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2019 New York #c69fa039-7a7c-40e2-80c5-f4e3a1407fcc

Sasquatch sighting in New York (2019)

The witness and a companion were bow hunting before dawn on a remote property. They watched a pair of self-illuminated green eyes that tracked their head movements for over an hour. At twilight the eyes closed and something moved away quietly before giving a loud exhaling sound. Later they estimated the eye height at eight to nine feet and found no tracks.

EyeshinePartial sightingFootstepsVocalization
2017 New York #72e774db-09a2-474d-ba48-d1439bfffe1a

Tree break in New York (2017)

The witness and a companion spent three days fishing and camping at a remote lake. On calm nights trees fell near camp, and each dawn they heard rhythmic wood-on-wood pounding for nearly an hour. They saw a dark partial figure behind a lakeshore pine, heard a long piercing scream with fast hillside movement, heard distant talk-like sounds and short screams, and found a single large human-like footprint in mud on the way out. They also saw an orange light over the lake that split into smaller lights, followed later by jets overhead.

Tree breakWood knockPartial sightingFootstepsScream +3
2013 New York #15b65c64-de92-46eb-9043-028b9d424d3e

Sasquatch sighting in New York (2013)

The guest, then in early teens, was camping in a tent with a teenage friend and the friend's father at a lake-side campground in the Adirondacks. Late at night the woods went silent and heavy bipedal footsteps approached the tent, then a very large hand pushed the tent wall inward. After the friend's father mumbled in his sleep the hand withdrew, and the visitor rummaged through a cooler on the picnic table before walking into the lake and swimming away. In the morning the cooler had been moved, items were strewn, and an oily feel and stale smell were noticed.

Partial sightingFootstepsProperty disturbanceMovement only
2006 Unionville, New York #4c19da08-4eb0-4247-8b01-27b22f8ae722

Footsteps near Unionville, New York (2006)

The witness was hiking alone on a section of the Appalachian Trail when footsteps began pacing him from off-trail to his left. He glimpsed a dark figure and then rocks began flying past him, prompting him to jog and then sprint toward a road. The pursuer kept pace while breaking saplings and trees before stopping near the road, after which the witness calmed down and returned to his car.

FootstepsPartial sightingRock throwingTree break
20 June 2004 Rochester Ny Town Of Greece, Monroe County, New York Class B #8905

Three men have a late night encounter with a bi-pedal figure

Three friends were on a late-night bike ride and had stopped to talk by a pond. They noticed a tall tan-or-gray figure standing behind a tree in the darkness. As they approached, the figure moved bipedally across the path toward the woods and one witness saw it glance back. The group followed to the wood line and heard movement in the branches for a short time before silence.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
11 November 2003 Prattsburg, Steuben County, New York Class B #19836

Campers describe incidents over 3-4 hours with unseen animal near their camp outside Prattsburgh

The witness and a companion were camped overnight in a shelter when the witness heard movement circling the camp, popping-like impacts and growls. The witness briefly saw a large dark shape among trees that was gone on second look. After investigating, the pair heard a heavy bipedal approach pass close behind camp, prompting them to leave for the cabin. The next day the witness found a large footprint and a freshly fallen tree.

Partial sightingGrowlWood knockFootstepsTracks +3
12 November 2002 Bath, Steuben County, New York Class B #5515

Possible sighting by hunters near Bath

Two deer hunters walking a creek bottom heard movement paralleling them on a deer trail, then saw a figure moving bipedally through the woods about 60 yards away. They watched it cross the creek, climb the banks, and run along a power line into pines where the sounds eventually stopped. They tried to backtrack it but lost sign beyond a farm pond.

Partial sightingFootsteps
15 July 2002 Smyrna [7 Miles Or So From Plymouth, NY], Chenango County, New York Class B #4683

Nighttime sighting by residents near Smyrna, NY

Two people were sitting on a porch late at night when they noticed a tall figure covered in hair moving along the road. The figure moved upright with very long strides and swinging arms, looking straight ahead without turning toward them. It was out of sight within seconds while faint footfalls were heard.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
11 July 2000 Lyon Falls, Lewis County, New York Class A #6700

July 2000, Lewis County Group of Young Hikers see large Bipedal Creature

A group of girls on a summer-camp hike entered a swamp-like area where they heard twigs snap, smelled a foul odor, and saw a dark hairy bipedal creature moving among trees. The creature paused and looked toward them after one girl screamed, and the group fled. A counselor later told them it was a bear, which the witness doubted because it walked on two legs and was in a swamp.

Full-body sightingOdorFootsteps
2000–2001 Hague, Warren County, New York Class B #20363

Campers describe a possible approach to a camp near Lake George, Adirondacks

Six people were camping at a lakeside site late at night. After most of the group went to bed, the witness entered a tent set very close to the water. The witness and a companion heard splashing and branches moving behind the tent, then the witness saw an elbow-like shape drag down the tent wall. This was followed by loud heavy thuds of something running away from camp.

