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1971 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/20/sc-ep202-is-that-a-gorilla

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1971)

In 1971 the nine-year-old witness and other children rode bikes toward a house where a bear was reported looking in windows. A large black hairy creature crossed the road in front of them and went down a trail toward their woods fort. The witness followed, confronted it at close range, saw a muscular creature with a blonde head patch and expressionless face, then yelled for the others to retreat and ran home.

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November 1970 Coal City, Will County, Illinois Class A #47911

Memory told of a nighttime road crossing near Coal City

The witness was driving west late at night when a 6-foot-tall hairy creature stepped into the road. It crossed slowly about 50 yards in front of the vehicle and showed no fear. The creature was described with reddish-orange hair, massive legs, long arms, and eyes that shone emerald green in the headlights.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
November 1970 Maynard, Fayette County, Iowa Class A #4011

Road crossing sighting in a farm area near Maynard; other incidents in vicinity

Four college students were driving slowly on a snow-covered road at night when a large hair-covered biped came from a field toward the road. It stepped over fences and ditches and crossed in front of their car from right to left without looking at them. The occupants watched it continue into the opposite field and drove on without stopping to look for it.

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September 1970 Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia Class A #24569

A couple remembers their daylight sighting while driving thru the Shenandoah National Park many years ago

A couple driving west over Skyline Drive in the morning saw a large hairy biped running toward the road. The driver slowed as the creature crossed about 10 feet in front of the car, continued past the car, then went up a steep embankment into dense foliage and out of sight. The witnesses said it ran on two legs the entire time, never slowed, and ignored them.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1970 Tuckerton, Ocean County, New Jersey Class A #642

Man recalls sighting as a youth, near Bass River State Forest

Two scouts walking on a gravel road in a pine forest at night smelled a foul odor and heard gravel being disturbed. They then saw a large, hairy silhouette run across the road and fled back to camp. When they told their scout leader, he laughed and sent them to bed.

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15 May 1970 PURCELLVILLE VA, Loudoun County, Virginia Class A #35477

Memory told of a nighttime sighting while joy riding on train tracks near Purcellville

In May 1970 the witness and a companion were riding in a Jeep along railroad tracks at night. About 70 to 100 yards ahead, a large bipedal hair-covered creature crossed the tracks in a few steps. The pair stopped, then reversed quickly to leave the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
May 1970 Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Class A #56107

Memory told of a nighttime sighting while working as a police officer answering a prowler call in Marrero

Two officers responding to a late-night prowler call encountered a tall dark hair-covered biped. It was first seen pressed against a house, then moved between houses and crossed a residential street under a streetlight before disappearing into a wooded marshy area near a canal. The officers watched it cross the wide street in three strides without running, and tracking dogs lost its scent at the marsh.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
April 1970 Smokemont, Sevier County, Tennessee Class A #23645

Sighting by motorist in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, not far from the park entrance

In late spring 1970, two people sightseeing by car on Highway 441 near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line claimed a tall, slender hair-covered biped crossed the road in front of them. The creature walked upright on two legs from the right side to the left without looking at them, then continued into roadside bushes where only its head remained briefly visible. The witnesses estimated its height at about seven feet and noted clean straight walnut-brown hair, long arms, and lack of a visible neck.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1970–1979 Knipetown, Berkeley County, West Virginia Class A #13949

Late-night road-crossing sighting by firefighter near the Potomac River

Late at night the witness was driving on a rural road with a farm on one side and an apple orchard on the other when a large hair-covered figure crossed the road ahead of the vehicle. The figure paused in the middle of the road to look toward the headlights, allowing a clear view, then continued across. The witness kept driving, was shaken by the sighting, and avoided that road afterward.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshine
Summer 1970 Monona, Clayton County, Iowa Class A #1234

Creature observed by witness.

On a moonlit night in summer 1970, the witness was on a road by a cornfield with a companion when a large brownish creature was heard and then seen running across the road, down a ditch, over a fence and into the cornfield. The creature had a foul smell. The witness returned the next day and found large smudged footprints in the road and cornfield.

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1970–1979 Grand Haven, Michigan #03360fd9-5907-496a-802d-e50dc58d2898

Sasquatch sighting near Grand Haven, Michigan (1970)

The witness, then about seven, was playing outside with her twin sister and two large dogs on a gravel road. The dogs began barking aggressively, and the witness saw a large hair-covered creature step from the woods and walk across the road about 200 feet away. It paused, turned its whole torso toward the children, then continued into the tree line. The frightened children ran to a neighbor's house, and the witness's mother later suggested it was a Bigfoot, which the witness confirmed from a magazine photo weeks later.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
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.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingMovement only
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.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
28 September 1968 Carpentersville, Cook County, Illinois Class A #12984

Nighttime sighting by motorists east of Carpentersville

Two companions lost while driving at night stopped beside a side road to turn around. A tall, dark-haired, upright creature crossed in front of their van from left to right, looking toward them. As they backed out, one thought it turned back toward the van, and they fled in fear.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
September 1967 Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina Class A #18516

Daylight sighting by farmer (and children) plowing field next to the Yadkin River

A child riding on a tractor with a parent at dusk reported a large hair-covered figure stepping into the tractor lights near a tobacco barn. The figure reportedly paused to look at the riders, then left the road in a single long step into adjacent woods. The parent briefly followed on foot and later searched with a hunting firearm but reported finding nothing.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
July 1967 Bonners Ferry, Bonner County, Idaho Class A #1801

Close daylight sighting of animal crossing road near Spirit Lake

In the summer of 1967, the witness was riding as a passenger in a pickup returning from farm work when he felt tingling and looked behind the vehicle. He saw a tall, long-haired bipedal animal covered in hair that crossed the road behind them in four steps before distance and dust hid it. The animal did not look toward the truck. The witness kept the sighting secret for years and did not know if his two companions saw it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Fall 1967 Midland, Midland County, Michigan Class A #43968

Man recalls walking home from the bus stop and observing a Bigfoot taking off across a field near Midland

As a 12-year-old walking home from the school bus with five other children, the witness noticed movement from a deep ditch beside a gravel road. A hair-covered figure rose from the ditch, crossed the road on two feet, vaulted a pony fence with one hand, and sprinted across an open field much faster than ponies. The figure was estimated at about six feet tall and its face was not seen.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1965 Fort St.John, British Columbia Class A #5172

Multi-witness road-crossing sighting outside Fort St.John

In 1965 a family of five was driving on the Alaska Highway in the early evening when an upright hairy figure crossed the road directly in front of their pickup near Mile 91. The occupants in both the cab and the camper watched it cross quickly. They later stopped at a cafe where the father made a joking remark about what they had seen. A lingering egg-like smell was also noted in connection with the crossing.

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August 1965 Enterprise, Oneida County, Wisconsin Class A #25470

Witness recalls seeing a sasquatch cross the road near Enterprise

The witness and his young brother were driving with the convertible top down around Pelican Lake on a bright August midday. As they approached a sharp jog in a rural road bordered by mature forest, they saw a tall hair-covered biped walking slowly across the road. The creature turned to look at them for several moments, then moved quickly off the roadside and disappeared. The driver stopped, searched briefly on foot without finding a trace, and the pair returned to their cottage shaken.

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