Bigfoot reports in West Virginia
162 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.
Bigfoot · Lesage, West Virginia · 1960
Witness reports hearing a loud bellowing roar and growling from an unseen creature while coon hunting with his grandfather and friend in a hollow near Lesage.
Bigfoot · Beckley, West Virginia · 1975
Witness reports that three youths were followed and attacked by large boulders before seeing a large black shape disappear over a hillside while hiking near Beckley.
Bigfoot · Tucker County, West Virginia
Witness reports hearing distant baleful howls or moans from a stream canyon many times.
Bigfoot · Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia · 2002
Witness reports finding a 16-inch footprint in dry soil the next morning.
Bigfoot · Pocahontas County, West Virginia · 2007
Witness reports hearing light footsteps approaching from behind while sitting on a log, which stopped and circled after he threw sticks.
Bigfoot · Greenbrier County, West Virginia · 2005
Witness reports seeing a large stick thrown at them and hearing something big climbing up a slope, concluding it had hands and thumbs.
Bigfoot · Philippi, West Virginia · 2005
Witness reports hearing strange moaning sounds and walking noises at night while camping near the Tygart Valley River.
Bigfoot · Greenbrier County, West Virginia · 2005
Three witnesses report being paralleled by an unseen entity making loud splashing sounds in the river while walking along a trail.
Bigfoot · Pennsboro, West Virginia · 2002
Witness reports seeing a large, bipedal creature wearing brown clothes lope across a ridge in late summer 2002.
Bigfoot · Cabell County, West Virginia
Witness reports finding humanoid type footprints with toe indentations in a dried up creek bed.
Bigfoot · Pocahontas County, West Virginia · 2007
Witness reports finding a torn Eastern Towhee nest with destroyed eggs and no evidence of what caused the damage.
Bigfoot · Princeton, West Virginia · 1979
Witness reports seeing an 8-foot tall humanoid with greenish-yellow eyes at a kitchen window while their family prepared to confront it.
Bigfoot · Ridgeview, West Virginia · 2006
Witness reports seeing a large bipedal creature with black hair crossing a road and hearing loud whooping howls during a bat survey.
Bigfoot · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 2001
Witness reports finding large human-like footprints near a creek in Mason County, WV, which were initially dismissed by officials as bear tracks but are believed to be from a large humanoid.
Bigfoot · Mabie, West Virginia · 2003
Witness reports hearing a loud, repetitive 'whooping' vocalization from a ridge while studying songbirds, later associating the sound with Sasquatch recordings.
Bigfoot · Pendleton County, West Virginia · 1998
Witness reports seeing a large, upright, dark-colored creature with primate features near Seneca Rocks while driving on Rt.55 in January.
Bigfoot · Beckley, West Virginia
Witness reports seeing a six-foot-tall juvenile creature with long orange hair and an orangutan-like face while walking down an old logging road in West Virginia.
Bigfoot · Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia · 2002
Witness reports hearing howls and chatter-like sounds from behind a hill around 7:00 p.m.
Bigfoot · Minden, West Virginia · 1998
Witnesses report hearing an unusual, unidentifiable howl echoing from the woods at night during fall or winter.
Bigfoot · Mercer County, West Virginia · 1988
Witness reports finding trees snapped off and feeling pursued by a terrifying entity after urinating on them in the mountains near Canal City.
Bigfoot · Twin Falls Resort State Park, West Virginia
Witness reports hearing whoop or chirping sounds that are not a squirrel or a bird.
Bigfoot · Bradshaw, West Virginia · 2009
Witness reports seeing a bigfoot walking in the brush pile while bow hunting.
Bigfoot · Tucker County, West Virginia · 1987
Witness reports seeing two Bigfoot close-up on a mountain top at night, noting their yellow eyes and one's limp.
Bigfoot · Kenova, West Virginia · 2006
Witness reports seeing a large man crossing the road near Kenova, WV, which her son identified as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Raleigh County, West Virginia · 2007
Witness reports seeing a huge, upright, brown, furry creature about 4 feet taller than a fence in a hay field near Shady Springs.
Bigfoot · West Virginia · 2006
Witness reports seeing two creatures standing side by side in the woods across the road after hearing footsteps and a yelling noise.
Bigfoot · Grant County, West Virginia
The narrator's grandmother and a friend encountered a strange spotted being in the woods near Seneca Caverns that filled them with dread and seemed to speak.
Bigfoot · Fayette County, West Virginia · 1980s
A friend and his companions saw a large hairy creature cross a road, scream like a woman, and run into the woods.
Bigfoot · Alderson, West Virginia · 2010
Witness reports her husband saw a tall, hairy, upright creature for the last two years.
Bigfoot · Calhoun County, West Virginia · 2006
Witness reports his daughter was growled at by a creature she identified as a monkey while feeding her grandmother's dog in North Carolina.