Partial sightingFootsteps
January 1999 Belmont, Allegany County, New York Class B #28244

Young girls remember seeing a hair-covered creature running under a streetlight near Belmont

Two 13-year-olds were playing outside in front of a house on a snowy winter night when they saw a tall, hair-covered biped running along the side of the road about 50 feet away under a streetlight. They described it as 7 to 9 feet tall, covered head to toe in fur, and running faster than anything they had seen. After it ran out of sight, they ran inside to tell an adult, who did not believe them, and they stayed inside because they were frightened.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
2 February 1998 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Class A #11726

Witness has two encounters with an animal near Genesee River

The witness and a young relative were walking on a trail in winter when they heard movement in the woods beside them. A tall grayish-white animal came onto the path very close to them, made a growl-like sound, and moved away quickly. The pair fled the area and said no one believed their account.

Full-body sightingGrowlFootsteps
8 August 1996 Saranac Lake NY, Essex County, New York Class A #10289

Two people in canoe see creature on shoreline

Two companions fishing from a canoe at dusk noticed a dark crouched shape on the shoreline about 50 yards away. As they rowed closer the shape stood upright to about seven feet, looked toward them, turned toward a twig-snapping sound behind it, then spun and ran into the forest with further movement sounds heard. After waiting in the canoe, they paddled ashore and found two obscured marks in the sand where it had turned.

Full-body sightingFootstepsUnidentified soundTracks
1995–1996 New York #d13c179d-c46a-4207-9373-0e38be93ed5f

Sasquatch sighting in New York (1995)

The witness's family had moved to a remote house bordered by extensive forest. Over three consecutive nights an exchange student staying in the lower level reported a face watching him through the window while working out. The witness heard car-door-like slams and footsteps with no vehicle present, and on the final night the witness and the father chased outside and heard something crashing rapidly and powerfully through dense woods away from any road.

Partial sightingFootstepsUnidentified soundMovement only
14 September 1994 Tuxedo NY, Orange County, New York Class A #63832

Motorist sighting in Harriman State Park not far from Appalachian Trail

The witness was riding as a front-seat passenger with two companions driving slowly on a winding park road at night with high beams on. The witness saw a large upright hair-covered being run across the road in front of the car and climb the bank into dense thickets. The driver saw movement but not details, and the occupants heard sounds of it moving upslope through leaf litter before it disappeared.

Partial sightingRoad crossingFootsteps
November 1986 Addison/Erwin, Steuben County, New York Class A #2630

While taking a break during a deer drive, hunter sees 6 foot tall creature run away down hillside

The witness was deer hunting with companions and stopped to rest on a hill. A black entity about the witness's height ran very fast down the hill about 50 yards away and disappeared in about five seconds, with breaking deadfall heard as it left. The witness was startled, thought it might have been watching, and later wondered if it was a large bear or loose livestock.

Partial sightingFootstepsPossible misidentification
summer of 1980 Sackett's Harbor, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/12/01/sc-ep63-bigfoot-on-the-family-farm

Sasquatch sighting near Sackett's Harbor, New York (1980)

After cattle broke through the fence, the witness's brother and a friend went deeper into the woods to find a missing cow. They came running out saying they had seen big monkey people and that one chased them.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
August 1979 Don't Know, Hamilton County, New York Class A #6695

Encounter with Juvenile Creature

In 1979 the witness had moved ahead of a hiking group in the Adirondacks to watch beavers and was walking back to the main trail. Something flushed from thick brush ran diagonally toward the witness on the trail, pounding loudly and wailing like a woman screaming, and was seen partially as a fast, upright furry figure about four and a half feet tall. The witness initially assumed a bear cub but later doubted that because it ran upright for about 150 feet and the vocalization resembled sounds associated with Bigfoot reports.

Partial sightingScreamFootstepsPossible misidentification
25 August 1976 Whitehall, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/28/sc-ep401-retired-police-officers-encounter

Sasquatch sighting near Whitehall, New York (1976)

The guest drove into an unmowed field off Abair Road after midnight with a trooper in another field and waited. After tree-breaking sounds and the trooper fleeing, a large hairy upright creature approached to about 30 feet, vocalized intensely, then turned and walked away across the field into the woods.

Full-body sightingGrowlTree breakFootsteps
Winter 1969 Cortland County, New York Class A #1451

Woman followed by large, dark shape in the experimental forest on the campus of SUNY College

The witness was walking alone through a small college forest on a trail to work on a dark winter evening. Something off the trail followed alongside her, keeping pace and making increasingly loud breaking and movement sounds, and she glimpsed a very tall blocky dark shape moving beside her while hearing breathing. She stayed on the trail with it alongside until the edge of the woods, then ran to a nearby building while it remained in the woods.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootsteps