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1906 Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Springfield, Pennsylvania (1906)

Residents reported a hair-covered animal sometimes upright and sometimes moving on all fours at racehorse speed with a leaping stride. Heavy steel bear traps set and wired to an oak were found sprung with bait eaten, wire snapped, ground torn, and traps dragged rods away. Later explanations blaming a dog or disguised man were followed by continued reports.

Full-body sightingTracksProperty disturbanceHistorical account
1895 Halstead, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Halstead, Pennsylvania (1895)

A very tall hair-covered wild woman was reported riding a taken balance wheel and encountering a peddler with a horse. She allegedly broke the horse's neck with one jerk, rendered the peddler unconscious, and dragged the horse to the woods where bones were later found. Pursuers found huge footprints and piles of rattlesnake skins but did not locate her.

Full-body sightingTracksHistorical 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
1881 Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

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
in the fall of 1871 Inyo County, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Inyo County (1871)

Teamsters camping by a lake reported a ghost-like naked figure stealing scraps and plunging into the water when spoken to or shot at. In fall 1871 men saw it clearly as a large hairy man eating scraps. Investigators later found a cave with rags, bones, and a dead naked man.

Full-body sightingStructure or nest
1700–1799 Montana #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/07/27/sc-ep130-a-trapper-is-killed

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.

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December of 2007 Fort Coulonge, Quebec Related account #23086

Tracks near Fort Coulonge, Quebec

Footprints were found in deep snow in the same vicinity and photographed, appearing bipedal but expanded by melting and re-freezing.

Tracks
A number of months later, (it was winter and very cold) Thunder Bay, Ontario Related account #27959

Property disturbance near Thunder Bay, Ontario

Months later in winter the landlord found a large amount of earth moved from one side of the crawl space to the other, freezing pipes, with wood boards placed where digging occurred.

Property disturbanceStructure or nest
Date unknown Northern Ontario, Canada, Ontario Related account #4713

Tracks near Northern Ontario, Canada, Ontario

On a later visit the witness found one large track and later covered it up while showing people the area.

Tracks
Date unknown Northern Ontario, Canada, Ontario Related account #4713

Structure or nest near Northern Ontario, Canada, Ontario

On a later visit to the same bush area the witness found a place he felt was an unusual shelter.

Structure or nest
earlier that week Markdale - Grey County, Ontario Related account #24881

Tracks near Markdale - Grey County, Ontario

A companion reportedly noticed possible cougar tracks at the end of the driveway earlier that week.

Tracks
in winter Bruce Mines, Ontario Related account #12958

Tracks near Bruce Mines, Ontario

The witnesses had previously seen very large tracks in the snow behind their house that were assumed to be from a very large moose without seeing the animal.

Tracks
BFRO YEAR: apx 1979 Between Lombardy And Portland, Ontario Class B #14981

Possible tracks found near cabin at Otter Lake

As a child on a family vacation at a secluded cabin, the witness experienced nighttime garbage disturbance and loud branch snapping during an afternoon walk. One morning the family found several very large footprints in damp dirt outside the cabin, so large that an adult foot was dwarfed inside one. The family left the same day without making a cast of the prints.

Tracks
Date unknown Fairford Reserve, Manitoba Related account #7521

Tracks near Fairford Reserve, Manitoba

Several pupils went to where the figure had stood and reported finding large barefoot prints in patchy snow that were later destroyed.

Tracks
BFRO YEAR: 1987 or 88 Jasper (but Quite Far Away), Alberta Class B #10127

Possible tracks found in Jasper National Park

The witness was solo backpacking in the North Boundary area of Jasper National Park in 1987 or 1988. Near midday he found several very fresh, large human-like barefoot prints crossing the muddy trail at an angle from dense bush toward a bog. He estimated they were less than an hour old but took no photos and continued hiking, later concluding they may have been sasquatch tracks. He reported nothing else unusual for the rest of the trip.

Tracks
at one time British Columbia Related account #2446

Tracks in British Columbia

At an unspecified past time, another local resident saw a footprint thought to possibly be from a bigfoot.

Tracks
Nov. 1984 between 12:00& 1:00AM Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont Related account #1178

Footsteps near Colchester, Vermont

Two family members waiting by a ditched car heard bipedal stomping and trees breaking approach and then retreat when a tow truck arrived.

FootstepsTree break
BFRO YEAR: 2000 ?? Hope B.C., British Columbia Class B #22123

Possible snow tracks found in Skagit Valley south of Hope (w/photos)

The witness reported finding very large footprint-like tracks in melting snow on a road south of Hope, B.C., with an unusually long stride. The snow had melted to gravel within the outlines, but the shape looked more like a footprint than a boot print. The witness returned home for a camera and yardstick to document track size and spacing and shared photos to ask whether they could be Bigfoot tracks.

Tracks
two weeks ago Aggassiz, British Columbia Related account #16598

Tracks near Aggassiz, British Columbia

The witness found more tracks at the same location, two of which remained partially visible but eroded.

Tracks
Later that day Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire Related account #55269

Wood knock near Claremont, New Hampshire

The witness and a friend returned to the site later the same day, made calls that reportedly drew wood-knock responses, and reported finding a footprint, hair, a branch bed, and tree structures.

Wood knockTracksStructure or nest