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Sasquatch sighting near Holly, Texas (1977)
Two teenage boys clearing brush saw an animal approach, growl and pelt them with rocks, hitting one in the leg. They fled to a nearby house and returned with an older girl carrying a rifle. The creature was still there growling and throwing rocks, a shot was fired with a heavy recoil knocking the shooter down, and both groups left.
Sasquatch sighting near Sussex County (1977)
A family on a farm found a solid wooden garage door torn off and eight pet rabbits killed and mutilated with little blood, after hearing a woman-like scream. On subsequent nights they saw a seven-foot hairy creature near the road and under the yard light. They fired on it as it entered the coop and came toward them, then sent children away. Police blamed a bear, raccoon or wild dog.
Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1976)
A young child playing in a yard screamed as a tall hairy figure bounded toward the house and reached for the child. The mother smelled a foul odor, grabbed the child, and ran inside. Police who responded heard unrecognized howls and had rocks thrown at them.
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.
Sasquatch sighting near Snyder County (1920)
A motorist traveling toward town was allegedly leapt upon by the mysterious gorilla-like animal. Armed only with a small penknife, he resisted, and a second passing motorist joined to beat off the attack.
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.
Sasquatch sighting near Springfield, Pennsylvania (1906)
Residents reported a hair-covered animal sometimes upright and sometimes moving on all fours at racehorse speed with a leaping stride. Heavy steel bear traps set and wired to an oak were found sprung with bait eaten, wire snapped, ground torn, and traps dragged rods away. Later explanations blaming a dog or disguised man were followed by continued reports.
Sasquatch sighting near Roseburg, Oregon (1904)
Miners reported a seven-foot hairy wild man repeatedly shaking cabins at night and making frightful noise. Shots failed to stop it. On one morning it shook a door, was shot at, and retaliated by throwing a four-pound rock before vanishing.
Sasquatch sighting near Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (1901)
A man riding a bicycle at night was attacked by a gorilla that threw him from the machine and struck him with a fist. He fired a revolver twice and escaped to a nearby town, arriving unable to speak with torn clothing and a head wound. A large posse formed to capture the animal.
Sasquatch sighting near Coal Valley, Pennsylvania (1897)
A homeowner saw a hair-covered ape-like or very old man-like being come up to his porch and look in the window while walking on hind legs. When he went for a gun, it bounded over the porch railing and disappeared into the woods.
Sasquatch sighting
In 1965 a driver with eight relatives claimed a hairy figure struck the side of their car and tried to climb onto the roof on Mental Road.
Sasquatch sighting
In 1965 a mother and daughter claimed a hairy figure leaped onto their moving car on Mental Road and grabbed the daughter by the hair.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
The guest recounted newspaper reports of a town near the panhandle attacked by a wild man that bothered livestock and people. A posse shot and caged the roughly six foot creature and sent it by stagecoach to the governor, then to a mental institution where it was shaved. Records stop after arrival and its fate is unknown.
Sasquatch sighting near Eureka, California
A resident fired into brush thinking it was a bear, and a wild man-like figure came out on all fours toward his wife. He fired again and it fled. That night it tried to force the door and window until shot at again, and the family left.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida
A truck driver said he struck what he first thought was a person while driving in Florida. The figure then looked up, appeared gorilla-like, and stood about ten feet tall. The driver fled in his truck after hearing a loud high scream.
Sasquatch sighting
Two days after the first report, two residents reported seeing a similar upright creature digging through a trash pile that their dog chased but then retreated from.