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September 1977 Ranger, Eastland County, Texas Class B #56212

Memory told of a scary, daytime encounter while frog hunting near Ranger

In 1977 two companions hunting frogs at a remote pond heard a roar and saw trees moving. One saw a large brown hairy form partly hidden behind a cedar tree and swaying. Both fled on foot while hearing heavy thuds, and one saw a large rock bouncing nearby. A few days later they returned and found a cleared limb bed and a limb torn from a mesquite tree, but no footprints due to rocky ground.

Partial sightingVocalizationTree breakFootstepsRock throwing
August 1977 Deming, Whatcom County, Washington Class A #1749

Three brownish figures seen moving on nearby foothill

The witness and two companions were talking on a porch in the afternoon when they noticed three brownish figures moving on a nearby foothill for about ten minutes. They walked to the spot after the figures left and found a heap of branches resembling a bed, with some branches torn from trees high off the ground. The witness noted an absence of claw marks or bear prints and questioned how the branches could have been placed without tools.

Full-body sightingStructure or nestTree break
13 October 1975 Sumner, Pierce County, Washington Class A #1730

Lake Tapps

Two companions on their way to school in the morning saw two pale human-like figures standing at the edge of woods on a hill. The figures smelled like skunks and then wandered back into the woods. The witnesses estimated the figures' height against a tree limb and later reported finding nest-like structures nearby.

Full-body sightingOdor
10 October 1972 Verona Beach, Oneida County, New York Class B #27035

Man recounts childhood incident at his home on Oneida Lake

The witness, age 11 at the time, was in bed when a large shadow was cast on the bedroom wall from outside the window for about 20 to 30 seconds. A few minutes later the witness heard the back storage room door being ripped off and sounds of ransacking, including the freezer being opened and heavy objects moved. The next morning the storage room was found in disarray with the door off, faint scratches without tool marks, and frozen foods missing.

SilhouetteUnidentified soundDoor or window contactProperty disturbance
August 1972 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada Class A #5697

Three boys encounter sasquatch in eroded terrain

The witness, then 12, was exploring a desert wash area with two juvenile companions when they encountered a very tall dark figure near the wash rim. The figure stood facing them for under a minute, then stepped into the wash and walked away out of sight. The group afterwards searched the wash but found no campsite, only an arrangement of brush in and against the wash wall.

Partial sighting
30 August 1968 Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington Class B #925

Backpacker observes a tall, early morning visitor in camp

The witness and a companion camped near a lake after the rest of their party failed to arrive. After hearing scream-like sounds earlier in the evening, the witness lay awake and watched a tall figure move behind a windbreak, squat to rummage through a pack, then stand and walk away. The witness woke the companion, who did not see the figure but both heard movement in the trees. In the morning the pack contents were scattered and only cookies were missing from their package.

Partial sightingScreamProperty disturbanceFootsteps
15 August 1967 River Grove, Cook County, Illinois Class A #46494

Memory told of a daytime sighting in Schiller Woods

The witness was resting by the Des Plaines River during a bicycle ride when a hair-covered creature was seen across the river splashing in the water. After the witness coughed, the creature threw large rocks toward the witness, then crossed the river silently and confronted the witness at close range. The witness fled along a trail while hearing a loud howl and screaming and seeing additional shadowy figures across the river.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteRock throwingHowlScream
Winter 1957 East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois Class A #55706

Memory told of daytime encounter near Farmdale Park

As a child hunting in snowy woods along a creek, the witness came over a hill and watched a tall black hairy figure moving around a stick hut in a blackberry patch and picking berries. After the figure noticed the witness, it left very quickly. The witness then reported a multi-hour gap with no memory of leaving before arriving home.

Full-body sighting
October 1955 British Columbia Class A #1083

William Roe account -- Highway worker has lengthy sighting at close range & records much detail

The witness hiked to a deserted mine on a mountain in the afternoon and encountered an upright hair-covered female creature at close range. The creature approached, squatted to strip and eat leaves, noticed the witness, vocalized, and walked away into timber, later appearing briefly on a distant ridge. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding spot.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
1940–1949 St. Anthony, Idaho #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/11/03/sc-ep376-the-dog

Sasquatch sighting near St. Anthony, Idaho (1940)

As a young teenager bringing cows across a canal near dark, the diarist saw a large bear-like figure standing on hind feet by a sapling 600-700 feet away and felt intense chill. Cows were undisturbed and his father was unconcerned. Next morning with his friend [name withheld] he found a huge bare footprint in wet mud under the sapling, estimated 8.5-9 feet tall using [name withheld]'s height, and nearby found a stick-bed with a strong repulsive odor.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteTracksOdorStructure or nest
BFRO YEAR: 08-09 Naples, Ochopee, Collier County, Florida Class B #32227

Man describes possible encounters off Route 41 near Ochopee

The witness and a companion were walking a dirt trail by a canal to find a bass spot while looking down to avoid snakes. They saw large brown legs cross the trail ahead and noticed branches rustling in a nearby group of trees, which the witness attributed to a sasquatch watching them. Scared, they backed away slowly and left the area.

