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Incidents around home on Mescalero IR
In March 1997, two sisters driving to their mother's house encountered a large hairy figure sitting beside a dirt road. When headlights illuminated it, the figure stood to seven feet or taller and then moved toward the river. The witnesses were frightened and said it was neither a bear nor a human.
Young lady on horse back outside Hesperia has a face to face encounter one late afternoon
A young woman riding a horse home through a dry riverbed in the late afternoon encountered a hairy biped near trees. Her horse refused to go forward, and she saw the creature standing and walking parallel about 75 to 100 yards away. They looked at each other for just under a minute before it turned and left into dense brush walking then crouching.
a daylight sighting by a family on a camping trip
The witness was hiking with family and resting by a bridge over a stream when two sons who had gone to explore returned saying they had seen a gorilla. The witness followed the sons back to the spot and reported seeing a bigfoot kneeling by the stream drinking. The creature reportedly noticed the group and ran off into the forest.
Sighting by a motorist near the park entrance approach from Cody
While driving out of Yellowstone and scanning the mountainside for bighorn sheep, the witness noticed a tall, hairy, upright figure walking beside a triangular snow patch near the top. The figure took a few large strides across rocky terrain and stopped above a grassy area. The witness's son saw the same figure at the same time.
Fisherman has daytime sighting west of Mt. Vernon
The witness was fishing along Spring River in the evening and moved downstream around oak trees. He claims to have watched a single large, reddish-brown, hair-covered figure walk from the stream across an open field into the woods for several minutes. He did not follow it because he was alone, and a return visit the next day found no definitive footprints.
Camper, dog see black creature near Mt Hood
The witness was washing in a creek while camping when the dog became alarmed and stared downwind. The witness then saw a large black-covered creature emerge from the woods downstream and stop at the river bank. After watching briefly while staying out of sight, the witness retreated upstream, returned to camp, and left the area with a companion. The next night, reading a newspaper account of local all-black bigfoot sightings led the witness to consider the creature as possibly a bigfoot.
A teenager witnesses a black, fur covered creature attempt to pull a dog pen out of the ground.
Around midday the witness went to check on barking dogs in a pen behind the home. There he encountered a tall, hair-covered figure pulling at the pen wire, which turned to face him before fleeing toward the forest. A relative who ran outside also saw the figure running away. No physical evidence remained the next day after an overnight thunderstorm.
Daylight sighting by hikers near Lake Fork, off the Conejos River.
From an overlook the witness watched three hikers with a dog on the trail below through binoculars and noticed a large black bipedal figure moving ahead of them through the adjacent meadow. The figure moved much faster than the hikers, away from them, jumped the creek, and disappeared into trees on the far side of the valley after about five minutes. The witness judged it much larger than a man and stated it was not a bear, and believed the hikers never saw it.
A group of canoers see a large, black creature along the river bank
While canoeing down a wooded fork of a river, the group smelled decay and then saw a dark creature watching them from the trees. The creature followed them along the bank, ran ahead to a river bend, splashed and climbed the opposite bank, then later crossed an open clearing. About 20 minutes after the last sighting the group thought they heard shrieks shifting from high to low pitch.
Morning road crossing sighting near the town of Edmond.
The witness was driving in a truck in the morning when a hairy creature crossed a dirt road ahead. It was walking at first but moved into a fast gait after noticing the approaching truck. After crossing, it disappeared into the woods. The witness heard nothing and did not search for footprints.
Forest worker has many encounters with bigfoot
Two forestry workers resurveying a remote allotment for a timber harvest reported being followed at a distance while smelling a heavy stench. During a break they heard large movement in the brush, threw a piece of wood toward the sound, and then saw the backlit shadows of four hair-covered figures behind bushes in a break of sunlight. The witness described two large males standing motionless, a thin female with a hump who vocalized and wrung her hands, and a smaller child-sized figure, before the light faded and the pair left the area to finish work later.
Creature seen crossing road
The witness was driving alone toward a family camp when a large white-haired biped crossed the highway about 50 yards ahead. The figure walked upright with wide strides, moving from dense forest on one side to an overgrown old logging road on the other without looking toward the car. The witness slowed at a pullout, noted the location relative to a curve warning sign, and later measured the spot as one mile north of a highway turnoff.
A sighting of a gray shape in the bush near the waters edge, large footprints found afterwards
Two people in separate boats traveling along the shore of a remote lake reported seeing a gray shape that frightened them. The account was covered in a local newspaper in early July 1997 and was later summarized by an investigator who noted the witnesses were reluctant to speak with the press. Polaroid photographs are reported to have been seen by local residents, but the report provides no further descriptive detail.
Teens see tall creature near house from vantage point on hill
Late at night four teens sat atop hills near a rural house and looked down toward the building from about half a mile to a mile away. The witness noticed a tall, thick, hair-covered figure emerge from trees by the house, move near the yard light, then sprint away bipedally with long strides across a clearing toward the river. The group watched until it was out of sight, then ran down to the house where others reported the dog had been growling and barking.
Two cousins spot large creature as it dashes across path
The witness and a cousin were riding four-wheelers on a woodland path when a tall brown furry biped dashed across the path about twenty yards ahead in about 3-5 seconds. The companion asked if it was a bear, but the witness rejected that because of its roughly eight-foot height and fast running on two legs.
Series of reports (6) concerning the Skunk Ape. Photos of the creature and footcasts
On July 16, 1997, a tour guide driving tourists along a road stopped near a burned-out bridge and watched an upright, hair-covered creature for about 15 minutes from 70 to 80 yards away. The guide moved the bus forward and backward to give passengers views and tried to get a passenger with a telephoto lens to exit for photos, but no one would leave. The guide then drove away and could not relocate the creature on a later return.
Four friends camped in the woods observe bi-pedal creature moving similar to the way a man would move, not bear-like.
Four friends camped overnight after playing paintball. During the night two who were sleeping heard noises and saw a tall figure leaning from the treeline, followed by louder crashing movement circling the camp. They joined the other two, who had also heard noises, and waited until daylight. When they returned in the morning to collect belongings they heard a loud wavering scream and fled, later noting broken limbs in the area.
Man and his mother witness a Sasquatch while walking in the woods.
The witness and a relative were target shooting near a lake at sunset and walked to look for deer sign. The relative reported seeing a tall hairy figure by the car while whistles were heard. As they returned to the car in the dark they encountered a strong foul odor, heard heavy running footsteps ending with a thud near a gully, and heard a grating voice-like sound before driving away.
Fisherman sees bipedal, human-looking animal in river
The witness was fly-fishing in the evening and wading across a creek to return to a ranch during rain. About 200 feet away in the river, a creature that had been hunched over stood on two legs and looked at the witness. The witness noted a human-like face and broad shoulders, then watched it walk into willows before running back to the ranch.
Marines on a training mission have a possible night encounter on Fort Lewis
The witness was serving as point man on a night patrol exercise at Ft. Lewis when he encountered a very large human-like figure at close range in moonlight. Frightened, he fired blanks from his squad automatic weapon at it. The figure ran away bipedally through thick brush with huge steps and disappeared over a hill. Marines behind him reportedly also saw it.