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July 1976 Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio Class A #10861

Teenagers wading down the Olentangy River at night have a sighting south of Delaware

In mid-summer 1975 around midnight, the witness and three companions were wading the Olentangy River when they heard breaking brush and saw a tall hair-covered biped at the tree line. The figure followed them downstream as they moved, and they heard heavy movement in the water and a howl as they fled to a nearby apartment complex. At the woods edge near the apartments it stopped and stared at them before they ran toward town and abandoned their gear for two days.

Full-body sightingHowlFootstepsRock throwing
30 June 1976 Walla Walla, Umatilla County, Oregon Class A #7124

Boy Scout sees part of retreating sasquatch

The witness was on a midweek overnight compass exercise with fellow scouts in a wooded ravine in northeast Oregon. While fishing alone in a creek at dusk he felt watched, turned, and saw a dark long leg and foot moving uphill into trees and brush. He saw no other details, noted no odor, and told no one at the time.

Partial sighting
3 June 1976 Stevenson, Fairfield County, Connecticut Class A #77112

Daylight encounter on railroad bed near lower Paugussett State Park

The witness was walking along railroad tracks toward a friend's house when they tripped, looked up, and saw a tall dark figure ahead. The figure looked at the witness, then quickly ran off the tracks, up a small embankment, and into the woods within seconds. The witness described it as very tall, fully covered in dark hair, and making no noise.

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June 1976 Big Bear City, San Bernardino County, California Class A #9759

Young man has a midnight face-to-face encounter with an unknown creature outside Big Bear City

The witness was staying at a cabin with a friend's family and left the cabin during the night to urinate. About 20 feet away, a large dark being stood behind a bush parting the top with its hands, with its upper chest, head, arms and hands visible. After looking back for 15 to 20 seconds, the witness ran inside, and a search the next morning found no traces.

Partial sighting
June 1976 Approximately Half Way Between Pendleton An La Grande OR, Umatilla County, Oregon Class A #1635

Travelers watch tan-brown 5-6 foot hairy creature drink from stream with cupped hands

Four relatives stopped while driving over a mountain pass to stretch their legs. One member who is blind noticed a very foul smell, and the others looked into the canyon below and saw a long-haired brown creature drinking from a creek with its hands. The creature then stood, walked away upright in a semi-crouched posture, looked back at the group, and entered the forest.

Full-body sightingOdor
May 1976 LEVITTOWN, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Class A #3122

Two teenagers encounter Bigfoot while bowhunting

In 1976 the witness, then a teenager, trespassed with a companion onto a fenced industrial property to hunt squirrels with bows. The witness reported watching a tall, reddish-brown hair-covered figure stand nearby chewing vegetation and looking at them for about 20 seconds. After the witness alerted the companion, the witness claimed to receive a telepathic threat, grabbed the bow, and both fled without further contact.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourPossible hoaxPossible misidentification
10 April 1976 Womack, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Class A #62297

Two young campers get stalked at night, then a Sasquatch sighting the next morning near John J. Audubon Historic Trail in Mark Twain National Forest

The witness and a companion returned to camp in the morning and then hiked a forest trail. At a spring they noticed a large heel-like print. About a mile farther, the witness saw a tall, reddish, long-haired biped run up a wooded hill and disappear. The companion did not see it, and the two left the area.

Full-body sightingTracks
12 February 1976 Slave Lake, Alberta Class A #10775

Nighttime sighting by motorist at the Saulteaux River

The witness was driving alone at night toward home when they noticed a tall, dark-furred figure on a snow ridge beside the highway. The figure ran on two legs toward the treeline, then stopped at the forest edge and turned to stare while the witness had stopped to watch. After observing a bare face and mane-like hair, the witness left the area out of fear.

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Summer 1976 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Class A #3547

While working on a farm, teenagers spot Bigfoot nearby watching them

Two teenagers were stacking hay bales on a wagon when a tall upright figure was noticed across a dirt road paralleling the field. They stopped work and watched it for about two minutes while it stood and stared toward them. The figure then left on two legs at a brisk pace without making noise or threatening gestures.

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Summer 1976 Winchester And Richmond, Clark County, Kentucky Class A #2381

Boy has evening sighting while bike riding with brothers near Booneboro River

On a warm summer evening, brothers were playing in a wooded hillside area. One brother ran out of the woods screaming that he had seen a hairy monster. When the others went back with him, nothing was visible but a strong rotten smell lingered and very large human-like footprints were found in soft ground near a spring. Adults dismissed the account, but the brother maintained the claim years later.

