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1921 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1921)

A woman saw a four-foot object moving along a rear fence and fetched a neighbor, who shot it with a shotgun and saw it drop. When approached, it jumped to hind legs and chased the shooter back into the house, then left toward another town. Strange footprints were later reported nearby.

Full-body sightingTracksDoor or window contactHistorical account
1914 Seattle, Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Seattle, Washington (1914)

A laborer picking berries was attacked by a hairy giant called Bosco that clawed his throat and struck him with a 25-pound window weight. Witnesses, tracks, bitten trees, eaten dog remains, and asphalt footprints were reported. The creature was seen swimming, eating fish, and peering into buildings.

Full-body sightingObject throwingTracksVocalization
Date unknown Addison, Steuben County, New York Class B #4643

Follow up investigation to track find in Rathbone

In early August 1995, a couple fishing at a neighbor's pond near Addison found large footprints, hair-like material and disturbed vegetation. Additional prints appeared on subsequent days on different sides of the pond. State wildlife officials and university staff examined casts and samples but did not identify the source.

TracksHairProperty disturbancePossible hoax
BFRO YEAR: 1985-86 Williamstown, Oswego County, New York Class B #3614

Large figure prowls around cabin outside Williamstown

Two friends were staying overnight in a cabin by a creek when late at night someone tried the locked door and did not answer. A tall shape then appeared at the side window, and they remained huddled inside without sleep until morning. Next morning they found barefoot-like prints with a wide stride going up a steep embankment near the creek.

Partial sightingSilhouetteDoor or window contactTracks
BFRO YEAR: 1970-71 Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Class B #1163

Annapolis resident sees 9-10ft shadowy figure in driveway at 1:30am

The witness's brother spent the night alone in a camper parked in the driveway. Around 1:30 a.m. he watched a shadow move across the curtained window and translucent roof, apparently cast by a neighbor's porch light, as something slowly circled the camper while lightly tapping its sides. The next morning the family found fingerprint smudges, a large handprint, and large toeprints in spilled sand.

SilhouetteVehicle contactHandprintTracks
BFRO YEAR: 1978-79 Marion County, West Virginia Class A #1201

Drain pipes knocked down after strange howls/screams were heard

The witness reports that during winter 1978-79 the household repeatedly heard loud howls and screams late at night around their rural home. Drain pipes around the home were knocked down and many large human-like footprints were found. The tracks were later destroyed by the witness's father, and the witness interprets the sounds and tracks as a Sasquatch passing through.

HowlScreamTracksProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 74-75 Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida Class A #414

Year long sightings by family

The witness describes repeated nighttime visits to a rural property over about a year by a family of large hairy creatures that ate fruit, looked in trailer windows, and once bit a penned hog. The witness reports seeing three individuals of varying heights, hearing frequent chattering, noticing odor, tracks and hair, and attempting to hunt them without driving them away. After about a year the visits stopped, believed to have ended when habitat regrew.

Full-body sightingChatterOdorTracksHair +1
BFRO YEAR: 04-present Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Class A #31888

Scary encounters outside a rural home near Jackson

The witness and a companion were camping in a tent on the witness's driveway in mid-October. Around 2 a.m. under a full moon, the witness awoke to grunting and snapping trees and saw a large hair-covered figure striking and eating a deer, then dragging it uphill. The figure approached the tent, giving off a strong musky odor and knocking a frying pan from a tree before leaving. In the morning the witness found deer remains, drag marks, and a shelter-like structure of bent and broken pines.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorTree breakStructure or nest +3
Halloween Twin Falls, Idaho #e213651d-3eef-4b5b-b1de-b7c6985319e4

Vocalization near Twin Falls, Idaho

On Halloween night the friend, the witness and the friend's son went into Rock Creek Canyon playing calls. They heard creatures trailing on both sides, humming growling, a large boulder splash in the creek, saw eyeshine of a very tall figure, then found a mature deer with a leg twisted and left quickly.

VocalizationGrowlFootstepsEyeshinePartial sighting +2
Date unknown Missouri #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Be6UISlnLqXrqPqtuXoGsqeHv3MDvtCb947ODto7Km8

Rock throwing in Missouri

A small research team camped for five days on the Missouri property to document ongoing rock-throwing activity. At night rocks repeatedly struck the tent, table, chairs and vehicle from a ridge above. The team marked piles of rocks with marker and later found marked rocks thrown into camp, along with foot tracks and a handprint.

