The Creepiest Bigfoot Sightings in North Dakota History

It's spooky season, so we're starting to hear about all kinds of North Dakota superstitions and urban legends. What urban legend is more classic than Bigfoot?

You might find this a little crazy, but over the years, several North Dakotans have claimed to see the creature right here in our state.

Want to know what's even crazier? There's an organization that tracks all of these sightings in North Dakota.

Sighting #1

According to the BigFoot Research Organization, the first documented sighting happened in April of 1962. It happened outside of Minot, North Dakota, near the Minuteman Trailer Park.

According to the report, a man named Dave Runkle claims he was hunting outside of the trailer park with a friend when on the way back, they couldn't help but get the feeling that something or someone was following them.

Runkle stated that he eventually looked back and saw something that he initially thought was a great ape. He said it had long, shiny black hair all over its body, though it had none on its face or palms of its hands.

Runkle described the creature as very tall with long arms. He made a special point to emphasize that the beast had a very malevolent expression.

Runkle said the creature moved toward him and his friend, so they both sprinted away, back to his home, never looking back.

Sighting #2

This next sighting took place on February 22nd of 2004, 10 to 15 miles south of Mandaree near Highway 22. According to the source, a tribal government employee named Dennis Fox Jr. took pictures of footprints in the snow. The footprints had a stride of 5 to 6 feet. The man called the Game Warden to investigate.

According to the report, police officers and the Game Warden arrived at the scene and started looking for the creature.

They claimed to have seen something very tall, moving very fast.

Though Fox Jr. photographed the footprints, he did it two days after discovering them, so the details of the prints were compromised. The report also states that tracks were also found at Buffalo Ranch.

Sighting #3

On February 23rd, there was an unconfirmed sighting near Mandaree. According to the report on February 24th, two men spotted a bigfoot-like creature in the same area, near a trailer court. There were two other witnesses to this, one adult female and one child.

According to the report , there were four sightings total over the course of three days, spanning 35 miles.

Sighting #4

The last documented sighting took place in August 2005. The creature was reported to have been seen near White Shield.

The witnesses (Unnamed) were driving on Country Road 7 when they claimed to have seen a 7 to 8-foot-tall "Thing." They went home to grab spotlights and returned to where they had seen the creature to investigate.

The witnesses claim the spotlights picked up a reflection of red eyes in the distance. They said it started moving and looked like a "Gorilla from the movies." They watched it for 3 to 5 minutes, then decided to call the Game & Fish.

The witnesses included in the report that there were strong smells of urine and slew. They said they heard grunting noises and what sounded like faint screams.

Bigfoot Among Us?

There you have it, those are the reported Bigfoot sightings for the state of North Dakota. It's interesting that we haven't had any recent sightings, no?

What do you think? Is Bigfoot hiding in ND?