Bigfoot reports in North Carolina
141 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 2.
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 · Lake Cherokee, North Carolina · 1980
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, hairy creature at Lake Cherokee in the late 1970s or early 1980s that watched him before walking away.
Bigfoot · Maggie Valley, North Carolina · 2021
Witness reports seeing a very dark, large, man-like figure run across the road into the woods while leaving an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Bigfoot · Laurel, North Carolina · 1873
A gentleman from the Shelton Laurel District reports that Mr. [name] saw a huge black bear-like beast with a lion's mane and head, elk horns, and an ox-sized body in the jungle.
Bigfoot · Sharpsburg, North Carolina
Witness reports a friend saw an 8 ft tall 'Monkey Man' with eye shine emitting a low growl near the treeline while taking out trash.
Bigfoot · Carteret County, North Carolina · 1977
Witness reports seeing a large, dark bipedal figure walking toward them on a road before disappearing into the woods.
Bigfoot · Black Mountain, North Carolina · 1991
Witness reports seeing a dark outline of a strange figure walking past their window on Black Mountain.
Bigfoot · Western Heights, North Carolina · 2008
Witness reports finding human-like footprints in soft dirt on a bank near a game trail in an undeveloped area.
Bigfoot · Mountain Creek, North Carolina
Witness reports finding a large footprint under a bridge near Mountain Creek at age 16 and later hearing vocalizations from the mountain top while fishing there.
Bigfoot · Mitchell County, North Carolina · 2000
Witness reports hearing a deep howl/moan and later a 'whoop whoop whoop' sound from the trees near their campsite over several nights in September 2000.
Bigfoot · McDowell County, North Carolina · 2009
Witnesses report seeing a bipedal, dark brown, hairy creature crossing the road and staring at them before disappearing into a field.
Bigfoot · Montgomery County, North Carolina
Witness and girlfriend report seeing something black run across the yard at night and hearing it bang on a car.
Bigfoot · Busick, North Carolina · 2011
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, heavy creature resembling Bigfoot near their campsite in the woods.
Bigfoot · Dan River, North Carolina
Witness reports being whistled at by Sasquatch and later seeing one stand up and walk off.
Bigfoot · Franklin, North Carolina · 2015
Witnesses report hearing a howl and finding large bipedal tracks with deep impressions on the Nantahala Wilderness ridgeline.
Bigfoot · Troy, North Carolina · 2014
Witness reports hearing commotion in the trees and seeing a rock the size of a Jr sized football fly over their head while gold panning.
Bigfoot · Franklin, North Carolina · 2015
Witness reports seeing a tall, reddish-brown, bipedal creature with large shoulders and shaggy hair off the roadside in Western North Carolina.
Bigfoot · Watauga County, North Carolina
Witness describes a second incident involving a larger creature with gray coloration and thin hair in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Bigfoot · Johnston County, North Carolina · 2002
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-haired creature with long limbs and bear-like posture on a road near Smithfield.
Bigfoot · Hoke County, North Carolina · 1995
Witness reports seeing a small, black, furry creature rearing up and running away in a tree stand at Ft. Bragg in 1995.
Bigfoot · Snow Hill, North Carolina · 1968
Witness reports hearing a terrifying screaming noise and heavy thudding footsteps near their home in the early morning, later recognizing it as similar to Bigfoot recordings.
Bigfoot · Stanly County, North Carolina
Witness reports seeing a non-aggressive Bigfoot while hunting that looked at him and walked off.
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 · Linville, North Carolina · 2010
Witness and daughter heard the same whooping calls again from further away while getting ready for bed.
Bigfoot · Hubert, North Carolina · 1965
Witness reports seeing a large, brown, furry creature estimated at 8 to 10 feet tall moving rapidly through a dense swampy area on a military base.
Bigfoot · Rutherford County, North Carolina · 1991
Witness reports seeing a 6 to 8 foot tall, hairy, bipedal creature on the opposite bank of the Broad River while trout fishing.