Rock throwingTracksHandprintFootsteps
Date unknown Indiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/MRTrlQRYEW5c9WebimXPwhNi5M2gTvIXPS4x-qQEiBI

Property disturbance in Indiana

A newcomer building a small brick house reported something repeatedly beating and shoving the walls at night. Footprints were found around the house. After a severe night when part of the brick was damaged, he abandoned the unfinished house and left the area.

Property disturbance
Date unknown Pennsylvania #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/OtkK_mQpx0ToG2D2L9leDWdzT39GHf0QyIzlSivMLes

Vocalization in Pennsylvania

Residents in Derry Township reported scratching and crying sounds outside with power fluctuations. Police responded and found footprints in the area.

VocalizationTracksProperty disturbance
a couple weeks ago New Mexico #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/14/sc-ep200-the-200th-show-part-two

Tracks in New Mexico

An older woman got up early to warm her car and found a footprint by the vehicle and a handprint on the rear window. She had also noticed small rocks being thrown at the windows. She was advised to trigger the car alarm to scare off whatever was nearby.

TracksHandprintObject throwing
maybe a couple weeks ago Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/05/30/sc-ep223-something-on-my-property

Property disturbance in Texas

The witness's wife heard shaking around the chicken coop then limb breaking in the front woods, believing two individuals were present. Days later the witness found a teepee-like limb structure and a path blocked by placed limbs. He also noted a taller similar structure in the back woods near where he had seen the figure.

Property disturbanceTree breakStructure or nestTracks
around two in the morning after 10 o'clock bedtime Lake Quinault, Washington #9732f6a8-f196-4012-acee-a47c459dbef4

Movement only near Lake Quinault, Washington

Two visiting campers slept in the backyard after leaving gifts including plums. Around two in the morning one unzipping the tent heard something massive right outside that ran past with enough force to shake the tent and fled into the forest, waking the other. Morning showed most gifts gone except one plum and impressions around the tent.

Movement onlyTracksProperty disturbance
right around December Lake Quinault, Washington #9732f6a8-f196-4012-acee-a47c459dbef4

Partial sighting near Lake Quinault, Washington

One December evening the guest noticed the uncovered kitchen window looked smoky gray all over instead of glossy black while his daughter washed dishes. When she left, the gray shape stepped aside. Next morning he found tracks about twelve feet from the window and a broken shingle with a tennis-ball-sized stone where his bedroom wall had been struck overnight.

Partial sightingTracksRock throwingProperty disturbance
early July, three days after parents left Lake Quinault, Washington #9732f6a8-f196-4012-acee-a47c459dbef4

Chatter near Lake Quinault, Washington

A few nights later the guest saw the taped cardboard over the broken kitchen window rhythmically pressing inward as if pushed from outside, while his daughter in her bedroom heard vocalizations outside her window she described as zombie-like. The pressing stopped when she ran in. Next morning he found large and smaller impressions around the house.

ChatterTracksDoor or window contact
late June Lake Quinault, Washington #9732f6a8-f196-4012-acee-a47c459dbef4

Whistle near Lake Quinault, Washington

A week after moving into the second house, the guest, his wife, and his visiting parents were awakened around 2 a.m. by a sharp whistle and bipedal footsteps outside and aggressive banging on the bedroom window unit. In the morning they found spaced impressions leading from the tree line to both bedrooms and around the house, a river stone atop the high window unit, and a large forearm-shaped hair impression above garbage.

WhistleFootstepsTracksDoor or window contact
Date unknown Michigan #700a8826-7705-4a25-a7e3-b2484f81f3e6

Door or window contact in Michigan

The Michigan guest relays a story heard from his grandmother about his great-grandfather hearing a loud bang on the barn while milking in the dark. In daylight a wide path was found leading from the woods to the barn.

Door or window contactTracks
Date unknown Place not stated #0a8dc4f4-0ea6-49a1-9778-6eb1a4b69132

Sasquatch sighting

An elderly hunter and a companion were trapping along a remote trail with a bad reputation. During the night one was awakened by a foul odor and saw a large body in shadow, fired a shot, and later found tracks that seemed neither human nor bear. The next day they found their camp destroyed, and after separating briefly one returned to find the companion dead with a broken neck, then fled on horseback through the night.

Partial sightingOdorTracksProperty disturbance