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Tracks near Hernando City, Florida (1963)
In March 1963 the witness and others observed large barefoot prints on the island.
Two teenagers have late night sighting near Coulterville
The witness and a companion were in bed in a dark room at a ranch at night looking out a window. A large hairy creature looked in the window for about ten minutes, alternating looking inside the room and outside. When the witness went outside to look, nothing was visible.
Man recalls early morning childhood sighting of creature outside of his home.
On a hot summer night in 1963, the witness awoke in bed to a strong foul odor and saw a large hairy figure filling the bedroom window. The figure swayed and moved forward and back while producing low guttural growls, appearing backlit and taller than the window, with a conical head, no neck, and hair on its arms. The frightened witness alerted parents who found nothing but remarked on the smell, while the family dog barked and whined in the barn.
UFO sighting near Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania (1963)
The witness was awakened in the family bedroom by noise and flashing lights. The witness went to the window and saw a gray alien face staring back, then lost consciousness. The witness later awoke coming down the hallway with missing time and told a parent about the experience.
Movement only near Whitfield County (1963)
As a six-year-old playing in the woods behind the house, the witness was left alone near an old barn. A single tree about seventy-five yards away began shaking violently for no apparent reason. The child did not understand it at the time and only recalled it later after other experiences.
Eight foot tall creature seen standing under a tree at family cabin
The witness, then 13, was staying with relatives at a forested weekend cabin. After the aunt raised an alarm about a supposed bear, the witness went to look and saw an upright, hair-covered figure standing under a tree with an arm resting on a branch. When the witness stepped forward and the uncle appeared with a rifle, the figure turned and walked away up a deer path into the woods.
Large bipedal creature passes child's window near Ft.Myers
At around 10 p.m. in 1963, the witness was lying in bed trying to sleep when heavy footsteps passed the bedroom window. The witness saw a huge shadow moving bipedally with a human-like walk, described as taller than a man, then heard a loud low-pitched moan. Frightened, the witness ran to the parents' bedroom sobbing and shaking.
Memory told of a close encounter with a man-ape outside Gainesville
A child jogging on a dirt road in the evening to a friend's home encountered a large hairy figure that stepped out of roadside woods about 30 feet away. Both the witness and the figure stopped and stared at each other for a few seconds before the figure tilted its head. The witness then ran to the friend's home; the figure made no sound and did not follow.
Ceature observed at playground
A group playing noisily on a campground playground at night noticed a strong rotting odor. They saw a tall brown hairy figure standing at the edge of the tree line about 50 feet from the nearest child, watching the activity. After being stared at for a short time, it walked back into the woods.
Camping group has night time sighting near the Dosewallips River
The witness, then a teenager on a church group camping trip in the mountains, was sleeping apart from the group and watching the peaks. He noticed the jagged horizon looked smooth and swaying, realized it was the silhouette of a large standing animal at the foot of his sleeping bag, smelled a skunk-cabbage odor, hid under his bag, and later found it gone. Around the same time other children by a rock overhang shouted about seeing a big gorilla-like figure moving and walking away, which the adults dismissed.
Family in small boat hears animal retreating and finds prints
In 1963 the witness hiked with family members to Teddy Lakes to fish. While rowing around an island they heard splashing and then found a line of very large, deep, human-like footprints in shallow mud where an animal had exited the water. Neither the witness, then a youth experienced with tracks, nor his expert-tracker grandfather could identify the maker, and the trail was lost in forest litter.
Boy Scouts have sighting while camping at Quednau Ranch
The witness was on a Boy Scout campout in the Murdoch area near Tampa. On the second night after midnight during an initiation outing with another scout, they saw a very large figure running bipedally into the woods at high speed while giving a high-pitched scream or shriek. A strange smell was noted but was attributed at the time to sulphur water. The troop reportedly never returned to the area to camp.
Youngsters encounter large, grey creature in a sugar beet field
The witness was riding a bike on a farm road at sunset with a companion and dogs when the dogs became agitated. The witness then saw a large grey-haired humanoid figure standing in a nearby crop field watching them. The figure remained still and silent, and the witness stared briefly before fleeing.
Man recalls multi-witness sighting in teen years near Manistique
Six youths walking along railroad tracks heard a loud guttural sound behind them and turned to see a tall hair-covered figure. The figure walked steadily across the tracks and down into swampy woods about 110 feet away without stopping. The group later went to where it entered the woods, noticed a strong rotten odor but found no tracks.
Hunter describes described being stalked near Minot
The witness and a companion were walking back toward their residence after hunting rabbits on the prairie outside Minot. The witness sensed they were being followed, looked back, and saw a tall, long-haired creature about 50 yards away that rose onto its hind feet and looked at them. As it started moving toward them the witness felt threatened, and both individuals ran away without looking back.
Man recalls encounter he had as a teenager near Kalkaska
While camping with relatives and neighbors, the witness drove west toward a highway early the next morning to buy supplies, accompanied by an adult. About 10 miles from camp, he saw a large reddish animal emerge from the forest, stand upright at the road edge, and cross the road in two steps before disappearing into dense woods. The adult companion was asleep and did not see it. The witness later described the encounter to a store worker, who said similar reports of a large unknown animal had been heard in the area.
Sasquatch sighting near Crandon, Wisconsin (1962)
At age 12 the guest and her older cousin went into thick woods near the family lake cabin to pick raspberries and became lost after filling buckets. While arguing about the way out, the guest saw a tall, lean, hairy man-like figure at very close range that studied her, moved its mouth, and held its hands out before looking toward the cousin. The figure then disappeared quickly, and the two children dumped their berries and ran out via a logging road to the grandmother's house, keeping the incident secret for years.
Sasquatch sighting in Montana (1962)
The guest, then 18, watched from a cliff ridge through a rifle scope as a man-like figure carried a deer at full speed across a valley. The figure kept looking toward him, then ran up a steep mountain without slowing, tossing the deer up a four-foot ledge and jumping after it. He told others afterward and was dismissed.
Daylight sighting off Highway 89 in the Wasatch Mountains
During a family picnic in the Wasatch Mountains, a five-year-old playing hide-and-seek ran around a mound and encountered a large hair-covered figure about 30 feet away beside a tree. The two watched each other briefly before the child broke the stare and ran screaming back to the picnic area. Adults suggested a deer or bobcat and found nothing on re-check, but the child saw the figure again in the same spot while the group was leaving.
Tracks found in deep snow
The witness hiked alone in heavy snow above the timber line to a summit and then turned back along the same trail. On the descent the witness found very large bear-like tracks that appeared to have followed the ascent route and then joined the witness's trail. Frightened by the thought of being followed in winter conditions, the witness ran down the mountain and returned home without reporting the incident at the time.