Partial sightingOdorTracks
Summer 1976 Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan Class A #806

ape-like creature seen by witnesses.

The witness, then age eight, was walking east along railroad tracks with a nine-year-old companion picking up rocks when they smelled a strong distinct odor near a bridge over a river. While crossing the bridge the companion pointed over the south side, and the witness saw a dark-brown fur-covered ape-like figure with very massive shoulders crouching on the east bank about twenty feet below looking into the water. After watching for about five to seven seconds, the two children ran east to the companion's home.

Partial sightingOdor
1976–1977 Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois Class A #28545

Man tells of the strange occurrences and his sighting as a teenager near Buckhart

Four people drove to a hilltop clearing at night and parked with the engine off to listen. After hearing twigs crunching as something circled their position, those in the back seat noticed a figure behind the vehicle. The witnesses in front then glimpsed a tall dark bipedal figure with red reflected eyes ducking behind a tree, prompting them to start the vehicle and leave immediately.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootsteps
1976–1978 Glass Community (Obion Is The Closest Town), Obion County, Tennessee Class A #25432

Man relates a series of encounters with a white bigfoot near Obion

The witness was walking home from town late at night looking down. He looked up to find an off-white, Bigfoot-like creature squatting on its hands and feet a short distance in front of him. They saw each other at the same time, the creature stood up and they stared for several seconds before running in opposite directions.

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Summer 1976 Lake Of The Woods County, Minnesota Class A #3227

Creature sighted twice by three men while camping in northern Minn

Three men were on a fishing and camping trip near Lake of the Woods when they saw a tall hairy figure watching them from behind a tree. The figure ran away bipedally, and a rotten stench was noticed in the area. As the men walked along railroad tracks bordered by swamp, a football-sized rock flew past them from the side with no one visible, and they later saw the figure run across the tracks ahead of them. They returned to camp and told local residents, some of whom said they had also seen a hairy person.

Full-body sightingOdorRock throwing
1976–1980 Dustin, Hughes County, Oklahoma Class A #5817

Woman recalls childhood encounters

Two children walking down a road on summer vacation saw a tall white-haired biped walking in a pasture. The creature paused when it noticed them, then turned toward them, prompting them to run a short way before looking again. They watched it step over a tall barbed-wire fence and continue east with long strides and swinging arms. A few days later they recovered long white hair from the top wire of a fence.

Full-body sightingHair
Fall 1976 Tehachapi, Kern County, California Class A #9661

At noon, a young lady on horse back has a face-to-face encounter

When 14, the witness rode a horse on a family ranch near Tehachapi to the edge of a pine forest where a long-dead cow lay. There she saw a tall, black-haired, human-like figure leaning against a large tree, and they looked at each other for about a minute. Frightened, she turned back to the ranch and says she never returned to that area.

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Spring 1976 Omitted For Privacy (small Town In NW WA), Island County, Washington Class A #27764

Woman remembers her morning road walk interrupted by a large hairy bi-pedal animal on Whidbey Island

In early spring 1976 the witness was walking alone in the morning along an old logging road toward a country store. At a crossroads the witness saw a very tall, thin hair-covered figure emerge from dense forest about 200 feet away and cross the road in two long upright strides before re-entering the forest. The witness froze in fear and then ran back in the opposite direction.

Full-body sighting
6 December 1975 Hood River County, Oregon Class A #671

Creature seen crossing in front of witnesses car

While driving east on the interstate at night in rain, the occupants of a car and surrounding traffic slowed for a tall dark figure running on and across the highway. The witness viewed the figure at close range from the passenger window and described eye contact and an expression of fear before it struck an oncoming pickup camper, ran up an embankment, and entered the trees.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVehicle contact
15 November 1975 Sedgwick County, Kansas Class A #1326

Early morning sighting by a hunter

The witness went alone to hunt rabbits along a flood-control dike in the early morning, then hid to wait for doves. He heard splashing to the south and watched a distant creature standing in the stream, splashing water and briefly rising on two legs to look and smell before resuming splashing. He tried to approach from downwind via the north and a cliff overlook, but the creature was gone when he arrived.

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November 1975 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Class A #16683

Daylight sighting at edge of woods near fishing hole outside Jacksonville

The witness had carried fishing gear to a creek and walked back to the parked car for more equipment when footsteps in the woods stopped. He turned toward the sound and saw a tall hair-covered figure at the woods edge pushing a branch aside. He called to two companions at the fishing spot, and when he looked back the figure was gone as loud footfalls moved rapidly away through the woods.

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