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Bigfoot sighting in North Carolina, United States
Aug 1978 · Millers Creek/North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
In August 1978 near Roten Creek Road, Wilkes County, North Carolina, a man saw a hair-covered upright creature 30 to 40 feet away in early morning and smelled a mildew-like odor.
Facts
- Reported as
- Man recalls his 1978 close encounter with a large hair covered creature in Wilkesboro
- Date
- Aug 1978
- Place
- Millers Creek/North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 36.311, -81.309
- Located within
- 3.9 km
- Time
- about 05:00, twilight
- Witness was
- walking
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 11 m (35 ft)
- Duration
- 10 s
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- medium length, biped
- Behaviour
- standing, watching
- In the account
- alone, broad shoulders, carried something, conical head, eyes seen, face seen, farm or orchard, felt watched, field or clearing, large hands, looked at witness, near water, on or by road, physical symptoms, repeat location, reported years later, ridge or mountain, smell, witness fled, witness froze, witness yelled
- 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
- Park Rangers and residents of Glendale Springs observe large footprints in deep snow
- Possible howls heard in the Three Top Mountain area
- Multiple large creatures heard screaming 5 miles NW of Sparta
- Vacationing family observes & photographs a large hair covered figure in Grayson Highlands State Park
- Deer hunter sees tree shaking, then see the large shaker, outside Wilkesboro
- Bigfoot sighting in North Carolina, United States
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