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August 2006 Clarkia, Shoshone County, Idaho Class A #59472

Husband and wife see large upright figure leap from road around midnight on Freezeout Saddle near Clarkia

The witness and his wife were sleeping in their truck on a mountain ridgeline when they felt strongly uneasy and decided to drive down. A short distance downhill they saw a large brown furry figure in the trail briefly before it left the trail into the trees, bending a small fir. The witness searched with a flashlight but saw and heard nothing further and felt the animal might be hiding nearby, so they left the area.

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August 2006 The West Side Of Mount Rainier., Pierce County, Washington Class A #15721

Forest worker has an encounter near Mount Rainier

A forest trail worker leveling shale heard rocks clacking nearby and shouted and threw a stone while backing toward a vehicle. The witness then saw a dark brown leg and face of a creature leaning under a fir limb about 20 feet away. The witness left to get crew members, who returned but saw nothing and all left the area because they felt spooked.

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29 July 2006 Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia Class A #15355

Early morning sighting by bat survey crew

While checking nets during a late-night bat survey, the witness and two coworkers heard a whoop and then saw a tall hair-covered biped cross a dirt road in front of them. The creature looked at them, took two steps up an embankment and disappeared. The group fled and later returned with two more people to find large footprints in mud and trampled vegetation before leaving the site.

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27 July 2006 Eau Galle, Dunn County, Wisconsin Class A #29294

Sundown sighting by teen on bicycle in Eau Galle River bottoms

In July 2006 the witness was biking through a swampy, wooded area toward a friend's house in the late afternoon. Near a knoll the witness heard sticks breaking and footsteps, then saw a tall dark figure to the side and heard a frightening vocalization. The witness screamed and pedaled away fast while continuing to hear breaking sticks, and the creature reportedly fled bipedally in the opposite direction during about ten seconds of observation.

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23 July 2006 3 Or 4 Miles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Class A #15306

Young Woman Observes Large Biped in a Field east of Pittsburgh

The witness was sitting outside at night talking on the phone when she heard movement in nearby woods and then noticed a strange odor. She looked up and saw a very large, hair-covered figure standing in a field about 30 feet away. Frightened, she ran inside and locked the doors, and a family member found nothing that night with a flashlight. The next morning she and a relative found flattened grass, clearings, and tracks leading into the woods but were too frightened to follow them.

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22 July 2006 Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois Class A #28484

Vocalizations and a sighting with a spotlight near Murrayville

In 2007 the witness led an armed group with spotlights to an area where relatives had heard screams. He shone a light across a field and saw a large dark hairy figure with outstretched arms run away in a split second. The group pursued into trees hearing walking and branches breaking but found nothing.

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15 July 2006 Baldwin, Lake County, Michigan Class A #35387

Late afternoon sighting by two brothers near Baldwin

The witness and a companion got lost while walking on trails near a cabin and headed for the main road to get their bearings. On the road they saw a huge black hair-covered figure about forty to fifty feet away that at first looked like a man. After exchanging looks, the figure sprinted away on two feet across the road into the woods, moving much faster than a human.

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15 July 2006 Salt Springs, Marion County, Florida Class A #23120

Father and daughter have daytime sighting in the Ocala National Forest

The witness and her father were driving south on a sandy forest road when they noticed a dark figure ahead in the distance. As their car approached, the figure crossed the road in front of them and disappeared into thick pine woods. They stopped to look but could not see it further and later realized they had not looked for tracks. The witness stressed the figure walked upright throughout and looked different from bears seen in the area.

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15 July 2006 Cougar, Cowlitz County, Washington Class A #62996

Motorists on highway to Mt. St. Helens see a Sasquatch standing in Toutle River

The witness and the witness's young child were riding in a family van alongside a river after visiting a mountain when the witness noticed a large hairy biped standing in shallow water near the bank. The creature was facing away and looking down, allowing a clear daylight view of its size and musculature. The driver did not stop for filming and did not see the creature.

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12 July 2006 Beech Grove, McLean County, Kentucky Class A #22981

Motorcyclist has up-close sighting near Beech Grove

In July 2006 around 4:30 a.m., the witness was riding a motorcycle to work when they noticed a large hairy creature squatting beside the road near a sawmill. They passed within about four feet and looked at its face and eyes for a few seconds before continuing, too shaken to stop. The witness described the animal as unlike any known animal and human-like in appearance.

