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Bigfoot sighting near Rolla, Missouri
Oct 1987 · Rolla, Missouri, United States
A solo 16-year-old hunter in a cedar thicket about 9 miles south of Rolla heard heavy steps and saw a large bipedal figure's legs before dawn, then it rushed off.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Hunter recalls hearing noises in woods, seeing hairy legs walking through brush
- Date
- Oct 1987
- Place
- Rolla, Missouri, United States
- Evidence
- vocal
- Point
- 37.951, -91.771
- Located within
- 7.9 km
- Light
- night
- Witness was
- hunting
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- fleeing, walking
- Sounds
- footsteps
- In the account
- alone, bipedal footsteps, felt fear, field or clearing, hunting season, near water, reported years later, returned to spot, smell, thought person first, walked upright, witness froze, woods silent
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent
Sources
- ManganiRead the report
- Oregon BigfootRead the report
Nearby sightings
- Woman describes childhood incidents -- possible tracks and vocalization near outside rural home near St.James/Rolla
- Two coyote hunters have nighttime sighting driving back to the farm near Arley
- Recollection of seeing a huge bipedal shadow while camping that steals food near Steelville
- Woman describes sighting near residence
- Ozarks: Daylight sighting on eastern boundary of Fort Leonard Wood
- Man recalls primate-like vocalization and rocks thrown at a fishing area in the Rvierside Conservation Area
Facts and links only. Each report belongs to its witness and the site that published it; read it there.