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1948 Sol Duc Hot Springs, Clallam County, Washington Class A #1723

Mt. Olympus Incident

Four people were quietly walking horses along a trail in rainy conditions when a black creature about eight feet tall stood up from a stooped position beside the trail and ran away, leaving a foul odor. The group did not look for footprints.

Full-body sightingOdor
Spring 1945 Eldorado, White County, Illinois Class A #49954

Memory told of encounter at a remote cabin at Sandy Run

The main witness was sleeping in the front room of a remote lakeside cabin with a relative when she awoke at night to the porch screen door opening and footsteps. She watched a large, red-haired, bipedal figure pass three front windows and pause at the door to peer inside, bending down to look in. Frightened, she fled to sleep with her grandparents and did not speak of the incident for years.

Partial sightingFootstepsDoor or window contact
August 1944 Yreka, Siskiyou County, California Class A #2896

Sister and brother see 3 creatures near Yreka

Two children walking on a dirt road by a clearing saw three bipedal hairy figures of different sizes about 50 yards away. The figures watched the children for about two minutes, then turned and walked into the woods, and the children ran home. The mother dismissed the sight as sheep, but the witness later concluded the figures matched Bigfoot descriptions.

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July 1944 Eben Jct., Alger County, Michigan Class B #28897

Memory told of a possible daylight sighting while playing in the woods in Eben Junction

In summer 1944, the 9-year-old witness and his cousin were playing in a woodlot on a family farm, knocking dead saplings against live trees. They stopped and saw a huge man-like figure standing broadside nearby looking at them, which then turned and walked away. The boys ran out and told their mothers, who dismissed it as a neighbor, and the witness says they avoided that part of the woods afterward.

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October 1943 Memphis And Little Rock Ark., Lonoke County, Arkansas Class A #2494

Bus driver encounters ape like creature during an unscheduled stop

The witness was six years old and riding in the back of a bus at night with family. After the driver reboarded saying a big ape had almost gotten him, the bus started moving and the witness and a relative watched a large ape-like figure cross the highway behind the bus and enter the woods on the other side. Other passengers including parents also saw the start of the crossing.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1943 Probably Central, Ashland County, Ohio Class A #5333

Man recalls being picked up as a child in Mohican Memorial Forest

When the witness was 5 years old and camping with his parents in central Ohio, he became lost in the woods. He claims a large hairy female creature picked him up, carried him quickly through the forest, and left him in camp with a heavy branch on his legs where his parents later found him. He says his parents dismissed his account as imagination and he did not share it widely for decades.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
16 November 1941 Gypsumville, Manitoba Class A #9552

Moose hunter shoots "bigfoot" to death

While hunting moose alone on the west side of a lake, the witness mistook a tall hair-covered biped seen from behind for the rump of a wounded moose and shot it between the shoulder blades, killing it instantly. The witness then walked around the body, noting its very large size, dark brown long hair, bare palms with opposed thumbs, and flat five-toed feet estimated around fifteen inches, before leaving quickly out of fear and concern about hunting without a license. The account was kept private for about thirty years until the witness recognized similar creatures in published film and began speaking about it.

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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
1932 ST.Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Class B #24102

Recollections of numerous encounters at a logging camp during the Great Depression

The reporter recounts stories his parents told about a logging camp in the early 1930s shortly after their 1932 marriage. After an initial close approach to another woman in camp, a large hairy human-like creature was seen repeatedly in the evenings, at times leaning on a parked truck and running upright faster than dogs. The father prevented others from shooting it because it looked too human.

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1926 Walden, Jackson County, Colorado Class B #5641

Daylight sighting by woodsman of two bipeds stalking an elk

The witness was positioned on one mountainside watching across a valley toward an opposite slope where an elk was being stalked by two large brown animals first taken for bears. Viewed through binoculars, the two stood upright and walked on two legs, keeping the elk between them and at times hiding behind trees before entering heavy timber after about five minutes. The outcome for the elk was not seen, but the witness thought the pair probably killed it.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
Fall 1925 Bordelonville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Class B #24413

Woman recounts a tale her Grandfather told her about a frightening incident near Horseshoe Lake

In fall 1925, two brothers were walking to duck blinds at sunrise near a lake in Louisiana with a kerosene lamp. They noticed two red reflections in the treeline that approached them, revealing a furry, lumbering figure with red eyes reflecting the light. When it came within a few feet, the brothers dropped their gear and fled home in fear.

EyeshinePartial sighting
Summer 1924 British Columbia Class A #1091

Albert Ostman account -- Multiple-day encounter with family of Sasquatches

A prospector camping alone in coastal mountains awoke at night to being carried inside his sleeping bag for hours to a small enclosed valley. There he encountered four hair-covered individuals described as a family group and was held for about six days living on remaining canned food. He gained favor with the younger ones using snuff and handmade utensils, then incapacitated the adult male with a large dose of snuff and escaped during the resulting commotion, hiking south to a logging camp for help.

Full-body sightingChatterProperty disturbanceScream
1924 British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/10/18/sc-ep156-1924-albert-ostman-encounter

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1924)

The witness was prospecting and camping near the head of Toba Inlet when supplies were disturbed for three nights. He was then carried inside his sleeping bag for about three hours to an enclosed valley. There a family group of four hair-covered beings held him for six days, during which he shared small gifts and observed their behavior. He escaped after the adult male swallowed snuff and became ill, then hiked out to civilization.

Full-body sightingChatterScream
Spring 1920 Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas Class C #4088

1920's sighting Southest of Booneville

A witness was with a berry-picking group when a tied horse began struggling against its tree. The witness heard the commotion, approached the horse, and saw a hairy manlike creature after the horse. The creature then ran into the brush, and the group left the area.

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1910 Livingston County, Michigan Class B #807

A family observes a small group of bigfoots swim across White Lake.

When she was about seven, the witness saw five hairy, unclothed figures at the edge of a lake from a hill. She fetched her parents and younger brother, and the four of them together watched the five figures swim across to oak woods on the north side of the lake. The family never saw them again and kept the account secret for decades.

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Winter 1890 Sweetwater County, Wyoming Class B #1245

Vocalizations heard from creature seen by witness

A father and son were returning from an unsuccessful hunting trip when the father stopped by a fallen tree to light his pipe and saw a tall hairy unclothed figure standing nearby. The figure vocalized loudly after noticing the man, then walked quickly toward the woods. The son joined his father and both watched the first figure and a second slightly smaller one walk along the woods edge before disappearing into the trees.

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BFRO YEAR: 2011; Bargi Matal, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan Bargi Matal, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan Class B #40652

U.S. Soldier views unexplainable subject near Bargi Matal

The witness was on night watch at a mountain outpost in Afghanistan when an unknown subject was seen through a military thermal scope about 500-600 meters away for 10-15 minutes. The subject moved very agilely up loose shale and appeared large with heavy shoulders and a uniform heat signature interpreted as unclothed. Five other soldiers were woken to view it, and none could identify it.

Full-body sighting
summer of 1975 in the early morning hours probably around 8:30 Place not stated Related account #1561

Sasquatch sighting

As a young child walking with a parent, the witness briefly saw a hair-covered upright creature about 100 yards away that vanished into the woods.

Full-body sighting
twenty years ago Place not stated Related account #12958

Sasquatch sighting

The husband had previously seen a large full-grown male mountain lion come out of the bush and go around a work truck.

Full-body sighting
Last spring Place not stated Related account #12958

Sasquatch sighting

The witnesses saw a couple of fairly sized moose the previous spring.

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