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317 encounters
Summer 1972 Diamond, Mahoning County, Ohio Class A #4959

Nightime sighting at a Lake Milton marina

A teenager and an older neighbor spent the night on a boat at a marina to catch suspected vandals. During the night the teenager saw a huge hair-covered figure crouched at an overturned trashcan scooping garbage, then stand upright and stare briefly. The figure stepped over the trashcan, sprang up an embankment, and disappeared into brush, leaving disturbed dew, strewn garbage, and broken brush.

SilhouetteFull-body sightingProperty disturbanceUnidentified sound
15 September 1971 Lake Charles -Westlake Area, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Class A #23018

Woman recounts childhood sighting behind her house near Lake Charles

The witness was playing on the back screen door at home in the evening while food was cooking inside. From about 50 feet away under a bright light, the witness watched a tall reddish-haired biped rip open a metal trash can and dig through garbage for about 20 minutes. A parent then pulled the children inside and shut the door, and the next morning trash was scattered and the lid was bent.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
1970–1974 Rainier, Oregon #804840f3-2653-4f6e-998e-b89f4c7d6483

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.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingHowlVocalizationFootsteps +4
30 August 1968 Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington Class B #925

Backpacker observes a tall, early morning visitor in camp

The witness and a companion camped near a lake after the rest of their party failed to arrive. After hearing scream-like sounds earlier in the evening, the witness lay awake and watched a tall figure move behind a windbreak, squat to rummage through a pack, then stand and walk away. The witness woke the companion, who did not see the figure but both heard movement in the trees. In the morning the pack contents were scattered and only cookies were missing from their package.

Partial sightingScreamProperty disturbanceFootsteps
1968–1974 Wisconsin #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/09/05/sc-ep358-international-bigfoot-conference-interview

Rock throwing in Wisconsin (1968)

The guest's three uncles were camped for an extended summer stay in the pine area. Over three nights they heard dropping sounds and suspected rocks being thrown. One night something ran through camp kicking over the fire, after which they saw moving eyeshine in flashlight beams, rebuilt the fire, stayed up, and left the next day.

Rock throwingEyeshineProperty disturbance
1968 Josephine County, Oregon Class A #677

Huge creature almost hit by a truck

Two relatives were at home late at night when they heard someone going through items on the back porch. They looked out and saw a huge Bigfoot-like figure going through their belongings. One of them screamed and the creature ran off.

Partial sightingProperty disturbance
September 1967 Ligonier Pa, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Class A #23956

Man recounts boyhood sighting at Fairfield Summer Camp near Ligonier

As an eight-year-old at a two-week summer camp, the witness was lying awake in an open cabin at night after the head count. He heard footsteps circle the cabin and then saw a very tall, dark-haired, gorilla-like figure fill the open doorway and stare in for several minutes. The figure then left toward the mess area, after which the witness heard garbage cans being overturned.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootstepsProperty disturbance
1967–1970 Eatonville, Pierce County, Washington Class B #9868

Youths in Summer Camp have noisy nighttime experience

The witness was sleeping in a cabin during a summer camp session when loud nighttime noises caused an uproar. A cabin-mate reportedly looked out and described multiple large, hairy, human-like figures near the water tower and cabins. The next morning the witness saw extensive human-like footprints, a large uprooted tree, and vegetation pulled from the lake. Campers were walked around the perimeter to view the traces and were sent home early.

Unidentified soundFull-body sightingTracksTree breakProperty disturbance
August 1966 Penticton, British Columbia Class B #10572

Possible approach to a camp outside Penticton

The mother, sleeping with family in a tent trailer at a campground, was awake during the night while something was outside. In the morning the family found a cooler that had been tucked under the trailer dragged out, crushed, with food missing. The mother said she had seen its shadow on the tent wall and insisted it was neither a bear nor a man, remaining upset for most of the day.

SilhouetteProperty disturbance
July 1965 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6963

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.

Partial sightingScreamUnidentified soundFootstepsProperty disturbance +1
1965 Creek County, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/16/sc-ep80-southern-sasquatch-encounters

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.

SilhouetteOdorProperty disturbance
Summer 1964 Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina Class B #975

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.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
1961–1962 Lake Of The Ozarks, Missouri #6245a062-2d7b-45ab-8ff8-0ceb3fd8d98e

Sasquatch sighting near Lake Of The Ozarks, Missouri (1961)

During a family stay at a remote lake cabin the witness's stringer of catfish was found cleaned and lined up. Exploring uphill along a stream he watched a small hairy human-like figure play in a dammed pool, smash crawdads together and eat them. When it beckoned him closer he backed away and returned to the cabin without telling anyone.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourProperty disturbance
1960–1969 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/04/16/sc-ep316-two-guys-talking

Cryptid sighting (1960)

A family bought an old homestead where the son repeatedly said little people bothered him in the forest, horses refused the barn, and the barn smelled foul. One evening during dinner the son pointed to a bay window and the father saw a three-foot-tall hairy human-like being by an outdoor spigot apparently chattering to others below. It made eye contact, widened its eyes, leaned back, and dropped from view. The father later found a rock-covered hole in the barn opening to caverns with strong odor, and a neighbor warned that dwarves lived under the old ruined house.

Partial sightingChatterOdorProperty disturbance
1 August 1959 Graf, Dubuque County, Iowa Class B #36817

Screams and stalking at a Girl Scout camp 13 miles west of Dubuque

In the summer of 1959 the witness was working as a counselor at a wooded Girl Scout camp. Over roughly two weeks, staff repeatedly heard footsteps moving through the tent area after dark, saw a dark figure near a hut, and found a director's tent ransacked, with deputies searching each day without finding anyone. On the final night the group heard extremely loud screams that moved from near a remote tent toward a pond and creek and found a large maple branch freshly broken off, leading the witness years later to wonder if the visitor had been a Bigfoot.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingSilhouetteFootstepsScream +2
September 1941 Ruby Creek #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/23/sc-ep82-100-bigfoot-nights

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.

Full-body sightingTracksProperty disturbance
August 1936 Luray, Virginia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/LjviJdFXrUavchlExmK9LAx2OXIcLEoi3KGO4HIJCrE

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 sightingTracksProperty disturbance
10 July 1924 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/09/03/sc-ep357-1924-ape-canyon

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)

Five miners were sleeping in their log cabin when multiple creatures attacked through the night. The beings threw rocks, tried to force the door, climbed on the roof, and dug underneath. At dawn the creatures left, and the shaken men hiked out to get help.

Full-body sightingRock throwingDoor or window contactProperty disturbanceTracks
July 1924 Washington #0ad7e1d7-18bc-473d-a117-acc5b0bf0906

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)

Five miners in 1924 reported poltergeist-like activity around their mine and cabin, including voices, machinery sounds, an apported pencil and isolated footprints. After one miner reportedly shot a creature, several creatures allegedly attacked the cabin at night throwing rocks and trying to enter. Only left footprints were reported the next morning.

Full-body sightingTracksRock throwingProperty disturbanceVocalization
Summer 1924 British Columbia Class A #1091

Albert Ostman account -- Multiple-day encounter with family of Sasquatches

A prospector camping alone in coastal mountains awoke at night to being carried inside his sleeping bag for hours to a small enclosed valley. There he encountered four hair-covered individuals described as a family group and was held for about six days living on remaining canned food. He gained favor with the younger ones using snuff and handmade utensils, then incapacitated the adult male with a large dose of snuff and escaped during the resulting commotion, hiking south to a logging camp for help.

Full-body sightingChatterProperty disturbanceScream