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Summer 1972 Diamond, Mahoning County, Ohio Class A #4959

Nightime sighting at a Lake Milton marina

A teenager and an older neighbor spent the night on a boat at a marina to catch suspected vandals. During the night the teenager saw a huge hair-covered figure crouched at an overturned trashcan scooping garbage, then stand upright and stare briefly. The figure stepped over the trashcan, sprang up an embankment, and disappeared into brush, leaving disturbed dew, strewn garbage, and broken brush.

SilhouetteFull-body sightingProperty disturbanceUnidentified sound
15 September 1971 Lake Charles -Westlake Area, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Class A #23018

Woman recounts childhood sighting behind her house near Lake Charles

The witness was playing on the back screen door at home in the evening while food was cooking inside. From about 50 feet away under a bright light, the witness watched a tall reddish-haired biped rip open a metal trash can and dig through garbage for about 20 minutes. A parent then pulled the children inside and shut the door, and the next morning trash was scattered and the lid was bent.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
October 1970 Spanaway, Pierce County, Washington Class A #8407

While watching TV at night, teen has sighting through window in Spanaway

In October 1970, a teenager watching television indoors glanced toward a large picture window and reported a tall grey hair-covered figure standing very close outside staring in. The figure remained motionless while staring directly, with massive arms, reddish glowing eyes, and visible breathing. After the witness fled to another room, the figure was gone.

Full-body sighting
August 1969 Alleen, Little River County, Arkansas Class A #1944

Family has multiple encounters with white bigfoot creature

A family was camping by a river when the mother went behind the truck at night and saw a whitish upright creature at close range. She ran screaming to the others, and the family hurriedly broke camp while an older brother fired shots as the creature circled and crossed the road. Afterwards they found three-toed footprints near the truck and a large dent where the creature had struck the vehicle, then left immediately.

Full-body sightingEyeshineTracksVehicle contact
1969–1980 Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Class A #723

creature sitting on a wood pile seen watching witness.

The witness was staying overnight at the family property and went outside about 2 a.m. to quiet barking kennel dogs. On the way out and again on the way back, the witness noticed a large silver-colored being sitting calmly on a woodpile and watching. The witness went inside, locked the door, awoke shaking three hours later, and later called a friend and drew what was seen.

Full-body sighting
August 1966 Albion, Mendocino County, California Class A #8059

Teenagers have sighting of two creatures near Albion

In summer 1966, the witness and her older sister were talking in a parked car near a river in Albion in the evening while the rest of the family was on a nearby boat. Across the river they watched two large, hairy, bipedal animals chase a flock of about 50 sheep around a fenced pasture for 20-30 minutes. After dark they hid in the locked car overnight and reported the event to their parents in the morning, later learning several sheep had been killed with bellies and internal organs eaten.

Full-body sightingPossible misidentification
July 1965 Yuba City, Sutter County, California Class A #9202

Man remembers childhood daytime sighting along the Feather River

The witness walked to the top of a levee to look for a snake seen the day before. On the other side in a cottonwood tree he noticed a large ape-like creature with one leg swinging below a branch, and they made eye contact. After watching briefly he ran down the levee without looking back and told a relative, and the family then avoided the levee.

Full-body sighting
August 1963 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6961

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.

Full-body sightingOdorFootstepsTree break
1963 Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida Class A #41995

Memory told of a close encounter with a man-ape outside Gainesville

A child jogging on a dirt road in the evening to a friend's home encountered a large hairy figure that stepped out of roadside woods about 30 feet away. Both the witness and the figure stopped and stared at each other for a few seconds before the figure tilted its head. The witness then ran to the friend's home; the figure made no sound and did not follow.

Full-body sighting
October 1955 British Columbia Class A #1083

William Roe account -- Highway worker has lengthy sighting at close range & records much detail

The witness hiked to a deserted mine on a mountain in the afternoon and encountered an upright hair-covered female creature at close range. The creature approached, squatted to strip and eat leaves, noticed the witness, vocalized, and walked away into timber, later appearing briefly on a distant ridge. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding spot.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
October 1953 Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky Class A #1024

An account of bigfoot tool use

In childhood, the witness and a companion heard a thumping noise while playing and went to investigate. They saw a large hairy animal squatting nearby using pieces of firewood to dig in the ground. The animal stood up, bared its teeth silently, and walked toward them, causing them to flee into the companion's house. When an adult checked moments later, the animal was gone leaving only disturbed ground.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
August 1943 Probably Central, Ashland County, Ohio Class A #5333

Man recalls being picked up as a child in Mohican Memorial Forest

When the witness was 5 years old and camping with his parents in central Ohio, he became lost in the woods. He claims a large hairy female creature picked him up, carried him quickly through the forest, and left him in camp with a heavy branch on his legs where his parents later found him. He says his parents dismissed his account as imagination and he did not share it widely for decades.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1989,1993 Essex County, New York Class A #1522

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.

ScreamOdorFootstepsSilhouetteProperty disturbance +1
BFRO YEAR: ?84-86? Darlington Sc, Darlington County, South Carolina Class A #2549

Hairy humanoid biped seen diving into the Great Pee Dee River

The witness and the witness's father were moving slowly upriver by boat when the witness spotted a hairy figure crouched on the bank. They made brief eye contact before the figure dove into the river with arms extended and disappeared. The men went to the spot and found only smears in the clay, then waited about 20 minutes without it resurfacing.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1980 or 81 Wintersville, Jefferson County, Ohio Class A #1507

Witness hears loud noise outside bedroom window, observes bipedal animal running away

As a teenager at home at night, the witness heard a cry and loud noise outside her bedroom window and fetched her father. Her father went outside with a flashlight and reported seeing a huge hairy bipedal figure running away. The next morning the family found a steel downspout twisted around and folded in half.

VocalizationUnidentified soundFull-body sightingProperty disturbance