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Summer 1973 Springfield, Newington Forrest, Fairfax County, Virginia Class A #23400

Upright creature crosses road in the path of a car near Newington Forest

In summer 1973 the witness was driving on Pohick Road with her children in the evening when a tall hair-covered bipedal creature stepped into the road in front of her car. It stopped two to three yards from the hood, turned toward the headlights and stared for a few moments. It then crossed to the shoulder in one stride with a smooth gait and went into the woods.

Partial sightingRoad crossing
Fall 1973 Between Cullowee And Franklin., Macon County, North Carolina Class A #3333

Large creature turned and stared at couple

The witness and a companion were driving on remote backroads at night when small pines moved and a large figure emerged. The creature crossed the road in two steps, pausing midway to turn and stare at them. The witness estimated it was about seven and a half feet tall with ice-blue eyes. The companion was frightened and would not allow the witness to leave the car to check for footprints.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Summer 1973 Berea, Madison County, Kentucky Class A #2428

Witness has sighting next to his home in Madison Co

Around 2 a.m. the witness stepped out of a backyard tent and saw a tall hair-covered figure standing by the corner of the house near a pine tree. After staring at each other for several seconds, the figure pushed off the tree, causing it to sway, and ran silently down a bank toward the woods and cornfield. The witness described the figure as about 7 to 8 feet tall with off-white to tan hair and longer-than-human arms.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1973 Flat Rock, Shelby County, Indiana Class A #10153

Motorist has nighttime sighting of animal in soybean field near Flat Rock

The witness was driving home alone in the early morning when headlights lit a large standing figure about twenty yards out in a bean field beside corn. The eyes reflected red and the head and upper body were visible above patchy fog, appearing as tall as the surrounding corn. The witness drove away frightened without stopping for a closer look.

Partial sightingEyeshine
Winter 1973 Amite County, Mississippi Class A #1338

Several incidents in the East Fork Community

The witness and a friend were in the woods near a creek bottom when the friend sensed being watched. The witness saw a figure about 25 yards away that was squatting, then stood seven to eight feet tall, covered in very dark brown hair except the face, and walked upright. It followed them to the edge of the wood line with a long stride and swinging arms while making whistling noises.

Full-body sightingWhistle
1973 Place not stated EP 490

Sasquatch sighting (1973)

A woman at a gravesite heard baby-like crying and saw a large being at the woods edge moving toward her. She fled by car to a relative's farm where similar creatures frightened animals and a shot was fired before police were called.

Partial sightingVocalization
1973 Pennsylvania EP 490

Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1973)

A hunter running dogs at night saw a dark figure he first thought was a person, then recognized as an ape-like creature. He fired a pistol at it believing he hit it and heard it run off unseen.

Partial sighting
1973 Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania EP 490

Sasquatch sighting near Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1973)

About fifteen people watched a huge spherical object descend over a pasture. Two tall hairy bipeds with glowing green eyes appeared by a fence while a witness fired tracers and live rounds with no effect, then the object vanished and responders found a large glowing area on the ground.

Full-body sightingVocalizationEyeshine
1973–1975 Cotton, Cooper County, Missouri Class A #44283

Family members describe screaming and house smacking near Prairie Home

Five women staying overnight at a rural farmhouse heard loud piercing screams approaching from up a hill toward the house. A backlit tall, large-framed figure walking hunched over passed in front of the front picture windows and beat on the house, and a very hairy leg was seen when the front door was opened. The figure then went around the corner of the house and disappeared, leaving a burning skunk-like smell. Two men who had been away returned later and searched the large farm into the early morning without finding anything.

ScreamSilhouettePartial sightingDoor or window contactOdor
1973 West Echo, New Jersey EP 959

Cryptid sighting near West Echo, New Jersey (1973)

Two youths walking home at night saw what looked like a horse under a streetlight. When one joked about riding it, the animal reared, showed wings, and chased them. They heard hooves behind them as they fled home, and fresh scratches were found on a newly painted door the next morning.

Full-body sightingFootstepsProperty disturbance
1973 Pennsylvania EP 495

Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1973)

A young driver parked at night could not start his car while something brushed against it unseen for hours. When he fled on foot he ran directly into a very large hairy biped that beat him down. He required a week in hospital and his car later started for police with the back door open.

Full-body sightingVehicle contact
1973–1975 Oregon EP 1163

Sasquatch sighting in Oregon (1973)

The witness was with two companions camping and riding dirt bikes when freezing rain left ice on the road. At night on a dark cloudy hilltop he stopped to wait and watched something come up to the road. It took two or three large upright steps across the road onto a cut bank and was gone. He described it as much bigger and too bulky to be a person.

Partial sightingSilhouette
Spring 1973 King County, Washington Class A #1383

Creature seen running along a road

The witness was driving with at least one other person when they briefly saw a large chimp-like animal running along a dark country road. The car was traveling in the opposite direction, so the look was quick. The road was unlit and lined on both sides by dense forest.

Full-body sighting
November 1972 Alabama EP 830

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama (1972)

While family was hauling soybean hay, the witness was alone and saw a tall solid black figure standing at a neighbor pond spillway. It did nothing but stand, then turned and walked down the steep backside into woods.

Full-body sighting
November 1972 Alabama EP 830

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama (1972)

Days later in daylight the witness felt a shadow pass while inside a chicken [name withheld]. She saw a black figure walking outside from shoulders to waist high, stopping at the open screened doors to stare at chickens. She hid in the furnace room until it walked down a fence road toward woods, then fled on a minibike.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
November 1972 Alabama EP 830

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama (1972)

Two nights after the first face-to-face, the witness says the same being returned to the same bedroom window. She watched its silhouette in moonlight until she fell asleep or it left.

Partial sightingSilhouette
November 1972 Alabama EP 830

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama (1972)

The witness, then thirteen, felt watched while changing in a shared bedroom with windows cracked open. She stepped to the window and found herself face to face inches away from a large black headed creature. It only blinked and stayed for hours, leaving pressed grass under the window the next day.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
November 1972 Estey, Midland County, Michigan Class A #2830

BF shakes bush and screams at 2 hunters

Two people entering the woods to deer hunt at daybreak encountered a large creature about 150 feet ahead. The creature stood up, paced, shook a large bush, and screamed at them, causing both to flee in panic. They returned in full daylight hours later, estimated its height at about 8 feet from the bush, and found no prints or hair.

Full-body sightingScream
29 October 1972 Chestline, Adams County, Illinois Class A #28423

Man recalls his face to face daylight encounter in Siloam Springs State Park

The witness was breaking camp for the weekend and walked down a path to smoke, sitting on a rock. After hearing a sound behind, the witness turned to see a large, bulky brown-gray hair-covered figure about twenty feet away downslope at eye level. They locked eyes for a few seconds while the witness noted facial details, then the figure swung around a tree and hurried down a gully making noise as the witness ran up the path.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundFootsteps
14 October 1972 Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana Class A #7715

Duck hunters have early morning encounter

The witness and a companion were duck hunting by boat in a Louisiana bayou at dawn when they noticed a large hairy form in the water ahead. The form appeared to walk upright toward them, showing long hair, a bearded face, and swaying shoulders above the waterline. Unable to identify it or get a verbal response, they became frightened and motored away, abandoning their decoys.

Partial sighting