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Bigfoot reports in North Carolina

141 cases, best-documented first. Page 2 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.

  1. Bigfoot · Montgomery County, North Carolina · 2009

    Montgomery County, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing a "person" bushwhacking through the woods near their tent on two separate occasions in winter.

  2. Bigfoot · Elizabeth City, North Carolina · 1982

    Elizabeth City, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a large, gorilla-like creature with dark fur and human-like hands while deer hunting in North Carolina.

  3. Bigfoot · Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina · 2011

    Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a 9-foot tall white-furred Bigfoot standing beside a pine tree while camping at Davidson River Campground.

  4. Bigfoot · Mill Spring, North Carolina · 2011

    Mill Spring, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports finding footprints in wet ashes and observing long strides across the yard after a storm.

  5. Bigfoot · Rowland, North Carolina · 2015

    Rowland, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a huge, black, hairy bipedal creature standing on the median of I-95 in North Carolina before it walked down an embankment.

  6. Bigfoot · Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina · 2015

    Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing loud branch breaks and feeling watched while camping near a waterfall, leading to a decision to leave the site due to an intuitive sense of danger.

  7. Bigfoot · Ellerbe, North Carolina · 2008

    Ellerbe, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports finding large footprints in mud and rock, hearing noises like baseball bats hitting trees, and observing signs of a large creature near the Pee Dee River.

  8. Bigfoot · Avery County, North Carolina · 2014

    Avery County, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witnesses report hearing a response to their 'whoops' and finding a large dead tree uprooted and centered on the road after making noise.

  9. Bigfoot · Bryson City, North Carolina · 2020

    Bryson City, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a huge, hairy humanoid standing on the road while driving with her husband in western NC.

  10. Bigfoot · Haywood County, North Carolina · 2014

    Haywood County, North Carolina1 independent source

    The narrator and two friends heard a response to their tree knocks and whoops while at Devil's Courthouse.

  11. Bigfoot · Faith, North Carolina · 2012

    Faith, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing a massive growl and seeing a tree shake in a thicket near a creek, later finding a deer killed with square teeth bite marks which he attributes to Bigfoot.

  12. Bigfoot · North Carolina · 2020

    North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing sounds identical to the 'Sierra Sounds' attributed to Sasquatch and believing they were talking.

  13. Bigfoot · Cosby Knob, North Carolina · 2003

    Cosby Knob, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing a long call that sounded like a gibbon or primate while camping in the Great Smoky Mountains.

  14. Bigfoot · Troy, North Carolina · 2011

    Troy, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports hearing heavy bipedal footsteps and breaking branches near the campsite late at night.

  15. Bigfoot · Haywood County, North Carolina

    Haywood County, North Carolina1 independent source

    The narrator recounts local Cherokee history describing the Judaculla as a giant man with hair and slanted eyes who lived at Devil's Courthouse.

  16. Bigfoot · Dan River, North Carolina

    Dan River, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness retells a story of a grandson encountering a Sasquatch at close range and being grunted at.

  17. Bigfoot · Shelby, North Carolina · 1980s

    Shelby, North Carolina1 independent source

    [name] recounts a 1980s sighting of a juvenile Bigfoot named [name]'vi at Knob Creek in Shelby.

  18. Bigfoot · Jackson County, North Carolina

    Jackson County, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall orange-haired creature resembling Bigfoot sitting in a tree watching them.

  19. Bigfoot · Kings Mountain, North Carolina · 2006

    Kings Mountain, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports his wife saw a large, dark, tall figure run past their kitchen window at night.

  20. Bigfoot · Richmond County, North Carolina · 1981

    Richmond County, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports knowing two guys who saw a Bigfoot at the dam on the Pee Dee River in Richmond County.

  21. Bigfoot · Davidson County, North Carolina · 1980s

    Davidson County, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports that his brother saw a Bigfoot cross in front of his car on Broadway road in the late eighties.

  22. Bigfoot · Casar, North Carolina · 1970s

    Casar, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports his father saw a large upright walking animal while deer hunting on a mountain ridge in remote country.

  23. Bigfoot · Glendale Springs, North Carolina · 1987

    Glendale Springs, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witnesses report large footprints found in deep snow near Glendale Springs, North Carolina, which appeared to cross a fence in one stride.

  24. Bigfoot · Mooresville, North Carolina

    Mooresville, North Carolina1 independent source

    The witness's father claimed to have hit a Bigfoot while driving.

  25. Bigfoot · Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina · 2004

    Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports that a cousin and brother hiking on the mountain two years prior had a sighting of a creature.

  26. Bigfoot · Troy, North Carolina

    Troy, North Carolina1 independent source

    A police report and video footage claim a creature picked up a mailbox and threw it in Troy.

  27. Bigfoot · Rocky Mount, North Carolina · 1999

    Rocky Mount, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports a cousin had an almost identical sighting of a Bigfoot near the same area about ten years ago.

  28. Bigfoot · Montgomery County, North Carolina · 2014

    Montgomery County, North Carolina1 independent source

    A church youth group leader reported a nighttime encounter with bipedal footsteps and other signs on Super Tree Loop Trail.

  29. Bigfoot · Little Switzerland, North Carolina · 2008

    Little Switzerland, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports a suspected nighttime visit from a juvenile sasquatch to their family home about a dozen years prior.

  30. Bigfoot · Yancey County, North Carolina · 1988

    Yancey County, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports finding deep bipedal tracks in the snow on Mt. Mitchell that appeared to be made by a creature capable of climbing steep banks and leaping over obstacles.

  31. Bigfoot · Cascade Creek, North Carolina

    Cascade Creek, North Carolina1 independent source

    A witness reports a man cutting hay near dark saw one standing on the edge of the field watching him.

  32. Bigfoot · Hickory, North Carolina

    Hickory, North Carolina1 independent source

    A warehouse worker confirms that sightings of Bigfoot are common in the Hickory area and mentions videos exist.

  33. Bigfoot · Hillsborough, North Carolina · 2022

    Hillsborough, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports that his 17-year-old daughter saw a large bipedal creature at the edge of their woods at dusk.

  34. Bigfoot · Stokes County, North Carolina · 2006

    Stokes County, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports that his nephew and he heard a loud yelp from the woods while camping in January 2006.

  35. Bigfoot · Swain County, North Carolina

    Swain County, North Carolina1 independent source

    A person at the Towns county dump reports seeing a creature walking through a yard near Haysville, NC.

  36. Bigfoot · Pilot Mountain, North Carolina · 1999

    Pilot Mountain, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports that their mother and they found three very large humanoid footprints with visible toes in the snow of their front yard.

  37. Bigfoot · North Carolina · 2016

    North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports a large, muscular humanoid with huge green-yellow eyes and a spider-like shadow appeared near their campsite in the woods before disappearing.

  38. Bigfoot · Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina

    Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina1 independent source

    Witness reports a Bigfoot sitting on a front porch crying for decades before the death of an old man, then standing up and walking away.

  39. Bigfoot · North Carolina

    North Carolina1 independent source

    Researchers saw three creatures standing on a mountain hillside in Standing Stone.

  40. Bigfoot · North Carolina

    North Carolina1 independent source

    Three campers reported rocks being thrown at them and hearing screams while camping in Standing Stone State Park.

  41. Bigfoot · North Carolina

    North Carolina1 independent source

    The narrator reports increased activity with creatures in Standing Stone State Park since the campground closed.