Bigfoot · Roxboro, North Carolina · 1997
Witness reports hearing loud whistling noises at night and finding strange feces resembling human waste that had been eating leaves and grass.
Bigfoot · Troy, North Carolina · 2014
Witness reports hearing a large animal and rocks being smashed together near their campsite in the Uwharrie National Forest.
Bigfoot · Castalia, North Carolina · 2012
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, dark brown animal with a red tint walking silently near a pine thicket during a deer hunt.
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 · Uwharrie, North Carolina · 2015
Witness reports hearing loud branch breaking and a deep, deer-like vocalization while in a hammock, causing him to retreat to his tent in fear.
Bigfoot · Linville, North Carolina · 2010
Witness reports seeing a large, dark chestnut-colored bipedal creature standing in the Linville River while driving across a bridge.
Bigfoot · Dan River, North Carolina
Witness reports a large creature charging them and running on two legs up a hill before veering off.
Bigfoot · Holly Ridge, North Carolina · 1983
Witness reports seeing a massive, upright-walking creature with long brownish hair on the shoulder of US-17 near Holly Ridge.
Bigfoot · Mills River, North Carolina · 2009
Witness reports seeing a stationary creature in a pine field that suddenly screamed and ran away.
Bigfoot · Western Heights, North Carolina · 2008
Witness reports hearing wood knocks and seeing a flash of something gray moving near their friend's home in western North Carolina.
Bigfoot · Henderson County, North Carolina · 2000
Witness reports their dog went nuts and they found huge, deep footprints in the snow that were too large for a human.
Bigfoot · Jacksonville, North Carolina · 2010
Witness reports seeing two large eyes at his height in the woods while dragging a deer, followed by finding tracks and missing bones.
Bigfoot · Hampstead, North Carolina · 1998
Witness reports hearing a howling or wailing sound at 3:00am that he later realized was identical to a recorded Bigfoot howl.
Bigfoot · Ellerbe, North Carolina · 2008
Witness reports hearing a huge splash in a stream and finding another large track in the creek bed along with other signs of a creature.
Bigfoot · Pin Hook, North Carolina · 2011
Witness reports observing a large, red-tinted humanoid figure drinking from the river before walking away.
Bigfoot · Morganton, North Carolina · 2013
Witness reports seeing a reddish-brown creature with visible head and shoulders looking over a guard rail while driving past Lake James.
Bigfoot · Watauga County, North Carolina
Witness reports seeing a juvenile Sasquatch with human-like skin and fluid, leaping movements, followed by a larger gray creature whose footprints were tracked.
Bigfoot · Rowan County, North Carolina
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot-like creature near a farm in Rowan County, NC, resulting in the discovery of a deer killed by an unknown force with raw meat pulled from its hams.
Bigfoot · Bladen County, North Carolina
Witness reports smelling a horrible odor and seeing two orange eyes briefly while looking for a Land Cruiser in the swamp.
Bigfoot · Hamptonville, North Carolina · 1971
Witness reports seeing a tall, off-white furry creature under their porch in the early 1970s.
Bigfoot · Pembroke, North Carolina
Witness reports that at age seven in Pembroke, North Carolina, he and his brothers encountered a six-foot-tall, ape-like creature with dark skin and large eyes that jumped from a tree and landed near…
Bigfoot · Sparta, North Carolina · 2023
Witness reports hearing a guttural noise described as '20 people dying' while fishing with his son in the New River valley.
Bigfoot · Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina · 1999
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy bipedal creature shaking a pecan tree near Camp LeJeune before it froze and fled into the woods.
Bigfoot · Bladen County, North Carolina
Witness reports seeing a large, fur-covered humanoid leaning to the right near a barn and Land Cruiser in rural North Carolina, noting its smell and behavior.
Bigfoot · Sampson County, North Carolina · 1976
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, bipedal creature near a river while squirrel hunting.
Bigfoot · Seagrove, North Carolina · 2012
Witness reports seeing a large, dark bipedal creature on Ridge Rd in Seagrove, NC, while driving at night.
