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23 encounters
May 2024 Putnam County, New York #15556cfb-f717-4eb9-a599-1afaa1168ab0

Sasquatch sighting near Putnam County (2024)

On a quiet morning drive, the witness stopped and watched a thin dark-brown quadruped standing in the dirt road about 300 feet ahead. It lacked a visible snout or ears, looked at the witness, then drank or sniffed at a puddle and walked into the woods. The witness later photographed a partial 15-inch print in the puddle.

Full-body sightingTracksPossible misidentification
2019 New York #c69fa039-7a7c-40e2-80c5-f4e3a1407fcc

Vocalization in New York (2019)

A week later the witness and a companion walked past the same spot in the evening. The witness tried a deer croaker call for the first time and heard a very deep response from the woods. The sound felt unusually powerful and reminded him of the earlier exhale. He has considered it might have been a deer or a mimic.

VocalizationPossible misidentification
July 2017 New York #72e774db-09a2-474d-ba48-d1439bfffe1a

Movement only in New York (2017)

The witness and a companion hiked far into virgin timber to fish a distant pond. After hearing movement and feeling intense cold and dread near a swamp, they camped amid unnatural silence. Both reported a shared lucid-dream-like experience of small pale beings that looked back and vanished, and the witness took photos thought to show something.

Movement onlyAnimal behaviour
17 June 2015 Whitehall, Washington County, New York Class B #55727

Married couple has possible daytime sighting while boating on Lake George

On a sunny mid-afternoon in June 2015, the witness and a companion were motoring slowly in a boat along the eastern shore of Lake George. They noticed movement near the shoreline and saw a very large dark upright object that briefly raised an arm and moved behind conifer trees. The observation was very brief and lacked detail, but both were convinced it was not a black bear.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
30 December 2014 New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/08/sc-ep78-east-coast-sasquatch-encounters

Rock throwing in New York (2014)

Two visitors with a thermal camera joined the investigator and the homeowner after dark near the feeding fence. The group was pelted with rocks, heard branches snapping and saw large trees broken, saw eyeshine, and detected about five heat signatures. Two men reported being hit by something like infrasound, shaking and nauseous. The investigator accidentally shut the camera off when handed it.

Rock throwingTree breakEyeshineAnimal behaviour
9 November 2013 Amenia, Dutchess County, New York Class A #43285

Bow hunter with binoculars observes a tall Bigfoot with a smaller one near Amenia

The witness was hunting at dusk and scanning a clearing with binoculars from about 200 yards away when two brown creatures were seen foraging in brush. After watching about a minute the witness fired a bow shot to scare them. The larger creature put the smaller on its back and walked about 100 yards away out of sight, after which the witness left quickly for a UTV.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
February 2005 Saranac, Clinton County, New York Class B #14035

Possible night time sighitng by motorist on Chazy Lake Road outside Saranac

Early on a February morning in 2005, the witness was driving along Chazy Lake Road toward work when a dark figure rose from a roadside ditch ahead. The figure, described as human-shaped but slouched, moved into the woods within about five seconds. The witness only saw the upper two-thirds of the body and could not estimate height or weight.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
11 November 2003 Prattsburg, Steuben County, New York Class B #19836

Campers describe incidents over 3-4 hours with unseen animal near their camp outside Prattsburgh

The witness and a companion were camped overnight in a shelter when the witness heard movement circling the camp, popping-like impacts and growls. The witness briefly saw a large dark shape among trees that was gone on second look. After investigating, the pair heard a heavy bipedal approach pass close behind camp, prompting them to leave for the cabin. The next day the witness found a large footprint and a freshly fallen tree.

Partial sightingGrowlWood knockFootstepsTracks +3
20 September 2003 Wolcott, Wayne County, New York Class A #26566

Man observes tall, white hair-covered creature during a family gathering near Lake Ontario

A relative reported seeing a creature in the woods and another relative brought the witness outside to look. The three stood in one field and watched a tall white hair-covered figure about 200 yards away across a tree strip for about 45 seconds as it moved and appeared to watch them. When the witness walked into the second field for a closer look, it had disappeared, leaving only matted vegetation.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
January 2001 Richford, Tioga County, New York Class B #7890

Two hunters experience vocalizations and encounter very large unknown animal

Two companions grouse hunting in a wooded gorge heard loud screaming-growl vocalizations from about 30 yards away in dense cover. The source moved around them with audible footsteps in snow and breaking branches, seeming to flank them and get behind them. After several minutes they left the area quickly while looking back and did not return.

