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Fall 1949 Fairview, Coos County, Oregon Class A #8745

One audible and two visual, early evening encounters by a coastal witness near the North Fork of the Coquille River

When the witness was a child living in a remote wooded valley, pounding on wood drew a sibling indoors and the family went outside to listen. From the driveway they heard loud guttural roaring together with continued pounding for several minutes on a clear calm evening. The sounds eventually stopped and the family went back inside, leaving the witness frightened.

GrowlWood knock
1948 Sol Duc Hot Springs, Clallam County, Washington Class A #1723

Mt. Olympus Incident

Four people were quietly walking horses along a trail in rainy conditions when a black creature about eight feet tall stood up from a stooped position beside the trail and ran away, leaving a foul odor. The group did not look for footprints.

Full-body sightingOdor
Spring 1945 Eldorado, White County, Illinois Class A #49954

Memory told of encounter at a remote cabin at Sandy Run

The main witness was sleeping in the front room of a remote lakeside cabin with a relative when she awoke at night to the porch screen door opening and footsteps. She watched a large, red-haired, bipedal figure pass three front windows and pause at the door to peer inside, bending down to look in. Frightened, she fled to sleep with her grandparents and did not speak of the incident for years.

Partial sightingFootstepsDoor or window contact
August 1944 Yreka, Siskiyou County, California Class A #2896

Sister and brother see 3 creatures near Yreka

Two children walking on a dirt road by a clearing saw three bipedal hairy figures of different sizes about 50 yards away. The figures watched the children for about two minutes, then turned and walked into the woods, and the children ran home. The mother dismissed the sight as sheep, but the witness later concluded the figures matched Bigfoot descriptions.

Full-body sighting
July 1944 Eben Jct., Alger County, Michigan Class B #28897

Memory told of a possible daylight sighting while playing in the woods in Eben Junction

In summer 1944, the 9-year-old witness and his cousin were playing in a woodlot on a family farm, knocking dead saplings against live trees. They stopped and saw a huge man-like figure standing broadside nearby looking at them, which then turned and walked away. The boys ran out and told their mothers, who dismissed it as a neighbor, and the witness says they avoided that part of the woods afterward.

Full-body sighting
October 1943 Memphis And Little Rock Ark., Lonoke County, Arkansas Class A #2494

Bus driver encounters ape like creature during an unscheduled stop

The witness was six years old and riding in the back of a bus at night with family. After the driver reboarded saying a big ape had almost gotten him, the bus started moving and the witness and a relative watched a large ape-like figure cross the highway behind the bus and enter the woods on the other side. Other passengers including parents also saw the start of the crossing.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1943 Probably Central, Ashland County, Ohio Class A #5333

Man recalls being picked up as a child in Mohican Memorial Forest

When the witness was 5 years old and camping with his parents in central Ohio, he became lost in the woods. He claims a large hairy female creature picked him up, carried him quickly through the forest, and left him in camp with a heavy branch on his legs where his parents later found him. He says his parents dismissed his account as imagination and he did not share it widely for decades.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
16 November 1941 Gypsumville, Manitoba Class A #9552

Moose hunter shoots "bigfoot" to death

While hunting moose alone on the west side of a lake, the witness mistook a tall hair-covered biped seen from behind for the rump of a wounded moose and shot it between the shoulder blades, killing it instantly. The witness then walked around the body, noting its very large size, dark brown long hair, bare palms with opposed thumbs, and flat five-toed feet estimated around fifteen inches, before leaving quickly out of fear and concern about hunting without a license. The account was kept private for about thirty years until the witness recognized similar creatures in published film and began speaking about it.

Full-body sighting
1940–1949 St. Anthony, Idaho #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/11/03/sc-ep376-the-dog

Sasquatch sighting near St. Anthony, Idaho (1940)

As a young teenager bringing cows across a canal near dark, the diarist saw a large bear-like figure standing on hind feet by a sapling 600-700 feet away and felt intense chill. Cows were undisturbed and his father was unconcerned. Next morning with his friend [name withheld] he found a huge bare footprint in wet mud under the sapling, estimated 8.5-9 feet tall using [name withheld]'s height, and nearby found a stick-bed with a strong repulsive odor.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteTracksOdorStructure or nest
16 August 1937 Warrick County, Indiana Class A #14336

Old newspaper article (The Hammond Times) mentioning sightings near Boonville

9 April 1934 Harrison, British Columbia Class A #14329

Old newspaper article (Fresno Bee) Univ. Calif. students plan expedition to BC

March 1934 Harrison, British Columbia Class A #14328

Old newspaper article (Lima, Ohio) about encounters near Harrison Mills

1932 ST.Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Class B #24102

Recollections of numerous encounters at a logging camp during the Great Depression

The reporter recounts stories his parents told about a logging camp in the early 1930s shortly after their 1932 marriage. After an initial close approach to another woman in camp, a large hairy human-like creature was seen repeatedly in the evenings, at times leaning on a parked truck and running upright faster than dogs. The father prevented others from shooting it because it looked too human.

Full-body sighting
1926 Walden, Jackson County, Colorado Class B #5641

Daylight sighting by woodsman of two bipeds stalking an elk

The witness was positioned on one mountainside watching across a valley toward an opposite slope where an elk was being stalked by two large brown animals first taken for bears. Viewed through binoculars, the two stood upright and walked on two legs, keeping the elk between them and at times hiding behind trees before entering heavy timber after about five minutes. The outcome for the elk was not seen, but the witness thought the pair probably killed it.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
Fall 1925 Bordelonville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Class B #24413

Woman recounts a tale her Grandfather told her about a frightening incident near Horseshoe Lake

In fall 1925, two brothers were walking to duck blinds at sunrise near a lake in Louisiana with a kerosene lamp. They noticed two red reflections in the treeline that approached them, revealing a furry, lumbering figure with red eyes reflecting the light. When it came within a few feet, the brothers dropped their gear and fled home in fear.

EyeshinePartial sighting
14 January 1921 Wallaceton, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Class A #14358

Old newspaper article (Clearfield Progress - Pennsylvania) sightings by farmers in Clearfield County

Spring 1920 Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas Class C #4088

1920's sighting Southest of Booneville

A witness was with a berry-picking group when a tied horse began struggling against its tree. The witness heard the commotion, approached the horse, and saw a hairy manlike creature after the horse. The creature then ran into the brush, and the group left the area.

Full-body sighting
1910 Livingston County, Michigan Class B #807

A family observes a small group of bigfoots swim across White Lake.

When she was about seven, the witness saw five hairy, unclothed figures at the edge of a lake from a hill. She fetched her parents and younger brother, and the four of them together watched the five figures swim across to oak woods on the north side of the lake. The family never saw them again and kept the account secret for decades.

Full-body sighting
Winter 1890 Sweetwater County, Wyoming Class B #1245

Vocalizations heard from creature seen by witness

A father and son were returning from an unsuccessful hunting trip when the father stopped by a fallen tree to light his pipe and saw a tall hairy unclothed figure standing nearby. The figure vocalized loudly after noticing the man, then walked quickly toward the woods. The son joined his father and both watched the first figure and a second slightly smaller one walk along the woods edge before disappearing into the trees.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTracks
late at night Carmacks, Yukon Related account #12088

Footsteps near Carmacks, Yukon

The witness reports recurrent late-night episodes by the lake where footsteps echo her own steps and stop when she stops, which companions also heard.

Footsteps