Search results
Marine had late night sighting on military base in Quantico
The witness was on night guard duty at a Marine camp when a dog walking with them began barking. The witness looked up and saw a tall figure covered in light-brown hair standing nearby that did not move when encouraged to chase it. After the witness chambered a round in a rifle, the figure ran away on two legs and was not seen again.
Memory told of daytime encounter near Farmdale Park
As a child hunting in snowy woods along a creek, the witness came over a hill and watched a tall black hairy figure moving around a stick hut in a blackberry patch and picking berries. After the figure noticed the witness, it left very quickly. The witness then reported a multi-hour gap with no memory of leaving before arriving home.
Woman recalls an encounter as a child, in an alley in the town of Valentine
Two children playing hide-and-seek ran into an alley and came face to face with a tall, dark-haired bipedal animal about fifteen feet away walking toward them. The animal screamed loudly without slowing or changing direction, prompting the children to scream and run home. They were not pursued and did not encounter it again.
Child encounters a man-like creature in a shed
As a child the witness hid in an old corn crib during a hide-and-seek game near a relative's house at sundown. Inside the dark crib the witness heard heavy breathing and saw a huge hairy man-like creature standing over them staring, with a hog-pen-like smell. The witness ran back to the house crying and reported the encounter to a relative, who did not take it seriously.
Boy encounters animal near Lemolo Lake
When the witness was a child of about eight, he was walking home from school on a lakeside trail in the Oregon Cascades on a clear summer afternoon. He reportedly saw a large fur-covered creature crouched drinking at the water's edge about 150 to 200 feet away. The creature then stood upright and stared at him, and he ran back up the trail.
Man recalls close encounter at dusk as a youth near Macon
The witness and a companion were walking home from a creek at dusk when they heard loud approaching footsteps and movement through pines. A large hairy bipedal creature emerged on their side of a gully and jogged toward them on the path. After watching for a few seconds, the two fled to the nearby house.
Teenager has daytime sighting near Truckee
The witness was waiting on a large boulder while companions attempted to flush deer toward a clearing under utility lines. The witness reported seeing a tall, sandy-brown apelike creature walk down a ridge and cross the utility road about 40 yards away. The witness's dog chased the creature barking into the trees and returned about an hour and a half later. The witness remained still, did not shoot, and said the creature did not appear to notice them.
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.
Boy Scout has late night sighting above Porterville
An 11-year-old on a Boy Scout camping trip left his tent around 2:30 a.m. to use the latrine near a small ravine. Hearing brush breaking across the ravine, he shone his flashlight and saw a tall hair-covered biped with a very large head, no visible neck, very long arms, and widely spaced glowing orange eyes. He fled back to the tent in terror and was not believed when he told others.
Early evening sighting by residents on the Hillsborough River
In the mid-1950s the witness and a companion were watching a drive-in movie from across the river after dark. They heard something behind them, turned, and saw a large hairy creature backlit by a lamplight. They fled immediately without looking back.
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.
Children observe bipedal animal walking along railroad tracks near the Housatonic River
In 1953 three young children were picking blackberries near a railroad track when a tall hair-covered biped came down a steep hillside and walked north along the tracks, looking at them briefly. The witness recalled long arms, a long stride, a primate-like face, and a thin build with short dark hair. The children ran back to the cottage to tell parents, who dismissed the account.
Family has several sightings at a summer cabin near Winamac.
During a family weekend at riverside cottages, a group of children playing outdoors screamed and pointed toward the dense woods. Adults who ran outside reported seeing a tall, dark-haired biped walking away toward the treeline, with an additional young witness seeing only its back as it entered the woods. An adult aimed a rifle but lowered it without firing, later saying he feared it might be a person.
Memory told of a close up daylight encounter with two, possibly young, Bigfoots near Abbeville
The witness, then a child, was walking from a cornfield to a nearby house to fetch water for a cousin. At a dirt road she came within about 10 feet of two small, hairy, human-like figures standing together on the opposite side. They looked at each other for about a minute before she ran to the house, and the figures were gone when she walked back.
Witness recalls a childhood face to face daylight sighting near his home and night vocalizations outside Gaylord
The witness was in an outhouse near the home after waking when rustling and sticks breaking were heard approaching. The witness opened the door and saw a tall, hairy, ape-like figure that fled into the woods on being seen. Later that night the witness and relatives heard loud screams or howls.
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.
Woman recalls childhood sighting near Warfield
While searching for a rock cliff with a cave with companions in a heavily wooded mountain area, the witness noticed a muscular figure standing on a rock above them. The figure watched the group for about fifteen seconds while holding a heavy stick before stepping out of sight, after which the group fled. The witness later described the encounter to a relative who advised keeping it private.
Two teenage boys encounter a white ape-like animal
Two boys were playing in the afternoon near a slate dump and coal mine entrance when they saw an upright gray-white ape-like creature standing at the mine mouth with an arm resting on a high timber. They watched each other briefly while it moved its arm, and the boys became frightened and ran to get parents. When they returned, the creature was gone.
Girl sees creature while picking blueberries. It follows when she screams and flees
A young girl picking blueberries alone near dark felt watched and saw a figure crouched in the patch that slipped into brush. Moments later she saw a very tall, hair-covered, man-like figure by a tree that ducked behind it, then followed her at a distance as she ran home screaming. Her relatives later searched the site armed and reported matted brush with a bad odor.
Daylight sighting on the edge of Sespe Creek (CA Condor Refuge), in Los Padres National Forest
The witness was riding horseback on a forest trail toward a stream while camping. From about 50 yards away the witness saw three hair-covered creatures crouched drinking, then standing after noticing the witness. After an exchanged hand greeting, the tallest led the two smaller ones away up the trail, and the witness later rode to the stream without seeing them again.