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August 1977 Deming, Whatcom County, Washington Class A #1749

Three brownish figures seen moving on nearby foothill

The witness and two companions were talking on a porch in the afternoon when they noticed three brownish figures moving on a nearby foothill for about ten minutes. They walked to the spot after the figures left and found a heap of branches resembling a bed, with some branches torn from trees high off the ground. The witness noted an absence of claw marks or bear prints and questioned how the branches could have been placed without tools.

Full-body sightingStructure or nestTree break
July 1977 Sawyer's Bar, Trinity County, California Class B #7352

Hiker see prints and hears sounds in the Trinity Alps

The witness was camped beside a creek during a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike when he heard low voice-like sounds coming from opposite ridges. Feeling uneasy as he also heard limbs and sticks breaking on the ridgeline, he broke camp and hiked out by moonlight. The next morning at a side creek he found vegetation slid down and up where something had crossed, with one large clear footprint in a sandbar, which he photographed with his foot alongside for scale.

VocalizationFootstepsTracks
July 1977 Yelm, Thurston County, Washington Class A #1682

Young boy awakened by a loud roaring scream (Part 3)

The witness rode a motorcycle to a pond at the edge of a field to look for amphibians. While walking around the pond, the witness heard cracking from the opposite treeline and briefly saw a large dark shaggy form break a branch and disappear into the forest. The lower legs were hidden by a mound, but the witness estimated the height at about seven feet and then left for the house.

Partial sightingTree break
June 1977 Payson, Yavapai County, Arizona Class B #1818

A troop of Boy Scouts observe a large humanoid track

During a multi-day Boy Scout hiking trip through a remote canyon in 1977, the witness and companions found a single very large human-like bare footprint in mud beside the creek. They compared its size and depth to the witness's boot, estimated it was less than a day old, but found no other tracks, hair, or sign. After about 30 minutes they continued the hike, remaining vigilant.

Tracks
February 1977 Alberta Class B #1404

Creature seen standing 75 feet from family home.

The witness and a companion heard a loud scream at night at their farm home but could see nothing in the dark. The next morning they followed footprints in the snow starting about 75 feet from the home on the west side of the garage toward the swamp. The prints were described as large bare human-like feet, and hair was found where the track-maker appeared to have leaned against a pine tree, which the witness collected.

ScreamTracksHair
Fall 1977 West Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania Class A #11506

Youth watches while bipedal creature pushes down trees

The witness was exploring woods near the house in the early evening. From a sand pit, the witness watched a large black figure about 50 to 75 yards away for about five minutes as it tore limbs and pushed over rotted trees. Frightened by its size and strength, the witness ran to the parents' house and avoided the woods for six months.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourTree break
Summer 1977 Howard County, Maryland Class A #1169

Large human-like footprints found on a path.

The witness family discovered their very heavy cable-spool picnic table missing from their yard. Along a path bordered by cornfield and forest they found places where the spool had been rolled and carried, along with very large human-like footprints. They later found the spool about a mile away where it had been tossed into a steep gully, and felt children were unlikely to have moved it over rugged terrain.

TracksProperty disturbanceObject throwing
Summer 1977 Sparta, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #1625

Children have daytime close encounter near Sparta; UPDATED with Witness Sketch

Three children walking on a wooded footpath noticed a tall female-like figure with a smaller juvenile standing by a tree off to the side. The larger figure stared at them, gave off a dead-animal smell, stepped toward them, growled and bared its teeth after being pointed out. The group fled toward a residence while hearing branches breaking, prolonged howling and screaming, and trees being beaten.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlGrowlScream +3
Summer 1977 Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri Class A #1148

Family camping encounter large, fur covered creature. Footprints are discovered at the campsite

A family camping at Sunrise Beach heard branch-breaking sounds overnight and the next morning found a very large footprint in a dried creek bed. Shortly after, they saw a large brownish hair-covered creature watching them from behind a tree on a hillside, which then walked away toward the campground road. The father also reported seeing it cross the road ahead while lifting a wire out of its way, and the family quickly left the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracksUnidentified sound
Summer 1977 Hughes Springs, Diana, Cass County, Texas Class B #8289

Tracks found and other encounters in area near Lake o' the Pines.

The witness, accompanied by a relative and a companion, found a very large human-like footprint with additional smeared prints near a pond at the back of a rented farm property during the day. They also found remains of a duck that had been plucked and eaten nearby, felt watched, and noted the area was unusually quiet with frequent strange noises. The witness never saw a creature.

Tracks
late spring 1977 Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/E1YWTmSabRMruPAP0s3qmJsHMZfhUHFgKDtzn_eviGc

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1977)

On a weekend morning the witness and two companions walked down a trail toward the back fields and noticed a strong odor of death and wet dog. The witness saw a small hairy juvenile peeking from behind what proved to be the leg of a very large female standing motionless in a clearing. After he pointed at her she roared, the group fled while hearing screams, howls and chatter around them, and the next morning a large log they played on was found broken.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingOdorGrowlScream +4
1977–1978 Michigan #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/05/25/sc-ep32-creepy-sasquatch-encounters

Odor in Michigan (1977)

The guest relayed his father's account of a night when the family was home while the grandfather was away hauling freight. After a foul odor and prolonged barking by the guard dog, a long loud vocalization was heard, the dog was apparently dragged from under the chicken-coop camper, and three household members separately reported red eyes staring through windows. By morning the dog was dead and mutilated, all chickens were gone with feathers and footprints scattered, and the coop hatch had been opened from underneath.

OdorVocalizationEyeshineTracksProperty disturbance
1977 Kansas #fc9b28df-7c0f-46c6-a981-b0270c6e3826

Sasquatch sighting in Kansas (1977)

The witness was deer hunting with his brother when he saw a very large figure standing by a tree about 300 yards away through his scope. He first thought it was a person in a ghillie suit but decided it was too large to be a man. His brother later found very long footprints in dust where it stood, and they heard strange vocal sounds that day.

Full-body sightingTracksVocalization
1977 Washington #1f8ff7cc-97e6-40e2-a370-dd815123b81f

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1977)

The witness was walking home at night past a vacant lot filled with small alder trees when he noticed what looked like a bush that had not been there before. When he stepped toward it, the shape stood up, turned, and crashed through the alders and down over a hill toward a creek while he ran home. The next morning he found bent and snapped alders and deep impressions leading through brush over the hill.

Full-body sightingMovement onlyTracks
1977 Mendocino County, California Class B #2199

Witness heard stomping and crashing of small trees.

The witness was lying in a tent at night in woods near Mendocino when loud stomping and crashing of small trees was heard about fifty yards away. The sounds lasted about 30 seconds and were interpreted as a biped moving quickly, apparently pursued by barking dogs. After the crashing stopped, a dog was heard yelping as if badly injured, then silence fell. The next morning the witness found broken vegetation but no clear sign of its cause and moved camp.

FootstepsMovement onlyTree break
12 December 1976 Yadkinville, Yadkin County, North Carolina Class B #13378

Menacing commotion at night, tracks in snow the next morning, out Yadkinville

The witness and two companions were snow sledding at night when they heard loud noise and commotion beyond their firelight and fled to the house. The next day they returned and found very large tracks in the snow leading from and back into nearby woods, with tracks around a tree with stripped branches. They did not see the source of the sound and report no further experiences since.

Unidentified soundTracksTree break
November 1976 Falcon, Sampson County, North Carolina Class A #6267

Two young men are confronted in broad daylight by a large creature near Falcon

On a November 1976 afternoon two young men hunting squirrels walked toward a river when a large hairy biped came up from the river bottom toward them. It stopped about 30 feet away, looked at them, snapped a small dead tree and vocalized. The pair retreated over a ridge and ran, later discussing whether it had been a person in costume.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviourPossible hoax +1
November 1976 Lake Hughes, Los Angeles County, California Class B #27687

Possible tracks found in snow and mud on family property many years ago near Lake Hughes

Four deer hunters stopped at a relative's ranch for lunch and fed hogs when horses in a back pasture became highly agitated for about 30 minutes. They found very large, deep tracks circling the pasture with a strong wet-dog and rotten-egg odor still present. They followed the bipedal trackway to a very steep hill where the steps ascended out of reach, tried and failed to replicate the stride and step-up, then left without ever seeing the maker.

TracksOdor
September 1976 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/01/26/sc-ep75-looking-back-over-the-last-75-shows

Sasquatch sighting (1976)

Six students sent on a map-and-compass exercise became lost in dense forest. They smelled something like something dead, heard heavy thudding footsteps and grunts, and saw a very tall figure swaying behind a tree about thirty yards away, with limb-breaking sounds to the side. They fled to a road and got a ride back to camp.

Partial sightingVocalizationFootstepsOdorTree break
25 August 1976 Whitehall, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/28/sc-ep401-retired-police-officers-encounter

Sasquatch sighting near Whitehall, New York (1976)

The guest drove into an unmowed field off Abair Road after midnight with a trooper in another field and waited. After tree-breaking sounds and the trooper fleeing, a large hairy upright creature approached to about 30 feet, vocalized intensely, then turned and walked away across the field into the woods.

Full-body sightingGrowlTree breakFootsteps