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May 2022 Glenn Allen, Valdez-Chitina-Whittier County, Alaska Class A #75309

Daylight road crossing sighting of a Sasquatch 65mi NE of Valdez

The witness and his wife were driving south on the Richardson Highway on a Sunday morning to get breakfast when a very large furry biped ran across the road in front of them. It crossed in only a few running steps and went into the ditch and timber. The witness described its arms and legs as human-like and its fur as dark possibly with auburn tips, and judged it too large and fast to be a human.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
July 2009 Fairbanks, Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #26604

Daytime sighting of reddish-colored bigfoot near Fairbanks

Driving home on Auburn Drive in Fairbanks in July 2009 around 6 p.m., the witness noticed a figure standing by the roadside about 100 yards ahead. As the witness closed to about 50 yards the figure bolted into the woods toward the elementary school, ran away from the road then turned to run parallel to it before disappearing. The witness stopped at the entry point, later circled via side roads to the school parking lot to look into the woods, but did not see it again.

Full-body sighting
23 April 2008 Tok, Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #23666

Passenger on the Alcan Highway sees a tall bipedal creature walk across the road

The witness was riding as a passenger in a westbound vehicle on the highway when he saw a tall, single-colored figure crossing the road ahead on an incline. The figure reportedly walked upright in long strides across the lanes and into the forest. When the vehicle reached the crossing point, there were no houses or any sign of the figure in the woods.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingPossible hoax
June 2004 State Highway 30 - 45 Minutes West Of Customs Station Alaska/Canadian Border., Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #9317

Driver on Alcan Highway has noon, road encounter near Alaska-Canada border

The witness was driving westbound toward Tok with a companion while towing a trailer. The witness noticed a tall, light-colored animal standing at the treeline with its back turned, reaching up a white-bark tree with its right arm. The witness stopped the truck to get a camera, but the animal was gone by the time they exited the truck. The witness later estimated its height at over nine feet by measuring a similar tree from memory.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
9 February 2004 Hydaburg, Prince of Wales County, Alaska Class A #7963

Sasquatch walks past window of house at night

The witness's daughter was home alone late at night when she heard something pacing back and forth outside her bedroom window. She looked out and saw a very large black figure that appeared well above the bottom of the window. She called her parent terrified and hid until she was picked up. The reporting parent found her hysterical and felt uneasy approaching the house.

Partial sightingFootsteps
February 2004 Anchorage / Hillside, Anchorage County, Alaska Class A #13038

Snowmobiler has encounter in deep snow near Potter, AK

The witness was snowmachining at night with two companions when the witness rode ahead into an opening in the woods. After noticing strange tracks and a depression in fresh snow, the witness's headlight illuminated a figure about 10 to 12 feet ahead running away. The figure ran through deep snow, jumped over a snow-covered log, and disappeared into trees and darkness. The witness turned back, rejoined the companions, and left the area.

Full-body sightingTracks
2003 Fairbanks, Alaska #da9eb7c7-a46e-450b-b86d-351581432b91

Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska (2003)

While driving down from a remote mine after an extended shift, two occupants noticed what looked like a burnt stump in a fenced slurry pond valley that began walking upright. They watched it take about ten steps before it entered the treeline, noting a tall dark form with long thin limbs. They were too exhausted to report it and continued home.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
May 2001 Hollis, Prince of Wales County, Alaska Class B #8797

Two boys find footprints on Harris River bank

Two cousins walking along a riverbank saw what the cousin thought was something standing about 100 feet ahead. The writer could not see it clearly without glasses, and the cousin then dismissed it as a stump. Going to the spot, they found three large human-like footprints in the sand, then left for a family picnic area.

Partial sightingTracks
16 June 2000 Kennikot, Cordova-McCarthy County, Alaska Class A #637

Campers' encounter just after dark in the Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve

The witness and a companion had made camp for the night off a trail. While standing on the trail smoking, the witness saw a large dark upright form that was first mistaken for a person on a bicycle. After calling to the companion and looking back, the witness saw it move quickly into the woods on two legs. No trace was found the next day.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteVocalization
3 September 1998 Bethel County, Alaska Class B #1255

Creature observed walking back and forth by witnesses

Two companions on a caribou hunt watched from a ridge with binoculars as a large grey animal on hind legs crossed a distant clearing between spruce trees over about half an hour. They lost sight of it when caribou entered the area and it moved into heavy brush. After the hunt, a bush pilot suggested the description matched the Iliamna region's 'Hairy Man' known to local native people.

