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1975 Oroville, California #3fb91ed8-671b-4aa4-891d-f46c90d44a22

Vocalization near Oroville, California (1975)

The witness had been sleeping in the back of his pickup at a secluded clearing after a late work shift. He heard loud, strange voices approaching rapidly through dense brush, smelled a strong foul odor, and sensed something large vault over the truck. He then saw a large dark shape moving away into the treeline while vocalizing, then drove away.

VocalizationScreamChatterFootstepsOdor +2
1975–1976 Oceanside, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Sasquatch sighting near Oceanside, California (1975)

While living on a military base and walking a trail past eroded hillsides to the beach, the witness repeatedly smelled a strong odor and had small rocks tossed at the back of the carried board. The witness once saw the hairy backside of a large figure running into the hollows, and a friend who teased its speech and threw a rock was chased. Soon after, military police closed the area and the hillside was leveled.

Partial sightingOdorRock throwingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
Fall 1975 Callisburg, Cooke County, Texas Class B #6235

Biology teacher's experiences around "the 1893 Bridge."

A teacher and companions are said to have encountered a tall creature on at least six occasions near an old bridge in Cooke County, Texas. The encounters occurred at night from a vehicle, with the figure seen as a tall silhouette in headlights and heard making threatening noises while moving through brush. On one occasion the creature was described as bouncing a limb, whose height was measured the next day, and daytime searches reportedly found bones in the creek. Shots were allegedly fired at the creature without apparent effect.

SilhouetteVocalizationMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
November 1974 La Fayette, Walker County, Georgia Class B #7464

Deer hunter describes possible stalking on Pigeon Mountain

While tracking a wounded buck down the mountain at dusk, the witness heard parallel movement with breaking limbs, rustling leaves, a grunt and a growl. The sounds mirrored the witness's own stops and starts and at times fell silent. The witness fled through a briar patch to a truck, heard grunting again behind, and never saw the source.

GrowlVocalizationFootstepsMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
1974–1976 Waukeena East Of Tallahassee, Jefferson County, Florida Class A #40784

Memory told of a large hairy biped approaching a family as they dumped their garbage near Waukeenah

Relatives stopping at a communal trash dump in daylight saw a very large, naked, reddish-brown hair-covered male figure emerge from the tree line about 70 feet away. The figure growled and grunted as it approached quickly to within about 30 feet, emitting a strong rotten odor. The family retreated to their car and drove away. The reporter states he was reportedly present but has no memory of the incident.

Full-body sightingGrowlVocalizationOdor
20 October 1973 Darrington, Snohomish County, Washington Class B #4323

Two hunters hear nighttime vocalizations near Darrington

Two people were settling to sleep in sleeping bags at a roadside camp late at night. They heard leaves and branches breaking and screaming from all around them and smelled a strong foul odor they did not recognize. Unable to see anything in the darkness without a flashlight, they grabbed their rifles, threw their bags in the car, and left.

ScreamChatterVocalizationOdorMovement only
September 1973 Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana Class A #6094

Child has sighting in cornfield near Sheridan

A child playing in tall corn behind the house at dusk heard heavy bipedal footsteps and corn being pushed aside. The corn parted and a very tall, thick dark figure stood within arm's length, emitting a strong musky odor and a heavy sigh or grunt before running around the child and disappearing. The child's mother heard the footsteps and corn breaking but did not see the figure.

Partial sightingFootstepsOdorVocalization
8 June 1973 Prairie Du Rocher, Randolph County, Illinois Class B #42547

Woman recalls her possible encounter on a farm outside Prairie du Rocher.

The witness was camped alone with a dog near a sinkhole on a farm bluff to feed horses in the morning. After building a fire and cooking, loud grunts, growls and scream-like screeches came from the sinkhole while many young trees shook violently despite little wind. Horses stared then fled, the dog stayed close shaking, and a brief odd odor was noticed. Frightened, the witness doused the fire and left with the dog, and reports avoiding woods since.

VocalizationGrowlScreamMovement onlyOdor
1973–1974 Oklahoma #dc02b07d-c43f-4c2c-b3a7-ae2ea017d36b

Scream in Oklahoma (1973)

The witness's father as a teenager went to a river with his older brother, younger sister, and the brother's girlfriend near dark. Something across the river crashed through brush like a heavy animal, then yelled, screamed, broke branches and pushed things over. The group fled in a vehicle, realized they left the youngest sister, drove back and found her running up the road screaming.

ScreamVocalizationTree breakMovement only
August 1972 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada Class B #5770

Four feral dogs chase sasquatch

On a clear night in August 1972, the 12-year-old witness was reading late in his bedroom when feral dogs chased something into his backyard. He heard heavy bipedal footfalls, a violent impact against the house corner and window, a grunt, and then a short deep growl directed at the dogs, followed by silence. The intruder then fled over a cedar fence as the dogs pursued, leaving a strong foul odor. Next morning the witness found a flattened flowerbed and trellis, a toppled lumber stack, and a tuft of hair of uncertain origin on the fence.

