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Woman recalls sighting near Williamsport
In the summer of 1970 the witness was walking with a pony and dog in thick woods behind the family home when a large dark hairy biped was seen on a hill beyond a fence about 50 feet away. The witness fled in fright while the animals showed no reaction. The figure was never seen again.
Unidentified sound near Milton, West Virginia (1970)
A relative and companion reportedly saw a gray hairy bipedal creature drinking at the creek and running up the hollow in the late 1970s.
Late-night road-crossing sighting by firefighter near the Potomac River
Late at night the witness was driving on a rural road with a farm on one side and an apple orchard on the other when a large hair-covered figure crossed the road ahead of the vehicle. The figure paused in the middle of the road to look toward the headlights, allowing a clear view, then continued across. The witness kept driving, was shaken by the sighting, and avoided that road afterward.
Witness looked up into the eyes of Bigfoot
The witness was playing outside at night by the driveway next to the woods and walked toward a streetlight when a tall hairy figure was standing directly in front. The witness looked up at its face and eyes while it looked down without expression, then ran inside to tell parents who dismissed it. A few minutes later a relative and a friend ran inside saying they heard someone walking in the woods.
Surprise observation by two hunters on the opposite bank of the river
Two relatives were hunting near a river and stopped at the edge to drink when they heard brush noises from across the water. A large brown figure emerged from the brush, moved downshore and crossed to their side while running on two legs. They then crossed to the other side and headed back upstream toward their trucks without further strange encounters.
Sasquatch sighting near Grantsville, West Virginia (1970)
The guest and his younger brother were on summer vacation at their grandfather's hillside house in West Virginia. After the younger brother fled the back bedroom saying a hairy face had pushed through the unscreened window while sniffing the air, both boys ran outside and, in headlights reflected off the siding, watched a dark bipedal figure go down the rear embankment and crash through a dense briar thicket. The next morning their uncle turned pale when told and warned them to stay out of the back.
Sasquatch sighting near Lenexa, Kansas (1970)
While throwing a football alone at night, the witness noticed a small head with pointed ears peeking from behind tall hedge bushes and threw the ball toward it after it repeatedly ducked. Later that same night while sleeping near a low bedroom window, a much larger hairy face appeared at the glass, made eye contact, shifted its eyes, wrinkled its brow and opened a wide mouth showing pointed teeth. The witness fled to a parent's room while heavy pacing was felt and heard around the house, then police were called but found nothing. The next morning the witness found large prints around windows and garden, recalled repeated early-morning howls, a growl with a branch breaking, grunting in the basement and a violently shaking backyard tree.
Creature observed by witness.
On a moonlit night in summer 1970, the witness was on a road by a cornfield with a companion when a large brownish creature was heard and then seen running across the road, down a ditch, over a fence and into the cornfield. The creature had a foul smell. The witness returned the next day and found large smudged footprints in the road and cornfield.
Sasquatch sighting near Albany, Oregon (1970)
In the 1970s near Albany a mint farmer saw one during a period of many sightings. The creature reportedly jogged alongside the farmer's truck for a while and looked in.
Sasquatch sighting near Grand Haven, Michigan (1970)
The witness, then about seven, was playing outside with her twin sister and two large dogs on a gravel road. The dogs began barking aggressively, and the witness saw a large hair-covered creature step from the woods and walk across the road about 200 feet away. It paused, turned its whole torso toward the children, then continued into the tree line. The frightened children ran to a neighbor's house, and the witness's mother later suggested it was a Bigfoot, which the witness confirmed from a magazine photo weeks later.
Sasquatch sighting near Rainier, Oregon (1970)
The witness describes three years of repeated encounters after his family moved onto a wooded hillside property. Four ape-like animals repeatedly approached the trailers, peered in windows, vocalized at night, left tracks, damaged structures, and killed livestock. The father shot the largest animal in the shoulder near the pump house, after which the animals moved faster and more cautiously but continued the activity. Forestry and law-enforcement visitors reportedly told the father to stop shooting, and timber workers and well drillers also encountered the animals.
Cryptid sighting near Dover, Massachusetts (1970)
A driver on a road in Dover noticed a small hairless being with large glowing eyes and long spindly fingers near a stone wall. The driver watched it for several seconds while driving past. The witness later drew what was seen.
Encounter on Toledo Bend
While fishing from a boat near shore, the witness smelled a strong musky odor for several minutes, then spotted a tall hair-covered figure partly hidden behind a short tree at the treeline. The figure remained still for a couple minutes, then stood, stepped into the open to look at the boat, and walked slowly uphill into denser forest. A companion in the boat also smelled the odor but did not see the figure.
Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1970)
The witness, recently out of the military, was fly-fishing with three relatives in a steep, remote river gorge. He turned to see an upright animal at close range that quickly climbed the steep bank to the ridgeline. The group then heard extremely loud guttural vocalizations and huffs, saw movement on the ridge, and had a large rock land in the water near them. They left at dusk and later agreed among themselves it had not been a bear despite one relative's dismissive explanation.
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 near Phoenix, Arizona (1970)
The guest, then working as desk sergeant, says a three-man security alert team came into the office shaken. They reported a bipedal figure ran in from the desert toward their parked truck, jumped clear over the truck bed, and continued on as they drove away.
Sasquatch sighting near Eagle Creek, Oregon (1970)
At age 11 the witness rode on the side of her mother's pickup as her mother backed toward the road at night. Brake lights illuminated a very tall white or silver figure standing by a bushy tree about 10 feet away. It stared and snarled at her with dark eyes, then she threw herself flat in the truck bed as her mother drove away.
Possible BF-related incidents around a home near Guadalupe Pass
The witness, then a child home sick on a couch, awoke in the middle of the night to the outside dog whining. Looking out the living-room window, the witness saw a large dark silhouette filling the window width and standing silently looking in. The figure was described as taller than six feet, with several inches of moonlit sky visible above its head, and showed no discernible features or movement.
Large bipedal animal seen 5 miles East of Packwood on Hwy 12
The witness was driving west over the pass late at night when headlights revealed a tall hair-covered biped coming up a roadside bank on the right. The animal stepped over a guardrail without reacting to the car and walked up the hill as the witness slowed and passed in the left lane. The brief sighting lasted seconds, and the witness concluded it was not a bear or known ape.
Recollection of a daylight sighting while deer hunting near Greenbrier River
In November 1969, the witness and his father were hunting in the morning when the father spotted what he first thought was a bear across a hay field. Both then observed a large brown-haired biped standing at the far fence line for an extended period through a rifle scope and field glasses. The father said he did not know what it was and chose not to shoot, and they returned to camp where he armed himself and kept the witness inside.