ScreamGrowlFootstepsAnimal behaviour
9 July 2000 Queensbury, Washington County, New York Class B #70

Howls heard on Buck Mountain, 10 miles east of Whitehall

A couple left the trail to take photos by a creek. They heard loud deep roaring, scream-like and growl-like vocalizations approaching from across the creek, along with large branches breaking, and believed something was circling them. After the sounds stopped they felt watched, fled down the trail, and heard a large animal tracking them along the creek.

VocalizationScreamGrowlTree breakAnimal behaviour
25 August 1998 Caroga Lake, Fulton County, New York Class A #4286

Two see 7- 8 Foot Creature on dead end road

Two companions stopped on an unused dead-end road late at night. While one waited in the truck with the high beams on, a tall brown man-shaped animal appeared in the light. It stood still for about a minute, made a grunt sound, then turned and walked away with an unusual swaggering gait. The pair left the area in reverse, frightened by what they saw.

Full-body sightingVocalizationPossible misidentification
August 1994 Albany County, New York #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/SJ0ENTQ4h0WsGIaRm8gpFcsL1-hUSnxBrX2Fpg95_o0

Tree break near Albany County (1994)

The witness's car sputtered to a stop on a bridge and the witness set out on foot toward home. From a dark forested slope the witness watched a tall tree thrash, then heard a massive thud, three loud knocks, and rapid footsteps sprinting uphill toward the road. An unseen presence stopped feet away breathing sharply, then repeatedly ran ahead and waited, forcing the witness to pass it several times over an eighth to a quarter mile. Near dawn where cover ended the presence vanished without ever being seen.

Tree breakWood knockFootstepsVocalizationAnimal behaviour +1
November 1986 Addison/Erwin, Steuben County, New York Class A #2630

While taking a break during a deer drive, hunter sees 6 foot tall creature run away down hillside

The witness was deer hunting with companions and stopped to rest on a hill. A black entity about the witness's height ran very fast down the hill about 50 yards away and disappeared in about five seconds, with breaking deadfall heard as it left. The witness was startled, thought it might have been watching, and later wondered if it was a large bear or loose livestock.

Partial sightingFootstepsPossible misidentification
August 1979 Don't Know, Hamilton County, New York Class A #6695

Encounter with Juvenile Creature

In 1979 the witness had moved ahead of a hiking group in the Adirondacks to watch beavers and was walking back to the main trail. Something flushed from thick brush ran diagonally toward the witness on the trail, pounding loudly and wailing like a woman screaming, and was seen partially as a fast, upright furry figure about four and a half feet tall. The witness initially assumed a bear cub but later doubted that because it ran upright for about 150 feet and the vocalization resembled sounds associated with Bigfoot reports.

Partial sightingScreamFootstepsPossible misidentification
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
Fall 2003, around 7:30 pm Keene Valley, Essex County, New York Related account #11956

Odor near Keene Valley, New York

Earlier the same night the witness and his wife went outside with two dogs, smelled a strong musky odor, and the dogs became fearful and wanted inside.

OdorAnimal behaviour
around July 17, 2003 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Related account #11726

Footsteps near Wellsville, New York

The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.

FootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
the next night (after last 4th of July) New York #c69fa039-7a7c-40e2-80c5-f4e3a1407fcc

Movement only in New York

The next night the group hiked a trail to a nearby quarry for night photography. The same colored balls of light appeared about eighty yards away moving through the woods parallel to them. The lights stayed alongside for several hundred yards to the quarry.

Movement onlyPossible misidentification
last 4th of July New York #c69fa039-7a7c-40e2-80c5-f4e3a1407fcc

Movement only in New York

On a hot night around a summer holiday the witness lay by an open cabin window looking into the woods. He saw flashing red, blue and yellow lights moving through trees and down a road. Others in the cabin also looked, and companions with night vision described softball-sized balls. The lights disappeared after noise and activity.

Movement onlyPossible misidentification