Bigfoot · Franklin, North Carolina · 2002
Witness reports hearing a scream and having rocks thrown at them while camping in Macon County, North Carolina.
Bigfoot · Montgomery County, North Carolina · 2015
Witness reports hearing wood knocks and guttural moans from an unseen creature in the brush while hiking Dutchmans Creek.
Bigfoot · Table Rock, North Carolina · 2001
Two experienced campers report hearing a long scream that changed into a yodeling sound coming from a valley near Brown Mountain.
Bigfoot · Montgomery County, North Carolina
Witness reports hearing a high-pitched whoop call while walking up a hill in Montgomery County, smelling a foul odor like wet dog and rot, and feeling followed.
Bigfoot · Warren County, North Carolina · 1983
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, mottled figure moving upright through heavy vegetation near Shocco Creek.
Bigfoot · Iredell County, North Carolina · 1992
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, non-human creature resembling Chewbacca on the riverbank near Yadkin River in 1992.
Bigfoot · Orange County, North Carolina · 2004
Witness reports that their neighborhood was disturbed regularly by something walking through the woods at night during the spring of 2004.
Bigfoot · Mountain Creek, North Carolina · 2026
Witness reports calling out to creatures near Mountain Creek, hearing three responses from the mountain and creek, feeling watched, smelling a foul odor, and hearing footsteps following him home.
Bigfoot · Bladen County, North Carolina
Witness reports hearing beating on a shop and seeing something peeking around a corner at night in October.
Bigfoot · Buncombe County, North Carolina · 2016
Witness reports hearing large crashes and seeing massive trees rocking back and forth in their backyard, concluding it was not a bear or cat because of the jumping behavior and size.
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 · Nantahala River, North Carolina · 2025
Witness and three other fishermen saw a large rock thrown from the mountain into the river near them.
Bigfoot · Highlands, North Carolina · 2025
Witness reports a large black creature with long arms and dark hair jumping over a guard rail on the highway.
Bigfoot · Millers Creek, North Carolina · 1978
Witness reports seeing a large, hair-covered humanoid standing at the edge of a cornfield near Wilkesboro in 1978.
Bigfoot · Archdale, North Carolina · 2013
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, bipedal creature resembling an oversized 'It' from the Addams Family standing outside their front door before it vanished.
Bigfoot · Lenoir, North Carolina · 1998
Witness reports finding a large footprint in the wet creek bank sand while trout fishing with his son.
Bigfoot · Lexington, North Carolina
Witness reports hearing a loud, spine-chilling howl or scream in a forested area near Lexington, which frightened animals and people.
Bigfoot · Jacksonville, North Carolina · 2011
Witness reports multiple incidents including ripped mulch piles, eaten vegetables, large footprints, a scared dog, moved barrels, and howling sounds at their residence.
Bigfoot · Cleveland County, North Carolina
[name] reports seeing a tall, black furry figure with a non-human stride in his driveway in Vale, NC.
Bigfoot · Oxford, North Carolina · 1999
Witness reports hitting a large, intelligent-acting creature with his car that stood on two legs and walked away.
Bigfoot · Mocksville, North Carolina · 1977
Witness reports that he and two companions were chased by a large, hairy creature that threw logs at their fire and circled their house before fleeing at dawn.
Bigfoot · Stanly County, North Carolina · 1994
Witness reports seeing a tall, silver-black haired humanoid standing by the road at night who communicated with them through eye contact before allowing them to pass.
Bigfoot · Windsor, North Carolina · 1989
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy, apelike creature that initially appeared as a stump before standing up and interacting with them in a swamp.
Bigfoot · Pender County, North Carolina · 2011
Witness reports seeing a large, muscular, crimson rusty brown bipedal creature with matted hair and human hands bolt across Highway 53 in front of their vehicle.
Bigfoot · Barnardsville, North Carolina · 1986
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, upright creature standing beside a tree on a mountain road near Barnardsville, NC, which watched them drive by before disappearing.
