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Man remembers childhood daytime sighting along the Feather River
The witness walked to the top of a levee to look for a snake seen the day before. On the other side in a cottonwood tree he noticed a large ape-like creature with one leg swinging below a branch, and they made eye contact. After watching briefly he ran down the levee without looking back and told a relative, and the family then avoided the levee.
Teens have unusual experience near Myers Flat
Five boys were camping overnight in a repaired old logging cabin in the woods. During the night they were awakened by huffing, shuffling and prying sounds as something circled and probed the cabin walls. When the door was opened they saw only dark hairy legs in the darkness, a companion fired a rifle, and the creature screamed and fled with heavy thuds, leaving torn ground and indentations.
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 in Washington (1965)
A young girl playing in a campground baseball field noticed everyone running toward camp. She turned to find a huge gorilla-like creature two or three feet away staring down at her. She ran in a circle around it while locked on its eyes until called, then fled to camp as the creature walked back into the woods without growling or baring teeth.
UFO sighting near Perry, Oklahoma (1965)
The witness's grandmother said she and a young relative living with the family repeatedly saw unidentified lights while sitting outside the house in the evenings during the mid-1960s through the 1970s. The sightings occurred at the family farm property.
Sasquatch sighting near Creek County (1965)
The guest and several boys camped in a thicket below their house and hung food in a bag to keep animals away. At night the dogs panicked and fled, a foul smell arrived, and the group saw a large man-like shape standing in brush about 20 feet away by campfire light. They fled to the house, and the next day found the hung food bag torn from its rope and gone.
Memories told of encounters experienced by a family living near Villa Grove
On a clear November mid-afternoon in 1964, several children and later their mother watched a distant upright black figure standing in a harvested corn field. The children shouted at it, it appeared to turn toward them then away, and a dog chased after it out of view. The mother, frightened, brought the children inside. Decades later the witness still interprets the figure as a bigfoot.
Witness observers 6 foot, shaggy, dark brown creature off Richardson Hwy
The witness was rabbit hunting along a dirt road when a very tall, shaggy dark brown figure appeared about 30 feet ahead, stared and grunted, then walked quietly into the woods. The witness did not feel threatened but turned back toward the car while hearing cracking branches and low-to-high tones from where the figure went. Some sounds were answered from the other side of the road, prompting the witness to walk faster.
Young picnicker sees strange creature on rocky ledge above the St. Vrain River
While gathering firewood during a family picnic along the river, the witness felt watched and looked up. He saw a large hair-covered human-like figure standing on a rocky ledge across the river. The figure looked back briefly, then turned and disappeared. The whole encounter lasted about thirty seconds.
Man retells his close, visual encounter at dawn on Pine Mountain as a young deer hunter
The witness, deer hunting at dawn from a ground position below a relative, watched a tall hair-covered biped step into a fire lane, pause and look toward the witness after hearing the witness speak, then cross and wait in brush before leaving downhill. The witness later found large barefoot-like tracks and noticed a strong foul odor at the crossing site. The witness did not shoot and initially told no one.
Man recalls his nighttime roadside sighting near Markdale
The witness was riding in the backseat while the family car rounded a curve on a gravel road at night. The witness saw a tall fur-covered figure standing at the treeline atop an embankment, then watched it walk down on its hind legs to the edge of the road as the car slowed for a stop sign ahead. The companions in the front seat did not see it and drove on.
Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.
The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.
Witness spots a large, dark, hairy creature standing 50 yards away
When the witness was about 10 years old, they accompanied a friend and the friend's mother to a small cemetery to visit a grave. After placing flowers, the group heard a crash at the woods edge and saw a large dark hairy creature standing behind the back fence about 50 yards away. The creature grunted and shuffled back into the woods, and the group quickly got in the car and left.
Tall creature seen by witness
The witness's father and a companion were fishing at Chambers Creek when a large hairy creature estimated at eight to ten feet tall appeared before them and roared while displaying its arms. Frightened, the two men ran to the truck and drove back to town. The account notes the creature was reportedly seen by others afterward.
Sisters have a sighting at different times in the mid 1960’s
The witness was walking down a wooded hillside toward a spring on the family property when a large ape-like figure was seen standing across the creek staring toward the witness. The witness backed uphill and left without approaching to look for traces and told no one at the time. The sighting is recalled as a warm Fall afternoon in the early 1960s.
Teens chased by upright running animal near Bradford
The witness and a companion were walking home after playing softball at night when the witness noticed a very tall figure standing behind them. The figure ran toward them and both fled to the witness's house. They returned with a relative carrying flashlights but found nothing.
Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak
Late at night in 1963, the witness and four companions were hunting raccoons with dogs in a creek bottom south of Tyler, Texas. After the dogs treed something, the group illuminated a large reddish-furred animal in a pin oak that was howling and screaming while waving its arms and shaking limbs. After someone fired at it with a .22, it growled and the group fled with the dogs back to their vehicles.
Teen has daytime sighting near Myers Flat
The witness was hunting with two friends and hid alone in berry bushes to startle them. While waiting, the witness smelled a strong odor and saw a large hairy biped stand up nearby and walk away through thick brush, hearing snapping and leaf crunch as it left. The witness ran to the friends and later returned with them to find a squatted feeding spot and small broken trees.
Three teenage boys witness an ape-like creature lope across a field into the woods
Three teenagers were sitting talking in a rural yard at dusk when a dog ran yelping from behind a barn. They then watched a tall, hairy creature lope across the yard, over a road, and into woods. After gathering knives and flashlights they followed to the woods edge, saw two bright pink eyes reflected in the light, and fled.
Early evening road crossing sighting by motorist on Jekyll Island
On a clear July evening the witness was driving with a younger relative on a narrow dirt road when headlights illuminated a hair-covered creature stepping onto the road. The creature paused and looked toward the vehicle before crossing to the opposite side and entering the woods. The relative recalls being frightened that evening but recalls no further detail.