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Bigfoot sighting in Beckley, West Virginia
Jul 1975 · Beckley, West Virginia, United States
Three teenage boys fishing near Piney Creek in Beckley, West Virginia, in summer 1975 saw a large dark shape leave a hillside after boulders rolled down toward them in early evening.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Three youths have a menacing encounter near Beckley
- Date
- Jul 1975
- Place
- Beckley, West Virginia, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 37.805, -81.147
- Located within
- 1.0 km
- Time
- about 18:00, twilight
- Witness was
- hiking
- Witnesses
- 3
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 91 m (300 ft)
- In the account
- cave or rocks, childhood memory, felt fear, felt watched, firearm present, logging area, near water, only silhouette, reported years later, ridge or mountain, vanished, witness fled, witness froze
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Multiple sightings in daylight outside Shady Spring
- Homeowner reports possible interactions that include his hunting dogs near Pax
- Wood knocking startles target shooter outside of Shady Spring
- Family of bigfoot seen near I-64
- Charateristic vocalizations heard by residents at night in Fall and Winter, near Minden
- Witness finds tracks - hears sounds - smells odors - finds deer carcass - then has large rock thrown at him.
Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.