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Daylight sighting by turkey hunter near Napoli
The witness was hunting turkey with a relative on wooded state land when he noticed movement about 20 yards away. He observed a stocky, hair-covered biped at least six feet tall that swiftly ran downhill and out of sight. The relative was looking another direction and did not see it. The sighting lasted about five seconds in good daylight.
A bicyclist's daylight, partial sighting of a large animal with a rancid smell
The witness was riding a bike on a country road in the morning when a very strong rancid smell was noticed. A patch of brown fur was glimpsed ahead about six feet off the ground moving back into the woods, with no road crossing seen. A chained dog across the road was barking toward the woods and appeared agitated. On riding past the spot again shortly after, the smell was gone and nothing further was seen or heard.
July 2000, Lewis County Group of Young Hikers see large Bipedal Creature
A group of girls on a summer-camp hike entered a swamp-like area where they heard twigs snap, smelled a foul odor, and saw a dark hairy bipedal creature moving among trees. The creature paused and looked toward them after one girl screamed, and the group fled. A counselor later told them it was a bear, which the witness doubted because it walked on two legs and was in a swamp.
Campers describe a possible approach to a camp near Lake George, Adirondacks
Six people were camping at a lakeside site late at night. After most of the group went to bed, the witness entered a tent set very close to the water. The witness and a companion heard splashing and branches moving behind the tent, then the witness saw an elbow-like shape drag down the tent wall. This was followed by loud heavy thuds of something running away from camp.
Close roadside observation of female upright animal along country road
Two companions driving slowly on a dark rural road late at night noticed a large dark figure standing on a steep bank at the road edge. They initially thought it was a large person in dark clothing, but as they passed within a few feet it turned its torso to look at them, showing a broad human-like face with a very wide upturned nose, a large torso with breasts, and a conical head with dark coarse hair. They concluded it did not appear human and continued driving without stopping.
Motorists and firefighters observe a sasquatch darting across Rt. 224 SE of Odessa
While driving at night the witness and a companion saw a tall dark figure dart across the road in front of oncoming fire trucks. The figure reportedly ran on two legs with long strides and ape-like arm swings, crossing from a cornfield into brush and woods. The witnesses interpreted it as a frightened animal rather than a person and later found no tracks at the site.
Young girls remember seeing a hair-covered creature running under a streetlight near Belmont
Two 13-year-olds were playing outside in front of a house on a snowy winter night when they saw a tall, hair-covered biped running along the side of the road about 50 feet away under a streetlight. They described it as 7 to 9 feet tall, covered head to toe in fur, and running faster than anything they had seen. After it ran out of sight, they ran inside to tell an adult, who did not believe them, and they stayed inside because they were frightened.
Two see 7- 8 Foot Creature on dead end road
Two companions stopped on an unused dead-end road late at night. While one waited in the truck with the high beams on, a tall brown man-shaped animal appeared in the light. It stood still for about a minute, made a grunt sound, then turned and walked away with an unusual swaggering gait. The pair left the area in reverse, frightened by what they saw.
Sequence of loud vocalizations heard by campers
The witness took two young relatives camping overnight near an old logging road and storm-damaged trees. During the evening and night the group repeatedly heard unidentified noises and guttural patterned calls that seemed to get responses from farther away. In the morning the companions briefly saw something near bushes that froze then moved into shadow, and the group stopped after hearing a rock crash nearby. No footprints were found on the hard ground.
Daytime sighting by motorcyclist couple, a few miles from Saranac
The witness and his wife were coasting on a motorcycle on a wooded road when they saw two large, black, hairy figures standing in the middle of the road facing each other. The figures looked toward them and then ran quickly into the woods in opposite directions, bent at the waist. When the couple reached the spot, the figures were gone.
Witness has two encounters with an animal near Genesee River
The witness and a young relative were walking on a trail in winter when they heard movement in the woods beside them. A tall grayish-white animal came onto the path very close to them, made a growl-like sound, and moved away quickly. The pair fled the area and said no one believed their account.
Witness sees yellow. glowing eyes while four-wheeling
The witness and a companion were riding a four-wheeler through a swampy forest off abandoned tracks at dusk. The witness first noticed a black flash in the woods, then heard whistling and rustling behind them while riding slowly. Looking back, the witness perceived a large black bulk pursuing them and saw two yellow glowing eyes. The companion reportedly saw nothing, and the witness did not mention it at the time to avoid alarming the companion.
Possible nighttime sighting by campground operator in Bear Mountain State Park
The witness was riding as a passenger with a companion while driving home to a year-round campground at night. The witness spotted a brown, hairy figure crouched on a boulder on a hill, facing toward the companion's cabin. When headlights hit it, it paused briefly, leapt about nine feet to another rock, stood up and ran bipedally out of sight down the hill. The companion did not see it.
White creature seen running through the woods, footprints found
The witness was walking with a friend out of tall grass into a field in the late afternoon when a tall, slim, white-furred creature was noticed about 100 feet away in the woods. The creature appeared to notice them, turned, and ran away very quickly. The witness did not see its face, hands, or feet clearly.
Video footage shot at dusk shows a primate in a tree in the background
A group filmed their campfire in upstate New York in 1997 without noticing anything unusual at the time. Years later while transferring the tape, a viewer noticed a dark figure moving in the trees in the background. The footage is described as showing a smaller ape-like figure about five feet tall climbing and swinging between trees with great agility, and follow-up review describes a second larger bipedal silhouette nearby.
Morning sighting by motorist at railroad crossing near Median
The witness was driving home from work in the early morning and stopped at a railroad crossing. While crossing she looked west and saw a tall, dark, hair-covered biped about 100 yards away crossing the tracks toward brush. She watched only a few seconds before driving home frightened.
Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek
Late at night the witness was driving on a narrow wooded road when a hairy figure darted from the roadside and crossed in front of the vehicle. The witness braked hard and briefly saw the figure from the side and rear in the headlights as it went up a bank into the woods. The figure was described as tall, powerfully built and long-haired with no visible neck.
Two people in canoe see creature on shoreline
Two companions fishing from a canoe at dusk noticed a dark crouched shape on the shoreline about 50 yards away. As they rowed closer the shape stood upright to about seven feet, looked toward them, turned toward a twig-snapping sound behind it, then spun and ran into the forest with further movement sounds heard. After waiting in the canoe, they paddled ashore and found two obscured marks in the sand where it had turned.
Sasquatch sighting in New York (1995)
The witness's family had moved to a remote house bordered by extensive forest. Over three consecutive nights an exchange student staying in the lower level reported a face watching him through the window while working out. The witness heard car-door-like slams and footsteps with no vehicle present, and on the final night the witness and the father chased outside and heard something crashing rapidly and powerfully through dense woods away from any road.
Motorist sighting in Harriman State Park not far from Appalachian Trail
The witness was riding as a front-seat passenger with two companions driving slowly on a winding park road at night with high beams on. The witness saw a large upright hair-covered being run across the road in front of the car and climb the bank into dense thickets. The driver saw movement but not details, and the occupants heard sounds of it moving upslope through leaf litter before it disappeared.