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1992 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/03/04/sc-ep-303-trackway-near-sunnyslope-washington

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1992)

A prospector reportedly found a dead creature in a mountain campsite area in 1992 and called the forest service. The story was written up in the local paper and then went cold. The campground where it was found closed afterward and never reopened.

Full-body sightingHistorical account
1 August 1990 Eldon, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Class A #2041

August 1 1990 Oklahoma, Cherokee County, near Eldon

On August 1, 1990, a woman at a mobile home near Eldon, Oklahoma reported hearing noises and smelling a bad odor before seeing a very tall, heavy creature. A deputy later found large impressions at the scene. Two days later, two other residents reported a similar upright animal at a trash pile nearby.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundOdorPossible misidentification
1989 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1989)

A group of teens reported a large ape-like figure moving across a field at the town edge.

Full-body sighting
1980 Corbett #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c

Sasquatch sighting near Corbett (1980)

In 1980 a group of teenagers parked along the Sandy River near Corbett after a McDonald's run saw one come out. At first they thought bear, then realized it was not. One girl described it as calm, at peace, and studying them.

Full-body sighting
11 September 1978 Humboldt County, Iowa Class A #1268

More sightings of a strange creature centering around the town of Ottosen. Other stories told about strange sounds, footprints and animal mutilatations.

A witness doing dishes at night looked up to see a hairy-headed creature with burning red eyes staring through a nearby window for about three minutes. Frozen with fear, the witness screamed, and the creature fled into the darkness outside the rural home.

Partial sighting
25 November 1977 Montgomery County, Kansas Class A #1332

newspaper article about a sighting by a jogger. Later, a sherif deputy found a track at the scene of the incident.

Late on Thanksgiving night in 1977, the witness was returning home from jogging when he heard a noise in nearby bushes and ran uphill toward his house. He then turned and watched a large figure running along the road before it went over a barbed-wire fence with little effort and disappeared into a field. A deputy later reported finding an unusually large, deep foot-shaped track in gravel.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
15 November 1977 Marion County, Florida Class A #728

a close-range, daytime sighting by a 67-year-old Baptist minister

A minister cutting wood with a chain saw in a national forest noticed an upright, hairy creature standing in palmetto bushes and watched it for about 30 seconds. The creature was described as very tall with dark hair on the head and chest, little hair on the arms, none on the face, with a flat face and nose and sunken eyes. The witness went back to a truck to get an ax, but the creature had disappeared upon return.

Full-body sighting
5 October 1977 Marion County, Florida Class A #726

A hitchhiker reports seeing a bigfoot in a forested area off U.S. 441

A hitchhiker reported encountering a Bigfoot-like creature in a lightly wooded area south of Belleview in darkness. The creature was described as taller than the six-foot witness, brown and black in color, with a horrible garbage-like odor. The account comes from a 1977 newspaper article which notes the sighting was not substantiated.

Partial sightingOdor
1977 Holly, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Holly, Texas (1977)

Two teenage boys clearing brush saw an animal approach, growl and pelt them with rocks, hitting one in the leg. They fled to a nearby house and returned with an older girl carrying a rifle. The creature was still there growling and throwing rocks, a shot was fired with a heavy recoil knocking the shooter down, and both groups left.

Full-body sightingGrowlRock throwing
1977 Sussex County, New Jersey #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/06/30/sc-ep37-cops-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Sussex County (1977)

A family on a farm found a solid wooden garage door torn off and eight pet rabbits killed and mutilated with little blood, after hearing a woman-like scream. On subsequent nights they saw a seven-foot hairy creature near the road and under the yard light. They fired on it as it entered the coop and came toward them, then sent children away. Police blamed a bear, raccoon or wild dog.

Full-body sightingScreamProperty disturbanceDoor or window contact
26 April 1976 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1976)

A young child playing in a yard screamed as a tall hairy figure bounded toward the house and reached for the child. The mother smelled a foul odor, grabbed the child, and ran inside. Police who responded heard unrecognized howls and had rocks thrown at them.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlScreamRock throwing
28 October 1975 Jefferson County, Iowa Class A #1270

Newspaper article about "The Lockridge Monster."

A farm wife driving past an abandoned farmyard just before dark reported seeing a hair-covered creature with a monkey-like face. She left the area quickly without lingering. The report was part of a series of accounts of a bear-like animal in a turkey-farming community that also included turkey losses and large tracks.

Partial sighting
1 November 1974 Columbus, Indiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/yACcTYjnJtaTJHny5xswFcHifrrOYuZI7FaI0hSnIvk

Sasquatch sighting near Columbus, Indiana (1974)

Two women stopped in Mill Race Park in the evening to eat and talk when a very tall creature came from the woods to their car. It beat on the windshield and tried to bite through the glass while they screamed, then the driver started the car and they fled to report it to police.

Partial sightingDoor or window contactVehicle contactOdor
1 November 1974 Columbus, Indiana #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/yACcTYjnJtaTJHny5xswFcHifrrOYuZI7FaI0hSnIvk

Sasquatch sighting near Columbus, Indiana (1974)

Four teenage girls were at Mill Race Park in the afternoon when one spotted a large green hairy bipedal creature between trees near the boat ramp. The group fled the park immediately and reported the sighting to law enforcement.

Partial sighting
19 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

The same rancher saw the creature again behind his house making a ruckus. He emptied his small revolver at it, firing nine or ten shots. The creature went away and this was the last direct sighting reported that weekend.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

An unnamed woman and her son were out walking and reported seeing the same creature as others that day. No names were given in the newspaper. No further detail was preserved in the retelling.

Partial sighting
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

An older rancher at his house encountered a large gorilla-like creature that looked at him, growled and shook bushes. The encounter unnerved him as outside his normal experience. The creature then disappeared.

Full-body sightingGrowl
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

A nine-year-old boy walking to his fishing spot almost ran into an animal standing in the bushes. The animal stood up and growled, frightening him. He ran home to tell his mother.

Full-body sightingGrowl
28 January 1963 Cold Springs, Tuolumne County, California Class B #2310

Large prints found below Cold Springs

On a Sunday night, repeated shrieks were heard in brushland where a roughly 10-foot-tall grotesque man-like figure was reported. Large prints measuring about 14 to 17 inches were found nearby over the next two days and were followed through a subdivision, park and camp area. A law enforcement leader later described the tracks as shoe prints made before a light snowfall and suggested a mountain lion as a possible source of the noises, while noting fresh lion tracks and no cabin break-ins.

Full-body sightingScream
27 January 1963 Cold Springs, Tuolumne County, California Class B #2309

10-Ft. Shrieking Monster reported near Cold Springs

An anonymous caller told the sheriff's office that a roughly nine- to ten-foot-tall human-like figure was moving in the road near an old gravel pit. A second man on the same call said large tracks had been seen. Responding deputies did not see the figure but stayed in the area for hours listening to loud shrieking that moved around them.

Full-body sighting