Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center

834 BENTON Philip J. BFRO SPRING, 1981 DUSK TR84 0
VOCALIZATION, bf follows turkey hunter [Full Report]

435 CAMPBELL Jennie and Melvin Robertson PLACE MAY, 1976 Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place 3
BF tried to kidnap boy; snuffing like with asthma; screams; [Full Report]

866 CARROLL IDA JONES, BROTHER AND SISTER ANONYMOUS , 1905 NIGHT tr85 1
BF SITTING IN FIELD [Full Report]

250 LAKE aunt Nell UNK EARLY SPRING, 1949 TR#47-Apr’95 4
BF walking on road ran into fields;screams;dark hairy;8 ft; tracks 18in [Full Report]

436 LINCOLN UNK PLACE APR, 1976 Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place 2
BF jumps on roof of car; yanks antenna off; a second creature also, [Full Report]

438 LINCOLN Stan Moore PLACE , MISG Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place, 2
Huge tracks;droppings; snuffling creature [Full Report]

711 MONTGOMERY Steve Williams Steve Williams MID SUMMER, 1961 2-3 PM TR79 4
6.5 FT BLACK BF PUSHES PINE BRANCHES ASIDE WHILE MOVING, VOCALIZATIONS, GIANT SNAKE REPORTED [Full Report]

902 Montgomery WITNESS WITNESS SUMMER, 1989 TR86 2
BF AT ROADKILL, ODOR [Full Report]

860 MONTGOMERY FRANK AND JERRY WITNESS JUN OR SEPT, M 9 PM TR85 1
7-8 FT RED EYES IN LIGHT, RIFLE FIRED, LIVESTOCK SPOOKED, HORSE KILLED-SKULL CRUSHED [Full Report]

986 OVERTON MISC MARY GREEN , M TR90 5
8 FT BF LOOKS IN UPPER WINDOWS, CARS SHOOK-FACE LOOKS IN, TALL BLACK HAIRY BF INSIDE BARN [Full Report]

645 SEVIER Teresa Fisher STEPDAUGHTER TERRI, HUSB. STEVE Teresa Fisher SUMMER, 1970'S TR75 1
VOCALIZATION TWO CREATURES OR MORE, NEAR TENTS, TRACK [Full Report]

437 SHELBY James Stevens PLACE , MISG Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place 2
BF squatting beside road; reared up and chased pickup truck, [Full Report]

1225 TIPTON FISHERMAN JULY, 2000 TR99
DARK BLACK BF HUNCHED BEHIND BUSH [Full Report]

IBS Report #: 834

Location: BENTON county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +035˚ 57' N
Longitude: 087˚ 57' W
Day:
Month: SPRING
Year: 1981
Time: DUSK
Elevation:

Data Source: TR84
Credibility: 0
Locality: near Bakerville, NEAR DUCK RIVER
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: Philip J.

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: VOCALIZATION, bf follows turkey hunter

Sighting Text:
TN HUMPHREYS 1981 TR#84 35 56N 087 52W * BFRO report. Philip J. in the spring of 1981 was near Bakerville, Tenn. , off Hy. 13, NE of the Tenn. Nat. Wildlife Refuge at Duck River. Phil was turkey hunting with a friend on the banks of Duck River. It was a good place for turkey hunting (saw 20-30 that day before the season opened); few houses, many small valleys, dense hardwood forest, lot of crop land plated to soybeans or wheat. Phil was two miles from his truck in the woods and it was getting dark fast, so he started back on the dirt road...it became so dark that he couldn’t see ten feet in front of him. Something started wailing in the woods near him that sounded about 100 feet away. There was no smell, and it kept a constant pace. I thought it might be a deer as there were no bear in the area and it didn’t come any closer. When it stepped on a fallen tree I heard it snap and it sounded like a rather large tree (Phil had bulldozed land before and knew the sound of different sized trees snapping). That snap got his attention and he was a bit scared as all he had was a shotgun. He ran for about a hundred yards and it kept up, but came no closer. Phil stopped running, afraid of tripping, and it still kept pace. Slept in the truck all night so we could hunt the next day. There were no other strange noises or screams, and he still has no idea if it was a Bigfoot or not. From the Bigfoot Field Researchers' Organization (http://www.moneymaker.org/BFRR/)
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IBS Report #: 435

Location: CAMPBELL county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +036˚ 29' N
Longitude: 084˚ 13' W
Day:
Month: MAY
Year: 1976
Time: DUSK
Elevation: 1200

Data Source: Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place
Credibility: 3
Locality: Near Elk Valley
Researcher: PLACE
Witness: Jennie and Melvin Robertson

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF tried to kidnap boy; snuffing like with asthma; screams;

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BF tried to kidnap boy; snuffing like with asthma; screams; Jennie and Melvin Robertson; Tenn; creature tried to kidnap 4 year old boy. May evening 1976; about dusk. Gary son outside; home in wooded area; yard surrounded by trees; boy screamed; huge hairy figure came around corner of house and reached arms toward Gary. Jennie screamed and hustled boy inside. Described monster as snuffing like someone afflicted with asthma. Heard it scream; high pitched like mountain cat. Article in Elk Valley Times. Many caves nearby.“Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place
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Precip: ELK VALLEY 6.1 5.5 5.7 3.3 4.2 4.5 5.8 3.3 2.7 2.4 4.1 5.2 52.9
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 866

Location: CARROLL county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 54' N
Longitude: 088˚ 15' W
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Month:
Year: 1905
Time: NIGHT
Elevation: 639

Data Source: tr85
Credibility: 1
Locality: NEAR DOLLAR AND BUENA VISTA
Researcher: ANONYMOUS
Witness: IDA JONES, BROTHER AND SISTER

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SITTING IN FIELD

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TN CARROLL 1905 TR#85 * Here’s an oldie from thinly settled farming country and uncleared land. About 1905 in SE corner of Tennessee, Carroll County, and near Dollar and Buena Vista towns. Reported by anon. Great aunt, Ida Jones, who said she and brother and sister were walking home from a party at night when they saw a “thing” sitting in the field next to the road. It looked like a man, but was covered with dark hair, and the moon reflected in its eyes from in front. It watched them as it passed, turning its head to follow their motion. They walked home arm in arm without making any noise, though one was walking backwards to check if “it” was following them. The area is said to have a catamount (cougar), that screamed like a woman at night, but not this time. Today it is part of the Natchez Trace State Wildlife area.
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 250

Location: LAKE county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +036˚ 13' N
Longitude: 089˚ 24' W
Day:
Month: EARLY SPRING
Year: 1949
Time:
Elevation: 308

Data Source: TR#47-Apr’95
Credibility: 4
Locality: 2 Mi east of Hwy 78;9 mi south of Reelfoot Lake,
Researcher: UNK
Witness: aunt Nell

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF walking on road ran into fields;screams;dark hairy;8 ft; tracks 18in

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TN, * My aunt Nell was living in Lake County; Tenn.; in 1949; on a farm located on a country gravel road. It was two miles east of State Hy.; 78; nine miles south of Reelfoot Lake. In early spring; 1949; my aunt Nell's brother Lee and two cousins; Stan and Bob; had driven into a small town. This town was located on State Hy. 78. The three young men were driving home that night at 9:45 PM. As they drove along this country road; they saw ahead of them; a tall; dark figure; walking on the road. As they approached; this huge creature ran off the road into the fields. This creature ran in the same direction as the road; and was screaming a very high pitched scream. The young man began driving as fast as the car would go; but the creature out-ran the car. This very night; my aunt Nell and her mother were visiting at a nearby farmhouse. The man of the house told everyone to stay inside. He could hear the creature screaming. The man went outside with a gun. At this time; aunt Nell's brother Lee and the cousins drove up. Her brother was very shaken as he told her what he had seen and heard. The dark hairy creature was eight feet tall. The next morning; the farm area was searched. Foot prints similar to Shuman foot prints were found that were 18 inches in length., inches 4.53.84.94.85.23.93.73.23.33.14.44.849.5 Samburg Wildlife F 33.838.348.759.067.675.779.377.470.959.749.538.758.3,
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Precip: Samburg Wildlife 4.5 3.8 4.9 4.8 5.2 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.1 4.4 4.8 49.5
Temp: Samburg Wildlife 33.8 38.3 48.7 59.0 67.6 75.7 79.3 77.4 70.9 59.7 49.5 38.7 58.3
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 436

Location: LINCOLN county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 09' N
Longitude: 086˚ 34' W
Day:
Month: APR
Year: 1976
Time:
Elevation: 725

Data Source: Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place
Credibility: 2
Locality: Lincoln County (Plot at Fayetteville)
Researcher: PLACE
Witness: UNK

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF jumps on roof of car; yanks antenna off; a second creature also,

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Tenn; April 1976; Lincoln Co; monster jumped on roof of car while at intersection. Roof dented. Yanked radio aerial off and took. Thot a smaller creature alongside also; .“Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
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Precip: Fayetteville 5.1 4.9 5.7 4.3 4.7 3.6 4.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 4.7 5.4 53.2
Temp: Fayetteville 35.4 39.4 48.7 57.4 65.7 73.2 76.6 76.1 70.0 58.3 48.7 39.7 57.4
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Sighting Report #438 is missing

IBS Report #: 711

Location: MONTGOMERY county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +037˚ 32' N
Longitude: 087˚ 72' W
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Month: MID SUMMER
Year: 1961
Time: 2-3 PM
Elevation: 493

Data Source: TR79
Credibility: 4
Locality: 7 miles NW of the town of Clarksville, four miles from the Cumberland River
Researcher: Steve Williams
Witness: Steve Williams

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 6.5 FT BLACK BF PUSHES PINE BRANCHES ASIDE WHILE MOVING, VOCALIZATIONS, GIANT SNAKE REPORTED

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TN MONTGOMERY TR#79 1961 36 32N 087 72W While traveling, Steve told me of his story, why he got interested in Bigfoot. Steve Williams was born and raised in Tennessee, four miles from the Cumberland River, and about 7 miles NW of the town of Clarksville. When he was ten years old, he was playing in a gully area with a heavy canopy. Heavy vines were used for swinging, and in 1961, a mid-summer day, around 2-3 PM, he thought he heard some friends approaching. His friend turned out to be a creature that he had never heard of or seen before. He could see the thing on a ridge that went through a patch of dense pine trees, and it was knocking them out of the way with it’s forearm. It had a crown shaped head, and a very tiny waist, unlike the Patterson female...it reminded him of a weight lifter, and it approached to within 50 feet as Steve hugged a tree tightly, unseen. The 6 1/2 foot (estimated) thing had shiny black hair, and walked very vigorously, like it had a purpose and somewhere to go. He later moved when he was 12 to Oregon with his mother, an uncle lived out here. Returning to Tenn., he asked his sister if she had ever seen anything strange, and she replied of having seen a giant snake with a pointy head (don’t know what that could be...a mistaken Bigfoot head?). Also lots of screams had been heard from the area over the years, and were said to be black panthers (possibly extinct in that area). Steve Williams, (503) 399-4857 4664 Red Cherry Court SE, Salem, OR 97301
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Precip: CLARKSVILLE 3.7 4.3 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.2 4.6 5.2 50.7
Temp: CLARKSVILLE 34.0 38.3 48.2 57.7 66.0 74.3 78.1 76.5 70.0 58.3 48.2 38.5 57.4
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Ecology: pine

IBS Report #: 902

Location: Montgomery county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +036˚ 31' N
Longitude: 088˚ 21' W
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Month: SUMMER
Year: 1989
Time: 12 MIDNIGHT
Elevation: 493

Data Source: TR86
Credibility: 2
Locality: near Palmyra
Researcher: WITNESS
Witness: WITNESS

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF AT ROADKILL, ODOR

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TN PALMYRA 1989 TR#86 * Summer 1989,near Palmyra, TN, on old back road to Goolinghorn Rd. Clarksville is 12 miles east. About midnight, driving downhill, witness saw what he thought was a deer, when 100 yards away it stood up on two feet and took off running into the woods. Witness saw roadkill in middle of the road, and noted a real foul smell. The woods area was in rolling hills and there were many cedars, pines, and poplars. The Cumberland River is about two miles north.
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Precip: CLARKSVILLE 3.7 4.3 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.2 4.6 5.2 50.7
Temp: CLARKSVILLE 34.0 38.3 48.2 57.7 66.0 74.3 78.1 76.5 70.0 58.3 48.2 38.5 57.4
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Ecology: The woods area was in rolling hills and there were many cedars, pines, and poplars

IBS Report #: 860

Location: MONTGOMERY county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +036˚ 31' N
Longitude: 087˚ 21' W
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Month: JUN OR SEPT
Year: M
Time: 9 PM
Elevation: 493

Data Source: TR85
Credibility: 1
Locality: Outside of Clarksville ON CUMBERLAND RIVER
Researcher: WITNESS
Witness: FRANK AND JERRY

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 7-8 FT RED EYES IN LIGHT, RIFLE FIRED, LIVESTOCK SPOOKED, HORSE KILLED-SKULL CRUSHED

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TN MONTGOMERY DATE TR#85 36 31N 87 21W ELV 493 FT * Outside of Clarksville, Tenn., June or September, not sure, 9 PM. Reporter’s dad, Frank, and friend, Jerry, were going fishing about a half-hour out of Clarksville on the Cumberland River, an area to light to moderate woods along the river. Driving over an old railroad trestle to go fishing, dad noted a lot of muskrat activity along the banks. Of a sudden, there were no wildlife noises, and dad picked up a .22 rifle and a spotlight, looking towards some cows. He saw a set of red eyes near the fence that were 7-8 feet off the ground. He took a shot between the eyes, heard the impact of the bullet, and when the eyes closed, he fired several more times, but never saw anything else. Dad went back to get Jerry, and they left, noting that cattle, horses, and a few deer were jammed against the fence, and they had to nudge them to get by. They passed the carcass of a horse on the way out, recalling that a week prior to this dad had heard a horse was killed with its skull crushed.
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Precip: CLARKSVILLE 3.7 4.3 5.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.2 4.6 5.2 50.7
Temp: CLARKSVILLE 34.0 38.3 48.2 57.7 66.0 74.3 78.1 76.5 70.0 58.3 48.2 38.5 57.4
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 986

Location: OVERTON county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +036˚ 11' N
Longitude: 085˚ 27' W
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Year: M
Time:
Elevation: 1112

Data Source: TR90
Credibility: 5
Locality: ALGOOD
Researcher: MARY GREEN
Witness: MISC

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 8 FT BF LOOKS IN UPPER WINDOWS, CARS SHOOK-FACE LOOKS IN, TALL BLACK HAIRY BF INSIDE BARN

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TN TR#90 * Mary Green How I got interested in Bigfoot! I know exactly when the Bigfoot fever hit me. I had spent years trying to figure out what people were telling me they saw here in Tennessee in my neck of the woods. We called it a wild man or panthers due to the ungodly screams that pierced the night. When two huge eyes kept looking through a very high bedroom window at my teenage daughters, we'd break our necks to get outside and see what friend of there's was trying to scare them. By the time the girls screamed, we got out of bed and ran out the door there was nothing there to be seen. We puzzled over how someone could get that high to look in. Some one had to be at least 8 foot tall we estimated or a couple of boys with one standing on the others shoulders? There was nothing under the window for them to climb up on. Then cars being shook late at night with a gorilla like face peering in at the occupants making out in the back seat. A friend going to her trap line and seeing something tall, black, hairy and stinky lurking just inside the barn door and it literally scared her white as a sheet when it growled at her. I kept trying to tell myself all were just seeing things. I had HEARD much. The whining noises just out of sight and crying like a baby. You could search and follow for half a mile or more and then never find what was making this noise. The list went on and on and not ONCE did we ever associate these goings on with a Bigfoot until I went online! I was searching for the Bigfoot mailing service and then saw other links to Bigfoot the creature. The more I read the more my eyes were open and I realized what people were seeing here could indeed be a Bigfoot. Then my search started in earnest. That's how I became interested and more or less obsessed with trying to find one and prove to myself that the creature here was a Bigfoot and not some other form of animal. I feel very fortunate to have seen one now and know that indeed we have Bigfoot here in Tennessee. Mary Green
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IBS Report #: 645

Location: SEVIER county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 2

Latitude: +035˚ 42' N
Longitude: 083˚ 30' W
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Month: SUMMER
Year: 1970'S
Time:
Elevation: 1289

Data Source: TR75
Credibility: 1
Locality: Gatlinburg, GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS NAT PARK
Researcher: Teresa Fisher
Witness: Teresa Fisher STEPDAUGHTER TERRI, HUSB. STEVE

