Sasquatch sighting near Flagstaff, Arizona (1973)
Account
A driver traveling with family for the holidays pulled off a highway in snow to check a map. A tall, bulky, hair-covered bipedal figure ran toward the car from behind and chased it. The driver accelerated away, reaching high speed before leaving the figure behind, and came to believe such creatures exist.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- near 10 feet tall
- Build src
- large, bulky
- Hair colour src
- black or brown
- Arms src
- unusually long arms
- Legs src
- unusually long legs
- Gait src
- running
- Posture src
- on two legs
- Clothing src
- no clothes
- Other features src
- Pyramid shape, but rounded at the top
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
December 1973
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late afternoon
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| Place |
Flagstaff, Arizona
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| Map point |
35.1852, -111.6207 (± 15 km)
Geocoded
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2013/12/16/sc-ep7-sasquatch-sounds-vs-known-animal-sounds
· gazetteer:place
· read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Flagstaff city (GEOID 0423620), matched from nearest town 'Flagstaff'
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2013/12/16/sc-ep7-sasquatch-sounds-vs-known-animal-sounds
· transcript:00:03:37-00:05:37
· read with 85% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving home for holidays and pulled over to check map
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| Witness's word for it |
large, bulky, two-legged figure
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| Creature category |
SASQUATCH
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2013/12/16/sc-ep7-sasquatch-sounds-vs-known-animal-sounds
· transcript:00:03:37-00:10:03
· read with 85% confidence
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Source timeline
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