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October 1955 British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/JIXgl3Wz15O7YUv4aMl5Gq6qfU8nSrXrFWjjSs1TQUE

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1955)

Retold as a classic historical report, a hunter watched a large hair-covered biped emerge near a mine, eat leaves, notice him, and walk away vocalizing. He described human-like ears, small dark eyes, broad nose, and long arms, and decided not to shoot.

Full-body sightingVocalization
October 1955 Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/iqimrATuQKXg0yc7o6x_-4bDjWzMteVl9yuRWmJEZt0

Sasquatch sighting near Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia (1955)

The witness hiked up a mountain to visit an abandoned mine and encountered a large hair-covered biped at close range. The creature approached to within about twenty feet, foraged on leaves, then noticed the witness and retreated while vocalizing. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding site before describing the encounter as a lasting mystery.

Full-body sightingVocalizationScat
1950–1959 British Columbia Class C #2440

Camp cook sees a sasquatch at a logging camp while loggers were away from camp

A cook at a remote logging camp reportedly saw a being she described as a sasquatch while the crew was away cutting trees. The account is presented as a long-circulating story among local old residents, said to date to the early 1950s. No visual details of the being are given in the report.

Partial sighting
28 November 1941 Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants

Sasquatch sighting near Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia (1941)

A 1941 newspaper report said Fort [name withheld] was being terrorized by an enormous Sasquatch. A family who cited the behemoth claimed it was at least 14 feet tall. It was described as about twice as tall as a normal Sasquatch.

Full-body sighting
1934 British Columbia #59321171-6806-4d6d-8ffe-b5c669b83190

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1934)

A woman washing clothes in a river in British Columbia heard a close buzzing like a hummingbird. She turned to see a Bigfoot nearby and covered her eyes, believing the sound aided hypnotism. The account is presented as a 1934 Canadian report.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
Summer 1924 British Columbia Class A #1091

Albert Ostman account -- Multiple-day encounter with family of Sasquatches

A prospector camping alone in coastal mountains awoke at night to being carried inside his sleeping bag for hours to a small enclosed valley. There he encountered four hair-covered individuals described as a family group and was held for about six days living on remaining canned food. He gained favor with the younger ones using snuff and handmade utensils, then incapacitated the adult male with a large dose of snuff and escaped during the resulting commotion, hiking south to a logging camp for help.

Full-body sightingChatterProperty disturbanceScream
1924 British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/10/18/sc-ep156-1924-albert-ostman-encounter

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1924)

The witness was prospecting and camping near the head of Toba Inlet when supplies were disturbed for three nights. He was then carried inside his sleeping bag for about three hours to an enclosed valley. There a family group of four hair-covered beings held him for six days, during which he shared small gifts and observed their behavior. He escaped after the adult male swallowed snuff and became ill, then hiked out to civilization.

Full-body sightingChatterScream
the year before British Columbia Related account #1083

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

The witness had shot a grizzly bear near the same spot the previous year.

Full-body sighting
A number of years later Rossland, British Columbia Related account #14511

Odor near Rossland, British Columbia

Several years later in the same general area the witness and companions staying in a remote cabin smelled the same odor, heard scream-like yells all night, and the witness saw a bipedal figure outside while gathering firewood.

OdorScreamPartial sighting
BFRO YEAR: about 1969 Rossland, British Columbia Class A #34822

Memory told of a nighttime sighting while traveling on a mountainside near Rossland

The witness was riding in the back seat of a car driving up a mountain dirt road in the evening to watch the sky. In the headlights at a hairpin where a creek crossed the road, she saw a tall grey hairy figure bent over the creek. It stood, took a long stride, stepped up a steep dirt bank and disappeared into trees within moments. A companion in the back seat also saw it and was frightened, while the two occupants in the front seat were looking elsewhere and saw nothing.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1970 to current Kootenay Bay, Abbotsford & Mission, British Columbia Class A #28740

