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Youths riding in back of pick-up have close observation of large biped crossing road
Two siblings riding in the back of a pickup truck in the summer of 1970 reported seeing a tall, dark-haired figure on a brushy hillside beside the road. They said they first mistook it for a tall tree stump, then watched it walk downhill in a few steps, take a long step across a roadside ditch, and stop in the middle of the road to turn and look at their truck as they drove away. The figure was described as covered in long dark brown hair with a lighter patch on the chest and red eyes.
Memory told of a nighttime sighting while joy riding on train tracks near Purcellville
In May 1970 the witness and a companion were riding in a Jeep along railroad tracks at night. About 70 to 100 yards ahead, a large bipedal hair-covered creature crossed the tracks in a few steps. The pair stopped, then reversed quickly to leave the area.
Memory told of a nighttime sighting while working as a police officer answering a prowler call in Marrero
Two officers responding to a late-night prowler call encountered a tall dark hair-covered biped. It was first seen pressed against a house, then moved between houses and crossed a residential street under a streetlight before disappearing into a wooded marshy area near a canal. The officers watched it cross the wide street in three strides without running, and tracking dogs lost its scent at the marsh.
Man recalls seeing a female bigfoot in the woods behind his family home
The main witness went alone on a spring-break morning to check plants grown in woods behind the family home. After hearing footsteps behind him he hid in a bush and watched a tall brown hair-covered female figure walk by, sniff the air, then run out of sight within seconds. He fled home and told his stepfather, who warned the family to stay out of that area.
Sasquatch sighting in California (1970)
The witness and a companion backpacked about a mile from a logging road to the Patterson-Gimlin film site at Bluff Creek during spring break. After days of silence, they camped near a sandbar and at night a heavy animal approached; the witness shone a light and saw red eyes about eight feet up, then the creature circled out of sight for about 45 minutes and threw a face-sized rock toward them. The next morning they found large depressions, then hiked out along the creek feeling followed, later hearing a loud crash and a low gurgling whistle near the logging-road spur.
Sighting by motorist in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not far from the park entrance
In late spring 1970, two people sightseeing by car on Highway 441 near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line claimed a tall, slender hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of them. The creature walked upright on two legs from the right side to the left without looking at them, then continued into roadside bushes where only its head remained briefly visible. The witnesses estimated its height at about seven feet and noted clean straight walnut-brown hair, long arms, and lack of a visible neck.
Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1970)
A man called the Hermit living in a remote cabin in the seventies saw glowing eyes in his cabin one night. Days later while carrying wood he heard something behind him and concluded it must have been a Bigfoot, described as a big hairy creature.
Woman describes ongoing encounters since the 1970's
Several relatives and a family friend were together when one relative raised his voice at another relative. A creature growled at the scolding relative and then crouched. The reporter did not witness the event personally but relays it as one of many family encounters.
Child sees "big monkey" walk across road in NC
When the witness was about 4 or 5 years old and living near farm and corn fields, the witness saw something described as a big monkey walking across the road. The witness ran into the house very upset and scared. A relative later confirmed the child had run in upset that day reporting a big monkey crossing the road.
Man recalls seeing a bigfoot outside his residence at night when he was a boy
The witness, then a child, got up alone in the early morning to get a drink in a dark house. While returning from the kitchen, the witness looked out the large living-room window and saw a large Bigfoot walking across the yard from right to left. The creature briefly turned its head toward the witness, after which the witness fled to bed and reported no further sight or sound.
Sasquatch sighting in Idaho (1970)
A formerly skeptical uncle on an Idaho lake boat tour saw what looked like a black bear stand on hind legs. The creature lifted a very large log onto its shoulder and walked into the woods as passengers photographed it. The captain denied it and the uncle became a believer.
Youth recounts family story of rock throwing in Trinity Alps
The witness's father and his brothers were hunting and went to a creek to recover a relative's coat and knife. After crossing the creek the woods went silent, they heard something running, had rocks thrown at them, and caught glimpses of a hairy upright creature. Broken tops on small trees were also noted.
Sasquatch sighting near Danville, Indiana (1970)
As a child in winter the witness and a friend heard a loud noise and watched a tall dark hairy figure step over a fence, pass behind a fallen tree, approach then turn uphill into other woods. They followed barefoot tracks into the next woods and found several stacked rock piles containing dead cats, then left.
A teenage girl witnesses a female bigfoot steal meat from a cooler
The witness woke at night in a tent at a logging camp and saw a hairy figure on the porch in cooler light holding meat. After the witness screamed, the figure left with the meat while other occupants came onto the porch and watched it recede with flashlights. Large footprints were later noted and the cooler contents appeared searched but orderly.
Timothy Lake - Young man in fire tower saw Bigfoot
A young man was in a fire tower near Timothy Lake. He reportedly saw a Bigfoot walking up the road toward the tower.
Sasquatch sighting near Big Sur, California (1970)
In research about the rock-throwing area the guest found a seventies account of two teenage girls on the beach watching a man run down an extremely steep cliff. The girls themselves felt no human could descend that slope that way.
UFO sighting near Massillon, Ohio (1970)
A man visiting the guest's parents when she was a teenager described traveling on Route 21 when a cigar-shaped craft followed alongside him. He claimed an ape-like man stared back at him from the craft. The guest dismissed it at the time as 1970s UFO talk.
Sasquatch sighting near Oscoda, Michigan (1970)
Two children were picking blueberries on a wooded trail when they saw a tall dark-haired upright creature walking casually toward them from about fifty yards away. The older sister screamed and both ran, then saw its head and shoulders still approaching as they looked back before fleeing to the main road and cottage. Parents did not believe them, and the witness later concluded it was Bigfoot that meant no harm.
Sasquatch sighting near Cashmere, Washington (1970)
As a child in 1970, the witness and his brother walked on a ridge near Cashmere in the morning and watched a huge brown thing moving back and forth on another ridge. They hiked to the spot but it was gone, though the area reeked badly. Their grandmother in Elk City told them it was a Sasquatch.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1970)
A father and son hiking in the Silver Star area in 1970 or 1971 encountered a big black thing. The creature threw rocks at them. The witness learned of this from the BFRO website and felt it supported his own photos.