Bigfoot · Rocky Mount, North Carolina · 1979
Witness reports seeing a tall hairy figure crossing a rural road near Rocky Mount in 1979, which then ran away at super fast speed.
Bigfoot · Candor, North Carolina · 1990
Witness reports seeing a large black/brown creature cross a four-lane highway while driving at 60 mph.
Bigfoot · Onslow County, North Carolina · 2005
Witness reports a large, muscular, bipedal creature observed during Marine Corps training exercises near Camp Lejeune.
Bigfoot · Bryson City, North Carolina · 2018
Witness reports hearing loud knocking sounds resembling a baseball hit while fishing in the Smoky Mountains, which interrupted their attempt at suicide and led to an intervention.
Bigfoot · Dan River, North Carolina
Witness reports seeing two orange orbs moving through the woods at night and later seeing a Sasquatch stand up.
Bigfoot · Yadkinville, North Carolina · 1976
Witness reports hearing a noisy creature at night in 1976 and finding large tracks in the snow the next morning.
Bigfoot · Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina · 2019
Witness reports hearing heavy steps unlike a deer and seeing their dog bark at something outside the tent before the creature scampered away.
Bigfoot · Maggie Valley, North Carolina · 2019
Witnesses report hearing three loud, distinctive tree-knocks from across the road while looking at flowers near the Masonic Marker.
Bigfoot · Taylorsville, North Carolina · 2013
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy biped walking upright in a pasture and powerline clearing near Damascus Church Road.
Bigfoot · Duplin County, North Carolina · 2009
Witness reports encountering a large, hairy creature eating corn at his bait pile, which stood up and walked away after regarding him.
Bigfoot · Lexington, North Carolina · 1967
Witness reports seeing a huge, dark-haired humanoid creature step out in front of their tractor at dusk near the Yadkin River.
Bigfoot · Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina · 2023
Witness reports hearing rhythmic knocks from a thicket, mimicking them, and then seeing nothing despite heavy movement and crashing sounds as the creature fled.
Bigfoot · Hickory, North Carolina
A truck driver stopped his semi to face a large, upright creature with an old man's face and coarse hair that stood on the road near a quarry.
Bigfoot · Macon County, North Carolina · 1973
Witness reports seeing a large creature with ice blue eyes cross the road in Panthertown valley in 1973.
Bigfoot · Swain County, North Carolina · 1998
Witness reports finding a long trail of large bare human footprints in deep snow on the Appalachian Trail but dismissing them as a hoax.
Bigfoot · Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina · 2020
Witness reports being stalked by massive creatures that threw rocks and growled during a night patrol at Camp Lejeune, later finding huge footprints.
Bigfoot · Kenansville, North Carolina · 2026
Witness reports seeing a massive ape-like animal running away in Goshen Swamp.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, North Carolina · 2005
Witness reports hearing a prolonged, deep howl from an unknown creature while camping in the Blue Ridge Mountains, which they attributed to a sasquatch after ruling out other possibilities.
Bigfoot · Taylorsville, North Carolina · 2013
Witness reports seeing a creature initially mistaken for a bear sitting on its butt, which was later seen walking on two legs into the tree line by the witness and another lady.
Bigfoot · Avery County, North Carolina · 2010
Witness reports hearing multiple whooping sounds from animals to the southeast and northwest of their camper at night.
Bigfoot · Swain County, North Carolina · 1975
Witness reports finding a distinct, primate-shaped bare footprint with five toes in a creek bed while backpacking.
Bigfoot · Mount Gilead, North Carolina · 2020
Witness reports seeing a large, hairy creature crossing Hwy 109 near Mt. Gilead in two bounds.
Bigfoot · Montgomery County, North Carolina · 2004
Witness and their father observed a large, upright-walking creature blocking a road sign before disappearing into the woods without disturbing the brush.
Bigfoot · Onslow County, North Carolina · 1987
Witness reports hitting a large hairy creature with their car and being pursued by it while driving on an isolated road.