Partial sightingMovement only
BFRO YEAR: 04-present Jackson, Butts County, Georgia Class A #31888

Scary encounters outside a rural home near Jackson

The witness and a companion were camping in a tent on the witness's driveway in mid-October. Around 2 a.m. under a full moon, the witness awoke to grunting and snapping trees and saw a large hair-covered figure striking and eating a deer, then dragging it uphill. The figure approached the tent, giving off a strong musky odor and knocking a frying pan from a tree before leaving. In the morning the witness found deer remains, drag marks, and a shelter-like structure of bent and broken pines.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorTree breakStructure or nest +3
Date unknown Place not stated #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/ZAvE1kSmDO73YR16crNorLXcpjk0jIfIYW8MOMIZxnw

Structure or nest

The resident of a small cabin reported structures appearing on the land and figures seen with night scopes that were first thought to be poachers. He and a companion tore structures down and fired into the air to scare them. Later structures appeared close behind the cabin and rocks landed on the roof and yard.

Structure or nestRock throwingPartial sighting
Date unknown Place not stated #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/KXhfUMlqLHXysKTU_otECL8AXsxtjh6CCXROoO_34jw

Sasquatch sighting

A helicopter pilot pulling logs spotted a creature creeping toward the crew's stored lunches and warned the crew by radio. The crew chased it off. Later investigation found tracks and freshly picked vegetation piled like bedding under a low rock shelf.

Full-body sightingTracksStructure or nest
when we were 10 or 11 years old Oregon #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/02/sc-ep83-sasquatch-encounter-on-the-mountain

Sasquatch sighting in Oregon

[name withheld] and a friend, ages about 10-11, were hiking unsupervised from an expedition base camp in the Cascades when they found drag marks and a crude log teepee structure. His friend climbed to peer inside and came face-to-face with a hair-covered, bear-like but man-like creature using a stick, then fled in terror to camp. The group stayed the night under guard and were told something large circled camp all night before they evacuated at dawn.

Partial sightingStructure or nestOdorFootstepsAnimal behaviour
Date unknown North Carolina #1b1a021d-c49e-4e50-be3c-a86ca1ec3b70

Sasquatch sighting in North Carolina

While on the property at dusk, a group member saw the upper torso and muscular shoulder of a dark figure with some grayish-white move downward and disappear into a thick valley. A later daytime check found an area of engineered canopy forming crawling tunnels, which the group calls an underground system.

Partial sightingStructure or nest
about a week later Henderson, Nevada #86f56ecd-7627-44c6-89c4-5af83318a400

Sasquatch sighting near Henderson, Nevada

About a week after the first sighting, three teens were in the desert with laser pointers and saw the tall black figure again. They brought the father back in the truck and all saw it in the headlights by the barricades as it walked then ran and vanished. Parked by a substation they heard very loud heavy running they could not see, then heard a deep loud roar several times and left.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalization
Date unknown Virginia #b9641701-c9b5-4647-9514-90603ef1b6a2

Sasquatch sighting in Virginia

With her husband home, the guest heard a loud owl overhead answered from across the driveway by a second owl-like call that cracked. She took burst phone photos toward the woodline in the dark and on brightening saw a boxy standing figure looking toward her. The next morning she found deadfall trees newly lined along the driveway and tested that stepping over the line triggered the garage motion light, concluding the line marked the light's boundary.

Full-body sightingVocalization
Date unknown Oklahoma #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/MoB1lB6mgEp8z_oZgazLZqWBk4Tcpk0FUMWkz1BtkrY

Sasquatch sighting in Oklahoma

A resident described repeated booms that shook his brick house, later finding cracked and pulverized bricks high on the wall. On another night he shone a spotlight into a field and saw a large gray figure moving very fast and low like a spider on fingertips and toes. The account was retold by a visiting investigator from his show interviews.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbanceUnidentified soundMovement only
When the sighting actually occurred, I was 23 Idaho #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/10/12/sc-ep154-my-hunting-trip-encounter

Sasquatch sighting in Idaho

The witness joined relatives on a hunting trip and camped overnight after noticing a large stacked-log pile and musky odor earlier in the day. Late at night something pulled the tent stakes and collapsed the tent. On exiting the tent the group saw a hair-covered upright creature at close range, which the witness chased briefly as it moved on its knuckles to avoid his light.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance