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October 1971 Five Miles Southeast Of Talihina, Okla. In Leflore County, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Class B #2909

Deer kill stash discovered after bigfoot sighting

On a clear cold night in fall 1971, a group of students gathered at a party spot on Green Hill Road claimed a large hairy creature grabbed one member who had stepped into the woods. Another member reported seeing the animal standing about 20 feet away in a spotlight, prompting the group to flee into town. Later that night a larger group with law officers returned to search the woods but reported seeing nothing, and officers warned them to leave.

Partial sighting
October 1971 Granite Falls, Snohomish County, Washington Class B #39858

Memory told of a possible nighttime sighting outside a home in Granite Falls

Late at night the witness walked out to a parked car outside a companion's house to retrieve cigarettes. Across the road the witness saw a very large, tall hairy creature watching. The witness froze briefly, then ran back inside to tell the two companions, who were too scared to go outside. No footprints were found when the area was checked the next day.

Partial sighting
15 September 1971 Lake Charles -Westlake Area, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Class A #23018

Woman recounts childhood sighting behind her house near Lake Charles

The witness was playing on the back screen door at home in the evening while food was cooking inside. From about 50 feet away under a bright light, the witness watched a tall reddish-haired biped rip open a metal trash can and dig through garbage for about 20 minutes. A parent then pulled the children inside and shut the door, and the next morning trash was scattered and the lid was bent.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
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
8 August 1971 Salem, Marion County, Oregon #4571

man recalls experience while picking berries

While picking blackberries away from family along a river hedge, the witness reached inside the brush when it opened about two feet in front. A primate-like creature stood about three feet away holding the branches open at neck level and made eye contact for about five seconds. Both appeared shocked, and the witness noted human-like facial expression before freezing in terror.

Partial sighting
August 1971 Toutle, Skamania County, Washington Class A #1645

Witness observed creature walking up a hill

The witness was resting on a mountainside overlooking a valley and lake when they noticed a large dark figure emerge from trees at the bottom. The figure climbed a steep clear-cut hill in about a minute without stopping, swinging its arms with hands appearing below the knees. It continued over the top and into the trees. The witness emphasized its large size, dark color, and unusually fast steady pace.

Full-body sighting
15 July 1971 Fishtail, Stillwater County, Montana Class B #47215

Female fly fisherman's lucid recollection of classic territorial intimidation behavior of Saquatches ; 6mi NE of Mystic Lake

A group hiked to remote mountain lakes and fished. The witness heard branches breaking and a very loud wood-on-wood knock, then smelled a strong foul stench. Pine cones landed sideways next to the witness and large tracks were seen in smashed grass, with a sense of being watched and shadowed until leaving the plateau. No creature was seen.

Wood knockUnidentified soundOdorObject throwingTracks
July 1971 Stevens County, Washington EP 1059

Vehicle contact near Stevens County (1971)

The guest as a boy camped with his mother and grandfather after picking huckleberries. Around 1 a.m. something slammed the top side of the camper hard enough to rock the truck. Next morning they found a large dent nine feet up and skid-like marks coming down the shale bank.

Vehicle contactTracks
July 1971 Michigamme, Baraga County, Michigan Class A #19938

Teenager views runner covered in hair near Michigamme

The witness was riding a motorbike slowly down an overgrown track when the route opened into a clearing. About 30 yards ahead, a very tall dark-brown figure ran left to right at full speed with pumping arms. The witness watched for about five seconds, then turned around and rode several miles back to a family cabin.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
June 1971 Union Creek, Jackson County, Oregon #21524

Teen sees fresh track, creature while fishing

While fishing alone upstream from camp, the witness noticed a large fresh-looking footprint in a gravel bar and compared it to a fly rod, finding the print longer. Across the stream the witness observed an indistinct standing figure near a large tree and bushes that backed away with a swaying motion, paused, then walked into the forest while movement was heard over about five minutes. The witness crossed the stream to look again, waited by a tree feeling not alone, then left to report the experience to companions at camp.

