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2 February 1979 Cascade, Valley County, Idaho Class A #12158

Young boy views bigfoot through window

At dawn on a snowy morning a child resting on a living-room couch noticed a moving shape reflected in the television screen and then looked out the window. A large hairy face was peering inside from a few feet away and looked directly at the child. The terrified child fled upstairs to a relative, and holes in the snow were later seen where the figure had stood.

Partial sightingVocalizationTracks
October 1977 Camas County, Idaho Class A #2061

In the Sawtooth Nat'l Forest, three forestry workers spot a eight to nine foot tall figure walking on 2 legs across a clearing located about 150 yards upslope

The witness was driving with two coworkers on a road below a clearing when all three saw a bipedal figure cross the clearing about 150 yards upslope. The witness estimated the figure was at least 8 to 9 feet tall and crossed at least 150 yards in 20 seconds at a leisurely pace. The coworkers thought it was a man in dark clothing, but the witness disagreed. A later visit to the clearing found no tracks because the ground was too grassy.

Full-body sightingPossible misidentification
October 1975 Challis, Custer County, Idaho Class A #6983

Hunter has early morning sighting near Challis

During a morning hunting drive, the witness sat on a steep slope and watched a tall, lanky figure cross the opposite hillside for about a minute through a riflescope. The figure moved quickly with long strides and traversed steep terrain easily, appearing larger than a relative who later crossed lower on the same slope. The witness first thought it was a companion but later learned no companion matched the location or clothing.

Full-body sighting
1975–1977 Buck And Ednas Tavern On The Pack River 8 Or 9 Miles East, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #5767

Multiple sightings by northern Idaho family

The witness was waiting with his son and daughter when their dog became agitated and stared uphill. They walked down the road and up toward old stumps where a short yellow-haired individual kept stumps between itself and them. At about eight feet under fallen logs it hissed and swatted at the dog while the daughter ran downhill, and the witness did not crawl under to look closer.

Partial sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
June 1974 I Think Boise (Hells Bar) Snake River, Nez Perce County, Idaho Class A #6391

Camper sees sasquatch across Snake River

The witness was resting in front of a house when they noticed a creature near the top of a ridge across a river. The creature covered the last stretch to the ridgeline in a few strides, then faced the witness with hands on hips for several seconds before walking down the far side with a swaying gait. The witness ran inside to get a scoped gun for observation, but relatives present did not believe the account.

Full-body sighting
24 August 1973 McCall, Valley County, Idaho Class A #3292

Mountain goat hunters have encounter with 8'-9' tall biped

In late August 1973, two companions setting up a hunting camp at night heard loud screams, whistles, and brush thrashing around them and retreated into their truck cab. The witness then shone a spotlight toward the sounds and saw an erect, dark brown-to-black biped move rapidly up a steep rock slide on two legs. The witness later felt the animal had no intent to harm them.

ScreamWhistleMovement onlyFull-body sighting
October 1969 Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #10510

Logger and granddaughter have brief sighting in the Selkirk Mountains

The witness was riding in a pickup with a relative scouting timber in a steep mountainous area when a large hairy upright animal crossed the road in front of the truck. The animal came down one bank, crossed in a few fast strides, and went down the opposite slope out of sight while brush broke behind it. The relative stopped and got out with a rifle but could not relocate it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingMovement only
16 August 1969 McCall, Valley County, Idaho Class A #4741

Four witnesses have encounter near McCall

Four people were parked in a car on a double date east of Payette Lake at night. A companion warned that something large had circled the car and was now in front of it. When the headlights were turned on, the group saw an upright figure covered in dense black fur standing at the edge of a clearing about 15 feet away. After a second or two it spun on its heels and ran into the woods.

Full-body sighting
July 1967 Bonners Ferry, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #1801

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.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
10 June 1963 Troy, Latah County, Idaho Class A #6758

Boy has a close encounter with a small sasquatch on Moscow Mountain

In summer 1963 an 8-year-old child accompanied his father to a cedar-clearing work site on Moscow Mountain. After the father felled a large cedar snag, the child climbed onto the downed trunk when a small, muscular, dark-furred being jumped onto the log face-to-face with him. The child screamed and the being ran away on two legs toward the top of the tree and disappeared into brush. Both had felt watched just before felling, but no animal had been seen in the standing tree.

Full-body sighting
June 1963 Grandview, Owyhee County, Idaho Class A #5720

Night time rabbit hunters spotlight 7' tall biped leaping over 4' sagebrush as it escapes from view

Late at night in spring 1963, six family members stopped during a rabbit hunting trip in sagebrush country and used a spotlight to look for animals. The spotlight revealed a large, tall, hair-covered upright figure running away, leaping over brush without pausing before disappearing into a gully. The group did not pursue it or search for footprints and ended the hunt, concluding it matched no familiar animal.

Full-body sighting