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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.
Early morning sighting near Scott City Diversion Canal
When the witness was a child, he accompanied his grandfather to unlock gates and check boats at a remote fishing spot early one summer morning. After getting out of the truck, they saw a tall hair-covered figure standing on the far side of the lake near the dam about fifty yards away looking at them. The grandfather told the boy not to worry and turned him toward the boats, and when the boy looked again the figure was gone.
Daytime sighting from a farm house in the hilly area of Newton farm, outside South Kent
As a child, the witness watched from a second-floor farmhouse window as a tall, hairy biped crossed the front yard uphill, repeatedly glancing back and briefly meeting his gaze before disappearing around the house. Frightened, he ran to his parents, and a relative and a companion went outside and found oversized footprints that they followed by car across a plowed field until the tracks led uphill toward the forest and disappeared.
Nighttime sighting by motorists east of Carpentersville
Two companions lost while driving at night stopped beside a side road to turn around. A tall, dark-haired, upright creature crossed in front of their van from left to right, looking toward them. As they backed out, one thought it turned back toward the van, and they fled in fear.
Young boy has night time sighting near Chrisney
A child staying overnight at a relative's farm looked out an attic window after bedtime and saw a dark figure illuminated by a truck's headlights near a shed. The figure had unusually long arms, a rounded head, and did not reflect light before running west. Two relatives searched the area with shotguns and a vehicle but found no one.
Sighting by a Backpacker Near Bullfrog Lake
The witness was hiking back toward camp in daylight when they noticed a small bear-like figure showing interest in a backpack at the camp from about 100 yards away. After watching for about two minutes, the figure stood and walked bipedally into the trees with person-like arm swing and a smooth gait, disappearing at 200-250 yards. The witness interpreted the figure as a young Sasquatch about 4.5 feet tall and reported feeling that something unnatural was being witnessed.
Family has sighting on farm along Headleys Mill Road
The witness woke in the family farmhouse to find the parents alarmed. The witness looked out the window and saw a very tall black hairy figure walking along the road and across a bridge before entering the woods. The witness and a parent ran after it but did not see it again.
Two men on horseback film a bigfoot as it retreats out of the creek bed and into the woods. The footage is referred to as the Patterson-Gimlin footage, named after the two men who obtained it
Two witnesses on horseback following a creek-bottom trail reported seeing a bigfoot drinking from the creek. The creature stood up and walked away while one witness filmed its retreat with a handheld movie camera. Investigators later visited the site and measured tracks to estimate the figure's height.
Man recounts boyhood sighting at Fairfield Summer Camp near Ligonier
As an eight-year-old at a two-week summer camp, the witness was lying awake in an open cabin at night after the head count. He heard footsteps circle the cabin and then saw a very tall, dark-haired, gorilla-like figure fill the open doorway and stare in for several minutes. The figure then left toward the mess area, after which the witness heard garbage cans being overturned.
Daylight sighting by farmer (and children) plowing field next to the Yadkin River
A child riding on a tractor with a parent at dusk reported a large hair-covered figure stepping into the tractor lights near a tobacco barn. The figure reportedly paused to look at the riders, then left the road in a single long step into adjacent woods. The parent briefly followed on foot and later searched with a hunting firearm but reported finding nothing.
Memory told of a daytime sighting in Schiller Woods
The witness was resting by the Des Plaines River during a bicycle ride when a hair-covered creature was seen across the river splashing in the water. After the witness coughed, the creature threw large rocks toward the witness, then crossed the river silently and confronted the witness at close range. The witness fled along a trail while hearing a loud howl and screaming and seeing additional shadowy figures across the river.
Woman recalls a very close encounter as a child on a farm near the Mark Twain National Forest
The witness was walking home along a gravel road through a wooded hollow at dusk when a presence alongside proved to be a very tall, hairy creature standing within arm's reach. The witness looked up at its body and face, then walked slowly toward home while it remained nearby. At the home driveway the creature paused by a cedar tree, watched, then left into the forest in a few strides, after which the witness cried out and a relative searched the area.
Close daylight sighting of animal crossing road near Spirit Lake
In the summer of 1967, the witness was riding as a passenger in a pickup returning from farm work when he felt tingling and looked behind the vehicle. He saw a tall, long-haired bipedal animal covered in hair that crossed the road behind them in four steps before distance and dust hid it. The animal did not look toward the truck. The witness kept the sighting secret for years and did not know if his two companions saw it.
Woman remembers childhood sighting near Rogers City
The witness and an older sister rode bikes along a road beside a dense wooded lot. They stopped after noticing a dark stump-like shape in the middle of the lot and, when wind moved long hair, realized it was a large hairy figure sitting cross-legged apparently asleep. They described a flat apelike face and long limbs and fled quickly to their house where they told a parent. They said they avoided the road and thicket afterward.
Daylight sighting near Happy Camp
A pregnant witness took her two young sons uphill to clear the screen on a water holding tank intake. A cat with them arched and screeched, drawing her attention to a huge black man-like figure with long flowing hair. The figure crouched then stood and ran uphill bent over, weaving around branches quickly and quietly. She grabbed the children and ran back downhill.
Teen hunter sees a sasquatch at a distance while bird hunting, and found tracks five years before
The witness was hunting atop Badger Mountain south of Richland, Washington, and scanning the valley with binoculars. He spotted a large hairy bipedal creature walking and then running at very high speed. He watched it for 4-5 minutes until it disappeared into a ravine with a creek bed.
Man recalls walking home from the bus stop and observing a Bigfoot taking off across a field near Midland
As a 12-year-old walking home from the school bus with five other children, the witness noticed movement from a deep ditch beside a gravel road. A hair-covered figure rose from the ditch, crossed the road on two feet, vaulted a pony fence with one hand, and sprinted across an open field much faster than ponies. The figure was estimated at about six feet tall and its face was not seen.
Memory told of a close dalylight observation outside Alexander City
The witness and a companion were walking down an old pulpwood road with a dog when they noticed a strong goat-like odor and heard rustling and a tree shaking. The witness pulled back branches and saw a tall, hair-covered biped running away downhill on two legs. The companion did not see the creature. The witness lost sight of it in pines and underbrush near a swampy area.
Man describes sighting during teen years in Alaire State Park
The witness, then a teenager, was riding in a car with friends at night near Allaire State Park when they heard a high-pitched screech. While making a K-turn, the headlights illuminated a very tall reddish-brown manlike figure very close to the front of the car. The figure appeared surprised by the lights, the driver froze, a companion honked the horn with no immediate reaction, and a musty smell was noticed.
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.