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Bigfoot sighting in Salem, Missouri
17 Nov 1971 · Salem, Missouri, United States
A hunter in a tree stand east of Salem, Missouri, in fall 1971 saw a hairy black-haired creature chase a doe, then growl at him from about 20 feet away.
Facts
- Reported as
- Memory told of a close encounter while deer hunting east of Salem
- Date
- 17 Nov 1971
- Place
- Salem, Missouri, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 37.393, -91.301
- Located within
- 229 m
- Witness was
- hunting
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 2
- Distance
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Described as
- black hair, biped
- Behaviour
- running, standing, vocalizing, watching
- Sounds
- growl
- In the account
- alone, bare face, childhood memory, deer present, eyes seen, face seen, felt fear, firearm present, fired weapon, followed or paced, food source nearby, growl, hunting season, killed animal, logging area, looked at witness, multiple, reported years later, thought person first, told no one, very tall, witness fled, 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
- Possible vocalizations heard by campers on the Current River
- Two night fishermen have scary encounter with two individuals west of Edgar Springs
- Nighttime sighting by three hunters camping near Ellington
- Vocalizations and wood knocking in Mark Twain National Forest
- Hunter in his stand makes eye contact one afternoon in Ellington
- Night driver snaps photo of bipedal animal on remote gravel road near Annapolis
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