FootstepsGrowlVocalizationDoor or window contactProperty disturbance +1
1972–1973 Willow River, Minnesota #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/h9CWCO0aJz0_MmRV_orjauxItOoBA_3DqdnFHvf8rVM

Vocalization near Willow River, Minnesota (1972)

The witness stopped to pick wild raspberries while walking back alone on a farm trail. He heard a low grunt and large movement in the patch, then ran down the trail while something crashed through the woods alongside him. The movement stopped when he stopped and resumed when he ran, and he did not see the source.

VocalizationFootstepsMovement only
October 1970 Omak, Okanogan County, Washington Class B #50659

Young man has several possible day-time encounters near Moses Mountain in the '70s

In July 1977 the witness was helping a relative fix fence on a hill behind the ranch around noon. He and the relative saw two tall pine trees sway inside the fence line and then heard a loud yelling uhhing sound. A tall tree bent sharply and crashing movement through dense brush showed where a large animal was moving.

VocalizationMovement only
1970 Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FehuLvubnK9KtwJBrbKtRIhR4e32CZzQjhzuvX1Qopk

Sasquatch sighting near Grantsville, West Virginia (1970)

The guest and his younger brother were on summer vacation at their grandfather's hillside house in West Virginia. After the younger brother fled the back bedroom saying a hairy face had pushed through the unscreened window while sniffing the air, both boys ran outside and, in headlights reflected off the siding, watched a dark bipedal figure go down the rear embankment and crash through a dense briar thicket. The next morning their uncle turned pale when told and warned them to stay out of the back.

Partial sightingVocalizationFootstepsMovement only
1970–1974 Minnesota #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/ZAvE1kSmDO73YR16crNorLXcpjk0jIfIYW8MOMIZxnw

Sasquatch sighting in Minnesota (1970)

The witness was deer hunting from a stand when chirping sounds approached through the woods. A large dark manlike figure stepped into a shooting lane about 30 feet away and looked around. After the witness called out, it stared at him and left in a few strides.

Full-body sightingVocalizationOdor
1970–1979 Utah #9fe086a7-26f8-4a2e-8a0d-249644ae0b1b

Vocalization in Utah (1970)

The witness describes repeated nighttime experiences from childhood into late teens where he would fall asleep and wake up outside in a field without knowing how he got there. He recalls bruises, a sensation of being held, seeing his own body from above, a bright light in his face, feeling restrained, and hearing voices urging him to come outside. The episodes stopped after he left for college, with tapping on windows and scratching also reported.

VocalizationDoor or window contactFootstepsMovement only
1970–1979 Tennessee #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TSom5b4VZXPaXcHqhX6Okop_It5_GjCVQMhe6zJwH6s

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1970)

The witness, recently out of the military, was fly-fishing with three relatives in a steep, remote river gorge. He turned to see an upright animal at close range that quickly climbed the steep bank to the ridgeline. The group then heard extremely loud guttural vocalizations and huffs, saw movement on the ridge, and had a large rock land in the water near them. They left at dusk and later agreed among themselves it had not been a bear despite one relative's dismissive explanation.

Partial sightingVocalizationRock throwingMovement only
1970–1979 California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/I6n9Dlhaj2ac3zzQcBKURhFPfRrZmODZNOpz0vv2_aA

Unidentified sound in California (1970)

The witness was camping with two companions near a lake in Yosemite. After hearing cracking in brush in the afternoon, they heard a close loud roar rising to a high scream at night and smelled a wet-dog odor. Other campers said something ran past their tent, and the group stayed in the tent until sunrise then left without continuing their trip.

Unidentified soundVocalizationScreamOdorMovement only
August 1964 Between Crested Butte And Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado Class B #2553

Bowhunter and wife abandon deer when threatened by large, unseen animal

The witness and spouse were bow hunting in timber when something unseen followed them, starting and stopping as they moved. After the witness shot a deer, the follower vocalized loudly and thrashed brush and trees while pursuing them downhill. The pair abandoned the deer and left the timber, with the follower continuing to vocalize behind them to the timber edge.

VocalizationHowlScreamFootstepsTree break +1
Fall 1964 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Class B #5381

Solider describes late night encounter on Fort Jackson

While on a solo night escape-and-evasion march at Fort Jackson, the witness stopped at a fire-lane crossing around 2 a.m. in total darkness. Something approached, moved away after being challenged, made growling talk-like sounds, then approached again before crashing away through brush. Startled, the witness ran and eventually reached another soldier with a fire and truck.

VocalizationGrowlFootstepsMovement only
1934 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/25/sc-ep393-the-christmas-show

Vocalization (1934)

The teller's grandfather was riding a mule at night in 1934 while courting his future wife. Something in the woods startled or spoke to the mule, causing it to bolt hard for the barn. The rider held on prone and crashed into the barn wall, destroying a candle lantern.

VocalizationMovement only