that emerged from brush near an unfinished cabin and walked across a clearing while making a huffing noise.
Bigfoot · Reydon, Oklahoma · 1983
Witness reports hearing large impacts, smelling a skunk-like odor, seeing eye shine from a tall red-eyed creature, and finding nests while hunting north of Reydon.
Bigfoot · Roscommon, Michigan · 1980
Witness reports a large bipedal animal with long brown matted hair and bloodshot eyes ran across the road in front of their van.
Bigfoot · Orlando, Florida · 1983
Witness reports hearing loud breathing-growl and seeing a huge creature approximately 7 or 8 feet tall while camping at Disney's Fort Wilderness.
Bigfoot · Russell Township, Ohio · 1980
Witness and his friend observed a large, dark, bipedal creature behind a fallen tree in the woods before it ran away.
Bigfoot · Bracebridge, Ontario · 1981
Witness reports a creature with a cow-sized head and monkey-like appearance looked into their window at night.
Bigfoot · Manton, California · 1987
Witness reports hearing strange howls from 9 PM to midnight several times a week while living in Manton, CA, which were later identified as matching the 'Ohio howl' sound.
Bigfoot · Washington, New Jersey · 1981
Witness reports seeing a large, gray-haired, bipedal creature standing over 7ft tall on country roads in spring 1981.
Bigfoot · Duvall, Washington · 1980
Witnesses report hearing a loud moaning sound from the hill while camping in their front yard, which they later identified as similar to Bigfoot sounds heard on TV.
Bigfoot · Park Hill, Oklahoma · 1982
Witness reports that while gathering firewood near the Illinois River, a large bipedal creature rustling through dense sumac approached them before they fled back to camp.
Bigfoot · Mount Jackson, Virginia · 1985
Witness reports hearing howls and seeing a large creature stalking his camp in the George Washington National Forest in August 1985.
Bigfoot · Harrison County, Texas · 1988
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, upright-walking creature while hunting near the Louisiana state line north of Waskom.