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August 1979 Don't Know, Hamilton County, New York Class A #6695

Encounter with Juvenile Creature

In 1979 the witness had moved ahead of a hiking group in the Adirondacks to watch beavers and was walking back to the main trail. Something flushed from thick brush ran diagonally toward the witness on the trail, pounding loudly and wailing like a woman screaming, and was seen partially as a fast, upright furry figure about four and a half feet tall. The witness initially assumed a bear cub but later doubted that because it ran upright for about 150 feet and the vocalization resembled sounds associated with Bigfoot reports.

Partial sightingScreamFootstepsPossible misidentification
June 1978 Reedsport And Florence, Douglas County, Oregon Class B #96

Young camper frightened by large hand gathering berries

The witness was camping with family in a wooded Oregon area near a shallow river and was playing outside a camper while two relatives napped. After hearing underbrush rustle and noticing a small sapling bend, the witness moved closer and saw a large hairy hand reach from behind berry brush to grab berries from about 8 to 10 feet away. The witness ran back to camp without seeing the rest of the creature and later described the hand as clearly a hand rather than a paw.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundPossible misidentification
Spring 1978 Auburn, Placer County, California Class B #3612

Two fishermen have truck shaken early one morning, outside of Auburn

The witness and a relative parked a heavy flatbed truck in a wooded area to sleep for a few hours before fishing at dawn. Around 5 a.m. something shook the truck violently side to side several times, waking both occupants. They smelled a strong rancid odor, saw nothing in the darkness, and stayed in the cab until daylight before leaving without checking for tracks.

Vehicle contactOdorPossible misidentification
October 1977 Camas County, Idaho Class A #2061

In the Sawtooth Nat'l Forest, three forestry workers spot a eight to nine foot tall figure walking on 2 legs across a clearing located about 150 yards upslope

The witness was driving with two coworkers on a road below a clearing when all three saw a bipedal figure cross the clearing about 150 yards upslope. The witness estimated the figure was at least 8 to 9 feet tall and crossed at least 150 yards in 20 seconds at a leisurely pace. The coworkers thought it was a man in dark clothing, but the witness disagreed. A later visit to the clearing found no tracks because the ground was too grassy.

Full-body sightingPossible misidentification
Summer 1977 MENDAM/BERNARDSVILLE?, Somerset County, New Jersey Class A #2750

Driving along a secluded road at night, couple's car almost strikes creature crossing road

A couple driving late at night on a secluded dirt road saw a hairy biped step into their headlights. It paused in front of the car, turned its head to look at them, then continued across the road into the woods. Both occupants watched the brief crossing and described a brown-haired, ape-like figure about six feet tall with very long arms.

Partial sightingRoad crossingPossible misidentification
November 1976 Falcon, Sampson County, North Carolina Class A #6267

Two young men are confronted in broad daylight by a large creature near Falcon

On a November 1976 afternoon two young men hunting squirrels walked toward a river when a large hairy biped came up from the river bottom toward them. It stopped about 30 feet away, looked at them, snapped a small dead tree and vocalized. The pair retreated over a ridge and ran, later discussing whether it had been a person in costume.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviourPossible hoax +1
May 1976 LEVITTOWN, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Class A #3122

Two teenagers encounter Bigfoot while bowhunting

In 1976 the witness, then a teenager, trespassed with a companion onto a fenced industrial property to hunt squirrels with bows. The witness reported watching a tall, reddish-brown hair-covered figure stand nearby chewing vegetation and looking at them for about 20 seconds. After the witness alerted the companion, the witness claimed to receive a telepathic threat, grabbed the bow, and both fled without further contact.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourPossible hoaxPossible misidentification
September 1971 Granite, Chaffee County, Colorado Class A #3606

Campers have daylight sighting near Leadville

The witness was camping with family and climbed a hill with cousins, rolling rocks from the top. They heard crashing in aspens across a ravine and saw a tall, long-haired figure standing on two legs about 300 feet away watching them for several minutes. After watching it rock back and forth, the group ran back down the hill. The witness maintains decades later that it was not a bear.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteMovement onlyPossible misidentification
September 1970 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada Class B #5692

Father and son hear vocalizations on Peavine Mt

The witness, then ten, was accompanying a relative on a deer hunt on Peavine Mountain when both heard a long siren-like call from a shadowed draw to the west. The call lasted 15-20 seconds and was repeated multiple times, seeming to move farther away. The relative dismissed it as a fire-tower siren and ended the outing, and they left without further incident.

VocalizationPossible misidentification
August 1966 Albion, Mendocino County, California Class A #8059

Teenagers have sighting of two creatures near Albion

In summer 1966, the witness and her older sister were talking in a parked car near a river in Albion in the evening while the rest of the family was on a nearby boat. Across the river they watched two large, hairy, bipedal animals chase a flock of about 50 sheep around a fenced pasture for 20-30 minutes. After dark they hid in the locked car overnight and reported the event to their parents in the morning, later learning several sheep had been killed with bellies and internal organs eaten.

Full-body sightingPossible misidentification
Summer 1950 Attala County, Mississippi Class A #1339

Creature seen by witnesses

The reporter recounts childhood stories from older relatives about a creature inhabiting a swampy, logged area. One story describes relatives and companions seeing a strange human-like figure beside their dying fire. Other stories describe loggers abandoning work in fright and hunting dogs being attacked and disappearing for days.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
very early in the morning Place not stated Related account #18333

Sasquatch sighting

The witness recalled an early-morning newspaper delivery when they saw an unclear large dark shape beside a wooded path and turned back without approaching.

Partial sightingPossible misidentification
one night Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Related account #48013

Vocalization near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania

The witness recalls feeling watched while hunting the same woods for years and hearing unexplained vocalizations with a relative one night.

VocalizationPossible misidentification
on the second to last night Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia Related account #13122

Unidentified sound near Circleville, West Virginia

On the second to last night the witness awoke to heavy breathing outside the tent, possibly a loose cow.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
in April Place not stated Related account #8785

Unidentified sound

The reporter and a companion investigated at a state park in April and heard weird calls thought to be probably coyotes.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
Date unknown Hammondsville, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #79982

Sasquatch sighting near Hammondsville, Ohio

An investigator waiting at the hangar watched a tall motionless black object at the end of the field that had vanished about twenty minutes later.

SilhouettePossible hoaxPossible misidentification
('84) Place not stated Related account #809

Scream

Years later while camping beside the highway after a long bicycle ride, the witness heard a screech from the woods similar to the earlier incident and rode on home.

ScreamPossible misidentification
age 18, when pregnant Place not stated Related account #37823

Possible misidentification

The witness describes walking down a dark road while pregnant with a companion, both feeling watched but seeing nothing.

Possible misidentification
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #2469

Unidentified sound

The reporter heard strange sounds from a valley that were later thought to be a bobcat.

Unidentified soundPossible misidentification
Sometime around the month of February 2008 Oviedo, Seminole County, Florida Related account #24134

Chatter near Oviedo, Florida

In February 2008, the witness heard a loud metallic chatter near a neighbor's yard while on the patio, then heard it again seconds later from farther away and went back inside.

ChatterPossible misidentification