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Sasquatch sighting near Lockridge, Iowa (1970)
A farm household repeatedly saw a smaller Bigfoot-like creature with a monkey-like face that bothered livestock and ate turkeys. After newspapers and visitors overwhelmed them, the family stopped talking about it.
Sasquatch sighting near Fayette County (1970)
The witness described a very tall dark-brown-haired biped at least eight feet tall with a barrel body, long limbs and a coned head-to-foot covering. It walked like a human with long strides and arm swings.
Sasquatch sighting near Cougar, Washington (1970)
A welder working for a logging company went fishing for salmon with a helper when the woods went quiet. The helper fled up the mountain while the witness saw a tall hairy man-like creature jump across the river away from him. The witness caught fish and returned to camp, and the helper quit the next day.
Sasquatch sighting near Garfield County (1970)
When the witness was a little girl in Garfield County in the early seventies, she was walking on train tracks near dark. She looked behind and saw a large sasquatch outline following her, which darted into the treeline when seen but continued following until she reached home.
Sasquatch sighting near Rainier, Oregon (1970)
The witness describes his family moving onto timber land in Rainier, Oregon and living there for about four years. During that time a group of four large hairy creatures repeatedly approached the trailers, looked in windows, pounded on walls, vocalized, left tracks and damaged property. Timber workers, well drillers and neighbors were also harassed, and the witness's sisters and mother eventually left for Washington because of fear.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1970)
The guest's stepbrother was riding with his father at night through Satus Pass coming from Yakima. Something large on two legs crossed the road in front of their vehicle. No further detail was recalled.
Sasquatch sighting in Oregon (1970)
An acquaintance was driving along the Siletz River road. A tall black figure crossed the road in front of the vehicle in a few steps. The account is brief with no further detail.
Sighting by Army personnel on manuevers
During summer military training the witness was camped above treeline with a group and noticed movement across a valley about half a mile away. A dark figure crossed snowfields on two legs with long strides and swinging arms, moving fast in a way the witness felt was unlike a bear or a human. The group watched together until the figure blended into rocks and disappeared, and they were too frightened to inspect the area that night or the next day.
Man recalls incident as a child in a swampy area near Cazenovia
When the witness was a young child, the witness and a companion were chopping a rotted fallen tree with hammers far out in a swamp. After hearing a loud noise described as like a scream, they saw a very large dark man-like form walking very near them. Both children dropped everything and ran home without looking back.
Woman recalls sighting near Williamsport
In the summer of 1970 the witness was walking with a pony and dog in thick woods behind the family home when a large dark hairy biped was seen on a hill beyond a fence about 50 feet away. The witness fled in fright while the animals showed no reaction. The figure was never seen again.
Unidentified sound near Milton, West Virginia (1970)
A relative and companion reportedly saw a gray hairy bipedal creature drinking at the creek and running up the hollow in the late 1970s.
Late-night road-crossing sighting by firefighter near the Potomac River
Late at night the witness was driving on a rural road with a farm on one side and an apple orchard on the other when a large hair-covered figure crossed the road ahead of the vehicle. The figure paused in the middle of the road to look toward the headlights, allowing a clear view, then continued across. The witness kept driving, was shaken by the sighting, and avoided that road afterward.
Witness looked up into the eyes of Bigfoot
The witness was playing outside at night by the driveway next to the woods and walked toward a streetlight when a tall hairy figure was standing directly in front. The witness looked up at its face and eyes while it looked down without expression, then ran inside to tell parents who dismissed it. A few minutes later a relative and a friend ran inside saying they heard someone walking in the woods.
Surprise observation by two hunters on the opposite bank of the river
Two relatives were hunting near a river and stopped at the edge to drink when they heard brush noises from across the water. A large brown figure emerged from the brush, moved downshore and crossed to their side while running on two legs. They then crossed to the other side and headed back upstream toward their trucks without further strange encounters.
Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1970)
As a small child sleeping in an isolated Florida ranch house on a bright summer night, the guest was awakened by livestock panic followed by silence and approaching footsteps. A massive dark form filled the bedroom window and seemed to look down at him while breathing heavily, terrifying him so badly he tried to hide under the mattress. He later identified the hairy arm seen in a movie as matching what was at his window.
Sasquatch sighting near Grantsville, West Virginia (1970)
The guest and his younger brother were on summer vacation at their grandfather's hillside house in West Virginia. After the younger brother fled the back bedroom saying a hairy face had pushed through the unscreened window while sniffing the air, both boys ran outside and, in headlights reflected off the siding, watched a dark bipedal figure go down the rear embankment and crash through a dense briar thicket. The next morning their uncle turned pale when told and warned them to stay out of the back.
Sasquatch sighting in Minnesota (1970)
The witness was deer hunting from a stand when chirping sounds approached through the woods. A large dark manlike figure stepped into a shooting lane about 30 feet away and looked around. After the witness called out, it stared at him and left in a few strides.
Sasquatch sighting near Lenexa, Kansas (1970)
While throwing a football alone at night, the witness noticed a small head with pointed ears peeking from behind tall hedge bushes and threw the ball toward it after it repeatedly ducked. Later that same night while sleeping near a low bedroom window, a much larger hairy face appeared at the glass, made eye contact, shifted its eyes, wrinkled its brow and opened a wide mouth showing pointed teeth. The witness fled to a parent's room while heavy pacing was felt and heard around the house, then police were called but found nothing. The next morning the witness found large prints around windows and garden, recalled repeated early-morning howls, a growl with a branch breaking, grunting in the basement and a violently shaking backyard tree.
Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1970)
Three children were catching lightning bugs in a pasture at dusk while their grandfather called them from the porch. The grandfather saw an upright figure on a fence line drop to all fours and lope toward the children. He ran shouting, the children froze or fled, and the creature stopped, stood erect, then walked away into cedar trees while watching them.
Sasquatch sighting (1970)
Two men came to the witness's farmhouse saying they had just had a nighttime car encounter on a dirt road. A huge black figure stepped into the headlights in front of the car and appeared to have deer antlers. The witness later thought they likely saw a Bigfoot carrying a deer, and the men refused to discuss it further.