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31 December 1960 Place not stated #0da0bade-4068-4102-8979-2f2dea5865c0

Paranormal encounter (1960)

The guest, then 10, was watching TV while his grandmother was in the bathroom and his parents were out. He saw a man walk from the kitchen into his grandmother's bedroom. He alerted his grandmother and searched the room with his father's rifle, but no one was there.

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September 1960 Hines Creek, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Class A #4899

Nighttime encounter by three brothers in northern Alberta

Three boys were herding cows home at night when the cows and dog fled near a granary by a ravine. They ran around the building and came face to face with a tall, dark, fur-covered human-like animal holding grain that stared at them briefly. The animal then turned and walked quickly on two legs into nearby bush. The boys later verified the wool coveralls were still at home and that a neighbor had not been on the property.

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August 1960 Currotherville, Pemiscot County, Missouri Class A #15610

Children see creature emerging from abandoned barn near Caruthersville

The witness had recently moved into a farmhouse and was on the front porch in the morning with relatives when a large hair-covered creature emerged from a nearby barn. The creature stepped over a hog-pen fence and walked away to the west. Later that day the witness found large five-toed footprints near the barn, and the household heard loud banging and howling sounds around the property through the following winter and spring without seeing the creature again.

Full-body sightingTracks
18 July 1960 Shelton, Mason County, Washington Class A #1495

Man and wife in car see a sasquatch eating frogs on the road 5 miles south of Shelton

The witness and a companion were driving on a wet highway after rain and came close to a creature in the road apparently eating frogs. When it noticed the car it stood upright and quickly left the road, climbing a steep rock wall without using its hands. The pair were frightened and drove quickly past the spot. Years later the witness heard of similar stories in the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
1960–1969 Rossburn, Manitoba Class A #21795

Childhood incidents in Manitoba

As a child at her family's Manitoba farm, the witness was picking Saskatoon berries with her mother when she noticed a large reddish-brown hair-covered creature standing very close and picking and eating berries by hand. After she got her mother's attention, her mother screamed and pulled her back to the farmhouse, and the witness did not see the creature leave. The encounter happened on a bright sunny afternoon at less than 15 feet distance.

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1960–2010 LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia Class A #30135

Man recalls encounter with 7 foot tall creature on grandparents farm

When the witness was about 10, he was walking back toward the farmhouse on his grandfather's farm late on a winter afternoon. About 80 yards away he saw a tall, hair-covered ape-like figure standing still and staring at him with yellow eyes. Terrified, he ran about a quarter-mile to the house without telling his grandfather at the time. He later came to believe the creature was a real Bigfoot and linked it to livestock deaths found near the swamp.

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1960–1969 Kiefer, Creek County, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/16/sc-ep80-southern-sasquatch-encounters

Sasquatch sighting near Kiefer, Oklahoma (1960)

The guest and a friend walked up a dirt road near the earlier thicket and noticed a large hair-covered creature crouched at a cattle pond drinking with its face directly in the water rather than using hands. Both were frightened and ran to the guest's house. The guest later noted bears do not occur in that part of Oklahoma.

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1960–1969 Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas Class A #9879

Two sisters have late-night sighting through bedroom window

The witness and her younger sister were talking in a dark bedroom late at night when they heard twigs crunching outside. Looking out the window in bright moonlight, they saw a very large hairy bipedal animal in the yard. Their grandfather came to the room, knocked out the window screen and fired a rifle at it. The animal bellowed, ran on two legs and stepped over a barbed-wire fence toward a creek, and no sign was found the next day.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalization
1 August 1959 Graf, Dubuque County, Iowa Class B #36817

Screams and stalking at a Girl Scout camp 13 miles west of Dubuque

In the summer of 1959 the witness was working as a counselor at a wooded Girl Scout camp. Over roughly two weeks, staff repeatedly heard footsteps moving through the tent area after dark, saw a dark figure near a hut, and found a director's tent ransacked, with deputies searching each day without finding anyone. On the final night the group heard extremely loud screams that moved from near a remote tent toward a pond and creek and found a large maple branch freshly broken off, leading the witness years later to wonder if the visitor had been a Bigfoot.

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November 1958 Adario, Richland County, Ohio Class A #7425

A Teenager and His Dog Encounter an Ape-like Creature While Retrieving Their Trap Lines

A teenager checking muskrat traps before school with a dog noticed the dog staying close and growling. On a steep bank the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure with a non-human face and a foul smell. The figure quickly walked and ran away across a field, stepping over a six-foot gate without touching it. The witness left without finding tracks because the ground was frozen and snow later covered the area.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
July 1958 Lake County, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/z0Eeje6JvJvDDeP-HxDjlRGDKYzn-xYslP585x3gsfM

Sasquatch sighting near Lake County (1958)

The witness, then a teenager, was riding with his brother and a friend in an old pickup checking irrigation on his father's walnut ranch when they spotted a tall hairy biped moving through the orchard. They chased it by farm roads as it ran uphill diagonally across a 40-acre block, stopped to watch it pass close by, then followed it across more blocks until it crossed a road and disappeared into dense brush on a neighboring property. Afterwards they inspected its long strides in wet ground and decided not to tell his father for fear of losing their irrigation job.

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1958 Union Valley, Texas #98887e15-5921-4377-83fb-1ff9feef33c9

Sasquatch sighting near Union Valley, Texas (1958)

In 1958 the guest's father and his brother-in-law were driving home after hauling hay when they passed a big white hairy creature standing and yelling by an old house and corral. They turned around twice to look again, seeing it shaking its hands up and down with long hair on its arms and body, before it was gone on the third pass.

Full-body sightingVocalization
July 1957 Quantico VA, Prince William County, Virginia Class A #679

Marine had late night sighting on military base in Quantico

The witness was on night guard duty at a Marine camp when a dog walking with them began barking. The witness looked up and saw a tall figure covered in light-brown hair standing nearby that did not move when encouraged to chase it. After the witness chambered a round in a rifle, the figure ran away on two legs and was not seen again.

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Winter 1957 East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois Class A #55706

Memory told of daytime encounter near Farmdale Park

As a child hunting in snowy woods along a creek, the witness came over a hill and watched a tall black hairy figure moving around a stick hut in a blackberry patch and picking berries. After the figure noticed the witness, it left very quickly. The witness then reported a multi-hour gap with no memory of leaving before arriving home.

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1957 Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska Class A #25012

Woman recalls an encounter as a child, in an alley in the town of Valentine

Two children playing hide-and-seek ran into an alley and came face to face with a tall, dark-haired bipedal animal about fifteen feet away walking toward them. The animal screamed loudly without slowing or changing direction, prompting the children to scream and run home. They were not pursued and did not encounter it again.

Full-body sightingScream
October 1956 Washington County, Missouri Class A #1158

Child encounters a man-like creature in a shed

As a child the witness hid in an old corn crib during a hide-and-seek game near a relative's house at sundown. Inside the dark crib the witness heard heavy breathing and saw a huge hairy man-like creature standing over them staring, with a hog-pen-like smell. The witness ran back to the house crying and reported the encounter to a relative, who did not take it seriously.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundOdor
July 1956 Lake Lemolo, Douglas County, Oregon Class A #12021

Boy encounters animal near Lemolo Lake

When the witness was a child of about eight, he was walking home from school on a lakeside trail in the Oregon Cascades on a clear summer afternoon. He reportedly saw a large fur-covered creature crouched drinking at the water's edge about 150 to 200 feet away. The creature then stood upright and stared at him, and he ran back up the trail.

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1956–1957 Macon, Bibb County, Georgia Class A #27888

Man recalls close encounter at dusk as a youth near Macon

The witness and a companion were walking home from a creek at dusk when they heard loud approaching footsteps and movement through pines. A large hairy bipedal creature emerged on their side of a gully and jogged toward them on the path. After watching for a few seconds, the two fled to the nearby house.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
Fall 1956 Truckee, Nevada County, California Class A #4946

Teenager has daytime sighting near Truckee

The witness was waiting on a large boulder while companions attempted to flush deer toward a clearing under utility lines. The witness reported seeing a tall, sandy-brown apelike creature walk down a ridge and cross the utility road about 40 yards away. The witness's dog chased the creature barking into the trees and returned about an hour and a half later. The witness remained still, did not shoot, and said the creature did not appear to notice them.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
October 1955 British Columbia Class A #1083

William Roe account -- Highway worker has lengthy sighting at close range & records much detail

The witness hiked to a deserted mine on a mountain in the afternoon and encountered an upright hair-covered female creature at close range. The creature approached, squatted to strip and eat leaves, noticed the witness, vocalized, and walked away into timber, later appearing briefly on a distant ridge. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding spot.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour