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Man retells his close, visual encounter at dawn on Pine Mountain as a young deer hunter
The witness, deer hunting at dawn from a ground position below a relative, watched a tall hair-covered biped step into a fire lane, pause and look toward the witness after hearing the witness speak, then cross and wait in brush before leaving downhill. The witness later found large barefoot-like tracks and noticed a strong foul odor at the crossing site. The witness did not shoot and initially told no one.
Man recalls his nighttime roadside sighting near Markdale
The witness was riding in the backseat while the family car rounded a curve on a gravel road at night. The witness saw a tall fur-covered figure standing at the treeline atop an embankment, then watched it walk down on its hind legs to the edge of the road as the car slowed for a stop sign ahead. The companions in the front seat did not see it and drove on.
Paranormal encounter (1964)
The witness was awake in bed at night after tending to her infant. She watched what she describes as her sleeping husband's spirit leave his body, walk to the living room, smoke a cigarette, and return to his body. She told him in the morning and he said he was not surprised.
Sasquatch sighting near Idlewild, California (1964)
The commenter states the first Sasquatch creature they ever saw was just before Idyllwild, California in 1964.
Solider describes late night encounter on Fort Jackson
While on a solo night escape-and-evasion march at Fort Jackson, the witness stopped at a fire-lane crossing around 2 a.m. in total darkness. Something approached, moved away after being challenged, made growling talk-like sounds, then approached again before crashing away through brush. Startled, the witness ran and eventually reached another soldier with a fire and truck.
Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.
The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.
Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee (1964)
The guest recalled playing with other children in a barn loft in the summer and staying behind to tie a shoe. After the others left down the ladder, something jumped down in the loft and moved to a hay door. The guest saw only its back and later concluded it was not human.
Witness spots a large, dark, hairy creature standing 50 yards away
When the witness was about 10 years old, they accompanied a friend and the friend's mother to a small cemetery to visit a grave. After placing flowers, the group heard a crash at the woods edge and saw a large dark hairy creature standing behind the back fence about 50 yards away. The creature grunted and shuffled back into the woods, and the group quickly got in the car and left.
Man recalls possible encounter at a family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside Salt Lake City
In August 1964 two teenagers were walking back to a family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon after dark when they heard footsteps matching their movements and a low unearthly growl. They ran through a gully to the cabin and locked themselves inside. They then heard the nearby outhouse door open and slam, saw nothing when they turned on an outside light, later heard the door fling open with crashing in brush, and spent the night upstairs.
Sisters have a sighting at different times in the mid 1960’s
The witness was walking down a wooded hillside toward a spring on the family property when a large ape-like figure was seen standing across the creek staring toward the witness. The witness backed uphill and left without approaching to look for traces and told no one at the time. The sighting is recalled as a warm Fall afternoon in the early 1960s.
Teens chased by upright running animal near Bradford
The witness and a companion were walking home after playing softball at night when the witness noticed a very tall figure standing behind them. The figure ran toward them and both fled to the witness's house. They returned with a relative carrying flashlights but found nothing.
Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak
Late at night in 1963, the witness and four companions were hunting raccoons with dogs in a creek bottom south of Tyler, Texas. After the dogs treed something, the group illuminated a large reddish-furred animal in a pin oak that was howling and screaming while waving its arms and shaking limbs. After someone fired at it with a .22, it growled and the group fled with the dogs back to their vehicles.
Footsteps near Glens Falls, New York (1963)
The witness walked alone down a dark road at night and felt heavy thudding footsteps approach. A bipedal presence came very close but could not be seen in the darkness. The witness shouted and held a posture, after which it turned and lumbered away.
Young man has strange encounter on a dark gravel road at Big Bear Lake Resort
The witness walked alone at night up a gravel mountain road toward a cabin after retrieving a wallet in town. Something unseen below the road in steep brush kept pace, breaking branches and dislodging rocks, stopping when the witness stopped and moving faster after rocks were tossed at it. Before reaching a bend where the road met the canyon, relatives arrived by car and the witness got in and left.
Teen has daytime sighting near Myers Flat
The witness was hunting with two friends and hid alone in berry bushes to startle them. While waiting, the witness smelled a strong odor and saw a large hairy biped stand up nearby and walk away through thick brush, hearing snapping and leaf crunch as it left. The witness ran to the friends and later returned with them to find a squatted feeding spot and small broken trees.
Three teenage boys witness an ape-like creature lope across a field into the woods
Three teenagers were sitting talking in a rural yard at dusk when a dog ran yelping from behind a barn. They then watched a tall, hairy creature lope across the yard, over a road, and into woods. After gathering knives and flashlights they followed to the woods edge, saw two bright pink eyes reflected in the light, and fled.
Early evening road crossing sighting by motorist on Jekyll Island
On a clear July evening the witness was driving with a younger relative on a narrow dirt road when headlights illuminated a hair-covered creature stepping onto the road. The creature paused and looked toward the vehicle before crossing to the opposite side and entering the woods. The relative recalls being frightened that evening but recalls no further detail.
Boy has a close encounter with a small sasquatch on Moscow Mountain
In summer 1963 an 8-year-old child accompanied his father to a cedar-clearing work site on Moscow Mountain. After the father felled a large cedar snag, the child climbed onto the downed trunk when a small, muscular, dark-furred being jumped onto the log face-to-face with him. The child screamed and the being ran away on two legs toward the top of the tree and disappeared into brush. Both had felt watched just before felling, but no animal had been seen in the standing tree.
Night time rabbit hunters spotlight 7' tall biped leaping over 4' sagebrush as it escapes from view
Late at night in spring 1963, six family members stopped during a rabbit hunting trip in sagebrush country and used a spotlight to look for animals. The spotlight revealed a large, tall, hair-covered upright figure running away, leaping over brush without pausing before disappearing into a gully. The group did not pursue it or search for footprints and ended the hunt, concluding it matched no familiar animal.
Scream near Hernando City, Florida (1963)
In April 1963 while camping with a companion, the witness heard footsteps around camp and a loud terrifying scream or howl before footsteps ran away.