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7 July 2006 Land O Lakes, Pasco County, Florida Class A #15361

Nighttime sighting by motorist near Land O'Lakes

The witness was driving at night behind another car when both vehicles stopped for a tall, dark, manlike figure crossing the road in the headlights. The figure was described as 8-9 feet tall with very long arms and a strong musk odor that lingered after it left. It reportedly broke the top off a barbed-wire fence post, went over the fence, and disappeared into the woods. The next day the witness found a broken post, bent wire, and broken brush leading into the treeline.

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July 2006 Middleburg, Clay County, Florida Class A #18427

Daylight sighting by two teenagers near Middleburg

Two witnesses entering the woods to play paintball heard a noise and saw a very large upright black creature run across the trail ahead of them. The creature looked toward them, accelerated, climbed a steep bank and disappeared into the woods within seconds.

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July 2006 Amazonia, Andrew County, Missouri Class A #18219

Motorist sighting near Missouri River Bluffs (@ "Monkey Mountains")

The witness was driving at night near Monkey Mountain when a tall, very thin creature crossed the road in front of the vehicle in about three unhurried strides. The creature came from a steep hillside heading toward river areas and did not appear to notice the vehicle. It was described as about seven feet tall with sparse, long grayish hair, leaning forward as it walked.

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28 June 2006 Omak, Okanogan County, Washington Class A #15135

Dusk sighting by a couple near a spring outside Omak

Two people driving while hunting at sunset saw a large hairy man-like figure running along the road about 30 to 40 yards away. The sighting lasted only a few seconds before the figure disappeared toward a ridge. The driver stopped, got out to search, heard no sound of flight and found no tracks on the hard sandy road.

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20 June 2006 Mesachie Lake, British Columbia Class A #15274

Early morning sighting on Vancouver Island near Cowichan Lake

While driving to work before dawn on a logging road, the witness encountered a dark figure on the road and initially assumed it was a bear. As headlights illuminated it, the figure was seen running bipedally down the road for about 100 feet before veering off through a ditch and up a bank into bushes. The witness described a tall, dark-haired, unclothed biped with lighter patches on its back and rump that never looked back. Later that day the witness found and photographed indistinct footprints at the site.

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17 June 2006 West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas Class A #59736

Motorists (father & son) close range, daylight, road crossing sighting along Mounds Rd. outside West Mephis

The witness was driving a truck with his son on a gravel road beside railroad tracks in daylight. A small reddish-brown hair-covered biped leaped across the road in mid-air directly in front of the truck, nearly being hit. It landed in tall grass by the tracks and disappeared without further sound despite a brief wait.

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17 June 2006 Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, California Class A #15855

Daylight sighting by motorist near Laurel Canyon in the Mammoth Lakes area

The witness was returning down the canyon after fishing and exploring when a tall, dark, muscular creature crossed the road toward a meadow. It was watched for a few strides with a bent, arm-swinging gait, then seen crossing back at a slower pace as if avoiding an oncoming truck and people in the meadow. The witness believed they were the only observer and later found large tracks on a return visit.

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8 June 2006 Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois Class A #14872

Nighttime sighting and possible footprints found by homeowner near Edwardsville

The witness was pulling into the driveway late at night when she saw a tall grayish figure standing near a bush about 10 feet away in street light. The submitter, her husband, was at the residence and was not a witness. Around the time of the sighting night sounds became quiet and still for about 10 minutes and a dog refused to go outside, then sounds returned to normal.

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6 June 2006 Midlothian Area Of Chesterfield County, Chesterfield County, Virginia Class A #14952

Driver sees running figure along road at night near Woodlake

The witness and companion were driving north at night when they saw a tall, silvery-white bipedal figure running south along the woods edge, then turning east into dense woods about fifteen feet away during a roughly three-second view. The figure was described as slender and athletic, about seven feet tall, with flowing hair on the arms and fast, graceful movement. The next morning they found 20 to 30 tracks of two sizes with visible toes in soft muddy ground nearby, but no photos were taken and rain likely washed the tracks away.

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6 June 2006 Hiram, Paulding County, Georgia Class A #18016

Nighttime sighting by motorists outside Hiram

A family driving in the evening on Austin Bridge Road toward Ridge Road encountered a tall animal standing in the road near Mein Mitchell Road. The animal was described as about 9 to 10 feet tall with a bear-like, barrel-chested body standing upright, dark hair, and a wolf-like face with red glowing eyes. After watching for about two minutes from about 200 yards away, the driver turned the vehicle around and took a different route.

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