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10 October 1969 North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey Class A #2271

Night time sighting by New Brunswick resident near Lawrence Brook

Late on a Friday night in October 1969, the witness and a driver were sitting talking in a parked car near woods and a brook. The witness noticed two red eyes in the road ahead, and when headlights were turned on they saw a hairy bipedal figure that stood up and slowly waddled into the woods. The witness ran inside a house while the driver drove away, and later told the witness's mother about the sighting.

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October 1969 Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #10510

Logger and granddaughter have brief sighting in the Selkirk Mountains

The witness was riding in a pickup with a relative scouting timber in a steep mountainous area when a large hairy upright animal crossed the road in front of the truck. The animal came down one bank, crossed in a few fast strides, and went down the opposite slope out of sight while brush broke behind it. The relative stopped and got out with a rifle but could not relocate it.

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9 September 1969 It Was In Hampton Ill., Rock Island County, Illinois Class A #24147

Creature seen at a flooded rock quarry near Hampton

The witness was walking with a companion to a quarry at night to fish. While running down a steep slope to the water, the witness came within about ten feet of a tall, thin hair-covered figure crouched with its hands and feet on the ground and facing away. The witness immediately ran back up the slope without telling the companion what was seen, and the two then fished for about an hour with no further incident.

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September 1969 Orick, Humboldt County, California Class B #2935

Father and son see large footprints outside Orick

While camped on a river bar, the witness and his father walked inland up a creek to look for flowing water. On a sandy bar beside a pool they found very large, deep tracks crossing in a straight line with a long stride. The father compared his own foot, grew tense and watchful, then led the witness quickly back to camp saying they were bear tracks and telling him not to tell the others.

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24 August 1969 Curry County, Oregon Class B #661

Campers hear terrifying vocalizations and see a huge dark form

Five boys were camping in a wilderness area when loud screams approached their camp late at night. Something circled the camp on two feet for about half an hour while wailing, as the group hid terrified in sleeping bags. As it left, two or three of them saw a huge hulking shape moving away in moonlight.

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16 August 1969 McCall, Valley County, Idaho Class A #4741

Four witnesses have encounter near McCall

Four people were parked in a car on a double date east of Payette Lake at night. A companion warned that something large had circled the car and was now in front of it. When the headlights were turned on, the group saw an upright figure covered in dense black fur standing at the edge of a clearing about 15 feet away. After a second or two it spun on its heels and ran into the woods.

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9 August 1969 Norris, Fulton County, Illinois Class A #28714

Memory told of seeing a bigfoot on the side of a road along Middle Branch Creek

When the witness was ten, the witness and the mother drove at night to assist a relative whose truck had broken down near a creek and woods. Headlights revealed a crouched figure behind a fence watching the relative's truck. The relative and the witness approached on foot with a makeshift light, at which point the figure stood tall on two legs and ran into nearby woods, disappearing within a few steps.

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August 1969 WAR, McDowell County, West Virginia Class A #24421

Woman remembers daylight sighting while walking in the Slate Creek area

In August 1969 the witness was walking on a hillside path above her sister, who was walking on a dirt road toward the store. When her sister passed a natural spring, a tall hairy creature stood up from the brush, and the witness screamed for her sister to run. Her sister saw the creature and ran, while the creature quickly stooped back down and moved into brush along the creek.

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August 1969 Alleen, Little River County, Arkansas Class A #1944

Family has multiple encounters with white bigfoot creature

A family was camping by a river when the mother went behind the truck at night and saw a whitish upright creature at close range. She ran screaming to the others, and the family hurriedly broke camp while an older brother fired shots as the creature circled and crossed the road. Afterwards they found three-toed footprints near the truck and a large dent where the creature had struck the vehicle, then left immediately.

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12 July 1969 Brereton And Norris, Fulton County, Illinois Class B #50155

Memory of seeing something chimp-like in the trees and being chased out of the woods near Brereton

In July 1969 the witness and two younger brothers were on bikes on a bridge over a creek when they watched a 4-foot dark brown young animal play in a tree about 300 feet away for five minutes. The witness felt overwhelming terror without seeing a threat and led the brothers away. While they rode about a half mile home, a brother reported a strange hairy man chasing them, which the witness interpreted as an adult protecting its young.

