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Motorist spots juvenile sasquatch near Speedwell entrance to Franklin Parker Preserve
The witness was driving past a preserve entrance in the late afternoon and first mistook a large animal on the roadside for a groundhog. After passing, the witness turned around and saw a small fur-covered creature standing upright on two legs facing the vehicle. It looked at the witness for a second or two, then ran into a swampy area behind bushes and was gone on the next pass.
Men have early morning sighting on way to job site near Manchester
While driving to a job in the early morning, the witness and a companion stopped for deer crossing the road. A large hairy figure came to the edge of the pavement, paused briefly, then turned and went back into the woods. Both occupants viewed it from a short distance and discussed matching descriptions on the way to the job.
Night time road crossing near Woodstown
The witness was driving home late at night and stopped near a telephone pole after headlights revealed reflective eyes. A tall, dark-haired figure stood behind the pole swaying for several seconds before running into the woods. The witness heard grunting and a screech, smelled a musky odor, and noticed a dead deer in a nearby field.
Afternoon sighting while hiking at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation
While camping with two relatives, the witness hiked off-trail and circled back toward the campsite road. Looking back toward an upper trailhead, the witness saw a tall, bulky black figure walking from right to left and quickly out of sight. The witness then moved forward to the spot with the relatives and later compared the figure's size to a relative, estimating it much taller and wider.
Researchers have early morning road crossing near Medford
The witness and a companion were driving home through a wooded area after a nighttime research outing when an animal ran across the road in front of their car. The witness braked hard and narrowly avoided hitting it. The animal looked toward the car but kept running across the road into the woods without breaking stride. The witness turned back to the spot and checked for sounds, odor, and tracks but found nothing.
Teens observe a Bigfoot in daylight on a gas line route between Hillsborough and East Amwell townships
Three people walking along a gas pipeline to fish crested a hill and saw a tall shaggy brown creature standing 200-300 feet away. All three watched it for about 20-30 seconds before it ran quickly into the woods off the path. Afterward they found four impressions in the tall wet grass where it had left and remained nervous while fishing.
Nighttime sighting by motorist near Mansfield
The witness was driving home at night in Mansfield when headlights revealed a small black-haired biped. The creature ran across the two-lane road upright on two legs with arms swinging, crossing in a few strides. The witness estimated it at 4 to 5 feet tall and 150 to 200 pounds and said it did not match any known animal like bear, coyote, or fox.
Late afternoon sighting in the Pine Barrens
The witness and a companion stopped while driving on a dirt trail when the companion saw a tall brown figure cross the road. The witness got out to check and reported seeing a black-faced, ape-like animal with sandy-brown hair peering from brush about 25 feet away. After a few seconds it stood fully upright and ran bipedally into the pines, and the pair later heard bipedal running approaching the car before leaving.
Group observes animal in daylight, one mile from Federal Hill near Riverdale
The witness was with relatives and friends on a back deck in late afternoon when the group watched a grey ape-like figure sitting on a hillside rock about 100 yards away. After a BB gun was fired toward it, the creature turned toward the group, then climbed a steep rock face hand-over-hand and walked bipedally over a ridge out of sight. No vocalizations were heard and facial features could not be distinguished at the distance.
Hunter has early morning encounter 8 miles north of Riverdale
A deer hunter sat in a tree stand on a crisp clear morning while noticing a strong foul odor. While walking back along an old logging trail around 10 a.m., the hunter saw a very large upright hairy animal step onto the trail, pause and look, then calmly walk away bipedally. The hunter ran the opposite direction, dropping gear, and later returned to find no tracks but noted a freshly broken branch.
Woman has daytime sighting near West Orange
Early one sunny morning, the witness looked out a bathroom window and saw a jet-black, ape-like figure running bipedally along the backyard fence. The figure ran silently and fluidly over uneven leaf-covered ground with its arms held like a human runner, then disappeared into the woods. About a minute later the witness heard repeated rock-knocking sounds from the woods. A later inspection of the area found no footprints.
Night sighting by motorists near Garden State Parkway, exit 52
While driving home at night with her mother, the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure standing by a guardrail near a parkway overpass. The figure turned to look at the car, then stepped over the guardrail and disappeared into dense woods. The witness returned the next morning and found the spot choked with briars and thorn bushes.
Motorist sighting late at night in woods next to Still Run south of Clayton
Around 2 a.m. the witness was driving home and came around the dog-leg of a dead-end road. Headlights illuminated a large hairy biped crossing the road from right to left toward woods by a stable in front of the family home. The witness braked and watched it cross in a few steps, then drove up the dirt lane without seeing it again. The follow-up summary dates the road crossing to 1998.
Nighttime encounter at a garbage dumpster in Hamburg, near the Delware Water Gap
Late on a cold fall night, the witness walked out of a separate laundry building at a rural apartment complex and saw a human-like creature about 20 feet away searching through a dumpster under bright lot lights. The two looked at each other briefly, then the witness ran toward the apartment, fell on a gravel road, and looked back to see the creature running away about 200 feet distant.
Youths have evening encounter near Allaire State Park
The witness and a companion were in an open school field at dusk when the witness noticed a large shadowy figure across the field. The figure then ran silently and very fast directly toward them, appearing as a huge reddish-brown shaggy man/ape-like creature. The witness shouted to run and both fled through a neighboring yard to the witness's home. A return search the next day found nothing.
Man recalls his late night sighting outside the town of Washington
In spring 1981 the witness and a companion were stopped in a car on a rural road at night with headlights on. A very large gray-haired bipedal creature emerged from bushes about 15 yards ahead, paused to look at them, then crossed the road and continued up a hill into the woods. The companion locked the doors and did not want to follow on foot.
Young cyclist observes tall, dark creature in Manahawkin
The witness claims they stopped while biking in woods to wait for companions when a branch snapped about 40 feet away. A tall hair-covered human-proportioned figure stared silently at them, stooped its head to peer, then raised an arm for balance and stepped into the woods out of sight. The witness says they froze, briefly glanced toward companions, then looked back to find the figure still there before it left.
Daylight Sighting, 2 witnesses
Two 11-year-olds were sitting on a rock in the woods when they heard a dead tree fall. They looked up and saw a tall creature walking from right to left toward a stream, which seemed to ignore them. They ran quickly out of the woods, and their small dog that ran toward the creature later returned home unharmed.
Recollection of a late night road crossing while driving near Branchville
Late at night in summer 1977, the witness was driving a van with four companions back to camp when a tall bipedal figure crossed the road in front of them. Headlights illuminated its shape and eyes as it moved from a low area toward a mountain embankment. The driver stopped and searched the roadside with a light, heard movement in the brush but found no tracks, and later reported the incident to police.
Man recalls sighting as a young boy on his way to go fishing in John A. Roebling Park near Bordentown
Two companions walking on a trail toward a fishing spot in the late afternoon saw a tall dark figure cross the trail about 50 yards ahead. The figure took a couple steps, paused to look at them, then moved away quickly and disappeared from view. The witnesses went to the crossing point but could no longer see the figure and found no tracks aside from rub marks, then returned home without fishing.