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1914 Seattle, Washington EP 397

Sasquatch sighting near Seattle, Washington (1914)

A laborer picking berries was attacked by a hairy giant called Bosco that clawed his throat and struck him with a 25-pound window weight. Witnesses, tracks, bitten trees, eaten dog remains, and asphalt footprints were reported. The creature was seen swimming, eating fish, and peering into buildings.

Full-body sightingObject throwingTracksVocalization
22 September 1907 Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho #2670

Woman has rocks thrown at her and hears noises

The witness was hiking with companions and stepped into the woods on a mountain. The witness heard stomping and growling and ran back to the companions. A creature then emerged and threw rocks at the witness and the witness's boyfriend while a companion with a bow did not shoot.

FootstepsGrowlPartial sightingRock throwing
1907 Verona, Pennsylvania EP 322

Sasquatch sighting near Verona, Pennsylvania (1907)

A late pedestrian encountered a white-haired apparition that shrieked, dropped to all fours, clawed the sidewalk, and launched at him. He fled crying to a sheltering doorway while the pursuer passed on and vanished between houses. Neighbors reported being kept awake by weird cries.

Full-body sightingVocalizationHistorical account
April 1904 Sixes, Coos County, Oregon EP 1110

Sasquatch sighting near Sixes, Oregon (1904)

In 1904 near Sixes miners reported a wild man seen three times in three weeks. Two men heard something walk around and shake their cabin corner, heard a frightful noise, saw it walk away, shot and missed. Later a similar visit at dawn ended with the creature hurling a four-pound rock after being shot at.

Partial sightingVocalizationDoor or window contactRock throwing
1904 Roseburg, Coos County, Oregon EP 397

Sasquatch sighting near Roseburg, Oregon (1904)

Miners reported a seven-foot hairy wild man repeatedly shaking cabins at night and making frightful noise. Shots failed to stop it. On one morning it shook a door, was shot at, and retaliated by throwing a four-pound rock before vanishing.

Full-body sightingRock throwingProperty disturbanceFootsteps
14 January 1902 Chesterfield, Bannock County, Idaho EP 187

Tracks near Chesterfield, Idaho (1902)

Youngsters skating on a river were confronted by a hairy creature that yelled and brandished a large club, causing them to flee to their wagons. Tracks later found west of the river were much larger than expected for its height and had four toes. The teller speculated a larger adult may have retrieved a juvenile.

TracksFull-body sightingVocalization
1900 Waynesville, North Carolina EP 576

Vocalization near Waynesville, North Carolina (1900)

The guest retold the legend of the Boojum around 1900 when a hotel was built atop Eagle Nest Ridge. People heard weird howls in the forest, attributed to a seven-foot tall hairy man said to spy on women and hide gems, who communicated by hooting with a woman named [name withheld].

VocalizationFolklore
1895 Winstead, Connecticut EP 1127

Sasquatch sighting near Winstead, Connecticut (1895)

A town selectman chasing a lost hog stopped in a clearing to pick blackberries. He saw a naked, hair-covered figure weighing about 180 pounds. The figure noticed him, made an unfamiliar sound, bounded over bushes, and disappeared.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1891 Pennsylvania EP 322

Sasquatch sighting in Pennsylvania (1891)

Members of a berry-picking party heard a peculiar noise above a ravine and saw a nearly nude long-haired being with uneven limbs hanging on a vine and swinging as if humming. Upon seeing them it leaped from tree to tree and vanished while chattering.

Full-body sightingVocalizationHistorical account
Winter 1890 Sweetwater County, Wyoming Class B #1245

Vocalizations heard from creature seen by witness

A father and son were returning from an unsuccessful hunting trip when the father stopped by a fallen tree to light his pipe and saw a tall hairy unclothed figure standing nearby. The figure vocalized loudly after noticing the man, then walked quickly toward the woods. The son joined his father and both watched the first figure and a second slightly smaller one walk along the woods edge before disappearing into the trees.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTracks
1884 Florida EP 1068

Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1884)

In 1884 a rural community living around Ocheesee Pond lost livestock and heard eerie nighttime calls from the water. After children were frightened by a hair-covered figure, residents formed a posse, captured it, and transported it chained to the governor in Tallahassee. The governor could not place it and sent it to the nearby Chattahoochee hospital, where it died and was buried under later construction.

Full-body sightingVocalizationHistorical accountFolklore
21 July 1882 Elkton, County County, Oregon #20345

Diary entry from 1882 describes screams and food disturbed

The witness and three companions were camped overnight during a berry-picking trip. Around midnight they were awakened by a loud scream, which was heard again the next morning while making breakfast and around 9 o'clock, at one point answering when the witness called out. Later that morning they found berries picked the previous day had been moved, the only sign of another presence.

ScreamProperty disturbance
1881 Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania EP 322

Vocalization near Morgantown, Pennsylvania (1881)

A party out driving with horses through a hill pass had a lead horse become unmanageable and show terror as a wild cry came from the thicket, refusing to pass. Local farmers also reported livestock depredations and peculiar footprints in snow that searchers could not resolve. The newspaper presented the story without conclusion.

VocalizationTracksHistorical account
1800–1849 Kitimat, British Columbia EP 1014

Sasquatch sighting near Kitimat, British Columbia (1800)

A traditional story tells of a goat hunter given an early rifle who shot what he thought was a black bear. Three large sasquatches stood up, swung the fallen body, and chased him to an unclimbable oval boulder he inexplicably scaled, then into water where they whooped chest-deep while a giant white one watched. He later carved masks and rock faces, fell into a year-long coma, and gained predictive ability.

Full-body sightingVocalizationWhoopAnimal behaviour
1700–1899 White Bluff, Tennessee EP 430

Scream near White Bluff, Tennessee (1700)

An old tale tells of a settler who heard blood-curdling screams from the woods for several nights and set out with a lantern and gun to investigate. The screams stayed ahead of him until he heard terrible screams from his own home and rushed back. He found his family killed and reportedly saw a white ape-like shape with footprints burned into the grass.

ScreamFull-body sightingTracks
1700–1899 White Bluff, Tennessee EP 243

Scream near White Bluff, Tennessee (1700)

The guest retells a local legend about a settler who repeatedly heard blood-curdling screams at night. The man followed the sounds into the woods but could never close the distance, then heard screams from home and returned to find his family killed. Some versions describe a white ape-like shape at the window and strange footprints left in the grass.

ScreamPartial sightingTracks
1700–1799 Montana EP 130

Tracks in Montana (1700)

Two trappers set up camp to trap beaver and found their camp demolished and human-like tracks around it. At night they heard rustling, smelled a foul stench, fired a shot and heard something flee. After separating in the morning, one man found his partner dead with a broken neck and bite marks and fled, blaming a wild man.

TracksOdorUnidentified soundMovement onlyProperty disturbance
Date unknown Place not stated EP 5

Scream

The researcher and his group were surrounded all night by a group of creatures that screamed and made noise around their camp. One member saw one behind the tent and another was partially pulled from the tent. They remained in camp through the night without being eaten.

ScreamPartial sighting
a few years ago Ohio EP 749

Wood knock in Ohio

A few years ago the witness stayed with her sister and daughter at a cabin near Salt Fork. They heard tree knocks around the property, a terrible scream on opening the door, babbling voices outside at night, and a loud one-two-three knock before leaving.

Wood knockScreamVocalization
Date unknown Pennsylvania EP 749

Scream in Pennsylvania

The witness's brother was fishing with a buddy when they heard a scream and growl moving toward them. Their neck hair stood up and they dropped everything and ran.

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