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Couple view figure standing on gravel road looking at them
The witness and a companion had pulled off a gravel road east of Bedford in the afternoon when the companion said someone was watching. The witness then saw a tall hair-covered biped standing in the road about 50 to 60 yards ahead. After the witness stepped out with a rifle and started approaching, the creature turned and ran through briars into a cornfield, and the pair left.
Husband and wife recall daytime sighting while their boys swam in Tipsaw Lake near Leopold
The witness and his wife were picnicking at a closed lake beach around noon while their two young children swam nearby. The witness noticed a tall dark figure on a hillside near the dam that came down to the water's edge and paced while facing the children. After joint observation, the figure moved up the dam and the family left the area.
Large, unknown man-like creature approaches man tending rabbits.
The witness went out early in the morning to feed rabbits and heard movement in dense brush. A dark, man-like figure covered in black hair was seen at close range; it swayed, appeared to study the witness, and started to approach. The witness ran to the house without hearing any sound from the figure.
Daytime Sighting by Caver West of Lake Monroe
The witness was waiting above ground while two companions explored a pit, sitting reading in a jeep in a grassy clearing. He noticed a dark form moving in the treeline and called out, thinking it was the landowner, then moved to a power-line opening for a clearer view. The figure paused and stared for about 10 seconds, appearing as a 6-7 foot tall biped covered in long dark brown fur/hair, before walking away into the trees.
Two people observe a large bipedal creature under a security light.
Late at night, a young man and his girlfriend were talking beside a parked car at her home when both saw a large hair-covered biped appear under an outside light about 100 feet away. The creature was first crouched, then stood, stared briefly, stepped over a low fence and disappeared into a soybean field while nearby horses were heard running. A next-morning search found only indistinct impressions after rain.
Several sightings reported.
The reporter's father was squirrel hunting in deep cover near Patoka Lake when he noticed what looked like legs across a slough by a tree. The figure left on two feet and headed toward the lake after appearing to notice it was observed. The father hurried out and said nothing until he was miles away, then advised returning only with a larger-caliber rifle.
Evening sighting by motorists along I-65 near mile marker 131.
The witness and their spouse were driving on the interstate at night when they saw a large creature cross the road ahead of them. The creature crossed three lanes in about four steps from left to right and was illuminated by oncoming traffic. By the time their car reached the crossing point, it was gone. Both occupants reported seeing it.
Memory told of a mid-afternoon encounter along the Flatrock River
Two friends were playing at a secluded campground by a river on a clear spring afternoon, shooting at a can floating downstream. After noticing sudden silence and a rising noise from across the river, they saw a tall hairy figure standing with one foot in the water and one on the bank. They stared at each other for several minutes, then the witness fired his rifle into the air and both fled by car.
Woman recalls afternoon sighting near the outskirts of Marion
The witness recalled seeing a light-colored hairy creature at the edge of a small woods near the family home on a summer afternoon. From about 70 feet away, the witness watched for about two minutes as it picked berries from a bush while bent over in tall grass. When it noticed being watched, it looked toward the witness, then took large steps into the woods and disappeared, after which the witness screamed.
Sasquatch sighting in Indiana (1974)
Two women eating in a parked car saw a very tall greenish creature come from the woods, beat on the windshield and try to bite through glass before they drove to police. Officers doubted them until seeing car damage and stench.
Sasquatch sighting in Indiana (1974)
Four teenagers saw a large green hairy biped between trees near a boat ramp and fled to report it to police.
Sasquatch sighting near Columbus, Indiana (1974)
Two women stopped in Mill Race Park in the evening to eat and talk when a very tall creature came from the woods to their car. It beat on the windshield and tried to bite through the glass while they screamed, then the driver started the car and they fled to report it to police.
Sasquatch sighting near Columbus, Indiana (1974)
Four teenage girls were at Mill Race Park in the afternoon when one spotted a large green hairy bipedal creature between trees near the boat ramp. The group fled the park immediately and reported the sighting to law enforcement.
Child has sighting in cornfield near Sheridan
A child playing in tall corn behind the house at dusk heard heavy bipedal footsteps and corn being pushed aside. The corn parted and a very tall, thick dark figure stood within arm's length, emitting a strong musky odor and a heavy sigh or grunt before running around the child and disappearing. The child's mother heard the footsteps and corn breaking but did not see the figure.
Youths have daylight sighting near Westfield
When the witness was thirteen, he and a companion were riding bicycles near abandoned railroad tracks when a small maple tree crashed down. The companion left immediately while the witness saw a very tall, hairy animal standing by the tree about ninety feet away and staring for a couple minutes. When the animal started walking toward him on two feet, the witness fled home by bicycle.
Motorist has nighttime sighting of animal in soybean field near Flat Rock
The witness was driving home alone in the early morning when headlights lit a large standing figure about twenty yards out in a bean field beside corn. The eyes reflected red and the head and upper body were visible above patchy fog, appearing as tall as the surrounding corn. The witness drove away frightened without stopping for a closer look.
Young boy has night time sighting near Chrisney
A child staying overnight at a relative's farm looked out an attic window after bedtime and saw a dark figure illuminated by a truck's headlights near a shed. The figure had unusually long arms, a rounded head, and did not reflect light before running west. Two relatives searched the area with shotguns and a vehicle but found no one.
Family has several sightings at a summer cabin near Winamac.
During a family weekend at riverside cottages, a group of children playing outdoors screamed and pointed toward the dense woods. Adults who ran outside reported seeing a tall, dark-haired biped walking away toward the treeline, with an additional young witness seeing only its back as it entered the woods. An adult aimed a rifle but lowered it without firing, later saying he feared it might be a person.
Sasquatch sighting near Winamac, Indiana
Years later a relative reported waking in the same cabin and seeing a large yellow hairy creature looking through a doorway before it left quickly.
Sasquatch sighting near Winamac, Indiana
A decade later two relatives waited quietly on a screened porch at night, smelled a strong rotten-meat odor, and watched a large dark-haired biped pass under a bridge light before dropping to all fours to cross the bridge while a dog chased it and returned injured.