Full-body sighting
22 May 1998 Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #1257

Family on their way home see a large, hairy creature cross the road

Four people driving home reported a large hairy bipedal figure crossing the road in front of them and disappearing into brush toward a river. They described it as about seven feet tall and ape-like, covering a roughly 35-foot-wide road in four to five steps. They later returned to look for tracks and reported finding unfamiliar inward-pointing prints, but no other sounds or signs.

Road crossingFull-body sightingTracks
Spring 1995 Hydaburg, Prince of Wales County, Alaska Class A #2917

Family observes large biped from car

The witness was driving with three children and pulled into a turnaround at dusk with headlights on. Movement in bushes beside the road revealed bright blue eyes on a tall dark figure standing and looking at them, with huge feet noted. The witness drove away quickly and reports avoiding the area after dark since.

Partial sightingEyeshine
Fall 1992 Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska Class A #1260

Two witnesses see a large orangutan-type animal sitting in the road

The witness was driving a companion's low truck at night near the Denali Park tourist area when the headlights lit a hairy figure sitting on the center line with knees drawn up and head lowered. The witness passed very close to it at road level and compared it to an orangutan, noting no known Alaska animal matched. Both occupants stayed silent until reaching Healy, where they confirmed to each other that both had seen it.

Full-body sighting
1990–1999 Valdez-Chitina-Whittier County, Alaska Class A #1261

Fisherman views a sasquatch through binoculars at a distance of 1000 feet

The witness was waiting on an anchored fishing boat while a companion was upriver checking the salmon run. While scanning the shore with binoculars toward evening, the witness saw a sasquatch walking across the tundra about 1,000 feet away. The animal moved with long smooth steps and had dark shoulder hair that bounced behind like a cape.

Full-body sighting
1980–1989 Fairbanks, Alaska #da9eb7c7-a46e-450b-b86d-351581432b91

Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska (1980)

A long-time mine operator recalled working at the bottom of a long metal tunnel when he sensed a presence and looked up to see a tall figure bent over to peer through the tall doorway. When he waved and shouted, the figure quickly left. He later realized its height must have exceeded the doorway because it had to stoop.

Partial sighting
1970–1979 Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #1258

Sighting by Army personnel on manuevers

During summer military training the witness was camped above treeline with a group and noticed movement across a valley about half a mile away. A dark figure crossed snowfields on two legs with long strides and swinging arms, moving fast in a way the witness felt was unlike a bear or a human. The group watched together until the figure blended into rocks and disappeared, and they were too frightened to inspect the area that night or the next day.

Full-body sighting
September 1964 Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #1256

Witness observers 6 foot, shaggy, dark brown creature off Richardson Hwy

The witness was rabbit hunting along a dirt road when a very tall, shaggy dark brown figure appeared about 30 feet ahead, stared and grunted, then walked quietly into the woods. The witness did not feel threatened but turned back toward the car while hearing cracking branches and low-to-high tones from where the figure went. Some sounds were answered from the other side of the road, prompting the witness to walk faster.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1940–1949 Portlock, Alaska #118c8ac9-9f00-40d7-9768-ce1b8b84cb4c

Sasquatch sighting near Portlock, Alaska (1940)

In the 1940s near a cannery town, a hunter preparing to enter the mountains was attacked by a very tall hairy creature. His dogs drove the creature off and others found him alive. He lived long enough to describe the attacker as a giant hairy being before dying.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1850–1859 Alaska #118c8ac9-9f00-40d7-9768-ce1b8b84cb4c

Sasquatch sighting in Alaska (1850)

A San Francisco newspaper article from the 1850s reportedly described giant creatures coming out of the hills on the Kenai Peninsula. The creatures were said to capture humans and eat them.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: In the 1980's Kenai-Cook Inlet County, Alaska Class B #1259

While hunting small game, witness gets a glimpse of "the hairy man"

A man hunting small game claimed a tall, fully hairy figure walked across a dirt road near Skilak Lake. The figure paused, looked in his direction appearing surprised, then left swiftly into the woods. The witness watched from a few hundred yards away in daylight, loaded his shotgun because he was unsure of intent, and later chose not to tell authorities for fear of disbelief.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing