Bigfoot sighting near Salem, South Carolina
Oct 1998 · Salem, South Carolina, United States
Three fishermen camped on the Thompson River in Oconee County, South Carolina, in October 1998 and heard crying, knocks and thrown stones at night.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Trout fishermen encounter unnerving sounds & rock throwing in Joccasee Gorge
- Date
- Oct 1998
- Place
- Salem, South Carolina, United States
- Evidence
- track, vocal
- Point
- 35.037, -82.983
- Time
- about 04:00, night
- Witness was
- camping
- Witnesses
- 3
- Distance
- 183 m (600 ft)
- Duration
- 2 min
- Behaviour
- throwing, vocalizing
- Sounds
- wood knock
- Traces
- scat
- In the account
- at camp, campfire, family lore, felt fear, firearm present, food present, near water, ridge or mountain, scat found, thought person first, threw rocks, witness yelled, wood knock
- 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
- WEDNESDAY: Two witness daylight sighting of a sasquatch 3 crow miles NE of Highlands on Hwy 64
- Possible vocalization in the Blue Ridge Mountains
- Close, daylight sighting of a Bigfoot west of Cullasaja Falls
- Witness spots sasquatch approaching camp near Warwoman Dell
- Camper describes possible vocalization and rock throwing outside Franklin
- Man recounts his daylight sighting at a creek outside Franklin
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