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November 1972 Raquette Lake, Hamilton County, New York #985

Hunters frightened by loud vocalizations

In November 1972 a relative of the writer and two companions were playing cards in a camper near Brown's Tract Pond during a hunting trip. Late in the evening they heard an extremely loud and unusual scream lasting about 10-15 seconds. They searched behind the camper with flashlights that night and looked for tracks the next morning but found nothing.

Scream
November 1972 Estey, Midland County, Michigan Class A #2830

BF shakes bush and screams at 2 hunters

Two people entering the woods to deer hunt at daybreak encountered a large creature about 150 feet ahead. The creature stood up, paced, shook a large bush, and screamed at them, causing both to flee in panic. They returned in full daylight hours later, estimated its height at about 8 feet from the bush, and found no prints or hair.

Full-body sightingScream
29 October 1972 Chestline, Adams County, Illinois Class A #28423

Man recalls his face to face daylight encounter in Siloam Springs State Park

The witness was breaking camp for the weekend and walked down a path to smoke, sitting on a rock. After hearing a sound behind, the witness turned to see a large, bulky brown-gray hair-covered figure about twenty feet away downslope at eye level. They locked eyes for a few seconds while the witness noted facial details, then the figure swung around a tree and hurried down a gully making noise as the witness ran up the path.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundFootsteps
10 October 1972 Verona Beach, Oneida County, New York Class B #27035

Man recounts childhood incident at his home on Oneida Lake

The witness, age 11 at the time, was in bed when a large shadow was cast on the bedroom wall from outside the window for about 20 to 30 seconds. A few minutes later the witness heard the back storage room door being ripped off and sounds of ransacking, including the freezer being opened and heavy objects moved. The next morning the storage room was found in disarray with the door off, faint scratches without tool marks, and frozen foods missing.

SilhouetteUnidentified soundDoor or window contactProperty disturbance
26 August 1972 Medicine Hat, Alberta Class A #38116

A boy's summer encounter in a Saskatoon patch in Strathcona Island Park, next to Medicine Hat

In the afternoon after swimming, the witness ran ahead of the group on a winding trail back toward the campsite. Stopped by a strong foul odor, the witness noticed a large dark furry creature sitting among berry bushes a short distance away. The creature stayed motionless and made a quiet chattering sound, after which the witness ran away while hearing it crash away through the trees. No one else in the group saw or heard the creature.

Partial sightingOdorChatterFootsteps
August 1972 Minerva, Carroll County, Ohio EP 776

Sasquatch sighting near Minerva, Ohio (1972)

The witness and four friends rode bicycles to an abandoned house in the woods. He saw a large hairy shape pass a back window, then the group ran outside and saw a tall hairy creature peering around the corner of the house. After a friend hit it with a rock it screamed and fell through the weak porch floor while they fled to their bikes and later reported it to police who laughed.

Partial sightingScreamOdorMovement only
August 1972 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada Class B #5770

Four feral dogs chase sasquatch

On a clear night in August 1972, the 12-year-old witness was reading late in his bedroom when feral dogs chased something into his backyard. He heard heavy bipedal footfalls, a violent impact against the house corner and window, a grunt, and then a short deep growl directed at the dogs, followed by silence. The intruder then fled over a cedar fence as the dogs pursued, leaving a strong foul odor. Next morning the witness found a flattened flowerbed and trellis, a toppled lumber stack, and a tuft of hair of uncertain origin on the fence.

FootstepsGrowlVocalizationDoor or window contactProperty disturbance +1
August 1972 Van Zandt, Whatcom County, Washington Class A #5771

Silhouette awakens boy while camping near S. Fork Nooksack River

The witness and a cousin were on an overnight fishing trip and sleeping at a riverside camp. In the middle of the night the witness awoke to hissing sounds and saw a broad-shouldered silhouetted figure about 20 feet away behind a fence for several minutes. The figure then turned and left silently, after which rapid clicking sounds like rocks striking were heard moving away across the river.

Partial sightingSilhouetteVocalizationUnidentified sound
August 1972 Satsop, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class A #1226

Teens returning from baseball game were chased by bigfoot.

Two boys walking home late at night were followed by a large dark figure that kept pace with them without running. They fled to a neighboring house, where the resident let them in and all three watched the figure stand in the front yard about 12 feet from the porch before it crossed the road and descended an embankment toward the river plain. At dawn a neighbor was called and later found large footprints that were traced downriver until they entered the water.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
August 1972 Cougar, Cowlitz County, Washington Class B #1612

Screams terrify campers near Mt. St. Helens

Five people were camping together at dawn when they heard rapid crashing and thrashing through nearby underbrush with snapping twigs. This was followed by a loud, high-pitched scream described as like a woman screaming, estimated to be 30-50 yards away. The group was terrified and left the area immediately.