Man recollects multiple encounters from 1970 to present near Kootenay, Chadsey & Davis Lakes

On a warm summer night in 1993, the witness rode with two companions in a truck from the lakeside cabin toward a property above. In the headlights about 100 metres away they saw a small dark hairy creature crouched on all fours in the road with long straight legs, no visible tail or protruding ears, and large bright shining eyes. After a moment of sudden fear the group drove up a driveway, discussed the sighting briefly, and returned minutes later to find nothing.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
BFRO YEAR: 1983 or 84 Kitwanga Indian Reserve, British Columbia Class A #3041

Children see a bigfoot while playing near home

On a hot summer afternoon several children were playing on a grandparent's farm when geese and dogs reacted to something near the pond path. The group then saw a tall, broad-shouldered creature standing silently in the shadows by the smoke house watching them. An adult called the children inside, and when they were later allowed outside the creature was gone.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1984/85 Withheld, British Columbia Class A #13642

Early morning sighting by 10 year old child in a backyard tent in the Lower Fraser Valley

The witness was sleeping outdoors in a field with two companions near the woods. On waking early in the morning, the witness watched a single large dark creature walk along the edge of the woods past them while maintaining eye contact. The observation lasted seconds, after which the witness went back to sleep without waking the companions.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 87 or 88 Langley, BC, Canada., British Columbia Class A #20415

Man describes his childhood observation in daylight on a farm outside Langley

Around midday on the family's farm, the witness and an adult tenant saw a very tall brown ape-like creature cross an open field from the woods toward a barn a few hundred feet away. The creature walked hunched forward, turned to look the witness in the eyes for a few seconds, then ducked slightly to enter the barn. The tenant fled by car while a relative working on a door lock nearby did not see it.

Full-body sighting
Dec 2003 Withheld, British Columbia Related account #12703

Sasquatch sighting near Withheld, British Columbia

Three years earlier the witness and a companion found a large woven nest over a dug hole, saw eyes, heard knocks and felt thumps from below, then saw dark shapes while fleeing.

EyeshineWood knockPartial sightingUnidentified soundMovement only
during a different BFRO expedition Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia Related account #65223

Sasquatch sighting near Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia

During a different expedition in the same area, a smaller figure roughly the size of a large chimpanzee was reportedly seen in daylight.

Partial sighting
Date unknown British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/12/18/sc-ep283-sasquatch-and-smallpox

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

A contact told the guest a story heard from elders about a smallpox period when a Bigfoot family brought diseased young and sick adults to the edge of a human village seeking help. The humans were also pocked and dying and could do nothing, so the family turned and walked back into the bush.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2013/12/30/sc-ep9-a-look-back-at-2013-in-the-bigfoot-world

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

Crew members on a fishing boat anchored off Village Island noticed a strong unfamiliar odor after entering a bay. After dark a large crouched creature with elongated red eyes appeared on the shoreline and was watched for almost an hour. One experienced hunter aboard said it was not a bear and chose not to shoot.

Partial sightingEyeshineOdor
Date unknown British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2013/12/30/sc-ep9-a-look-back-at-2013-in-the-bigfoot-world

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

The witness was sleeping in a motorhome on Vancouver Island when something large violently rocked the vehicle. He saw a very hairy bipedal creature standing outside the window, then ran outside and smelled a strong musky odor like dead fish. He heard its footsteps stop nearby in the dark and retreated inside without seeing it again.

Partial sightingVehicle contactFootstepsOdor
last winter Mount Curry, British Columbia #820347b6-898b-4a5d-96b6-58dc9da8d61d

Eyeshine near Mount Curry, British Columbia

A woman doing dishes at her kitchen window looked out and saw two red glowing eyes at second-floor height staring back. The house backs directly onto forest with mountains behind. The teller later visited and thought the source may have been in a tree since the ground did not allow 15-foot height.

Eyeshine