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Apelike creature seen by children on a sand dune near Caseville
In summer 1965 the witness, then a child, joined other children searching sand dunes above Lake Huron after two children reported a frightening encounter. On a steep dune path in full moonlight she came face-to-face with a short orange-haired upright creature that growled, then grunted while swinging its arms and walking toward her. She fled to the beach and later learned her young sister had seen the same creature at close range from the side of the path.
Man recalls a possible encounter as a teen at Fort Gordon
During summer 1965 the witness was exploring woods near military housing when he found very large barefoot prints in red clay leading into the trees. While on a trail he heard heavy bipedal footsteps that appeared to follow him, stopping when he stopped and rushing toward him, causing him to flee to the housing area. He returned with a friend and both heard the same following footsteps rush toward them before fleeing, with the friend reporting an indistinct large movement in the brush.
Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak
Late at night in 1963, the witness and four companions were hunting raccoons with dogs in a creek bottom south of Tyler, Texas. After the dogs treed something, the group illuminated a large reddish-furred animal in a pin oak that was howling and screaming while waving its arms and shaking limbs. After someone fired at it with a .22, it growled and the group fled with the dogs back to their vehicles.
Sasquatch sighting near Crandon, Wisconsin (1962)
At age 12 the guest and her older cousin went into thick woods near the family lake cabin to pick raspberries and became lost after filling buckets. While arguing about the way out, the guest saw a tall, lean, hairy man-like figure at very close range that studied her, moved its mouth, and held its hands out before looking toward the cousin. The figure then disappeared quickly, and the two children dumped their berries and ran out via a logging road to the grandmother's house, keeping the incident secret for years.
Sasquatch sighting near Lake Of The Ozarks, Missouri (1961)
During a family stay at a remote lake cabin the witness's stringer of catfish was found cleaned and lined up. Exploring uphill along a stream he watched a small hairy human-like figure play in a dammed pool, smash crawdads together and eat them. When it beckoned him closer he backed away and returned to the cabin without telling anyone.
A Teenager and His Dog Encounter an Ape-like Creature While Retrieving Their Trap Lines
A teenager checking muskrat traps before school with a dog noticed the dog staying close and growling. On a steep bank the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure with a non-human face and a foul smell. The figure quickly walked and ran away across a field, stepping over a six-foot gate without touching it. The witness left without finding tracks because the ground was frozen and snow later covered the area.
An account of bigfoot tool use
In childhood, the witness and a companion heard a thumping noise while playing and went to investigate. They saw a large hairy animal squatting nearby using pieces of firewood to dig in the ground. The animal stood up, bared its teeth silently, and walked toward them, causing them to flee into the companion's house. When an adult checked moments later, the animal was gone leaving only disturbed ground.
Creature seen by witnesses
The reporter recounts childhood stories from older relatives about a creature inhabiting a swampy, logged area. One story describes relatives and companions seeing a strange human-like figure beside their dying fire. Other stories describe loggers abandoning work in fright and hunting dogs being attacked and disappearing for days.
Girl sees creature while picking blueberries. It follows when she screams and flees
A young girl picking blueberries alone near dark felt watched and saw a figure crouched in the patch that slipped into brush. Moments later she saw a very tall, hair-covered, man-like figure by a tree that ducked behind it, then followed her at a distance as she ran home screaming. Her relatives later searched the site armed and reported matted brush with a bad odor.
Man recalls being picked up as a child in Mohican Memorial Forest
When the witness was 5 years old and camping with his parents in central Ohio, he became lost in the woods. He claims a large hairy female creature picked him up, carried him quickly through the forest, and left him in camp with a heavy branch on his legs where his parents later found him. He says his parents dismissed his account as imagination and he did not share it widely for decades.
Father relates Native accounts from the Sangre de Cristo mountains to teenage son.
The writer relays a story from a relative who as a teenager worked as a fishing guide and spent spare time hiking with an older companion. When the relative suggested hiking into a new area near Blanca Peak, the companion refused, saying that was where the Sasquatch lives and describing it as an animal that walks like a man. The relative dismissed it at the time but recalled it with surprise after publicity of the Patterson film.
Sasquatch sighting near Oakville, Washington (1932)
As retold from a casebook, a young woman walking home from a high school dance in snow was beckoned by a big hairy ape-like creature with outstretched arms. She ran away.
Daylight sighting by woodsman of two bipeds stalking an elk
The witness was positioned on one mountainside watching across a valley toward an opposite slope where an elk was being stalked by two large brown animals first taken for bears. Viewed through binoculars, the two stood upright and walked on two legs, keeping the elk between them and at times hiding behind trees before entering heavy timber after about five minutes. The outcome for the elk was not seen, but the witness thought the pair probably killed it.
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 Snyder County (1920)
Two weeks after being shot, the creature returned to the farm while wood was being chopped by lantern light. It attacked the boy who had shot it, knocking him down and breaking his arm before the father drove it away. The boy was left unconscious but expected to recover, and hunters then scoured the area.
Sasquatch sighting near Snyder County (1920)
A week after the first sighting the same animal was found in a cornfield and shot with a small-caliber rifle. It fell and rolled, then the boy and his father followed a blood trail some distance but could not overtake it.
Sasquatch sighting near Snyder County (1920)
Two children gathering kindling at night by search lamp light discovered a huge seven-foot tall man-like animal that looked like a huge monkey. When discovered it dropped to all fours and ambled away into darkness.
Animal behaviour near Port Chatham, Alaska (1920)
Historical accounts describe a thriving fishing town that was abandoned after residents were allegedly killed by a hairy, Bigfoot-like creature. The investigator retells these published and locally repeated accounts as background for his own visit to the remote area.
Sasquatch sighting near Evanston, Illinois (1919)
A newspaper article described a place called Devil's Hole in lonely woods where a thick-bodied, long-armed hairy half-beast called the Gorilla Moron was said to haunt. It was claimed to have attacked dozens of women within a year, leaving many unconscious. The specific attack on two student nurses detailed in the same article was stated by the reteller to have been by human muggers, separate from the hairy-figure reports.