Movement onlyScream
29 July 1972 Chuluota, Seminole County, Florida Class A #37304

Best friends recall watching their dirt bike being canvassed by a hairy biped while camping at Lake Mills

Two companions were sleeping at a lakeside camp when one was awakened around 4 a.m. by snapping brush. A tall reddish-brown furry biped entered camp, bent over a parked motorcycle and gently touched it with both hands while ignoring the witnesses, then stood and walked away through thick brush. The witnesses waited, fled on the motorcycle, and later returned by car to retrieve their gear.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
20 July 1972 McKenzie River Valley, Lane County, Oregon #295

Another sighting from same logging operation

The witness reported a dark brown creature squatted in deep grass staring at the witness's dog. When the creature noticed the witness it fled very fast into alder thickets, audible for about ten steps. The witness described it as extremely muscular with a pointed head and no neck.

Partial sightingFootsteps
15 July 1972 Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri Class A #1136

Creature seen stepping over four foot barbed wire fence near the town of Louisiana

The witness was walking alone east along a rural road at dusk when a strong foul odor appeared and a tall figure was seen at the edge of a pasture. The figure watched the witness, matched movements, and approached, then chased the witness who fled to a farmhouse porch. The creature eventually left toward the pasture with farm dogs chasing it, and the witness hid until a companion arrived.

Full-body sightingOdorScream
15 July 1972 Burleson County, Texas Class B #1632

Family camping at Lake Somerville is menaced by a loud screaming creature

The witness and relatives were camped overnight when a foul stench filled the air and an extremely loud scream beginning as a growl was heard. The dog hid, and rounds fired into the air temporarily drove the source away, but it returned repeatedly until dawn despite a large fire. Nothing was ever seen and no unusual tracks were found, though a nearby stand of broken saplings carried the same odor.

ScreamGrowlOdorTree break
July 1972 Lake Cushman, Washington EP 1189

Sasquatch sighting near Lake Cushman, Washington (1972)

Early next morning the witness followed chatter and movement along an old road and sat in a huckleberry clearing. A large blonde-brown female sat about eight to ten feet away feeding, yawned showing human-like teeth, held his hand, and fed chewed berries to a toddler. A large dark male watched from behind, a juvenile female appeared nearby, and after vocalizations and a tree being thrown down the group left.

Full-body sightingChatterTracksScatTree break +2
July 1972 Lake Cushman, Washington EP 1189

Scream near Lake Cushman, Washington (1972)

After making camp the group heard loud hysterical-like screams alternating between higher-pitched, baritone and child-like sounds. A woman walking nearby said she had heard the screams and thought she saw a mountain gorilla across the road. The witness did not consider the sounds to be coyote or cougar.

ScreamPartial sighting
July 1972 Unknown County, Idaho #3937

Soldier sees something watching them

The witness was camped with fellow soldiers above the treeline during a training exercise. A bipedal form emerged from the treeline below, approached to about 25 yards from the dying fires, stared for several minutes, then turned and walked back down the mountain. The witness heard it moving away, saw only a form with red eyes and no other detail, and later heard other soldiers discussing the sighting.

Partial sightingEyeshineFootsteps
July 1972 Junction City, Trinity County, California Class B #160

Papoose Lake in the Trinity Alps Primitive Area

Two campers sheltering in a tent during a severe nighttime storm heard a heavy bipedal animal circling their camp for about four hours. The animal repeatedly screamed loudly and snapped large branches as it walked, at times coming within about 20 feet, but darkness prevented any visual observation. In the morning they found no tracks or sign on the wet granite surface and hiked out.

ScreamFootsteps
June 1972 Kentucky EP 441

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1972)

Guest age 7 and his grandfather saw a tall upright figure standing above the corn at the edge of the field in the evening and went inside. Later that night the guest woke to a strong odor and saw a dark hairy figure filling the bedroom window looking in, while his grandfather held a pistol. The figure moved to the front porch where the grandfather fired a shotgun through the screen door, after which it fled up the road vocalizing with screams and distant whoops.

Partial sightingOdorFootstepsScreamGrowl +2
May 1972 Place not stated EP 393

Scream (1972)

A couple with the wife's mother camped on newly bought mountain land. After dark a very loud siren-like scream lasting seconds came from close in the woods, prompting the husband to get a gun. Later that night something leaned against the mother's side of the tent and she struck it with a heavy lantern. The husband later said he saw red eyes during the scream.

ScreamEyeshineDoor or window contact