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Summer 1970 Monona, Clayton County, Iowa Class A #1234

Creature observed by witness.

On a moonlit night in summer 1970, the witness was on a road by a cornfield with a companion when a large brownish creature was heard and then seen running across the road, down a ditch, over a fence and into the cornfield. The creature had a foul smell. The witness returned the next day and found large smudged footprints in the road and cornfield.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingUnidentified soundTracksOdor
1970–1979 The Dalles, Oregon EP 1110

Sasquatch sighting near The Dalles, Oregon (1970)

In the 1970s a man rabbit hunting in The Dalles reportedly shot one in the face. He said it did not do much harm, only making it go back a bit.

Full-body sighting
1970–1979 Albany, Oregon EP 1110

Sasquatch sighting near Albany, Oregon (1970)

In the 1970s near Albany a mint farmer saw one during a period of many sightings. The creature reportedly jogged alongside the farmer's truck for a while and looked in.

Full-body sighting
1970–1979 Grand Haven, Michigan EP 937

Sasquatch sighting near Grand Haven, Michigan (1970)

The witness, then about seven, was playing outside with her twin sister and two large dogs on a gravel road. The dogs began barking aggressively, and the witness saw a large hair-covered creature step from the woods and walk across the road about 200 feet away. It paused, turned its whole torso toward the children, then continued into the tree line. The frightened children ran to a neighbor's house, and the witness's mother later suggested it was a Bigfoot, which the witness confirmed from a magazine photo weeks later.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1970–1979 Pennsylvania EP 845

Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1970)

In the 1970s in Pennsylvania a landed or hovering orb was approached by a man and two neighbor kids who then saw two Bigfoot-like beings along a fence. Shots with tracer rounds had no effect. Police called investigator [name withheld], and the adult witness reportedly became possessed, howling in another voice, an episode said to be cassette-recorded.

Full-body sightingHowl
1970–1974 Rainier, Oregon EP 786

Sasquatch sighting near Rainier, Oregon (1970)

The witness describes three years of repeated encounters after his family moved onto a wooded hillside property. Four ape-like animals repeatedly approached the trailers, peered in windows, vocalized at night, left tracks, damaged structures, and killed livestock. The father shot the largest animal in the shoulder near the pump house, after which the animals moved faster and more cautiously but continued the activity. Forestry and law-enforcement visitors reportedly told the father to stop shooting, and timber workers and well drillers also encountered the animals.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingHowlVocalizationFootsteps +4
1970–1979 Dover, Massachusetts EP 667

Cryptid sighting near Dover, Massachusetts (1970)

A driver on a road in Dover noticed a small hairless being with large glowing eyes and long spindly fingers near a stone wall. The driver watched it for several seconds while driving past. The witness later drew what was seen.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
1970–1979 Sabine County, Texas Class B #1213

Encounter on Toledo Bend

While fishing from a boat near shore, the witness smelled a strong musky odor for several minutes, then spotted a tall hair-covered figure partly hidden behind a short tree at the treeline. The figure remained still for a couple minutes, then stood, stepped into the open to look at the boat, and walked slowly uphill into denser forest. A companion in the boat also smelled the odor but did not see the figure.

Full-body sightingOdor
1970–1979 Tennessee EP 511

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1970)

The witness, recently out of the military, was fly-fishing with three relatives in a steep, remote river gorge. He turned to see an upright animal at close range that quickly climbed the steep bank to the ridgeline. The group then heard extremely loud guttural vocalizations and huffs, saw movement on the ridge, and had a large rock land in the water near them. They left at dusk and later agreed among themselves it had not been a bear despite one relative's dismissive explanation.

Partial sightingVocalizationRock throwingMovement only
1970–1979 Place not stated EP 4

Sasquatch sighting (1970)

In the 70s a similar incident occurred driving out of the mountains when a little girl was snatched from a truck and carried back into the mountains. Neither the girl nor the earlier boy were ever found.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1970–1979 Westminster, Maryland EP 495

Sasquatch sighting near Westminster, Maryland (1970)

A Maryland storyteller said his best friend was running in woods at night and collided with a hair-covered biped local legend called a werewolf. The creature broke the runner's arm and threw him down. The storyteller later reinterpreted it as a sasquatch-type animal.

Full-body sighting
1970–1979 Ohio EP 438

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1970)

The witness's grandfather stayed late fishing at the private lake after the owner left, then drove out alone down the gravel lane. His headlights revealed a huge black figure that jumped up and crossed the road into the woods with remarkable speed. He was badly shaken, stopped visiting the lake, and only told family about it years later.

Partial sightingRoad crossingMovement only
1970–1974 Phoenix, Arizona EP 38

Sasquatch sighting near Phoenix, Arizona (1970)

The guest, then working as desk sergeant, says a three-man security alert team came into the office shaken. They reported a bipedal figure ran in from the desert toward their parked truck, jumped clear over the truck bed, and continued on as they drove away.

Full-body sighting
1970–1989 Place not stated EP 382

Sasquatch sighting (1970)

The guest relays what a cowboy friend who lived near the river told him. The friend said he had seen Bigfoot wade and walk across the river at the same low spot where the guest saw the light, a number of times in the 1970s and 1980s.

Full-body sighting
1970–1979 Place not stated EP 359

Sasquatch sighting (1970)

A group of hunters in the 1970s were charged by a creature that came out of the woods. The animal threatened them while they were hunting. The researcher cites this as another example of aggressive southern encounters.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
1970–1979 Place not stated EP 316

Sasquatch sighting (1970)

A group riding in a bus in the 1970s heard sounds like a lion roaring, then a creature jumped onto the hood and looked through the large front window at the passengers. The front passenger saw it grin and show its teeth before it jumped off with enough force to shake the bus. The witness described it as six to six and a half feet tall, skinny, and intermediate between a chimpanzee and a person.

Full-body sightingVocalizationVehicle contact
1970–1979 Place not stated EP 105

Sasquatch sighting (1970)

A woman recalled riding in the open bed of a pickup truck as a child when a creature ran out of the forest toward the truck. The creature reached for her as she screamed. Her father fired a shot during the incident.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
summer's evening in 1970 Eagle Creek, Oregon EP 1024

Sasquatch sighting near Eagle Creek, Oregon (1970)

At age 11 the witness rode on the side of her mother's pickup as her mother backed toward the road at night. Brake lights illuminated a very tall white or silver figure standing by a bushy tree about 10 feet away. It stared and snarled at her with dark eyes, then she threw herself flat in the truck bed as her mother drove away.

Partial sighting
1970–1972 Between Mariposa/Cathey's Valley, Mariposa County, California Class B #13287

Possible BF-related incidents around a home near Guadalupe Pass

The witness, then a child home sick on a couch, awoke in the middle of the night to the outside dog whining. Looking out the living-room window, the witness saw a large dark silhouette filling the window width and standing silently looking in. The figure was described as taller than six feet, with several inches of moonlit sky visible above its head, and showed no discernible features or movement.

Silhouette
15 November 1969 Packwood, Lewis County, Washington Class A #5453

Large bipedal animal seen 5 miles East of Packwood on Hwy 12

The witness was driving west over the pass late at night when headlights revealed a tall hair-covered biped coming up a roadside bank on the right. The animal stepped over a guardrail without reacting to the car and walked up the hill as the witness slowed and passed in the left lane. The brief sighting lasted seconds, and the witness concluded it was not a bear or known ape.

Full-body sighting