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July 1969 Long Lake Village, Hamilton County, New York Class B #1524

Couple sees "something" looking through their window late at night

The witness and his wife were lying awake in a lakeside cabin at night when his wife repeatedly said a raccoon was looking in a small rear window. After several minutes he rolled over quickly and saw a dark-faced, brown-furred creature with a large conical head peering in, which left within seconds. The next morning he found a single large heel/footprint about eight inches wide in mud by a small stream behind the cabin.

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July 1969 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas Class A #14376

Encounter during a summer camp campout near the Brazos River

During a multi-day canoe camping trip along a river, the witness and a companion chased an animal to the top of a cliff near camp. The witness collided with a large hair-covered creature and both the creature and the two companions screamed. The pair fled in panic over the cliff edge and survived the fall, while other campers heard the screams and saw the fall.

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9 March 1969 Carson, Skamania County, Washington Class B #1620

Family on vacation find tracks in an isolated area.

On March 9, 1969, a group visiting a vacation property on Bear Creek found very large footprint-like depressions in deep snow. The tracks appeared to come from the campsite area and angle off toward the creek into trees, with a stride a tall adult could not match. The group left without further investigation, and the witness later notified the county sheriff, whose follow-up found additional tracks and produced casts.

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10 January 1969 Hope B.C., British Columbia Class A #10119

Motorist observes animal cross the road in front of him

The witness was driving at night with two companions when a large creature crossed the road in front of the vehicle from left to right, visible in the headlights for about six to eight seconds. The driver stopped at the crossing spot but the creature was gone and was not seen again. The witness described a tall greyish figure with very long arms, a thick torso and an apelike forehead that briefly turned its upper body toward the vehicle while walking.

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Winter 1969 Cortland County, New York Class A #1451

Woman followed by large, dark shape in the experimental forest on the campus of SUNY College

The witness was walking alone through a small college forest on a trail to work on a dark winter evening. Something off the trail followed alongside her, keeping pace and making increasingly loud breaking and movement sounds, and she glimpsed a very tall blocky dark shape moving beside her while hearing breathing. She stayed on the trail with it alongside until the edge of the woods, then ran to a nearby building while it remained in the woods.

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Summer 1969 Greensboro, Greene County, Pennsylvania Class A #3566

Teenager has face-to-face encounter with tall, hairy, man-like creature

After sneaking into a community pool at night, the witness ran into adjoining woods to avoid the caretaker and collided with something. He looked up and saw a manlike figure about eight feet tall covered head to foot in long hair with a strong smell. He ran back toward his friends warning them not to go that way, and none of them went to check the spot.

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1969–1979 Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Class A #37553

Multiple childhood interactions recalled by a woman who grew up near Kalamazoo

As a second-grade child the witness wandered from a school picnic into adjacent pine woods while gathering cones. She collided with a huge hair-covered biped holding aside a tree limb and stared up at its expressive face as its look shifted from startled to gentle. After a prolonged motionless pause the creature released the limb, which swung overhead, and walked away with long powerful strides.

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1969–1980 Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida Class A #723

creature sitting on a wood pile seen watching witness.

The witness was staying overnight at the family property and went outside about 2 a.m. to quiet barking kennel dogs. On the way out and again on the way back, the witness noticed a large silver-colored being sitting calmly on a woodpile and watching. The witness went inside, locked the door, awoke shaking three hours later, and later called a friend and drew what was seen.

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Summer 1969 Montgomery County, Tennessee Class C #6444

A set of red eyes were seen by witness.

Two people were fishing at a river at night when wildlife sounds suddenly stopped. One of them went to the top of the bank with a rifle and spotlight and observed red eyes estimated to be 7 to 8 feet high near the fence. Shots were fired toward the eyes, impacts were heard, and the eyes closed with nothing further seen. The pair left quickly, had to move crowded livestock to exit, and never returned.

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Summer 1969 Scott City, Scott County, Missouri Class A #22448

Early morning sighting near Scott City Diversion Canal

When the witness was a child, he accompanied his grandfather to unlock gates and check boats at a remote fishing spot early one summer morning. After getting out of the truck, they saw a tall hair-covered figure standing on the far side of the lake near the dam about fifty yards away looking at them. The grandfather told the boy not to worry and turned him toward the boats, and when the boy looked again the figure was gone.

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