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Old newspaper article (Fresno Bee) Univ. Calif. students plan expedition to BC
Old newspaper article (Lima, Ohio) about encounters near Harrison Mills
Albert Ostman account -- Multiple-day encounter with family of Sasquatches
A prospector camping alone in coastal mountains awoke at night to being carried inside his sleeping bag for hours to a small enclosed valley. There he encountered four hair-covered individuals described as a family group and was held for about six days living on remaining canned food. He gained favor with the younger ones using snuff and handmade utensils, then incapacitated the adult male with a large dose of snuff and escaped during the resulting commotion, hiking south to a logging camp for help.
Old newspaper article (Clearfield Progress - Pennsylvania) sightings by farmers in Clearfield County
Old newspaper article (Titusville Morning Herald - Pennsylvania) about sightings near Orestimba Creek in the Diablo (Devil) Mountains
The supplied sections reference an 1871 newspaper article titled "The Wild Man - What is He?" No details of the claimed encounter itself are included in the supplied text. The follow-up notes clarify the reported location as near Oristemba Creek south of Antioch.
Morning daylight encounter with grouse hunter on Indian Island 45 km east of Fort Francis
The witness, then 14, was hunting grouse alone with a dog on overgrown trails in northern Ontario in the morning. After noticing a strong odor and the dog fleeing, a large upright hair-covered creature rose from tall grass nearby, looked briefly, and crossed the trail silently into brush. The witness froze, then ran back the way they came while hearing branches breaking as the creature moved away.
Boy sneaks up on huge "man" at edge of playground at night
On a windy night in fall 1976, a teenager out walking reached a school track and noticed a very tall, naked, hair-covered figure standing near a baseball backstop. The witness hid behind a transformer and watched the still figure sway slightly for a few minutes before slipping away unseen. A check the next morning found no clear tracks.
Memory told of a nighttime sighting while traveling on a mountainside near Rossland
The witness was riding in the back seat of a car driving up a mountain dirt road in the evening to watch the sky. In the headlights at a hairpin where a creek crossed the road, she saw a tall grey hairy figure bent over the creek. It stood, took a long stride, stepped up a steep dirt bank and disappeared into trees within moments. A companion in the back seat also saw it and was frightened, while the two occupants in the front seat were looking elsewhere and saw nothing.
Man recollects multiple encounters from 1970 to present near Kootenay, Chadsey & Davis Lakes
On a warm summer night in 1993, the witness rode with two companions in a truck from the lakeside cabin toward a property above. In the headlights about 100 metres away they saw a small dark hairy creature crouched on all fours in the road with long straight legs, no visible tail or protruding ears, and large bright shining eyes. After a moment of sudden fear the group drove up a driveway, discussed the sighting briefly, and returned minutes later to find nothing.
Children see a bigfoot while playing near home
On a hot summer afternoon several children were playing on a grandparent's farm when geese and dogs reacted to something near the pond path. The group then saw a tall, broad-shouldered creature standing silently in the shadows by the smoke house watching them. An adult called the children inside, and when they were later allowed outside the creature was gone.
Early morning sighting by 10 year old child in a backyard tent in the Lower Fraser Valley
The witness was sleeping outdoors in a field with two companions near the woods. On waking early in the morning, the witness watched a single large dark creature walk along the edge of the woods past them while maintaining eye contact. The observation lasted seconds, after which the witness went back to sleep without waking the companions.
Man describes his childhood observation in daylight on a farm outside Langley
Around midday on the family's farm, the witness and an adult tenant saw a very tall brown ape-like creature cross an open field from the woods toward a barn a few hundred feet away. The creature walked hunched forward, turned to look the witness in the eyes for a few seconds, then ducked slightly to enter the barn. The tenant fled by car while a relative working on a door lock nearby did not see it.
Sighting by a motorist
The witness was driving on Route 95 through forested wilderness in early evening daylight. A large, dark, hairy creature crossed the southbound lanes from the treed median to the woods, moving swiftly, smoothly and fully erect. The witness stopped the car and looked into the woods where it went but saw no further trace. Three companions in the car were dozing and did not see it.
Various incidents and sightings from 1976-2008 by family members at their rural home near Canton
In fall 2000 the wife reportedly saw a large dark figure walk across a field about 300 yards from home and into woods bordering a lake. The brief 3-5 second view was described as taller than five feet based on fence posts, stocky with very large shoulders, dark brown to black hair, and walking on two legs, causing an initial bear impression to be dismissed. The account was submitted by her husband along with later family experiences in the same wooded swamp-lake area.
Daylight sighting near a railroad bed and the Canisteo River
The witness and his son reportedly watched a dark animal from about three-tenths of a mile away in a flat river-bottom area. They observed it walk several hundred feet along the river bank before it went out of sight around a bend. The daylight sighting occurred in late spring during very dry conditions, and nearby railroad workers could not see the animal because a hedgerow blocked their view.
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.
Glowing eyes seen by witness during snowstorm
On a snowy winter night around 1995, the witness was shoveling snow on the front porch when the dog rushed out then abruptly turned back inside as if frightened. The witness then noticed a pair of glowing eyes on a tall shape about 25 feet away toward the driveway. After staring briefly, the witness ran inside in fear and later told a relative about the experience.
Witness spots legs of a large bipedal creature from a distance of 100 feet
The witness was standing across a creek from woods with a dog when they noticed a bipedal creature from the waist down about 100 feet away. The visible legs were described as stocky, straight, and covered in long golden reddish brown hair. The creature turned slowly, took a few steps, and disappeared into underbrush without making noise, unnoticed by the dog.
Woman & her horse have a daytime encounter, near Keystone State Park
The witness was riding a pony bareback on a back road when the animal stopped at the top of a hill. About 400 feet ahead, a large reddish-brown hairy biped with very long arms was walking toward them on the road. The pony reared, turned, and bolted back downhill to a nearby yard. Later the witness returned with a relative, who found broken branches where the creature appeared to have left the road for the woods.
Memory told of a close daylight encounter behind a home outside Sandy Lake
Before school the witness and his mother saw a large brown biped moving along a powerline toward woods behind their home. The witness ran toward the treeline and watched the creature pause and turn its upper body to look at him from about 50 yards, then stride away down a creekbed and disappear. Later that day he and his father found large heel impressions where it had leapt off a bank.