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1960–1964 Louisville, Kentucky #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FKgzPJcCl-LD7jEndUrZ-Fc4pEQLLYAlJdZ35UatlYQ

Sasquatch sighting near Louisville, Kentucky (1960)

As teenagers, the witness and her boyfriend parked in a dirt cul-de-sac in a wooded park to spend time together. They heard heavy footsteps, snapping twigs and rustling circling them in the dark but could see nothing. When they drove away, the witness looked back and saw a tall, broad, long-armed silhouette step into the light under a street lamp, prompting them to flee. She later heard that a woman's mutilated body was found in the park, after which the park was placed under a nighttime curfew.

SilhouetteFootsteps
1960–1969 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/04/16/sc-ep316-two-guys-talking

Cryptid sighting (1960)

A family bought an old homestead where the son repeatedly said little people bothered him in the forest, horses refused the barn, and the barn smelled foul. One evening during dinner the son pointed to a bay window and the father saw a three-foot-tall hairy human-like being by an outdoor spigot apparently chattering to others below. It made eye contact, widened its eyes, leaned back, and dropped from view. The father later found a rock-covered hole in the barn opening to caverns with strong odor, and a neighbor warned that dwarves lived under the old ruined house.

Partial sightingChatterOdorProperty disturbance
1959 Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/10/08/sc-ep367-is-this-thing-something-more

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1959)

The guest relayed an older brother's account from years earlier of walking back from a store when a hairy man stepped out of the woods. The figure stopped in front of him, looked him over, grunted, and continued into the woods. The brother reportedly told the story for the rest of his life.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1955–1960 Louisiana #5f830af4-b4f3-41af-b8e3-743099a9e8cc

Sasquatch sighting in Louisiana (1955)

As a youth hunting with a small dog, the witness followed the dog down a creek and found a long dark form lying in a dugout in the bank. Looking closer the witness saw feet, a bleeding leg with sand piled on it, breathing and grumbling, and a large hand thrown behind it like a resting person. Frightened, the witness carried the dog away quietly then ran home.

Partial sightingVocalization
1950–1969 Kentucky #cb946455-d79d-4e6c-8c7d-fb639f566e42

Movement only in Kentucky (1950)

The guest's mother said that when she was a child staying with her cousin in a house next to a creek, they would hear something large moving up and down the creek lifting and moving rocks with stomping and strange noises. Dogs in the area would hide under the porch during these visits. The girls would stay in bed terrified listening.

Movement onlyUnidentified sound
1948 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/04/24/sc-ep213-dark-waters

Property disturbance (1948)

As a boy, the coworker and his family experienced prolonged territorial activity at their ranch. The creatures tried doors, dug under the house, got on the roof, and used distraction. Several loggers on the land were killed, including one who vanished leaving only a torn bloody shirt.

Property disturbanceDoor or window contactVocalization
1940–1949 Manitoba #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/15/sc-ep389-manitoba-bigfoot-encounter

Sasquatch sighting in Manitoba (1940)

An elderly mail carrier told the witness he was returning by horse and buggy from a dam community in the 1940s when a tall hair-covered wild man came from the bush screaming. His horse bolted and the creature ran alongside the wagon. He said he kept his head down and pretended not to see or hear it, which he believed saved him.

Full-body sightingScream
1934 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/25/sc-ep393-the-christmas-show

Vocalization (1934)

The teller's grandfather was riding a mule at night in 1934 while courting his future wife. Something in the woods startled or spoke to the mule, causing it to bolt hard for the barn. The rider held on prone and crashed into the barn wall, destroying a candle lantern.

VocalizationMovement only
1930–1949 [name withheld] #de74d18a-7286-487b-bfd7-0abb98dd433b

Footsteps in [name withheld] (1930)

The guest's grandmother was walking the guest's father as a child to school before daylight along a dirt road bordered by a tall solid wood fence in the Big Thicket. Something large and heavy paced them on the other side of the fence, stopping when they stopped and moving when they moved. They turned back halfway and abandoned school that day to avoid meeting it where the fence ended.

FootstepsMovement only
at night Place not stated Related account #16779

Sasquatch sighting

Other people in a nearby village report seeing or hearing a similar figure.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
when she ran away from home and was staying in the bush Place not stated Related account #12088

Unidentified sound

The witness's mother reported always hearing something following her while staying in the bush after running away from home.

Unidentified sound
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #12088

Unidentified sound

A relative reported hearing something while camping, throwing a rock toward it, and having a rock thrown back.

Unidentified soundRock throwing
over a ten-month period starting November 2004 and ending September 2005 Fort Coulonge, Quebec Related account #23086

Scream near Fort Coulonge, Quebec

Other seasonal and year-round residents heard similar loud unidentified howls, screams and roars at separate times over a ten-month period around the same cottages.

ScreamHowlGrowl
Date unknown Blind River, Ontario Related account #5473

Vocalization near Blind River, Ontario

A long-time neighbor called a relative in a boat on the lake who confirmed hearing the unexplained sounds.

Vocalization
as a child Markdale, Ontario Related account #31992

Scream near Markdale, Ontario

The witness's father reported hearing strange screams or growls in the woods near the pond when he was a child with companions.

ScreamGrowl
Date unknown Ontario Related account #1293

Footsteps in Ontario

A friend walking a dog in the same place heard distant footsteps after the dog barked intensely and then ran away.

Footsteps
a couple of nights ago Place not stated Related account #1293

Unidentified sound

A neighbor reportedly heard weird sounds outside his house a couple of nights before the main sighting.

Unidentified sound
about 1936 Place not stated Related account #5873

Sasquatch sighting

The witness's father and the father's brother were picking dew worms when they heard a grunt and rustling and saw a giant hairy man walk away into the bush.

Full-body sightingVocalizationUnidentified sound
in the forties Place not stated Related account #1422

Unidentified sound

Two people fishing reportedly heard a tree fall onshore attributed to a tree-striker being, with a later unsuccessful search for the fallen tree.

Unidentified sound
over a 30 year period Place not stated Related account #4899

Sasquatch sighting

Other people reported seeing animals, hearing them, and finding tracks over a 30-year period.

Partial sightingVocalizationTracks