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2 June 1982 Elma, Brady And Matlock, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class A #2599

Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Department Offense report/summary

The writer was contacted about large tracks in a secluded clearcut area and was escorted to a spur road. Two large human-like footprints were found in mud where a wide trail of broken vegetation came down a hill to the road. The writer photographed both prints, cast the left one, and collected a hair from between the toes for analysis.

TracksHair
1982 Warm Springs, Nye County, Nevada #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d

UFO sighting near Warm Springs, Nevada (1982)

A family driving across Nevada early in the morning encountered a strange object that approached their station wagon and flew above the road. After a tire blowout, mist, humming and slowed perception, they stopped and hid in brush where a saucer landed and three floating beings took the two children aboard. The parents sought help at a military gate while the children were found the next morning on the test range and later described examinations, pills, a calming ribbon and a map.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
Summer 1981 Branson, Stone County, Missouri Class B #717

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.

Partial sightingTracks
11 October 1980 Fairview, Fleming County, Kentucky Class A #2382

Man fires shots at an unidentified man or animal near his back porch. Later he finds frozen meat littered about his back yard

The witness was home watching a baseball game when a strange noise from the back porch prompted investigation with a pistol. The witness reported seeing a large dark upright shadow-like figure running toward the woods, firing shots, then seeing it again near an old stable and firing again without hitting it. Afterwards the witness found a porch freezer broken into with frozen food scattered, plus white hairs and ground impressions.

SilhouetteFootstepsUnidentified soundTracksHair +2
November 1978 Adel/West Des Moines, Dallas County, Iowa Class A #1197

Several sighting reports near the Racoon River within days of each other.

The witness's brother was driving a tractor home late at night when he noticed two large hair-covered figures walking parallel to the road along a fence line. He described the taller one as about seven to eight feet tall, bulky with long swinging arms, and watched them continue along the timber. The account was relayed secondhand by the reporter along with other nearby reports from the same period.

Silhouette
29 December 1977 Granite Falls, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #1880

Man and his children find large barefoot tracks in snow

The witness took his children sledding along a forest service road, towing a sled behind his truck. After noticing droppings in the road, they found a trail of large bare human-like footprints with five toes leading up a bank. The witness compared his booted foot and stride to the prints, noting a much longer step and deeper impressions, then left because it was getting late and later reported the find to the sheriff's office.

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8 August 1977 British Columbia Class B #2443

Lots of tracks found while fishing

Five people fishing in a remote creek area found about half a dozen very large footprints that appeared to be about a week old. The tracks ran from the creek across sandy soil toward rocky brush and were described as about 17 inches long and 10 inches wide. Casts were later made from the tracks and the find was reported in newspapers.

Tracks
18 May 1977 Preble County, Ohio Class A #4970

Case report about a sighting by a boy and local rumors about a bigfoot in area.

Two boys were walking their dog in the evening when they noticed a strong rotten-egg smell and saw a large hairy creature. The creature chased them across a field toward home, taking very large steps, and disappeared from view near railroad tracks and a highway. After reaching home they told a parent, who called law enforcement, and responding deputies searched the area.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
February 1977 Weaverville, Trinity County, California Class B #7231

A young man and friends had two consecutive night encounters with an unknown creature

In February 1977 five youths camped in two VW buses at a remote, densely forested campground in the Trinity Alps. On two consecutive nights around 10:30 p.m., something rushed down the steep hill behind camp and violently rocked the bus the witness slept in. The first morning packs were found strewn and torn open; the second night a large boulder was found wedged behind the bus tire and the other bus had shifted about five feet toward the river. The group reported seeing nothing because windows were iced over, noting only hillside skid marks, rushing noises, and a brief strong odor before leaving early.

Movement onlyUnidentified soundVehicle contactRock throwingProperty disturbance +1
Summer 1977 Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri Class A #1148

Family camping encounter large, fur covered creature. Footprints are discovered at the campsite

A family camping at Sunrise Beach heard branch-breaking sounds overnight and the next morning found a very large footprint in a dried creek bed. Shortly after, they saw a large brownish hair-covered creature watching them from behind a tree on a hillside, which then walked away toward the campground road. The father also reported seeing it cross the road ahead while lifting a wire out of its way, and the family quickly left the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracksUnidentified sound
Summer 1977 Gates, Marion County, Oregon Class B #5350

College students get approached by sasquatch and shoot at it

Four college geology students camping at night heard howling from a canyon and then saw the outline of a huge bipedal animal on the road in moon and campfire light. When the animal approached, one student fired a rifle several times, after which it crossed the road and moved noisily up the opposite slope through brush. A responding deputy examined the area the next day and reported indistinct impressions, small pushed-over trees and long uphill strides, but no blood or fur.

