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Man recalls watching a possible late night road crossing from his home outside Fieldale
Around 3 a.m. on a cold clear night during Christmas season, the witness got up for a drink and looked out the back-door window toward a lit road. He watched a tall, hairy, upright figure with long arms climb a steep bank, grip a bridge rail, cross the two-lane road in one stride, and disappear down the opposite bank. The observation lasted about five seconds under a street light.
Deer hunter finds a series of footprints on Y Mountain
The witness was deer hunting alone on a snowy mountaintop where he planned to spend the night. He followed large human-like tracks in deep snow and found they were bare footprints with clear toes. Frightened, he left immediately, later noting more tracks and a small snapped-off pine surrounded by circling tracks on his way down.
Deer hunters find tracks in mountains northwest of Williams
The witness reports finding numerous human-like footprints of varying sizes after hiking a considerable distance from camp during a deer-hunting trip. The largest prints were described as very long and unusually deep compared to the witness's own boot impression. A relative who also saw the prints thought they were probably a hoax, while the witness doubted anyone could have faked many deep prints of different sizes that far out.
Memory of a possible daylight sighting when returning to retrieve a watch near Marysville
The witness, then a child swimming with siblings, walked back alone to a swimming hole to retrieve a watch. He saw a tall dark upright figure cross his path near a fenceline and take several steps. Startled, he ran home, where family members suggested it was a deer, which he rejects.
Camper recounts late night experience and finds footprints near Interlochen
Three people camped without tents in woods near Traverse City. During the night they heard movement around camp and sounds of something disturbing the vehicle, but waited until daylight to check. In the morning they found ferns flattened in a circle around the camp and very large footprints on a sandy road and by a creek, which the witness believes was a Bigfoot.
Teens find footprint in abandoned strip mining area near Pittsburg
In early summer 1981, the witness, then 13, was exploring strip-mine slag heaps with two companions. He found a single large bare footprint in soft mud beside a small pond between the heaps. He estimated it at 18 inches long by 7 inches wide and noted the surrounding rocky ground would cut bare feet. He interpreted the track as left by Bigfoot.
Childhood incident near Trenton - possilble sighting & tracks
The witness and a relative were walking home after skating when the witness noticed movement and a large brown shape in the bushes at a distance. Near a path fork, the witness found a very large human-like footprint in snow that appeared to lead toward where the shape had been seen. Frightened, the two ran home and never discussed the incident.
Strange loud sounds; track discovered the following day
As a teenager camping with a relative and a companion, the witness heard a loud evening vocalization at bedtime that was first thought to be an elk bugle but the relative disagreed. The next morning while preparing to pack into nearby lakes, the group found a single track in a marshy area near the trailhead. The witness and companion were frightened by the find and did not discuss it further.
Brief dusk sighting near Pillowville
The witness and a companion were walking along a road after sundown when the witness heard movement on an elevated fence row. The witness climbed up to look across a cut corn field and saw a tall slender brown shaggy figure walking along a ditch, which stepped into a ditch bank after being shouted at. They ran back to the companion's house, and the witness returned the next day to find large human-like footprints in lime dust.
Man tells of his possible daylight encounter as a young motorcycle explorer in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest
In August 1981 the witness rode a motorcycle up forest roads to a high peak near the North Fork. Near the treeline he uncovered a large old barefoot-like track and later from the summit saw a head-and-shoulders shadow watching from the dark treeline. The shape was gone when he looked back after viewing the panorama, and he rode quickly back down the mountain.
Hikers off Lewis River Trail find large footprint east of Cougar
In spring 1981 the witness was camping with family and hiking off-trail when the group found a large footprint on the edge of a creek. Water was running over the print, suggesting it was fresh. The find was kept private for years until reported, and an investigator later documented its size.
Man recalls observing possible tracks and being screamed at on his paper route in Eldridge
As a paperboy delivering newspapers in Eldridge in early February 1981, the witness found very large human-like footprints in snow crossing the town from northeast to southwest, and found a second set retracing the route in reverse the next morning. Several days later, while delivering Sunday papers with his father driving, the witness tossed a paper against a door and immediately heard a loud scream from beside the house that he attributed to the same creature. The witness never saw the animal itself.
Large footprint found in sandbar
Two people walking with a dog heard something moving through the woods away from them and followed the sound to a creek. On a sandbar in the middle of the creek they found a single large, fresh human-like barefoot print and saw no other prints on the higher far bank. They inferred a very long stride and returned up the road without seeing the source.
Possible footprints in the Iron Mountain area, east of Merritt
While hunting deer in a remote forested mountain area, the witness found a large human-like five-toed footprint frozen in mud beneath a large tree after noticing an unclear print nearby. The clear print was described as longer and wider than the witness's size 10 boot, approximately three inches larger. The discovery occurred in daylight with old snow and frozen ground.
Unusual shadow seen through window near Branson. Large footprints found the next morning
When the witness was 11, a very tall hair-covered creature stood outside the house window for a few minutes late at night before walking around the side of the house. The next day the witness and a sibling found large footprints around the house and estimated the creature's height from the window measurement. Rain later washed the prints away after they were followed into the woods.
Memory told of a possible encounter while fishing near Salkum
While fishing about forty yards apart on a riverbank, the witness and a relative felt watched and noticed movement in brush at the base of a cliff. The pair fled down a trail toward camp, and the witness looked back to see a large hair-covered arm and hand reaching out of the brush right behind him before it disappeared. The next day they returned and found indistinct tracks in soft dirt at the bottom of the cliff face.
Deer hunter finds large prints near Goodland
While hunting deer alone in a frozen swamp area, the witness found large bare human-like footprints in light snow on an isolated patch of high ground and followed them briefly before returning to camp. Later the same day the witness brought a hunting companion back to the spot and the companion also viewed the tracks. Warm weather melted the snow by the next day and the location could not be relocated.
Hikers find footprints, hear sounds, etc., near Leavitt Meadows
While camped in high alpine forest, the witness went to a snowdrift above camp and found two lines of large footprint-like impressions that had not been there the day before. The lowest prints showed clear toes with a deeply impressed big toe, while higher prints were smeared sideways as if the makers stepped into their own prints ascending the steep slope. The group followed the two trackways, spaced about eight feet apart, to the top of a cliff.
Man finds and casts large footprints after hearing of sighting
After hearing about a reported sighting, the witness went with a companion the next morning to the described location to look for footprints. They found large footprints crossing a sandy road from a clear-cut area into a swamp, noted a long stride, depth, and disturbed tree blossoms, and made plaster casts. No creature was seen during this visit.
Fisherman recalls being startled by late night encounter on Fletcher Pond near Hillman
The witness and a companion were bass fishing from a boat on Fletcher Pond around midnight on a full-moon night. They heard a loud roar from the dark shoreline and seconds later something splashed into the water very close to the boat. Startled, they started the motor and returned to the lodge without seeing the source.