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Brothers have strange experience above Strawberry
A group staying in a high-elevation pine forest reported repeated large footprints and strange nighttime sounds over an unspecified period. During one late-night episode, one person looking out from a shelter saw a large shape briefly enter moonlight and then leave. A very large size and long stride were reported for the shape and tracks.
Sasquatch sighting (1970)
In the 70s a similar incident occurred driving out of the mountains when a little girl was snatched from a truck and carried back into the mountains. Neither the girl nor the earlier boy were ever found.
Sasquatch sighting near Westminster, Maryland (1970)
A Maryland storyteller said his best friend was running in woods at night and collided with a hair-covered biped local legend called a werewolf. The creature broke the runner's arm and threw him down. The storyteller later reinterpreted it as a sasquatch-type animal.
Sasquatch sighting (1968)
Two outside examiners visited the exhibitor's home in December 1968 to inspect a hairy human-like body kept in ice. During the examination the glass covering cracked and the men reported a smell of decomposing flesh. Both men came away convinced the body appeared real and one later described it in a scientific paper.
Witness saw something he felt confident few men had ever seen
A relative of the reporter, described as an experienced elk hunter familiar with mountain backcountry, reportedly came eye to eye with a creature the reporter believes was a Sasquatch on a fall day in 1967. The witness rarely discussed the incident but shared details with another relative and expressed respect for the creature. The reporter characterizes the witness as honest, humble, and knowledgeable about the outdoors.
Sasquatch sighting near Akron, Ohio (1965)
[name withheld]'s grandfather got up in winter to use the bathroom and looked out west under a tall yard light. He saw a barefoot figure that looked like a man in a fur coat walking through three-foot snow.
Sasquatch sighting (1960)
The commuter's young children reportedly claimed to see bigfoot-like creatures around the family property and swamps during camping visits.
Sasquatch sighting in Oregon (1960)
A career lumber worker was with two other men deep in Oregon in the 1960s when a creature with a white face walked fearlessly into their camp to within about 15 feet and stared at them. The encounter frightened the father so badly that he quit the lumber industry and did not discuss it for decades.
Sasquatch sighting (1960)
In the late 60s a grandmother drove grandchildren in the truck bed out of the mountains toward a trading post. A fast creature ran up alongside the truck, snatched a little boy and carried him back into the mountains, and he was never found.
Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1955)
Retold as a classic historical report, a hunter watched a large hair-covered biped emerge near a mine, eat leaves, notice him, and walk away vocalizing. He described human-like ears, small dark eyes, broad nose, and long arms, and decided not to shoot.
Camp cook sees a sasquatch at a logging camp while loggers were away from camp
A cook at a remote logging camp reportedly saw a being she described as a sasquatch while the crew was away cutting trees. The account is presented as a long-circulating story among local old residents, said to date to the early 1950s. No visual details of the being are given in the report.
Sasquatch sighting in Oregon (1949)
A group of young people were swimming when one girl sitting at a picnic table screamed after seeing a large hairy figure watching through bushes. When she screamed it replaced the branches to cover its face and left. She was hysterical and only described what she saw after calming down elsewhere.
Sasquatch sighting near Ruby Creek (1941)
A mother home with three children saw a large man-like creature approaching. The family fled to a nearby village while the creature broke into the house, destroyed property and ate stored fish. The husband later found large humanoid tracks, hair and blood around the house.
Paranormal encounter near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1940)
The witness relays a family story about his uncle as a young child seeing people others could not see. During a home wake, the uncle said the deceased person from the casket was curled under a table smiling and beckoning to him.
Sasquatch sighting near Luray, Virginia (1936)
A construction crew camped in a Virginia valley in the mid-1930s reported repeated visits by large hairy beings that stole food, left huge footprints, and were seen felling and dragging trees. Early one August morning in 1936 a being reached into a tent and pulled a sleeping worker out by the ankle. Other workers threw hand axes and chased it with rifles and shotguns, firing many shots without killing it, after which sentries were posted day and night.
Full-body sighting near Jefferson, Wisconsin (1936)
In 1936 a night watchman found a strange creature digging in a burial mound. It stood on its hind legs and ran off. On a second night it stood again and uttered syllables sounding like Gadara before running off. He told only his wife, then his son when he thought he was dying.
Sasquatch sighting near Oakville, Washington (1932)
As retold from a casebook, a young woman walking home from a high school dance in snow was beckoned by a big hairy ape-like creature with outstretched arms. She ran away.
Sasquatch sighting (1925)
Russian troops surrounding a cave where rebels were believed to hide threw a rock inside, which was thrown back out. After a shot was fired into the cave, a Neanderthal-like being emerged and was shot dead and buried. A surviving troop member later led others to the burial, where a pinky bone identified as Neanderthal was recovered.
History of incidents in Mazatal Mountains, Arizona
Just after WWI, a miner leading burros loaded with ore met two upright creatures blocking a canyon trail. After a brief standoff he led his animals around them and continued. On his return trip they were gone. He later described them as a large heavy male about eight feet tall and a shorter lighter female.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1900)
As retold from a casebook, a newly married woman home alone while her husband hauled potatoes to Aberdeen saw a big ape-like creature walking on the porch around the house.