HowlSilhouetteMovement only
October 1976 Alapaha, Berrien County, Georgia Class A #14525

Evening encounter with fisherman laying catfish lines on the Alapaha River

The witness returned at dusk to check catfish lines on a river on a relative's land after hunting. After hearing loud breathing and smelling a strong odor, the witness saw a roughly six-foot wet fur-covered figure about ten feet away with river scum on its side, which stood still. The witness fled immediately, returned with a relative the next morning to find no tracks but estimate height from a nearby branch, and has since avoided the area.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundOdor
30 January 1976 Twisp, Okanogan County, Washington Class A #1925

Strong odor, crunching footsteps and large human-like tracks found in snow

Overnight at a cabin, the wife noticed a strong odor, heard a metallic bang on the back porch and crunching footsteps moving toward the driveway. She woke her husband, who went outside with a flashlight and found a strong smell and large man-like footprints where frozen food stored under a wash tub had been disturbed. Investigators visited a week later, examined remaining tracks, took photographs and measurements, and collected hair.

OdorFootstepsTracksProperty disturbance
13 October 1975 Sumner, Pierce County, Washington Class A #1730

Lake Tapps

Two companions on their way to school in the morning saw two pale human-like figures standing at the edge of woods on a hill. The figures smelled like skunks and then wandered back into the woods. The witnesses estimated the figures' height against a tree limb and later reported finding nest-like structures nearby.

Full-body sightingOdor
16 April 1975 Darrington, Snohomish County, Washington Class B #1721

Children find 19" tracks in snow

Several children riding bikes on a snow-covered dirt road reported seeing footprints and walked barefoot in the snow, getting their feet cold and wet. Their mother went to look and reported finding large human-like tracks in deep snow, which were photographed. A later examination documented a trackway of about two dozen large prints leading from a hill to the road.

Tracks
Fall 1975 Callisburg, Cooke County, Texas Class B #6235

Biology teacher's experiences around "the 1893 Bridge."

A teacher and companions are said to have encountered a tall creature on at least six occasions near an old bridge in Cooke County, Texas. The encounters occurred at night from a vehicle, with the figure seen as a tall silhouette in headlights and heard making threatening noises while moving through brush. On one occasion the creature was described as bouncing a limb, whose height was measured the next day, and daytime searches reportedly found bones in the creek. Shots were allegedly fired at the creature without apparent effect.

SilhouetteVocalizationMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
4 November 1974 Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma Class A #6644

Deer hunters have daylight sighting near Seminole.

In fall 1974 the witness and a relative stopped while driving back roads looking for deer and watched through a rifle scope from about a quarter-mile away. They described a large black creature pulling leaves from a branch over the road while two much smaller creatures played in puddles nearby. After watching several minutes they left over safety concerns, returning a week later to find the branch was over 11 feet high.

Full-body sighting
1 October 1974 Dee, Hood River County, Oregon Class B #1446

Deer hunters find footprints near Wahtum Lake

While deer hunting with three family members near Whatum Lake, the witness found and followed a trackway of huge human-like footprints. Near where the tracks crossed a road the group found berry-filled scat, and later found another set of similar tracks in an old burn area. No creature was seen; the group concluded the tracks were from bigfoot.

TracksScat
14 September 1974 Syringa, Idaho County, Idaho Class B #9954

Elk hunters find footprints on Stanley Butte

The witness was elk hunting on horseback in the Idaho wilderness with a companion when their horses became unmanageable near a ridgetop. They discovered very large fresh human-like footprints in snow that did not look like bear tracks. After moving away, they learned that two hunters camped in the next valley had abandoned camp after reporting a screaming animal throwing logs and destroying their camp.

Tracks
July 1973 Cumberland County, Maine Class A #1186

Series of sightings taking place over three days

A woman driving home in the evening saw an ape-like animal peeking from bushes about twenty feet away, which then ran on two legs into dense woods. She returned later with neighbors and from her car saw it again peering from the fork of a tree while others searched on foot. Officers from multiple agencies searched the area that night without locating the animal.

Full-body sighting