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Three men have a late night encounter with a bi-pedal figure
Three friends were on a late-night bike ride and had stopped to talk by a pond. They noticed a tall tan-or-gray figure standing behind a tree in the darkness. As they approached, the figure moved bipedally across the path toward the woods and one witness saw it glance back. The group followed to the wood line and heard movement in the branches for a short time before silence.
Nighttime sighting by residents near Smyrna, NY
Two people were sitting on a porch late at night when they noticed a tall figure covered in hair moving along the road. The figure moved upright with very long strides and swinging arms, looking straight ahead without turning toward them. It was out of sight within seconds while faint footfalls were heard.
Daylight sighting by hunter outside Salamanca
The witness was hunting for small game with two companions near railroad tracks when a loud crashing noise was heard. The witness then saw a tall dark hairy bipedal creature cross the tracks. A strong skunk-like odor was noticed in the area.
Possible sighting by camper in wee hours at Sabbath Day Point, Lake George
The witness was camping in a tent near Sabathday Point and stepped outside in the early morning to make a phone call. After the call he heard a noise and saw a large hairy human-shaped figure about 60 feet away walking up a slight incline. He watched for about five seconds, noted it lacked a bear-like snout, then ran back to the tent to tell his companions.
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.
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.
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.
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 (1994)
The second guest was scouting alone near his hunting camp in the Adirondacks in September 1994 at the start of archery season. After noticing shaking trees he walked a leafy trail at dusk and came face-to-face within arm's reach of a very large hairy man-like figure. The figure growled, shaking the witness, who closed his eyes, then fled to camp.
Sasquatch sighting near Sackett's Harbor, New York (1980)
After cattle broke through the fence, the witness's brother and a friend went deeper into the woods to find a missing cow. They came running out saying they had seen big monkey people and that one chased them.
Sasquatch sighting near Whitehall, New York (1976)
The guest drove into an unmowed field off Abair Road after midnight with a trooper in another field and waited. After tree-breaking sounds and the trooper fleeing, a large hairy upright creature approached to about 30 feet, vocalized intensely, then turned and walked away across the field into the woods.
Sasquatch sighting near Clarendon, New York
A relative of the witness reported seeing a tall bipedal figure with reddish fur cross a trail, pause to look and vocalize, then continue into the woods.
Sasquatch sighting in New York
The guest's teenage son took the dog for a walk to a waterfall on the property and heard heavy breathing. A reddish-brown muscular creature darted from a cove, leapt about 12 to 15 feet, looked back with a surprised expression, then ran down the shallow creek without touching stones. The son was shaken and the family later measured about eight feet tall at the site.
Door or window contact near Allen, New York
The family reports years of disturbances in the farmhouse including doorbell and knocks with no one there, loud bangs upstairs, claw-like footsteps down stairs, and a howl from upstairs. Witnesses also describe solid-looking figures including a man at the foot of a bed holding a hat with no head, a sulfur-smelling man from a closet, and hairy legs entering a bedroom, plus moved objects such as truck doors, a broken statue, a sliding piano bench and chair during a blessing.