Sighting Type: 2
Summary: VOCALIZATION TWO CREATURES OR MORE, NEAR TENTS, TRACK

Sighting Text:
TN 1970’S TR#75 GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS NAT PARK * Vacation from Hell - by Teresa Fisher This story was told to me around 1980 by a young woman who was, at that time, my step- daughter. The passing years have dimmed the details in my memory, but I have no doubt that the story is true. Some time in the ’70s my step-daughter, Terri, and her husband, Steve, went on a camping vacation with another young couple. They intended to spend some time at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and then set up camp in the Smokey Mountains. The men planned to hike across the Smokies. From the beginning, it was a vacation from hell. The first surprise was that the other couple brought their baby along. The second surprise was that the other man forgot to bring his wallet, requiring Steve to loan him half of the money he brought. The third and biggest surprise was the size of the Smokey Mountains. The men had no idea just how much strenuous hiking would be required, and they didn’t realize that the National Park Service takes a very dim view of ill-prepared, unregistered hikers striking out across the mountains. The women went to the welcome center after the men started their hike, and were told in no uncertain terms that they must intercept their husbands. The rangers told the women where and when they would be likely to find the men crossing a mountain road, so they went there and waited in the summer heat. They couldn’t leave the car because there were bears in the area. As night fell with no sign of the men, the women took the now fussy baby and went back to camp. It rained, everything got soaked, and the drenched, exhausted men finally showed up at camp, angry because the women had not managed to rescue them from their folly. Everyone was getting fussy. The next day they broke camp and moved on, hoping for a change in luck and a place to do some canoeing. They found an ideal spot, the location of which I can’t recall. It was either in Tennessee or Georgia. They should have been suspicious to discover that a lovely campground was deserted in the middle of summer, but they were so happy to find the spot that they didn’t ask questions. And anyway, there was no one available to answer any questions. The ranger hut had a sign on its door that said, "Back in ten minutes," but no ranger ever returned. After the previous series of mishaps (including some I have forgotten and some I simply didn’t mention), the vacationers spent a wonderful day camping and canoeing. Their luck appeared to have changed for the better. Night came, and the tired campers went to bed early, each couple in their own tent. *** Steve fell quickly into a deep slumber, but before Terri had a chance to doze, she heard a faraway sound. It was an animal, loudly calling "wooooh" in a baritone voice. Shortly after there was a similar reply from another direction, in a soprano voice. There followed a series of calls and replies, with the sounds getting closer and closer. Terri was terrified, but chose not to wake Steve. Eventually she could hear the sounds of several animals rustling around just a few feet from the tents. One can maintain terror for only so long, and eventually she grew weary of awaiting death and fell asleep. The next morning Terri discussed the frightening events with the others. The woman had heard the same noises and had been as scared as Terri was, but the men had heard nothing and so dismissed the whole thing as the women’s imaginations. *** Before they got started with the day’s activities, one of the men went to get something from the car. Near the car was a large footprint—a very large footprint. Terri and the men examined it, but kept its existence a secret from the other woman due to her pregnancy. The footprint was so large, they thought it might scare her enough to harm her unborn child. The giant footprint was the final blow to the doomed vacation; they packed up and went home. If you are ever looking for a nice place to camp some summer and you come upon an empty campground, consider that there just might be a good reason no one else is there.
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Precip: GATLINBURG 4.9 4.6 5.8 4.6 4.7 5.3 6.4 5.3 3.5 3.2 3.6 4.3 56.2
Temp: GATLINBURG 34.7 37.6 46.8 54.5 62.4 69.4 72.7 71.8 66.2 55.2 46.6 38.5 54.7
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 437

Location: SHELBY county, TN. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 12' N
Longitude: 082˚ 52' W
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Year: MISG
Time:
Elevation: 757

Data Source: Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place
Credibility: 2
Locality: Shelby County (Memphis is in Shelby )
Researcher: PLACE
Witness: James Stevens

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF squatting beside road; reared up and chased pickup truck,

Sighting Text:
James Stevens; Shelby County; TN. Saw BF squatting beside road; as pickup passed; it reared up and chased after him. .“Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
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Precip: Memphis 4.6 4.5 5.3 5.6 5.0 3.9 4.0 3.4 3.3 2.9 4.9 5.3 52.7
Temp: Memphis 39.6 44.1 53.1 62.8 71.1 79.0 82.6 81.0 74.1 63.0 52.3 43.7 62.2
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Ecology: Missing

IBS Report #: 1225

Location: TIPTON county, TN. United States

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +035˚ 39' N
Longitude: 089˚ 44' W
Day: 2
Month: JULY
Year: 2000
Time:
Elevation: 285

Data Source: TR99
Credibility:
Locality: Near Ft Pillow State Prison
Researcher:
Witness: FISHERMAN

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: DARK BLACK BF HUNCHED BEHIND BUSH

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TN TIPTON 2000 TR99 BFRO* July 2, ‘00. Tipton County, TN. Near Ft Pillow State Prison a fisherman trolling with wife saw a dark black bulky body hunched over behind a bush watching them. Lauderdale populated place 353948N 0894420W
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