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Woman followed by large, dark shape in the experimental forest on the campus of SUNY College
The witness was walking alone through a small college forest on a trail to work on a dark winter evening. Something off the trail followed alongside her, keeping pace and making increasingly loud breaking and movement sounds, and she glimpsed a very tall blocky dark shape moving beside her while hearing breathing. She stayed on the trail with it alongside until the edge of the woods, then ran to a nearby building while it remained in the woods.
Teenager has face-to-face encounter with tall, hairy, man-like creature
After sneaking into a community pool at night, the witness ran into adjoining woods to avoid the caretaker and collided with something. He looked up and saw a manlike figure about eight feet tall covered head to foot in long hair with a strong smell. He ran back toward his friends warning them not to go that way, and none of them went to check the spot.
Multiple childhood interactions recalled by a woman who grew up near Kalamazoo
As a second-grade child the witness wandered from a school picnic into adjacent pine woods while gathering cones. She collided with a huge hair-covered biped holding aside a tree limb and stared up at its expressive face as its look shifted from startled to gentle. After a prolonged motionless pause the creature released the limb, which swung overhead, and walked away with long powerful strides.
creature sitting on a wood pile seen watching witness.
The witness was staying overnight at the family property and went outside about 2 a.m. to quiet barking kennel dogs. On the way out and again on the way back, the witness noticed a large silver-colored being sitting calmly on a woodpile and watching. The witness went inside, locked the door, awoke shaking three hours later, and later called a friend and drew what was seen.
A set of red eyes were seen by witness.
Two people were fishing at a river at night when wildlife sounds suddenly stopped. One of them went to the top of the bank with a rifle and spotlight and observed red eyes estimated to be 7 to 8 feet high near the fence. Shots were fired toward the eyes, impacts were heard, and the eyes closed with nothing further seen. The pair left quickly, had to move crowded livestock to exit, and never returned.
Early morning sighting near Scott City Diversion Canal
When the witness was a child, he accompanied his grandfather to unlock gates and check boats at a remote fishing spot early one summer morning. After getting out of the truck, they saw a tall hair-covered figure standing on the far side of the lake near the dam about fifty yards away looking at them. The grandfather told the boy not to worry and turned him toward the boats, and when the boy looked again the figure was gone.
Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1969)
The witness and his siblings were catching fireflies in a pasture when their grandfather saw something loping toward them on all fours and ran shouting to distract it. The children then saw a hairy, mangy-looking creature approach within about ten yards. It stopped when the grandfather arrived, stood erect while watching them, then walked into the [name withheld].
UFO sighting in Oklahoma (1969)
As a teenager sleeping alone in his brother's bed, the witness woke suddenly in the early morning and looked out the open window. He saw a silent, motionless, internally lit white sphere hovering at an angle where it could see into the room. After watching for several minutes, he woke his younger brother, and when two faces appeared at the screen the object slowly receded upward until it looked like a twinkling star and was lost. He resolved never to forget the sighting and did not speak of it publicly for decades.
Sasquatch sighting near Garrison, Texas (1969)
The four-year-old guest woke scared at night in his mother's bedroom and went to the bathroom. On returning, he heard a scratch and looked up to see a creature close in the window grinning and beckoning him. He panicked, jumped onto his brother, and his brothers later searched outside with rifles and found disturbed ground under the window.
Hunter recalls a possible encounter during deer season near St. Helen
While deer hunting alone in rows of pines, the witness heard loud crashing that approached rather than retreated. After crouching to observe, the witness noticed a strong foul odor and saw a large white furry leg about twenty-five yards away. The witness remained still for about ten minutes until the sounds receded, then returned to the vehicle without mentioning the experience for years.
Daytime sighting from a farm house in the hilly area of Newton farm, outside South Kent
As a child, the witness watched from a second-floor farmhouse window as a tall, hairy biped crossed the front yard uphill, repeatedly glancing back and briefly meeting his gaze before disappearing around the house. Frightened, he ran to his parents, and a relative and a companion went outside and found oversized footprints that they followed by car across a plowed field until the tracks led uphill toward the forest and disappeared.
Four Camp Pendleton soldiers confront bigfoot during nighttime training exercise
During night infantry training, the witness and three other Marines were dug in atop a hill when they heard rocks rolling as something climbed toward them. A very large, wide figure with long arms and a pointed head stood up within a few feet of them, remained briefly as they watched in fear, then walked between their positions and disappeared over a hill behind them. The group confirmed afterward that all four had seen the same thing but agreed not to report it at the time.
Couple parked on dirt road encounter hairy, man-like creature
Late on a full-moon Friday night the witness and a companion were parked and talking on a dirt road beside pine woods when the witness felt watched and saw a very large hairy man-like figure hunched down staring through the driver-side window from about six feet away. The companion screamed and the witness drove away to safety. The witness later returned with companions and again the next day, but the main close encounter lasted only a flash.
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.
Possible sighting around 2:00AM near Courtenay
The witness arrived home late at night under bright moonlight and saw a large dark form standing in a ditch behind a telephone pole across the road, watching. The witness pointed it out to a parent, who glanced toward it and hurried the family inside. The form remained motionless during the several minutes observed, and a next-day check found only muddy water in the about 2-foot-deep ditch.
Backpacker observes a tall, early morning visitor in camp
The witness and a companion camped near a lake after the rest of their party failed to arrive. After hearing scream-like sounds earlier in the evening, the witness lay awake and watched a tall figure move behind a windbreak, squat to rummage through a pack, then stand and walk away. The witness woke the companion, who did not see the figure but both heard movement in the trees. In the morning the pack contents were scattered and only cookies were missing from their package.
Witnesses describe 'huge' black creature that throws dirt at them near Chittyville.
On the evening of August 11, 1968, two people driving northeast of Chittyville reported encountering a large black hairy creature estimated at about 10 feet tall with an unusually large head. They claimed it threw dirt at them through the car window, frightening the passenger, before they left the area and notified police.
Woman describes sighting in teen years in Tohicken Valley Park
In 1968 the witness, then 16, rode a bicycle to explore an unfinished campground area and stopped by a new bathhouse. On returning to the bike, the witness saw an upright creature standing across a split-rail fence about 8 feet away, gripping the top rail and rocking side to side. The face was clearly seen in sunlight while the body remained in tree shade, and the witness left promptly without reporting it at the time.
Sightings around a property near Chesnee
The witness and three young companions were swimming at a creek when the companions ran past telling the witness to run. The witness looked back and saw a large hairy figure leaning on a tree by the creek. The group fled up a steep railroad embankment, then heard something charging up behind them pushing pines aside, so they escaped down the other side through briars and vines.
Young boy has night time sighting near Chrisney
A child staying overnight at a relative's farm looked out an attic window after bedtime and saw a dark figure illuminated by a truck's headlights near a shed. The figure had unusually long arms, a rounded head, and did not reflect light before running west. Two relatives searched the area with shotguns and a vehicle but found no one.