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June 1976 Deming, Whatcom County, Washington Class B #1684

Husband and wife harassed by unseen creatures at their camp late at night

A couple camped overnight by a stream about three miles from the road. After dark they smelled a strong stench and heard grunting, hooting and stomping that seemed to surround their tent, but saw nothing when checking with a flashlight. They ran back to the road in the dark and found scuffle marks in the dirt when they returned in the morning.

OdorVocalizationFootsteps
1976 New Era, Oceana County, Michigan Class B #55573

Long term possible Sasquatch interactions on a farm near New Era beginning in the mid 1970's

The witness recalls numerous puzzling occurrences from 30-40 years ago on a family farm of about 100 acres with orchards and woods. These included trees reportedly moved to block trails, an elaborate woven arch structure, large human-like footprints with long strides, rocks and a branch thrown near the witness, loud clicking exchanges, and nighttime disturbances around the barn and house. No creature was reportedly seen clearly, and the interpretation as possible Sasquatch activity developed over later years.

Tree breakStructure or nestTracksRock throwingObject throwing +3
October 1975 Prairie Home, Cooper County, Missouri Class A #3483

Nighttime sighting outside farm house, west of Prairie Home (the town) near Pisgah Creek

Late at night at a rural farmhouse, the witness got up for water and sensed a presence outside the kitchen door window. After turning on the carport light, the witness saw a very tall dark-haired figure inches away that looked at the witness before running across the carport and through a field into distant trees. The witness screamed, relatives came after hearing it, a foul odor lingered outside, and the next day a flattened trail was visible in tall grass toward the treeline.

Full-body sighting
July 1975 Fayette County, Pennsylvania Class A #3562

Witness observes red eyes on a tall animal in the dark

Late on a warm clear night in July 1975, the witness heard a loud noise in the woods in front of the house. Looking out, the witness saw two very large red eyes positioned too high for a deer and heard slow heavy breathing. After retrieving a flashlight the figure was gone, and the next morning the ground at the spot was heavily trampled but with no clear prints.

EyeshineUnidentified sound
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
December 1974 Sicamous, British Columbia Class B #11570

Tracks near Sicamous, British Columbia (1974)

The witness and a companion were staying at a closed lakeside resort in winter to ski on the snow-covered beach. Shortly after setting out in the afternoon they found two sets of very large footprints in the snow running along the bay. They followed the tracks and found body-sized impressions where the makers appeared to have lain and moved limbs in the snow, then found a partly eaten fish near a dock. As dusk approached they left the area and saw nothing further that night.

Tracks
October 1974 St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio Class A #3385

Raccoon hunter in a corn field is knocked down by a large animal running from coon hunters.

Four people were coon hunting with hounds on a full-moon night in late fall and were walking out toward the truck when the dogs bolted. The witness, left alone in standing corn, heard a loud scream approaching and was knocked down by a bent-over thing carrying a deer on its shoulder, which dropped the deer and fled. The group found the deer alive but severely injured with a twisted hind leg and broken antlers; a responding game warden shot it and released it to them, and dressing showed a dislocated hip, broken backbone and badly bruised meat.

Partial sightingScream
September 1974 Dos Rios, Mendocino County, California Class A #7860

Hunter has daytime sighting near Dos Rios

The witness was deer hunting alone in a canyon when he spotted a nude human-like figure coming up the canyon from a long distance. He watched it through a riflescope and then with the naked eye as it reached about 80 yards across the canyon, briefly entering manzanita brush and then reappearing to continue uphill. He described a tall, slender, muscular hair-covered figure walking hunched over that did not appear to notice him.

Full-body sighting
20 July 1974 Davie, Broward County, Florida Class A #44837

Years of South Florida Skunk Ape stories supported by witness accounts and newspaper articles

In July 1974 the witness and his older cousin were staying overnight in a relative's sitting room in southern Florida. Late at night under floodlights they watched a tall hairy biped outside the picture window scream, then walk around the property while they followed it from window to window. They saw it eat a watermelon with both hands and scoop water to drink before leaving on a wooded trail.

Full-body sightingScreamAnimal behaviour
July 1974 Withheld, British Columbia Class A #21563

Childhood Sighting Near a House in the Okanagan

Early one summer morning in 1974, the witness, then a child, looked out a bedroom window overlooking Okanagan Lake and saw a very tall, dark, thick-bodied figure standing by the house's sliding glass door. After standing motionless briefly, the figure turned and walked across the lawn into the orchard and out of sight. No one else in the house saw it.

Full-body sighting
July 1974 Alturas, Modoc County, California Class A #875

Man has sighting near Alturas

The witness was camping by a pond with family and stayed up late by the campfire. Around 1 a.m. he heard noise in the cattails across the pond and approached with a flashlight. A tall hair-covered figure stood up, screeched, faced him briefly, then walked toward the forest like a man. He later found flattened cattails and a strong urine odor at the spot.

Full-body sightingScreamGrowlOdor
15 June 1974 Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia Class A #447

Unusual incident... a horseback rider's close encounter

The witness was riding a horse on a wooded dirt road at dusk when the horse became agitated. After hearing rustling and a loud scream, the witness saw eyes and then a large upright creature that lunged out and seized the saddle. Face to face with the creature, the witness clung to the horse's neck as it bolted without looking back. The saddle was later described as torn with deep gouges.

Full-body sightingEyeshineScreamMovement onlyProperty disturbance
Spring 1974 Stonewood, Harrison County, West Virginia Class A #26963

Blacksmith recalls seeing a creature come down a mountainside and shares a sketch he drew

Two teenagers were collecting nightcrawlers behind a rural house just after dark when they heard something moving down through dense briars on a nearby logging road. The witness shone a flashlight and watched a very tall, muscular, hair-covered animal move past about 60 feet away for several seconds. The pair were frightened, and the next day they used a sapling to estimate its height at nine feet.

Full-body sighting
1974–1975 Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/03/25/sc-ep417-a-strange-night

Sasquatch sighting near Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania (1974)

The witness was riding as a passenger with his mother after visiting vacant family land in the fall. On a curving mountain road he noticed a small white figure sitting in saplings near the road edge. As the car passed it turned its body and head to watch the wheels go by, leaving a lasting impression he later interpreted as a young white Sasquatch.

Full-body sighting
1974 Davie, Florida #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/02/03/sc-ep295-the-creature-was-hit-by-the-police-car

Sasquatch sighting near Davie, Florida (1974)

A few nights later a loud scream and shotgun blasts came from a cattle rancher's property. While following a deputy's patrol car, the witnesses saw the creature run from the dark and be struck, stopping the car. It got up limping, struck the hood, screamed, and left toward the swamp. At the pasture the prize bull was found dead with its torso in one place and head about 100 yards away, followed by an all-night search with dogs and helicopters that found nothing.

Full-body sightingVehicle contactProperty disturbanceScream
1973 West Echo, New Jersey #23892198-383b-4e46-9533-253c965d557f

Cryptid sighting near West Echo, New Jersey (1973)

Two youths walking home at night saw what looked like a horse under a streetlight. When one joked about riding it, the animal reared, showed wings, and chased them. They heard hooves behind them as they fled home, and fresh scratches were found on a newly painted door the next morning.

Full-body sightingFootstepsProperty disturbance
August 1972 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada Class B #5770

Four feral dogs chase sasquatch

On a clear night in August 1972, the 12-year-old witness was reading late in his bedroom when feral dogs chased something into his backyard. He heard heavy bipedal footfalls, a violent impact against the house corner and window, a grunt, and then a short deep growl directed at the dogs, followed by silence. The intruder then fled over a cedar fence as the dogs pursued, leaving a strong foul odor. Next morning the witness found a flattened flowerbed and trellis, a toppled lumber stack, and a tuft of hair of uncertain origin on the fence.

FootstepsGrowlVocalizationDoor or window contactProperty disturbance +1
17 January 1972 Between Rio Grande And Centerville., Gallia County, Ohio Class B #63178

A couple is escorted out of the forest after finding a possible nesting area near Rio Grande

The witness and his wife returned in late January to a rock grotto where he had earlier found a possible bedding area. They found the bed intact but an old wagon moved from a ledge with drag marks in the rock. As they hiked out through a ravine, unseen actors on both ridges followed them for about an hour with knocks, whistles and other vocalizations, shaking and snapping saplings and throwing rocks until the pair reached the woods edge. Neither reported seeing anything.

FootstepsWood knockVocalizationWhistleTree break +3
Summer 1972 Diamond, Mahoning County, Ohio Class A #4959

Nightime sighting at a Lake Milton marina

A teenager and an older neighbor spent the night on a boat at a marina to catch suspected vandals. During the night the teenager saw a huge hair-covered figure crouched at an overturned trashcan scooping garbage, then stand upright and stare briefly. The figure stepped over the trashcan, sprang up an embankment, and disappeared into brush, leaving disturbed dew, strewn garbage, and broken brush.

SilhouetteFull-body sightingProperty disturbanceUnidentified sound
1972 Arkansas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/06/02/sc-ep33-frightening-dogman-encounter

Dogman sighting in Arkansas (1972)

In 1972 the witness camped with family in a van at a newly opened park at Beaver Lake in the Arkansas Ozarks. Late at night after a loud bang on the van and seeing a shadow, nearby campers fled, then the group watched a tall hairy biped with a dog-like snout descend a rocky ridge, heard a loud growl, and were pelted with gravel before fleeing the park before dawn.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteHowlGrowlFootsteps +2