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Cousins view a large biped figure on opening day near Virginia City
On opening morning of deer season two cousins riding in the back of a pickup scanning a sage meadow spotted a large dark figure about 250 yards away. They watched it for about 10 seconds as it faced them, slightly bent forward with an arm on its knee, appearing motionless. When the truck stopped and backed up to regain the view the figure was gone. The cousins continued hunting that morning while feeling as if watched.
Memory told of daylight sighting along railroad tracks near Granite City
Five children playing behind the family property during a get-together noticed something moving along the railroad tracks behind the yard. When they looked, it stopped, turned, and looked back at them from about 60 yards away before they ran back to the house in fright. They described it as a huge, tall, dark, muscular figure about seven and a half feet tall.
Memory told of a possible sighting while parked in a car near Granite City
While a dating couple sat talking in a parked car near woods and lakes, the woman saw a large dark figure standing behind the car about 10 to 15 feet away. She reacted with sudden shock and told her companion what she had seen. The figure moved away and had disappeared by the time both occupants looked back, so only the woman directly saw it.
Series of three incidents describing a human sized creature near edge of Edwardsville
Three residents described separate encounters in early June 1973 with a human-sized creature that chased them. The creature was said to be about 5 feet 8 inches tall and broad-shouldered, with red eyes sensitive to light, a musty odor, and silent movement. One man told police it tore his shirt and scratched his chest.
Witness has sighting next to his home in Madison Co
Around 2 a.m. the witness stepped out of a backyard tent and saw a tall hair-covered figure standing by the corner of the house near a pine tree. After staring at each other for several seconds, the figure pushed off the tree, causing it to sway, and ran silently down a bank toward the woods and cornfield. The witness described the figure as about 7 to 8 feet tall with off-white to tan hair and longer-than-human arms.
Memory told of family encounters near Granite City
The witness reports that while staying at the parents' rural property with a friend around dusk in late summer 1972, they observed a large hairy figure filling the barn doorway from about a hundred yards away. The pair ran to tell parents inside the house, and when they returned the figure was gone. The witness estimated the figure at eight feet tall, broad enough to fill the doorway, and brownish-black in color.
Youths riding in back of pick-up have close observation of large biped crossing road
Two siblings riding in the back of a pickup truck in the summer of 1970 reported seeing a tall, dark-haired figure on a brushy hillside beside the road. They said they first mistook it for a tall tree stump, then watched it walk downhill in a few steps, take a long step across a roadside ditch, and stop in the middle of the road to turn and look at their truck as they drove away. The figure was described as covered in long dark brown hair with a lighter patch on the chest and red eyes.
Man recalls incident as a child in a swampy area near Cazenovia
When the witness was a young child, the witness and a companion were chopping a rotted fallen tree with hammers far out in a swamp. After hearing a loud noise described as like a scream, they saw a very large dark man-like form walking very near them. Both children dropped everything and ran home without looking back.
Recollection of an afternoon sighting on Green Mountain
As a child walking home from a relative's house, the witness saw a tall hairy figure standing in a roadside ditch watching him. He ran back to get his relative, and they returned together with a shotgun to find the figure still there watching. As they walked down toward it they lost sight of it, and it was gone when they reached the spot.
Sasquatch sighting near Granite City, Illinois
The witness claims repeated sightings over several years around the house, barn and surrounding woods, including figures at the window and in the barn, plus snow prints and scat finds.
Sasquatch sighting near Granite City, Illinois
A relative reported seeing a figure standing at the house picture window looking in on a winter morning, with large footprints later noted in snow outside the window.
Memory told of a possible dusk sighting at a hunting camp near Greenville
A year after hearing loud growls in the same area, the witness and a companion were scouting without rifles. While driving and looking for wildlife, they stopped to watch an animal grazing at a distance that moved toward the companion on all fours. When the companion made noise, it stood upright on two legs, appearing tall with a light underside, before retreating into the woods.
Sasquatch sighting near New Market, Alabama
The witness's wife reported seeing only the top of a visitor's head pass the kitchen window.