Bigfoot · Tucker County, West Virginia
Witness's mother reports hearing the creature scream at her several times while working late.
Bigfoot · Twin Falls Resort State Park, West Virginia
Witness reports a woman seeing something about 8 ft tall moving across to the next campsite.
Bigfoot · Inwood, West Virginia · 2026
Witness reports two employees saw a tall, black creature walking on a railroad bed near an industrial plant in Inwood, WV.
Bigfoot · Boone County, West Virginia
The author describes the sheep squatch as a big white woolly hairy nasty creature with horns that messes up campsites in Boone County.
Bigfoot · Webster County, West Virginia · 2007
Grandmother reports that the area is notorious for sightings of creatures called Yahoos, including one described as seven feet tall with dark brown hair.
Bigfoot · Preston County, West Virginia
A man camping nearby reports seeing a very large black shadow walk between his fire and camper while his dog barked frantically.
Bigfoot · Charleston, West Virginia · 2025
A girl showed the narrator and [name] footprints she found near Charleston.
Bigfoot · Raleigh County, West Virginia · 2008
Witness's friend reports hearing a short, deep roar from a creature on the mountain side near the farm.
Bigfoot · Pendleton County, West Virginia · 2007
Witness reports her boyfriend saw a large, hairy, ape-like humanoid walking upright on the side of a dark mountain road.
Bigfoot · Wayne, West Virginia · 2009
Witness reports that his brother saw a tall, heavy, reddish-brown furred creature standing in the yard near a chicken house before it disappeared.
Bigfoot · Laurel Fork, West Virginia
Witness reports seeing trees laying down with root balls in a clearcut area.
Bigfoot · Raleigh County, West Virginia
Parents report hearing a deafening scream from the side of a mountain across a creek on their property.
Bigfoot · Buckhannon, West Virginia · 2010
Witness reports that her aunt and cousin both saw a bigfoot standing on two legs by the road in Buckhannon.
Bigfoot · McDowell County, West Virginia · 2009
Witness's wife reports hearing a loud moaning noise and sounds of large sticks being struck together near her home earlier in the week.
Bigfoot · Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Witness reports a doctor in the Roaring Plains area who claims his Sasquatch came into his camp and stayed for a good amount of time.
Bigfoot · Raleigh County, West Virginia · 2008
Witness's mother reports seeing a huge black creature standing on two legs on the mountain side before it disappeared into thick brush.
Bigfoot · Capels, West Virginia · 1998
A hunter reports seeing a black, straight-haired humanoid at least 8 feet tall with reddish eyes twice in the woods near Capels, WV, before finding tracks and hearing screams.
Bigfoot · Preston County, West Virginia
A local woman reports seeing a figure covered in dark fur at the edge of the woods near a picnic area while walking her dogs.
Bigfoot · Stonewood, West Virginia · 1974
A witness and his friend observed an enormous, hair-covered animal with swinging arms traveling down a mountain near their home in West Virginia.
Bigfoot · Glady, West Virginia
A farmer and his wife reportedly saw a big black hairy man-like creature watching sheep before it ran up a hill.
Bigfoot · Marion County, West Virginia
Witness reports that people in Marion County, Virginia have had many encounters with Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · West Fork Greenbrier River, West Virginia · 1969
A deer hunter reported a daylight sighting of a tall hairy creature moving through the woods.
Bigfoot · Milton, West Virginia · 1970s
Witness reports that her husband's uncle and a friend saw a gray, hairy bipedal creature drinking water and running on two legs near a creek.
Bigfoot · Bluestone River, West Virginia
Witness reports that a man and his son fishing on the river were attacked by a creature throwing large logs and yelling at them.
Bigfoot · Marion County, West Virginia · 1999
Witness reports a large, hairy, bipedal creature resembling a muscular basketball player was seen walking on hind legs in old 93 hollow.
Bigfoot · Raleigh County, West Virginia · 2008
Witness's friend's older brother reports seeing a big, black, fuzzy creature walking on hind legs across the road from the previous sighting site.
Bigfoot · Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 1966
The author notes that there were Sasquatchlike creatures in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in 1966.
Bigfoot · Tucker County, West Virginia
Witness's brother reports hearing the creature scream at him once.
Bigfoot · Preston County, West Virginia
Witness retells a story from their uncle who saw a bipedal, long-haired, dark-haired creature seven to eight feet tall walking across the farm on two different occasions.
Bigfoot · West Virginia · 2023
A bus driver and five students saw a Bigfoot on a road backing up to Standing Stone State Park in the middle of the day.
Bigfoot · West Virginia
A pastor friend reports a massive creature communicated telepathically with him on a rock in West Virginia, warning it could eat him and his friends.
Bigfoot · West Virginia
A guest on the show reported a Sasquatch hanging out at his campsite for hours, pointing at stars and saying Lucifer in a deep voice.