Sasquatch sighting in New Mexico (1973)
Account
The witness describes walking alone on a trail to a stream in New Mexico in 1973 when something crashed behind them. Turning around, they saw a very hairy bipedal creature about seven to eight feet tall that looked directly at them. They ran as it followed with loud thumping footsteps, then the steps stopped and it was gone, with a rotten-meat stench noticed afterward.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- about seven seven and a half maybe eight foot tall
- Other features src
- very hairy, standing up on two feet
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1973
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around four thirty in the afternoon
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| Place |
New Mexico
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| Map point |
35.88, -106.37 (± 10 km)
Show's sighting map pin 'Jemez Mountains', matched to this account (score 0.472)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking down trail to stream
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| Witness's word for it |
this bipedal creature
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 1163 Podcast Interview
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “Western Bigfoot Society”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “Focusing on Subsquatch”Not in the Anomadex yet