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Bigfoot sighting near Smokemont, Tennessee
Apr 1970 · Smokemont, Tennessee, United States
Motorists on Hwy 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park saw a tall hairy biped cross the road and enter roadside bushes during mid-morning in 1970.
Facts
- Reported as
- Sighting by motorist in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not far from the park entrance
- Date
- Apr 1970
- Place
- Smokemont, Tennessee, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 35.684, -83.536
- Located within
- 314 m
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- driving
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- Described as
- slim, biped
- Behaviour
- crossing road, walking
- In the account
- camera present, crossed road, in vehicle, long arms, long strides, no neck, on or by road, ruled out bear, thought bear first, vanished, very tall, walked upright
- 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
- Memory told of a late night close encounter from a parked vehicle outside Gatlinburg
- Vacationers see large, upright figure near Newfound Gap
- Possible sasquatch observed by cabin renter at 100 yards outside Gatlingburg
- Hikers find footprint in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- Long trail of 13" long human-like footprints found in deep snow and rough terrain
- Possible vocalizations heard near Pigeon Forge
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