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June 1971 Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio Class A #4307

Late night sighting by children at a home in Calcutta

Late at night the witness and a friend went downstairs for a snack and switched on a light by a large window that lit the backyard. They saw a large bipedal creature walking away from the house, which briefly turned its upper body toward the light before leaving the illuminated area. Both ran back to the bedroom and stayed there until morning, and the witness found large depressions in the grass the next day.

Full-body sightingTracks
June 1971 Alton, Oregon County, Missouri Class A #1120

Sasquatch encountered standing by porch

The witness had been asleep at home when his wife woke him after hearing a strange growling sound close to the house. He looked out the bedroom window in bright moonlight and saw a hair-covered creature with a humanlike face about 12 feet away that turned to stare toward him. He grabbed a shotgun and ran outside, but the yard was empty, so he fired into the air. The family dogs, missing for three days, returned the next day.

Partial sightingGrowl
June 1971 Boring, Clackamas County, Oregon Class A #604

Nightime sighting by motorists near Boring

The witness and a companion were driving at night when a large hair-covered upright figure entered the road ahead of them in the headlights. It reportedly paused to look toward them, then ran down the road before leaving up an embankment. The occupants exited the car but saw nothing further.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
March 1971 Ft.Lewis, Pierce County, Washington Class B #11930

Soldier sees large figure while on patrol at Fort Lewis

During an early-morning guard patrol in winter, the witness saw a large black silhouette at the edge of a snowy field by pine forest. The figure walked toward the witness with a swaying gait, stopped, then moved again. Frightened, the witness went back inside without telling anyone, later wondering if it related to newspaper photos of prints.

Silhouette
9 February 1971 California EP 17

Sasquatch sighting in California (1971)

The same night as the guard incident, two creatures were seen roaming a neighborhood near the base. A couple looked out their front window at what was upsetting their dog and saw them crossing the lawn, with a later sighting near a horse corral.

Full-body sighting
9 February 1971 California EP 17

Sasquatch sighting in California (1971)

A young guard posted outside an armory saw a large mass approaching and ordered it to halt. It proved to be a huge upright hair-covered creature running at inhuman speed that threw him to the ground unconscious. His relief later found him incoherent with his rifle nearly bent in two.

Full-body sighting
1971 Michigan EP 1178

Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1971)

The host recalled another report from Van Etton Lake in 1971 involving a young boy and his sister. While picking blueberries, they saw a creature that kept walking toward them even as they screamed.

Full-body sighting
1971–1972 Florida EP 1070

Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1971)

When the witness was four years old she looked out her bedroom window and saw a massive hairy biped move over a shed and stop in front of the window about ten to twelve feet away. They made eye contact for some time before it left at astonishing speed. She told her parents she saw a monster but was told it was a dream, and she suffered recurring nightmares for years.

Full-body sighting
1971 Danang EP 950

Cryptid sighting near Danang (1971)

On Monkey Mountain the witness personally saw small reddish-brown ape-like animals at close range on two occasions, once two animals and once one. He described them as stout, muscular, about five feet tall with chimp-like faces, large upper arms, strong thighs and long canines, making monkey noises and grimacing. He judged them as true apes, very different from the human-like animal he saw in Georgia.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
Spring 1971 Steam Valley, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Class A #5563

Man describes childhood incident on Steam Valley Mountain. He was quietly observed at close range from opposite side of small stream

The witness, then a young child, was building a small dam in a stream after a relative left to find larger rocks downstream. A large hairy creature appeared standing across the stream a few feet away and stared at the witness without moving. When the witness looked away to call for help, the creature disappeared, and both children fled without checking for prints.

Full-body sighting
Fall 1971 Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Class A #14707

Man recalls childhood sighting near Allison Park

Two companions sitting on a pipeline corridor heard alternating bird-like calls and wood-knock sounds for about 20 minutes that grew louder and seemed to come from very close by. When they stood to look, they saw a tall grey-haired animal about 20-30 yards away staring at them. Both the witnesses and the animal immediately fled, with the animal crashing in a straight line uphill through the woods.

