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April 1996 Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California Class A #919

Car passenger has nighttime sighting near Lake Tahoe

A child riding in a car driven by a parent spotted a large fur-covered figure standing among trees alongside a mountain highway at dusk. The figure remained at the roadside watching the car pass. The child was frightened by the sighting and remained upset until arriving home.

Full-body sighting
April 1996 Montesano, Grays Harbor County, Washington Class B #1227

Tracks found on an old logging trail.

The witness and a companion were driving logging roads looking for footprints. About 20 feet off a secluded logging road they found multiple footprints about 14 inches long in firm ground. They were able to follow the prints for 15 feet before losing the trail.

Tracks
April 1996 Pendleton, Union County, Oregon Class B #10934

Young family on afternoon outing find footprints east of Pendleton, Oregon

The witness and her husband drove a remote track until a stream blocked their car and then explored on foot along the bank. The witness reported a strong feeling of being watched from a wooded hillside and then found a very large human-like footprint in ground too firm to show their own tracks. Her husband confirmed the print, she found two more, and they left quickly without taking photos.

Tracks
15 March 1996 Lewiston, Trinity County, California Class A #2820

Campers describe an encounter after dark

The witnesses returned late at night to find their tent knocked over with contents spilled. While loading the vehicle to leave, one witness saw a tall brown human-like figure stand up about 15 feet away and walk toward the river. The pair left the area that night and returned the next day to photograph apparent footprints on a hillside.

Partial sightingProperty disturbanceOdorTracks
February 1996 Bandon, Coos County, Oregon #477

Worker glimpses bipedal creature, finds fresh track

While checking a loud water pump near the work site, the witness walked to a nearby dried stream bed with a steep bank. Something moved east around a curve very quickly, seen only as a brown flash. The witness judged it was running on two legs based on the sound rhythm, which differed from familiar four-legged animals.

Partial sightingFootsteps
February 1996 Mount Currie Or Harrison Lake, British Columbia Class B #17178

Campers report possible stalking at the north of Harrison Lake

The witness was on a multi-day winter camping trip with her husband in a remote area. One evening she left the camper to collect ice, felt watched, and hurried back. Later that night while sleeping in the overhead camper bed she awoke to the camper being nudged and heard a deep sniffing sound outside at the level of the sleeping area. Her husband slept through it, and no tracks were found because the snow was packed to ice.

Vehicle contactUnidentified sound
21 January 1996 McBride B.C., British Columbia Class B #5041

Large tracks found in snow near home southeast of McBride

Before dawn the witness heard the heavy outdoor freezer lid being lifted. After daylight she searched around the house and found two large bare footprints in the driveway about 50 feet away, with no other tracks nearby. She measured and photographed the prints as rain and mild weather melted them, and her daughter also viewed them.

Unidentified soundTracksProperty disturbance
1996 Place not stated EP 1205

UFO sighting (1996)

The guest stayed at a ranch owned by friends before it became widely known. He witnessed a time slip and many UFOs overhead, some looking organic rather than mechanical. He described them as resembling aquatic creatures like jellyfish and squid.

Partial sighting
1996 Colorado EP 1183

Animal behaviour in Colorado (1996)

While stopped halfway down the mountain to let hot brakes cool, the witness followed a trail into the woods near boulders. She began to feel strongly stared at, then menaced as if about to be attacked. She left quickly with her sister-in-law and returned to the car.

Animal behaviour
1996 Washington EP 1153

Footsteps in Washington (1996)

The witness and a friend hiked down Susan Creek, made a bed of ferns and moss, and slept out. In the morning something walked around them in a circle. The witness woke the friend, who dismissed it as a deer, but the witness felt it was not a deer.

Footsteps
1996 Alaska EP 1130

Tree break in Alaska (1996)

While bike riding with a friend on separate routes, the witness waited where a bike trail met the main road. He heard a tree break in muskeg with stunted pines, then loud whooshing like large wings flapping, which paused and resumed as his friend approached on a bike. He interpreted the sounds as a thunderbird and noted they had no speakers or electricity to explain it.

Tree breakUnidentified sound
1996 Lynchburg, Virginia EP 988

Paranormal encounter near Lynchburg, Virginia (1996)

While the witness rode as passenger around 2 a.m., the car stopped and a tall gaunt pale humanoid crossed the road on all fours in headlights. It had a human-like face, visible ribs and spine, long limbs and fingers, and moved with a camel-like gait. It looked toward the occupants and showed its teeth before the encounter ended.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
1996 Missouri EP 904

Sasquatch sighting in Missouri (1996)

While driving through flooding and storms the witness rounded a corner and saw two figures climbing an extremely steep muddy hill. The larger appeared female and held hands with a four-foot smaller one, then disappeared into woods as the witness continued to the rental office.

Full-body sighting
1996 Washington EP 908

Tracks in Washington (1996)

The witness describes kneeling to examine fifteen-inch tracks in mud in Washington. He recalls facing a decision about whether to pursue the subject scientifically. He concluded the tracks were compelling evidence that he could not walk away from.

Tracks
1996–2005 Missouri EP 724

Whoop in Missouri (1996)

While living at this home the witness repeatedly heard triple whoops at night from woods across the street near cattle ponds. During the day he several times heard a single loud whack like something hitting a tree with no other work sounds. He did not connect them to Bigfoot until years later after hearing about whoops and tree knocks.

WhoopWood knock
1996 Molalla, Clackamas County, Oregon #1109

Family has encounter with two creatures while camping at Molalla River

While camping with family, the witness and a sibling were coloring outside when they saw two bipedal figures, one larger and one smaller, dart behind trees. The witness fled to the car and then saw one figure crouching in bushes staring toward the mother. After a young sibling retrieved a BB gun, the figure turned and ran into the woods on two feet.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviour
1996 Adel, Klamath County, Oregon #4916

Tracks/hair found near waterhole

The witness was inspecting a fenced spring used to water cattle when they found very large footprints in mud and pine duff. They compared the prints to their own shoe, stride, and impression depth to estimate a very tall, heavy maker, and kept tufts of black hair found at the site. They followed the trail uphill until dense undergrowth made them uncomfortable, then returned to a relative's home without seeing the animal.

TracksHair
1996 Bandon, Coos County, Oregon #130

Near Bandon, Lampa Valley Rd Sighting by two young men on motorcycles

Two people riding motorcycles stopped to rest and looked across a valley. They claimed they saw a tall animal with very wide shoulders moving on two legs, which stood up, walked around, and then sat on a stump. They did not approach it and left the area.

Full-body sighting
1996–1997 Place not stated EP 583

Footsteps (1996)

The caller reports no visual sighting but a terrifying experience being watched and flanked in the woods at dusk. He felt intense dread, heard footsteps paralleling him, and felt walked out of the woods. Years later a neighbor found a local police-recorded encounter from the same period across the river.

FootstepsAnimal behaviour
1996 Gig Harbor, Washington EP 527

Footsteps near Gig Harbor, Washington (1996)

Walking home alone at night, the witness felt fear and heard footsteps from the woods matching his own steps and stopping when he stopped. After he paused to listen, something took two steps closer off the trail and he perceived a clear mental image of a Sasquatch-like male. He fled running back to his friends, who then drove down to look.

Footsteps