Does Bigfoot roam the backwoods of Wilcox County, Alabama?

I always enjoy listening to Big Daddy Lawler’s weekly “Getting’ Outdoors” podcast, and he relayed a story during his Dec. 12 episode that really grabbed my attention.

During that episode, Lawler and outdoor expert Joe Allen Dunn discussed a recent Bigfoot incident that occurred near Portland, which is in Dallas County, a short distance from the Wilcox County line. During this incident, a man named Jabo was hunting during the Thanksgiving holidays when he got his four-wheeler stuck while trying to get to his hunting spot. As Jabo attempted to free his four-wheeler from the mud, he began to hear a series of disturbing “growls and hollering” coming from the woods nearby.

Lawler indicated that Jabo is a very experienced outdoorsman and that he is also a firm believer in Bigfoot. After hearing the growls and hollering, Jabo left his four-wheeler and made his way out of the woods on foot. Later, he returned to the site to retrieve his four-wheeler, only to find something he didn’t expect – “huge” footprints just beneath the surface of the water around the stuck four-wheeler.

Lawler noted that Jabo didn’t have a cell phone with him, so he was unable to take any photos of the “huge” tracks. He also didn’t have the materials needed to take a plaster cast of the unusually large tracks. Presumably, Jabo retrieved his four-wheeler and made his way out of the woods, secure in his belief that Bigfoot is out there somewhere.

Hearing this story reminded me that Bigfoot reports in Wilcox County are not unheard of. Many readers will remember that on Dec. 7, 2016 a man and woman were traveling down Willie Powell Road around 11 p.m. when they saw something that neither of them will ever forget. Willie Powell Road is also known as County Road 30, and it connects State Highway 162 and State Highway 5. They crossed Walnut Creek, just a few miles east of the Annemanie community, and about a half-mile later they saw a large, hairy creature run across the road in front of them.

The man, who was driving, stopped his vehicle, and the couple watched as the creature stopped and turned to face their vehicle. As the couple remained in their vehicle, the creature stood beside the road, about 30 yards away.

The man said that the creature was about eight feet tall, and he estimated that it weighed at least 300 pounds, maybe more. The creature had long, black hair all over its body, and its head was somewhat cone-shaped. The man said that the creature’s “reddish, yellow eyes” were “round-shaped.”

The witness estimated that the sighting lasted for several minutes as the creature stood there “steady looking” at the couple, the man said. Eventually, the creature began to walk off, but continued to watch the couple, even as it walked into the thick woods and underbrush on the side of the road, the man said. The witness noted that the creature was walking on two feet and swung its arms slightly as it entered the woods.

Before I close out for another week, I want to remind everyone that I’d like to hear from anyone in the reading audience who has seen a Bigfoot or anything else out of the ordinary in the woods of Wilcox County. If you’ve seen or heard anything unusual in the woods, including weird tracks, tree breaks or sounds, please let me know. More than likely, if you’ve seen something weird, someone else has too.