Full-body sightingWhoopWood knock
Summer 1971 Vincent, Washington County, Ohio Class A #4983

Sighting and vocalizations at a home in Wayne National Forest

Late at night two companions were watching TV in a mobile home when they heard a noise at the front. The witness looked through the door window and described a large face peering in that then screamed and pushed away. Both went out the back and watched the figure step over a barbed-wire fence and run away hunched over with very long arms. A next-day search found no tracks, but they measured the door window at seven and a half feet above the ground.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingScreamUnidentified soundDoor or window contact
1971 Place not stated EP 492

Sasquatch sighting (1971)

A former sheriff told the guest he and deputies were asked to shoot creatures living in a canyon. Helicopters pushed a female and her young into a clearing where the deputy shot the female in the chest and then shot the young in the head. The man kept photos and an audio cassette of the operation hidden in his lunchbox.

Full-body sightingScream
1971 Ohio EP 861

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1971)

Two men running dogs without guns approached strange barking at a fence. A creature stood up, blocked their lights with a hand, then followed them through cornfields to a field edge before turning back. Next day footprints and a handprint were found in creek mud and trailing dogs refused to follow.

Full-body sightingFootstepsTracksHandprint
1971 Place not stated EP 41

Sasquatch sighting (1971)

A former law enforcement officer told two missionaries that in 1971 he took part in an agency-directed helicopter operation to kill Sasquatch living in a canyon in the Dakotas. Two smaller helicopters drove the animals while his crew photographed a female and a youngster from the air, recorded audio, then shot the youngster in the head and shot the female point-blank in the chest from a rope ladder. The female screamed and fled up the canyon with an unknown fate, while the youngster's body was bagged, netted under a helicopter and flown out. The officer said he kept the photos and cassette hidden and had told no one else.

Full-body sightingScream
1971 Washington EP 202

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1971)

In 1971 the nine-year-old witness and other children rode bikes toward a house where a bear was reported looking in windows. A large black hairy creature crossed the road in front of them and went down a trail toward their woods fort. The witness followed, confronted it at close range, saw a muscular creature with a blonde head patch and expressionless face, then yelled for the others to retreat and ran home.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
1971 Place not stated EP 105

Sasquatch sighting (1971)

An ailing homeowner told two visiting missionaries about a directed operation in the Dakotas in 1971 when he served as a sheriff's officer. From helicopters, crews pushed creatures out of a canyon toward a bait station, photographed them, and shot a female and her young. The narrator kept hidden photos and an audio cassette documenting the shooting and the female's scream.

Full-body sightingScream
Fall 1971 Myrtle Point, Coos County, Oregon Class A #25531

Witness recalls face to face encounter with creature near Myrtle Point

In 1971 the witness was alone watching TV at the parents' rural house near Myrtle Point. After hearing dogs bark, smelling a strong foul odor, and hearing footsteps on an outside plank, she saw a tall hunched hairy female figure pass a glass door. The figure stopped, turned toward her and made eye contact, after which she fainted and was later found on the floor by her parents. Her father searched outside with a flashlight but found nothing.

Full-body sightingFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
19 December 1970 Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee Class B #56809

Memory told of seeing a tall figure on a rock embankment at night near Crossville

The witness had pulled over at night and was outside the vehicle with a companion when movement on a rock cliff across the road caught attention. The witness watched a tall, dark, hair-covered upright figure with a broad torso for several seconds before it turned and disappeared silently. The companion reportedly saw only a brief shadowy movement, and a next-day check of the spot found nothing unusual.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
November 1970 Alabama EP 583

Sasquatch sighting in Alabama (1970)

A couple months after moving in, the witness woke to find a figure pressed against the bedroom window glass very close to him. He described it to parents as an ugly man in a toboggan and fur coat, later interpreting the covering as gray hair. A second figure was partly visible behind the first, and both were gone when the parents entered.

Partial sighting