Bigfoot reports in Nevada
17 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
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 · Battle Mountain, Nevada · 1999
A government employee reports that firefighters captured a wounded, ape-like creature with human-like features during the Battle Mountain fire and were ordered to keep quiet about it.
Bigfoot · Pershing County, Nevada · 1891
Witness reports a tradition of a giant who made war on the Pintoes and was slain by a Pinto brave, with his tracks and grave still shown near Pyramid Lake.
Bigfoot · Reno, Nevada · 1972
Witness reports seeing a giant black man standing still near a dry wash while exploring with his brother and a friend.
Bigfoot · Reno, Nevada · 1970
Witness reports hearing an extended, mellow call resembling a tornado siren coming from a draw on Peavine Mountain while hiking with his father.
Bigfoot · Reno, Nevada · 1972
Witness reports hearing and observing the sounds of a large bipedal creature being chased by feral dogs into their backyard in August 1972.
Bigfoot · Reno, Nevada · 2003
Witness reports seeing a huge, muscular figure in ski gear standing in a wash near Reno who then walked away without speaking.
Bigfoot · Dyer, Nevada · 2004
A police officer and four companions observed a bipedal, hairy creature moving on two legs and crawling over obstacles on Boundary Peak.
Bigfoot · Storey County, Nevada · 1980
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, bipedal creature near the old mill in Gold Hill.
Bigfoot · Incline Village, Nevada · 2017
Witness and his wife observed chaos in the brush along a road near Incline Village and spent four hours investigating evidence of Sasquatch activity.
Bigfoot · Nevada
The narrator reports seeing a skunk ape at a fossil digsite in Nevada, an event that caused them significant distress and intrusive thoughts.
Bigfoot · White Pine County, Nevada · 1990s
The speaker recounts a childhood memory of hearing and seeing hairy creatures banging on their trailer in Heber.
Bigfoot · Pershing County, Nevada · 1891
Witness reports a tradition of a giant warrior who attacked the Piute Indians and was slain by a poisoned arrow, with his tracks and grave still shown.
Bigfoot · Battle Mountain, Nevada · 1999
A witness describes a seven-foot-tall, brown-haired creature that was injured by fire, treated by medical personnel, and transported away while moaning and groaning.
Bigfoot · Genoa, Nevada · 1984
Witness reports that her friend [name] saw a 7 ft. hairy humanoid creature resembling an orangutan near a creek while hiking in the Sierra Nevada.
Bigfoot · Winnemucca, Nevada · 2005
Witness reports that their cousin saw a figure on a mountain ridge which then walked down and howled, causing their dog to flee in fear.
Bigfoot · Lovelock, Nevada
Witness reports that Paiute people drove Bigfoots into Lovelock cave and burned it to kill them, claiming this event killed every Bigfoot in Nevada.
Bigfoot · Storey County, Nevada · 1984
Witness reports finding a natural shelter with tramped pine needles near a boulder in the area where the creature was seen.