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New Jersey Bigfoot Sightings

Bigfoot is one of the most enduring mysteries of the unexplained. Witness reports posted to the NJBFRC detail encounters with large, hairy monsters in the wilderness of Northern New Jersey and areas south, even near the Jersey Shore!

Bigfoot has been seen in West Milford, Sussex, High Point, Wantage, Walpack, Landing, Stillwater, New Gretna, Beemerville, Hillborough, Marlboro, Bear Swamp, the Pine Barrens and other locations around New Jersey.

Month Year Type of Sighting County Town Aug 1976 Medium Range Morris White Meadow Lake Details Jul 1976 Medium Range Morris White Meadow Lake Details Unkn 1976 Medium Range Morris White Meadow Lake Details Nov 2006 Sounds heard Passaic West Milford / Bloomingdale Details Nov 2004 Medium Range Passaic West Milford Details May 1977 Medium Range Sussex Wantage Details Jun 1999 Sounds heard Sussex Wantage Details Oct 2006 Close Range sussex walpack Details Dec 2008 Medium Range Ocean Wall Details Jul 1972 Medium Range Cumberland Vineland Details Mar 1975 Close Range Atlantic Unknown Details Aug 2007 Close Range Sussex Unknown Details Apr unknown Close Range, within 10 yards Unknown Unknown Details May 1998 Sounds heard Sussex Sussex Details Oct 1985 Close Range Sussex Sussex Details Dec 2005 Medium Range Sussex Stockholm Details Jun 1986 Medium Range Sussex stillwater Details Jan 1927 Close Range Salem Salem Details Unkn 1975 Medium Range Bergen Rutherford Details Apr 2003 Distant Morris Rockaway Details Aug 2006 Medium Range morris Rockaway Details Apr 2005 Medium Range Morris Riverdale Details May unknown Sounds heard Morris Port Morris Details Jan 1950 Close Range Unknown Pine Barrens Details Oct 1938 Medium Range Cape May no entry Details Aug 1982 Medium Range Sussex Newton Details Jun 1983 Sounds heard sussex new milford, NY Details Aug 1990 Close Range Burlington New Gretna Details May 2009 footprints burlington new gretna Details Jan 1965 Medium Range Morris Morristown Details May 1966 Medium Range Morris Morristown Details Nov 2006 Medium Range sussex Montague Details May 1999 Medium Range Salem/Gloucester Monroeville Details Oct 1976 Medium Range Cumberland Millville Details Oct 1973 Medium Range Monmouth Middletown Details Oct 2009 Medium Range Morris Meyersville, NJ Details Unkn 1970 Close Range Burlington Medford Lakes Details Oct 2002 Close Range Monmouth Marlboro Details Jul 2005 Sounds heard monmouth marlboro Details Jun 2006 Close Range ocean manchester/stafford Details Mar 2007 Sounds heard Ocean Manahawkin Details Mar 2009 Sounds heard Ocean Manahawkin Details Sep 1966 Medium Range Atlantic Lower Bank Details Apr 2006 Medium Range essex livingston Details Jan c1970 Sounds heard Morris Landing Details Jul 1983 Close Range Ocean Jackson Details Mar 2008 Close Range Monmouth Howell Details Aug 2010 Medium Range, within 50 yards Unknown Hoptatcong Details Jul 1978 Distant Sussex Hopatcong Details May 2006 Medium Range Sussex Hopatcong Details May 1974 Medium Range Morris Hopatcong Details Jul 2006 Close Range Somerset Hillsborough Details Jul 2006 Medium Range Somerset Hillsborough Details Unkn 1975 Medium Range Sussex High Point Details Oct 2007 Close Range Cape May/Cumberland Head Of The River Details Dec 1987 footprints Passaic Haskell Details Unkn 1975 Medium Range Sussex Hainesville Details Jun 1970 Close Range, within 10 yards Great Gorge Great Gorge Details Unkn 1994 Close Range Atlantic Estelle Manor Details Jan 1894 Medium Range Morris Dover Details Jul 1977 Close Range Sussex Culver Lake Details Jul 2000 Sounds heard Middlesex Cranbury Details Jan 2008 footprints middlesex cliffwood beach Details Aug 1992 Medium Range Passaic Bloomingdale Details Sep 1991 Sounds heard Passaic Bloomingdale Details Nov 1991 Sounds heard Passaic Bloomingdale Details Aug 1979 Sounds heard Passaic Bloomingdale Details Unkn 1976 Medium Range Somerset Bernardsville Details Jul 1977 Close Range Somerset Bernardsville Details Apr 1993 Sounds heard Sussex Beemerville Details Feb 1975 Medium Range Burlington Bear Swamp Details Mar 2006 Close Range monmouth Atlantic Highlands Details May 2006 Sounds heard Sussex Andover/Hopatcong Details Total number of sighting reports found: 73