Bigfoot reports from the 1980s
854 cases, best-documented first. Page 9 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 · Truckee, California · 1984
Witness reports her husband found and showed her a large footprint in the dust near a dirt road in the Tahoe National Forest.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Illinois · 1983
Witness reports that he and his father saw a creature growling on the bank before it pencil-dived into a pond and swam toward them while they were fishing.
Bigfoot · Silverton, Oregon · 1980
Witness reports that his wife's grandfather showed him a Big Foot den with hair and branches near the Little Pudding River.
Bigfoot · Little Manistee River, Michigan · 1985
Witness reports a coworker confirmed a similar sighting near the Little Manistee River area in 1985.
Bigfoot · Bluff Creek, California · 1980s
Bob Gimlin found tracks at Bluff Creek several more times over the years, including casts of knee and hand prints.
Bigfoot · Byhalia, Mississippi · 1983
Witness reports hearing a loud scream and awful smell while hunting raccoons with six people in October 1983.
Bigfoot · Teller County, Colorado · 1981
Witness reports that their uncle saw a huge, two-legged creature taller than any animal he had ever seen while working the graveyard shift at a mine.
Bigfoot · Washington, District of Columbia · 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 · Pleasant Hill, Missouri · 1983
Witness reports his father and a friend heard a roar and shriek from a large creature in dense woods and fled.
Bigfoot · Lincoln, Nebraska · 1980
Witness reports a man on a motorcycle encountered a bigfoot-like creature that ran in front of him near the Lincoln Electric Co. building.
Bigfoot · Bellevue, Washington · 1984
Witness reports reading about Bigfoot tracks found under a bedroom window in the suburbs of Bellevue, Washington.
Bigfoot · Lewiston, California · 1982
Witness reports that while driving late at night near Lewiston, they initially mistook a large animal for a bear before realizing it was bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Dickson, Tennessee · 1987
Witness reports that his daughter was followed and attacked by a bigfoot at Ruskin Cave Park, which then stood outside their window staring in.
Bigfoot · Elkhorn, Wisconsin · 1980s
The Beast of Bray Road is reported as a hairy biped resembling Bigfoot that walks on its hind legs and was first reported in the 1980s.
Bigfoot · Kernville, California · 1985
Witness reports hearing loud, shrill screams and feeling a palpable vibe from an unknown creature while camping on the Kern Plateau in October 1985.
Bigfoot · Lake County, Florida · 1980
Witness reports that investigators found large footprints in the Ocala National Forest, leading to speculation about a 'skunk ape' despite doubts about their authenticity.
Bigfoot · Centerville, Indiana · 1989
Witness reports hearing loud growling and hollering noises from an unknown creature while camping in Indiana, leading them to suspect Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Clackamas County, Oregon · 1980s
Friend and her brother saw a giant white monkey walk up a hill away from trash cans.
Bigfoot · Calaveras County, California · 1984
Witness reports seeing footprints in the summer of 1984 near Beartrap Cabin.
Bigfoot · Washington, District of Columbia · 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 · McDowell County, West Virginia · 1988
A family spotted a tall black creature walking on the mountain while driving on the highway ten years prior to the report.
Bigfoot · Drummonds, Tennessee · 1981
Witness reports a friend and he heard a loud vocalization from an unseen creature while calling coyotes in a field at night.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, 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 · Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana · 1980
Witness reports that his stepbrother's friend and the friend's father saw a large, dark, hairy creature pull a cypress stump from the mud at the edge of a river in Honey Island Swamp.
Bigfoot · Lake Hughes, California · 1980s
Witness recounts reading a report from the 1980s about someone seeing a big hairy thing by a road in the area.
Bigfoot · Green Cove Springs, Florida · 1986
Witness reports that their mother saw a tall, skinny, hairy creature running across a paved road in Florida.
Bigfoot · Fairview, Kentucky · 1980
Witness reports a large dark man-like entity was seen running towards the woods near his back porch in Fairview, Kentucky.
Bigfoot · Monroe County, Indiana · 1982
Witness reports that he and two companions felt watched by a creature on a ridge near the White River in 1982, which followed them to their truck.
Bigfoot · Emery County, Utah · 1989
Witness reports that he and his friend heard a loud, penetrating scream in James Canyon that resembled a mix of a baby crying, a mountain lion roaring, and a bull snorting.
Bigfoot · East Tiger Mountain, Washington · 1980s
Witnesses report that apes attacked their truck and dragged a bear off the road, causing them to hide in fear.
Bigfoot · 1980s
Kanamarí Indians allegedly raised two baby mapinguaris in the Rio Juruá valley before releasing them due to their smell.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1986
Witness reports seeing a nine to ten foot tall black animal on a trail and finding a bed made of huckleberry leaves.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1988
Witness reports a 10-foot tall hairy creature walking between cabins and into the woods, displaying yellow eyes and making kooky noises.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1982
A boy scout leader reports a creature buzzing tents and making weird noises during a campout in 1982.
Bigfoot · 1987
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy creature near his Land Cruiser in the woods while catfishing with his father-in-law.
Bigfoot · 1980
Witness reports police and search parties in the triangle found nothing despite calls about a man-beast, though one cruiser was reportedly lifted.
Bigfoot · 1982
Witness reports that he and two friends heard an incredibly loud howl while camping in the mountains of Arizona in 1982.
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 · 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 · 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 · 1980s
A class A sighting occurred in Washington County a long time ago.
Bigfoot · 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 · 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 · 1980s
Witnesses report hearing a heavy animal approach their camper and emit 'whoop' sounds in the foothills of the San Juan Mountains.
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 · 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 · 1980
Elders claim the drowned jondor was a young one whose parents found him at night and took him away.
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 · 1981
Witness's uncle reports a Bigfoot encounter in the outskirts of the Shawnee National Forest.