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July 1969 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas Class A #14376

Encounter during a summer camp campout near the Brazos River

During a multi-day canoe camping trip along a river, the witness and a companion chased an animal to the top of a cliff near camp. The witness collided with a large hair-covered creature and both the creature and the two companions screamed. The pair fled in panic over the cliff edge and survived the fall, while other campers heard the screams and saw the fall.

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June 1969 Dallas, Polk County, Oregon #348

Mrs. [name withheld] saw two black Bigfeet walking upright across a field 150 yds away

The witness reportedly saw two dark Bigfoot-like figures moving across a field while walking upright. The figures were observed from about 150 yards away. No further details about the encounter were provided.

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May 1969 Whitehall, Washington County, New York #531

SCreams heard near Whitehall, NY

The witness was doing early-morning chores before school when a loud screeching sound drew them behind the house toward a swampy area. Near a row of trees, a large hairy creature emerged and ran away quickly and almost silently. Startled, the witness fled in the opposite direction and later told a relative who did not believe them.

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April 1969 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania EP 1043

Sasquatch sighting near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1969)

At age three, while getting cookies at the grandmother's house at night, the witness saw a large hairy figure looking in through the kitchen window. The figure had dark hair and yellowish eyes and appeared to smile. The witness ran to report it, and the grandmother identified it as the Boogerman.

Partial sighting
5 March 1969 North Bonneville, Skamania County, Washington Class A #1621

Fisherman witnesses bigfoot cross the road in front of his car

Shortly before dawn on a foggy morning, the witness was driving toward a fishing area when headlights illuminated a large fur-covered creature in the road. The creature moved across the highway and leapt up a steep roadside embankment estimated at 14 feet high. The witness was badly shaken, stopped at a cafe, and later reported the incident to county authorities.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
March 1969 Forest Groce, Washington County, Oregon #404

Man spots Bigfoot in field

The witness was driving a spray rig by an orchard and scanning a neighboring field when he noticed a tall dark figure walking through tall brush. He stopped the tractor and watched from the hood as the figure continued into a walnut grove and failed to reemerge. Days later he estimated its height by measuring a comparison tree, finding no footprints on the hard ground.

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March 1969 Washington County, Oregon Class A #700

Man spots Bigfoot in field

The witness was driving a spray rig along an orchard boundary and scanning a neighboring field when a tall dark figure was seen walking about 100-150 yards away. The witness stopped the vehicle and watched from the hood as the figure moved with a smooth human-like stride into a walnut grove and did not reappear. A few days later the witness estimated the figure's height from a comparison tree and found no footprints on the hard soil.

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10 January 1969 Hope B.C., British Columbia Class A #10119

Motorist observes animal cross the road in front of him

The witness was driving at night with two companions when a large creature crossed the road in front of the vehicle from left to right, visible in the headlights for about six to eight seconds. The driver stopped at the crossing spot but the creature was gone and was not seen again. The witness described a tall greyish figure with very long arms, a thick torso and an apelike forehead that briefly turned its upper body toward the vehicle while walking.

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1969 Washington EP 1189

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1969)

While picking huckleberries on a slope the witness heard whistles and saw movement, then watched a dark hairy form approach through brush to the tree line. It stood bipedally about twenty feet away, showing breasts and a large belly, and smiled. The witness understood it as a pregnant female and left along the road while it watched.

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1969 Salem, Oregon EP 1140

UFO sighting near Salem, Oregon (1969)

The witness watched a bright star-like light grow brighter, descend smoking over town, and release a long silver craft. The craft reportedly stopped, darted across the valley and back, then left. The next day local papers reported many other sightings.

Full-body sighting
1969 Alton, Illinois EP 1126

Odor near Alton, Illinois (1969)

On another night at the same grandparent's home, the guest noticed a terrible sewer-like smell with windows open while waiting up after dark. She heard nails scraping on the sidewalk and saw a figure in the darkness, then became distressed and cried for fear about a returning family member. She later connected this memory to the same year's local monster reports.

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1969 Alton, Illinois EP 1126

Sasquatch sighting near Alton, Illinois (1969)

As a young child visiting a grandparent's home in Alton, the guest ran down the back steps in daylight and saw a gorilla-like figure step out of evergreens. She immediately ran back inside, locked the door, and hid. Years later she linked the memory to newspaper reports of a local mud monster from the same year.

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1969 Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho #1022

Boy and his grandfather see large creature cross road

As a child the witness was riding with a relative in a pickup scouting logging sales on a remote road in northern Idaho when a large hairy figure came down a hill and crossed the road. The relative stopped the truck, took a rifle and got out, after which crashing was heard below the road but the figure was not seen again.

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1969 Douglas County, Oregon #192

Hemlock Lake - Hiker finds cave with footprints and other BF evidence

Several months after finding a hidden cave, two people returned intending to photograph the creature associated with large tracks there. As they approached the cave mouth a large ape-like creature walked toward them and came within three feet before noticing them. Startled, they failed to take a photo but described its size and appearance and measured its five-foot strides.

Full-body sightingTracks
1969 The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon #390

Four young people got out of car to watch Bigfoot sitting on rocky bluff

Four young people reportedly exited a vehicle to observe an entity described as Bigfoot. The entity was said to be sitting on a rocky bluff.

Full-body sighting
1969 Clackamas County, Oregon #99

Clackamas River area - Logger saw Bigfoot standing in small lake

A logger in the Clackamas River area reportedly saw a Bigfoot standing in a small lake. No additional details about the sighting were given in the available description.

Full-body sighting
1969 Maryland EP 781

Sasquatch sighting in Maryland (1969)

During 1969 townspeople reportedly went to the egg dump at night and saw creatures in car headlights. They were locally called the egg people and described as tall hairy humanoids, some with egg-shaped heads. The guest did not see them himself.

Full-body sighting
1969 Washington EP 550

Whistle in Washington (1969)

While picking huckleberries near Mount Adams the guest heard whistles and saw vegetation moving as something paralleled him. A dark hairy figure on all fours rose to a squat and then stood, revealing a female form with breasts and a large belly. He felt embarrassed, mimicked smoothing berries over a bowl, and she rubbed her belly and smiled before he walked away.

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summer in nineteen sixty nine Ohio EP 513

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1969)

The commenter lists multiple Ohio sightings and details the first at age ten in summer 1969 at [name withheld] Bryan State Park in Greene County.

Partial sighting
Winter 1969 Cortland County, New York Class A #1451

Woman followed by large, dark shape in the experimental forest on the campus of SUNY College

The witness was walking alone through a small college forest on a trail to work on a dark winter evening. Something off the trail followed alongside her, keeping pace and making increasingly loud breaking and movement sounds, and she glimpsed a very tall blocky dark shape moving beside her while hearing breathing. She stayed on the trail with it alongside until the edge of the woods, then ran to a nearby building while it remained in the woods.

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