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Young boy views bigfoot through window
At dawn on a snowy morning a child resting on a living-room couch noticed a moving shape reflected in the television screen and then looked out the window. A large hairy face was peering inside from a few feet away and looked directly at the child. The terrified child fled upstairs to a relative, and holes in the snow were later seen where the figure had stood.
Avid hiker recalls years of experience living in an area with what local people called the "Shadow People" near Montague
The witness describes repeated activity over years living near woods in White River Township. The witness reports seeing part of a tall hair-covered figure peeking from brush, finding deer carcasses cached high in trees, stacked bone piles and dugout shelters, hearing breathing and strange calls, smelling musk, feeling watched, and being chased at night by a bipedal creature that halted near the road.
Odor (1979)
While squirrel hunting on a foggy damp morning, witness heard sniffing, deep primate-like grunts and movement through a thicket ending in a loud two-legged splash and heavy breathing without seeing the source.
Vocalization (1979)
The witness returned to a tree stand near a road to bow hunt deer. After using the woods behind the stand, the witness heard an extremely loud roar from that spot and froze. About twenty minutes later the same sound came from woods on the left without anything seen, and the witness waited then left.
Bowhunters get unexpected response near Boston
Three bowhunting companions were camped overnight in an abandoned barn. After the witness made rabbit-distress calls with cellophane, a distant low moan grew into a loud mournful roar twice, followed by total silence from dogs and insects. The men remained silent in their sleeping bags until morning and then packed up and left without hunting.
Several incidents in the woods near the Sulphur River south of Texarkana
The witness and a companion went squirrel hunting in a wooded area early on a Saturday morning. After firing into a squirrel nest, they heard an extremely loud roar twice that seemed to shake the woods. They saw nothing, ran out of the woods past agitated cows at a nearby farm, and did not stop until reaching the witness's house.
Possible interacting vocalizations heard by hunter near Hyrum
The witness was hunting alone on a plateau ridge, using hand-made calls to attract elk and coyotes. Something vocalized in the distance and exchanged calls for about half an hour, with what sounded like three individuals approaching to about 30 yards below in cover but never emerging. Feeling uneasy and unsure what they were, the witness ran about a mile back toward the truck and later described the sounds as a mix of chimpanzee, loon and coyote.
Husband and wife have bedtime visitors at their window near Emily
One evening in September 1978 around 10:30 p.m., the witness and his wife were going to bed when something was noticed outside their bedroom window. After turning on the light, they reported seeing three bipedal creatures with widely spaced orange-rimmed eyes peering through the screen, one stooping to look in. The visitors then made a loud vocal sound and left walking bent forward.
Memories told of activity over several years at a family home near Oglethorpe
A family living in a rural wood-frame home reported repeated nighttime visits over several years by two large hair-covered bipeds, one larger and one smaller. The creatures were said to peer in windows, mimic an infant's sounds, produce a strong septic odor, throw heavy tanks, damage a vehicle, and leave hair on the house. Livestock on surrounding farms were found dead with intestines removed. After the father fired through a wall at one creature, only the smaller one was reportedly seen, and activity lessened after relatives guarded the house and a protective ritual was performed.
Memory told of possible vocalizations and rocks thrown at Lake Kinkaid
In 1978 two people were fishing from a boat on a lake at dusk and stopped in a cove. They heard grunting and saw trees shaking violently on a brushy cliff, but saw no animal. Two large rocks were thrown from shore toward the boat, landing very close, prompting them to leave.
Matching vocalizations heard a decade apart
In August 1988 on a rural farm with woods and creeks, the witness and a relative stood outside after dark to listen for a strange sound. They heard loud cries alternating from woods on both sides of the road where two creeks met, suggesting two animals, while noticing a strong musty odor and unusual silence of normal night sounds. Neither saw anything, and a next-day search along the creek banks found no tracks. Days later they felt the cries matched a vocalization heard in a Sasquatch movie.
Couple in car terrified by loud howl/scream near Carlinville
In spring 1978 the witness and a companion were parked in a car off a rural road in creek-bottom woods when a foul odor filled the area. They then heard nearby low grunts that erupted into an extremely loud, shrill scream that seemed to shake the car. Panicked, the witness drove away immediately and avoided the area afterward.
Sasquatch sighting in South Carolina (1978)
The caller says at fourteen while deer hunting he waited alone on a riverbank in fog. Something came out of the river about fifty feet away, walked upright and dark like a bear but with rounded primate ears. It moved branches with a hand, sniffed his incoming trail, then angled off. He was terrified and did not tell his father for years.
Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)
The witness was alone in the dark near the site of the first sighting. He saw the full silhouette of a large figure standing in moonlight about 30 to 40 feet away. It made a low mumbled sound, then turned and splashed across the creek, and he ran to the house.
Man describes figure looking into window outside Homestead
In fall 1977 a teen woke just before sunrise and looked out his screened window, exchanging grunts with something outside that made the screen vibrate. He and his father then went outside and watched a very large hair-covered creature near the woods that faced them before running into the woods, breaking two small pines as it left. The next day a neighbor reported seeing the creature as well.
Memory told of a scary, daytime encounter while frog hunting near Ranger
In 1977 two companions hunting frogs at a remote pond heard a roar and saw trees moving. One saw a large brown hairy form partly hidden behind a cedar tree and swaying. Both fled on foot while hearing heavy thuds, and one saw a large rock bouncing nearby. A few days later they returned and found a cleared limb bed and a limb torn from a mesquite tree, but no footprints due to rocky ground.
Separate Iowa incidents over time in Floyd County area
Two people fishing at night from a riverbank shined a flashlight across the water and saw red eyes and a large dark body in overhanging limbs. The animal stood upright, waded toward them with loud splashing steps, then turned downriver continuing to walk bipedally while making a low guttural sound. The witnesses retreated to a nearby campground where the splashing remained audible and a dog was heard howling.
Hiker see prints and hears sounds in the Trinity Alps
The witness was camped beside a creek during a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike when he heard low voice-like sounds coming from opposite ridges. Feeling uneasy as he also heard limbs and sticks breaking on the ridgeline, he broke camp and hiked out by moonlight. The next morning at a side creek he found vegetation slid down and up where something had crossed, with one large clear footprint in a sandbar, which he photographed with his foot alongside for scale.
Brazos River campers encounter powerful vocalizations at close range
The witness and a companion were in a canoe checking a trotline across the river after midnight while camping with their fathers. From about 30 feet away behind bank vegetation they heard two very loud, low-frequency vocalizations described as howls, grunts and growls that could be felt in the chest. They abandoned the trotline, paddled back and ran to camp, where both adults had been awakened by the sound. The group left the site the next morning and shortened the trip.
Couple has possible daylight encounter near Proxy Falls
The witness and a companion hiked about three miles into a wilderness area and stopped in a small meadow. From the surrounding trees they heard heavy footsteps and low soft grunting as an unseen source circled them twice over about ten minutes. Becoming uneasy, they walked out, stopped to listen, then hurried to their car while discussing the possibility it was Bigfoot.