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Winter 1988 Francesville, Pulaski County, Indiana Class B #7239

Footprint found in the snow near Francesville

The witness was walking with friends when the group found a single bare footprint in melting snow. They told the witness's parents, returned with a tape measure, and photographed the print, which measured 13 to 14 inches long and looked wide. No creature was seen, and the print was described as heading back toward the woods.

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Fall 1988 White City, Jackson County, Oregon Class A #674

Two hunters find trackway of a Sasquatch, then witness a partial view Sasquatch as it runs away

Two bow hunters found large human-like footprints with toe impressions at the muddy edge of a stock pond in the early morning. They followed faint sign a short distance, covered the clearest prints to protect them, and later returned to make plaster casts and photograph stride. The prints were measured at 18 inches long, and hair was collected from vegetation in a nearby ravine.

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22 March 1987 Glendale Springs, Ashe County, North Carolina Class B #2149

Park Rangers and residents of Glendale Springs observe large footprints in deep snow

The witness claimed large foot-shaped tracks were found in deep snow around their home in Glendale Springs. The tracks were described as 12 to 16 inches long and spaced 5 to 6 feet apart, extending over a mile or more and appearing to cross a split-rail fence in one stride. More than ten residents and park rangers reportedly saw the tracks and photos were taken, while rangers suggested rabbits or small animals as an explanation.

TracksPossible misidentification
October 1984 Frazier, Roosevelt County, Montana Class C #1700

Witnesses hear unusual screams while hunting & note local Indian stories regarding Bigfoot

The witness and three companions were hunting deer at dusk in brushy river bottomland. While separated along irrigation canals and field edges, they heard prolonged loud screaming with gurgling and hooting from about 100 yards away in dark woods. Frightened, they regrouped, fled to their vehicle, picked up the fourth hunter on the road, and left the area.

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October 1983 Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio Class B #12669

Possible tracks found by hunters outisde Mechanicsburg

Three people were out at night exercising a coon dog when they found two very large footprints in a cornfield between woods. They examined the prints by light, became frightened, and left for the truck. The reporter later returned to photograph the prints and compared one to a size-13 boot.

Tracks
August 1982 Nye County, Nevada #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d

UFO sighting near Nye County (1982)

A family camping at an abandoned mining camp near a military range boundary was told by military personnel to leave due to an escaped convict, but the personnel left for another call. Shortly after, the father was attacked from behind while the mother drove away with the children after hearing screaming and seeing a monster-like pursuer. The father died, his body was recovered inside the range, and years later the son learned from a supervisor that an escaped non-human entity had killed him.

Partial sightingScream
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
July 1980 Clarksburg, Ross County, Ohio Class A #7133

Father, son and cousin enounter a large hair covered creature while wading through a creek

While wading and fishing with two relatives in summer 1980, the witness reported a strong rotten odor followed by sighting of a tall hairy figure standing in brush on the creek bank. The figure, visible from the waist up, turned its head to look at the group, after which all three left the creek and walked to their car. The father reportedly identified it aloud as Bigfoot.

Partial sightingOdor
30 June 1980 Pittman, Lake County, Florida Class B #5510

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.

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1980–1989 Place not stated #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/12/14/sc-ep65-three-sasquatch-encounters

Sasquatch sighting (1980)

A friend of the witness's father was photographing deer in his backyard when a strange upright figure was captured. The witness later saw the print with his brother and described it as a skinny upright teddy-bear-like figure with monkey-like facial features and gray skin around the mouth. The picture could not be scanned and was described as floating around among acquaintances.

Full-body sighting
June 1979 Seneca, Grundy County, Illinois Class A #12140

Two teenagers have sighting east of Seneca

In the summer of 1979 the witness and a companion had pulled off the road east of Seneca when they heard a loud shrieking growl. A large human-like animal approached their vehicle in bounding steps. The witness shouted for the companion to get in, locked the doors, and fled at high speed, remaining frightened and avoiding that road afterward.

Full-body sightingScreamGrowl
Fall 1979 Dunnellon, Marion County, Florida Class B #7692

Possible brush nest, tracks, smell, noticed by DeMolay teens visiting rural home Dunellon

Three teenagers walked down a dirt road at night to take time-exposure photos of stars away from house lights. They noticed a strong foul odor and an unusual silence, became frightened, and ran back to the house. The next morning they returned and found an area of flattened brush and a very large footprint in damp soil nearby, which they photographed in black-and-white before having to leave.

OdorTracksStructure or nest
30 April 1978 Orting, Pierce County, Washington Class B #1731

25-50 Footprints found near Orting

The witness reports finding dozens of large five-toed footprints in wet, packed sand. Most were roughly boot-length but wider and over an inch deep, with a second deformed variant and a larger unclear print leading toward a cliff. The witness and a companion photographed the prints and the witness planned to cast them.

Tracks
1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Tracks near Benzie County (1978)

The mother found a very large footprint with clear definition at the corner of the house. She tried to preserve it and photographed it with a tape measure for scale, showing it dwarfed a human foot and sank into the ground. After this she became convinced something large was around.

Tracks
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.

TracksScat
10 October 1977 North/Central Nepal Class A #4439

Daylight sighting of yeti crossing glacier in the Himalayas

While backpacking alone in a remote area of Nepal, the witness watched from a hilltop as a large brownish bipedal creature emerged from brush and crossed a glacier below over several minutes before entering brush on the far side. The witness took a photo that came out overexposed and showed only an unclear dark shape. The witness did not descend to the glacier due to breathing difficulty and dense terrain.

Full-body sighting
September 1977 Duchesne, Wasatch County, Utah Class A #3022

Nighttime encounter with campers near Duchesne, in Timber Canyon

The witness and a relative were fishing and camping in a narrow willow canyon at dusk and noticed unusual silence and a feeling of being watched. While sitting by a fire, the companion stared toward the road and the witness then saw a tall dark hairy face peering through willows about 30-40 feet away. The figure then crashed through the creek and willows up the hillside out of sight, after which the pair left hastily.

Partial sightingMovement only
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
July 1977 Sawyer's Bar, Trinity County, California Class B #7352

Hiker see prints and hears sounds in the Trinity Alps

The witness was camped beside a creek during a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike when he heard low voice-like sounds coming from opposite ridges. Feeling uneasy as he also heard limbs and sticks breaking on the ridgeline, he broke camp and hiked out by moonlight. The next morning at a side creek he found vegetation slid down and up where something had crossed, with one large clear footprint in a sandbar, which he photographed with his foot alongside for scale.

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