TracksPartial sightingFootsteps
June 1971 Boring, Clackamas County, Oregon #97

Boring - Nightime sighting by motorists near Boring

In 1971, the witness and a companion were driving at night near Boring, Oregon when a large upright hair-covered figure about 6 ft tall appeared in the headlights about 40-50 ft ahead. The figure entered the road from the right, paused to look toward them, then ran down the road about 30-40 ft before going up an embankment to the left and out of sight. The pair stopped and got out of the car but saw nothing further.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
June 1971 The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon #387

Richard & Mrs. Brown / At night saw 10-ft gray Bigfoot

At night the witness claimed to see a gray Bigfoot about ten feet tall standing in a grassy field. The figure was described as having red eyes. Although the witness had a rifle, they could not shoot.

Full-body sighting
June 1971 Washington EP 480

Tracks in Washington (1971)

As a young child with his father in a Bronco near Mount St. Helens, the guest found huge melted-out impressions going up and down a snowy north-slope clearcut three to five times. The snow was inches to a foot or two deep. Neither he nor his father could explain them.

Tracks
June 1971 Washington EP 284

Tracks in Washington (1971)

As a young child with his father, the guest stopped at the top of a logged north-facing slope with patchy snow. They found very large melted-out impressions going up and down the open slope several times over a couple hundred yards. No people had walked there and deer could not have made that pattern.

Tracks
June 1971 Calcutta, Columbiana County, Ohio Class A #4307

Late night sighting by children at a home in Calcutta

Late at night the witness and a friend went downstairs for a snack and switched on a light by a large window that lit the backyard. They saw a large bipedal creature walking away from the house, which briefly turned its upper body toward the light before leaving the illuminated area. Both ran back to the bedroom and stayed there until morning, and the witness found large depressions in the grass the next day.

Full-body sightingTracks
June 1971 Alton, Oregon County, Missouri Class A #1120

Sasquatch encountered standing by porch

The witness had been asleep at home when his wife woke him after hearing a strange growling sound close to the house. He looked out the bedroom window in bright moonlight and saw a hair-covered creature with a humanlike face about 12 feet away that turned to stare toward him. He grabbed a shotgun and ran outside, but the yard was empty, so he fired into the air. The family dogs, missing for three days, returned the next day.

Partial sightingGrowl
June 1971 Boring, Clackamas County, Oregon Class A #604

Nightime sighting by motorists near Boring

The witness and a companion were driving at night when a large hair-covered upright figure entered the road ahead of them in the headlights. It reportedly paused to look toward them, then ran down the road before leaving up an embankment. The occupants exited the car but saw nothing further.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
March 1971 Ft.Lewis, Pierce County, Washington Class B #11930

Soldier sees large figure while on patrol at Fort Lewis

During an early-morning guard patrol in winter, the witness saw a large black silhouette at the edge of a snowy field by pine forest. The figure walked toward the witness with a swaying gait, stopped, then moved again. Frightened, the witness went back inside without telling anyone, later wondering if it related to newspaper photos of prints.

Silhouette
1971–1972 Florida EP 1070

Sasquatch sighting in Florida (1971)

When the witness was four years old she looked out her bedroom window and saw a massive hairy biped move over a shed and stop in front of the window about ten to twelve feet away. They made eye contact for some time before it left at astonishing speed. She told her parents she saw a monster but was told it was a dream, and she suffered recurring nightmares for years.

Full-body sighting
1971 Danang EP 950

Cryptid sighting near Danang (1971)

On Monkey Mountain the witness personally saw small reddish-brown ape-like animals at close range on two occasions, once two animals and once one. He described them as stout, muscular, about five feet tall with chimp-like faces, large upper arms, strong thighs and long canines, making monkey noises and grimacing. He judged them as true apes, very different from the human-like animal he saw in Georgia.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour