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Sasquatch sighting near Terrell, Texas (1903)
A historical report from Terrell described an extremely tall, nude, hairy one-eyed wild man. When people saw it, it got up and walked away while the people ran. The researcher cited it as an early example of the same basic description.
Sasquatch sighting near Chesterfield, Idaho (1902)
A group of youngsters skating on a river encountered an 8-foot hair-covered creature that yelled and brandished a large club. They fled on skates to their wagons and escaped. Tracks found later away from the river were 22 inches long with four toes.
Sasquatch sighting in Idaho (1902)
In the early 1900s a Bigfoot appeared at an ice-skating gathering on a river in Idaho, causing skaters to flee by wagon. A later hunting party of 20 men found it gone but discovered tracks in the snow.
Sasquatch sighting near Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (1901)
A man riding a bicycle at night was attacked by a gorilla that threw him from the machine and struck him with a fist. He fired a revolver twice and escaped to a nearby town, arriving unable to speak with torn clothing and a head wound. A large posse formed to capture the animal.
Sasquatch sighting near Coal Valley, Pennsylvania (1897)
A dairyman went into the woods to look for a stray cow and noticed a strange monster coming toward him. He fled in the opposite direction. This was presented as one of several sightings prompting a capture expedition.
Sasquatch sighting near Coal Valley, Pennsylvania (1897)
A homeowner saw a hair-covered ape-like or very old man-like being come up to his porch and look in the window while walking on hind legs. When he went for a gun, it bounded over the porch railing and disappeared into the woods.
Sasquatch sighting near Halstead, Pennsylvania (1895)
A very tall hair-covered wild woman was reported riding a taken balance wheel and encountering a peddler with a horse. She allegedly broke the horse's neck with one jerk, rendered the peddler unconscious, and dragged the horse to the woods where bones were later found. Pursuers found huge footprints and piles of rattlesnake skins but did not locate her.
Sasquatch sighting near Winstead, Connecticut (1895)
A town selectman chasing a lost hog stopped in a clearing to pick blackberries. He saw a naked, hair-covered figure weighing about 180 pounds. The figure noticed him, made an unfamiliar sound, bounded over bushes, and disappeared.
Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1894)
A man rushed into town reporting a wild flight from a red-bearded giant carrying a club. His fright convinced some that the boys' earlier account might be true. A searching party looked for the man without success.
Sasquatch sighting near Middleburg, Pennsylvania (1894)
Two boys reported being chased by a wild man while in a wooded patch of road. Their story was initially disbelieved. The teller presents this as one of two related weekend reports of a red-bearded giant carrying a club.
Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1891)
Members of a berry-picking party heard a peculiar noise above a ravine and saw a nearly nude long-haired being with uneven limbs hanging on a vine and swinging as if humming. Upon seeing them it leaped from tree to tree and vanished while chattering.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1876)
In 1876 a man towing a boat in Woodward's Bay saw movement in beach grass. He approached a small hair-covered figure about three feet tall with longer head hair that had been under a log. It stood and ran away too fast to follow.
Sasquatch sighting near Inyo County (1871)
Teamsters camping by a lake reported a ghost-like naked figure stealing scraps and plunging into the water when spoken to or shot at. In fall 1871 men saw it clearly as a large hairy man eating scraps. Investigators later found a cave with rags, bones, and a dead naked man.
Sasquatch sighting near Paraclifton, Arkansas (1856)
A newspaper correspondent described a party tracking a famous wild man to a frozen lake where dogs lost the trail. A rider watched the figure break ice with its arms, come ashore and shake itself. When headed off, it dragged the hunter down, gouged his eyes and bit him, destroyed the saddle and bridle, then rode the horse toward the mountains using a sapling as a club.
Sasquatch sighting in Alaska (1850)
A San Francisco newspaper article from the 1850s reportedly described giant creatures coming out of the hills on the Kenai Peninsula. The creatures were said to capture humans and eat them.
Sasquatch sighting
Two months later a woman reportedly almost struck a Sasquatch with her vehicle on Route 965 near Hell's Kitchen.
Sasquatch sighting
A newspaper article published in December described a large hairy creature running beside a car on a road a few miles from the tracking location.
Sasquatch sighting near Franklin County
About a week later another person reportedly saw the same thing in the same area, with a drawing shown on local television news.
Sasquatch sighting
In 1965 a driver with eight relatives claimed a hairy figure struck the side of their car and tried to climb onto the roof on Mental Road.
Sasquatch sighting
In 1965 a mother and daughter claimed a hairy figure leaped onto their moving car on Mental Road and grabbed the daughter by the hair.