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August 1965 Enterprise, Oneida County, Wisconsin Class A #25470

Witness recalls seeing a sasquatch cross the road near Enterprise

The witness and his young brother were driving with the convertible top down around Pelican Lake on a bright August midday. As they approached a sharp jog in a rural road bordered by mature forest, they saw a tall hair-covered biped walking slowly across the road. The creature turned to look at them for several moments, then moved quickly off the roadside and disappeared. The driver stopped, searched briefly on foot without finding a trace, and the pair returned to their cottage shaken.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
August 1965 Southwick, Massachusetts EP 780

UFO sighting near Southwick, Massachusetts (1965)

Prior to the 1984 encounter, the witness was driving with passengers toward her mother's house when a bright light crossed her windshield and returned. Further down the mountain a very bright light sat low over a farmhouse and ditch. She drove past it within about 50 feet while it lit the area like daylight, then watched it rise, change shape, follow, and vanish near the lakes.

Full-body sighting
August 1965 Parker Out Side Of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington Class A #6347

Daylight sighting by residents near Yakima River

When the witness was about ten in the 1960s, the witness and three other children went into thick woods near the river to feed cows at a pond. About 30 feet away a tall hairy figure stepped into full view from a clearing, took one long step, and disappeared behind a bush. The children ran home and were not believed.

Full-body sighting
30 July 1965 Easton, Kittitas County, Washington Class A #3150

Three witnesses throwing rocks in lake see a Bigfoot peeking at them

Three teenagers were rolling boulders off a ledge above a lake when they noticed an upright, hair-covered animal watching them from the forest edge about 50-70 yards away. They watched it for about half an hour before leaving, returning the next day to estimate its height from where it had stood. The following morning they found stored food missing from camp.

Partial sighting
7 July 1965 Felch, Dickinson County, Michigan Class A #20002

Afternoon highway crossing near Felch

A woman driving east in daylight saw a tall black-haired upright figure cross the two-lane highway in front of her and disappear into brush on the other side. She stopped, locked her doors, waited, then drove to the crossing point and searched but could not locate where it entered the brush. She said it was too big to be human and took very long strides.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
July 1965 Caseville, Huron County, Michigan Class A #5652

Apelike creature seen by children on a sand dune near Caseville

In summer 1965 the witness, then a child, joined other children searching sand dunes above Lake Huron after two children reported a frightening encounter. On a steep dune path in full moonlight she came face-to-face with a short orange-haired upright creature that growled, then grunted while swinging its arms and walking toward her. She fled to the beach and later learned her young sister had seen the same creature at close range from the side of the path.

Full-body sightingGrowlVocalizationAnimal behaviour
July 1965 Yuba City, Sutter County, California Class A #9202

Man remembers childhood daytime sighting along the Feather River

The witness walked to the top of a levee to look for a snake seen the day before. On the other side in a cottonwood tree he noticed a large ape-like creature with one leg swinging below a branch, and they made eye contact. After watching briefly he ran down the levee without looking back and told a relative, and the family then avoided the levee.

Full-body sighting
July 1965 Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California Class A #6963

Teens have unusual experience near Myers Flat

Five boys were camping overnight in a repaired old logging cabin in the woods. During the night they were awakened by huffing, shuffling and prying sounds as something circled and probed the cabin walls. When the door was opened they saw only dark hairy legs in the darkness, a companion fired a rifle, and the creature screamed and fled with heavy thuds, leaving torn ground and indentations.

Partial sightingScreamUnidentified soundFootstepsProperty disturbance +1
June 1965 Cant' Remember The Towns Outside Ft. Gordon. I Know That I Was A Student A Murphy Jr. High School At The Time. This School Was Outside The Military Base., Richmond County, Georgia Class B #4236

Man recalls a possible encounter as a teen at Fort Gordon

During summer 1965 the witness was exploring woods near military housing when he found very large barefoot prints in red clay leading into the trees. While on a trail he heard heavy bipedal footsteps that appeared to follow him, stopping when he stopped and rushing toward him, causing him to flee to the housing area. He returned with a friend and both heard the same following footsteps rush toward them before fleeing, with the friend reporting an indistinct large movement in the brush.

TracksFootstepsMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
1965 Yreka, Siskiyou County, California #4808

Couple sees creature and tracks while bear hunting near Yreka

The witness and a companion were hunting for bear along a river bank when they found large footprints larger than a hat. Shortly after hearing rustling, they watched a huge standing animal emerge from behind a bush, feed on berries for several minutes, then walk away without showing aggression.

Full-body sightingTracksAnimal behaviourMovement only
1965 Scotland EP 1032

Sasquatch sighting in Scotland (1965)

The guest describes reaching the summit of Ben Nevis with three companions and encountering a Sasquatch there. All four went into denial afterward, reasoning such beings were only in the Pacific Northwest. He dates the event to 1965 when little was known about the subject.

Partial sighting
1965–1969 Portland, Oregon EP 709

Sasquatch sighting near Portland, Oregon (1965)

The witness slipped out of the house during a move and walked down to a neighbor's two-level backyard fort. Looking up, she saw several small hair-covered beings huddled together on the upper level. She then experienced missing time and next found herself on the sidewalk feeling disoriented before returning home.

Full-body sighting
1965 Albion, Oklahoma EP 569

Sasquatch sighting near Albion, Oklahoma (1965)

In 1965 near Albion, Oklahoma, the witness saw an animal go through the grandpa's barn wall. It was described as about three-quarters the size of a cow. The witness notes bears were not in that part of Oklahoma then.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
1965 Spillimacheen, British Columbia Related account #1408

Tracks near Spillimacheen, British Columbia (1965)

The same witness found a line of barefoot humanoid prints larger than a size ten shoe with a three to four foot stride heading into wilderness.

Tracks
1965 Creek County, Oklahoma EP 80

Sasquatch sighting near Creek County (1965)

The guest and several boys camped in a thicket below their house and hung food in a bag to keep animals away. At night the dogs panicked and fled, a foul smell arrived, and the group saw a large man-like shape standing in brush about 20 feet away by campfire light. They fled to the house, and the next day found the hung food bag torn from its rope and gone.

SilhouetteOdorProperty disturbance
7 November 1964 Villa Grove, Douglas County, Illinois Class A #30367

Memories told of encounters experienced by a family living near Villa Grove

On a clear November mid-afternoon in 1964, several children and later their mother watched a distant upright black figure standing in a harvested corn field. The children shouted at it, it appeared to turn toward them then away, and a dog chased after it out of view. The mother, frightened, brought the children inside. Decades later the witness still interprets the figure as a bigfoot.

Full-body sighting
November 1964 Zenia, Trinity County, California Class B #6962

Friends hear late night scream near Garberville

After returning late from a dance, three people sitting indoors heard a loud wailing cry from bluffs across the road that rose in pitch and lasted several minutes. Frightened, they stayed inside with doors locked for the night. The next morning two of them found a freshly cleared, trampled area on the blufftop where trees had been pulled from the ground, with a strong smell but no tracks due to hard ground.

ScreamTree breakOdor
September 1964 Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #1256

Witness observers 6 foot, shaggy, dark brown creature off Richardson Hwy

The witness was rabbit hunting along a dirt road when a very tall, shaggy dark brown figure appeared about 30 feet ahead, stared and grunted, then walked quietly into the woods. The witness did not feel threatened but turned back toward the car while hearing cracking branches and low-to-high tones from where the figure went. Some sounds were answered from the other side of the road, prompting the witness to walk faster.

Full-body sightingVocalization
August 1964 Between Crested Butte And Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado Class B #2553

Bowhunter and wife abandon deer when threatened by large, unseen animal

The witness and spouse were bow hunting in timber when something unseen followed them, starting and stopping as they moved. After the witness shot a deer, the follower vocalized loudly and thrashed brush and trees while pursuing them downhill. The pair abandoned the deer and left the timber, with the follower continuing to vocalize behind them to the timber edge.

VocalizationHowlScreamFootstepsTree break +1
August 1964 Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado Class A #15273

Young picnicker sees strange creature on rocky ledge above the St. Vrain River

While gathering firewood during a family picnic along the river, the witness felt watched and looked up. He saw a large hair-covered human-like figure standing on a rocky ledge across the river. The figure looked back briefly, then turned and disappeared. The whole encounter lasted about thirty seconds.

Full-body sighting