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Bowhunter and wife abandon deer when threatened by large, unseen animal
The witness and spouse were bow hunting in timber when something unseen followed them, starting and stopping as they moved. After the witness shot a deer, the follower vocalized loudly and thrashed brush and trees while pursuing them downhill. The pair abandoned the deer and left the timber, with the follower continuing to vocalize behind them to the timber edge.
Man retells his close, visual encounter at dawn on Pine Mountain as a young deer hunter
The witness, deer hunting at dawn from a ground position below a relative, watched a tall hair-covered biped step into a fire lane, pause and look toward the witness after hearing the witness speak, then cross and wait in brush before leaving downhill. The witness later found large barefoot-like tracks and noticed a strong foul odor at the crossing site. The witness did not shoot and initially told no one.
Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.
The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.
Teen has daytime sighting near Myers Flat
The witness was hunting with two friends and hid alone in berry bushes to startle them. While waiting, the witness smelled a strong odor and saw a large hairy biped stand up nearby and walk away through thick brush, hearing snapping and leaf crunch as it left. The witness ran to the friends and later returned with them to find a squatted feeding spot and small broken trees.
Tracks near Hernando City, Florida (1963)
In March 1963 the witness and others observed large barefoot prints on the island.
Family in small boat hears animal retreating and finds prints
In 1963 the witness hiked with family members to Teddy Lakes to fish. While rowing around an island they heard splashing and then found a line of very large, deep, human-like footprints in shallow mud where an animal had exited the water. Neither the witness, then a youth experienced with tracks, nor his expert-tracker grandfather could identify the maker, and the trail was lost in forest litter.
Tracks found in deep snow
The witness hiked alone in heavy snow above the timber line to a summit and then turned back along the same trail. On the descent the witness found very large bear-like tracks that appeared to have followed the ascent route and then joined the witness's trail. Frightened by the thought of being followed in winter conditions, the witness ran down the mountain and returned home without reporting the incident at the time.
Daylight sighting by two sisters near their farm in the early 1960s
The witness was playing in the front yard of a farm in the afternoon and saw a very tall, long-haired figure walking along the road and appearing to search the ditches. The witness screamed, and the mother and older sister came out and also saw it before driving toward it for a closer look. The figure ran under a bridge and into the woods and was lost from sight. The next day, large footprints were found in the road.
Children see creature emerging from abandoned barn near Caruthersville
The witness had recently moved into a farmhouse and was on the front porch in the morning with relatives when a large hair-covered creature emerged from a nearby barn. The creature stepped over a hog-pen fence and walked away to the west. Later that day the witness found large five-toed footprints near the barn, and the household heard loud banging and howling sounds around the property through the following winter and spring without seeing the creature again.
Screams and stalking at a Girl Scout camp 13 miles west of Dubuque
In the summer of 1959 the witness was working as a counselor at a wooded Girl Scout camp. Over roughly two weeks, staff repeatedly heard footsteps moving through the tent area after dark, saw a dark figure near a hut, and found a director's tent ransacked, with deputies searching each day without finding anyone. On the final night the group heard extremely loud screams that moved from near a remote tent toward a pond and creek and found a large maple branch freshly broken off, leading the witness years later to wonder if the visitor had been a Bigfoot.
Possible tracks found crossing field of snow 50 years ago in the City of Thunder Bay
At about age 11, the witness was walking alone to a restaurant hangout around midday in winter when he noticed very large bare footprints with distinct toes in the snow of a vacant field. The prints formed a long stride and ran southwest across the entire field. He did not see the maker and did not report it at the time because of his young age.
Sasquatch sighting near Lake County (1958)
The witness, then a teenager, was riding with his brother and a friend in an old pickup checking irrigation on his father's walnut ranch when they spotted a tall hairy biped moving through the orchard. They chased it by farm roads as it ran uphill diagonally across a 40-acre block, stopped to watch it pass close by, then followed it across more blocks until it crossed a road and disappeared into dense brush on a neighboring property. Afterwards they inspected its long strides in wet ground and decided not to tell his father for fear of losing their irrigation job.
A series of large, human-like footprints are found on a farm near Wayne National Forest
The witnesses found a line of very large barefoot human-like tracks in snow on their farm leading into a wooded hollow and thickets, which they did not follow. The tracks were described as about 13 inches long with five toes, no claws, and a 4.5 to 5 foot stride, unlike bear tracks. A game warden viewed the tracks the next day and could not identify their source.
Large footprint find, large creature witnessed by a school bus driver
Two relatives living on a farm reported a strong odor in their dairy barn followed by footprints in the barn lot leading toward dense forest. A few days later additional tracks were found near a creek and plaster casts were made. At the time the residents said they had never heard of Bigfoot and interpreted the activity as contact with some kind of giant.
Tracks (1957)
During the first American Yeti expedition, the guest's party split up and two sets of footprints were found. The guest and [name withheld] each found footprints. They photographed the prints and made casts.
Sasquatch sighting near Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia (1955)
The witness hiked up a mountain to visit an abandoned mine and encountered a large hair-covered biped at close range. The creature approached to within about twenty feet, foraged on leaves, then noticed the witness and retreated while vocalizing. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding site before describing the encounter as a lasting mystery.
Sighting along Lytle Creek
The witness heard whistling and chomping sounds near a creek and looked toward them. A very muscular, hairy, man-like creature was present for about two minutes before walking into the treeline at the creek edge. The witness later returned to the area and found footprints by the creek.
Sasquatch sighting near St. Anthony, Idaho (1940)
As a young teenager bringing cows across a canal near dark, the diarist saw a large bear-like figure standing on hind feet by a sapling 600-700 feet away and felt intense chill. Cows were undisturbed and his father was unconcerned. Next morning with his friend [name withheld] he found a huge bare footprint in wet mud under the sapling, estimated 8.5-9 feet tall using [name withheld]'s height, and nearby found a stick-bed with a strong repulsive odor.
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.
Tracks
Later on the same vacation the witness left the trail twice, found wide natural openings, and saw a vague footprint-like impression about an inch deep.