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Jul 1997
Hodgenville, Larue Cty, Kentucky
Looking for dog that had run off, near nature trail in Lincoln National Birthplace, walking through brush smelled dead animal smell, looked around and saw what looked like a man covered with tan hair, about 6'7", walking cautiously away. Shoulders…
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1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Three separate sighting reports with little informatin. Vince Doerr, Ochopee fire chief, saw something large and hairy run across Burns Road on two legs, but thought it was just someone playing games. Dow Roland was guiding a group for Everglades…
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Jun 1997
Lac Leul, Kenora Cty, Ontario
R.B. fishing on Stranger Lake (not on map) near Lac Seul, saw something moving in the bushes. He later came back and found big footprints in the vicinity. He showed them to his sisters, one of whom, V.M., measured them…
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Mar 1997
Pearisburg, Giles Cty, Virginia
Hiking on a small switchback trail near the Appalachian Trail, heard a muffled scream ahead and began calling to see if someone would answer. Then heard crashing in the underbrush and a large figure in the general shape of a…
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Jul 1997
Connellsville, Fayette Cty, Pennsylvania
Christopher and cousin riding 4-wheelers through the woods along Breakneck Road when a brown furry creature 8 feet tall dashed across the path in front of them
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Sep 1997
Orient Bay, Thunder Bay Cty, Ontario
Witness was driving on Hwy 11 when a 7-foot creature, dark brown or black, crossed the road and went into the bush. Area of mixed forest, mountainous, with small lakes nearby.
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Jul 1997
Loudonville, Ashland Cty, Ohio
Two canoes on Mohican River a mile from Loudonville in woods, smelled pungent smell of decay, noticed shadow in trees, one girl sas a black 6.5 to 7-foot creature watching them. They speeded up, it followed them in the trees.…
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Oct 1997
Shady Grove, (? 3 Shady Groves in Kentucky), Kentucky
Informant and friends driving on Blackburn Church Road about 11 p.m. noticed red eyes on a bank, then a creature walked upright across the road. Height estimate 6'10". In the same area an "awful noise" was hearrd twice in the…
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Jun 1997
Clover, York Cty, South Carolina
Rick Cox reports incidents going on for the past two years, pine cone bird feeders taken from 9 feet off the ground, 18.5-inch footprints found in wooded area behind house, neighbours have heard screams, small livestock has gone missing, Something…
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1997
Neptune, Monmouth Cty, New Jersey
Informant driving at night in Allaire State Park on Hospital Road near Manasquan River, a deer ran out in front of the car and he slammed on the brakes, then a 6 to 8-foot hairy animal ran out after the…
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1997
Greece, Monroe Cty, New York
James Moore tells of a female seeing a big white thing in the woods, then in late September or early October, 1997, he and a friend saw one. Walking in the woods about 5 p.m. they came into a field…
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Jul 1997
Greece, Monroe Cty, New York
Erika was ridig a bike on a path in the woods near English and Mill Road when she heard leaves crunching and twigs cracking. She turned her head and saw an albino Bigfoot. Then she quickly rode home. Apparently is…
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Jul 1997
Neeses, Orangeburg Cty, South Carolina
Jackie Hutto sayd he saw an 8-foot hairy man tugging on dog pen. (Story in Orangeburg, SC, Times & Democrat, July 19, 1997, says it was trying to get into the boy's pen, last Tuesday. See North Carolina, fall, 1991)
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Sep 1997
Hopeville, Tucker Cty, West Virginia
Scott and others (we) saw 20" tracks while hiking in an area of bogs, windswept plains and hardwood forests. That night they heard screams in the forest near their campsite and smelled a strange odor, and next morning found tracks…
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May 1997
Nellie, Coshocton Cty, Ohio
Mushroom hunting by a creek, something spooked deer, then he sw 50 yards away in the woods a 'giant gorilla', between 6 and 7 feet 'and likely taller', moving up the hill in the forest. It was covered with dark…
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Jul 1997
Irontown, Lawrence Cty, Ohio
Six-year-old girl and grandmother on porch at back of house, with small stream 60 to 80 feet away and a hill behind it. Girl saw "a person with hair on it", "brown and bigger that grandpa" walk across an opening…
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Jul 1997
Bolivar, Stark Cty, Ohio
Driving home, aboutg a mile East of Bolivar, between 8.30 and 9 a.m., saw a creature walk across the road about 75 yards ahead of her. No description of location, but researcher remarked on wildlife situation at the site, so…
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Oct 1997
St. Clairsville, Belmont Cty, Ohio
Woman said her daughter and a friend were returning from St. Clairsville on a state route in Belmont County when they saw an animal bigger than a deer walk on two legs across the road in front of them, in…
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Nov 1997
Attica, Fountain Cty, Indiana
Stuart Robbins (or Brad LaGrange ), in a tree stand, heard growling and saw a 7 to 9-foot creature standing upright. It snorted at him, bellowed and moved away swiftly. Site is by the Wabash River in small rolling hills…
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Jul 1997
Velma, Stephens Cty, Oklahoma
Tim McIntire going to fish a pond on grandparents' farm, 6.30 a.m., saw 8-foot, very heavy, creature wade out of water and jog off to woods. It made a grunt and a gesture at him which he took for intimidation.…
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Nov 1997
Rice Lake, Barron Cty, Wisconsin
Mortenson said that as a result of a newspaper story about his organization he was contacted by local people who had seen the prints. They were apparently partly in dirt, partly in grass, and were 16 to 17.5 inches long,…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Steve Goodbread is a tour guide for Pelican Tours. Around 2 p.m., driving on Turner Road where there is a burned wooden bridge across a canal, about 2 miles north of U.S. 41, he and the tourists saw 70 or…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Dow Roland is a tour guide for Everglades Day Safari. About 2.30 p.m., with a group of tourists on Turner Road, he observed a brownish bipedal creature about 7 feet tall, with long brown hair and a smooth face, resembling…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Jan Brock was driving on Burns Road about 7.45 .m. when she saw a creature about 1000 feet ahead cross the road from west to east and disappear in thick brush and trees. Estimated 7 feet tall, covered with furry…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Vince Doerr, driving on Burns Road about 7.45 a.m., shortly after Jan Brock's sighting (2827) saw a reddish dark brown creature about 7 feet tall walk upright across the road about 700 feet in front of him, going from east…