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7 November 1997 Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin Class A #1105

Newspaper article about a track find and investigation

A press report said three large footprint-like impressions were found on a Monday in the wooded Blue Hills area near Rice Lake. An investigator described the impressions as about 16 to 17.5 inches long and 8 inches wide, with one showing five toes and a stride of about 4.5 feet, suggesting a Bigfoot. He said he would do more preliminary searching before deciding on a full-scale expedition.

Tracks
1 August 1990 Eldon, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Class A #2041

August 1 1990 Oklahoma, Cherokee County, near Eldon

On August 1, 1990, a woman at a mobile home near Eldon, Oklahoma reported hearing noises and smelling a bad odor before seeing a very tall, heavy creature. A deputy later found large impressions at the scene. Two days later, two other residents reported a similar upright animal at a trash pile nearby.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundOdorPossible misidentification
Spring 1985 Riverside County, California Class C #2228

Reference to a local newspaper article about tracks found near Bautista Road

A local newspaper reportedly published an article about footprints found in the Anza area near Bautista Road. The current author did not claim to have seen the footprints directly but referenced the article. No date, discoverer, or description of the prints beyond their location is provided.

Tracks
2 July 1980 Lake County, Florida Class A #725

Large tracks found investigated by Federal authorities

A contractor doing roadwork found about half a dozen large footlike prints near a bulldozer in a remote part of the Ocala National Forest. Law enforcement and forestry personnel made casts of the prints, described as 17 inches long with an arch, five toes and a four-foot stride. Most investigators viewed the prints as a possible hoax but ordered casts because of lingering doubt.

Tracks
25 November 1977 Montgomery County, Kansas Class A #1332

newspaper article about a sighting by a jogger. Later, a sherif deputy found a track at the scene of the incident.

Late on Thanksgiving night in 1977, the witness was returning home from jogging when he heard a noise in nearby bushes and ran uphill toward his house. He then turned and watched a large figure running along the road before it went over a barbed-wire fence with little effort and disappeared into a field. A deputy later reported finding an unusually large, deep foot-shaped track in gravel.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
5 October 1977 Marion County, Florida Class A #726

A hitchhiker reports seeing a bigfoot in a forested area off U.S. 441

A hitchhiker reported encountering a Bigfoot-like creature in a lightly wooded area south of Belleview in darkness. The creature was described as taller than the six-foot witness, brown and black in color, with a horrible garbage-like odor. The account comes from a 1977 newspaper article which notes the sighting was not substantiated.

Partial sightingOdor
26 April 1976 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1976)

A young child playing in a yard screamed as a tall hairy figure bounded toward the house and reached for the child. The mother smelled a foul odor, grabbed the child, and ran inside. Police who responded heard unrecognized howls and had rocks thrown at them.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlScreamRock throwing
1967–1969 El Reno, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/04/22/sc-ep-97-the-chicken-man

Property disturbance near El Reno, Oklahoma (1967)

A farmer found his chicken coop door ripped off with a bloody handprint on it and hairs, footprints and blood left behind. Several chickens were killed without being eaten, and the door was taken to a zoo for examination.

Property disturbanceTracksHandprintHairBlood or tissue
28 January 1963 Cold Springs, Tuolumne County, California Class B #2310

Large prints found below Cold Springs

On a Sunday night, repeated shrieks were heard in brushland where a roughly 10-foot-tall grotesque man-like figure was reported. Large prints measuring about 14 to 17 inches were found nearby over the next two days and were followed through a subdivision, park and camp area. A law enforcement leader later described the tracks as shoe prints made before a light snowfall and suggested a mountain lion as a possible source of the noises, while noting fresh lion tracks and no cabin break-ins.

Full-body sightingScream
27 January 1963 Cold Springs, Tuolumne County, California Class B #2309

10-Ft. Shrieking Monster reported near Cold Springs

An anonymous caller told the sheriff's office that a roughly nine- to ten-foot-tall human-like figure was moving in the road near an old gravel pit. A second man on the same call said large tracks had been seen. Responding deputies did not see the figure but stayed in the area for hours listening to loud shrieking that moved around them.

Full-body sighting
July 1924 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/13/sc-ep54-ape-canyon-sasquatch-attacks

Tracks in Washington (1924)

Five miners prospecting near Mount St. Helens found large tracks and later shot at a creature watching near a tree. That night multiple creatures attacked their cabin, throwing rocks and trying to enter from all sides including the roof. The men fired back until just before dawn when the creatures left.

TracksPartial sightingRock throwingDoor or window contact
1921 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1921)

A woman saw a four-foot object moving along a rear fence and fetched a neighbor, who shot it with a shotgun and saw it drop. When approached, it jumped to hind legs and chased the shooter back into the house, then left toward another town. Strange footprints were later reported nearby.

Full-body sightingTracksDoor or window contactHistorical account
1914 Seattle, Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Seattle, Washington (1914)

A laborer picking berries was attacked by a hairy giant called Bosco that clawed his throat and struck him with a 25-pound window weight. Witnesses, tracks, bitten trees, eaten dog remains, and asphalt footprints were reported. The creature was seen swimming, eating fish, and peering into buildings.

Full-body sightingObject throwingTracksVocalization
14 January 1902 Chesterfield, Bannock County, Idaho #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants

Sasquatch sighting near Chesterfield, Idaho (1902)

A group of youngsters skating on a river encountered an 8-foot hair-covered creature that yelled and brandished a large club. They fled on skates to their wagons and escaped. Tracks found later away from the river were 22 inches long with four toes.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1902 Idaho #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c

Sasquatch sighting in Idaho (1902)

In the early 1900s a Bigfoot appeared at an ice-skating gathering on a river in Idaho, causing skaters to flee by wagon. A later hunting party of 20 men found it gone but discovered tracks in the snow.

Full-body sightingTracks
1895 Halstead, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Halstead, Pennsylvania (1895)

A very tall hair-covered wild woman was reported riding a taken balance wheel and encountering a peddler with a horse. She allegedly broke the horse's neck with one jerk, rendered the peddler unconscious, and dragged the horse to the woods where bones were later found. Pursuers found huge footprints and piles of rattlesnake skins but did not locate her.

Full-body sightingTracksHistorical account
1881 Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Vocalization near Morgantown, Pennsylvania (1881)

A party out driving with horses through a hill pass had a lead horse become unmanageable and show terror as a wild cry came from the thicket, refusing to pass. Local farmers also reported livestock depredations and peculiar footprints in snow that searchers could not resolve. The newspaper presented the story without conclusion.

VocalizationTracksHistorical account
last Monday morning to Tuesday afternoon Rumsey, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Rumsey, California

Two men camped in a valley found man-like tracks and followed them to a ravine. They watched a large hairy creature beating its chest, displaying strength by throwing a huge rock, near a foul cave with bones. They left without approaching.

Full-body sightingVocalizationStructure or nest
about the sixth of this month Rumsey, California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Tracks near Rumsey, California

A trapper following a drag trail found a partly eaten heifer covered with brush and large clawed tracks. That night his dogs hid in fear while unearthly screams moved away from his cabin. He sought help to hunt the animal.

TracksScream
About 10 days ago California #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting in California

Two prospectors were separated when one heard a whistle and saw a hair-covered man-like figure on a boulder. He aimed his gun and spoke to it in several languages without reply. It stopped as if recognizing danger, then fled over a hill.

Full-body sightingWhistleTracks