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1968 Place not stated EP 803

Vocalization (1968)

While hospitalized with severe flu that affected her heart, the witness felt her consciousness leave her body. She describes floating near the ceiling, seeing a bright light, and hearing a voice offering a choice to stay or return. She chose to return to raise her young child.

Vocalization
1968–1969 California EP 255

Sasquatch sighting in California (1968)

Before sunrise the girl walked to the back pasture with three dogs and saw something white by an embankment. It stood up, cleared a cattle fence, and ran into bushes screaming. The dogs came back scared while her horse was unafraid.

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Fall 1968 Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina Class B #6960

Early morning vocalizations heard near Rainbow Creek

The witness was lying in bed at home around 4am when an unidentified screaming sound was heard outside. Dogs appeared to chase the source, and heavy thudding footsteps passed the window followed by barking dogs. The witness was frightened, did not look outside, and years later recognized a similar scream on a television program about Bigfoot.

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1968–1969 Washington EP 886

Movement only in Washington (1968)

While serving on active duty and assigned to guard duty at a military base, the witness's father and others in his unit responded to a report of noises at a newly installed perimeter fence. They found several fence posts pulled from the ground and saw movement. They ordered whoever was there to show themselves and then fired, finding no blood or other result, and the unit was shipped out much earlier than originally scheduled.

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1968 Place not stated Related account #1730

Unidentified sound (1968)

A group on a scouting outing heard human-like sounds late at night that were thought to be an injured child.

Unidentified sound
September 1967 Ligonier Pa, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Class A #23956

Man recounts boyhood sighting at Fairfield Summer Camp near Ligonier

As an eight-year-old at a two-week summer camp, the witness was lying awake in an open cabin at night after the head count. He heard footsteps circle the cabin and then saw a very tall, dark-haired, gorilla-like figure fill the open doorway and stare in for several minutes. The figure then left toward the mess area, after which the witness heard garbage cans being overturned.

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15 August 1967 River Grove, Cook County, Illinois Class A #46494

Memory told of a daytime sighting in Schiller Woods

The witness was resting by the Des Plaines River during a bicycle ride when a hair-covered creature was seen across the river splashing in the water. After the witness coughed, the creature threw large rocks toward the witness, then crossed the river silently and confronted the witness at close range. The witness fled along a trail while hearing a loud howl and screaming and seeing additional shadowy figures across the river.

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15 August 1967 Bonita, Menominee County, Wisconsin Class B #25082

Retired police officer recalls he and a friend being intimidated from continuing their hike, near Bonita

Two companions were hiking a faint trail in late afternoon to scout a fishing spot for the next morning. From a short distance ahead they heard an extremely loud, high-pitched scream that continued without pause for minutes. As they retreated, trees were heard and seen breaking and falling along a nearby ridge as the unseen source moved parallel to them. They never saw the source and left the area without returning.

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July 1967 North Bend, Washington EP 713

Scream near North Bend, Washington (1967)

The witness and four friends camped near Mount Si to ride mini-bikes and fish a beaver pond creek. A loud guttural scream panicked them, then an arm and head peeked over a stump before a giant brown creature stood up, stared, and walked 50 yards into trees. They fled on bikes and later camped with armed strangers before going home.

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June 1967 West Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania #1722

Campers hear upright creature walking near campsite

The witness was camping with friends on a relative's farm when they heard noises from woods to the north. A deer ran past their campfire and they heard movement as if something was walking around their campsite. Thinking it might be a bear, they readied rifles until the sounds faded after about ten minutes. They were left with the impression of something large moving upright.

Unidentified soundMovement onlyPossible misidentification
1967 Mehama, Marion County, Oregon #331

Forest Service Geologist followed near N. Sanitam River

In 1967, a geologist was doing work related to trail construction along the North Santiam River east of Mehama, Oregon. The geologist reported being followed by something that repeatedly struck sticks together.

Wood knock
1967–1968 Puyallup, Washington EP 876

Chatter near Puyallup, Washington (1967)

As a young child living at the back of a new housing development bordered by woods, the guest would be woken by his father to listen through an open window to echoing screams and rapid chatter. The father identified the sounds as Bigfoot signal calls. This happened several nights a week and sparked a shared scrapbook interest.

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1967 California EP 705

Sasquatch sighting in California (1967)

The witness, then about nine and a half, was staying with his father at a family mining claim cabin. After dogs began barking, a large dark hairy biped crossed the road and approached to within about thirty to forty feet while growling toward a loud dredge operating nearby. It then left into riverside willows, a tractor was heard leaving quickly, and the party left the property the same day.

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1967 Yukon EP 634

Whoop in Yukon (1967)

While camped by a large river the group heard whoops and wood knocks from across the water. Around midnight rocks and small trees were thrown at camp and horses panicked. The witness says mental contact with a familiar individual led to intervention and a warning to leave immediately.

WhoopWood knockRock throwingObject throwing
1967 Alberta EP 634

Sasquatch sighting in Alberta (1967)

As an eleven-year-old the witness became hypothermic swimming a freezing river and drifted toward a grizzly fishing downstream. A loud roar came from the hillside and a large hairy biped carrying two large rocks ran to the river, causing the bear to flee. The witness exchanged mental communication with the figure before relatives arrived and the figure disappeared.

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1967–1969 Unalaska Island, Alaska EP 570

Sasquatch sighting near Unalaska Island, Alaska (1967)

In the late 1960s on treeless Unalaska Island, the guest's cousin and another relative heard a neighbor baby's distinctive colicky cry outside at dusk. They went out to help, found nothing, and on returning saw a hairy man ten feet away in front of a bay window perfectly imitating the cry. The guest said the cousin remains shaken decades later.

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1967–1969 Unalaska, Alaska EP 514

Sasquatch sighting near Unalaska, Alaska (1967)

Two cousins in a treeless island apartment heard a neighbor baby's distinctive colicky cry outside at dusk. Going out to check and returning, they saw a hairy man ten feet away in front of the bay window apparently perfectly imitating the cry.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1967–1969 Alaska EP 322

Sasquatch sighting in Alaska (1967)

The guest's cousin and another relative heard a familiar colicky baby cry outside at dusk and went out to check on a neighbor's infant. Finding nothing, they returned toward the apartment and saw a hairy man ten feet away in front of the bay window perfectly imitating the baby's cry. The witness remains shaken decades later.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1967–1993 Ransom, Pike County, Kentucky Class B #30814

Possible encounters at a home located on a steep hillside near Ransom

The witness was sitting outside on a warm late evening visiting with his father when he heard steady bipedal-sounding footsteps descending the steep wooded hill behind the house. The sounds grew closer to the treeline, stopped and shuffled briefly, then returned up the hill until out of earshot. The witness saw no light and heard no voice, and his father heard nothing.

Footsteps
Summer 1967 Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio Class B #7830

Two teenagers witness something running from a pack of dogs on two legs, screaming very loud. The next day large five toed tracks are found

Late at night in 1967 the witness and a friend were watching TV when barking dogs drew them to look outside. They saw a large human-like figure running while being chased by dogs and emitting a loud screaming sound. The next day the witness found very large bare-foot tracks in mud near home and learned relatives on the next street had also heard the screaming.

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