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Paranormal encounter (1960)
The guest, then 10, was watching TV while his grandmother was in the bathroom and his parents were out. He saw a man walk from the kitchen into his grandmother's bedroom. He alerted his grandmother and searched the room with his father's rifle, but no one was there.
Nighttime encounter by three brothers in northern Alberta
Three boys were herding cows home at night when the cows and dog fled near a granary by a ravine. They ran around the building and came face to face with a tall, dark, fur-covered human-like animal holding grain that stared at them briefly. The animal then turned and walked quickly on two legs into nearby bush. The boys later verified the wool coveralls were still at home and that a neighbor had not been on the property.
Children see creature emerging from abandoned barn near Caruthersville
The witness had recently moved into a farmhouse and was on the front porch in the morning with relatives when a large hair-covered creature emerged from a nearby barn. The creature stepped over a hog-pen fence and walked away to the west. Later that day the witness found large five-toed footprints near the barn, and the household heard loud banging and howling sounds around the property through the following winter and spring without seeing the creature again.
Man and wife in car see a sasquatch eating frogs on the road 5 miles south of Shelton
The witness and a companion were driving on a wet highway after rain and came close to a creature in the road apparently eating frogs. When it noticed the car it stood upright and quickly left the road, climbing a steep rock wall without using its hands. The pair were frightened and drove quickly past the spot. Years later the witness heard of similar stories in the area.
Childhood incidents in Manitoba
As a child at her family's Manitoba farm, the witness was picking Saskatoon berries with her mother when she noticed a large reddish-brown hair-covered creature standing very close and picking and eating berries by hand. After she got her mother's attention, her mother screamed and pulled her back to the farmhouse, and the witness did not see the creature leave. The encounter happened on a bright sunny afternoon at less than 15 feet distance.
Possible Evening Encounter by Woman on Horseback near Union
The witness was riding a horse alone on a forested trail in the late evening while working as a camp horse instructor. When the horse became spooked and ran with its reins loose, she saw a large white-colored figure moving parallel to her among the trees. The figure was about as tall as she was on horseback and kept pace with the running horse for a short time, leaving her frightened for hours.
Man recalls encounter with 7 foot tall creature on grandparents farm
When the witness was about 10, he was walking back toward the farmhouse on his grandfather's farm late on a winter afternoon. About 80 yards away he saw a tall, hair-covered ape-like figure standing still and staring at him with yellow eyes. Terrified, he ran about a quarter-mile to the house without telling his grandfather at the time. He later came to believe the creature was a real Bigfoot and linked it to livestock deaths found near the swamp.
Sasquatch sighting (1960)
The guest's grandfather claimed a coworker took him by car to a woods clearing with a silver disc, flew to Mars, and showed him tall hair-covered human-faced beings emerging from underground. When he tried to approach them he felt zapped and next woke at home, and the coworker never returned to work.
Dogman sighting in Pennsylvania (1960)
A young man parked with his girlfriend watched a herd of elk rush past the car, then felt something push the back of the car. He opened the door, turning on the dome light, and came face to face with a tall upright wolf-like creature snarling and drooling. His girlfriend screamed that a second one was stepping out behind it, and he got back in and drove away.
Paranormal encounter near Hoopa, California (1960)
A community story tells of an alleged shape-shifter who terrorized pedestrians from the 1960s to the 1990s. People would see the man, then a dog, then the man again down the road as if he had teleported, reportedly wearing the dog's fur as a coat.
Sasquatch sighting near Kiefer, Oklahoma (1960)
One night the guest joined his mother in the backyard where the family watchdog was whimpering at her feet while staring at cedar trees. He saw the same large outline standing behind a cedar tree. He estimated it at twelve to thirteen feet tall and believed it was the same animal seen before.
Sasquatch sighting near Kiefer, Oklahoma (1960)
The guest and a friend walked up a dirt road near the earlier thicket and noticed a large hair-covered creature crouched at a cattle pond drinking with its face directly in the water rather than using hands. Both were frightened and ran to the guest's house. The guest later noted bears do not occur in that part of Oklahoma.
Sasquatch sighting in Oregon (1960)
A career lumber worker was with two other men deep in Oregon in the 1960s when a creature with a white face walked fearlessly into their camp to within about 15 feet and stared at them. The encounter frightened the father so badly that he quit the lumber industry and did not discuss it for decades.
Two sisters have late-night sighting through bedroom window
The witness and her younger sister were talking in a dark bedroom late at night when they heard twigs crunching outside. Looking out the window in bright moonlight, they saw a very large hairy bipedal animal in the yard. Their grandfather came to the room, knocked out the window screen and fired a rifle at it. The animal bellowed, ran on two legs and stepped over a barbed-wire fence toward a creek, and no sign was found the next day.
Sasquatch sighting near Amity, Arkansas (1960)
The guest's father as a teenager drove to the family's rural property after nearby flooding and sightings. He saw a fast upright figure cross the road in three long steps. He stopped, lit a honeysuckle-covered bush with headlights and flashlight, saw a dark hand move and then stared face to face with the figure for minutes before it walked away.
Sasquatch sighting near Louisville, Kentucky (1960)
As teenagers, the witness and her boyfriend parked in a dirt cul-de-sac in a wooded park to spend time together. They heard heavy footsteps, snapping twigs and rustling circling them in the dark but could see nothing. When they drove away, the witness looked back and saw a tall, broad, long-armed silhouette step into the light under a street lamp, prompting them to flee. She later heard that a woman's mutilated body was found in the park, after which the park was placed under a nighttime curfew.
Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1960)
A prospector in British Columbia in the 1960s saw a creature standing upright across a pond. It rocked back and forth with hands and arms swinging slowly. The witness emphasized the hands were as large as canoe paddles.
Sasquatch sighting (1960)
In the late 60s a grandmother drove grandchildren in the truck bed out of the mountains toward a trading post. A fast creature ran up alongside the truck, snatched a little boy and carried him back into the mountains, and he was never found.
UFO sighting in Maryland (1960)
The witness's grandmother reportedly woke at night and saw a hovering disc illuminating the sky and casting light down over the farm woods at a distance. The telling places it in the 1960s or 1970s. The witness also recalls her mentioning balls of light in the woods.
Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1960)
The guest recalls a 1960s report with an eyewitness drawing by a prospector in British Columbia. The creature was described as standing upright across a pond, rocking and swinging its arms, with hands noted as large as canoe paddles.